...you call viewers in rural Virginia rednecks.
But NBC/MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell has since apologized for her off-the-cuff remark from last Thursday. Reports TVNewser:
MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell apologized today for calling southwest Virginia, "real redneck" country. Toward the end of her 1pmET hour, she said, "I owe an apology to the good people of Bristol, Virginia for something stupid that I said."
The editor of the Bristol Herald Courier (in Bristol, Virginia), J. Todd Foster, wrote a column published yesterday in response to the comment.
"I'm a redneck. But then again, so is every one of you reading this column. Or so says Andrea Mitchell of NBC News," writes Foster.
Mitchell made the comment last Thursday as she referred to "interesting images," of Sen. Barack Obama appearing with Sen. Mark Warner in southwest Virginia. "This is real redneck, sort of...um, bordering on Appalachia country," she said. "This is not the northern Virginia, sort of, high tech corridor. These are not voters he would logically be gravitating to." Click here for the YouTube clip.
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My favorite part is
June 9, 2008 - 15:06 ET by motherbeltMy favorite part is this:
"This is not the [...] high tech corridor. These are not voters he would logically be gravitating to."
In other words, not "his kind" of people...you know, high tech. Normally he wouldn't bother with them, but in an election, you do what you gotta do.
Liberals, Condescending? Nah!
ROFL!!
Why would he gravitate...
June 9, 2008 - 15:25 ET by Prester John...to people who cling to their religion and guns, and to a population that more than pulls it own weight when it comes to joining the military?
He and his entourage must really cringe and grit their teeth when they think about trying to appeal to those hayseeds since they know they can't win without them.
"I owe an apology to the
June 9, 2008 - 15:15 ET by USA4freedom"I owe an apology to the good people of Bristol, Virginia for something stupid that I said."
Its something that I think..but I am not to say out loud..
Because if you don’t vote for BHO you are a redneck racist!! Oh did I just say that??
I owe an apology to all ofthe redneck.. uh.. cracker.. honky..uh... all of those nice rural folks down in Virginia.
Hey,
Like I said: "I'm a redneck. But then again, so is every one of you reading this column. Or so says Andrea Mitchell of NBC News," writes Foster.
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
Dr. Strangelove
June 9, 2008 - 16:28 ET by KC MulvilleWhenever these comments slip out, I think of Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers) whacking his hand to prevent his uncontrollable urge to salute. The urge to help Obama is now gurgling just below the surface of every MSNBC reporter. Sooner or later, one of them is going to just blurt out "Vote OBAMA!!!!!"
Andrea - don't you hail from
June 9, 2008 - 15:22 ET by SickofLibsAndrea - don't you hail from wrinkleneck country?
And please stop calling me late at night complaining about Al's obsession with model railroading!
I heard her apology
June 9, 2008 - 15:34 ET by bigtimerI heard her apology today...
Yeah she really, really, means it folks...
LMAO!
This is exactly how the leftist elitists think.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Does she mean it more or
June 9, 2008 - 15:37 ET by balboaDoes she mean it more or less than Cheney did after his West Virginia remark?
bal you respond like a typ. ..
June 9, 2008 - 15:52 ET by larry on LIbal, your responce is 'A' typical lib, not what you profess to be
I'm just curious as to
June 9, 2008 - 15:55 ET by balboaI'm just curious as to whether apologies for comments about rednecks are only valid coming from Republicans. I don't think either reflects any kind of ill-will from Mitchell or Cheney.
I am curious (yellow)
June 9, 2008 - 16:01 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsI'm curious why a liberal (Imus) can be fired for insulting blacks by saying 'nappy headed ho's' but another liberal cannot be fired for insulting whites by calling them 'rednecks'. Is there some kind of handbook for these racist double standards?
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Perhaps it's the context of
June 9, 2008 - 16:06 ET by balboaPerhaps it's the context of the two situations? The intention? Or Imus' employer got more heat than Mitchell's is?
I cannot twist this answer
June 9, 2008 - 17:25 ET by Roger the ShrubberI cannot twist this answer into the pretzel my friend Bal has: it's because white people are fair game for everybody.
No, it just reflects how
June 9, 2008 - 16:29 ET by ckc1227No, it just reflects how Mitchell thinks about certain demographics.
Here's the difference: Inappropriate or not, Cheney was clearly making a joke; Andrea wasn't. She was talking about a segment of the voting population, and the use of "redneck" seemed to come as naturally to her as a liberal saying "Bush lied". It's the equivalent of using the "n" word to some white folks. Just imagine if she had said "McCain was in (insert n-word) country in New Orleans", followed by "These are not voters he would logically be gravitating to".
Two unfortunate situations perhaps, but that doesn't make them equal, which is something liberals tend to have a hard time understanding. We don't live in a vacuum. There are varying degrees of, well, pretty much everything.
And you still get to
June 9, 2008 - 16:12 ET by mattmAnd you still get to criticize the Vice President if, at a National Press Club joke-fest, he makes a self-deprecating remark which invokes genetic stereotypes of West Virginia...
BTW - Washington D.C. is real scum-bag country...oops, sorry I said that....
love it
June 10, 2008 - 07:54 ET by Mrltavernmy my my, Andy. I'd say we thought better of you but we don't. Could you imagine if anyone from FOX said this about blacks in Harlem? substitute racial slurs.
The people is SW Virginia
June 10, 2008 - 09:21 ET by misterbee241The people is SW Virginia are some of the finest in the world. Give you the shirt off their backs if you needed it. God fearing and America loving. But Andrea Mitchell wouldnt understand that.
The Northern Virginia she talks about, from Prince William county north - it's a whole nother country. The are the liberals of the liberals. They were the ones who put Doug Wilder in the governor's office back in the 90's because being the democrat he is he is pro-abortion, and so is northern Virginia. And another thing about "high-tech" No. Virginia - very few people speak English up there. Yhou couldnt find a truck with a gun-rack in it on a bet.
Maybe I shouldnt disparage my fellow Virginians but the people in NOVA are not Virginians. The real Virginians live in the southern/southwestern part of the state.
There is none so blind as they that won’t see. Jonathan Swift 1667-1745
It'a beautiful in that neck
June 10, 2008 - 11:44 ET by Roger the ShrubberIt'a beautiful in that neck of the woods, too! Bristol, Blacksburg, etc... Love those mountains!