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Chrissy Matthews Advocates Affirmative Action for the Presidency
FoxNews ^ | July 24th, 2008 | Betsy Newmark

Posted on 07/28/2008 2:00:46 PM PDT by Joiseydude

I hope for one thing when people go to vote: that they look at Barack’s background, that they look at the age of the two candidates, that they look at their abilities and really open up their hearts and say “what’s really good for my kids,” who don’t have any color awareness. Kids don’t think about race. Think like your kids for once. Think the way they think. It would be great if the older people in the country, the 70 year olds, the 80 year olds who are suspicious of change to say, “you know, why don’t I think the way my kids are thinking and think about the future.” Whatever they decide, just open up your heart to this prospect of something different. That’s what I hope we do.

Of course, as Morrissey points out, what Matthews is really saying is that he wants us to vote for Obama because he is half-black. He’s saying that people shouldn’t care about race and they should just vote for Obama because he’s so clearly better qualified. But how is he better qualified? That is continually unclear except that he does better than John McCain at sending shivers up Matthews’ leg.

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But isn’t voting for someone because he’s black demonstrating that race is the most important characteristic to you?
1 posted on 07/28/2008 2:00:46 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude
...as Morrissey points out, what Matthews is really saying is that he wants us to vote for Obama because he is half-black.

IOW Matthews is RACIST!

2 posted on 07/28/2008 2:03:46 PM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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The liberals need to get their story straight, here is Pissy Matthews saying that kids aren’t racist, but the liberals in the UK say that kids are, their proof is that toddlers say “yuck” to funny foreign foods, that means they’re racist.


3 posted on 07/28/2008 2:04:50 PM PDT by mrsmel
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To: Joiseydude

AA for the CiC is like using AA to choose your heart surgeon.


4 posted on 07/28/2008 2:06:45 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Joiseydude

Ooooh, boy.....Matthews should know better.....MANY American’s find Affirmative Action stupid...BUT, they won’t talk about it....


5 posted on 07/28/2008 2:06:55 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Obama will bring us......CommieLot)
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LOL...last time I looked Matthews was a raving idiot!


6 posted on 07/28/2008 2:10:16 PM PDT by Devilinbaggypants (He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.)
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To: TexasRedeye

Half racist?


7 posted on 07/28/2008 2:10:26 PM PDT by null and void (Barack Obama - International Man of Mystery...)
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To: Joiseydude
Why not? If you support AA you can't pick and choose when to apply it (as long as your own job isn't at stake).

Reminds me, that MSNBC is pretty darn WHITE.

8 posted on 07/28/2008 2:10:34 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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Think like your kids for once. Think the way they think.

If I voted like a 7 year old without reasoning skills, I would vote for Obama.

9 posted on 07/28/2008 2:12:34 PM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Joiseydude

Matthews is advocating that, as we approach the voting booth, we adults abandon everything we have learned about integrity, truth, committment, honesty, patriotism, and traditional values and simply become child-like and just simply pull the lever for Obama because he is half-black.

What a crock of horse manure!


10 posted on 07/28/2008 2:13:04 PM PDT by Ben Reyes
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To: Joiseydude

the tingling down Chrissy’s leg is making him hot and ready.


11 posted on 07/28/2008 2:13:16 PM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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Affirmative Action

A sure way to get the lesser of two qualified candidates for a given position:-)

Chris Matthews == a person who is NOT qualified for crap!

12 posted on 07/28/2008 2:13:19 PM PDT by geo40xyz (BE PREPARED: "We got more thanks from the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders" than from SENATOR OBAMA")
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But isn’t voting for someone because he’s black demonstrating that race is the most important characteristic to you?

Nailed it. How is voting FOR someone because of their skin color any less racist than voting AGAINST someone for the same reason?

13 posted on 07/28/2008 2:13:39 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Joiseydude

Looney-Toones is no longer a comic strip. It is alive and well in the Democratic party and its surrogates.


14 posted on 07/28/2008 2:13:51 PM PDT by Parmy
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Think like your kids for once.

OK................. When do I get my allowance?

15 posted on 07/28/2008 2:14:35 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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To: Joiseydude
I think it would be great if, just for once, "journalists" like Chris Matthews could look at the two candidates and think like real journalists should, and say, "I'm not going to act like an unprofessional douchebag and cheerlead for the Democrat. Instead, I'm going to actually expend an effort to at least appear impartial."

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one..."

16 posted on 07/28/2008 2:15:00 PM PDT by HHFi
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“Kids don’t think about race. Think like your kids for once. Think the way they think.”

Sorry Chris, but Geraldine Ferrraro had it right. Many people are voting for Obama because he’s black, and the college kids more than anyone else.

During the 1950s and early ‘60s, panty raids were very popular. Some guy in the men’s dorm would yell, “panty raid” and scores of guys would stream out of the dorms and barge into the women’s dorms (illegal back then) and rush into the coeds room and steal items of underwear. I think the women actually cooperated with this in a goodnatured way. (Heard about it, before my time).

But I don’t think college kids have changed all that much. Still a lot of herd mentality and conformity. So, I think the college support for Obama is a lot like the old panty raids.. Someone yells, “let’s vote for the black guy” and off they go, or it’s just a sort of unspoken group understanding.


17 posted on 07/28/2008 2:15:44 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Joiseydude

It is time to end affirmative action in all its forms in the US. Obama proves that a black man can aspire and possibly become the next president. Obama should be asked what he thinks of reparations for black Americans, though I won’t hold my breath waiting for a MSM reporter to ask the question.


18 posted on 07/28/2008 2:16:20 PM PDT by kenmcg
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To: Vaquero

19 posted on 07/28/2008 2:16:50 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

“Colored Fountain” = racist
“No Whites Allowed” = Affirmative Action

Any Questions?


20 posted on 07/28/2008 2:19:54 PM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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