Race expert Pat Buchanan: Obama is "not what you would expect from a black guy from S. Side Chicago"

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Buchanan: Obama is "not what you would expect from a black guy from the South Side of Chicago"


On the October 29 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan asserted that "It is quite apparent" Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "is not a street fighter, and he doesn't have the eye of the tiger." Buchanan further said that Obama is "up there, sort of holding forth," adding, "I mean, he's not what you would expect from a black guy from the South Side of Chicago. He's something, as (NBC News political director) Chuck (Todd) says, you'd expect in a Harvard seminar for undergraduates or something like that." Host Chris Matthews responded, "Well, he's also an Ivy leaguer. ... He may have grown up in the ... to some extent, in the urban neighborhoods, but he certainly is a guy ... who's worked in those neighborhoods in terms of tough areas, but ... he is a refined personality, clearly." Buchanan replied: "Well, that's not a fighter."

Obama reportedly resides in the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, and in the 1980s, he worked as a community organizer in poor neighborhoods in the city.

Earlier on Hardball, Todd had said of Obama, "He does strike me as a professor," adding, "He's like a guy at Harvard or Yale, who, after a 90-minute lecture to a bunch of students, will have all the students waiting for an autograph or wanting to spend more time with the professor."

Near the end of the segment, Buchanan said, "Here's what ought to say: 'Hillary Clinton is a Bush-Cheney senator when it comes down to the real ... nut-cutting, as Richard Nixon ... used to say, and she has voted again and again and again there. And that's where she will go and that's where she is. And ... our party is here. We're getting out of this war and we're not getting into that one.' " Matthews responded, "I agree with you. Well said. 'Nut-cutting' will be the phrase for the ... ages tonight." .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://mediamatters.org/items/200710300007?f=h_latest

[Ian David]

1. I bet Obama doesn't order "Mother F-ing Iced tea" either, Pat! Geesh! n/t

[walldude]

2. He was expecting Bad Bad Leroy Brown?

Baddest man in the whole damn town?

"Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) "is not a street fighter, and he doesn't have the eye of the tiger."
Poor Obama, he doesn't have that fictional Rocky standby the "eye of the tiger". Wow, whatever will he do?

Buchanan is a fucking nut job, so if I were Obama I'd take all this as a complement.

[Lautremont]

3. Buchanan: "He came up to me and I thought he was going to carjack me. But he did not."

[NMMNG]

4. He expected a speech peppered with "Motha f***a" and such?

:eyes:

[Basileus Basileon]

5. Well, neither am I!

Disregard that I am not black.

So anyway, what exactly does Pat expect from South Side blacks? Also...ah...much of Hyde Park, especially around UC, is not exactly the South Side. I mean, it's like 5500S, so it is south and all, but throw a rock and you're pretty likely to hit a 20-year-old white kid or foreign student. In many ways, Obama is a completely stereotypical UChicago-Hyde-Park person: brilliant, somewhat wealthy, strongly opinionated, and slightly aloof. Also, he's a Sox fan, so, well...there's that.

[kwolf68]

6. A Sox fan?

He may have just gotten my vote.

[Basileus Basileon]

8. You know we're talking the Pale Hose, right?

Don't want to put any notions of an Obaman Red-Sockitude in your head.

After all, Chicago is indeed home of The Sox. Google agrees.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=the+sox&btnG=Search

[NorthernSpy]

7. Pat Buchanan assaulted two cops when he was in college...

He was pissed off over a traffic ticket.

After he started swinging, they snapped his arm like a toothpick and arrested his ass.


He hasn't shown any real fight since. So I guess Pat knows all about not having "eye of tiger", or whatever that was.



Of course, Obama actually grew up in Hawaii, anyway...


:eyes:

[Catherine Vincent]

9. That's Pat Buchanan for ya.

[liberal N proud]

10. If that isn't racism?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. Pat Buchanan's not what I'd expect from a cryogenically frozen/thawed nazi.

I wouldn't expect one to be so animated.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. I heard him say that live .... wutta bigot. But then .... what's new for Pat?

[KamaAina]

13. "Barry" Obama actually grew up on the South Side of... O'ahu

And so, Mr. Bukkkanan, I put the question squarely to you: Is Barack Obama what you would expect from a black guy from Honolulu? :sarcasm:

[zbdent]

14. I'm sure Pat would have a nice meal with Bill O'Reilly ...

[Bucky]

15. Actually, there's probably a reason why Buchanan doesn't appear on Fox.

Pat's a right wing loonie, but he doesn't kiss Roger Ailes's ass. This is why Republicans hate him.

[spanone]

16. that's the funniest thread title of the day....Race Expert Pat Buchanan