Chris Matthews: 'For an hour I forgot he was black'

This post is a two-fer. Chris Matthews’ remark on MSNBC after Obama’s State of the Union speech, “For an hour I forgot he was black,” rightly has been ridiculed as revealing an all-consuming racism and, apparently, the fact that for the very first time Matthews, did what conservatives have been doing, which is consider Obama …

Obama's SOTU — 'PIVOT'

I live-blogged Obama’s State of the Union speech at Newsreal and began my coverage with this clip from “Friends” featuring the word, “Pivot!” The predictions for the SOTU speech were that Obama would use it to pivot toward the center. He didn’t, but I like the clip so much I’m keeping it. He did say …

You know who should be live blogging the SOTU? Republican members of Congress! THAT would be TEH AWESOME!!!

(H/T a commenter at Perfunction, which has other versions of this photo from the White House’s Flickr feed that are just as hilarious. Via Ace.) I just read Michelle Malkin’s post that Joe Wilson will be the first member of Congress to answer a State of the Union address with a live video post from …

UPDATED — Just a reminder before Obama's State of the Union speech

It turns out Barack Obama is not a magic Negro. It turns out there’s no such thing as a magic Negro. Dang. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The First 364 Days 23 Hours www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Watch this from Charles Krauthammer …

Photo proof Ellie Light is real — AND, she's written to Little Miss Attila

Well, the Right blogosphere is all aflutter today — Ellie Light is real! We have found her Facebook photo (above), AND she has written identical missives to Little Miss Attila, Dan Riehl (here and here) and other bloggers all proclaiming her reality and scathingly deriding the Right’s skepticism that she exists. Well, Obama got into …

UPDATED — Obama's 'Enabling Act' trial balloon

Ever since Obama was elected I’ve had the feeling that the organizing principle of his agenda is to destroy America as a capitalist democratic republic in slow motion with such a barrage of debt bombs, government intrusion, weakening of our military, dissolution of border enforcement, stagnation, confusion and fear that Congress would cede its powers …

Best video round-up of Obama's broken promises is on — Comedy Central?

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Stealth Care Reform www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Jon Stewart at Comedy Central has pulled together the best collection of videos of Obama making campaign pledges that he never intended to keep, which some people uncharitably, but accurately, …

Really, Sen. McCain? What tipped you off? UPDATED

OK, when John McCain is finally willing to characterize Obama accurately without worrying about being called a RAAAAACIST!, it looks to me like a watershed moment all-around. I blame Bush. Updated, 1/9/10, Sat.: Patterico had a guest post in 2008 featuring a letter dated February 6, 2006, from Sen. McCain to his new colleague, Obama, …