Please tell me someone has taped Chris Matthews on MSNBC this morning at about 9:10-9:20. Discussing elections Matthews made the following ridiculous assertions:

1) The Harold Ford “playboy” ad was the most racist ad he’s ever seen

2) Anyone who didn’t think that ad was racist either
a) isn’t from America or
b) refuses to accept reality

3) Black candidates only get elected in places (i.e. states, counties, etc.) where there are very few black people. Thus, Deval Patrick can be elected because he is running in Massachusetts whereas Harold Ford can’t (because Massachusetts has many fewer black people than Tennessee).

4) The reason for #3 above is because white voters don’t vote for black candidates because white voters get afraid of electing black candidates when the places where they live have many more black people (i.e. Tennessee & the South). In other words, white people living in places with very few black people are more likely to vote for black candidates than people who live in areas with many black people, because people from the areas with lots of black people see those black people ona regular basis and are reminded how they don’t like them and therefore will not vote for them.

Josh

truthmattersfa on November 5, 2006 at 12:44 PM