MSNBC Joe Watkins, "...Obama trying to start a race war."

[skooooo]

This idiot republican mouthpiece, smiling after the hecklers tried to disrupt Obama's speech said that Obama should be as respectful to McCain as he was to the hecklers instead of trying to start a 'race war.'

WTF??????



Did anyone else hear this?? MSNBC needs to hear about this! How dare he use this incendiary tone - A RACE WAR?!

Wtf is wrong with these people???

[butterfly77]

1. This asshole Watkins..

claims to be some sort of minister or pastor..I guess today the rightwing will be sending out all of their black right wing pundits. I know the one with funny looking eyes will be on some time today.

[2KS2KHonda]

2. He is, like Ron Christie, a very well paid whore.

:shrug:

[skooooo]

4. This statement is outrageous and he ought to apologize for making it!

[Blue_Roses]

5. he will not shut-up!!

Ron Christie is ridiculous

[madaboutharry]

3. Alex Witt seemed taken aback and

at a loss for words. This guy is such a dope.

[skooooo]

8. Waaayyy over the top - I hope MSNBC gets lots of email..

I have never heard such an ignorant statement in my life. Joking about a 'race war.'

You fucking idiot.

[Barack_America]

18. I'm not into e-mailing stations with everything I disagree with...

But for this I will make an exception. That guy has been getting increasingly histrionic and that comment was truly beyond the pale.

It's time for him to go.

[skooooo]

20. Do you have the email address?

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Wow

:wow:

Un-fucking-hinged.

[skooooo]

11. They can't just let this shit pass like nothing happened!!

I'm still in shock that that idiot smiled as he said 'race war.'

[babylonsister]

7. He's just repeating today's rethug party meme. They can't run on

issues, so they're all about slamming Obama as a person and making up any trumped up scenario they can. Throw it on the wall, see if it will stick.
I think we should all get used to the idea that this is 'the' rethug campaign tactic 08. Sad but true.

[skooooo]

12. MSNBC cannot put people on who are going to say irresponsible ..

..things like that. This is unconscionable.

[babylonsister]

14. Bet me? They do it every damned day. And that includes some of

their own staff. :mad:

[skooooo]

15. Yeah but explicitley saying that Obama is trying to start a race war...

....is more than the usual veiled racist crap that goes on. It's in a different class entirely. If Watkins gets a pass on this, it's a real shame.

[babylonsister]

21. I'll wager you go back and look at what Buchanan has said

in the past 12 months and your anger will increase 10-fold. They know it, we've complained-he's still there. They just flat-out don't care. Anything to stir controversy and keep it 'interesting'.

[butterfly77]

27. And they send out the..

black talking heads.

[LowerManhattanite]

31. “NEGRO” Talking Heads”

Fixed your post. :)

[rebel with a cause]

34. Have to change your fixings

they are "some of the good ones" talking heads. White speak must be used and recognized here.

[Supersedeas]

39. spot on -- and the Media will check reason at the door and ask AS IF it were a REAL

issue: what is your response to the RACE WAR that Obama has started and wants to continue.

[Barack_America]

9. Honestly, he really needs to be taken off the air...

He is nothing more than a shill, but for some reason (:eyes:) he has privileged status with MSNBC so he's allowed to spout his Republican talking-points unbalanced by a Dem.

And, speaking of unbalanced, he clearly is. When they do put him up against a Dem, he becomes hysterical and ends up shouting over the other person. Utterly unprofessional.

[Quixote1818]

10. Actually, Obama wants to steer clear of a race war

They don't want to risk Obama being the angry "black" candidate. It's McCain who wants a race war. Its his only chance.

[kurtboss]

13. Exactly Right

Obama has worked hard to keep race out of this. Even his latest forays into the "Presidents on the currency" is really an attempt to make McCain/Bush III STOP using race. ...And Obama's right. Much of this recent smearing came after a week of CNN "Race in America" shit. The media loves it. Time to turn the tables and say that when media discusses race they are helping McCain inject race into a campaign thereby, a)unfairly picking McCain's side and B)unintentionally helping race-bait. Someone pointed to point B last night, and they were correct.

[TwilightGardener]

16. Yep. Too bad the GOP decided to start it now, instead of October.

They pulled the race card out WAYY too early to do themselves any good.

[Mopar151]

43. The far right is salivating

They can't wait for RAHOWA (RAcial HOly WAr, or Jihad for Imbeciles)

[zbdent]

17. MSNBC wants another race war ... imagine the ratings ...

and you'd have a number of new "Reginald Dennys" claiming that they were attacked by reverse racists ...

[TwilightGardener]

22. If the media had any sense of responsibility to the public, they would NOT

take the GOP bait, and would not dwell on the topic--but it's inflammatory, which is why the GOP wants it out there. And inflammatory is good for ratings, as you say.

[BeyondGeography]

19. That fucker is extra-smarmy

Something died inside of him a long time ago.

[eShirl]

23. McCain campaign is in full panic mode

they're scrambling like a poodle on linoleum

[Barack_America]

24. He just said it again. It's time to get this guy off the air...

Who do we e-mail first? This needs to be a crusade. This guy is an insult to any possible shred of journalistic integrity our media has left.

Any advice? This sounds like something Media Matters should know about.

[skooooo]

25. I'm looking for the email link on their site..

..fucking bastards.

[WeDidIt]

28. I just emailed them

Told them I cannot abide any television station that supports overt racism such as what was displayed by Joe Watkins today.

[skooooo]

26. Here's the MSNBC email..

[e-mail] <[e-mail]>

[Barack_America]

29. Media Matters contact info...

http://mediamatters.org/contact_us

I just sent them a note asking them to look into this.

[skooooo]

32. thank you, i will write them too

[Virginia Dare]

40. I don't know, it might be to our advantage for him to keep spewing this shit.

it exposes them for the hypocritical phoneys that they are.

[Hamlette]

30. it's the same shit as the poor "starting" the class war...the GOP is a nasty bunch of assholes

and they are going to scare America with scenes of Watts riots.

Damn them

[ErinBerin84]

33. I noticed he was "Rev Joe watkins" today again, instead of "Joe Watkins"

And how come he's consistently the Repub every hour, and they are rotating the Democrats?

[Barack_America]

35. Now he's calling McCain "ruggedly good looking"...

:rofl:

Man, I'm rethinking my decision to stay home today. Watching this shit is just making me feel more sick!

[ErinBerin84]

36. ruggedly good looking??!!

In what context was THAT even brought up? Which weak Dem was he up against this time?

[Barack_America]

37. They were discussing this BS...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6570431

And Watkins was responding to whether McCain was too short.

:puke:

[Virginia Dare]

41. OMG! They were actually discussing that?

do these people do not see their own absurdity.

[Cha]

38. Then you know he's fucked up in the head...I don't

know joe watkins but I do know the mediawhores have to be put outta their misery.

[TexasObserver]

42. That guy has no rep in politics. Suddenly, he's a pundit.

Average black man, allegedly with some kind of clery credentials, appears daily smiling and giving GOP talking points. I'm sure it pays well, but how did this guy end up as an authority on anything?

[ecstatic]

44. He is truly an embarrassment! Even Gregory was disgusted at one point

:puke:

[TheDonkey]

45. I turned off that disgusting "Smears to the WH" show the moment I saw 3 rethugs on the panel

I guess they are not even trying to be relevant anymore.