"This ethnic stuff and whatever?"

What ethnic stuff Chrissy? I see nothing "ethnic" at all in that statement. As far as to what was really said, it's not too far off there Chrissy.

I don't think I've ever seen the rightwing as desperate as they are right now.

Can anybody say they honestly like Bill Cunningham?  He comes off as a bitter, mean-spirited old man.  If I were John McCain,  I'd distance myself. Can you imagine what this guy what have said about Ronald Reagan who was a liberal by the standards of today's republican party.

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I mean there have been emails around that suggest he's a Muslim which he is not.

Emails....plural? Is he talking about the one with the picture of him in Somali dress? I think that's the "ethnic" thing he's trying to push. That's one email, Chris; what others?

I just love it when they say "those kinds of things" implying that there's a lot of stuff going on.

Here's the template: anyone who criticized Obama is a "surrogate of the Republican party." John McCain will be called upon to "denounce" and "distance himself from" every criticism of Obama. Which basically means McCain can't criticize him either.

And oh, yeah, that's really "rotten" of Cunningham to throw out things that Obama has said and criticize him for them.

Barak Hussein Obama is his name.  Last night while driving, I heard a gal call in to Bill's show and she was irate because he called Obama by his name.  She was calling Cunningham a racist.  He just told her that's Obama's name, like saying George W. Bush or Hillary Rodham Clinton.  The racism is in the ear of the listener, apparently. It's racist to use his real name, now.  I'm sure Ann Coulter really gets them upset because she always does that.  What racists!  Oh, my!

 "MATTHEWS: Margaret there's a winning personality for you. I hate to see he has an Irish name. I have to tell you, that was the offensive part to me"

WTH does this have to do with anything Mr. Softball? Offensive, oh how pathetic of a lib  you are sir.

"MATTHEWS:And now this, this character putting out this sort of stuff. Is this now gonna creep into the debate, the discussion? This ethnic stuff and whatever? "

Why not? His wife already wrote a thesis about the evil white man, why shouldn't it be debated? Plus the hate monger Farruh Kahn is endorsing him, that alone should be a nice debate question. I mean what if the head of the KKK decided to publicly support McCain, I bet you would have a field day Mr. Softball. That's right you are only for free speech when it is coming out of your mouth.

 "MARGARET CARLSON, BLOOMBERG: Chris, let's not claim him as our own. With, with someone like him you know what he's about. It couldn't have been a surprise to the McCain campaign that he went a little bit wild, he is wild. "

No, Mrs.  Carlson but if his name was the NYT's, had a few unnamed sources, and the topic was an affair with no validity then it would be ok. It is all so clear to me now.....

I am sorry libs for doubting the Messiah Obama.....get a grip libs this guy is a Commy SOB racist who is talking change just like Hitler and Stalin. Thier speeches were almost identical in rhetoric to what Obama is speaking now.

Guys we are in trouble if the dim witted government educated don't wake up soon...or at least stop fainting and clapping at his farts.

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

So, criticizing Obama for the policies he wants to put in place is "ethnic stuff", lol?

There you go, folks, that's the entire strategy this election period in a nutshell: any criticism about Obama, his record, and where he wants to take this country will be slanted as racial, or "ethnic". Get used to it.

They didn't even play what I consider the bad part of Cunningham's speech, and that's where he made fun of Albright's looks. Sorry, but that kind of nonsense makes us look bad. Focussing on who these people are and what they stand for is the better strategy.

Unless it's Barack Obama. He's off-limits. 

He called Obama a Muslim, he called him a Muslim, he called him a Muslim. What's so bad about that? Since when is being a Muslim a bad thing? He didn't call him a crook. He didn't call him a child molester. And really Cunningham DIDN'T EVEN CALL HIM A MUSLIM!

What we have here is the prejudice of Matthews and his little minions showing through. If these lefties didn't think being a Muslim was bad, why would they be so outraged? BIGOTS!

It's almost a religious reaction with some of these MSM types. They don't have any faith anyway, so they are wide open to a cult type figure. I'm beginning to wonder if this Barack Hussein Obama is "the Beast" spoken of in scripture

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

You ever get the impression that Obama is "untouchable" by the media?  Anything you say about the man can be spun into racism.  Nobody in the media has the b@lls to really get some answers about Hussein Obama.  Who is he?  Where did he come from?  What does he believe in (besides hope)?  Is he a socialist?  A communist?  A black militant?  Really...

I'm confused. Are we or are we not allowed to say Hillary Rodham Clinton anymore?

Start each day with a smile, then get it over with. - W.C. Fields

I mean there have been emails around that suggest he's a Muslim which he is not.

Shouldn't that end Seinfeld like with "..."not that there's anything wrong with that!"

It's interesting how all these liberals assume there's something rotten about people thinking Osama is a Muslim.

It's like there must be something wrong with being a Muslim. That he should be ashamed of being a Muslim, if he was one.

Why all this Muslimophobia from liberals. Weird.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

If McCain had not apologized for Willie's remarks (which he had not even heard), there would not have been a story here - there was nothing to apologize for. Hypersensitivity on the part of McCain's staff made this a story.