Tweety on Obama: "[D]id it surprise you that he was so un-ethnic tonight?"

[jefferson_dem]

Matthews on Obama's debate performance: "id it surprise you that he was so un-ethnic tonight?"

Summary: On MSNBC, Chris Matthews asserted that "we don't know who won this debate 'til we know how, to put it bluntly, the white working class guy, the regular working stiff out there, responds." He later asked Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson: "id it surprise you that he was so un-ethnic tonight?"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270007

[babylonsister]

1. WTF is that supposed to mean? nt

[mitchum]

8. You beat me to it

WTF?
I would really love to see Tweety dig himself a hole by trying to explain what he meant by that

[democracy1st]

17. here you go more of his off the wall BS (Video Included)

During MSNBC's post-presidential debate coverage, host Chris Matthews asserted that "we don't know who won this debate 'til we know how, to put it bluntly, the white working class guy, the regular working stiff out there, responds." He later asked Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson: "id it surprise you that he was so un-ethnic tonight? That he never once talked about the condition of African-Americans in this country, never once talked about poor people, never once mentioned poor people, never once talked about the underclass."



he can never win with these clowns ,he just keeps smiling and moving ahead

http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270007

[babylonsister]

28. Thanks for the extended quote; and what did McBush mention?

From what I gathered from this, nothing about the middle-class.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7222507&mesg_id=7222507

Obama slams McCain for not mentioning middle class

[Cha]

25. I think I know! tweety is pointing out

that he thinks Obama is appealing to all Americans..not just Black, White, Brown, Pink, Blue, or Rainbow:7

Give tweety a big Duh factor on this one.

[babylonsister]

26. Ha! I'm sure that's what he meant!

:D

[SmileyRose]

2. Stupid Tweety -- is stupid.

the man should have been off TV a long time ago.

[DJ13]

"You mean he's NOT black?!"

Tweety should know better.

[fujiyama]

3. I'm kind of glad I don't have cable news

to see Matthews ramble on incoherently and spout nonsense.

[Jennicut]

4. Is that like how Obama was too "exotic" at one point?

I forget who said it but it was equally ridiculous.

[No Elephants]

5. He meant McCain was not wearing a kilt.

[mitchum]

9. LMAO!

nicely done :)

[codjh9]

6. What a stupid remark.

[graywarrior]

7. Tell that to the independents in my neighborhood who decided to support Obama

after last nights debate.

[Pirate Smile]

18. Details, please?

[graywarrior]

36. I canvassed 20 houses.

18 are supporting Obama after being on the fence. Last nights debate sold them. They are now strong Obama supporters--calling their families in other states and proudly announcing that fact.

[rvablue]

10. Tweety, does it surprise you when you open your mouth and shit runs out? n/t

[lapfog_1]

11. So I guess Obama wasn't like MF this or MF that... right? - n/t

[melody]

16. Ate with silverware, too, probably

:eyes:

[johnaries]

12. "un-ethnic". Ist that the same as an Oreo cookie? nt

[grantcart]

13. I thought he came off extremely Irish so I wonder what Chris is really saying

[MattBaggins]

14. Pardon my French

but we need a whole new award category called the Fucking Idiot Award. We can make them in the shape of little Tweety Birds in honor of Matthews.

[melody]

15. The utter idiocy of ethnic blindness

Like McCain DOESN'T have an ethnicity?

[TexasObserver]

19. Chris Matthews reveals himself as a racist repeatedly like that.

Like Bill O'Reilly, his perceptions of black people are based upon long held ignorant beliefs. sdk

It's embarrassing to watch him talk about race.

[polichick]

20. Chris projects his own small-minded parochial views onto others often...

I hope he doesn't run for the Senate in PA ~ don't know if I could vote for him.

[11 Bravo]

21. He didn't even ask for any mother-fucking iced tea!

[lamp_shade]

22. I had the same thought as Chris. I often admire him for being so

genuine and gutsy with his remarks. Read this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7216870&mesg_id=7216870

[No Elephants]

29. Sorry, I don't understand. What did you expect Obama to do in last night's debate and why did you

expect it?

[Nia Zuri]

23. In defense of Tweety don't think he is racist but he is preoccupied with race

i actually think he is concerned that racism will cause Obama's defeat. I have a pretty good racist-dar, but just don't see it in Tweety at least not any more than the average white. Maybe a bit less so.

[No Elephants]

31. Preoccupied with race, but not racist? Sorry, that does not compute in my mind.

[Hansel]

33. Tweety is doing Obama a favor here by speaking to a certain subset of

the white working class voter.

It sounds racist (because it is) but Tweety is simply speaking code for "THIS black guy" is okay. He's one of us. It sounds kind of stupid, but I can think of many working class whites who this statement would comfort. The folks who are uncomfortable with anyone who is not like them. Some are racists and some aren't out and out racists. Most are decent people, but have no interaction with anyone outside of their own cultural group so they just don't know if they can trust people not like them to work on their behalf. This is the fear that the Republican exploit in every single election because it works with this group.

Obama made some of these people trust him last night. That's a good thing.

I dated a guy once who I found out was one of the biggest racists I've ever known. It's a big part of the reason we broke up. But anyway, he was one of those guys who blamed N*grs for everything. He was a big Reagan guy, 'cause Reagan was a real man's man.

One night we went to the American Legion and I became anxious when a black man went into the men's room while he was in there. They were in there for about 20 minutes and I was becoming absolutely horrified about what might be going on. Soon they came out with their arms wrapped around each other's shoulders and laughing their butts off. I was stunned. When I asked him about it he said, "oh, he's one of the good ones. He's one of us."

This racist would have voted for Obama. And this is who Tweety is speaking to here.

[lamp_shade]

35. Nice post, Hansel. n/t

[Erin Elizabeth]

24. Why do people like Tweety not understand

that working class stiffs are NOT JUST WHITE?????

And why oh why is the "white working class guy" so fucking important? There ARE other groups of people in this country.

[shadowknows69]

27. Tweety managed to call Obama Muhammad Ali last night too

In some lame boxing analogy

[butterfly77]

30. That has been the problem all along...

they can't just look at him just as a man, and once they see people are looking at him as just a man they have start splitting up the votes with color...

[bevoette]

32. LOL...when he gets going, he's like his own personal 'random bizarre phrase' generator

i like Tweety :)

[Vinca]

34. I like Eugene Robinson alot - sometimes I wonder how he can sit there

and not leap over the table and grab Tweety by the throat.

[Overseas]

37. That's why I sometimes can't stand him. I switched away while he was on last night.

He was blathering about no one talking about the bailout, even though Obama had talked about it quite specifically, including conditions for its passage.

I could tell he was working extra hard to prop up McCrabby, so I just turned away.

And he was tossing around all of that white working class this and that and pretending that somehow a mummified multimillionaire with $520 shoes and too many homes to count, could better relate to this much vaunted group than a former community organizer.

Sometimes Tweety sounds like he belongs with the RNC -- Country Club First !