Morton on CNN: "Black democrats vs. Regular Democrats"

[jackstraw45]

Did I just hear Bruce Morton compare support for Sharpton among "black democrats" and "regular democrats?"

WTF? Anyone else pick that up?

[madmax]

1. Yes, heard that

:crazy: Don't know what the hell he means.

[GainesT1958]

2. Well, I guess this proves it...

Poor ol' Bruce must be a victim of "Half-timers' Disease"! :eyes:

Anybody remember Al Campanis?:eyes:

B-)

[Burma Jones]

3. Bruce is headed for retirement I guess......

What a pinhead, what a maroon, what a country

[displacedtexan]

4. I saw that!

How rude!

[Chovexani]

5. Thanks, Bruce.

I'd almost forgotten I was an "Other". Thanks for the reminder. :eyes:

[prolesunited]

6. I'm sure he didn't mean that

in a racially insensitive manner. :eyes:

[shoopnyc123]

7. Yes, it was disgusting.

[Elidor]

8. Talk about your freudian slip

He may need surgery to remove that foot from his mouth.

[OilemFirchen]

9. Where have I heard this before?

Oh yeah. Rusty Limbaugh said, soon after the 2000 elections, that "if you don't count the black vote, bush won in a landslide".

Repeated thereafter in one fashion or another by the rightwing herd.

Kinda reminds me of the Venezuelan "opposition" essentially stating that "the vast majority of the people want Chavez out. The only ones standing by him are the dark-skinned, the poor, and the working class".

[beanball]

11. Those black votes

did Rush by chance mention that if all the black voters had been allowed to vote Gore would have won?.I don't believe Bruce Morton meant to be racially incentive,just a slip of the lip.

[jackstraw45]

10. What made it worse was how casually he said it....

That's the scary thing.

And, of course, he didn't correct himself (or wasn't corrected by the media robot next to him).

I turned off the channel less then 20 seconds later so I don't know if CNN apologized but I really doubt it.