"For an hour I forgot he was black."

[Stinky The Clown]

Whaaaaaaat?

Matthews is fucking crazy. He's like political Tourettes. What a fucking moron.

[KamaAina]

For an hour I forgot Tweety still existed.

Thanks for the reminder. :wtf:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. "political Tourettes"....Excellent!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Renew Deal]

12. And perfectly accurate

Matthews is such a goofball.

[w8liftinglady]

17. I love that!Well done!

[Kweli4Real]

2. He said that?!?

[blondeatlast]

3. Glas someone else heard it that way; I thought I was hearing things. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. My mouth dropped and I don't think that was the worst line even.

[gkhouston]

5. Why does this man have a job? n/t

[MissDeeds]

6. MSNBC lines are lighting up right now

Can't wait to hear the retraction.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. My jaw is STILL on the floor.

I don't watch him anymore, but did check in tonight.
Still cringing over that remark.

[Marr]

8. He said that?

What is he? A fucking idiot?

He seriously said that?

[KamaAina]

9. Can I have his time slot, please?

:shrug:

[Donnachaidh]

10. I'm still picking carpet out of my chin after that one.

I wish the cameras had been on Rachel or Keith when he dropped THAT bomb of a comment.

[unc70]

11. Heard it. He kept digging and digging ...

Matthews has only a couple of settings and they are opposite extremes.

[HipChick]

13. did he ever forget Bush was white?

Tweety is obsessed with race..

[KingFlorez]

14. Good grief

I cannot believe he would say that, what an idiot.

[Fire1]

15. Freudian slip. n/t

[bullwinkle428]

16. An utterly stark and startling admission of racism.

[NoSheep]

18. I just didn't see that. I thought he was being wry.

[Lex]

19. Translation: He's so smart and "well spoken" that

for an hour I forgot he was black.

What ELSE could the freak have meant? Jeeez.

[Kweli4Real]

20. Okay ...

Tell me again how racism is "not really a factor in American life!"

[tavalon]

21. Did he really say that?

Tweety really needs to learn to think before he speaks. Well, actually, I guess he just needs to learn to think. Tweet tweet!

[Rockholm]

22. Bad choice of words, but I get what he was trying to say.

[Kweli4Real]

24. Please enlighten me.

Even my 14 year old daughter was like :wtf: But then, she's a beautify Black girl that rejects the idea that "white is right", "the white man's ice is colder" and every other expression of white supremacy.

[Rockholm]

25. Why should I? I get it, for me.

[Kweli4Real]

28. Okay ...

Then, if the language of white supremacy is understandable ... might I suggest some serious racial self-reflection?

[NoSheep]

31. he said he forgot he was black. He didn't say he forgot he was inferior! YOU did.

[SallyMander]

32. He said "I forgot he was black" as if that was some big compliment

Apparently you don't get why that's a problem, but it is.

[NoSheep]

33. If you will, please see reply 24 and 59 in the following thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=156681&mesg_id=156834

If you still don't get my point, I can't help you.

[Kweli4Real]

34. THANK YOU!!!!!

Substitute "Woman" or "Gay" or "a man" or whatever flavor you happen to be for the word "Black." Then comeback here and remind my again how racism is a thing of the past and white supremacy is a myth!

[NoSheep]

30. Maybe that's because she is 14 and people aren't honest around her.

[Kweli4Real]

35. Honest about their racism?

[NoSheep]

36. Please see post 33 in this thread. eom

[glitch]

23. Tweety has always been a creep.

I really don't get the pass he receives so often around here.

[SallyMander]

26. Here's a video, for those who missed it:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/chris-matthews-on-obama-i-forgot-he-was-black-for-an-hour/

[mzmolly]

27. That's not quite how he said it.

I don't have any desire to defend a "racist" but I don't think his comments were racist. He was intimating that he didn't consider Obama our "Black President" but our "President" period. I knew what he meant.

[asdjrocky]

29. For a second I forgot Tweety was stupid.

Then it went away like it always does.

[MilesColtrane]

37. Wotta toolbag.

[TreeHugnLibra]

38. I guess in his floundering way, he was trying to suggest

we've gone past racism and seeing our president in terms of his color. Terrible choice of words, though.

[Lugnut]

39. Tweety never disappoints.

He's always an asshat.

[deacon]

40. That was a peek into matthews soul. I guess he just looks at him via his race. n/t