Chris Matthews: Whites Hold African American Politicians to ‘Higher Standard’ Than ‘White Politicians’
- Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:52pm by
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MSNBC‘s Chris Matthews never seems to miss an opportunity to play the race card and engage his guests on the topic of white Americans’ perception of President Barack Obama. This time he used one of his segments to suggest that “some white voters” hold black politicians to a more “rigorous standard” than they do white politicians.
Mathews also came to the conclusion that whites will “vote for an African-American” once, then “dump” that person if he or she has not done an exceedingly “good” job.
Speaking to author Michael Eric Dyson and Director of Africana Studies at Lehigh University James Peterson on Thursday, the Hardball host asked:
Do you have a sense as you’ve looked at politics in America that there are some white voters who will vote for an African-American say once? And they will hold that person to a very rigorous standard. Perhaps a much higher standard than they would a white politician.
And they‘ll give them one shot and then they’ll dump them the next time.
I look at this, I look at the Ed Brooke. I look at the senator from Illinois. I think about this…
To which Dyson simply replied, “Carol Moseley Braun.”
“Yeah, Carol Moseley Braun,” Matthews agreed.
“I wonder if this is a phenomenon you professors have looked at analytically at all, this sense of, okay, you’ve got your shot, but let’s see you do it, if it isn’t really, really good, you know, you’re out of there.”
(h/t: NewsBusters)
Bold emphasis added by The Blaze.
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Comments (240)
DeVain
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:19pmOnly because they are so wrong in their policies that they have further to go to be right.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:33pmChris Matthews…Bless your heart…Why you‘re just a black girl in a white man’s body aren’t you?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:38pmThis Dork has to be from the Planet “PLUTO”
Report Post »he is that far out !!!
Czar Casm
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:39pmMatthews holds Republican politicians to a higher standard than Democrats.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:52pm@ Mi Big NU2
Pluto called, it is rather unhappy that you insulted its residents by claiming Matthews was kicked off the planet and deported to Earth.
@ Czar Casm
Slight logical problem with your comment. Matthews has NO standards whatsoever, therefore he cannot hold the Republicans to them.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:03pmWhen are we all going to drop the “African”, the “Black” and the “White” and just call ourselves “Americans”? If these progressive, socialist, marxist, commies keep this up I’m going to start callling them “African’t Americans”. Get over it and join the United States of Ameri“can”.
Report Post »Stupid liberals!
MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:11pmHe’s safe from having to have an intelligent conversation there in his little studio and in his chauffered car and with that little earpiece thing and in front of that camera where he spews his idiotic drivel.
However, I’m betting Chris (and others …. the list is long) don’t have the guts to stand face to face with a conservative, one-on-one and say this kind of crap. Just two folks standing on somebody’s lawn or in the checkout line….
Report Post »izzy1127
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:12pmThis b@tch is like Joe Biden; a gift that keeps on giving…… Only good for laughs…..
Report Post »Any_One_But_Obama
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:14pmIN CASE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT, THE DEBATE IS ON:
Report Post »http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/sep/fox_google_gop_debate.html
MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:14pm@ The-Monk
I‘ve always believed anyone who feels the need to qualify themselves as a hyphenated something American really doesn’t want to be an American.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:15pmFor once Chris Matthews is right about something. Not all white people are stupid, just the ones who voted for Barack Hussein Obama Jr, and they expected that black man to be better than all the previous white Presidents. Expectations are too much for a community organizer.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:19pmDemocrats do not have Standards…..
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:28pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
Ohhh Tingles once again pulling the now overblown race card, when will you learn?! I hold ALL politicians to a higher standard, especially after that obamination being elected that many of us warned about! Better yet TINGLES, please produce your empirical data to support such charges we will all give you the benefit of the doubt when you prove it! No dont have any thats what I thought, just more lies out of you big mouth… more wedges being driven into this country by YOU. Not by me, the black family living 2 doors down, or the mexicans family across the street. No, racial divide driven and created by the media and politicians, more specifically all of you degenerate progressives!
Tingles you do know the day is going to come when you are going to have to answer for the things you have done?! You do know that right? Even these “innocent” labels you keep using they add up and create anger and hate. You did that Tingles, and one day you will have to answer for it!!! http://SavingtheRepublic.com
Report Post »drbage
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:34pmSo, Mr. Tingle Up Your Leg, how would you have us po’ white folks judge the comportment of a Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters, or Sheila Jackson Lee? Are you suggesting that white people should not judge any non-white politicians?
Report Post »kraphtsman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:53pmWho actually cares what this stupid, over-exposed TV moron has to say ? His brain (and whatever it’s able to produce from its attached mouth) is exactly like a pile of stinking dog crap.. avoid/ignore it whenever you can !
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 10:55pmI think Allen West would disagree with this hemroid again.
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:08amHey Tingles, you have had your chance..your outta’ here…
See Ya ! Hear they are bringing in Miz.Waters to replace you..
Where the Luv now sucka ???
Report Post »Conkuur
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:29amYeah thats why Charlie Rangel and Marion Barry all still are working in Govt right?! I think you need to stop race baiting Chris you stir the pot and on some lonely street in a mob of blacks you encouraged may just mistake you for being white.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 12:47amThe excuses for Obama’s loss in 2012 have already begun. It’s because America is racist.
Report Post »db321
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:03amChris – what color panties are you wearing.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:35amThe entire democrat plantation holds ALL whites to a higher standard than they do ALL blacks.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:29amHere’s the real problem democrats have no standards social,atheist,communist,marxist,racist,drug addicts,flag burners and social leeches all feeding at the same troth.
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:11pmChris, I don’t hold you to any standard, and yet you still fail to achieve it. You are a sorry excuse for a journalist. Why don’t you go and rub out your leg tingles and stay out of the news.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:16pmJust another liberal idiot playing the only card that they ever play – the race card.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 1:17pm@MIBUGNU2
Actually, I believe he’s from Uranus….or is that the one that was downgraded to a planetoid? And that was probably Obama’s planet, not speaking of you personally.
Report Post »robert
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 2:07pmWith just a wee handful of viewers and such an obvious bias against traditional America, what this man has to say should be ignored.
He’s really a non-entity with a less than mediocre mind.
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 3:52pmRight Chris. It couldn’t have anything to do with him running the country into the ground.
Looks to me like Chris is looking to start a race war.
Obama’s skin color has nothing to do with it. It‘s his policies and that’s it in a nutshell.
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 11:47pmDemocrats don’t have any Standards.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on September 24, 2011 at 2:32amWhat a line of crap, Matthews! You mean that the likes of Charlie Rangels B.S. is a ‘higher’ standard? What about Congressman Jefferson, who was caught with tens of thousands of $ in his freezer? is ‘that’ the “higher” standard you are referring to? or what about the present POTUS? his shenanigans with unions and muslims, are they the ‘higher’ standard you are talking about? And ‘Mad Max’ Maxine Waters audacious socialist rantings? are these the “higher” standard you are proposing “whites” are holding these, particular, idiots to? Matthews is a delusional twit in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. The only place he can work is msnbc because of their commitment to the disabled.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:44amHey Chris, When are you guys going to cover the Solyndra
Report Post »Story ??? Sounds like All the Top Dogs are in on this one..
We want our $534,000,000.00 back, NOW !!!!!!! This
Administration is very, very corrupt. Can you say Chicago ??
I think the MEDIA is going to wish they vetted this CLOWN…
twistin
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:18pmRangel, Waters, etc. we really hold them to a high standard don’t we?
and that really works, right? right?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:32pmWell, considering that those named get voted in by black voters and then re-voted in by those same black voters Who, obviously, holds these guys to NO standards, who cares what “white” people do ?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:34pmDon’t forget Shela Jackson Lee…got a winner there !!!
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:44pmWe don’t hold them to standards, mainly because they have no standards that can be measured by rational thought.
On the other hand, the CBC, AFL-CIO and other left attack groups hold black Republicans to a very hateful standard, and nobody mentions this. Anyone see something wrong with this picture?
Report Post »quicker
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:55pmSome how for whatever reason these people think they`re entitled.Give it up people you are not entitled to steal from the tax payer ,and that includes white democrats.Tar and feathers are to good for these people .
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:12pmOHIO RIFLEMAN:I agree with you about the trashing that the “progressive/liberal/neo-communist ” give to Clarence Thomas, especially. He is a “black” man ( so tired of this superficial/ external/ lame identification of fellow Americans ) But he is a conservative. In the wonderful world of liberals , if you are black, you have a free Blame Card ! If you are “black,” but you are just part of the nasty (“ Nazi”) conservatives – then you get rhetorically “lynched.” Irrational, but it wins votes from the “ I love Obama Only Because He Is Black” vote…
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:18pmHey, Big Mr. Potato Head Matthews-
Your act is gettin’ old & moldy,
much like your tingled-stained britches.
All you have left in your chubby, pasty paw
is that dang ole’ race card-
you are such a desperate loser……pathetic & sad !
Why don’t you give up trying to fluff the feathers of a failed president
and insist that America needs & deserves better ?
You could be the first liberal “journalist” who dares to admit the inevitable
and lasso a bright star for doing so….a benchmark in benevolence.
Are you really so ignorant, arrogant & blind to stupidly stay aboard Obama’s sinking ship?
This is NO longer about you or Obama-
it is about AMERICA……much bigger & important
than both your combined egos.
Mutiny on Obama’s Bounty is abound-
Report Post »jump ship and save your OWN dignity…….along with our COUNTRY
or be destined to walk the plank with him.
A diet of nothing but seafood & squid will surely do you in.
rangerp
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:27pm@ambrosia
You nailed it. When a lib gets their back to the wall, they either scream, racist, sexist, or homophobe.
People are getting wise to it. Lately, racist is about the only card they use, and it is starting not to work as well. Kind of like the little boy that cried wolf.
tea party is racist
Report Post »non global warming is racist
creationists are racist
capitalist are racist
anti Obama politics are racist
and on and on
RLTW
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:45pmDitto @ambrosia/RANGERP
Report Post »As a racist, yes I’ll admit I dislike stupid people. I can’t believe the amount of cover this POS flies for this communist tyrant.
MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:49pmMathews also came to the conclusion that whites will “vote for an African-American” once, then “dump” that person if he or she has not done an exceedingly “good” job.
That’s right, We don’t all get that Tingel up the leg like you do….where I work
Report Post »if I don’t do my job “exceedingly” well, I’m out the door.. there are a lot of good
people out there that would like to have My Job….So figure it out Dombo………..
Bill Rowland
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:51amThis is the typical Liberal rant. If you back them into a corner with facts they start yelling and accuse yctic ou of being racist – homophobic. This is a tactic to draw attention away from whatever the subject of the debate was. They truely believe the American people are stupid and have a short attention span (look at the string on Solyndra) and all they will remember is the accusations.
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:18pmOur current president is half white and half black – so what standard do “some” whites hold him to?
What is so hard for Democrats and Liberals to understand that some people just don’t like him or his policies?
Some of us are tired of his never ending speeches and campaigning.
Some of us wish he knew what he was doing instead of seeming to be hell bent on destroying what is good about our country.
Some of us think his apology tour as disgusting.
Some of us don’t like being talked down to as if we are his underlings. He works for us.
Some of us believed him or almost believed him prior to his election – now belief is impossible.
Mr. Matthews – get a grip. You’ve lost all credibility.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:18pmChris, how much did you get paid under the table for this little gem of a propaganda?????
Report Post »SLmanDR
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:18pmSomething wrong with expecting more than your typical white guy politician?
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:17pmWhats the Matter Chrissy, didn’t your Barry boy send chills up your leg this week?
Report Post »sheik
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:14pmTingles is such a sucker for that O-juice, never seen a guy so infatuated with that pin-headed parvenu in the (former) white house….
Report Post »Coonrapids
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:13pmHo G, what happened to the gay tingle going up your leg. Why do black elected officials always get the kidd glove treatment by the left. They fear that their hand picked boy sucks and will be out of office in 412 days. : )
Report Post »comsense08
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:12pmJust another indication Obama is in serious trouble. He has old Crissy out there pimping for him again! What a dope! If this is the standard for today’s journalism, then that industry is in serious trouble!
Report Post »Glad I haven’t wasted one second watching ANYTHING mainstream in over 20 years!
poverty.sucks
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:11pmChris Matthews is correct, stupid white people who voted based on the color of Barack Hussein Obama Jr’s skin, gave the black man a chance, and the stupid white people regret that decision.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:24pmI have a brother,MY OWN BROTHER, who has buyers remorse FINALLY.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:42pmI have buyer’s remorse AND I DID NOT VOTE FOR THE SORRY MAGGOT!
Paradoxically true. God help us all.
BTW, you haven‘t heard much about his ’Lib senses tingling’ lately, have we?
Report Post »Uechi
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:03pmLet us know whne you chnage your Meds they aren’t working
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:56am“If you voted for Obumbler in 2008 to prove that you were not a racist ,Please vote against him in 2012 to prove you are not stupid.”
Racism has nothing to do with it – so let Matthews leg tingle all it wants – Lets hope it turns into a charlie horse.
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:10pmI can’t help but wonder if matthews lies awake every night thinking “how can I say something even more stupid tomorrow than I’ve already said every day of my adult life”?
Report Post »It sure seems that he must.
CatB
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:09pmOH Chrissy Chrissy Chrissy .. your Obama is a failure .. doesn’t matter his color .. Why Are PROGRESSIVES so caught up in everyones color? People care about jobs and their families and savings etc .. which Obama is destroying … the FOOD STAMP PRESIDENT .. doesn’t matter the “color” failure has no color!
TEA!
Report Post »scola91660
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:08pmThis guy is just too much of a clown for words to describe.
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:05pmOh that’s funny. Let’s have a little race baiting. There are good and bad in every ethnic politician and each party. What amazes me though is even when they are found to have commited immoral crimes and or not paid their taxes they still are reelected. Doesn’t sound racist to me.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:03pmPresident’s approval is dropping rapidly in all segments…..black, white, jewish, independents, females..college students may be all he has left. What a sad, OLD, windbag Chris Matthews has become. Does anybody remember when/if he was ever a real journalist????
Report Post »Fighting4America
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:02pmNo No Chris, Jimmy Carter SUCKED too and the “white folk” got rid of him too. Let me make this clear, BARACK OBAMA is AWFUL and that is why he will be voted out of office. The blacks won’t even come out for him. It’s not a white black thing Chris, it is a…… he sucks thing. Chris Mathews is a goof ball.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:06pmhe is a racist.
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:13pmGood point, we’ll dump Barack Obama just like we dumped Jimmy Carter. Chris Matthews = speaker of babel and pawn of Baal.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:02pmman, i hate to tell him this, but you stupid race baiting, communist turd sandwich eating maggot, you are white, i am truly sorry people, that he is even human. ticks on a mange dogs but has more inteligents and is more of an American than this slimy worm turd eater.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:48pmDamn straight, Common Sense Guy. The ticks on a dog’s back actually work for their meals. This guy clearly does not do any notable ‘work’ that can be gauged by a thinking man.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:02pm“…that whites will “vote for an African-American” once, then “dump” that person if he or she has not done an exceedingly “good” job….”
Personally I look at ALL elected officials in that way. Shouldn’t everyone?
Chris can take his “racist” accusations and head on home. No loss.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:11pmsee that is what make us racist, we look at each and every candidate, not at color but the person, who they are, what they stand for, and most importantly, is he are she for America and her freedoms, or are they just communist in disguise.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:21pmIf that’s their definition of a racist, guess that makes me one. And proud of it.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:27pmClarification: My comment just above was meant as a response to COMMONSENSEGUY not to the article.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:01pmWhat standards?????
Until the TEA PARTY last year, apparently there haven’t been ANY HIGH standards in more than a hundred years or so.
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on September 23, 2011 at 6:51amTrue, And if I‘m a Racist maybe it’s the White HALF I’m holding to a higher standard. Judge me not for the color of my skin be by the content of my character.
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:01pmAre you kidding me?! This guy is still on the air? I thought the 27 people who watched him finally wised up. Oi.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:19pmWhere are the 27 people. waiting in bathroom for chrissy?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:00pmAnd this moron is actually paid to spew BS? This guy should just go work for Barry and make it official,
Report Post »go get your thrill chrissy.
1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:15pmJesse J. and crissy would make a good couple.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:00pmI’m glad this guy has AIDS.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:34pmHe has AIDS? I never watch him except here so I didn’t know. Makes no difference though, he is a self centered narcussist that has no principals or ethics.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 8:44pmI read about it on some liberal message board a long time ago, I think. Probably not true, but then he never tells the truth so who cares.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:58pmI wish Maxine Waters had his job and throw chris out on the streets. She’s so much more colorful. She’d be great on a sit-com. I’d watch it.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 9:31pmMaxine could co-host with Al Sharpton, that would be a hoot !!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:57pmWOW Chris….great projection, I always wanted to know how you felt about this topic and now I know. If I want to know how I FEEL I will ask myself thank you!
Report Post »Liberals R Douche Bags
Posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:59pmHey chrissy, Then how do you explain Jimmy Carter 1 and done??
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