I got a tip on this yesterday and passed it along to Media Matters. Michelle Obama has been attacked over a recent comment she made by the right wing the last few days about being proud of America. She was targeted as being unpatriotic even by McCain’s wife. Well, you knew it was only a matter of time before “lynching references” would pop up when discussing Obama’s campaign.
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O’Reilly: “I don’t want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there’s evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels”
In a discussion of recent comments made by Michelle Obama, Bill O’Reilly took a call from a listener who stated that, according to “a friend who had knowledge of her,” Obama ” ‘is a very angry,’ her word was ‘militant woman.’ ” O’Reilly later stated: “I don’t want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there’s evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that’s how she really feels — that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever — then that’s legit. We’ll track it down.”
Just recently a reporter from the Golf Channel apologized to Tiger Woods for using the word “lynching” when talking about his play on the tour which resulted in her suspension. An editor was also fired.
O’Reilly has a history of racially charged remarks. He took a lot of heat for his callous description of the behavior of African Americans eating at Harlem’s Sylvia’s restaurant not too long ago. Will Juan Williams swoop in to try and deflect criticism from BillO this time too?
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Frist to lynch Billo !
While this ain’t the best choice of language, I think we’re missing a perhaps larger issue here, which is that BillO appears to be inclined to defer rash judgment and grandstanding here.
Certainly not what I would expect from someone who typically takes material out of context to suit his point. Mrs. Obama’s point (which I heartily agree with) would seem to present ample opportunity for blowhards to flip out.
And that, friends, is a good thing to see.
Told ya.
So who’s calling for HIS job. Where y’at Sharpton?
It’s sad that we’re in the 21st Century and this country
still behaves like it’s the 18th Century. Grow up America!
when oLIElly comes out as a black person,
thenhe can talk about “evidence”…
Turk, the big issue is that the blowhard is a biggoted ass. He has a history of being wrong about his facts and even when it’s proven he refuses to admit it. Such as his statement that American troops shot German prisoners at Malmady. The exact opposite is true and when it was pointed out to the moron he still would not recant his statement.
“..unless there’s evidence”
*sigh*
Or… possibly LOL? or even WTF??
nah…
…*sigh*
(disclaimer: nothing will happen to billo as a result of this)
lynching: the illegal execution of an accused person by a mob…
this type of hate-speech, and its history in slavery and with racist groups like the KKK, does NOT cause the reichwing to recoil in shame and embarrassment. No, in fact it is the opposite, they seek this type of discourse. this is one reason WHY the reichwing flocks to billo. subtle, racist, hate-speech is music to the ears of many a republican.
Today on the Tom Hartmann Show… Tom and a caller discovered that the audio of the Michelle Obama clip has been edited …. someone tried to edit out the word “really”…. as in really proud of my country….
So is anyone surprised that Pravda News is a white supremacist/bigot network? It’s the network all the rednecks watch. The good thing? The country, well the sane 75%, have tired of it all. Faux News will be a voice screaming in the wilderness come general election time.
Jesus wept, he doesn’t even bother to hide it anymore, just out in the open, untrue.
I don’t think America is a bad country, but is certainly flawed. It has many substantial flaws. Of course, in Falafel’s world, this country is perfect, and the people who are trying to destroy it are secular-progressives.
O’Reilly is going to pay for this one. Where is it that it’s comfortable to use these references almost on a daily basis from O’Reilly and others? O’Reilly is not stupid. He knows exactly what he is saying. Pathetic and disgusting for this point in time.
This is nonsense.
It took 400+ plus years of slavery on the North American Continent for a man like The Right Reverend Doc Marty King Jr. to finally emerge.
Michelle Obama was all of 3 years old when he was assassinated in April of 1968.
It’s been another 40 years since King’s death for a man like Michelle Obama’s husband to come along that even has a serious shot at the Presidency like he does.
All the wing-nuts out there that have anything to say about her comments about having Pride in America today because of her husband need to take the above set of facts into their heads before they open their retarded little potty-moufs.
They can all up and bite me.
~Nyc
“…but once we get that evidence, I got a rope handy, just sayin’…”–B.O.
This is going to be a LONG eight months.
But that’s the only kind of party BillO enjoys, a lynching party (as long as falafel is on the menu, too).
Just where do you keep that white sheet anyway?
The big issue is the use of lynching. He could have used any term but he picked that one. Like Hannity he will get his “white” ass all upset that a black man and woman would have an opinion that is different then to thank us “wp” of America for giving them a chance.
Injustices never require evidence.
Wait till the Right Wing really gets going after Obama.
It will be obvious then this isn’t the Country any sane person would want to live in.
15 John F A Says: “…but once we get that evidence, I got a rope handy, just sayin’…”–B.O.
This is going to be a LONG eight months.
Only took me 7 to be born.
OMG they called Petraeus Betray Us
But I’ll talk about lynching future First Lady’s.
ysbaddaden @ 21:
My thoughts exactly. God…this is going to be ugly.
L.A. Confidential @ 19:
Bill O didn’t want to start a lynching just yet….
Not till his place at the head of the mob is secured. The man has always used inflammatory language. He does it so often it’s hard to even tell if it’s calculated anymore. Doesn’t really have to be. It’s just who he is.
And because of that HE SHOULD NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO BE ON THE AIR. Not even on Fox.
Does Olbermann have to hammer him even harder and more often for anyone to notice that Bill O is a hatefilled mofo?
” . . and I don’t want to take this rope here, make it into a noose, walk over to that tree right there and . . “
L.A. Confidential @ 19:
I shudder now at some of the displays. I can’t wait.
O’Reilly… he’s from the asshat tribe. Looks good on ya, Bill(shit)!
Yes, her original statement that she was “really proud”. Being that no one but Michelle knows her true feelings, people like BillO and all the rest should just STFU.
As for the language BillO used, you don’t need a secret decoder ring to figure out that message.
Will the Falafel Man lose his job or get suspended the same way that commenter on the Golf Channel did when she made that “lynching” comment regarding Tiger Woods?
Michelle Obama is not Tiger Woods and she’d kick O’Lielly’s ass so far he’d come back and say “Thank you, ma’am, may I have another?”
ConcernedCanuck @ 26:
Billo’s just stoking the crowd. Warm up Act.
I’m preparing for the most sickening stuff imaginable. This countries Lost It. COMPLETELY.
Susie @ 17:
I suppose he could have said “witch hunt”…
Anyone shocked by this?
Anybody recognize this from 1992 when it was Hillary being described as a “militant woman”?
This country is just like any other. The backwash will always have a strong current of racism and misogyny.
Bill O’Reilly is an asshole, and Snoop had it right.
As for Juan Williams putting Bill O in check, naw, because he’ll be too busy fetching this SOB some M—F—ing Iced tea from Sylvia’s.
L.A. Confidential @ 19:
Let them spew their bile and hate, lies and spin. Americans are sick of the Repugs, Rove, Gonzales, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice, et al, and of the dying in Iraq and the rising cost of living and the hypocracy of the religious right. Their swiftboat style of campaigning is going to render their party irrelevant for years to come.
Thanks “Dubya”!
“I don’t want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there’s evidence, hard facts…So until someone out there can slap some pictures of Mrs. Obama frowning and find a quote with anger or one of its synonyms in it I’m just gonna havta keep the rope in my closet with the falafels. Now if Michelle would like to come over and clear this up personally, I’d be happy to do that, but not over the phone, because that could be recorded and edited out of context, which can be very expensive…So this is an invitation to Michelle Obama to come on over for falafels, bring a girlfriend if she wants, we’ll get to the bottom of her anger with hard facts. There’s your choices Michelle - hard facts and falafels or the noose. I report, you decide.”
On another right-wing rascism note, Captain Ed refers to Obama as using a “Rope-a-Dope” technique today.
ConcernedCanuck @ 26:
At this point, who cares what the wingnuts think? Bring it on, a$$holes!
And let’s not forget Billo’s offense at my people — The Chosen People.
ysbaddaden @ 21:
Nice point. Seems like the MSM has no ear for the faked outrage of the right-wing.
Michelle is about 40 years old. All her adult life has been under a Bush or Clinton regime. The Bush clan sure didn’t raise the pride index in America and even under Clinton there were many times that one might not have felt real proud of America and its government. (it was a difficult time when Monica and other girl friends stuff hit the news.)
I’m with Michelle on this one - this is a great time to feel proud about being an American.
Now with FOX and idiots like O’Reilly on the scene, pride in the MSM is a at an all-time low.
The Political Junkie @ 32:
HAHA!!
goatsage @ 33:
We’ll see. Judging from the past 2 elections I’m not so confident anymore.
We know that 30% will be eating every spoonful of this crap and 45% will not stand for it in any way, shape or form. This leaves the 25% in the “middle” to either save or doom this country.
Sorry folks, it might be a coin toss..
On the Michelle Obama “gaff”, she didn’t choose her words carefully, but it seems her statement has been edited. I’m listening to the Thom Hartman show right now, and it appears that the word REALLY has been edited out of the audio of her statement. Check these links. 1st one with the audio edited out:
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.co.....r-country/
Here’s the actual audio:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ffG.....re=related
It is also worthwhile to note that Patrick Buchanan said (multiple times) on MSNBC’s election coverage that the Republicans were “going to beat Michelle Obama to death with this issue.” If the Republicans want to get hysterical about hyperbole, perhaps they should look to their own first.
MSNBC also edited the tape of Michelle Obama’s speech to remove the word “really” (”I’m really proud of my country”) which was very interesting because on election night they had a discussion of how that word “really” changed the meaning. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21.....6#23251926 Look to the end of the tape. The edit was well done, but compare to the original.
Also, Newsweek is running a very disrespectful column about “The Obama delusion.” The media elites are shaking in their boots.
Since Obama grew up a black man with a white mother, I imagine he has dealt with worse than O’Reilly along the way. I’m not worried about Obama, he can hold his own and I’m guessing Michelle can as well. All the stuff that’s going to be thrown at them will probably be just considered more ignorance from ignorant people. Michelle and Obama are so far above O’Reilly they can’t even see his smarmy face.
How can I say this in a classy way………..Bill O’ Reilly isn’t fit to suck the shit from Keith Oberman’s asshole.
Jymn @ 35:
Isn’t that clever.
Next he will be “tap dancing” around the issues.
God I’m soooooooooooo sick of this shit.
Election 2000 Redux 08
SC Declares McCain the Winner
Lay your bets
No wonder this is the network Hillary Clinton wants the democratic party to reestablish ties with.
On Morning Joe, Mika and Joe talked about this either yesterday or the day before. Mika made a point of emphasizing that Michelle said, really proud. They played the video on the show and you could hear and see her say it.
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Bill-O proves everyday that being a bigot on air makes you money.
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