Tucker Carlson: Entrenched Racism is Obama's Fault

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Saturday May 24, 2008 · 2:38 PM PDT

2008/05/24 · 14:38

For months, political punditry has centered around race and gender politics. Yet virtually every show’s host is a white male, the pundit selections often fall short (yet far more diverse than hosts), and Pat Buchanan is somehow still receiving a paycheck. But perhaps the most disturbing aspect of punditry has been the last month of euphemism-laced questions about "Obama’s problem" getting "the white, working class vote" whether in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Kentucky. A prime example took place this early Wednesday morning on MSNBC’s "After Hours" with Dan Abrams. Pundit Tucker Carlson states:

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 12:54 AM PDT

2008/05/22 · 00:54

She’s baaaaaack, Geraldine Ferarro just won’t go away, and neither will "The Lucky Black Man Delusion". In her most recent appearance she is wondering why Barack Obama didn’t say "thank you" to her, reiterates that Obama is lucky to be black, and says it is "a statement of fact" (note: since 1990 women have a 60 -4 edge over black men in winning statewide elections/reelections). Pat Buchanan — in his latest racist diatribe — agrees with her. In fact, Obama is not just luckier than white women, but white men too! Now old Democrats and Republicans put aside differences for their common racial bond.

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Tucker Carlson: Entrenched Racism is Obama's Fault

Barack Obama, Chris Paul, & "The Lucky Black Man Delusion"