VIDEO: Chris Matthews Says, ‘You Know, I Forgot He Was Black Tonight’

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However, his leg never stopped tingling all night:

(Hat-tip: Activity Pit.) I’m pretty sure I saw Rachel Maddow silently mouthing, “Why is this buffoon on our network?”

UPDATE: Just discovered this was “Quote of the Day” at Hot Air last night.

This shows the utter randomness of my Web browsing method. I went to bed early last night, got up this morning and saw this when Activity Pit Tweeted it. But it’s already been blogged at Little Miss Attila, Fire Andrea Mitchell and Jenn Q. Public.

Meanwhile, Chris Matthews has already clarified: He meant to say that Obama was “clean” and “articulate” or something like that.

UPDATE II: “Putting the ‘nap’ in Napolitano.” The Department of Homeland Security is ever-vigilant — and the country’s in the very best of hands!

UPDATE III: Dan Riehl:

Seems to me Chris Matthews basically admitted that last night was the first time he was able to look at Obama as simply the POTUS, as opposed to a black man.

Michelle Malkin:

Who says such a thing? And they call Tea Party folks RAAAAAACISTS?

How many times do I have to remind you people that there are five A’s in RAAAAACIST? Greg Pollowitz of National Review:

Matthews is not racist, but he is a goofball.

And YouTube is destroying his career.

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  3. In the trifecta of losers on the clip, Matthews reigns for his complete jackassery.

    “For about an hour I forgot he was black.”

    I simply cannot comprehend people who think like this.Can Matthews only focus on the president’s style and not his substance? Is he trying to create “historical” soundbites of himself yammering? Dude, get over it, already!

    Then he states, Obama was so in tuned with America?! Hello! Why are all the people meeting,emailing, demonstrating, rallying, tweeting, facebooking, phonebanking, running for office, being citizen journalists, raising money, blogging, calling reps etc. etc.Hello! We are trying to tell you -you are not in sync with us! Some of us are even losing sleep over this mess!

    Because the LSM chose not to accurately report the Teaparty Movement, they continue to underestimate it…at their peril.

    P.S. Can you just imagine the uproar if Rush had said this?

  4. In the trifecta of losers on the clip, Matthews reigns for his complete jackassery.

    “For about an hour I forgot he was black.”

    I simply cannot comprehend people who think like this.Can Matthews only focus on the president’s style and not his substance? Is he trying to create “historical” soundbites of himself yammering? Dude, get over it, already!

    Then he states, Obama was so in tuned with America?! Hello! Why are all the people meeting,emailing, demonstrating, rallying, tweeting, facebooking, phonebanking, running for office, being citizen journalists, raising money, blogging, calling reps etc. etc.Hello! We are trying to tell you -you are not in sync with us! Some of us are even losing sleep over this mess!

    Because the LSM chose not to accurately report the Teaparty Movement, they continue to underestimate it…at their peril.

    P.S. Can you just imagine the uproar if Rush had said this?

  5. “[Obama] is willing to go for tort reform” – Chris Matthews January 27, 2010.

    “Delusion – A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary. The belief is not one ordinarily accepted by other members of the person’s culture or subculture.” DSM

  6. “[Obama] is willing to go for tort reform” – Chris Matthews January 27, 2010.

    “Delusion – A false belief based on incorrect inference about external reality that is firmly sustained despite what almost everybody else believes and despite what constitutes incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary. The belief is not one ordinarily accepted by other members of the person’s culture or subculture.” DSM

  10. Wow! That is amazing he still has a job and Imus gets canned.
    Go figure. I almost forgot the President was flaming Socialist last night for .01 seconds.

  11. Wow! That is amazing he still has a job and Imus gets canned.
    Go figure. I almost forgot the President was flaming Socialist last night for .01 seconds.

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