MSNBC host Chris Matthews is under fire for commenting on air that President Obama has done so much to heal racial divides that “I forgot he was black” as he watched Obama’s first State of the Union address Wednesday night.
Matthews, who appeared on the cable network shortly after the speech, said of the president:
“I was trying to think about who he was tonight. And uh, it’s interesting. He is post-racial, by all appearances. You know, I forgot he was black tonight for an hour….
“I was watching, I said, ‘wait a minute!’ He’s an African-American guy in front of a bunch of other white people and there he is president of the United States and we’ve completely forgotten that tonight — completely forgotten it!”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/28/chris-matthews-saying-forgot-obama-black-state-union/
Obama capitalized on his skin color throughout his election campaign, as an asset to minority voters.
How it could slip anyone’s mind?
Unfortunately, I cannot forget that we’re saddled with this moron-in-chief for 3 more years, and fawning idiots like Matthews will continue to get noticed.
he had a “TINGLY” “blackout”