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Matthews’ whitewash

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews got considerable mileage from his insistence that “tea party” participants are of a certain race.

“They’re monochromatic, right?” he said Tuesday night. “Meaning they’re all white. All of them — every single one of them — is white.”

Members of the Project 21 black leadership politely disagree.

“Here’s a news flash for Chris Matthews. I was there. So was my son. Last time I checked, both of us are black — and we weren’t the only black people there. I guess the MSNBC camera people missed us,” said Bob Parks, a member of Project 21, which is an initiative of the National Center for Public Policy Research.

“Chris Matthews’ statement exposes how his narrow-minded liberal bias blinds him to the truth. I was a speaker at the FreedomWorks 9/12 March on D.C. and several similar rallies in Pennsylvania,” said Deneen Borelli, also a member of Project 21. “The tea party movement is not about color. It is about Americans expressing their concerns about the growth of government which will diminish individual liberty.”

The great beyond

Hey, this is just as good as a focus group. Exclusively for Inside the Beltway, hypnotist and professional mind reader Blair Robertson makes some predictions for a certain political party.

“Here are my intuitive impressions and predictions regarding the Republicans: My impressions are that at the moment the Republicans are like a pot getting ready to boil. Like the pot, it doesn’t appear like anything is happening, but they are brewing. It’s happening now and this year that whistle will start blowing loudly,” Mr. Robertson tells Inside the Beltway.

“Love them or hate them, two voices that conservatives are listening to are Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Any Democrat discounting either of these two are unwise. I’m the first to admit that these two are ‘obvious,’ although I stand strong in my impressions. Watch for them and what they do for unification of the party,” Mr. Robertson said.

“I predict that another voice will rise and join in harmonizing the Republicans: Bobby Jindal. It’s interesting — Bobby has a ‘Life Path’ number of one this year and is poised to make some serious waves in 2010. Number one indicates a new beginning and a fresh start,” he said.

“He has many interesting aspects about him, and ‘interesting’ is just what the party needs,” he added. “With all of the above said, I hasten to add that I get the impression that the surviving voice in the Republican Party may be yet to appear. I’ll certainly keep you updated as it’s revealed to me.”

Mr. Robertson has agreed to predict for the Democrats, too. Stay tuned.

Just plain murky

Number of times President Obama has vowed on camera to keep the health care reform debate “transparent”: eight.

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