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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (546639)	1/29/2010 7:58:27 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575887

Sure I do. Much better than you. I think I can recall almost all the racist comments I've ever heard. One thing for sure, liberals are highly race-conscious and extremely bigoted in general, not just about race.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (546639)	1/29/2010 8:01:09 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575887

Noticing the liberal view on race Tony Gallardo Liberals are always telling us that they are pure, enlightened, and post racial, while tagging conservatives with the "racist" epithet every time they get the opportunity If we didn't vote for Obama, we are racist. If we disagree with Obama's agenda, we are racist. If we attend town hall meetings to protest reckless government policies and spending, we are racist. If we drive pick up trucks, that is a "code" for racism. (Keith Olbermann of MSNBC implied this about Scott Brown on January 20, 2010). If we attend tea parties, we are racist. Chris Matthews, also of MSNBC, once said of the tea parties, that "...they're all white, all of them, every single one of them is white." (Not true, big guy). [ Matthews may have been thinking about the staff of MSNBC - as previously noted. ] Now, Matthews has outdone himself. After the State of the Union speech, he said "...You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour." Whoa!! Hold on there, big fellow; you are going too fast for me. My head is swimming. You are telling us he is black, but you didn't notice he is black. How, exactly does that work? Do you notice a pattern here? The liberal elites are always preaching to the benighted masses about how enlightened they are. It goes something like this. "Hello, there, person of color. I want you to know that I consider you the same as me ... except that you are black and I am white, of course. But I don't really notice that, and it doesn't matter, because we are equals ...except I have an Ivy League degree and you went to a state school. Other than that, we are on a completely equal footing ...except that I have this super seven figure income that results from my superior education and intelligence and you have this hum drum, average existence, working in an average, dead end job." "By repeatedly insisting that they are post racial, they are telling us they are obsessed with race." americanthinker.com

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (546639)	1/29/2010 8:12:27 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575887

The Significance of Chris Matthews's Admission By: Jonah Goldberg The Corner Personally, I think Chris Matthews' momentary colorblindness offers a telling insight. As many of us have argued around here for a while, conservatives aren't obsessed with Obama's race, liberals are. That's why we've had so many asinine, nasty and ignorant charges of racism hurled at Obama's critics. There's a certain species of liberal that can't get over Obama's race. They assume that conservatives can't get over it either and so criticism of Obama from the right must -- according to Olbermannesque thinking -- stem from some evil desire to see a "black man fail" or some other idiocy. I think it's nice that we have a black president as do most conservatives I know. I just don't think it's the most important thing in the world. Nor do I think that his blackness makes bad liberal ideas suddenly good. Black men are wrong when they say 2+2 is 5 too. [ I think its great that we know a black guy can be elected President in the US. Its just a shame the first one is a hard leftwinger. ] Unlike Chris Matthews, I go weeks, even months, without "remembering" that Obama is black. It's just not a big part of how I see the world or his day-to-day presidency. It is a big part of how Matthews sees things. I leave it to others to decide whose outlook is healthier. Update: From a reader: <<< “Unlike Chris Matthews, I go weeks, even months, without "remembering" that Obama is black. It's just not a big part of how I see the world or his day-to-day presidency. It is a big part of how Matthews sees things. I leave it to others to decide whose outlook is healthier.” Your remark immediately reminded me of a bit of dialog from the movie, Lawrence of Arabia: Bentley: I heard in Cairo that Major Lawrence has a horror of bloodshed. Feisal: That is exactly so. With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me, it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable. To paraphrase, then, with Chris Matthews, race is a passion. With Jonah Goldberg, equality is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable. I think I am safe in judging that between the two of you, the Goldberg approach is more color blind. Your approach is certainly less partisan. ??? corner.nationalreview.com h/t Sully