Posted on 08/06/2009 9:35:49 AM PDT by IrishMike
On Wednesday's Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews hosted a discussion with Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker and Salon's Joan Walsh as the trio discussed Parker's latest column, "A Tip for the GOP: Look Away," in which she argues that the Republican party is hurt by being centered in the South with its history of racial politics. Matthews, who would later theorize that Sarah Palin will exploit white racism by visiting "cul de sacs of whitedom," set up the segment by reading a line from Parker's column which compares Palin to a white character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird who falsely accuses a black man of raping her, leading to his false conviction and death in prison. Matthews:
Here`s a quote that really grabbed me: "That same rage was on display again in the fall of 2008, but this time the frenzy was stimulated by a pretty gal with a mocking little wink. Sarah Palin may not have realized what she was doing. But southerners, weaned on Harper Lee, heard the dog whistle." Kathleen, "heard the dog whistle." Is Sarah Palin a poster girl for racism? Yes or no?
Parker suggested that Palin is indeed a "poster girl for racism," though "not consciously," and alluded to white racism being incited by a white woman and black man being pitted against each other, as in Sarah Palin versus Barack Obama, or in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Parker:
I certainly don`t think she, Sarah Palin, knows anything about Harper Lee or this deep history in the South, where you don`t position a white woman and a black male and pretend like there`s nothing happening there. There`s a deep, deep history. That`s why I mentioned, dropped the Harper Lee in there.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Liberals are utterly blind to their own prejudices because they view them not as character flaws but as evidence of their own moral superiority.
About 74% of voters are white. Show me a national politician that refuses to recognize that group to get elected, and I’ll show you a politician that has no chance of getting elected. It’s math, Chrissy, it’s math...
Kathleen Parker. What a dumb, neocon broad.
What in the hell are they talking about? None of that makes any sense... it can be summed up in one word: Offensive to EVERYONE.
Just as if you are a reliably pro-choice Democrat, you are incapable of being a sexist sexula harraser; if you are “correct” on social policy you are incapable of being a racist.
Hillary vs Barrack = not a racial issue.
Sarah vs Barrack = Palin becomes the “poster girl for racism”.
Dear Spitty:
In the words of Opposum (”Dreams of my Father”), “There’s white folks and then there’s ign’ant motherf***ers, like you!”
This garbage isn’t worth a response.
That’s a reach even Plastic Man couldn’t manage. Inspector Gadget is in awe!
Krissy “Spitball” Matthews.
Ah right on cue, the propaganda drop. Like flies to a big, steaming pile...
Certain folks, I guess mostly the republican party and the mushy middle, need to realize the left is an enemy to be defeated.
You can’t play nice with them, they are not decent people. The fantasy that Sarah Palin is a deep south white racist from the pages of a novel set in the year 1936 is not a rational discussion. It is an attack by a very dangerous radical element.
They need to start calling this show Hardbull.
Shhh...do not smash Chris Mathews’ reality with facts. He might lose that tingle in his leg.
One thing to remember about the “conservative” columnist Kathleen Parker. She tends to jump on board whoever wins the White House and rides that train until she has to hop off for her own benefit. She was all on board GWB until she find it got her on TV when she started bashing him. Wait 2 years, she’ll jump again when Obama is at 30% approval. Typical Washington journalist.
Sara Palin is married to(Tod) a native american... Duuugh..
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