"I forgot Obama was Black for an hour."

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Chris Matthews on Obama State of the Union address: 'I forgot he was black' (video)

BY Neil Nagraj
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER




Loose-lipped MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews has unleashed a flood of Internet chatter with the odd remark he "forgot he [Obama] was black."
Analyzing Obama's State of the Union address, he called the President "post-racial" before saying, "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour. He???s gone a long way to become a leader of this country and past so much history in just a year or two. I mean it???s something we don???t even think about.


"I was watching and 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."
In an appearance later in the evening on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow, Matthews attempted to clarify his earlier comments.


He was trying to say Obama's leadership has shattered a black-white divide in American politics, he told Maddow, calling his feelings upon hearing Obama's speech an "epiphany."
"Chris Matthews forgot he was black" was high on Google's list of hot Web searches Thursday morning.


This isn't the first time Matthews has made an unusual remark that set tongues wagging. Covering the Potomac primaries for MSNBC, Matthews said he "felt this thrill going up my leg" listening to Obama speak.

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I know people are going to jump on this but I actually understand what he really meant.

 

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[Mudge]

I know people are going to jump on this but I actually understand what he really meant.

Its something reasonable for someone to think, and something typical people will bitch about just because he said it.

 

[maniclion]

I don't see anything wrong with what he said, not even remotely unless you are KKK and have nightmares and daymares about it every minute of your life and see it as the white man giving into what they deem an abomination or 'Obamanation"....

 

[bio-chem]

i have a bigger problem with a thrill going up his leg. he should not admit to having a hard on for the President. black or white the Office deserves respect.

 

[maniclion]

i have a bigger problem with a thrill going up his leg. he should not admit to having a hard on for the President. black or white the Office deserves respect.

I think that fat ass doesn't realize that was Peripheral Artery Disease, from sitting on his fat ass all day......

 

[DaMayor]

Obama's BLACK?

 

[Dark Geared God]

I know people are going to jump on this but I actually understand what he really meant.

I feel ya. every time he talk i lose 10bls because i can't stop pooping...the obama wieght loss system