https://freerepublic.com/tag/matthewsrace/ en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:36:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340774/posts According to MSNBC's Chris Matthews, if Democratic Senate candidate Harold Ford loses Tuesday, you can blame it on white conservatives. On Sunday morning, as he appeared in a segment hosted by Alex Witt, Matthews chided whites for an unwillingness to vote for black politicians, contending that "blacks vote for whites," but "whites don't vote for blacks." Matthews added that in states with large black populations, fear leads whites to become conservative Republicans. Matthews: "The larger the black population, where the whites are afraid historically, and in Deep South states, they tend to become very conservative Republican out of fear, whatever,... Newsbusters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340774/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:36:29 GMT