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Schultz reveals racism of the left
Ed Schultz, host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” has revealed the virulent racist streak that runs through liberalism but is rarely talked about or criticized by the appropriate groups, purely because racists like Schultz hold the “proper” political views in the eyes of the Rainbow Coalition, the NAACP, and other liberal special interest groups.
On recent broadcasts, Schultz has bloviated about how black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is pandering to “white Republicans out there who don’t like black folks.” That would be quite a trick, if that were even possible.
Schultz’ comment exposes the left’s overconfidence in their foothold among black voters. Even with the nation’s first black president in the White House, Schultz apparently believes it’s okay to play the race card and accuse a party that currently favors Cain over Mitt Romney, of racism.
If the GOP actually were as racist as Schultz suggests, Cain would’t be surging right now, regardless of the fact that he has presented what is consistently the most solid and conservative political message of any candidate running.
Schultz also railed against Senator Jim DeMint, whom Cain has mentioned as a potential running mate if he wins the nomination. Yet those comments aren’t even worth wasting virtual space on. Maybe Schultz simply needs to be sent a bunch of Christmas Cards to cheer him up.
Matthews’ political hopes not hardball
MSNBC commentator and talk show host Chris Matthews, who has made a name for himself hosting Hardball on the mini news net, is rumored to be considering a run in 2010 against GOP Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Though he has not formally announced intentions to run, he’s certainly adding fuel to the speculation he may run, if for no other reason than to ensure high ratings.
Matthews, whose own memory is not quite as reliable as Dell memory, is a former White House staffer during the Carter Administration and also worked on the staff of then-Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill. Short-spoken, acerbic and often humorless, Matthews left-leaning agenda has always been obvious on his MSNBC show, even though his brother ran for lieutenant governor a couple years ago as a Republican.
Ironically, Specter is an aging liberal Republican who the GOP wouldn’t mind eventually replacing with a more reliable conservative, so it’s not as if Matthews would be running against Newt Gingrich or Bobby Jindell here. The differences between Spector and Matthews is paper-thin, and if the GOP changes horses from Spector to an unknown, it could mean a switch from a reliable GOP seat to a Democratic one; the only thing that could overcome a Matthews candidacy is Spector has superior name recognition and political experience in Pennsylvania.
