Now this is the real news!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_beck_obama
QuoteFox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
His remarks came during a discussion of Obama's reaction to the arrest of Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates is black and was arrested for disorderly conduct by a white policeman over a misunderstanding about a break-in at Gates' home.
An Obama spokesman, William Burton, said the White House had no comment on Beck.
Beck's statement was challenged on the air by Fox host Brian Kilmeade, who noted that most of the people who work for the nation's first black president are white.
"I'm not saying he doesn't like white people," Beck said. "He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist."
Beck wondered, during the discussion, what other president would immediately jump on the police for their actions in the case. Obama said in a news conference that he believed the police acted stupidly in the case, but later backtracked from the statement and invited Gates and the police officer, Sgt. James Crowley, to the White House for a conciliatory meeting later this week.
Bill Shine, Fox News senior vice president of programming, told the TVNewswer Web site that Beck had "expressed a personal opinion which represented his own views, not those of the Fox News Channel. And as with all commentators in the cable news arena, he is given the freedom to express his opinions."
Racial controversies are hardly new to presidents. In 2005, entertainer Kanye West said during a telethon after Hurricane Katrina that President George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people."
Beck, also a radio host and best-selling author, was an immediate hit with Fox News Channel viewers, starting in January when he made the jump from HLN (formerly CNN Headline News).
Beck didn't speak about the racial comments on his own Tuesday Fox show.
http://zaiusnation.blogspot.com/2007/06/glenn-beck-is-finally-making-sense.html
White people don't have culture.
Quoteinvited Gates and the police officer, Sgt. James Crowley, to the White House for a conciliatory meeting later this week.
OMG that's so raciss! :mad:
Obamadolf reveals his true face.
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
Quote from: DGuller on July 29, 2009, 01:52:38 AM
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
That's because tv doesn't show news anymore but stories.
Quote from: DGuller on July 29, 2009, 01:52:38 AM
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
Loudmouthed morons are prominent in every social grouping, why should it be different on the society-wide level?
Quote from: DGuller on July 29, 2009, 01:52:38 AM
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
Yeah, I also find it aggravating that people make careers of the kind of stuff we do here on Languish for free and in our spare time. <_<
Quote from: DGuller on July 29, 2009, 01:52:38 AM
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
To be fair the President does have other duties as well.
White people don't have "white culture" we have culture. It's just like there is no "London Times" newspaper, there is just The Times.
Dude's almost white. :lol:
It's unpossible that a follower of Jeremiah Wright is racist.
After all, a black man can't be racist.
AND WHY WON"T HE REVEAL HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!!11
Quote from: DGuller on July 29, 2009, 01:52:38 AM
It's sickening how prominent some people are whose only job is to be on TV being loudmouthed morons.
If you want to see a loudmouthed moron, watch Jane Velez-Mitchell on CNN. Every time I've seen her, after about five seconds I want to throw a grenade at the screen.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 06:20:28 AM
It's unpossible that a follower of Jeremiah Wright is racist.
After all, a black man can't be racist.
Thank you for the insightful and witty commentary we have all come to expect from you.
Quote from: Faeelin on July 29, 2009, 07:20:11 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 06:20:28 AM
It's unpossible that a follower of Jeremiah Wright is racist.
After all, a black man can't be racist.
Thank you for the insightful and witty commentary we have all come to expect from you.
I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to bring up germane facts on the topic of a thread if it reflects badly upon the Obamateur.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 07:44:20 AM
I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to bring up germane facts on the topic of a thread if it reflects badly upon the Obamateur.
Poor Hans, so oppressed :cry:
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 07:44:20 AM
I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to bring up germane facts on the topic of a thread if it reflects badly upon the Obamateur.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was a rabid Obama partisan. I just don't think that a church a man went to proves anything, other than a desire to get in Chicago politics.
QuoteHe said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture."
Quote"I'm not saying he doesn't like white people," Beck said. "He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist."
Saying somebody has a deep-seated hatred for white people /= saying he doesn't like white people?
Quotethe white culture
Which white culture exactly is Beck talking about? :huh:
Quote from: Faeelin on July 29, 2009, 08:07:36 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 07:44:20 AM
I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to bring up germane facts on the topic of a thread if it reflects badly upon the Obamateur.
I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was a rabid Obama partisan. I just don't think that a church a man went to proves anything, other than a desire to get in Chicago politics.
So what you're saying is that you don't believe that he is a racist, only that he feels comfortable hanging out with them. I somehow doubt you would extend the same benefit of the doubt to a 20-year member of the Aryan Nation.
I'm sorry but ever since I saw Hans's video, I keep imagining all his posts, as spoken by a sweating fatso with a high-pitched girly voice, and I can't get worked up about them.
It's ruined for me. :(
It's awfully ballsy for Martinus to get worked up about someone's weight.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 08:25:18 AM
So what you're saying is that you don't believe that he is a racist, only that he feels comfortable hanging out with them. I somehow doubt you would extend the same benefit of the doubt to a 20-year member of the Aryan Nation.
Hey I am not saying the Aryan nation doesn't like black people I am just saying they have a problem.
Quote from: Neil on July 29, 2009, 08:36:05 AM
It's awfully ballsy for Martinus to get worked up about someone's weight.
Sorry, I'm slim these days
Quote from: Martinus on July 29, 2009, 08:40:54 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 29, 2009, 08:36:05 AM
It's awfully ballsy for Martinus to get worked up about someone's weight.
Sorry, I'm slim these days
For the moment.
Besides, you're not good looking, so your slimness is wasted.
Also, you smell like dirty balls.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 07:44:20 AM
Quote from: Faeelin on July 29, 2009, 07:20:11 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 06:20:28 AM
It's unpossible that a follower of Jeremiah Wright is racist.
After all, a black man can't be racist.
Thank you for the insightful and witty commentary we have all come to expect from you.
I'm sorry, I forgot you're not allowed to bring up germane facts on the topic of a thread if it reflects badly upon the Obamateur.
I don't believe your statements were true facts.
Fox news is racist, so maybe we should give their opinions some weight. let's trust the experts for once.
Quote from: Caliga on July 29, 2009, 06:48:48 AM
If you want to see a loudmouthed moron,
I'll pass.
Quote from: Valmy on July 29, 2009, 08:10:45 AM
Saying somebody has a deep-seated hatred for white people /= saying he doesn't like white people?
Having only read the text, the only interpretation I can see is that the "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people" was sort of like when you say something mild to then make your actual statement more emphatic...so "I'm not saying that he feels uncomfortable around children, he hates them!"
Quote from: Valmy on July 29, 2009, 08:36:59 AM
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 08:25:18 AM
So what you're saying is that you don't believe that he is a racist, only that he feels comfortable hanging out with them. I somehow doubt you would extend the same benefit of the doubt to a 20-year member of the Aryan Nation.
Hey I am not saying the Aryan nation doesn't like black people I am just saying they have a problem.
:face: nice one Valmy.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 08:25:18 AM
So what you're saying is that you don't believe that he is a racist, only that he feels comfortable hanging out with them. I somehow doubt you would extend the same benefit of the doubt to a 20-year member of the Aryan Nation.
I hardly think Wright's comparable to the Aryan nation. And in any case, I think you ignore the complexity of relationships. My father thinks all women only got where they were because of affirmative action, that Hitler didn't know about the Holocaust, etc. I'm probably the person he's closest too, but I don't share those views.
But I forget, you view the world in terms of black and white, as this thread illustrates.
Quote from: Faeelin on July 29, 2009, 12:03:25 PM
you view the world in terms of black and white
Racist!
Quote from: Faeelin on July 29, 2009, 12:03:25 PM
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 08:25:18 AM
So what you're saying is that you don't believe that he is a racist, only that he feels comfortable hanging out with them. I somehow doubt you would extend the same benefit of the doubt to a 20-year member of the Aryan Nation.
I hardly think Wright's comparable to the Aryan nation. And in any case, I think you ignore the complexity of relationships. My father thinks all women only got where they were because of affirmative action, that Hitler didn't know about the Holocaust, etc. I'm probably the person he's closest too, but I don't share those views.
But I forget, you view the world in terms of black and white, as this thread illustrates.
So you chose your father when you were a grown man by seeking him out instead of been born of him? Otherwise your analogy falls flat.
Quote from: Hansmeister on July 29, 2009, 12:17:49 PM
So you chose your father when you were a grown man by seeking him out instead of been born of him? Otherwise your analogy falls flat.
Not at all. But you make it sound like they met at a Black Panthers march.
My cousin, at West Point, goes to church with Beck, a converted Mormon. He goes to Church every Sunday in an orange jumpsuit. No kidding. This guy makes O'Reily and Hannity look like voices of reason. He gives crazy fucking assholes a bad name. He's probably the first American newsmedia figure to see the batshit guy on Network as an influence.
I'll have to catch the Glenn Beck show this week, see what he has to say about this! ;)
Quote from: KRonn on July 29, 2009, 02:58:14 PM
I'll have to catch the Glenn Beck show this week, see what he has to say about this! ;)
I heard his show once. I was driving through Nebraska and Colorado in something like 2002. He was making fun of somebody who was claiming that we needed to protect our softwood lumber industry from Canadian competition because it was a national security issue. It was pretty funny. He was going on about plywood tanks and stuff. I can't believe I remember that. :P