You Ain't Slick.....
Yesterday I think I set a record for changing a television channel. In fact I changed the channel so quickly, I think I hurt my wrist. I had missed Obama's Iowa victory speech and I was channel surfing to catch a repeat. Low and behold, I just catch Chris Matthews of Hardball referring to Obama as "son of Kenya...son of Hawaii...." Click...channel changed!
Lawd please! Matthews remarks were not at all about having pride in where Obama is from or his racial background, but making sure that no one forgets he is the other! Brother outsider! Whenever I hear or read about black folks being criticized for not letting go of racial politics, I always laugh because white folks love to remind us how different we are when it suits them. Why couldn't it be simply Barack Obama...son of America...candidate of America!
I have grown so tired of Chris Matthews during this pre-election campaign. He is a major Hillary Clinton hater, picking on the sound of her voice and her "cackle." What does that have to do with politics? He also has been one of the regular media pundits who refused to let go of harping about Obama's first and middle names. Utterly racist and sexist!
And I'm still mad about what a wimp he was when he devoted an entire show to Ann Coulter and never challenged her at all.
