NBC's Chuck Todd Admonishes Andrea Mitchell for Lame Attempt to Play Race Card on Rick Perry
Andrea Mitchell's attempt to imply Rick Perry was being racially insensitive, for calling fellow GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain "brother," during Tuesday's Republican debate, was so lame even her NBC colleague Chuck Todd wasn't buying it. Mitchell, on Wednesday's edition of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports, dredged up the N-Head controversy on Perry as she scolded: "If I were Rick Perry and had that sign or the, the stone that used to be on that, that property I'm not sure I would've gone with the 'brother' stuff, over and over again."
Todd then tried to rein in his NBC colleague as he admonished: "Just very quickly on the 'brother' thing. That's a Southern cultural thing," and reminded her that their "late friend Mr. [Tim] Russert" was also fond of using that term in a friendly way, "He loved to refer to all of us as brother." Even the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza came to Perry's defense as he agreed with Todd and offered: "It sounded to me more like Hulk Hogan saying, 'brother.'" [video after the jump]
The following exchanges were aired on the October 19 edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports:
ANDREA MITCHELL: And Chris Cillizza what about Herman Cain and [Rick] Perry trying to take him on? This is Perry trying to take him on, on 9-9-9 and the whole apples and oranges bit.
(Begin clip)
RICK PERRY: Herman, I love you brother. But let me tell you something. You don't have to have a big analysis to figure this out. Go to New Hampshire where they don’t have a sales tax and you're fixin' to give 'em one. I'll bump plans with ya brother.
(End clip)
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MITCHELL: Brother Cillizza, I don't know if I were, as Joe Scarborough said, if I, if I were Rick Perry and had that sign or the, the stone that used to be on that, that property I'm not sure I would've gone with the "brother" stuff, over and over again. A little uncomfortable.
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CHUCK TODD: Yeah, just very quickly on the "brother" thing. That's a Southern cultural thing.
CHRIS CILLIZZA, WASHINGTON POST: Yeah.
TODD: So I think, you know, there's, there’s times - people want to pick on Rick Perry.
MITCHELL: Okay.
TODD: This is just too easy.
CILLIZZA: I agree. It sounded more like, it sounded to me more like Hulk Hogan saying "brother."
MITCHELL: It was brother, it was brother Joe Scarborough, Southern culture-
TODD: Don't forget brother, brother, brother Tim. Our, our late friend Mr. Russert.
MITCHELL: Okay, well-
TODD: He loved to refer to all of us as brother.
MITCHELL: Well it just came off a little bit strangely.
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Oh brutha...er, brother
Submitted by Mister Orange on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:39pm.
How many race cards does Andrea Mitchell's deck have? Until something incriminating surfaces the only thing that will convince me that Perry is racist is a photo of him triumphantly pulling King Arthur's sword from N----- Rock.
None of the above
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:48pm.
Todd's wrong.
Mitchell's wrong.
Cillizza's wrong.
It's a Christian term of affection/acknowledgement, something I've seen used in a church I went to as a kid, basically "brothers in Christ." Both Cain and Perry are strong Christians, their backgrounds are similar if you think about it.
Nothing strange about that at all......to the informed. Those idiots (Todd, Mitchell, Cillizza) are definitely uninformed about that.
-Jon
Good evening Jon
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:04pm.
My brother. God bless you.
edit-
You wouldn't them to reference Jesus in any way now would you?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Jon~
Submitted by GG_NB on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:46pm.
Exactly.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
The term is older than Christianity
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 6:04pm.
The term "Brother" is far older than Christianity. It's been a term of unity and affiliation since at least the Age of the Spartans.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Andrea is pure stupid
Submitted by Injest on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 3:35am.
That brother thing is also a military cultural thing,
"Just very quickly on the 'brother' thing. That's a Southern cultural thing," and reminded her that their "late friend Mr. [Tim] Russert"
But Andrea that “black ink on white paper” is pure stupid but it works for you Mitchell
Both Cain and Perry are Christian, and are Brothers in the Lord.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:49pm.
Andrea Mitchell nbc newwws Washington.....
yea lame squared...
You Didn't Build That.
Bad mummy. Now go to your sarcophagus for 2,000 years.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:50pm.
.
I think Andrea should get a pass on this one
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:53pm.
the furthest south she's been in 40 years is probably 49th street, NYC.
Cornell West called Bill O'Reilly his brother while debating
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 4:59pm.
each other last week. So was Cornell West being racist Andrea???????
Oh, Brother...!
Submitted by gopcongress on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:08pm.
Sorry. Too easy.
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Mitchell
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:11pm.
Grow up. Your racist remarks are about as old as you are. Good grief, get some new material before you completely make a fool out of yourself. How pathetic!!
Good evening jane
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:16pm.
Racism is recorded as far back as the tower of Babel. I think she predates that.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
grammajane......Let's give Andrea Mitchell a break. In fact,
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:21am.
you really should feel sympathy for Andrea Mitchell. She has a huge burden that she carries around every day. You've heard the expression that begins with "Beauty is only skin deep...."
Well, since Andrea Mitchell is a biased Leftist so-called "journalist,' the expression and description for Andrea Mitchell, goes something like this: "Beauty is only skin deep, but she and her ideas are ugly to the bone."
Now I don't know about you, but if I was a Leftist who was ugly to the bone, I wouldn't have the nerve to appear on television.
Andrea Mitchell?
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:15pm.
Why is this miserable, common-scold harridan still on NBC? Or anywhere else for that matter. Even Chuck Todd seems to have had enough of her. Must be something to do with the Americans with Disabilities Act. I didn't know it covered delusional ideologues, but it apparently makes an exception for dessicated fishwives.
Do you suppose?
Submitted by KornKing on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:35pm.
Is stupidity a disability now?
More "strange" terms and/or titles
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:56pm.
Here's some more "strange" terms and/or titles:
Bother, can you spare a dime?
Brother in Arms.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
International Brotherhood of Magicians.
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Brotherhood of Street Racers. (That's GOT to be racist!)
(Feel free to add to the list.)
My God! I never knew how "strange" the term Brother really is! It's as if every single Union member strangely calls themselves "brothers" or "sisters!"
Andrea, you need to get out more. Perhaps then you'll realize that the term "Brother" isn't slang, like the term "Bro" is.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Cobraman...
Submitted by Michael30 on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 1:05am.
Does seem a bit odd doesn't it...
1. Freemasons say "Let the brother receive the light..." Guess they are trying to convert black guys.
2. Band Of Brothers wasn't a series about a military unit, guess it was about The Ink Spots.
3. Oh Brother Where Art Thou wasn't a movie either, it was about a blind black guy looking for another black guy.
4. Brothers in Christ I suppose means that Christ ate black guys. Didn't know he was a cannibal.
5. My own brother Andy, well darn, here I thought we grew up together, but I guess he had that disease that Michael Jackson had that made him look white.
I know these where pretty hokey, but you did ask readers to add on to it.
-
Mike
And if I were Mrs. Alan Greenspan . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 5:59pm.
. . . I'd be extra careful about assigning blame in the economic mess.
andrea is married to ....
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 6:32pm.
.........alan greenspan. What do you expect form this biased activist?
Wazzup wit dat, Bro?
Submitted by jdlybrand on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 7:52pm.
If he'd said "wazzup Bro", she might have had a point.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Maybe, but I doubt it.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 10:38pm.
Is Budweiser racist?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W16qzZ7J5YQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=mQk5weAjjwI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41RFw9aqIxM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KjSEnKmwSE
We Are The 53%
Andrea
Submitted by Scott Trent on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:00pm.
Andrea Mitchell. Nasally, snob, bitch from hell...
The prune
Submitted by hughglass on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 9:37pm.
No one watches this dried up prune skank bitch. Who in their right mind would hire this raspy POS?
Adrea boring
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:25pm.
Andrea Mitchell has become such a boring partisan hack you can see her attempts to smear any Republican within shouting distance of her. She should go home and take care of her health issue. Maybe NBC would see fit to substitute a real journalist for her instead of a water carrier and mouth piece for Obama.
Doesn't anyone here know how to edit?
Submitted by sherlock1 on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:25pm.
To "reign in" might mean to insert a new monarch, if it was actually a real expression. On the other hand, to "rein in" is what you do to a horse that is running too fast - you pull on the reins. I suspect that you meant the latter.
Sherlock
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 11:42pm.
I admire your precision. Truly I do.
But I've found (much to my chagrin, I might add)...that when I am a bit busy, and typing for all I'm worth, I will actually make the most stupid errors.
Their/there/they're. Its/it's. Like that.
Although I knew the diff between rein/reign....I truly enjoy coming across a phrase/spelling about which I'm not sure, causing me to look it up and learn the difference.
For example..."Toe the line/Tow the line".
On that, I shall rein myself in, or in the words of Timothy H...."Sometimes it's just not worth chewing through the restraints".
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