Mary Matalin: Civil rights leaders 'nothing more than racists'

[edbermac]

Apparently referring to some of the speakers at Coretta Scott King's February 7 funeral, Republican political strategist Mary Matalin stated that "these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists." Continuing, Matalin claimed that "they're keeping constituency, they're keeping their neighborhoods and their African-American brothers enslaved ... by continuing to let them think that they're -- or forced to think that they're victims." Matalin's comments came during the February 8 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes.

MATALIN: Well, when you're -- have no facts -- you know, there's no facts, there's no vision. Therefore, there's no hope, it's all hate, and it's all anger. So it's -- I'll say again, it's sad. Look, this -- we're at a time in our nation's history where we need all the best brains involved in the process, and one whole party has taken itself out of the game here.

SEAN HANNITY (co-host): Yeah.

MATALIN: And the reason that -- it's not their face. It's not their message. There's no policy, there's no facts. I mean, the attacks on the president yesterday completely missed the progress that's been made in the African-American community, which can be credited to President Bush. African-American homeownership at an all-time high --

HANNITY: Well --

MATALIN: -- the achievement gap between the white and black students at a high, closing, narrowing. I mean, you know, I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists. And they're keeping constituency, they're keeping their neighborhoods and their African-American brothers enslaved, if you will, by continuing to let them think that they're -- or forced to think that they're victims, that the whole system is against them. Articulate it better, Sean; it's so sad to me.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200602090003

How does hubby James Carville put up with listening to this bullshit??

[mattclearing]

1. "Ohhh Sean, I love it when you articulate my crazy right-wing ideas!"

She must be blackmailing Carville.

[bleedingheart]

2. like all right wing pundits she says stuff like this so that people

won't forget about her....

she has to justify her position among the right wing weenies

[DemInDistress]

3. and neocon leaders are nothing more than damn f-ing

M-U-R-D-E-R-E-R-S...AND GREEDY ALSO !!!

[0007]

4. I hope James packs his bags and leave this fucking witch.

How dare her?

Maybe Carville is part of the play on the right? It just doesn't make sense.

[Mr.Green93]

5. She should be charged and arrested

for hate speech and race slander.

[CottonBear]

6. OMG! She infers that black civil rights leaders are slave owners.

What a horrible woman. :(

[otohara]

7. Another Hack Who Will Pull Anything & Everything

that flies out of her fat ass to protect this group of criminals. You got to wonder if she and Carville married to enhance their careers - why else would you live like this?

[mitchum]

43. Of course they did...

"It'll be zany...kind of like a sitcom premise...'He's Left! She's Right! But They Find Love In The Middle!'...can't miss!"
It's a dog and pony show brought to you by a couple of Beltway insiders.

Actually this was the premise of a very short-lived sitcom starring Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters back in the 80s. See, there are NO original ideas in DC.

[msgadget]

8. LOL! Oh, no she didn't!

"...which can be credited to President Bush." And, nobody came out with a net when she said that?!
:rofl:

[madaboutharry]

9. Matalin and Carville

There are plenty of married couples with different political opinions. What makes these two different is that politics is their business. I really can't imagine how they put it aside. Maybe it turns them on.

[Nickster]

23. You know, I really think that it's just a "business" thing for them.

She puts on her "neo-con" hat and goes to work and James puts on his "liberal" hat and goes to work. I'm starting to think less and less that they are really sincere about what they talk about. I think they found out they could make a lot of money by covering both sides of the game and decided to run with it.

[madaboutharry]

33. You could be right

I have wondered if it is just shtick.

[mitchum]

44. And you are correct

[TahitiNut]

29. They're both doing "opposition research."

:shrug:

[BooScout]

10. And I have some swamp land on the coast to sell...

Sooooooo, the Kings, the Jacksons, the Lowerys, the Carters, the Clintons, and hell all Democrats are racists.........and the Repukes are out to save the world and make everything fair and equal......JFC where in the hell do these idiots get the nerve to spout such utter & total bullshit. :eyes:

[Brewman_Jax]

Is that so, Mary?

Tell us more about how you know SO much about black people. :crazy:

I'll bet you had no trouble with the hurricane headlines of how white people "find" and black people "loot." :eyes:

[Edgewater_Joe]

11. Me: Mary Matalin Is A "Rhymes With ...

... Bunt."

An absolute piece of human filth.

[butterfly77]

12. What does she know about it...

HORSE FACED BITCH!

[Kerrytravelers]

13. I can not image what kind of marriage they have.

To be so full of hate... I wouldn't want that in my spouse.

[Missy M]

14. The progress that has been made in the African American....

community can be credited to Bush. I wonder if that applies to all the homeless as a result of Hurricane Katrina? That woman is a joke and she doesn't live in the real world. It might help if she rode around some neighborhoods in large cities or rural areas in the south. Matalin and that whole crew of Bush people make me sick with their rhetoric.

[savemefromdumbya]

15. You can just Matalin wearing a hood and burning a cross

:grr:

[bullwinkle428]

16. Freepers love to throw the term "race pimps" around in reference

to civil rights leaders - yeah, no "code words" at work there... :eyes:

[Roho]

20. earlier in that interview

she actually called the "so called african american leaders" race baiters.

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Oh good grief!

[Initech]

18. So she's crediting the civil rights movement to Bush? What the fuck?

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL....

But then again, she appeared on Hannity And Colmes. Hannity is the biggest tool in the country.

[CatholicEdHead]

35. The current trend is to give everything positive to Bush

going back to WWII, and everything negative was caused by the "evil Democrats".

Bush did try to take credit for the WWII win in the latest SOTU.

[Rocknrule]

47. Bush founded America personally

and Clinton crucified Jesus and was the 20th hijacker
:puke:

[Initech]

57. Next thing, he's going to take credit for the Declaration of Independance

:nuke:

[leftstreet]

19. Opportunism maybe, but not necessarily racism

There are no doubt some civil rights leaders who've become part of the $y$tem that works to keep economically disadvantaged people from rising up and seeking their fair share. But that's nothing to do with race.

These tv talking head people are kooks.

[Stephanie]

21. She's drunk.

She's been guzzling chardonnay with Ann Coulter - that's the only possible explanation.

[underpants]

22. Have another drink hun

:beer:

[butterfly77]

30. HEEEeee!

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

[saltpoint]

24. "...which can be credited to President Bush..." My god in heaven.

This woman is flagrantly psychotic.

I suggest a Kool-Aid systems flush.

[Name removed]

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[gizmo1979]

26. Oh my.

That's not a very wise thing to say.I can hardly wait for the retorts! :popcorn:

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Paging Pat Fitzgerald. Any chance this loony lady can be implicated

in your investigation?

[TahitiNut]

28. Political psychosis.

She's built her castle in the sky and lives there. He castle is built from assertions and claims that, while pleasing and consistent with what she'd like to believe, have no relationship to reality whatsoever. She's constructed complex mental lenses that distort and twist all incoming information to the point she is incapable of Euclidean thinking. All contrary data are the result of biased data-gatherers. All contrary testimony is the result of bias and enmity. Fallacious thinking has completely supplanted empiricism - "faith-based" logic. As long as she can slam subject up against a verb in a manner that serves her delusions, she spews the resulting sentences like projectile vomit.

[Lars39]

36. Or the money is *very* good.

I don't see how these people live with themselves.

[Z_I_Peevey]

45. From a quick read of her, uh, oratory,

I'd say she's mighty close to losing that subject/verb ability too.

[Lexingtonian]

31. cute racism, Mary....

Almost a textbook definition display of it here.

[area51]

32. Mad-Dog Matalin strikes again.

Jeebus, what an insane thing for her to say.

[DELUSIONAL]

34. Carville is an asshole for marrying a racist bitch

[rodeodance]

37. nominated ---spread this far and wide.

[onenote]

38. Its Mary that sounds like an old slave owner: " they should thank massa"

Her remarks are sickening. Its reminiscent of the mindset that suggests African AMericans should have thanked the slaveowners for making their lives so much better than they had in Africa.

Excuse me while I go puke.

onenote

[rodeodance]

39. progress for Afro-American can be 'credited to" Bush--Dah dah!

.MATALIN: And the reason that -- it's not their face. It's not their message. There's no policy, there's no facts. I mean, the attacks on the president yesterday completely missed the progress that's been made in the African-American community, which can be credited to President Bush. African-American homeownership at an all-time high --

[in_cog_ni_to]

40. James needs to divorce her ass.

:grr: That's their pat answer for the "race" issue. The AA leaders and Democrats are keeping the AAs enslaved.:eyes: What a crock.

[mitchum]

46. But he doesn't want to break up the act

and it is an act

[in_cog_ni_to]

49. It HAS to be an act.

How can he stand living with that wench?:puke:

[mitchum]

50. I guess he drinks even more than she does

[mitchum]

41. That hatchet-faced bitch can go fuck herself

[Solly Mack]

42. I know political hacks say shit just to score points - however

if she believes the shit she spouts, she's a horrid person. If she doesn't believe her own shit but spouts it anyway - she's beyond cruel and mean - for she perpetuates hate and racism. She's feeding it...and that makes her scum.

it ceases being a "job" when you use it to incite hate - when you bring people harm. She's feeding the narrow minded bigots who need little incentive to act on their hate - who will cheer her rhetoric and then go about their lives feeling justified in their hate.

All because truth was spoken at a dead woman's funeral about a republican President - Mary Matalin gives free reign to her racism - and justifies her own racism by accusing others of being racists.

Sorry, but you'd have to have questionable ethics yourself to be married to such a person.

Love ain't so blind that it tolerates racism(at least not in someone who would claim to be against racism)...and calling it "just politics" won't change the ugly.

[dchill]

48. Matalin is nothing more...

than a lying hack flack.

[pinto]

51. That is supposed to be the new RW hook at getting the black vote, if I

read her comments right.

"Government programs keep people enslaved"...is their talking point. As is usually the case with RW talking points, it conflates an intellectual POV with a visceral image. Voila! An ad.

[lies and propaganda]

52. your last sentence sums up my thinking

How the fuck couldd you be married to something taht spouts shit like this?

Ive lost friends due to being a repuke, how you could knowingly marry one is beyond me, love aint THAT blind.

[onenote]

53. giving credit where credit is due

Mary wants Chimpy to get credit for all he's done for the African-American community. Okay, Mary, chew on this one:

Every year of Bill Clinton's presidency, the percentage of African Americans living below the poverty line declined, bottoming out in 2000 at 22.5 percent. Every year of chimpy's presidency its increased, hitting 24.7 percent in 2004. To be fair, during chimpy's presidency the number of whites living in poverty also has increased, from 9.5 percent in 2000 to 10.8 percent in 2004. So thanks for nothing.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/histpov/hstpov2.html

[peekaloo]

54. So DimWit is a uniter!

Uniting the poor!

:sarcasm:

[Beaverhausen]

55. Jeanene just played that clip

[DELUSIONAL]

56. Yes I just heard the lying bitch Mary on Majority Report --

obviously she didn't see any of the video or photos New Orleans victims.

I certainly could not be married to an extremists, racist male version of bitch Mary.