You know what? I am really looking forward to hearing this is my spinning class. Hopefully it'll be enhanced by MSTRKRFT, but it's okay by itself, too.
They were probably arguing over the fact that hundreds of thousands of people died/are dying in Haiti and how it's really going to ruin "Valentine's Day" (theaters everywhere Feb 13th!).
My first thought was, "I hope this doesn't get real popular" (because of the inevitable tasteless jokes about "monkeys") which is sad because it means I can't enjoy cute animal videos and am also a closet racist. I hate SNOW DAY 2010!
Nope, I love my boyfriend Joe Rogan because he lets me use his isolation and sensory-deprivation tank while we get high on DMT and make Youtube videos about it. For the kids!
I think you're absolutely right. I think he (Matthews) caught himself not noticing Obama's race for an instant and enjoyed the feeling. We all have those moments of self-righteousness and that's cool, but it's bittersweet: it's the simultaneous realization of his own racist beliefs and his ability to recognize and change them. Hopefully, he zeroes in on this and addresses how his beliefs are affecting his actions and ergo the nation's beliefs and actions.
Thanks for keeping cool, nicole.
After Christ Matthews "forgot he was black tonight for an hour" he went back to remembering that Barack Obama is first and foremost, "an African-American guy in front of a bunch of other white people." Classic case of the post-racial white pot calling the kettle black.
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