MSNBC' RACIST: CHRIS MATTHEW AND HIS SIDE KICK PAT BUCHANAN
Chris Matthews And Pat Buchanan: MSNBC’s Racists
by DAVID BADASH on JANUARY 28, 2010 · COMMENTS (1)
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We all know the disgusting positions MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan has taken when it comes to race, LGBTQ rights, and, well, just being a compasionate human being. For instance, after a pre-election Barack Obama’s speech on race, Buchanan offered this:
“America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.”
Tonight, during President Obama’s first State of the Union, Chris Matthews went on and on about… the President’s race. Via ThinkProgress:
“You know, I was trying to think about who he was tonight, and it’s interesting: He is post-racial by all appearances. You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country and passed so much history in just a year or two. I mean, it’s something we don’t even think about.
“I was watching, I said, Wait a minute, he’s an African-American guy in front of a bunch of other white people. And here he is President of the United States and we’ve completely forgotten that tonight — completely forgotten it. I think it was in the scope of his discussion. It was so broad-ranging, so in tune with so many problems, of aspects, and aspects of American life that you don’t think terms of the old tribalism, the old ethnicity. It was astounding in that regard — a very subtle fact. It’s so hard to even talk about; maybe I shouldn’t talk about it, but I am.
Unacceptable. Matthews has been called on the carpet before about his comments on gender. This was unprescedented and MSNBC needs to take action to purge racism and bigotry from its payroll.
by DAVID BADASH on JANUARY 28, 2010 · COMMENTS (1)
in BIGOTRY WATCH
We all know the disgusting positions MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan has taken when it comes to race, LGBTQ rights, and, well, just being a compasionate human being. For instance, after a pre-election Barack Obama’s speech on race, Buchanan offered this:
“America has been the best country on earth for black folks. It was here that 600,000 black people, brought from Africa in slave ships, grew into a community of 40 million, were introduced to Christian salvation, and reached the greatest levels of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known.”
Tonight, during President Obama’s first State of the Union, Chris Matthews went on and on about… the President’s race. Via ThinkProgress:
“You know, I was trying to think about who he was tonight, and it’s interesting: He is post-racial by all appearances. You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. You know, he’s gone a long way to become a leader of this country and passed so much history in just a year or two. I mean, it’s something we don’t even think about.
“I was watching, I said, Wait a minute, he’s an African-American guy in front of a bunch of other white people. And here he is President of the United States and we’ve completely forgotten that tonight — completely forgotten it. I think it was in the scope of his discussion. It was so broad-ranging, so in tune with so many problems, of aspects, and aspects of American life that you don’t think terms of the old tribalism, the old ethnicity. It was astounding in that regard — a very subtle fact. It’s so hard to even talk about; maybe I shouldn’t talk about it, but I am.
Unacceptable. Matthews has been called on the carpet before about his comments on gender. This was unprescedented and MSNBC needs to take action to purge racism and bigotry from its payroll.
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