Media Matters has documented numerous instances of conservative media figures trying to portray President Obama as a mafia-type figure (which lead to racist stereotypes of Italians, but that is another story for another time). But, one of the comments I found particularly interesting was written by the diversity-challenged Pat Buchanan.
This is from Media Matters:
In a May 15 column, MSNBC political analyst Pat Buchanan claimed: “On war and torture, at least, [liberals] thought Barack was one of them. He is not. Barack is not into ideology. He is into Barack. As he showed in 2008, when he threw his white grandmother under the bus and spared his beloved black pastor, the Rev. Wright, then threw Wright under the bus when his toxicity level rose too high, Barack has all the sentimentality of Michael Corleone when it comes to the family business.”
Notice Buchanan’s use of race. President Obama is portrayed as having thrown his “white” grandmother under the bus and having saved his “black” pastor. Again, this is part of an orchestrated right-wing smear to portray President Obama as being hostile toward whites (which is utterly ridiculous).
