First Harry Reid says that President Obama is a “light-skinned negro” (here) and now former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has announced that he’s “blacker than Barack Obama.”
Here is the case Blago made for his entry in the NAACP Hall of Fame:
“What the f***? Everything he’s saying’s on the teleprompter. I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up,”
Just a “five-room apartment”? My God, he was a virtually a street urchin.
Does Blago’s boast seem strangely familiar?
For the full story, click here.
Mr.Blagojevich:
You may want to read this to understand your “heritage”.
“Then & now, I’m a Negro: The people who used that word gave it majesty”
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/crouch/index.html
When you have to earn your living appearing on celebrity reality shows you need to do something to maintain your celebrity. That being said I was disturbed that Blago was tried in the press by Mr. FitzGerald. He
was proven guilty by publicity and the mainstream media was the accomplice. It is still curious to me that FitzGerald could only prosecute Scooter after all that investigation. Methinks he is himself not quite the outstanding lawyer people and the press have tended to make him out to be.
The more appropriate phrase that comes to mind is “dumber than a bag of hammers.” Although, unlike Blagojevich, hammers do have actual utility other than merely taking up space.
Well, he is from Chicago in his defense. Please forgive them for they know not what they do. You see reality is one mans perception. Some say that we have never landed on the moon.
All this time it was thought that many African Americans were poor because of a socio-economic system that creates a feedback loop of poverty. Turns out they were poor because that’s the definition of being black. Who knew?
“Obviously like the rest of the people of Illinois I am saddened and sobered by the news that came out of the US attorney’s office today,” said President-elect Obama this afternoon in Chicago, speaking of the criminal complaint against Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich for corruption. “But as this is a ongoing investigation involving the governor I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to comment on the issue at this time.”
Asked what contact he’d had with the governor’s office about his replacement in the Senate, President-elect Obama today said “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening.”
But on November 23, 2008, his senior adviser David Axelrod appeared on Fox News Chicago and said something quite different.
While insisting that the President-elect had not expressed a favorite to replace him, and his inclination was to avoid being a “kingmaker,” Axelrod said, “I know he’s talked to the governor and there are a whole range of names many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them.”
bdaman The only time I watch Fox News is on election nights when the repubs are losing.
Swartzmore mom,
Zing…..
Swarthmore mom what television news sources do you use.
Looks like Hillary didn’t have any love loss either.
Hillary Clinton is depicted — and quoted — as foul-mouthed and consumed with anger over what she saw as the media’s kid-gloved treatment of Mr Obama. She was convinced that he had cheated at the start of their marathon primary contest by bringing in outsiders to vote in the Iowa caucuses, and when it was over she was supremely reluctant to work for him, the authors claim.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article6982957.ece
Was husband Bill a birther
“I never was mad at Sen. Obama,” the former president said. “I think everybody’s got a right to run for president who qualifies under the Constitution. And I’d be the last person to begrudge anybody their ambition.”
Bdaman,
You are severely misquoting and taking out of context the usage of the verbiage. The problem is I don’t think you are any the wiser or know better. Sad.
http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/08/05/an-insightful-note-from-a-reader-on-bill-clintons-comments-on-gma/
I’m I taking his wifes comments out of context as well, they do sleep in the same bed, well on occasion they do.
bdaman I don’t watch much TV news but mainly MSNBC or PBS. I watch CNBC and Bloomberg for financial news not Fox.
I’ll agree with those choices. I know it appears that thats ALL I watch, Fox that is, but it’s not. I posted to AY yesterday that I watched Stephanopoulos yesterday. I try to watch the Sunday Morning roundtables and C-span call in segments early Sunday morning. I like the way C-span does it by highlighting news articles from print then discussing the subject
“Update 10:30 am: Blagojevich apologized Monday for what he called “stupid comments” made in the Esquire article.
“What I said was stupid, stupid, stupid,” he told reporters outside his home.
“I was speaking metaphorically. Obviously I’m not blacker than President Obama,” he said.
The governor took responsibility for his words, but said he was expressing “real frustration” that nothing has changed under the Obama administration.
“Am I frustrated? Yes. Was I expressing frustration? Yes. Was that frustration real? Yes. Is it still real? Yes. Was the way I said what I said stupid? Absolutely yes, stupid,” Blagojevich said.”
When you’re on your way to prison, these are not the smartest things to say. Then again, like another attention-hounding former governor, they are where they are because of being stupid. (The more I think about it, the more parallels, beyond simple stupidity, I see between Blago and Palin – “I’m special – I don’t have to follow the rules! I’m all about fighting fore the little guy! The world revolves around me! Hey, over here! Look at MEEEEEE!”)
As an aside – why do you people keep feeding the troll? Disengage. I don’t seen anything productive coming out of engaging this guy.
TomD.Arch:
“As an aside – why do you people keep feeding the troll? Disengage. I don’t seen anything productive coming out of engaging this guy.”
From what I have seen from time to time here there has been that exact attempt,but here is why it probably dosen’t work.
” troll
One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.
A person who, on a message forum of some type, attacks and flames other members of the forum for any of a number of reasons such as rank, previous disagreements, sex, status, ect.
A troll usually flames threads without staying on topic, unlike a “Flamer” who flames a thread because he/she disagrees with the content of the thread.
A member of an internet forum who continually harangues and harasses others. Someone with nothing worthwhile to add to a certain conversation, but rather continually threadjacks or changes the subject, as well as thinks every member of the forum is talking about them and only them. Trolls often go by multiple names to circumvent getting banned.
Sometimes compared to the Japanese ‘Oni’, a troll is a supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, whose race was thought to have carried massive stones into the countryside (although actually the result of glaciers). Lives in hills, mountains, caves, or under bridges. They are stupid, large, brutish, hairy, long-nosed, and bug-eyed.”
This seems to describe the Badaman to a “T”.
Not bragging, mind you. Or taking Blagojevich’s side in this tempest in a teapot as he has apologized. But nearly 35 years ago in a history of black music class I, a white kid from Iowa, received the hightest score on a “ghetto IQ” much to the curiosity and a little chagrin on the part of classmates from inner city Chicago.
Exactly, A plaque is given yearly with those exact words given to the annual winner of the troll awards.
please vote for me at the annual troll awards. You can send your vote to 1-888-troll-USA enter bdaman, thanks
They measure Ghetto IQ for what purpose? To see who will be the next to go to work for the CIA or Blackwater? Politics? How do you measure the variables?
Bdaman has remained on topic in this thread. It is the regulars who have deviated from the topic in order to attack bdaman.
Bdaman:
Isn’t it good to be black in this time period, as it absorbs rather than reflects heat?
So that brings up a question shouldn’t Swedes be black if evolution was true?
Swarthmore mom:
“bdaman The only time I watch Fox News is on election nights when the repubs are losing.”
you are really going to hate November 2010 coverage in that case.
Byron,
At one time, I would have agreed with you. However, I believe that a lot of Incumbents regardless of political affiliation are going to be in political trouble.
This will prove more interesting than having Sarah on the campaign trail screwing it up for the GOP. At least they won’t have her to blame. It will be themselves.
Does the state of SC ring a bell?
Well folks,speaking about, Fox New?
We knew it was coming but here it is:
Palin Fox News Contributor: NYT Reports Multi-Year Deal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/palin-fox-news-contributo_n_418809.html
Good and he should be about as good as Adam James Dad is as a Football Commentator.
“They measure Ghetto IQ for what purpose? To see who will be the next to go to work for the CIA or Blackwater? Politics? How do you measure the variables?” Anonymously Yours
35 years ago there was no such thing as “Blackwater.” And no, it was not to see who might work for the CIA.
It was during a time of heightening black consciousness on campus and the standard Stanford-Binet IQ test was considered racially biased. The ghetto IQ test was designed by some African American educators with the intention that suburban white kids would not be able to pass it to teach the smarmy little punks a lesson.
I, a smarmy little white punk, took the ghetto IQ test in the history of black music class and scored the highest in the class, besting African American kids from Chicago’s inner city.
Isn’t it good to be black in this time period, as it absorbs rather than reflects heat?
Not in the shade. What you said reminds me of a demonstration I saw and you should try. This summer when it’s hot see if you can find a black and a white car parked next to each other. Put one hand on each and I promise you’ll yank the hand thats on the black one back fast.
By the way it’s half black. Even so I and my three grand kids are still blacker than Obama and byron you know yourself by speaking to me via the phone that I don’t speak with a negro dialect unless I want to. Do you remember what industry I told you I was in? Not one dominated by whites is it.
“Palin Fox News Contributor: NYT Reports Multi-Year Deal”
I heard Fox News also signed Kelly Pickler as their new international correspondent.
bDAMAN:
around here it is, that is all we have; white guys. All the black guys are professionals in DC for the most part.
Bdaman, you dont write with one either unless you want to.
I know the black one will be hot, black absorbs solar energy and white reflects it. That is why I wish I was black, I could sit in the sun and absorb solar energy because I am freezing my butt off what with all this global warming going on around here.
AY:
“At one time, I would have agreed with you. However, I believe that a lot of Incumbents regardless of political affiliation are going to be in political trouble.”
Actually I think you are right, Porky Pig or Elmer Fudd could run as an independent and be elected this year. And that just might be a bigger problem than the one we have now.
Hopefully Porky and Elmer have read the Constitution and the Federalist Papers and have some knowledge of American history.
Byron I am not so sure. Blumenthal keeps the dem seat safe in Connecticut. There is a probable dem pickup of the Judd Gregg seat in New Hampshire. Republicans will pick up some seats but I don’t think it will be devastating. Being anti-choice and anti-gay keep republicans from gaining favor in many parts of the country. These positions also give them a stronghold in the south.I guess it ultimately will depend on the economy but what do republicans have to offer?
I guess it ultimately will depend on the economy but what do republicans have to offer?
Hope and Change we can believe in.
You proved my point. Hope and change means more of the same too much of the time. So I guess republicans have nothing to offer.
Just being funny SM. I’m posting this here, looks like the comment section is dead on the other thread.
Swarthmore Mom:
“but what do republicans have to offer?”
about the same as the democrats, just a little less intense. Republicans are democrat lite, as bad but a little less taxing.
So there really is not much difference anymore, at least not enough to make me vote for one. And hopefully jackasses like Tom Delay will not be running.
Repubicans are almost uniformly anti-choice and anti-gay. That is a big difference to many of us. Many republicans also support school prayer, the proliferation of guns and the teacing of creationism in public schools. Don’t forget they are anti healthcare reform.
Don’t forget they started a war for profit and committed treason.
Both parties need to go, but the GOP needs to go first.
“Repubicans are almost uniformly anti-choice and anti-gay. That is a big difference to many of us. Many republicans also support school prayer, the proliferation of guns…”-Swarthmore mom
I’ve always wondered about people who are pro-education and pro-choice when it comes to sex and abortion but pro-abstinence when it comes to guns.
What if I asked you why there couldn’t be a waiting period for abortions? Why does a woman needs X amount of abortions in X amount of time? Why a woman shouldn’t take a 9 hour class and get licensed before she’s allowed to have an abortion?
Just to tie this post back to “Blacks” before I’m troll-filed may I point out that many gun restrictions were put in place after the Civil War to keep guns out of the hands of Black people in states like Georgia and Missouri.
Also allow me to point out that Blacks make up a disproportionate amount of abortions considering their population.
BTW-Obama is against gay marraige too but that’s probably his White Republican half.
“Don’t forget they started a war for profit and committed treason.
Both parties need to go, but the GOP needs to go first.”-Budhha is Laughing
I would refer you to the elections of 2006 and 2008.
pinandpuller:
abortion and gun control are different issues. As much as I agree with you on abortion (I think you are killing a human life), I don’t think the state has the right to legislate morality.
It is a big conflict with me, individual rights vs. the rights of a potential being. How do you sacrifice the one to the other? Do you sacrifice potential human life to actual human life or the other way around? It seems to me you must come down on the side of actualized human life vs. potential human life.
I think that there would be fewer abortions if people would become educated, but it should not be compulsory.
And actually I don’t think firearms should be regulated either, there is a clear right to own firearms.
Hopefully I am consistent in my view of individual rights.
Byron You said ” I don’t think firearms should be regulated either”. With no regulation people with a history of mental illness would be able to buy assault weapons.
Swarthmore mom,
They already do. And if someone with a mental illness really wanted a gun. Do you think that the laws in Texas would prevent this? As you can go to a swap meet, purchase the caliber of your choice and not even give them your name, if you pay in cash?
I guess I need to move out of Texas but I already know that.
Swarthmore mom:
I should have qualified my statement. But who determines what mental illness is? And weren’t most of the children that were involved in shootings taking one type of psychoactive drug or another?
How far do you go in determining who is and who is not fit to own and use a firearm? What about people with physical disabilities? Those prevent the proper use of a firearm.
Obviously people with severe mental illness should not posses a firearm but who makes that determination and who says which mental illnesses present a danger to others? Is it a government committee, a group of citizens, doctors, lawyers, the local constable/sheriff?
Some people will just kill themselves and not others. And that brings up another point, suicide is illegal. Why is it if I have a right to life that includes a right to die a death of my own choosing and at my own choice of time.
And how do you know who is going to become mentally ill at some time after the purchase of a firearm? Doesn’t that beg the question of strict regulation? We need regulate firearms because we don’t know who is going to become psychotic.
Well anyway just some thoughts.
But had the students of Virginia Tech been allowed to carry on campus Cho would not have gotten very far. Doesn’t an armed citizenry present a natural deterrent? If Cho knew that everyone was packing would he have chosen his course so readily? Not all people with mental illness are delusional.
Swarthmore mom:
you should read some of the stuff that comes out of the Texas Independence Movement. They may leave before you do.
Hey Bryon,
They will not leave.
Open to everyone,
If Dick Cheney can own a gun everyone else should to as a matter of self protection. But then ask that real estate attorney in Austin, Texas what he really thinks.
Byron, AY et al,
I think my basic point was that a lot of people think that sex and guns are inherently evil. This is not the case.
It just seems like those who think education is the answer to sex and abortion aren’t consistent with guns.
IE I don’t want you to have sex but if you do…
I don’t want you around guns.< period
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so…" Hamlet
Pinandpuller:
Hamlet was wrong, there are things that are bad in themselves.
(Buddha would say Dick Chenney at this point).
Neither sex nor guns are evil