Howard Fineman on Hardball

[Todd33]

"We was robbed"


Oops! Did he slip or what?

I grabbed the transcript in a minute...

Edit: No transcripts yet, I bet they change it to "We were robbed" , but I heard it out of his mouth, lol.

 

[Todd33]

No one thought a Newsweek reporter doing a black impression on national TV was funny/wrong?

FINEMAN: That?s exactly what it is. There is a substantive reason for concern, Chris. But also, among the Democratic base, the big mode of power, the big emotional thrust here is, we was robbed last time and we?re not going to let it happen again.

Hardball transcripts

 

[conjur]

Hard to say from a transcript. Was it that he misspoke? Was it an incorrect transcription?

I'd have to see the video clip to see it in context.

 

[Todd33]

I saw it, he said "We was robbed", like he was speaking as one of the voters. It was a slip, that is probably what he was thinking...

 

[conjur]

Guess he thought he was Tony Hill for a moment.