Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin’s use of the term “shuck and jive” is blatant racism
Let me preface the Chris Matthews video with the following…
- Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin “is like Muammar Gaddafi”
- Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin “is so pathetic”
- Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin “has proven herself to be profoundly stupid”
- Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin “is like a Mail Order Bride”
- Chris Matthews: Sarah Palin’s debate performance reminds me of a children’s “spelling bee”
- Chris Matthews: The GOP doesn’t feel sorry for sick people, gay soldiers, or the unemployed
“It’s pretty blatant…”
Hardball October 24.
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Sarah Palin’s response…
For the record, there was nothing remotely racist in my use of the phrase “shuck and jive” – a phrase which many people have used, including Chris Matthews, Andrew Cuomo, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney to name a few off the top of my head. In fact, Andrew Cuomo also used the phrase in reference to Barack Obama, and the fact that Mr. Cuomo and I used the phrase in relation to President Obama signifies nothing out of the ordinary. I would have used the exact same expression if I had been writing about President Carter, whose foreign policy rivaled Obama’s in its ineptitude, or about the Nixon administration, which was also famously rocked by a cover-up.
