During an appearance on the Chris Matthews show this week, former CBS Anchorman Dan Rather said of President Obama:
“Listen he just hasn’t been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get it through and he had to compromise it to death.” And a version of, “Listen he’s a nice person, he’s very articulate” this is what’s been used against him, “but he couldn’t sell watermelons if it, you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic.”
My favorite part is how Chris Matthews changes the subject as soon as he hears the word – watermelons.
Most of the mainstream media hasn’t mentioned Rather’s comment. This would be a whole different story, of course, had Rush or Hannity said the same thing.
But should Rather’s comment be considered racist?
I used to think there were stereotypes for a reason. But the pressure to be politically correct has changed me.
So remember…
Asians are fantastic drivers.
Jews are horrible with money.
Mexicans don’t know a thing about lawn care.
Gay men can’t stand Madonna.
Black people hate fruit-flavored drinks.
White men can jump.
If you drink don’t drive, do the watermelon crawl.
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