Video: Matthews cries raaaaaaaacism; Update: Matthews says Michael Steele needs to appear “child-like,” “unthreatening”
posted at 9:59 am on October 27, 2006 by Allahpundit
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How can we lecture Sunnis and Shias about reconciliation when Republicans are running ads showing white women attracted to black men? Also, Rush Limbaugh going after Michael J. Fox — isn’t that sort of racist too?
I’ve goofed on southerners myself, but the media’s contempt for them is breathtaking.
Update: Eugene Robinson, who has the same absolute moral authority here as Michael J. Fox does on stem cells, lays it out:
There you have it: a black man, a white woman, more than a hint of sex. Viewers are left to fill in the blanks, and clearly the hope is that they will free-associate to a word like “miscegenation.” Or, if Republicans are lucky, something considerably worse.
I.e., he’s accusing the GOP of implying that Harold Ford is a rapist. Or rather, raaaaaaapist.
Update: Notes Mary K:
All of their theories, of course, are predicated on the idea that Tennesseans, and all Southern conservatives, are troglodytic racists who are boorish enough to vote against a man because he’s black and simultaneously sophisticated enough to pick up on very subtle coded political messages about his race.
Update: A southern congregation encounters the unholy spawn of a mixed-race union; do they stone the child — or do something worse? Find out in Mary K’s latest post, which lifts the Matthews video from YouTube instead of linking to it here at Hot Air. Will I hold it against her by not linking the new HamNation when it debuts this afternoon? Tune in later and find out!
Update: Spruiell was all over this yesterday. Not only is Matthews also playing up the sub-moronic nutroots racial paranoia over Corker’s “drums” radio ad, but he actually had this to say about Michael Steele’s ads:
I love the ads, my wife loves the ads, they’re really funny, some of them. And very unthreatening. An African-American guy, it seems, has to run an ad that’s so unthreatening that he’s almost child-like in his presentation, but it seems to be working.
Christopher Matthews, I dub thee raaaaaaaacist.
Update: Why is the left hammering the race card all of a sudden? Here’s why.
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Pointing out that liberals see racism everywhere is racist, AP. Of course, you wouldn’t understand, would you? Italians like you don’t exactly have a reputation for being bright…
Enrique on October 27, 2006 at 10:04 AM
Racist!Ethnicist!Allahpundit on October 27, 2006 at 10:04 AM
Wait. Allah’s Italian?
Paisan!
Farmer_Joe on October 27, 2006 at 10:07 AM
By mocking Matthews here, is it safe to reason that you approve of playing the race card to get the vote?
GregH on October 27, 2006 at 10:09 AM
No, Enrique. He’s just pointing out the obvious. there’s no racism in that.
pullingmyhairout on October 27, 2006 at 10:10 AM
Chris Matthews is Right!
Political commercials = religious civil war and terrorist murders and beheadings. How is it possible that you people don’t understand this?!
Jaibones on October 27, 2006 at 10:10 AM
Liberals will scream any sort of “ism” if it suits their purpose, even if it’s true or not.
pullingmyhairout on October 27, 2006 at 10:11 AM
Only a racist would view that ad as racists. Me thinks Matthews doth protest too much!
Wade on October 27, 2006 at 10:11 AM
As Allah’s favorite general, William Tecumseh Sherman said:
Valiant on October 27, 2006 at 10:11 AM
Allegedly, Allah’s a half-breed.
EF on October 27, 2006 at 10:11 AM
No biggie. So am I.
Farmer_Joe on October 27, 2006 at 10:16 AM
only goofball Chris M would see the Tennessee ad as racist. point in fact, only a racist would see an ad with a white female and a black man as racist. Chris has taken his media arm of the Democrat party to a new low.
MikeG on October 27, 2006 at 10:17 AM
Wait a sec… wouldn’t a white woman going after a black man NOT be racist? Aren’t we all supposed to be colorblind? Aren’t cross ethnic relationships proof of not being racist?
I’m so confused.
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 10:18 AM
No, it’s safe to reason that I don’t think that ad was playing the race card.
Allahpundit on October 27, 2006 at 10:18 AM
I am part Caucasian and part Cherokee and I am disgusted by the racism that one part displays toward another.
Why can’t I just get along?!
I had a friend one time who was part Jewish and part German. I’m serious. His Jewish (American) father was in the army and met his mother while deployed in Europe. He got along with himself just fine. Why can’t we all take a lesson from his parts?!
I think he may have had a third part, but he never spoke of it. He kept it private, and I never make it my business to ask people about their private parts.
Lone Star on October 27, 2006 at 10:19 AM
Gee, I’m so over this that add was not racist. If was a black woman in that ad they would have hollered racism for “insinuating” that black women are promiscuous or something to that effect. BTW MKH has a good column over at townhall on this subject.
vcferlita on October 27, 2006 at 10:19 AM
Would Matthews have been satisfied if the bunny in question was black? Or would he have found another reason to cry “RACISM!!”
It is the dems in this instance who are using the race card, just like in the VA race. It is their fall back, white-guilt way of trying to win elections when they have no respectable standing on the issues.
BlueStateBlues on October 27, 2006 at 10:22 AM
Bing.
Bing!
Bing, bing, bing, bing, bing!
I believe we have a winner!
Jaibones on October 27, 2006 at 10:22 AM
‘white males in TN will have a problem with this’….
Mr. Matthews obviously must think that since I live in Texas I have a chain in the back of my pick-up truck…..
It is all about keeping the Republican voter home…period….
Limerick on October 27, 2006 at 10:23 AM
Now if she was holding a bucket of Popeye’s fried chicken under one arm, and a watermelon under the other, I’d think it would have been racist…
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 10:24 AM
Lookout, Matthews must be about to condemn “Jungle Fever” by Spike Lee as racist because it deals with light and dark skinned people and sex.
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 10:27 AM
Speaking as an absolute moral authority on this subject (I’m a black man who grew up in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and who is now engaged to a Filipino woman), there was absolutely nothing racially derogatory about that commercial.
Anyone who views it who wasn’t going to vote for Ford because he is non-Caucasian was already lost. Anyone who was open minded before it isn’t going to disqualify him now because a white woman played his harlot in a commercial.
To believe otherwise requires a truly special kind of cynicism.
12thman on October 27, 2006 at 10:28 AM
Being from Northeast Tennessee myself (that’s the end of the state with the largest concentration troglodytic racists), I have absolute moral authority on this particular topic. Can you say “projection”?
Barntender on October 27, 2006 at 10:30 AM
Republicans can air a campaign ad of pure static, and Demo’s would claim it is overt racism.
stonemeister on October 27, 2006 at 10:30 AM
Where was your (and that idiot Matthews’) outrage when the Libs were throwing oreos at Steele? Why was Robert Byrd given a pass for his involvement in the KKK? And on, and on…..
To answer your question, no, I do not think playing the “race card” is noble.
My problem with you, the Libs in general and the MSM is the total lack of recognition that there are plenty of overt racists on your side, from Robert KKK, to Jessee to Al, and more.
Don’t come here talking “the race card” until you go over to KO’s or DU and berate them too.
BacaDog on October 27, 2006 at 10:32 AM
These talking heads from General Electric could use some waterboarding to bring them back to reality. The actually make PBS sound conservative.
infidel on October 27, 2006 at 10:33 AM
12thman
Hey, are you a Cricket guy?
If there’s another meaning of “12th Man” that applies to a non-Cricket context; that question must really seem as if it came out of nowhere :)
lazerua on October 27, 2006 at 10:37 AM
When I hear that kind of crap from the liberals it literally makes me sick to my stomach.
p0s3r on October 27, 2006 at 10:38 AM
12thman could be an Aggie.
pullingmyhairout on October 27, 2006 at 10:38 AM
OH! Okay, so I don’t understand the obvious, huh? So you’re saying that all Hispanics are stupid????
I’m outraged.
You’ll be hearing from attorney, non-patriot.
Enrique on October 27, 2006 at 10:43 AM
My attorney that is.
Enrique on October 27, 2006 at 10:43 AM
Don’t anyone say anything about Hispanic spelling skills.
Enrique on October 27, 2006 at 10:44 AM
So you’re saying, agreeing with Matthews, it is NOT ok for a white woman to be with a black man? Who’s the racist?
shooter on October 27, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Enrique, I hope you’re being sarcastic.
Enough of this racist stuff. I’m off to enjoy a beautiful day in south texas. a cold front came through and cooled it off to a freezing 65 degrees. time to break out the fur…
xoxo
pullingmyhairout on October 27, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Isn’t Matthews calling all white men in Tn racist? Isn’t what’s really being played here the “Mandingo” card?
And if you really want to complicate things… http://www.blackcommentator.com/177/177_cover_harold_fords_grandmother.html
Catseye on October 27, 2006 at 10:47 AM
No I’m neither a cricket guy or an Aggie. From 2001-2004 I ran a political blog by the name the 12th_man (12thman.us) so named because I believe this global conflict in which we are now entrenched will be won or loss based on the participation of the populations not on the battlefield.
It’s an allusion to the role spectators at an (American) football game can play in helping inspire their team to victory. There are 11 players on the field in football; the fans are often referred to as “the 12th man.”
12thman on October 27, 2006 at 10:50 AM
OK
I’m Australian - Cricket is a summer institution. I got my hopes up :)
Cricket also has 11 players; the 12th Man is the guy on the team who gets to stay in the pavilion, cracking jokes, carrying drinks and occasionally fields for an injured player.
It’s a funny old game…
lazerua on October 27, 2006 at 10:56 AM
Shooter, your point is completely laughable. Neither Matthews, nor I, are saying that “it is NOT ok for a white woman to be with a black man?”.
Nowhere did Matthews say that. Nowhere did I say that. I am actually a strong advocate of interracial relationships. Stop twisting words around. Matthews asserts, and I agree, that the use of the white woman in the ad was a ploy to appeal to the fears and biases of a racially charged populace.
GregH on October 27, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Yes, I am. Thanks for playing. ;)
Enrique on October 27, 2006 at 10:58 AM
Yes. And on what do you base that charge?
Allahpundit on October 27, 2006 at 10:59 AM
Says you. Racially charged populace? No bigots in your hometown, I suppose!
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2006 at 11:02 AM
If Harold Ford was from another state other than a southern state would even be an issue. Allah is correct, southern white
“rednecks” are the last deomographic segment that can discriminated against openly. It can be assumed that they are all racist without question. I reject such assumptions. Ya’ll come on by for supper, and we’ll show ya.
d1carter on October 27, 2006 at 11:04 AM
I saw this guy interviewed on television who was half black, half white, a member of the Sons of the Confederacy and a member of another group, who’s name escapes me, but was akin to descendants of slaves of a particular plantation. He was extremely laid back. Oh, and his sur name was Cohen.
EF on October 27, 2006 at 11:05 AM
GregH;
My father was a racist. He would not have voted for Ford before the commercial ran.
My oldest sister is a racist. She would not have voted for Ford before the commercial ran.
The idea that the votes of ‘white males in TN’(implying they ARE racist)would be effected by this ad is BS.
Limerick on October 27, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Matthew’s deafening silence about the ACTUAL racism directed against Republican African-American candidates is amazing.
Anyone recall any outrage from “slow pitch” over Michael Steele’s opponent Ben Cardin “devouring the competition” by eating oreo cookies?
CalFed on October 27, 2006 at 11:09 AM
Okay help this dumb redneck out.
O J Simpson married to white woman and charged with murdering her. Was his being married to her racist?
Terrell Owens makes commercial with famous white woman , who also happens to be nude but I don’t remember any outrage over racism, just the nudity.
Commercial showing white woman flirting with black man Racist???
Leave it to a damn Yankee to find racism in his world of stereotypical southern prejudices. Ya know we haven’t changed a thing down here since ‘63 sort of like the liberals and the Dems.
LakeRuins on October 27, 2006 at 11:10 AM
Plenty of bigots in my town, I would imagine. I wasn’t projecting racism onto members south of the Mason Dixon line. The US is pretty racially charged, no?
GregH on October 27, 2006 at 11:11 AM
Matthew’s deafening silence about ACTUAL racism directed at Republican African-American candidates is amazing.
Anyone remember any outrage from “slow pitch” over the photographs of Michael Steele’s opponent Ben Cardin “devouring the competition” by eating Oreo cookies?
CalFed on October 27, 2006 at 11:13 AM
I don’t think the ad was racist at all, but I AM an aimable, reasonable sort of guy who is willing to try to accommodate other people.
How about we re-run the ad and replace the playboy bunny? We could use a hairy 365 pound lineman (standing naked, in a steamy locker room) that places a cellular telephone call to Harold, asking him if he wants to “go the victory celebration party after the football game”. Afterall, Harold SAID that he likes both women AND football. Maybe this idea conjures too much visual imagery for some people, but somehow, I don’t really feel like we have done our jobs properly until Chris Matthews calls all of us homophobes as well. (Yes, I AM being sarcastic.)
CyberCipher on October 27, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Puh-leeeze. Nice job back-pedalling, though
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Where’s the back-pedaling? Please form a somewhat thought-out argument, or save HotAir the bandwidth.
GregH on October 27, 2006 at 11:19 AM
liberals can’t be racists! That would be… unthinkable! They are all unicorns and rainbows.
/sarcasm
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 11:20 AM
So GregH, are you the pot or the kettle in this thing?
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 11:20 AM
And the pot called the kettle what? ELF, you raaaaaaacist ;)
GregH on October 27, 2006 at 11:24 AM
Wow, this comment thread is a particularly nasty–pillow fight.
Kralizec on October 27, 2006 at 11:24 AM
GregH, The discussion, as I last remember, was about the Tennessee Senatorial race. It seems odd that you would, out of the blue, be referring to the U.S. populace. Of course you will assert that this was exactly what you meant, so any more of this is pointless. Go ahead and have the last word, GregH; doesn’t bother me a whit.
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Hard to be racist when I have no clue what color what ya… other than you bleed blue like a true Democrat.
E L Frederick on October 27, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Chrissy is the race-baiter here. Ya know, this guy really can’t be very intelligent. I think his babbling mouth is controlled by a jumbled mind with a few short circuits (and no OFF switch).
I have to agree with other posters here. A white woman flirting with a black man is the OPPOSITE of racism. Maybe its just me, but I’ve noticed a lot of professional black athletes with white blond brides, and never heard them called racists by the media. I thought we had reached the point in our society where people no longer turned their heads and gawked when they saw a mixed race couple walking down the street.
Matthews is apparently still offended. That makes him the racist, and he’s doing his best to convince everone else to jump on his bandwagon.
Matthews is a sad little liberal, who smells another Republican win around the corner, so he has reverted to throwing a temper tantrum. This fool HAS opened his mouth and removed all doubt.
fogw on October 27, 2006 at 11:28 AM
Now Mathews finds this stuff “Awful” after spending weeks on “Macaca” gate and single handily pushing the “non” story above the fold.
Mathews has become nothing more than a shill for the left but tries to hide it by dropping the more than occasional “I’m a Catholic” or “I’m from Blue Collar coal mining country”
It seems the Libs’ and Dems’ are the only ones who have a problem with a white woman flirting with a black man?
Dan Abrams’ “Bash Conservatives” game plan is a train wreck!
I could at lest stomach MSNBC before Abrams took over.
186k on October 27, 2006 at 11:31 AM
Back in 04 it was stated that the Dems needed to move closer to the moralistic values of the right. I mean at least appear to be. I see this racist charge as an extension of the Foley thing whereas the Dems are trying to prop up the notion they have good wholesome values . At the same time demonizing the right.
sonnyspats1 on October 27, 2006 at 11:32 AM
The idea that the ad is racist is retarded in the first place. Can we just call Matthews a retard and get the discussion back where it belongs? That we are even engaging people who claim the ad is racist is ceding the point.
The only people exploiting “racial tensions” are the people who decided to try to convince black people that the ad was something that it wasn’t. That not only exacerbates racial divisions, it is an insult to black people.
As for Matthews, he is a very unintelligent man and has no business being on the air. Ignore him, unless you are laughing at him.
DaveS on October 27, 2006 at 11:32 AM
Well, that’s because any African-American who holds conservative viewpoints or espouses conservative values is automatically an “Oreo,” “Uncle Tom,” or “race traitor.” Ditto for any Asian-American (witness the disgusting abuse directed towards Michelle Malkin for the “crime” of being conservative).
Isn’t the idea that all members of a particular race must hold an identical set of views seems, well… kind of racist?
For a bunch of “nuanced, shades of gray” thinkers, those on the left side of our political spectrum seem kind of simplistic and “black and white” (demi-pun fully intended) to me.
Citizen Duck on October 27, 2006 at 11:32 AM
Matthews is something Ted Kennedy crapped out after a typical night of heavy drinking and shellfish.
Hening on October 27, 2006 at 11:34 AM
The problem The Man With the Yellow Hair has may be related to the dye seeping into his brain.
I suggest, you decide.
JammieWearingFool on October 27, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Think about this… they are charging that Republicans made the ad to get all of the racists worked up. Who’s worked up about it?
Projection.
DaveS on October 27, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Chwissy Matthews has no problems playing with anti Semitism by his constant blatherings about “neo-cons” and when he has his boyfriend Pat Buchanan on.
Hilts on October 27, 2006 at 11:37 AM
GregH, Look at all of Hef’s “girlfriends”—a bevy of blonde bimbos. Although I’m not an expert in the subject, what is the stereotypical Playboy bunny? A blonde bimbo.
Ford films himself inside a church and tells everyone how much he loves Jesus.
This ad, in a very clever way, reminds socially conservative christians that Ford was at a playboy party using an icon that everyone’d recognize. They juxtapose that with his church ad and find him wanting. Very effective, very memorable. Good political theater—no racism (except that which is imagined by desparate dems).
jdpaz on October 27, 2006 at 11:38 AM
I don’t think so either. This reeks of liberal projection and racial messianic complex. In decrying the inherent racism of the RNC spot, the Left has created an instance of racism (of cloth that is whole) so they can turn around and denounce it, and then “protect” us from it. In 2006, I’m sure that H. Ford could run through his fair share of lily-white Playmates without anyone batting an eyelash, even in Ten-uh-see. Perhaps Matthews is looking for someone to hold him. Upside down.
Kid from Brooklyn on October 27, 2006 at 11:39 AM
I just believe that anybody that continually tells another group of people they can’t do anything on their own is like an abusive husband who manages to have the battered wife actually feel like she deserves the beatings and it is her fault.
Is she suggesting that blacks don’t vote Republican or for some reason just can’t seem to handle the voting process as well as other minorities?
In the words of Herman Cain “They think you’re Stupid”.
It is just like this whole blustering about showing ID to vote. My g_d we have illegal aliens with all kinds of identification documents and yet for some reason citizens of this country who have lived here their entire can’t seem to get it.
LakeRuins on October 27, 2006 at 11:41 AM
I’ve lived in Huntsville, Al for almost 30 years and I’m still trying to figure out how this is racist. I’ve come to the conclusion that they just want something from the Tennessee Republicans to be racist in this race so they’re just gonna say it enough times until enough people think it’s true.
I attended the University of Alabama with Chris Anderson, a black guy who played running back there after being graduated from Huntsville High. We used to hang out together at the same bar, which isn’t there anymore. He dated the same white girl for 2 years while I was down there. Nobody thought anything about it. Well, except maybe that she was extraordinarily hot and some thought that as charismatic as he was, he probably wouldn’t have much of a chance with her if he weren’t on the football team. He was about 5′7″, she was about 5′10″, which was about the only thing anyone brought up when, not knowing who he was, they’d look and ask,’how’d they hook up?’ ‘That’s Chris Anderson.’ ‘Oh. K. Well that makes sense.’ It was kind of like the Dudley Moore bit. Short guy. Really hot tall chick. Dudley was rich as hell. Chris was the starting running back at Alabama.
Race was never a problem while I was down there. Some people wanted it to be, kids in AAA and other groups like it. The overwhelming majority of us were so pissed at the continual embarrassment caused by that boob George Wallace that if anyone racist did show up everyone was gonna beat the holy hell out of him. So the AAA kids looking to be part of a struggle ended up dissappointed and had to go elsewhere to find some hate to protest.
We got our taste of the national media in 1991 during the SGA elections. The SGA was usually run by the greeks, specifically a block of them who dubbed themselves ‘the machine’. No one really cared who ran it. The SGA did nothing of consequence other than hand out student funds to be spent by student groups. These funds were allocated according to guidelines set by the Office of Student Affairs so the SGA were pretty much just the checkwriters, they got to choose nothing. During that years election a girl from a sorority associated with the machine wanted to run for an SGA office but wasn’t endorsed by the machine. She ran anyway and there was a big hubbub in the greek community over who the greeks should vote for. Some of the machine kids decided to burn an ‘X’ in the yard of the house she was renting so everyone would know to not vote for her. The national media showed up the next day because of a ‘cross burning’. Was she black? No. Was she Jewish? No. Was she Catholic? No. Just a rich white protestant who didn’t get her way and got picked on by some other rich white protestants. The story died quickly as there was no race angle.
The media will scream about this for a few more days in an attempt to ‘educate’ all us dumb hicks on how this is racist but they’ll tire quickly as the only response they’ll get is the National collective ‘Huh?’
spacecrystal on October 27, 2006 at 11:42 AM
And Matthews’s brother is running on the GOP ticket for Lt. Governor here. How’s that for bizarre?
rightwingprof on October 27, 2006 at 11:44 AM
A couple of things here: first off, you’d think that southerners, who in the media’s view are poor, left-behind, uneducated white trash, would be the Democrats’ natural constituency. After all, aren’t they the party of education, opportunity, defenders of the downtrodden, the poor and uneducated against the evils of Big Corporate Bush-Hitler-Cheney-Wal-mart-iburton?!
Secondly, as a southerner who split his boyhood between the North and the South (going to school in the South, spending my summer vacations and such up north), with family in both areas, I’ve always had the feeling that a lot of the hatred and bile towards Bush, particularly the Bush rhetoric towards his intelligence (or lack thereof) comes form an essential Northern/Southern cultural divide.
To wit: Northerners love to talk, and to hear themselves talk. They love presidents like Clinton, who also love to talk and hear the sound of their own voice.
Southerners are more taciturn. There’s a cultural attitude of “don’t tell me, show me,” coupled with an actual distrust of those who talk excessively and delight in the sound of their own voice, and I believe Bush exemplifies this Southern characteristic.
Or as the Drive-By Truckers once put it: “he thinks I ain’t got a lick of sense, ’cause I talk slow.”
Citizen Duck on October 27, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Racism - it’s the last arrow in your quiver, isn’t it? Racism only resides in the minds of libs and civil rights activists who keep trying to keep the flame alive. The vast majority of us are colorblind. Deal with it.
CliffHanger on October 27, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Hackney, hackney, hackney - thou art a sack, or was that hackey? Anyway…
Ah, the ol’ lib mantra, “We stink on policy, so just yell racism really, really loud at the enemy.”
GregH and all other present dems, please refute the following (with examples and/or some mathematical proof):
POLITICAL ADS BY WHITE CONSERVATIVES WHO ARE RUNNING AGAINST MINORITIES ARE ALWAYS RAAAAAAACIST!
Here’s the dem talking points on alternate endings to the ad, the first one being the actual ending.
1. white woman flirting with black guy = latent racial overtones (interracial outrage) subtly tugs at populace to foment Corker support = Raaaaaaacism.
2. [black] woman who supposedly met jr. at a playboy bunny party = not so subtle implication that (a) black women are hussies, promiscuous, nude models with no morals whatsover or (b) jr., being black, isn’t good enough for a white bunny despite the fact that most all playboy bunnies are white (I’ve heard anyway…) = Raaaaaaaacism.
3. an extremely tan white woman, or a medium toned latino, or a malkin-ish toned asian fills in for the blonde bimbo who met jr. at the party he didn’t attend at a mansion = OBVIOUS ploy to brainwash the TN African American vote into believing that jr. isn’t “black-enough” by using a bunny who’s skin tone is neither pasty white not “African”-black = Raaaaaaaacism.
Bottom line: a black Congressman went to a Playboy party, then filmed an ad in a church to talk about his values, then “billy-jeff-lied” (I know, he didn’t really lie) about not being at the party [in a mansion], then admitted he was at the party, and had that series of events lampooned by his white opponent. So the logical conclusion is, of course, that Corker and all of his Southern supporters are Raaaaaaacist.
Ah dhims, Logic 101 is not arequired course at nearly enough colleges in our great land.
y2church on October 27, 2006 at 11:45 AM
AP, you can’t because he’s on “their” side.
What the hell is going on here?? I thought everybody was white. This is not what conservatism is about - everybody needs to be white and male and christian. Oh wait, I’m Hispanic/Italian - I’m a sellout. I need to go to DU where I belong - if they’ll take me after I’ve disgraced my people.
Rick on October 27, 2006 at 11:49 AM
I was all over this “dog whistle” stuff too. The left has practically been trampling each other to prove they’re racists.
frankj on October 27, 2006 at 11:49 AM
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Frickin’ hilarious. The Donks have been crying wolf over voter fraud so long and so vehemently, that they are scaring off their own base. Black voters who think their vote won’t count, may not bother to vote-a net loss for the Donks. Where in the world did black voters get the notion that their vote will not be counted. I hope the Donks enjoy sleeping in the bed they have made. hahahahahahaha
Mallard T. Drake on October 27, 2006 at 11:51 AM
And GregH leaves yet another tightly coiled pile of wisdom on the HA lawn.
lowfibass on October 27, 2006 at 11:55 AM
I’m a mog. Half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend…
bspoogeferd on October 27, 2006 at 12:02 PM
i’ll be riffing on this all weekend i’ve decided. check back here for youtube links.
jummy on October 27, 2006 at 12:11 PM
Give me paw! OOOOOO OOOOO OOOOO!
Lone Star on October 27, 2006 at 12:12 PM
So, um … obvious question time: can black and white couples *EVER* be romantically linked without racism being involved?
And shouldn’t somebody tell all the inter-racial couples out there how racist they are?
Fess up kiddies: did a single one of you have a racist thought while watching that ad? Even occur to you? (Personally I was too busy laughing. Maybe I’ll be racist later?)
Isn’t the truth that racism is kind of like the joke about farting from back in grade school - “he who smelt it, dealt it?” Remember that?
Aren’t the people shrieking racism …. actually the ones who seem racist?
Professor Blather on October 27, 2006 at 12:13 PM
Not if they’re conservatives. I think it’s written somewhere in the Constitution. Somewhere near the part where it states the rule of “separation of church and state”.
Lone Star on October 27, 2006 at 12:15 PM
But Greg, you’re making the assumption that Tennessee voters are racially charged; what info do you have to back that up? (well EVERYBODY knows it). Isn’t the fact that you’re assuming the voters are racially charged, in itself, a discriminatory remark? As others here have pointed out, both sarcastically and seriously, the ad can only be considered racist if you’re assuming the intended recipients are racist… an assumption both Chris Matthews and you seem to be making.
dalewalt on October 27, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Chris is the obvious racist here. He and his liberal colleagues are outraged that a white woman may be attracted to a black guy. No wonder they hated Justice Thomas so much. Now we also know why they are in a frenzy over Madonnas adoption. More disgusting race mixing in their eyes. This is also about riling up the black race hustlers to get out the vote. Everyone knows that democrats can’t get elected to anything without the 95% black lemming vote marching in lockstep to their dem masters beat to the polls. It’s a desperate last ditch effort by the left to beat the GOP majority.
roninacreage on October 27, 2006 at 12:20 PM
(note to self… always check the formatting; don’t rely on the strong/em buttons to properly close their own tags)
dalewalt on October 27, 2006 at 12:20 PM
What liberals fail to understand is that everyone harbors some prejudice against somthing. That’s the whole point about having opinions that differ.
What liberals also fail to see is their own hypocrisy in accusing conservatives of prejudices when they disagree, while blindly refusing to recognize their own prejudices in their own opinions.
This is also why there are no true moderates in our political system. At some point one must take a side, either for or against an issue. Taking a side means siding against someone else, and that means we are acting on our prejudices against whatever we disagree with them about.
Lawrence on October 27, 2006 at 12:34 PM
Also… for all Chris Mathew’s blathering… he is one of the most prejudiced SnewZ commentators on cable TV. And it is pure hypocrisy that he attacks prejudice in others, while denying his own prejudices.
Lawrence on October 27, 2006 at 12:38 PM
I’m still trying to figure this one out.
I realize GregH is a passive-aggressive drive-by troll, but maybe he’ll help me out.
Greg - the *point* of that part of the advertisement was to include a segment matching the others, mocking Ford’s attendance at a Playboy party.
Ignoring whether you think the rest of the ad was appropriate … can YOU explain for us how the ad could have portrayed that?
Please? Someone? Anyone? Remember: it has to have the same “man on the street” feel to it.
So HOW to do it?
Would you not think it’s racist if it was a BLACK “playmate?”
Since that’s not really factual (ain’t many of ‘em) and since her race would be specifically chosen to match his — wouldn’t THAT be racist?
This is just so stupid. Explain it to me, Greg. Or scurry away, as usual.
Professor Blather on October 27, 2006 at 12:44 PM
{hear’s scurrying noise somewhere over yonder}
Yonder (yawn^ dur) n. : in a general direction of over there.
If you’ve ever used the word “yonder,” you might be a…..
RAAAAAAAAACIST!
y2church on October 27, 2006 at 12:51 PM
Liberals see any prejudice they may harbor as a human flaw. A conservative that harbors the same prejudice is a racist bigot who happens to be a lost cause.
Rick on October 27, 2006 at 1:02 PM
I liked Robinson’s article, especially:
“Viewers are left to fill in the blanks, and clearly the hope is that they will free-associate to a word like “miscegenation.” Or, if Republicans are lucky, something considerably worse.
…
But are some white Southern voters still unable to shake that Pavlovian response to the Republican code? We’ll have some data points to evaluate on Nov. 7.”
So if Republicans win now, it proves the South is Racist? Apparently so…
gekkobear on October 27, 2006 at 1:04 PM
I find AP’s last link the most interesting.
What this article says is that black voters are becoming disillusioned by the voting process and are starting to stop voting. And why are they not voting? Because of the last 6 years of democrats saying that THE ELECTIONS ARE STOLEN, BLACK PEOPLE ARE DISENFRANCISED!!!!
And since they have repeated that sooooo many times, black people now believe it and are giving up on voting as a waste of time.
Which is really sad and unfortunate for everyone.
The democrats have now reaped what they have sown.
EFG on October 27, 2006 at 1:09 PM
Today most the racial charging comes today from the blacks and the white liberals who see racism when there is a difference in people. It is playing the race card for political gains and demonstrates who are the real racists.
Wade on October 27, 2006 at 1:09 PM
Concerning the update about voter fraud. Don’t be fooled. I worked a polling place in the last Presidential election. I voluntered and was given the position of an observer for the RNC. Broward County, in South Florida has a large Hatian population 45-50 per cent. A translator was provided for non English speaking Hatian voters. There were two lawyers present. The lawyers were African American and from Boston. At lunch time I noticed the Hatian translator sitting at the lawyers table having lunch. I thought it was odd as I had already observed her numerous times at the voting machines coaching her clients on how to vote. The plot thickened when it was brought to my attention that that the lawers had not been certified by the Supervisor of Elections ,as I had. It was left to my dicretion as to whether or not I would object to their presence within the confines of the building. I objected to the ’special Deputy’ In Florida every polling place has a ‘Special Deputy’ authorized by the Sheriffs Dept. The Special Deputy is the be all, and has the last word in any dispute. This Special Deputy happened to also be African American. I must say I was suprised when in all fairness he ejected the lawyers from Boston. Then into the late afternoon the Deputy asked how things were going .I commented on the translators blantant coaching and physically voting for her Hatian clients. After he observed the translator for an hour or so he ejected her. At the end of the day if I had heard THE EXIT POLLS I may have considered to contest every vote with the translators name.Instead we partied all night at the ballrom in the Ft.Laud/Hollywood Airport!
sonnyspats1 on October 27, 2006 at 1:15 PM
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