Tuesday, April 01, 2008

How Not to Handle Issues of Race

Everyones favorite television pundit, Chris Matthews, fresh off his Hillary Clinton obsession, now explains his love for Obama:

MATTHEWS: You know, Michelle—and this gets very ethnic, but the fact that he's good at basketball doesn't surprise anybody, but the fact that he's that terrible at bowling does make you wonder—

FINEMAN: That doesn't surprise anybody either.

BERNARD: Well, it certainly doesn't surprise anybody black, I can tell you that.

…MATTHEWS: [Watching video.] This is a killer. Look at this killer. Because it isn't the most macho form there, I must say, but who knows?

I'm sure Matthews thinks he is being clever.