Matthews ‘gets very ethnic,’ says no one’s surprised Obama is good at basketball.
By on Apr 1st, 2008 at 9:48 am
Matthews ‘gets very ethnic,’ says no one’s surprised Obama is good at basketball.
On MSNBC’s Hardball last night, while discussing Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) recent campaign stop at a Pennsylvania bowling alley, host Chris Matthews broadly generalized about African-Americans when he said to MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard, “You know, Michelle — and this gets very ethnic, but the fact that he’s good at basketball doesn’t surprise anybody.” “But the fact that he’s that terrible at bowling does make you wonder,” added Matthews. Later, Matthews said Obama’s bowling “form” wasn’t “the most macho.” Watch it:
Also on MSNBC earlier in the day, Joe Scarborough called Obama’s bowling performance both “dainty” and “prissy.”
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This bowling bit won’t hurt Obama. After all, even good bowlers were crappy bowlers at some point in their lives.
So we all can sympathize.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:51 amyeah, tweety has an oxygen problem… the problem is he sucks republican cock like it was life giving oxygen.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:54 amMatthews needs a lobotomy and and some nip ‘n’ tuck on his mouth.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:56 amAnd Matthews can’t jump, either!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:57 am“But the fact that he’s that terrible at bowling does make you wonder,”
Please excuse my ignorance, but wtf am I supposed to be wondering about because Obama happens to be a crappy bowler?
When I first started bowling in leagues, I think I had an average of 100. After many years of bowling, I average 170.
Again, wtf am I supposed to be wondering about?
April 1st, 2008 at 9:58 amGet used to this. There will even be people who are surprised that Obama eats with a knife and fork and not with his hands. And I am bracing myself for all of the “fried chicken and watermelon” jokes that will abound once Obama is officially the nominee.
Besides…. what does Obama’s skill at basketball or lack of skill at bowling have to do with his ability to be our president? NOTHING. Quite frankly, if he weren’t an African-American it would probably have never come up.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:58 amI thought the bowling scene was a good one for Obama - it showed he doesn’t have a problem with being less than perfect in public — as if bowling is a criterion as a qualification to be president. He poked fun at himself needing bowling tips from an eight year old - sort of endearing if you ask me.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:58 amI think Matthews is obsessed with man crushes, Scarborough is eager to find some way to criticize Obama for not being “manly” — as if bowling was a measurement for that.
Matthews comments could be construed as stereotypically racist, but mostly I construe them as Matthews being stupidly insensitive and irrelevant.
God I wish that MSNBC would get rid of Matthews. I can’t believe that anyone watches him. I try every once in a while but I find it so uncomfortable I have to change channels. Now if they would replace him with Rachael Maddow or David Schuster, I would be a happy camper!
April 1st, 2008 at 9:58 amI turn off MSNBC when Matthews starts in on this crap. It’s ugly watching him have diarrhea of the mouth regarding Obama (or Clinton for that matter), & his man love for McCain just creeps me out.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:59 amIs this idiot ever embarrassed by his own words?
April 1st, 2008 at 9:59 amIs this thread an April fool’s joke.? Interesting how much fluff crap come’s out on the Dem. runner’s….Seem’s to me the rep’s should be interested in the fact their dictator’s and pupett’s can’t do any thing right or good for America or the world except bomb the shit out of every thing…Get a grip, bull shit bush can’t do anything worth wile or for fun…..Blessings
April 1st, 2008 at 10:00 amso, in order to be a macho man or a man’s man, you have to be a good bowler?
What sh!t!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:01 amAmazing. Obama went from “is he black enough?” to a muslim to a ni@@er.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:01 amBesides…. what does Obama’s skill at basketball or lack of skill at bowling have to do with his ability to be our president? NOTHING. Quite frankly, if he weren’t an African-American it would probably have never come up.
But, but….I thought he should be grateful because he is black since some people think that is the only reason why he is a presidential candidate.
I heard someone say that Barak has it made as a presidential candidate because:
1) He’s black
2) He grew up without a father
3) He has a funny middle name
4) He has big ears
Those all sound like such assets for a presidential candidate. Obama should be so grateful.
BTW, the person who said this was joking, of course.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:02 amCool, let’s have a Lebowski/Munson ticket.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:07 amDead Beat George has a problem with riding his training wheel bic,now that’s news that Matthews should be showing and talking about.He is a Dead Beat like AWOL George.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:07 amBowling: a sport in which one plays against themselves usually involving one or more types of alcoholic beverages. Generally played with people who think bowling is exercise.
Basketball: a physically and mentally demanding sport played in teams against other teams. Only the fringes of those soon to enter the bowling leagues will invlove alcoholic beverages.
Bowling: self absorbed
Basketball: team driven.
Being bad at bowling just doesn’t rank with me.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:08 amThis is just silly. Let’s stop concerning ourselves with someone else’s commentary on how Obama bowls. We need to concern ourselves with important issues like, ending the American reign of terror. We all know the issues we face and I believe we need to combat those and not this silliness.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:09 amUncle Ho Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
so, in order to be a macho man or a man’s man, you have to be a good bowler?
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Or at least to be attractive to Matthews. Mebbe some Old Spice would help…
April 1st, 2008 at 10:12 am“But the fact that he’s that terrible at bowling does make you wonder,” added Matthews.
Yeah
It makes me wonder what the hell you’re doing on TV talking about it …………..
April 1st, 2008 at 10:13 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:12 am
Uncle Ho Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
so, in order to be a macho man or a man’s man, you have to be a good bowler?
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Or at least to be attractive to Matthews. Mebbe some Old Spice would help…
Or smoking a stogie …………
April 1st, 2008 at 10:14 amWhen matthews said this is going to get “ethnic,” he meant “rascist.”
April 1st, 2008 at 10:19 amI’m surprised that tweety didn’t make some comment about Obama eating fried chicken and watermelon.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:21 amRegarding Rev. Wright, Mathews says to black commentator, “You go to a church, I assume a black church, that’s my jump to assumption …”
Because Mathews is certain there’s no mixed race churches? Even though many have said that Obama’s church is mixed race. What an idiot.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:25 amBowling smoling.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:25 amLets have all the candidates in a triple threat cage match.
We can’t really know a candidate until they show us how they stand up in roid wrestling….
/snark off
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
True. I mean, who ever heard of a white person cursing or eating greasy foods?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:29 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
What’s a little stereotypical profiling from a racist , eh dipshit ?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:33 amWait. Daryll’s white?
who would of thunk it…
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:31 am
hussein toasterhead Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:29 am
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
True. I mean, who ever heard of a white person cursing or eating greasy foods?
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These are just factual comments.
As if some yo-yo that believes a fictional book known as the Bible is factual , along with being a staunch believer in the worst president in US history despite mountains of evidence to the contrary , knows what “factual comments” are ?
Yeah , sure………………
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 amGee, Daryll must have missed Obama on Ellen…cause that man had little rhythm! *I* could dance better than that.
Damn those stereotypes.
And Daryll, God is going to smote you for being the hate monger that you are. Jesus would not be pleased.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 amWhy was Obama trying to bowl?..trying to set himself up for McCrazy photo op rolling a strike? Ya kno…Merikans are stoopid enuff to vote fer the best bowler…’Merikan I-dull’.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 amI want to see which candidate can shoot a decent game of pool, not who can manage to roll a large ball between two gutters.
In pool, one must be deft, powerful, calculating, and ruthless. One can win the game in a single stroke - or battle for every ball, to come out victorious.
Bowling? Bah!
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
MCMetal Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
What’s a little stereotypical profiling from a racist , eh dipshit ?
How can you call me racist when I have dark-toned skin? My comments were true. Bill Cosby has made somewhat of the same comment, as well.
Lots of Hispanics and Muslims are dark-skinned , too ; that make them “black” , you colossal moron ?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:37 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:31 am
These are just factual comments.
Based on what data? Kindly point me to some statistics - preferably in a peer-reviewed journal - that provide evidence of your “factual comments” that African-Americans are more likely to engage in gang or drug activity, commit acts of domestic violence or child neglect, receive welfare income, use foul language, or eat greasy foods than their non-African-American counterparts of equivalent age and socioeconomic bracket.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:39 amMatthews picks apart Obama’s bowling form, while fawning all over Bush’s inability to get the ball anywhere near the strike zone. Double standard, anyone?
April 1st, 2008 at 10:39 amAlso on MSNBC earlier in the day, Joe Scarborough called Obama’s bowling performance both “dainty” and “prissy.”
Because we all know that Joe Stupidborough evokes comparisons of himself and Rambo and the Terminator ……………
April 1st, 2008 at 10:41 amDaryll might benefit from watching the Bill Moyer’s journal on race which aired last Friday on PBS.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:46 amNotice I said might because the more he posts here the more I think he is beyond salvation. He is racist, ignorant, judgmental, and not at all “christian.”
He enjoys the relative anonymity here that allows him to say what he couldn’t possibly say in public, with normal people within hearing distance — hence, our collective suspicions that he spends his days in his mother’s basement and doesn’t get out much.
Matthews picks apart Obama’s bowling form, while fawning all over Bush’s inability to get the ball anywhere near the strike zone. Double standard, anyone?
But he LOOKED GOOD doing it!
And that’s what matters: even if you fail, you have to look good doing it. It’s not enough to be successful, as you can still screw up and LOOK like a winner.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:53 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
How can you call me racist when I have dark-toned skin? My comments were true. Bill Cosby has made somewhat of the same comment, as well.
Could you please provide us with a link to where Bill Cosby said the exact same thing that you said? Not “somewhat” what you said, but exactly what you said? I have a feeling that if he said anything remotely like that, it was in a completely different context. And if he did say the exact same thing that you did, then he would be just as ignorant as you.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:54 amActually, Daryll, whites have far more children out of wedlock, eat far more fried chicken, and commit far more mass-murder, as evidenced by Bush/Cheney. Not only are you an unamerican racist, you’re an unChristian liar. Enjoy hell, it’s where you’re going.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:54 amShorter Chris Matthews: “Obama - more Jesus Shuttlesworth, less Ernie McCracken.”
Apologies, I’m in obscure-movie-reference-mood today.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:57 amIt’s funny how much the media concentrates on the grooming habits and other completely inconsequential details of our candidates’ lives. These stories would add color to the hard reporting of their policy positions if there was much reporting about their policy positions. As it is, all we get are the human interest stories without much information about the things we need to know to make a decision who should run this country.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:58 amDaryll, back away from the keyboard. Just back away son.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:58 amalpuz3 Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
Wait. Daryll’s white?
who would of thunk it…
Actually Daryll is black. A self-loathing black man who calls himself “dark-toned.”
Daryll’s got issues…
April 1st, 2008 at 10:58 amDaryll thinks he can’t be racist because he’s “dark-toned?”
Who knew SKIN was so powerful? It’s your f_cking brain that makes you racist!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:00 amBeing racist against even your own race makes no sense to me. I just don’t get it.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:03 ambarfly Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:36 am
Bowling? Bah!
Bah indeed! Billiards is a game of chance and karma. And bumping the cue ball when your opponent isn’t looking.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:08 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:28 am
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
How come Obama is African American but you’re “dark American”, Daryll. Why the double standard? I mean, above and behind the moronic racist stereotyping.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:10 amspeaking of Daryll, an idiot is an idiot, regardless of skin color.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:12 amMy friends, who would you rather go bowling with?
This, my friends, is the hard question we must ask ourselves come November.
As Obama sucks at bowling, it follows that McCain must be brilliant at it.
The choice is clear my friends.
This message pPaid for by Friends of John McCain
“I’m John McCain, and I approve this message, or not, depending on who I;m pandering to at the time”.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:15 amYou have to understand, this is a form of apology for Matthews - see, he’s not just sexist, he’s racist too. Tune in next time when he evaluates Barney Frank’s fashion sense and Elaine Chao’s math abilities.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:15 amHow come Obama is African American but you’re “dark American”, Daryll. Why the double standard? I mean, above and behind the moronic racist stereotyping.
Not that I’m in the habit of defending racist bigots like Darryll, but to be fair, Obama’s father was African and his mother was American, so that would make him a true “African-American”, just like Teresa Heinz Kerry.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:17 amDaryll = self loathing. But then, he’s got a lot to loathe.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:18 amnot sure if it’s mentioned yet, but
OBAMA will be on SPITBALL with chrissy TOMORROW.
be sure to tune in!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:18 amDaryll’s favorite movie? Birth of a Nation.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:18 amOnce again, Daryll demonstrates that he is NOT articulate, well-mannered, informed, or relevant.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:25 amSorry, there’s nothing macho about bowling, except the beer swilling and cursing. Hell, if you’ve got good form, you can’t help but look like a sissy.
“But the fact that he’s that terrible at bowling does make you wonder,” added Matthews.
REALLY? Makes you wonder what???? That he’s got better things to do than work on a white-trash “sport”?
April 1st, 2008 at 11:27 amI recall someone (it may have been someone on TPM) suggesting that Mr. Matthews was in dire need of a vacation - that he’s not necessarily (always) bad or inept, but more seriously burnt-out from an exhausting primary season.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:27 amI, for one, don’t want a “macho” President. We’ve had enough “machismo” in the past seven years to last for 50 years. I’ll gladly take a “prissy” or “dainty” President who might actually care about the state of the country and the world and to heal some massive wounds inflicted by the “macho-Bushco’s”.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:30 amBilliards rule!
‘Dawn cracked hard; like a pool ball breaking a rack’
April 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am-Tom Waits
I think the best qualification for president is that he/she be a champion ping pong player.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:35 amRUCerious Says:
“Daryll’s favorite movie? Birth of a Nation.”
From the movie: ‘Tears rolled down his black, but honedt, face.”
April 1st, 2008 at 11:36 amI can’t think what sport McCain would be good at. He;s short and stocky so wrestling comes to mind, but he’s got short arms. Tiddly-winks perhaps?
April 1st, 2008 at 11:39 amIt appears Daryll pretends to be black so he can make racist comments and get away with them. Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when the dentist becomes Jewish so he can tell Jewish jokes and when called on it says but I’m Jewish I can make jokes without being antisemitic.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:40 amI bet to differ sir, badminton is the ultimate presidential game!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:41 amHas Tweety made any chicken and watermelon references yet?
Jebus….what a typical reich-wing prick.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:41 amShayne! Badminton is the only sport where you smack the birdie around to get points. I’m calling the SPCA on you!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:44 amHmm! For unexplained reasons I still have not read anything on this site about Bathtub Boy’s racial slurs!! WOnder why???
April 1st, 2008 at 11:44 amI guess Daryll went away to get another Holier Than Thou petal on his GoodGod Daisy.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:46 amOK, it appears to be settled. Let’s not even bother with an election. Let’s decide who our next president is with a bowling tournament and a basketball game, followed by a dance contest.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 amDaryll, I’m sorry if, at some point(s) in your life, you were been mistreated by some people who happen to be white. You are not the only one. I am white, and white people have done bad things to me. The only job I ever got fired from was by a white person. The only time I’ve ever been mugged was by a white person. The only times I’ve been physically struck was by white people.
But I never held any of that against ALL white people.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:49 amTweety determined that herr dubyah would make the better president then JFK because he’s the type of guy Americans would want to watch their children while stranded in a cabin in a middle of a forest.
….I’m not kidding….
April 1st, 2008 at 11:51 amTweety determined that herr dubyah would make the better president then JFK because he’s the type of guy Americans would want to watch their children while stranded in a cabin in a middle of a forest.
….I’m not kidding….
What a weird criterion not only to judge a presidential candidate on, but to even think Americans judge their presidential candidates on? Who the hell thinks like that? And would they still want Bush watching their kids after all we’ve learned about him these last seven years? Not if they love their kids, they won’t.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:55 amDaryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them only know about creating children out of wedlock, running out on their children, gang banging, malt liquor, drugs, welfare, food stamps, beating on their women, wearing their pants below their but, cursing, eating greasy foods and becoming an annoyance to others.
Daryll Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
How can you call me racist when I have dark-toned skin? My comments were true.
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Wow. Daryll is dark-toned. Therefore, by his own admission, he has been siring children out of wedlock (and then running out on them), he’s a gang-banger with a taste for malt liquor and drugs, he’s on welfare and food stamps, he beats up his woman, he wears his pants below his butt, he curses, he eats greasy foods, and he’s an annoyance to others.
And all I knew for sure was the annoyance part…
April 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am#29 “factual comments”? not so. You said “most”. Prove it. Send me a web site. Also, does that include the black soldiers which are 20% of our Army. Most on a repeated tour in your war…..
April 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 11:57 am
Dazzling display of logic! (To borrow from Star Trek’s Mr. Spock.)
April 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pmAnyone here remember two rookie NBA players in 1979 by the names of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson? Tweety’s comments about Obama’s “being good at basketball doesn’t surprise anybody” reminded me of comments about Bird and Johnson made by sports pundits 29 years ago. Johnson, a black player, was constantly praised for being “naturally gifted”. Bird, a white player, was lauded for his “discipline”. Now, does anybody truly believe that Johnson didn’t spend as many hours perfecting his layup and his hook shot as Bird did?
Anyone who paid attention to both players could see that they were both awesome stars in the game, and extremely good at what they did. And like almost all world-class athletes, both had natural talent they honed into perfection with years and years of practice, discipline, and focus. So why was the myth perpetuated that one was all natural talent and the other was all hard work? Skin color?
Chris Matthews is an idiot.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:10 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 11:51 am
Tweety determined that herr dubyah would make the better president then JFK because he’s the type of guy Americans would want to watch their children while stranded in a cabin in a middle of a forest.
….I’m not kidding….
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Who would want Bush to watch their kids? If I was going to pick any president or ex-president to take care of my kids while stranded in a forest cabin, I’d pick Jimmy Carter. He would keep the kids calm, he’d tell them stories like a Sunday School teacher, and he’d be able to fix the roof if it started leaking.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pmYou can just imagine the racist crap that the Reichwingers are going to be throwing out on the Corporate MSM. Get ready for crap like, “I bet no ones surprised that he like (watermellon/fried chicken/grits-take your pick)”. They are going to throw these stereotypes out there knowing that the (even mildly racist) will just eat it up.
I just hate what Corporate Controlled MSM has become, what pigs they are.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pmLOL!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pmAlthough I’m pretty sure Daryll is a left-winger doing a great imitation of a reich-winger, I think his comments today were waaaaay out of line.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pmHaving Bush watch your kids is like hiring Hannibal the Cannibal for a babysitter.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:27 pmI see The Performance Artist Known as Daryll® has turned it up a notch and is now negatively stereotyping what is supposed to be the character’s own race.
I tell you, if the character was more convincingly written and performed, this might be an intriguing twist.
As it is, though, “Daryll” is such a cartoon that I find it difficult to believe that anyone could take it seriously. I admire the consistency in the performance, but it’s not a very life-like creation. Consistent cardboard is not very interesting.
I give it Thumbs Down. And please, don’t pitch “The Daryll Movie” to me. I don’t even want to see Daryll as a secondary character in the next Tyler Perry.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:28 pmI have to ask Morning Joe what is more manly, being a good baskeball player or a good bowler?
April 1st, 2008 at 12:39 pmI don’t want a president who’s good at bowling. That means he/she has too much time on their hands.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:49 pmFirst this:
Daryll - April 1st, 2008 at 10:27 am
I will give Obama credit for being an articulate and well-mannered african american. Most of them[…]
Then this:
Daryll - April 1st, 2008 at 10:35 am
How can you call me racist when I have dark-toned skin?
I think this is a slip: Daryll just let out he is not a black person, like he has pretended to be all this time. he went from being a black person to just “dark-toned”.
I’ve log suspected it’s just a persona by some attention-starved troll, who is not black, Christian, or very smart either…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:50 pmAs for Matthews, what an ignorant fool he is. How he manages to stay on the air remains a mystery to me…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:52 pmAs an MSNBC viewer I no longer watch this guy. Matthews has been terrible in the Hillary vs Obama stuff. It’s now more like slime ball not hardball these days. I skip on to Keith and Dan for the real deal.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pmI’m sure if McShrub were to attempt some athletic endeavor in front of the cameras Tweety would be falling all over himself and swooning, with comments like, “Despite his extreme bravery while being tortured and physically abused as a POW, John McCain had the courage to attempt the arduous task of taking on all comers in a dog-eat-dog bridge tournament.”
Better yet, if we want this to be the criterion for choosing the next leader of the free world, let Obama and McShrub go head to head in EITHER bowling or basketball and see who comes away the winner.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pmWatching Obama bowl reminded me of John Kerry wind-sailing.
Bad PR move.
_AIO_
April 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pmAnd noone is surprised about Matthews sharp observations. He knows what hes talking about
Chris Matthews:
“The biggest story of modern Third World history if Obama wins the American Presidental caucus in Iowa.”
Because anyone who understands the Third World knows that the most important thing to these Third World people is that US elects a black President with a “Third World” name.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pmHi jackball
April 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pmChris Matthews tries to beat the land speed record for words per minute. Shut up and listen to people for a change. He answers his own questions before giving anyone a chance. Hey Chris if you want to do a monologue, get yourself a brickwall background, a stool and a mic. Otherwise, sit back and try and learn something from the people you invite on your show!
Oh, and what’s up with FAN OF MAN (response #2)? Is it necessary to use foul language on this site? Let’s not stoop so low, okay?
April 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pmjackball Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
“Basketball comment is yet more blatant stereotyped racism coming from the left.”
– WHAT basketball comment? Matthews’? He’s hardly “from the left.” If you are talking about a comment from another TP poster, please reference who it was and the time of the post.
“This campaign has clearly shown the racist underbelly of liberals.”
– Unless you can elaborate on that with some specific evidence, this is an empty comment. Furthermore, what does this have to do with Tweety?
“No surprise, there’s a long racist history in the DNC.”
– It’s true that well over a century ago, Republicans were the progressives and Democrats were the mentally arthritic we-fear-change crowd. The parties have since switched positions, yet you wingnuts still like to bash Democrats for anti-Reconstruction positions of the 19th century.
“But don’t let the facts get in the way.”
April 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm– How in the world could “facts get in the way” when you have failed to provide any?
Nice take-down, missmolly. Surgical and precise.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pmEvery time Tweety talks, he lets out his ignorance more and more. I hope Abrams’ shows, “The Verdict” and “Bush Justice” put Tweety’s “HardBalls” out of business.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm>Watching Obama bowl reminded me of John Kerry wind-sailing.
He shouldnt have done it in a tie..
April 1st, 2008 at 3:40 pmThe_Right_Stuff Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
You are forgetting that most Democrat lawmakers were opposed to the Civil Rights laws passed in the 1960’s which passed despite their vigorous opposition. And don’t give me that tired old lie that most “Dixiecrats” then switched parties, becuase the cold hard facts are that most remained with the Democratic party.
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“MOST Democrat (sic) lawmakers”? Wrong. If that was true, the civil rights laws would never have passed at all. Only the Democrats from southern states opposed the bills (also all Republicans from southern states). Democrats from states in the northeast, the midwest, and the west supported civil rights overwhelmingly — and in greater numbers than did the Republicans from these states.
And no — I’m not going to say that Democrats from southern states switched parties overnight en masse. They didn’t. Over the years, some did (Strom Thurmond was a good example) — but most stayed with the Democratic party until they retired or got defeated for re-election by a Republican. Many of these Republicans started out as Democrats, but switched parties before running for office (Jesse Helms and Trent Lott are good examples). Most Southern states are now overwhelmingly Republican, both in population and in representation. This shift really began with the 1964 election, when conservative Republican Goldwater ONLY carried southern states (plus his own).
Now, you can comb through ancient history all you want, and you can cherry-pick quotes all you want, but do you REALLY think that you are going to get anyone here to believe that the Democratic Party is more racist than the Republicans?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:00 pmThe_Right_Stuff:
What’s happening. Winning hearts and minds?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:13 pmWe have to face the race issue. It’s so in our DNA by now… Obama’s speech, his masterful spot-on speech, shows us the way. I’m white and female and in the 60+ set now, and I believe he can help us all make the next step we have to take to “get over it,” meaning the centuries of programming that have made whites fear blacks, and made blacks despise whites.
It’s time we faced this.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:36 pmI’d like to see Obama golf, I bet he’s a natural
April 1st, 2008 at 7:15 pmYeah, those damn liberals almost blocked the civil rights bill in the 60’s; I remember it well. If it hadn’t been pushed by the Republic Party it probably would never have passed.
So how did John McShrub vote on the bill to make MLK’s birthday a national holiday?
Get real and/or educated…oh, never mind.
Next.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:46 pmJackoff @ 111,
When you’re tired of pissing in the wind, go piss up a rope.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:49 pmJackball:
One glance at Bush’s cabinet and you’ll see that Bush has no problem appointing qualified minorities to positions never before held by a person of color.
Like Ron Brown, Clinton’s former transportation secretary, Or Madeline Albright, Clinton’s Jewish, female secretary of state?
If your point is that Bush was first to appoint a black to a cabinet position, you’re really, really wrong.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:09 pmand then there was Obama’s meltdown with his racist church.
Do you really want to be taken seriously? Try not rhetorically hyperventilating. So now Obama’s whole church is racist? Where did you get that info? The same place you got the lame “Bush was the first to appoint a black” assertion?
April 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pmthe successful conservative minority.
A true oxymoron. Except the minority part.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:15 pmDamn I understood not to piss into the wind at about the same time I learned to piss all on my own. Obviously growing up at sea has its advantages
April 1st, 2008 at 10:07 pm