His entire speech here is racist. Yes, racist. Most politicians "do everything right" in terms of getting an education, securing gainful employment, getting married and raising a family.
Most people do this, in fact.
Why is it that in the case of Obama it is required that we "like this guy" for doing what 85% of the public does? In fact -- for doing what 85% of black people do?
He's doling out the superlatives for perfectly ordinary good behavior, of course, because Obama's black, and Chris Matthews finds it just plum remarkable that there's a successful, bourgeois upper-class black man out there, and we should all gawk at it and and "oooh" and "ahhh" at it like it's a, well, like it's a unicorn.
As Chris Rock said, "You're supposed to" do these things, and you're not supposed to get a big stack of credit for doing them.
But Chris Matthews, closet racist, thinks this is just about the most amazing thing he's ever seen, like a horse that can do addition.
Also, as he's being racist himself, the subtext is he's calling you racist, because what he's trying to say is this: "I understand why you don't like black people who deviate from what is considered pro-social behavior and life trajectories. But this one guy -- this one single black guy in all America -- has followed a 'white' code of pro-social behavior and life trajectory, and you still don't like him, ergo it must only be because he's black, and therefore you're a racist, my insufferable racial condescension notwithstanding."
Well, here's the thing, Chris: As a neighbor, I'm sure I'd like Obama. Assuming he weren't president and constantly tying up local traffic.
But he's not just a neighbor, not just a guy I can say "Hey, he loves his kids; seems like an okay guy."
He's the president and he's pushing an agenda on the country I find destructive and, yes, anti-American. And I did oppose a much-weaker form of this agenda when it was pushed by the white Bill Clinton.
Barack Obama's agenda is Bill Clinton's raised to the ninth power.
Now, if I didn't oppose Obama, wouldn't that be only due to the color of his skin, Chris? If I opposed a weak-tea form of Obamaism under Clinton, wouldn't only race be my reason for accepting it from Obama?
Any black readers, take note: Here's your totally-not-racist white liberal establishment, handing out gold stars and Certificates of Effort as if you're mentally challenged.
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Holy mackerel, it fills me with such pride that this all happened without a single person challenging anyone to a break-dance duel.