As if Chris Matthews' swooning over Barack Obama isn't bad enough, he berates the voters of West Virginia in the process.
Transcript from NewsBusters:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: [On West Virginia]: Well, I'm not sure how we're going to play it tonight.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Yeah.
MATTHEWS: Whether we're going to play it as another significant bout in this fight or as, sort of, a residue of a fight that's already over. I think most people, like Pat, understand that the fight is over for the nomination. Again, assuming though, development (sic). And that, really, that development which is nothing to do with the election. I'm not sure the election is still about vote count.
BRZEZINSKI: Okay.
MATTHEWS: I think it's about positioning between these two amazingly interesting people. How well will Hillary Clinton exploit her situation to the country's advantage and to her advantage in the next magical three weeks? That to me is the great question.
PAT BUCHANAN: The question here is, what are the voters-- not what Hillary is doing or Barack's doing-- I mean, that looks decided. What are the voters of West Virginia saying to the Democratic Party? I think they're saying, we don't want your nominee.
BRZEZINSKI: [To Matthews] See, that's what I was asking you earlier. And you laughed. You gave me the Chris Matthews [Does the Chris Matthews "Ha!"]
MATTHEWS: Well, I guess we disagree. Oh, I disagree. Because I think this-- You could have predicted West Virginia 20 years ago on this one.
BRZEZINSKI: Okay.
MATTHEWS: You could predict this election-- I'm-- seriously.
BRZEZINSKI: All right, you know what we're going to do--
MATTHEWS: These people made up their mind in '57. I mean, I don't think any other argument-- Should it be Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton?
BRZEZINSKI: 6:15am.
BUCHANAN [Laughing]: What an indictment! What an indictment of your party, Chris!
MATTHEWS: No, it may be a suggestion of understanding the geography of America.
Once again, Matthews reveals himself to be a hack and an elitist.
It's so terribly unjust to say that Hillary's support comes from racists. I'm sick of it.
When 90+ percent of blacks vote for Obama, shouldn't that be an issue?
Seems racist to me.
2 comments:
Give me a break. I'm so sick of hearing the whole "90% of blacks support Obama" argument. The difference is most of these blacks have probably voted for white candidates in the past. You're basically saying that blacks have no right to find symbolic importance in having the first black president in our country's 200+ year history? Whereas many whites in WV made it perfectly clear in exit polls that they would never vote for a black candidate. And you're going to tell me that the two sets of motivations are equivalent?
I'm not saying blacks have no right to vote for Obama.
We each get one vote and we can cast it however we wish.
If some people consider skin color to be more important than qualifications and experience, if race is what matters most to them, then they can vote based on race.
In our country's 200+ year history, no woman has ever been president.
Do you think the symbolic importance of having the first woman president in our history is a legitimate reason for 90+ percent of women to vote for Hillary to lead our country?
I don't. I'd consider that to be sexist.
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