Matthews just now--- "Ghetto-izes him. Puts him back in the 'hood' "

[chill_wind]

He just said this. If Obama can't get his poll numbers back up in the white working class demographic.

Right before that, he said the white working class voters are "the regular people."

Not sure what the black working class voter is. He never said.

When does this stop?

[Coexist]

1. wtf??

[Writer]

2. Eww. Ewww Ewww Ewwww Ewwwww.

:thumbsdown:

[flpoljunkie]

3. Tweety speaks before he thinks, and loves facile explanations! He's often the fool!

[rucky]

4. The masks have come off...

and the white pointy hoods are on.

The M$M is getting a little cocky. I liked them better when they tried to hide this shit in code. At least there was a sense of shame.

[knixphan]

44. just what I was thinking.

[Rick Myers]

5. Yeah, Tweety would know all about the 'hood!!! LMFAO!!!

TOOL!!!

[Stand and Fight]

6. Disgusting!

Some of the things these MSM types get away with is surprising to say the least.

[goldcanyonaz]

7. It stops once you stop watching him. His ratings are already low. Most Clinton supporters stopped

watching him months ago. He is a sexist pig and obviously a racist pig as well.

[enough]

8. Back in the 'hood' ?????

What the hell is he trying to say? It's just pure unadulterated racism.

[BeyondGeography]

9. With Tweety, it will never stop

60-something white Catholics from the East coast are most often unredeemable that way.

(See, Tweety, how does it feel to be stereotyped?)

[chill_wind]

10. "Coming up---- we're going to talk about "RACE." Cuts to commercial. n't

[Cant trust em]

11. What is a "regular" person

Jesus, they talk like if you're not a white/working class you a mutant or something. This is really starting to make me gag.

[hatrack]

13. Maybe Tweety can talk about "normal" persons, or "average" persons . .

Maybe he could simplify it even more and talk about "regular" Americans.

Or, better yet, "real" Americans.

Fucking drool-spewing POS.

[peace13]

12. But wait Tweety you didn't say...

How will he do in your neighborhood. You know the ignorant fool precinct.

[panAmerican]

14. People!!!! MSM should only get 1 hour of your life: M-F, 8PM EDT Olbermann

All other sources are just :evilfrown:

[City Lights]

23. I second that!

Countdown is it for me.

And Stewart and Colbert, of course. ;-)

[K Gardner]

15. He used this term toward Obama prior to PA, also. I turned it off when I realized the headline was

Wright, again. CNN has been offering at least some "news".

And to answer your question: I don't think it WILL stop. Who has the power to make it stop? Surely, not the people. As long as we watch, they continue.

[EffieBlack]

16. Matthews: "Let's talk about race" - "but first lets kick off the black guest so Howard Fineman

and I can talk about black people and race amongst ourselves . . ."

Good Lord.

[chill_wind]

20. And plug his book. EVERY SINGLE night for a couple weeks now at least. n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

17. This is totally OUTRAGEOUS

[ronnykmarshall]

18. This one thing we can ALL agree on.

Tweety is a pig.

[SeattleGirl]

19. Amen to that! n/t

[On the Road]

21. Really? I Thougt According to Tweety

Obama was "too debonair, too Fred-Astaire."

[Nedsdag]

22. Hey Tweety!

Is Bill Clinton writing your talking points?

[sandnsea]

24. Gunsmoke is on, James Arness as Matt Dillon!

Turn the shit off. Seriously.

[City Lights]

25. It stops when enough people refuse to watch.

The magic number of lost viewers is anyone's guess, but if enough people quit watching and write m$nbcGE, they'll eventually catch on. (I hope :-).)

[woolldog]

26. Can you post his email and ask people to send him a note

and let him know that his remarks are not appropriate.

These old white male pundits really need to go the way of the dinosaur.

[City Lights]

31. Here...

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[chill_wind]

58. Thanks. n/t

[1776Forever]

36. Someone gave this out this morning for Hard Ball email......

Hardball with Chris Matthews: [e-mail]

[Indenturedebtor]

43. Seriously

they hide behind "I wonder if people are talking about this" or "people are talking about this" to talk about whatever the hell they want to in their sick twisted little heads.

[chill_wind]

50. See also post # 47. There are more instances to cite in your emails.

Point out that this has been an observedly systematic talking point. Not an isolated one.

[mindfulNJ]

27. I thought Obama was too elitest!!!

...now he's ghetto????

:wtf:

[TeamJordan23]

28. MSM cannot even get their anti-Obama talking points correct. nm

[ErinBerin84]

29. Didn't Chris say on last Sunday's Chris Matthews show...

something like "WOW! On one hand, he is too elite! On the other hand, he is too street!"

[1776Forever]

30. Pat Buchanan said Obama is not "of the white working class" on MJ today!

Pat Buchanan in tirade against Obama, said Obama is not "of the white working class"! Hmmmmmmmmmm....is this a talking point today for MSNBC? Odd it is so close!

[ErinBerin84]

37. yeah, I turned on Andrea Mitchell for a moment today.

It was pretty funny. She was like "Well, Obama got a former DNC chair to endorse him, but it's not that big of a deal, because everyone assumed that he has been in the Obama camp for some time. NOW, let's move on to an uncommitted Texas superdelegate and his 'concerns' about Barack Obama!" The superdelegate started talking about how "disturbed" he was that Obama was "losing ground" in NC, and could not "connect" to the working class vote. Hmmm, wonder which camp he is "unofficially" in.

[1776Forever]

39. Someone posted a great post today on who owns the MSM - GE of course but loads more!

I have been turning the TV off a lot more lately.

[Mooney]

32. The "hood"? I thought he was an elitist?

[Texas Hill Country]

33. context please

[Cali_Democrat]

38. Tweety said the Rev. Wright "scandal"....

Ghetto-izes Obama and puts him back in the 'hood.

[Jed Dilligan]

34. Chris Matthews would last about two seconds in the hood

His racism, weakness, and stupidity would be known to all long before he even opened his fat mouth.

This comment reminds me of when the LA mayor (or was it the chief of police?) said the chokehold killed blacks because the arteries in their necks were shaped differently from "normal people's."

[crimsonblue]

35. Chris Matthews has not been a "regular person" in over 40 years...

For him to be the self-appointed mouthpiece of "regular folk" is analagous to George Bush becoming the spokesman for MENSA.
I think Mattew's hard-on for McCain has warped his brain.. He probably didn't watch "There's Something About Mary"--

'Oh my God, he doesn't flog the dolphin before a big date. Are you crazy? That's like going out there with a loaded gun! Of course that's why you're nervous. Oh my dear friend, please sit, please... Jesus, that stuff will fuck your head up! Look, the most honest moment in a man's life are the few minutes after he's blown his load - now that is a medical fact.'

[Mimosa]

40. I NEVER WATCH MATTHEWS

I never watch Matthews. I do watch Fox fairly often. I hope Hannity and Colmes will dump Colmes and put frequent guest Bob Beckel in his place. I LOVE Bob Beckel for many reasons. He's really in touch with ordinary people. He should have a show on Fox. he was once on CNN. CNn throws away real talent whenever they get any.

Why do you all call Matthews "Tweety?"

[Connie_Corleone]

46. He dyed his hair once (came out yellow) and it made him look like tweety bird.

[knixphan]

41. awwww!

I wanted to be a regular people....

(pouting)

[Madam Mossfern]

45. me too

:cry:

[tishaLA]

42. I just wrote a letter and I HATE to do that

because I think they just ignore them, anyhow. But I am so pissed that this keeps happening. It's ridiculous.

Hello,

I am writing this to express my consternation at Mr. Matthews' repeated use of "regular people" as a synonym for "white working class." In fact, the many African American, Latino, and Asian working class people I know are also "regular people"; Mr. Matthews' repeated use of this trope is the sickest form of insidious racism that places white people in normative subject positions and marginalizes everyone else. Of course, we know that MSNBC, with its continued dependence on Pat Buchanan as an authority on race, or Joe Scarborough's repeated invectives, specializes in a distinct version of racism, but Mr Matthews is something else entirely. He pretends toward a kind of liberalism, and yet, in his dotage, he sees the blue collar white people he grew up with as still, somehow, representative Americans. He is precisely the kind of person Sen Obama accused Rev Wright of being--someone who looked at America as if it were static, someone in a kind of temporal void.

We know, however, that America isn't static and that America, if not Mr Matthews' conception of it, has changed since the 70s. It's time for him to wake up.

Best,

[EffieBlack]

48. Beautiful!

If they DON'T read this letter, they're missing something!

[tishaLA]

55. Effie have you seen Bill Moyers'

Essay on Rev Wright? If not, check it out: LINK

[knixphan]

52. bravo!

[Cali_Democrat]

57. Excellent letter

[woolldog]

60. Damn good letter. n/t

[chill_wind]

47. Systematic talking point - here's some previous samplings

Matthews makes distinction between blacks, college educated, and ‘regular people’
Posted April 2nd, 2008 at 4:30 pm

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15093.html

MediaMatters has something too:

Matthews: Does Obama "connect with regular people" or just African-Americans and college grads?

http://mediamatters.org/items/200804020001

[chill_wind]

54. MediaMatters has a petition on MSNBC Racism mess (link)

http://mediamatters.org

Click on "Take Action" tab to get to these links (which I can't seem to make work here.)

http://mediamatters.org/action_center


Petition to MSNBC News President Capus

http://mediamatters.org/action_center/capus

[woolldog]

56. your links aren't working?

[chill_wind]

59. Thanks-- I added the main page link

I don't know how to make the secondary links work.

[Secret_Society]

49. Obama has had to walk a tightrope

He needs to appeal enough to AAs to get the 90% total that has been the base of his success without appearing to the general public as "just the black candidate." I think Wright hurt slightly his ability to do this.

[rug]

53. Trouble is, he's no Philippe Petite.

[Cha]

51. HOw many peeps listen to tweety?

Make it less. The American people need to let the mediawhores know they ain't buyin' it.

NOT THIS TIME.

[barack the house]

61. They are just playing the big ol race card we don't need to buy it...

This is our way out prgressive radion novamradio.com headonradionetwork.com put there site on postcards post door to door.

[ecstatic]

62. The funny part is I didn't even flinch because I'm so used to his assinine comments

and on the replay, I noticed that the black journalist didn't flinch either. Everyone is so used to Tweety's shit and that's why he can get away with it.

[uponit7771]

63. Tweety is the most OVERTLY racist bastard!!! He an Joe Scar are peas in a pod

[chill_wind]

64. Buchanon too. MSNBC is *crawling* with them.

Then there was IMUS.

[knixphan]

65. ain't that the truth!