WashPost's Henderson Suggests FNC & 'Far Right' May Help Obama by Race-Baiting
Appearing as a panel member this weekend on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Nia-Malika Henderson of the Washington Post predicted that Fox News and the "far right" may drive independents and women to vote for President Obama, as she suggested that they may "hint at" racial issues or birtherism and cause "blowback" that would benefit the President.
She also theorized that mothers may vote to re-elect Obama because they "take some pride" in having their children "growing up in this country with an African-American President."
After Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker theorized that people who are racist against the President are a group he cannot win over and are therefore irrelevant to the campaign, Henderson responded:
I think, in some ways, the way race might play a role - I think you're right, that the people who don't like Obama because he's black or because they think he's not eligible to be President or he's the other, they're not going to support him.
And I think, if Superpacs, if Fox News, if they sort of hint at that sort of language, I think it's going to turn independents off from Republicans. I think that's the danger that Republicans and people from the far right play, is going to be a blowback because a lot of women, especially, I think, they do, you know, take some pride in this idea that their kids are growing up in this country with an African-American President.
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I really reallly doubt it....
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 1:34am.
What she is really saying is that mothers care more for obama's future than they care about their children's future.
The only mothers who would think that way are dopey Liberal moms not the independents.
mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.....
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:49am.
Barack Hussein Obama!
That just makes Moms all tingly..... that's why they send them to school.
That coward used to be on Bret Bair's show
Submitted by frank14 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:54pm.
but was too gutless to say anything against FNC.
Spoken like a true clueless racist
Submitted by Hippopaulimus on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:50am.
"... take some pride in this idea that their kids are growing up in this country with an African-American President."
Really? Let's use a racist statement to try to paint others as racist ... dumb-ass!
In what possible way would this be true, or even relevant?
For the rest of this election cycle, people need to slap the race card right out of these lib-tard's hands!
While this type of ridiculous argument might have had some traction the last election, before O was elected, it's not like black hating racists suddenly woke up and said, "What?, the President's black? Well I'm not going to vote for him again!"
Most people would be happy with a President they could be proud of, period!
The problem is, the position is always filled by a politician.
.
White - does not mean racist
Heterosexual - does not mean homophobic
Male - does not mean sexist
Just another reaffirmation that the Left lives and exists in
Submitted by Rush Fan on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:37am.
their own deranged and racist world (Not that there is anything wrong with that).
Racism at its worst!
Submitted by dimar on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:50am.
Are these commentators really so ignorant that they don't realize that when they continually bring up racism, THEY are the racists! Do they really believe that women don't want to bring their children up in a country with an economy that will give them every opportunity to succeed, but rather only want to bring their children up in a country that has a black president? And how long do they think Obama is going to be president? Is he going to be there throughout their child's lifetime? Lastly, please stop putting women down - they are not the stupid fools you people make them out to be...
You know the ole saying that
Submitted by Breanna on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:16pm.
You know the ole saying that "he who dealt it, smelt it first"? This is what I am reminded of everytime a democrat/liberal and/or black person mentions racism. THEY talk about it all the time BECAUSE they are racist! They hate hate hate white people , mostly, and find this the most opportune time to make the rest of the black community (worldwide) hate us too. They may never have the chance again to make us the most hated race and so that is why they mention it all the time. They absolutely know for a fact that they can not point to many instances where republicans first mention race and then beat it like a dead horse. It doesnt happen. If FNC mentions race it is in reaction to what the MSM said regarding race in a story. I think the most racist of all are the democrats and liberals and black persons. Black persons are more racist than whites because they even hate people of their own skin color depending on the shade (this told to me by a black co worker when asked why she hated a woman not known to her but who married a well known member of the business community- "because shes from Nigeria and her skin is too light and we hate people with light black or very dark black skin") hhmmmm. Dems are racist because well thats a long story but needless to say they are still the Party of Slavery and liberals are racist because they really do think that black persons are too stupid to know whats best for them and that they are not superior at all in intellect and that "white" people are mentally superior to black persons but they feel sorry for black persons and do all that they can to ensure social services for life for these
"poor lost souls". Its racist to think that you are better than anyone else because of your intellect or skin color etc and this is exactly what dems/liberals and black persons are. Sorry but its MY opinion.
Any panel with Dan Rather on
Submitted by HelloDare on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 4:30am.
Any panel with Dan Rather on it is a joke to begin with. Add Chris Matthews and you've got high comedy.
Nia-Malika Henderson is new to me.
After that sound bite, I christen her Neo-Malarkey Henderson.
Kathleen Parker?
Submitted by Arlen Cooper on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:08am.
If Parker is political knowledgeable, I'm a white Kenya native tribal chief.
If Nia-Malika Henderson, is politically savy I'm a cosmonaut.
If Chris Matthews is an unbiased "common-tator" then call me God-Almighty!
They should all have cabinet jobs, ... as domesticates. But they wouldn't make good "help." And to think ... they are given a soapbox for their propaganda!
What???
Submitted by Nonanon on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:30am.
The verse about having a beam in your eye while pointing out the speck in someone else's comes to mind when these people speak. They are the ones who are obsessed with the color of ones skin. If we can be labelled something, it might be policyist since it is his policies we want changed, not his skin color. The extent of their condescension, arrogance, stupidity, and ignorance is incredible. And they are oblivious to it.
She learned from the best......
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 6:42am.
If your opponents aren't racist, predict that they WILL be.
Straw man slander.
We know what kind of campaign they're going to run
The only "racial" element that Obama has to worry about is that voting for the black guy because he's black isn't quite as "cool" the second time around.
She used to be a comentator at Fox
Submitted by octavioj on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 7:47am.
Bret Baier must be really disappointed.
The fire is out NIA
Submitted by ferv888 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:09am.
Hey Nia, only so many times can you yell fire in the theater and have people pay any attention at all..... You guys are ginning up the African American base of the DIMWITS to get out and vote, simple as that, well it will not work this time. You guys want them down, you do everything you guys can to see to it with Sharpton and Jackson, who would join the other 23MM unemployed if you were trully willing and able to help the African American community. There is too much money to be made keeping them down, SHAME, SHAME
Nia-Malika, baby
Submitted by cristo on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:32am.
After appearing on the Al Sharpton show for about the 500th time, old Al can almost say her name now.
"And now here's Nika-Mileka, uh, uh, uh, Meka-Shalika, uh, uh, uh, Manika-Shabika, uh, uh . . ."
Sick and tired of these racists
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:59am.
That comment about "taking pride that their kids are growing up in a country with an African-American president" couldn't be further from the truth. We don't have an African American president. And the guy in the white house is about as anti-American as anyone can get.
So quit feeding us that line of BS, liberals.
Oh yeah, quit being racists too, that's getting really old and tired. You're the ones that make it an issue, not the whites that you hate.
-Jon
We
Submitted by bobsmom on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:00am.
really don't have to waste any of our time race baiting, they do it enough for us. And, I think most mothers are more concerned about the kind of country their children may be stuck with, than they are with continuing this Unprecedented President's wet dream.
If I want him out of office...
Submitted by Sadder-but-wise... on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:12am.
...because of the content of his character (his policies and his conduct) and not because of the color of his skin (about which I could not care less), then it confuses me to be called a racist. Would they label Dr. King a racist for applying the same criteria?
This racist
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 9:38am.
dunce will never fail to play the race card
These people look at
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:02am.
These people look at everything through the prism of race. To be honest I'm sick of it. Are people that shallow that they support someone just because of the color of their skin? It's these idiotic liberals who think we should so who is the racist?
These people keep bringing it up because that's all they have to argue about and know nothing else. They certainly can't bring up liberal policies, disastrous social edicts, fiscal and foriegn policies...because they're clueless! Just look at the empiracal evidence. Everywhere you turn they screw things up!
Idiots.
Nia, Mia, whatever, still a hater.................
Submitted by Tomorama on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:03am.
She hates Fox so much (the race baiters) that she just hated cashing their checks before?
yes the race of this a********** is the first thing on my wife and our childrens minds when we wake up in this fuzzy bunny, hugs and kisses hope and change kind of world.
Jobs, paychecks and my wife being laid off twice since this POS created 4 million jobs, nah, that means nothing to us.
There Goes Another One
Submitted by Conservator on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:44am.
I liked Nia-Malika Henderson even though she's a liberal. At The Post, that almost qualifies as a conservative. But I no-longer have a use for another lefty playing the race card. The fact she would attack Fox News, a network which she has appeared often in the past, as a source of bigotry toward Obama proves her duplicity.
If people like Nia would stop
Submitted by nolefan2 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:59am.
reminding us that BHO is black (sorry, he's half-black) we might forget that he is. She needs to realize that people who oppose his policies are getting sick and tired of being called racist and that may backfire against the Democrats. Personally, I do not want anyone in the WH that I cannot disagree with from time to time without being called a name of one sort or another.
I can play the "if" game too.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 11:32am.
And I think, if Superpacs, if Fox News, if they sort of hint....If Mitt Romney tortures puppies live on-air on Fox News, this will turn off many independents.
Where do I apply for my talking head job?
Devious much
Submitted by vote24 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 11:33am.
It's basic leftist pre-election strategy. The racism buzzword will ALWAYS alert the truly squishy avoidance crowd. They can guarantee 100% of the racist vote, apparently 90 plus % of the black vote. It's the hate-whitey caucus and it's getting old and dangerous. If 90 plus % of all TV journalists would try to make them answer for the policies in any truthful way whatsoever, then TV political news would be doing their job. As it is they're doing Obama's work. And most unfortunately, Anti-American work. So, break it down. What Henderson is basicaly saying is...vote for Obama or you are a racist, or, you may be seen to be a racist because of your vote association with all those other racists who did not vote for Obama. Is that about right?
OMG
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 3:54pm.
How is "She also theorized that mothers may vote to re-elect Obama because they "take some pride" in having their children "growing up in this country with an African-American President."
NOT racist? Is that not the epitome - that one race is better than another?
Ronald Reagan
Race baiter
Submitted by djm159 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 4:26pm.
I doubt her statement has any validity. Obama is the most prolific race baiter on a level with Rev. Jackass and Rev Al (Tawana Brawley) Sharpton and I he can't help himself I doubt the GOP will bring it around for him - they are amateurs in race baiting compared to Obama.