White liberal TV host can’t stop talking about president’s skin color

By Michelle Malkin  •  January 28, 2010 11:18 AM

‘Fess up, my liberal friends and readers. Are you not now completely mortified by the continued Archie Bunker ruminations on race by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews? Still stuck in the ’60s babbling about the Kennedy administration, his patronizing attitude toward President Obama makes Harry “Negro dialect” Reid and Robert “Kleagle” Byrd look like hip, young 21st century progressives.

Video: “I forgot he was black.”

And here’s his even clumsier “explanation.”

Who says such a thing? And they call Tea Party folks RAAAAAACISTS? Is there a more race-obsessed motor-mouth on TV than Chris Matthews?

I haven’t forgotten:

White anchor at indelibly white network decries “white tribalism”

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  1. #1
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:23 am, Cogs said:

    At some point it gets embarrassing to keep this guy on the air.

  2. #2
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:24 am, spaceycakes said:

    I’ll just repost mine from another thread:

    “I forgot he was black tonight, for an hour.”

    …’and then I went back to writhing in my white liberal guilt…so I ate some chitterlings in Memphis’…

  3. #3
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:26 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    It’s not Comrade Obama’s (PBUH) “Blackness” that bothers me–it’s the RED in him!
    ***
    And Chrissy Matthews “leg tingles” are getting a little messy–he needs to change his Depends.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  4. #4
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:29 am, TanyaB said:

    Well said Rocketman!!

  5. #5
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:31 am, spaceycakes said:

    I don’t know why anyone listens to this cretin. He & Olbermann should be left to circle-jerk on their own.

  6. #6
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:32 am, jsr said:

    Last week I saw a clip of Chris Mathews humiliate Howard Dean with regard to the Massachusetts disaster. It was pretty good and for a brief moment I have to admit I forgot he is a blithering idiot. It seems he wasn’t even thinking in the usual terms liberal tribalism.

  7. #7
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:32 am, txvet2 said:

    He’s no more race-obsessed than RSS or any other liberal. They’re all obsessed with finding things that divide us rather than unite us.

  8. #8
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:33 am, DBNinKY said:

    Is it little wonder that he works at the White People’s Place News -

  9. #9
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:36 am, Paul Revere said:

    Because you had your eyes closed while you were on your knees, Chris?

  10. #10
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:36 am, MacEamonn said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:32 am, jsr said:
    …for a brief moment I have to admit I forgot he is a blithering idiot…./blockquote>

    JSR,

    That’s a good one. :)

  11. #11
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:37 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    It’s how self-loathing liberals who live in white-only upscale neighborhoods delude themselves that they are not racists, not like the rest of us white people who actually live in organically integrated cities and neighborhoods.

    It’s like listening to a frump who just started dating a girl who is teaching how to dress always pointing out how well dressed he is in a crowd of well-dressed people. Thud!

  12. #12
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:37 am, zyzzyg said:

    Yep, Matthews is a knucklehead.

    Yes, we have come on long way with regard to race, we may have futher to go, but Matthews has even farther to go.

  13. #13
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:38 am, Flyoverman said:

    What is apparent is that skin color skews any objective analysis Matthews would attempt to do.

    He’s fatally tainted as a journalist. No one should listen further to anything he has to say.

  14. #14
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:39 am, Pasadena Phil said:

    “…teaching HIM how to dress…”

  15. #15
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:39 am, tiredofit08 said:

    the place for politics

    what a crock…the place for libtard/progressive ideas maybe….

    and you pegged it Rocketman…did he wear a “red” tie??

  16. #16
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:40 am, DBNinKY said:

    Interesting fact – TVNewser reports that PMSNBC is shifting around its entire daytime lineup after dropping to fifth place in the ratings – they outright canceled Norah O’Donnell’s show (we don’t get the channel on our system, so who knew she even had a show)!

  17. #17
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:44 am, walterc said:

    Last week on Drudge, the ratings for the Mass election night coverage showed Chris Matthews finishing in 10th place-BEHIND THE JOY BEHAR SHOW.

    Yesterday’s report, Mathhews didn’t even make the top 10, but Olberman and Behar sneaked in with just less than 1,000,000 viewers.

    The FOX lineup covered the top 6 spots with the lowest (Shep Smith) garnering 2.18 million viewers.

    Since most of the ratings are pundits and bloggers, if we ignored them, MSNBC would just disappear.

    Can’t wait to see last nights post SOTU coverage ratings.

  18. #18
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:46 am, DBNinKY said:

    Yes, we have come on long way with regard to race, we may have futher to go, but Matthews has even farther to go.

    It’s not just on the issue of race that Matthews needs to play catch-up; he also needs to come to grips with the political realities of 21st century America and stop labeling those with whom he politically disagrees as racists, like he has done numerous times in describing Tea Party protesters.

  19. #19
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:47 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:31 am, spaceycakes said:
    I don’t know why anyone listens to this cretin. He & Olbermann should be left to circle-jerk on their own.

    And who would be sponge boy, Anderson Cooper?

  20. #20
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:49 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    I’ll take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race when she takes on her own side. Which will NEVER happen.

  21. #21
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:51 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Chris Matthews: “I couldn’t sleep at all last night! I had the ‘Jimmy Legs’ something awful!”

  22. #22
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:52 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    Obi from Nairobi looked so Presidential I almost forgot he’s ineligible…….

  23. #23
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am, Mister P said:

    When are people going to tell us the truth? Obama is not black, he is BIRACIAL.

  24. #24
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:54 am, b-cat said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:49 am, Red State Skeptic said:
    I’ll take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race when she takes on her own side. Which will NEVER happen.

    What are you talking about?

  25. #25
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:55 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    Maybe after insulting the SCOTUS justices to their faces they might actually look at any of the many challenges to his eligibilty.

    Probably not, if they were too gutless to uphold Constitutional requirements before, it’s unlikely they’d do it now.

    Is there NO ONE??????

  26. #26
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:56 am, spaceycakes said:

    Rogue, yes. Cooper could be useful enough to wield the sponge. I choose Maher to ‘fluff’.

  27. #27
    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:59 am, Winghunter said:

    Chris Matthews Calls Saul Alinsky One Of His Heroes http://tinyurl.com/ya7v4ft

  28. #28
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:05 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    Mind you, all those incidents are just within the last year.

  29. #29
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:49 am, Red State Skeptic said:

    I’ll take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race when she takes on her own side. Which will NEVER happen.

    The usual leftist dodge. Unless you can verify that during your entire life that you were perfect on a given topic, I will not accept any comments you make on it.

    Worthy of an elementary playground.

    Formally known as the “Alan Combes Approach.”

  30. #30
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:26 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Matthews: The Audacity of Condescension.

  31. #31
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:31 pm, TomB said:

    Obama’s black? Why hasn’t anyone mentioned this before now?

  32. #32
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:35 pm, John Deaux said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:31 am, spaceycakes said:
    I don’t know why anyone listens to this cretin. He & Olbermann should be left to circle-jerk on their own.

    You left out Maddow.

  33. #33
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:36 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    It’s amazing how much Tingles Matthews talks about the race of Bambi Obama and how the rest of us should not be so fixated on race.

    Chris Matthews is a dumbass.

  34. #34
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:37 pm, ThatSamIAm said:

    And technically Obambi is half black and completely pathetic.

  35. #35
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:43 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:22 pm, Flyoverman said:

    The usual leftist dodge. Unless you can verify that during your entire life that you were perfect on ever addressed a given topic, I will not accept any comments you make on it.

    But I will grant that Chris Matthews is a bumbling idiot. I will also point out that he is no friend of the left, and was chosen Media Matters’s Misinformer of the Year.

  36. #36
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:44 pm, spaceycakes said:

    John Deaux–I thought she taped hers back?

  37. #37
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:44 pm, RedDog said:

    For every dumb comment or criminal act by a conservative there are a 100 by liberals. And guess which act is highlighted by the news media? Witness O’Keefe….

  38. #38
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:55 pm, J S Ragman said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:23 am, Cogs said:
    At some point it gets embarrassing to keep this guy on the air.

    I’d say we’ve passed that point.

  39. #39
    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:56 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Spaceycakes-Forget the chitterlings, go for the BBQ at Central BBQ near the Christian Brothers University/Liberty Bowl on Central Ave.

    or Topps BBQ is pretty good too!

    GSP

  40. #40
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:05 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 12:44 pm, spaceycakes said:
    John Deaux–I thought she taped hers back?

    Her ancestral clan name was Murphrydikes

  41. #41
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:19 pm, BuckeyeSam said:

    MSNBC = The Liberal White-Folks Place for Politics.

  42. #42
    On January 28th, 2010 at 1:32 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    Who is this Chrissy Mathews?

  43. #43
    On January 28th, 2010 at 2:11 pm, joeblough said:

    .
    Accusations of racism from the left are pure projection.

    I haven’t seen anybody on the right paying attention to Red Hussein’s famous complexion, with the sole exception of a few commentators who are themselves black.

    Other than that it gets no play on the right.

    We are more concerned with the color of his politics — which is pure RED!

    The left however … now that’s a different matter.

    They’re into that whole negro thing.

  44. #44
    On January 28th, 2010 at 2:19 pm, Speakup said:

    Obviously, Matthews doesn’t believe a Black man can be President.

    Guess that tingle he felt wasn’t admiration after all.

  45. #45
    On January 28th, 2010 at 2:30 pm, Mister P said:

    I think Matthews only would vote for someone “light skinned”.

  46. #46
    On January 28th, 2010 at 2:36 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I pray they don’t fire him!! He is the perfect representative of the moonbats! Maybe he could team up with Schultz and Olberdope and have a variety show. That would be quite a spectacle don’t you think?? :wink:

  47. #47
    On January 28th, 2010 at 3:07 pm, zyzzyg said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:46 am, DBNinKY said: #20

    It’s not just on the issue of race that Matthews needs to play catch-up; he also needs to come to grips with the political realities of 21st century America and stop labeling those with whom he politically disagrees as racists, like he has done numerous times in describing Tea Party protesters.

    We should all avoid calling people racist, unless there is uncontrivertible evidence. Do you agree?

  48. #48
    On January 28th, 2010 at 3:18 pm, vinny said:

    zyzzyg, stop being such a racist.

  49. #49
    On January 28th, 2010 at 3:34 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    The liberal mind is a terrible thing. I mean, I do not want to EVER know the slightest notion of what and how a liberal thinks. I mean, when I see Barack Obama, I do not see a Black man–I see a hopeless liberal who has never been challenged to doubt the idiotic socialistic ideology that he was indoctrinated into throughout the entirety of his life.

    His skin color is the LEAST important thing about him as far as I’m concerned, yet for a knee-jerk reactionary liberal Obama’s skin color is at the utmost in importance. How pitiful that is! I cannot verbalize how utterly pitiful and disgusting that is to me.

  50. #50
    On January 28th, 2010 at 3:38 pm, Wyatt Earp said:

    Chrissy Matthews is lily white. Pasty, actually. And I never forget it.

  51. #51
    On January 28th, 2010 at 5:04 pm, DBNinKY said:

    …uncontrivertible evidence.

    Define incontrovertible. In liberal-ese it has two distinct meanings: the standard version, generally applicable to all conservatives, patriotic Americans, and Tea Party protesters everywhere; and the vague, whatever suits the case version, reserved for most Hollywood A-listers, media elitists and “enlightened progressives.”

  52. #52
    On January 28th, 2010 at 6:03 pm, Kingfish said:

    Old Tingly may have forgotten he (Obama) was black but I have not forgot he is a Marxist

  53. #53
    On January 28th, 2010 at 6:16 pm, flenser said:

    Tom Maguire has the best comment on this.

    Obama was black when his approval rating was near 70; now that it is 49 Matthews can’t remember his race; and if it dips into the low 30′s, Matthews will see a blond surfer from Hawaii.

  54. #54
    On January 28th, 2010 at 6:17 pm, cheapseat said:

    mathews is such an (_*_). it’s no wonder his ratings are so low, who can abide his drivel, and his monumental ego won’t allow him to listen to anyone, just yak yak yak. screw him and the horse he road in on.

  55. #55
    On January 28th, 2010 at 7:12 pm, flaming_o said:

    Like all privileged racists, Chris Matthews keeps reminding us how white he is. See Harry Reid.

  56. #56
    On January 28th, 2010 at 8:40 pm, PCWilliams said:

    Was Matthews saying Obama didn’t sound black? Or the speech was so good it sounded white? Or was he just saying he only sees a black man when Obama speaks except for this one hour?

  57. #57
    On January 28th, 2010 at 9:19 pm, floridaobserver said:

    On January 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am, Mister P said:
    When are people going to tell us the truth? Obama is not black, he is BIRACIAL.

    He is mulatto.

    From Wikipedia:
    The etymology of the term is uncertain. It may be derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word mulato (referred to casta), which itself is derived from mula, mule; from Old Spanish; from Latin mūlus), by analogy with the mule, which is the hybrid offspring of a horse and a donkey.[3][4][5]

    Ah, THAT explains it!

  58. #58
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:19 pm, jangar said:

    Hey Chris…crack kills, dude! Get help, fast!

  59. #59
    On January 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm, jangar said:

    Obama was black when his approval rating was near 70; now that it is 49 Matthews can’t remember his race; and if it dips into the low 30’s, Matthews will see a blond surfer from Hawaii.

    And, I might add, if he doesn’t get re-elected, then it’s because he’s Negro and Americans are racist…but not Chris.

  60. #60
    On January 29th, 2010 at 12:36 am, emjem24 said:

    Red State Skeptic said:
    I’ll take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race when she takes on her own side. Which will NEVER happen.

    Translation: If only Michelle Malkin would just stay on the Dem plantation where other minorities are supposed to “reside” then her criticisms will be taken seriously.

    Somebody used the word “twat” in another thread to describe Howard Zinn and I think, you either embody that word or resemble the type of “phony” that JD Salinger often described.

  61. #61
    On January 29th, 2010 at 7:59 am, swede said:

    Red State Skeptic said:
    I’ll take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race when she takes on her own side. Which will NEVER happen.

    Please provide us with racist statements made by conservatives from the last year or two. I really can’t remember any. Enlighten us please.

  62. #62
    On January 29th, 2010 at 9:21 am, spaceycakes said:

    Somebody used the word “twat”

    That was me, emjem24, and I pronounce it the British way that rhymes with ‘cat’. LOL

  63. #63
    On January 29th, 2010 at 9:49 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    No Red State Skeptic you will NOT take Michelle Malkin’s criticism of liberals and race under any circumstances. The tainted Kool-Aid has rotted whatever gray matter you had. Even we self loathing minorities can see that.

    But how Liberal of you to be concerned about you little brown lessers-may we step and fetch for you?

  64. #64
    On January 29th, 2010 at 11:56 am, Dimsdale said:

    Liberals are all to quick to criticize a hypocritical Republican. Where are they on grossly hypocritical Democrats? Particularly those who are so quick to label conservatives as “racists” and “bigots”?

  65. #65
    On January 29th, 2010 at 1:12 pm, swede said:

    Here is the last bruhaha I can remember about a conservative/racist “conrtoversy”.

    CAVUTO: How do you think the troops would feel about a President Obama?

    BUSH: Oh, I don’t know. He, let’s — he hasn’t gotten elected yet. He hasn’t even gotten the party’s nomination either. He’s an attractive guy. He’s articulate. I’ve been impressed with him when I’ve seen him in person. But he’s got a long way to go to be president.

    Bozo Biden had said Obama is “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”, by any standard far more racist than Bush’s statement. In fact, I failed to see any racist slur in Bush’s comment. MSM take:

    Biden gets a pass – and ends up VP

    Bush is a knuckle dragging racist.

    For RSS, Jimmeh, Bathtub Boy and even “forgot he was black” Matthews “conservatives are racist” is a self evident truth. When no data or proof supports this theory, they need to manufacture it.

  66. #66
    On January 29th, 2010 at 9:57 pm, Jimmie said:

    I really can’t imagine the world where actual people tune their TV’s so as to be able to listen to the drivel this dolt delivers???????

  67. #67
    On January 30th, 2010 at 4:33 pm, William said:

    Based on the numerous references to race as spewed from the mouth of Chris Matthews over the past few years, it is clear that Matthews is obsessed with race, and is projecting an inner conflict within himself in which HE has a problem with race. If it were not so, then why is he frequently heard accusing “Republicans” of being racist, of having no “black people,” or people of color in their ranks, of accusing the Tea Party demonstrators of being monochromatic, and so forth?

    Clearly Matthews is a racist and has feelings of guilt at his racism, but manifests that conflict by projecting it onto others.

    It is remarkable how “White” he and his fellow MSNBC staff, on camera celebrities are.

    Look around you, Chris. You and your fellow broadcasters at MSNBC – Maddow, Olbermann, etc., are all lily white, and, as evidenced by your racial obsession and bean counting, racists.

  68. #68
    On February 1st, 2010 at 8:39 am, PCWilliams said:

    What if Obama’s speech had obviously flopped … miserably … and Matthews had said, “It (the speech) reminded me he was black”? Would there be outrage THEN?

  69. #69
    On February 5th, 2010 at 8:44 am, Lindsay said:

    Chris Matthew’s leg was tingling so much he forgot himself, being a tad distracted as the feeling moved up his pants.

    He was, afterall, just honoring Black History Month a week in advance. Give the poor buffoon a break. He was overcome with love tingles for our Dear Leader.

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