Chris Matthews and Ethan Bronner Discuss "Israeli Racism Against Obama"

Last week, MSNBC's off-the-wall commentator Chris Matthews was interviewing Ethan Bronner, the New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, who opined that the Israelis have a prejudice against President Obama because he is black. Matthews seemed to agree.

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Well, I've never been to Israel and Bronner works there, so I won't argue the point. To me, however, it seems that this is another one of Matthews' indictments of anybody who isn't seen as being on Obama's side as being "racist". Of course, we all know about the diplomatic problem in the past few days between our two countries and Israel's perception that Obama isn't much on their side.

So does this mean that if relations continue to deteriorate, we will be subject to a running campaign to paint Israel as racist against blacks?