Chris Matthews: ‘I forgot he was black tonight.’
Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Matthews. Apparently this was his way of saying he liked it. I can sympathize with the risks of talking on national TV for a living, but …. that’s disturbing. Not said with bad intent, perhaps, but strange that he thought he had to go there with so much else to be said.
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stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
7:44 am
they comment back with name calling and stupid, immature comments
composed by something calling itself “Cynthia is an idiot.”
oookay.
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
7:44 am
Speaking of idiots, anyone checked, does Tweety still have a job?
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:45 am
g’morning SoCo!!! and thanks for the words o’ wisdom
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:47 am
sooooo … Bush disagrees with SCOTUS decision on Guantanamo and he’s WonderBoy … Obama disagrees with the SCOTUS decision about corporate donations and he’s excoriated …
is anyone surprised???
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:48 am
dB – 7:48 – and this is why I’m glad I’m a morning gal and leave before the nutters start drinking …
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
7:48 am
thanks for the words o’ wisdom
like she said.
(one could contrast these with “words o’ jizz-dom”, which accurately describes much of the liveblogging that seems to have gone on last night. I see Timmy McVeigh’s biggest fan was back.)
Whacks Eloquent
January 28th, 2010
7:50 am
Chris Matthews? I am hoping there will be something upstairs soon! Mr. “tingly-leg” is not racist, he just has no intelligent way to express himself. He makes Keith Olbermann look good, and I guess Keith is lucky in that regard, he doesn’t deserve it…
Southern Comfort
January 28th, 2010
7:50 am
G’morning UnU. No problem with the words. The commentors here get old after a while. I could almost predict who will say what. Words mean nothing. Action talks, bullsh*t walks!!
There’s nothing more insulting to people who put their lives on the line than griping about what’s wrong and doing nothing to correct the wrong. That’s like complaining to the police about getting robbed, but then you buy a 60″ tv and put the thing in the front room right in the middle of the biggest window of the house.
I don’t see it as much as wisdom as it is just plain common sense.
SOUTHERN ATL
January 28th, 2010
7:50 am
We have heard WORSE but nothing surprises me anymore!!
Balance Our Budget
January 28th, 2010
7:50 am
Did anyone hear any mention of closing Gitmo in a year and also that small matter of having the healthcare debate on c-span.How quickly they forget.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:52 am
SoCo – funny you should make that comparison – they just started running a great PSA here – a couple getting ready for bed, saying “did you leave the laptop in front of the window?” “yeah, and I’m pretty sure I left my bank statement on the kitchen table” “what about the car keys? are they in clear sight?” …
common sense, alas, is not as common as it should be …
Balance Our Budget
January 28th, 2010
7:53 am
How can a party control the presidency, have a super majority in the senate, and a large majority in the house and accomplish so little.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:55 am
BoB – unlike the GOP, the Dems don’t march in lock-step
“I don’t belong to any organized political party. I am a Democrat” – Will Rogers
Southern Comfort
January 28th, 2010
7:56 am
UnU
I’m amazed when I drive down the street at all the “come rob me” signs I see. I try to make my house as small a target as possible. However, if someone wants to break in while I’m here, health care reform isn’t going to help them much. They’ll need excellent life insurance though.
TaxPayer
January 28th, 2010
7:58 am
And a special thanks to Jay this morning for letting NRB be all that he could be last night. Ewwwwwww.
Balance Our Budget
January 28th, 2010
8:00 am
USinUK
You are right that’s how we end up with the Louisiana purchase and the Cornhusker kickback.Have to hand out goodies to get em to support your bad bills.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:01 am
BoB –
“You are right that’s how we end up with the Louisiana purchase and the Cornhusker kickback.Have to hand out goodies to get em to support your bad bills.”
do you REALLY want to go down that road??? I might suggest that it’ll lead to a Bridge to Nowhere …
jokerman
January 28th, 2010
8:04 am
How can a party control the presidency, have a super majority in the senate, and a large majority in the house and accomplish so little.
Bob … It’s called filibuster. 101 and counting.
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
8:04 am
the Louisiana purchase and the Cornhusker kickback.
aww, they’ve got their lines all memorized. They’re so cute!
Mick
January 28th, 2010
8:06 am
**How can a party control the presidency, have a super majority in the senate, and a large majority in the house and accomplish so little.**
Well, lets see what happens after the 2010 elections, if the dems get blown out of the water as many here are predicting, will the dems use the same tactics and become the new party of no?
Hef
January 28th, 2010
8:06 am
After listening to “King I Am” blame & chastise everyone but himself last night, I’m sure he was able to bring back some of the “sheep” into the fold of false hope! Hollywood is hoping to cast Barry in the title role in the remake of the classic “Clueless”. If they give Nobel Peace prizes for doing nothing in regards to peace then Barry hands down will win an Academy Award for Best Actor after last nights performance.
godless heathen
January 28th, 2010
8:07 am
Me and Harry Reid couldn’t stay awake through the speech. Yes Ms. Godzilla, it was wonderful. All Obama’s rhetoric and $3.95 will get you a latte at Starbucks.
Balance Our Budget
January 28th, 2010
8:07 am
Why do you think liberal Mass.voters put a guy who said he was going to help stop healthcare in Teddys seat?Americans know a train wreck when they see one and that includes liberal Massachusetts.
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
8:07 am
will the dems use the same tactics and become the new party of no?
You don’t really have to if you have a President willing to veto crap legislation. You can go ahead and let the crap come to a vote.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:07 am
“will the dems use the same tactics and become the new party of no?”
gah – they didn’t when they had the chance with Bush, so why should they now???
(my question is: how do the majority of them manage to stand up straight when they have no spine???)
Southern Comfort
January 28th, 2010
8:08 am
I’ll leave some of y’all to enjoy your sauerkraut and lemon breakfast sandwiches…
Everyone have a good day. It’s time to go do something productive, and this blog just doesn’t fit that description.
Hef
January 28th, 2010
8:08 am
On topic-Does anyone really listen to Matthews anymore?
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:11 am
Hef – he has his moments … last night just wasn’t one of them …
NRB2
January 28th, 2010
8:11 am
NRB, and how many of those poor children were being sexually abused by your other hero, David Koresh,
——————————————————-
Pathetic, Jay.
First of all, was Koresh ever convicted of that?
Second, are those kids better off after Clinton melted their flesh off with napalm and maching gun fire?
Just pointing out the typical liberal hypocrisy, yet again. Just so you guys know where Jay (and other Democrats) are coming from with this I’ll spell it out for you:
Bush wiretaps foreign terrorists, and he’s Hitler incarnate.
Clinton murders 87 women and children at Waco with napalm and maching guns, and he’s the best president ever.
G’ day.
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
8:12 am
Does anyone really listen to Matthews anymore?
I cannot understand why anyone ever did in the first place. The first time I was even aware of Tweety was when tout le dirty-effing-hippie blogosphere erupted over his praise of the Stuffed Flightsuit’s Mission Accomplished photo-op back in ‘03.
Of course the whole right wing erupted when Tweety made his similarly stupid “up my leg” comment about Obama. I guess his act appeals to emotional, silly people, perhaps regardless of ideology.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:14 am
dB – like I said, he has his moments … like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK0d8ENS__c
(posting blind, so I hope this works)
Hef
January 28th, 2010
8:17 am
Tweety,priceless lol
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:18 am
dB – I’m with ya on the yelling back at the TV – especially when he lets a particularly egregious one just waaaaaaaaalk on by …
stands for decibels
January 28th, 2010
8:19 am
USinUK, yeah, I’ve happened upon Tweety doing something good now and again. Obviously a guy like him has talent, and some political insight (I did read a lonnnng NYTimes cover story on the guy some years back, so I’m a bit more aware of his background and philosophy that I may be letting on).
But I have to say that most times I’ve tuned in to a bit of Hardball and listened to his line of questioning, I tend to either a) become like the deranged sports fan screaming at the coach or b) cringe at something characteristically goofy that he’s said.
CynthiasAnIdiot
January 28th, 2010
8:20 am
That would be true, USinUK, except that I’m not getting paid to write the blog entry, therefore, I’m not held to the same higher standards as the author. I can call it like it is, but the authors of these blogs are paid to write and maintain said blogs, as well as provide an outlet for other people to comment, not to be antagonized by a commenter and then fly off on a tangent with snippy remarks that don’t have a thing to do with the blog topic. The authors are supposed to set an example, which from reading the posts, they set the lowest examples becasue they are letting their commenters bait them. Cynthia is trying to control her blog, but she’s going about it the wrong way. Her idea is to ban anyone who doesn’t agree with her, which has made her blog entries quite boring in the past couple days, as well as lacking in comments.
Granny Godzilla
January 28th, 2010
8:20 am
godless heathen
good morning to you too dear!
starbucks? don’t think so.
eight o’clock regular, too much cream and sugar, bailey’s on weekends.
tasty and not foolishly expensive.
Normal
January 28th, 2010
8:21 am
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
7:33 am
USinUK,
Lovely story… I’m sorry Casper died, but, but isn’t wonderful that an otherwise insignificent soul, can become something special in the eyes of people?
—————
Hard Right Hook
January 28th, 2010
8:21 am
Jay
January 27th, 2010
11:44 pm
NRB, and how many of those poor children were being sexually abused by your other hero, David Koresh, the guy who named his place “Camp Apocalypse” because he intended to become a martyr there?
Here and again, we benefit from Liberal clairivoyance. What evidence do you have, Jay, that those children were being sexually abused? Some illustrious representative of the justive department claimed they were? Are Democrats exempt from due process? This claim of abuse warrants a full scale military assualt (illegal in it’s own right) on civilians? See posse comitatus.
To my knowledge, the First Amendment still prevents the feds from impeding the free exercise of religion.
All the while, Slick Willie standing inthe background, saying I didn’t have nything to do with it.
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:26 am
CaI – QUICK!!! hie thee to a fainting couch!!!
someone, a cool, damp cloth for her fevered brow … STAT!!!
my suggestion: if you don’t like the way Jay or Cynthia run their blogs … then go elsewhere … I hear the interwebs are chock full of bloggy goodness where you can chitter-chat with folks …
(but, before you start casting aspersions at what J or C say about and to particular comments and commenters, I suggest you get to know them, first – some of the commenters can be a real piece of work … and, most of the time, get pretty outrageous before Jay bans them … )
however, if you want to get all judgey-judgey and holier than thou, feel free … just know that we’re not laughing with you, we’re laughing at you …
USinUK
January 28th, 2010
8:27 am
Normal – isn’t that a great story! I love that he queued up with the rest of the folks to get on the bus, then rode around all day … such a sad end to a life that touched so many … but, glad to know that he’s going to live on in print! (and what a beautiful cat he was, too!)
Paul
January 28th, 2010
8:36 am
G’morning, Granny Godzilla
[[The President did a marvelous job. Americans loved it. Very bold.]]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaulZq601F0&feature=related
A year in, he has a record. In many ways, it’s been ‘lay out something grand and punt to Congress.” I hope he’s learned that lesson. In other ways, it’s been ‘say something that sounds good, draw a line, then watch it disappear’ as in threatening to veto earmark-laden bills. I think lots of people now say ‘Words. They’re only words. Let’s watch the performance.’
[[I expect the tone of our :”loyal” opposition to be especially testy today]]
Maybe more like amused? For again, Pres Obama has adopted another of Sen McCain’s positions, one he summarily rejected during the campaign: a spending freeze.
It’s really something when one loses an election, then sees one’s policies adopted one by one –
USinUK
[[my fuzzy white butt.]]
Another visual I don’t need…. Have you tried Gillette? Braun?
TaxPayer
[[commenced with applying a heaping helping on those GOPer’s last night. The Dems had better back him.]]
No chastisement of Democrats? None? No areas in which Democrats will resist? None?
Jokerman
[[How can a party control the presidency, have a super majority in the senate, and a large majority in the house and accomplish so little.
Bob … It’s called filibuster. 101 and counting.]]
We’ve seen a filibuster from this Congress?!!? I must’ve missed it.
More like ‘it’s called having a scapegoat’ I think –
Doggone/GA
January 28th, 2010
8:38 am
“We’ve seen a filibuster from this Congress?!!? I must’ve missed it.”
There doesn’t have to be one anymore. That’s the point of the “super majority” – all it takes now is the THREAT of a filibuster. That’s why I call them “non-filibusters”
Paul
January 28th, 2010
8:47 am
Doggone/GA
So Dems buckle under a threat? Pathetic.
As I said, strikes me as more of being able to point to a scapegoat to divert attention from their own divisions, most of which have led to problems getting a bill like health care passed, regardless of the minority party ‘threats.’
Lord Help Us
January 28th, 2010
8:49 am
Man, more posters on the right are exposing the depths of their extreme prejudices, irrational beliefs and absolute absence of decency….
A few weeks ago, a poster named Jake posted that a ‘good’ solution to fighting terrorism would be to ‘kill ALL Muslims…just to be sure.’ He was serious…seriously…
Now we have NRB2 and Hard Right Hook who conflate Timothy McVeigh’s intentional murdering of innocent people in OK City with Bill Clinton’s/Janet Reno’s actions in Waco.
FYI – Koresh killed the people at Waco, not Bill Clinton/Janet Reno. Timothy McVeigh killed the people in OK City…
One question, are you serious?
If you are…and I unfortunately believe you actually do irrationally conflate these events…you are truly sick people.
Ridgerunner
January 28th, 2010
9:03 am
USinUK :
Endowed by their Creator ……. yes ……… and He uses the “soldier” to enforce it !
Mick:
Some people help the football team …….. water boys, those who take care of the field, those who sell hotdogs, cheerleaders, trainers and even the coaches ………….. but only the “players” play the game.
Therefore, thank you for your service.
MAC
January 28th, 2010
9:21 am
Cynthia Tucker hangs with Chris, she is a frequent show guest. He’s now color blind. I’m just sayin…..
jokerman
January 28th, 2010
9:31 am
Does Mitch McConnell (R-Chucklehead) have any front teeth?
Bitter EX democrackkk
January 28th, 2010
10:51 am
WHERE is the LIEBERAL OUTRAGE over Chris Matthews comment???
He should be FIRED immediately, but maybe we need him as a useful idiot…he’s good at that…
Hard Right Hook
January 28th, 2010
11:03 am
Lord Help Us, you’re an idiot.
Go back & read what I said. Janet & Slick assualted 83 people with tanks and automatic weapons, then incinerated them without due process, serving a warrant, etc.
And this to you is justice?
Biggot
January 28th, 2010
11:27 am
I believe the word is “mulatto”!
Mr. Miyagi
January 28th, 2010
11:28 am
Man who catch (kill) fly with chopstick (hands) can accomplish anything….Obama is a fly-killer…He can do it….
TheOne
January 28th, 2010
12:53 pm
Okay the man just said he forgot he was black for an hour. Lets stop right there that’s some racist shit to say for all you white people saying some are taking it the wrong way go kill yourself the guy is clearly a racist there was no reason at all to bring up his race at all what he was really saying was oh for a black man he sure can articulate himself so well so for that hour this black man wasn’t black he was white because he spoke well on multiple topics so what he was saying was no black person could speak like that only someone that isn’t black so yes it was some raciest shit for him to say
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Henry
January 28th, 2010
7:37 pm
My favorite part of the controversy is black spokes people claiming they should be recognized as black. What about using descriptions of race in news reports to identify the criminals? If any media posted the following story: “The victim described her rapist as a 180 pound black male between the ages of 20 and 30″ the black spokes people would protest the description. Race is either important or it isn’t, not just in favorable terms.