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“I forgot he was black tonight for an hour”
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<p>In commentary following Barack Obama’s 2010 State of the Union address last night, MSNBC commentator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Matthews">Chris Matthews</a> said “You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour.”</p>
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<p>It’s hard for me to even wrap my mind around racial prejudice that blind and entrenched. If I were black I think I’d be <em>righteously</em> pissed off — and yet, Matthews and his fans undoubtedly think of themselves as the enlightened ones who are leading the rest of us troglodytes to the sunny uplands of universal brotherhood.</p>
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<p>Mr. Matthews, I have news for you: some of us actually manage to forget that Obama is black for weeks at a time — that is, until we’re reminded of it by a self-righteous, pompous, race-obsessed idiot like you.</p>
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<p>Why does this man still have a job this morning? Why is there not a universal howling for his blood from bien pensants everywhere?</p>
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<p>Oh, right. I forgot the rules. Only Republicans get that treatment.</p>
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