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Date Posted: 11:26:30 01/18/10 Mon
Author: mozel
Subject: MSNBC's CHRIS MATTHEWS PERPETUATES HATRED FOR THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT

By William Owens, Jr.
January 17, 2010
NewsWithViews.com

MSNBCís Hardball host Chris Matthews has continued to demonstrate ?
graphically and offensively ? the twisted double standard that allows
liberal commentators to defame and insult black conservatives without
fear of retribution or even criticism from other mainstream media
outlets.

He consistently and intentionally refers to grassroots Americans who
have become politically involved in the Tea Party movement as
ìTeabaggersî ? a derogatory term describing a homosexual sex practice
too offensive to describe. Anyone other than a prominent liberal on an
aggressively liberal cable station would be fired for using such an
offensive term, but Matthews and his ilk are given a free pass to defame
honest, God-fearing and concerned conservative Americans whose only
ìcrimeî is a concern for the direction their country is heading.

However, on January 5th, Matthews took his persistent diatribe against
grassroots conservative Americans in a whole new and dangerous
direction: adding race-baiting to his kit-bag of insults, slander and
insinuation (http://tinyurl.com/yadd6gv).

Interviewing Mark McKinnon of The Daily Beast, Matthews asked, ìSo who
will lead the tea-baggers?î Before his guest could answer, Matthews went
on: ìTheyíre monochromatic, right? Ö every picture I see shows them to
be Ö theyíre all white. All of them, every single one of them is white.î

McKinnon responded, ìI think thatís a fair characterization,
predominantly,î to which Matthew replied, ìYeah, well whatís that
about?î

I happen to be a black American who, along with my wife Selena, have
participated in and spoken at each of the Tea Party Express events. I am
also a publisher and the author of Obama: Why Black America Should Have
Doubts. I am outraged over this obvious racial slur. I can only assume
that Mr. Matthews, in addition to gleefully demeaning grassroots
Americans with his constant references to ìteabaggers,î is intent on
inserting racism into the Tea Party movement.

Matthews has ignored my wife and me though our participation has been
highly visible ? even CNN featured me in their 2009 Year in Review
coverage of the Tea Party movement.

Worse, Matthews has blatantly ignored the participation of all
grassroots black Americans in the Tea Party movement, such as Lloyd
Marcus, the official ìunhyphenated black Americanî and Tea Party Express
patriotic singer/songwriter, as well as attendees and local Tea Party
speakers.

Matthews has no excuse for not knowing about this assault, or the
participation of many other black Americans in grassroots political
events. By pushing conservative black Americans to the back of the media
bus, Matthews has once again exposed his ulterior motives, just as he
did when he repetitively referred to politically active Americans with a
repugnant homosexual slur ? to promote division, hatred and racism.

Chris Matthews is a disgrace to American journalism and to all who
cherish free expression and participation in Americaís democracy.
However, unlike liberals who shout ìoff with their headsî at any
conservative who commits what they consider to be a politically
incorrect offense, I am not asking for what would amount to a lukewarm
apology from MSNBC. Frankly, I believe that MSNBC and Chris Matthews
deserve each other. My only regret is that whenever someone like Mr.
Matthews ? with a microphone and an audience ? stirs racial hatred or
participates in race-baiting, black Americans are the ones who pay the
price.

About Higher Standard Publisher and William Owens

Higher Standard Publishers is the official publisher for The Tea Party
Express Commemorative Journal. The journal conveys the function of the
Tea Party Express tours, while also focusing on the top political issues
facing Americans. The third Tea Party Express tour, ìJust Vote Them Outî
is scheduled to begin in Searchlight, Nevada ? hometown of Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid ? on March 27, 2010, and will commence in
Washington DC on Tax Day, April 15, 2010.

William Owens is the Author of: Obama: Why Black America Should Have
Doubts

© 2010 William Owens, Jr. - All Rights Reserved

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