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Memphis Talk Radio Host Humiliates Black GOP Candidate

By Bob Parks | February 01, 2012 | 09:15

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A shocking YouTube video (uploaded by someone not friendly to the Tea Party) shows Memphis talk radio host Thaddeus Matthews insulting and humiliating Republican congressional candidate Charlotte Bergmann on air.

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It's called 'Panic Mode'...

Submitted by P. Aaron on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:26am.

...that democrats are in.

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This lady better be careful that she doesn't get.....

Submitted by richard on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:57pm.

.......hit, with one of those aks, that this fat headed stooge has been throwing around during this supposed interview.

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Because

Submitted by c5then on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:35am.

She has the gall and the chutspah to have political views that are different than his.

How inclusive and tolerant of him.

 

Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it! 

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Wonder why he hasn't been

Submitted by kinijane on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:36am.

Wonder why he hasn't been called a raciest?

kinijane
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We know where the racism is.

Submitted by EddieB on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:47am.

Kudos to anyone who made it this hate filled, bigoted interview. I barely made it passed two minutes.

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Too much to lose

Submitted by Kingfish17 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:47am.

The race industry stands to lose too much if blacks every break the shackles of the liberal plantation. The "race card" attacks pale in comparison to attacks against blacks who seek political power outside of the Democrat party.

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"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama

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Why is this shocking? It's

Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:02am.

Why is this shocking?

It's par for the course for "black folk" who don't toe the line to be treated this way.

The amazing thing is that the woman stayed classy (but then again, she's not a liberal) and didn't  b!tch-slap this deplorable excuse for a human being before she left.

Big black man....picking on a woman.  How brave.

I'd love to see him try that with Allen West.

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I wish Col. West...

Submitted by optimist on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:36pm.

...would call Matthews's producers and ask for an interview. Verbal and mental butt whooping would be a thing to behold. I wonder if Allen West would tell Matthews to GTHO like he told a bunch of lefty losers last week.

The revolution will be fought at the ballot box
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Interview? Not where I come from.

Submitted by iamsaved on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:51am.

I know that so-called journalists and balanced talk show hosts are a rare commodity, but that radio community of listeners must be scraping the bottom of the barrel to hire a man like Thaddeus Matthews. Maybe it's because he has a deep radio voice.

The interviewee should have gotten up and fled when it was plain that there was only one answer to the question being asked.

iamsaved "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left," (Ecclesiastes 10:2) MSM Journalism - "a profession consisting of idealogues espousing their beliefs regardless of facts and/or truth."
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Knowing Matthews as I do, your assessment is spot-on.

Submitted by Mike Bratton on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:18am.

When you journey to the bottom of the barrel, there you will find Thaddeus.

He makes it a habit to violate FCC regulations, he has nothing in the way of credibility, and what you've seen in that clip is nothing out of the ordinary--all to say that he has no business being on the air anywhere.

--Mike

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He Knows his Place on the Plantation

Submitted by scottyusmc on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:52am.

Matthews knows his place on the liberal plantation and is working to please his Masters. Bergmann on the other hand is trying to break the bonds and demonstrate that blacks are not chained to history.

Still begs the question - why do GOP candidates appear on these drive-by hit-n-run media shows? I say boycott them all!!!

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I applaud conservatives who go on liberal talk radio

Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:04am.

It provides an opportunity to talk common sense to an audience that normally gets only one perspective. Hopefully some of the listeners of this interview will hear some common sense in the voice of the conservative, and begin to question the dogma spewed out from the Left.

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How bad is it? I know her. I've supported her.

Submitted by Lipton on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:53am.

I am afraid to watch.

I'd like to thank Hollywood for renewing my interest in reading.
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It's pretty bad. She does

Submitted by ThatDude on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:43pm.

It's pretty bad. She does some dodging to inartfully evade his loaded questions, but he was rude and on the attack from the first moment. It wasn't an interview so much as an attack to label her as a race traitor.

The answer to 1984 is 1776.
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Axe Murderer

Submitted by NC Boy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:00am.

He sure "axed" her a lot of questions. I can't stand to watch the whole thing - can't imagine that she didn't walk out, but that's probably what he wanted.

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He actually told her to get

Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:05am.

He actually told her to get out.  Big brave black man picking on a small black woman.

Like most black liberals (but then I repeat myself) he simply doesnT want to converse with anyone who doesn't agree with him.

 

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Things haven't changed much

Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:02am.

Things haven't changed much for the Democrat party and their supporters since 1854 . . .

 

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Litmus test

Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:05am.

there you have it, if you're black you must support Obama or you're not really black.

I loved all the commentary about the Tea Party being racist without a shred of proof to back it up. So informative.

Proud member of the 53%!
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Except that

Submitted by ahusser on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 4:04pm.

Obama is not really black. Go figure.

"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'

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Which one of these two people...

Submitted by Clinkin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:16am.

...is "still on the plantation"?

Clinkin
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What an ass!

Submitted by GeneralAl on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:25am.

What an ass this jerk is! How many babies has he made around the country, how much crack has he smoked, who finances this "Dude"?

"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!

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Taxed Enough Already

Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 10:46am.

I run into non caring Americans that don't know what the TEA in TEA party stands for, they are all over the place.
As evidenced by that Romney land slide in Florida.

That is one Acronym that needs to go away.

You Didn't Build That.

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I sooooooooooooooo agree

Submitted by texasborngranny on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 12:51pm.

with you. And it doesn't help that some groups inaccurately call themselves 'Tea Party', when it should be 'TEA Party'. I also think in every publication, web page, news article/press release it should be spelled out at least once: Taxed Enough Already.

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Disgusting

Submitted by Suilbup on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:16pm.

I really resent being told what the Tea Party thinks by people who are not Tea Partiers and who hate us. "The Tea Party hates Obama because he is black." No. I actually don't know Obama. He appears to love his wife and children and to be a fairly pleasant man. I bear Obama no grudge. I cannot, however, stand his policies and politics. I "hate" him only politically and no more or less than I "hate" Biden, Pelosi, Schumer etc. All of these people might be wonderful human beings - or they might be scum - I have no idea - nor do I really care. When I vote for politicians I don't vote for a Buddy. I vote for a legislator. And I vote for the most conservative candidate I can identify - regardless of their pigmentation or genitalia.
Does this make me a racist, hater?

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Her Facebook Page

Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:25pm.

Charlotte Bergmann For Congress Official Facebook Group! CatPAC

One of her Billboards.

President Obama is a Muslim (from his own lips), Kenyan (read it from his publicist) a homosexual (read it on a news magazine cover) and a Socialist (I'm alive and can see it for myself)
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liberal

Submitted by guefy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:41pm.

like all liberals. Every single one of them: racist. Never knew one that wasn't.

USWA 25 years. Never voted for a Democrat yet.
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You sound just like the bigoted black radicals who accuse

Submitted by Jer on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 2:12am.

every white person of being a racist.

Jer

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Further proof that the

Submitted by Onepersonsopinion on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:42pm.

Further proof that the liberals are tolerant of other opinions.

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Thaddeus

Submitted by mmilesll on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:45pm.

What an asshole racist bigot. This clown makes fun of a Republican Congressional candidate that has done more to help blacks in Memphis than this idiot will ever do. Where and why does ANY radio station allow this asshole on the air.

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This man is a bullying thug..

Submitted by greggy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:07pm.

I'm sorry, but there's no way she should have tolerated this hectoring. At some point well b4 the 12 minute mark she needed to tell him that he needed to show her some minimum level of courtesy or she would end the interview. There does come a point when you need to decide whether to fight back, and HARD, or to walk out - in either case, you are standing up to abuse and bullying. But there's no great point in allowing yourself to be treated like a punching bag.

She has a right to demand to be treated fairly, and with some baseline level of courtesy - and the problem is, she's too nice for her own good. If that had been me, I'd have torn into him and destroyed every accusation he was making, or I'd have warned him maybe twice that he wouldn't continue to approach me that way, before walking out.

This "man" is despicable. I could barely get thru the full 16 minutes, it was very difficult to watch. When you see a total low-life, nasty POS like this guy straight-up verbally battering a woman like this, you realize that there is no way of even talking with them at all, let alone reaching any agreement on anything with them. This POS is sub-human, trash.

Greggy (Diogenes)
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First this!

Submitted by HeavyChevy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 1:49pm.

http://conservativeblackchick.com/blog/2012/01/27/eat-pray-love-and-be-b...

Now this A-hole in Memphis.

I would beat that pig for what he was worth and make him give me change back!

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If you read some of the

Submitted by Sude23 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:02pm.

If you read some of the comments on her page you can see that they are proving her point on the matter. It's so sad that they do not see it.

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Exactly

Submitted by HeavyChevy on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:51pm.

And they do see it, they just don't care.

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Lets me ax you, ...

Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:07pm.

... ah, ahh, ah, what da hell's a "figa hed?"

"Shuck an jive." "Gets rid of his ass." "Axing you." "Ninth Congressonal disrick." "Ansa da damn quesion dat I ax you." "Dat's all i ax."  "I ax you what paaticula dat you did." "I'm axing you a damn direck quesston, an if you don't ansa, I'm gone kick you ass outa here." "We need some moe poooolice." "MattenLutaKing's pitcha."

Dis boy be all class, o he can "kiss my ass."

Affa wacchin dis shia, yo, now I knows whut duh song mean by "monkey nigga."  I'm thanking dat dis boy be one, yo.

Do any of dees moo-rons eba been to school?

Comrade Bubba
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Do dat be fo true

Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:14pm.

Do dat be fo true auh do yo be jiveing me? I don like no jiveing at dis time o de day.

 

Jesus Loves You so much He died for you

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Typical (in)tolerant, (il)liberal tantrum

Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:05pm.

To say that brave, mucho-macho Thaddie's social graces towards his guest appear to be, shall we say, "niggardly" would be an overgenerous understatement.

Any moment now the vocabulary-challenged DC councilcritter of a few years ago who went DEFCON-1 ballistic and launched all missiles at a fellow councilman who dared utter that word in a meeting will no doubt call a similar hyperventilating press conference to proscribe my own use of the word.

I agree with other posters (and many a blogger/columnist) that Thad and all of his ilk know full well their place on the Lib/Prog Plantation and dare not get too uppity so as to incur the wrath of either their Massahs and Ma'ams or the ire of other docile victim-residents who would be jealous of their free-thinking bravery. Don't rock the boat (Dem Slave Ship) too much, just lie still and stay eternally dependent and dominated.

*sigh*

 

"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects... 

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Where the hell

Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:24pm.

Where the hell are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton?  Don't they care that a black woman is being abused, as long as it's a black man dishing out the abuse?

Oh, wait!  She's not a real black woman; she's a Republican!

Nevermind.

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Anytime a Liberal man abuses

Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:25pm.

Anytime a Liberal man abuses a Conservative woman, there will never ever be a word of protest from the Left.

 

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Actually they will blame the

Submitted by ahusser on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 4:05pm.

Woman (see Obama vs. Brewer)

"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'

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"Start down the wrong road"?

Submitted by desertphreak on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 2:26pm.

Which means, you're not taking the bait. That's how the Democrats roll. Bait, bait, bait. And if you THINK for yourself, there must be something wrong with you.

Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is a neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.   -Ronald Reagan
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DJ Thad 'aint winning any converts....

Submitted by JLin on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:06pm.

Any thinking black American who tuned into this fiasco is likely to vote Republican this November. Karma has a way of biting back.

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tow the line

Submitted by Mr_Priest on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:15pm.

Apparently, there's a “black issues manual,” that all blacks must adhere to,
all black people must walk, talk, eat, pray alike AND fit squarely in the Democrat Black box, basking in the glow of liberalism. Don’t make the mistake as a black person and choose to be a Republican because you believe in opportunity, educational freedom (school choice, vouchers, charter schools), economic growth and small government like the Tea party does. If you do, you will be called awful names by black Democrats. You will likely be hunted down by the “black police” to determine if you’re “black enough” and subjected to relentless name-calling and mocking such as “you just want to be white” or “how can you be a Republican.” - Star Parker

"The trouble with quotes on the internet is you never know if they are genuine" —Abraham Lincoln

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vile

Submitted by angelann1 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 3:44pm.

What a vile ,despicable scum bag he is !!!!

BDK
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he actually said...."shut up"

Submitted by WarEagle66 on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 4:33pm.

he actually said...."shut up" to his "guest".

I guess that is what Obama meant when he said for his "folk" to "get in their faces"

axed! I love it.

I don't think he really humiliated her. I think he showed himself to be a terrible bore and bullish P.O.S.

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Racist, sexist and bigoted Thaddeus.

Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:05pm.

We already know he is illiterate, but his belligerence towards women and Republicans can only be due to personal inadequacies beyond polite conversation here in this forum.

The piece of trash who put the video together probably has the same issues.

I'll bet he got beaten up a lot as a kid.

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When Is Racism not Racism?

Submitted by berlet98 on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 2:00am.

When Is Racism not Racism?

The answer to the title question of when racism is not racism is as transparent as the Obama administration is opaque: When the MSM or officials don’t want it to be.

Racism is almost always deemed racism when it involves perceived or actual attacks by whites against blacks yet rarely described as such when blacks physically and verbally abuse whites. Examples of the both social anomalies abound with the former getting by far the most media attention and the latter being mostly ignored.

For example, when the “Reverends” Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton display their keen awareness of white racism in virtually everything they disagree with, the MSM reports those perceptions sans comment as if they were biblical truth.

However, when Sen. Charles Grassley proposed making habitual drunk driving a deportable offense for aliens, it was interpreted as racist designed to discriminate against illegals such as President Obama’s drunken Uncle Omar.

When I posted an article titled, “Wisdom from the FLOTUS” examining Michelle Obama’s background, positions, and statements, a commenter strongly defended our First Lady and felt obliged to conclude in his defense, “I think racism is at least a possibility.” (http://bit.ly/wprRoO)

White racism always seems, at the minimum, “a possibility” when whites are accused of assaulting or even offering objective critiques of African-Americans. Black racism is virtually never considered when blacks attack whites, a fact of American life substantiated by the renowned African-American economics professor and poltical commentator, Walter E. Williams.

In an especially honest assessment of the state of racial justice in America today, Prof. Williams said, “In many of these brutal attacks, the news media make no mention of the race of the perpetrators. If it were white racist gangs randomly attacking blacks, the mainstream media would have no hesitation reporting the race of the perps.”

Truer words were never spoken as are the words spoken by Chicago Tribune Gerould Kern who conceded that “Editors for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune . . . deliberately censored information about black crime for political reasons. . . to ‘guard against subjecting an entire group of people to suspicion.’ ” (http://bit.ly/mtX5AM)

Foolish me! I always thought the mission of the news media, the very basis for its existence, was to report the news fairly and objectively, not to pick and choose what and how to report predicated on “political reasons,” i.e., what is PC.

Now, granted, the American news media has always had a slant from colonial times through the twenty-first century.

Today, the Washington Times and Fox News lean toward the right, the conservative viewpoint, while the vast majority of news outlets, from the Washington Post to the New York Times to the L.A. Times to CNN to MSNBC report with a liberal slant often so distorted that it’s difficult to distinguish news from editorials.

Those distortions are especially noteworthy with regard to racial attacks, as Walter E. Williams pointed out and as Gerould Kern verified. Two recent events illustrate that reality. . . (Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=12582.)

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Well, even though you are a pathetic spammer,

Submitted by Jer on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 2:18am.

I do agree with you.

Jer

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