Shuster went on to add: “And especially then when you look up at the picture and you see older white men, all Republicans, sitting there. Just it gives off a strange vibe.” On Thursday, Shuster claimed that Republicans were: “...all white males with short haircuts. They look sort of angry. No women, no minorities, and it looks like they’ve sort of become unhinged.”
During the segment late in the 3PM ET hour, Shuster spoke with Reverend Jesse Jackson, wondering: “What role, if any, do you believe that bigotry is playing in some of this venom toward President Obama?” Jackson seized on the opportunity to cry racism: “Well, substantial. There is a struggle between the hope of going forward and the fear of going backwards....the big C-word, conservative, for some that means fiscal, for some, it means religious ethics, for some it means a code word for race.”
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Co-host Tamron Hall proclaimed: “...this yelling at the President during that address had never happened to any prior President...that was almost like the straw to break the camel’s back...to have that southern white male shout down the first black president, it seemed to really hit a nerve.” Jackson replied: “Well, it’s globally embarrassing.”
Hall went on to ask Jackson about a possible censure of Wilson: “There are many who are calling to censure Wilson. Is that what’s necessary to perhaps send a message that will trickle from the President on down?” Jackson agreed: “Well, censure may be a thing to do.”
Shuster concluded the segment by ranting: “I think the evidence is so overwhelming that there is an effort out there to demonize the first African-American president. I think that the question is, is there sort of an institutional bigotry in certain quarters of this country, or are these isolated instances? And I don’t know the answer to that, but it’s frightening either way.” Hall added: “...you can’t say what is in someone’s heart, but you can certainly judge by the actions. And if nothing else, that action taken by Wilson has been seen by so many Americans as disrespectful.”
Here is a full transcript of the segment:
3:45PM
TAMRON HALL: Welcome back. It is time for ‘Making Their Case.’ And today it’s all about what some are calling, David, the elephant in the room.
DAVID SHUSTER: That is right, Tamron. President Obama is the first ever African-American to hold the nation’s highest office and now he’s the first President to be openly heckled during an address to a joint session of Congress. Mr. Obama has been compared to Hitler at town hall meetings, where some people showed up with loaded guns. Conservative radio TV hosts have called him a racist with quote ‘a deep seeded hatred for white people’ the President had his birth in Hawaii and nationality questioned and he’s been called everything from a socialist to fascist who wants to empower the government to kill senior citizens. This week, Mr. Obama was criticized for a speech to school kids about staying in school and working hard. Every president faces scathing criticism from the fanatical fringe but this, at least, feels different. And even officials in the Secret Service acknowledge that threats to President Obama’s life have been coming in four times as often as they were for president George W. Bush. Reverend Jesse Jackson is the president and founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition and a former presidential candidate. Reverend Jackson, what role, if any, do you believe that bigotry is playing in some of this venom toward President Obama?
JESSE JACKSON: Well, substantial. There is a struggle between the hope of going forward and the fear of going backwards and the word – the atmosphere is loaded with coded words. Hitler, socialist, un-American, not born in America, even indoctrinate our children, these are very heavily coded words. And the elephant in the room really is the big ‘C’– behind the big C-word, conservative, for some that means fiscal, for some, it means religious ethics, for some it means a code word for race. And we would do well to try to keep fighting to relieve these [inaudible].
SHUSTER: I’ve heard from so many people the fact that Joe Wilson is from South Carolina – he was part of the Sons of the Confederacy or supported the group, he voted against removing the Confederate flag – that even though we don’t know what was, I suppose, in the heart of Joe Wilson, but it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there. And especially then when you look up at the picture and you see older white men, all Republicans, sitting there. Just it gives off a strange vibe.
JACKSON: You see, it’s not just that, it’s Amadou Diallo being shot in New York 41 times unarmed and the police walk free. It’s Rodney King being beaten in California with cameras on and a jury set the four of them free. It’s 2.3 million Americans in prison, a million are black, 500,000 are Latino. I mean the structural injustice, racial disparities, from birth to death is too real to ignore, so we must enforce EEOC, we must enforce contract compliance. We must urge people who have hope not to allow fear to overcome them.
HALL: Rev-
SHUSTER: But is there a special – oh, go ahead, Tamron, I’m sorry.
HALL: Reverend Jackson, I wanted to ask you, because a lot of the things that are being said about President Obama have been said about other leaders, such as communist or socialist, but this yelling at the President during that address had never happened to any prior President. And when you listen to a lot of African-Americans on the radio who are telling how they feel about it, there seemed to be – that was almost like the straw to break the camel’s back, and that other things certainly have been implied racist, the birth movement, so on and so forth, but to have that southern white male shout down the first black president, it seemed to really hit a nerve.
JACKSON: Well, it’s globally embarrassing. The whole world watched that display by the congressman from South Carolina. But it’s not just that. It’s the – we see patterns in the subprime lending scheme, predators targeting, steering, clustering blacks and browns by race. A man who won that suit here in Chicago, another suit in Baltimore, another one in Cleveland. The pervasiveness of this issue of race disparity is all too real for us to kind of try to put it under the rug any longer.
HALL: But does it hit extra – I mean, because people believe certainly that, obviously, these things happen and when you’re poor you feel like you’re helpless. But this is the President of the United States. Someone of power and prestige and the leader of our country. Black or white or whatever. But let me ask you, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to move this forward. There are many who are calling to censure Wilson. Is that what’s necessary to perhaps send a message that will trickle from the President on down?
JACKSON: Well, censure may be a thing to do, but my concern is that there are those who think it was his being discourteous, not the content. Never mind his having said that in the cloak room. I mean in that same room they argued slavery was – was ordained by God. In that same room they argued segregation was ordained by God. So he said something that was embarrassing, but there have been other things said on that floor for a long time. I think we’re over it, we’re getting better. And I think when it raises up its ugly head, we should address it in a meaningful way. [inaudible] the venom of racism remains in America today.
SHUSTER: Reverend Jesse Jackson. Reverend, thanks so much coming on. We appreciate it.
JACKSON: Thank you.
SHUSTER: You know, Tamron, I do – I think the evidence is so overwhelming that there is an effort out there to demonize the first African-American president. I think that the question is, is there sort of an institutional bigotry in certain quarters of this country, or are these isolated instances? And I don’t know the answer to that, but it’s frightening either way.
HALL: I think, David, it was a great point that you made. You can never speak for someone’s heart and I think that’s what makes this such a complex and difficult debate. Because you can’t say what is in someone’s heart, but you can certainly judge by the actions. And if nothing else, that action taken by Wilson has been seen by so many Americans as disrespectful.
SHUSTER: Indeed.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here.
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MSNBC’s David
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:09 ET by nolotrippenMSNBC’s David Shuster...
You LIE!
Action...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 22:30 ET by unkeeafI'd really like to kick Shuster's wimpy, left-wing hack ass.
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
Ahhh, the Daily Race-card.
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:15 ET by mostlymoderateAhhh, the Daily Race-card. Next.
Good News
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:57 ET by EdhenryThis is good news. Overplayed victim card has long wore out.
And why, when this is the same reaction as it was to 1993-94 hillarycare, is this now racism?
The latest $$ for Joe is >$750k
I'm just wondering how far
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 12:09 ET by winston smithI'm just wondering how far leftists like Shuster think they can get with yet another phony accusation of racism -- especially when he fully-well knows there isn't any. Race hustlers like Jackson, Sharpton and Farrakahn have so consistently abused the charge of racism for so long that nobody even takes it seriously anymore --- except for other media people. Just another baseless charge by members of the MSM hoping shut down an argument they know they can't win -- and more importantly stop a movement that they are powerless to stop.
MSNBC - The Place For Lunatics
Well...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:19 ET by FuzzlenutterI hear good ol' Joe has raked in around $700,000 in donations so far after his little truthful statement.
Good for Joe!
I am getting past fed up
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:20 ET by bigtimerI am getting past fed up with the left inserting 'racism' in everything they deem not fitting if there is disagreement with their messiah....past fed up.
This has to stop.
I could care less what Jackson has to say about anything, let alone Shyster....or msnbc for that matter.
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Ditto
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:30 ET by Kat Outta the BagAmen, bt...amen!
Pre-assumptions
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:03 ET by KC MulvilleWhen you assume that a person thinks a certain way because of his race ... that's the essence of racism. In the act of accusing others, Shuster proves his own racism.
He speaks without any self-reflection.
“I think the evidence is
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:54 ET by motherbelt“I think the evidence is so overwhelming that there is an effort out there to demonize the first African-American president.
Maybe so, David, but it's not because he is African-American; it's because he's at heart a socialist!
But I guess there isn't a a catchy term for anti-socialists.....
And they dare to accuse
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 23:13 ET by mattmAnd they dare to accuse someone they just called a racist of demonizing someone else?
You can cut the hypocrisy with a knife.
BT, Shuster is also revealing something about himself...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:57 ET by goldenthroat“The fact that Joe Wilson is from South Carolina...it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there.”
Every resident of the Palmetto State should be outraged at this statement! His own reckless statement not only smacks of racism but of geographical prejudice. His snobbery knows no limits!
It's always ok to a left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do" liberal to open their big, blab mouth and try to point an accusing finger at Wilson but when the pot starts calling the kettle black, that is nothing short of irresponsible, yellow journalism.
"Inferior people should not be employed." - Firesign Theatre
gt... In my area the SRM
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:04 ET by bigtimergt...
In my area the SRM loves to call/infer conservatives who live in the NW as belonging to White Militia Groups etc...it gets really old.
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As a Southerner
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:33 ET by richb313I am from the south. I was born in a small town in Louisiana. It is nothing new to those of us that live here to be insulted and demonized just because of where we are from. When I meet people from outside the south and they are unaware of where I am from thier attitudes are unfiltered. I can get away with this because I have what can best be described as a News Casters Accent. Non-Descript and faintly midwestern. Most people cannot believe I am from Louisiana. I can do a cajun accent and will usually fall into what ever accent or style of speech that is predominant when I am working with people. The point is that a lot of people have a very real prejudice against anything southern. All the stupid jokes about marrying your sister and so on. We are supposed to be inbread and retarded or so I have been told.
I do not get mad. I do not even try and correct the ignorance of others as what they say and think rarely has any direct impact on me. I can even laugh at the stereotype jokes if it is well done.
When a National Broadcast by Mr. Shuster implies that all southerners are racists I have to take exception. I am sure that racists attitudes still exist here but it is not even close to being in the mainstream. Mr Shuster by his comments only prove his ignorance, his arrogance and his own very destrucive form of discriminatory thinking. I take a very strong exception to your statements Mr. Shuster. You have only proven that you are no where as enlightened as you try and pretend to be. You have no place on our national airways spreading your own corrosive form of hate. Get a job where your ignorance will not pollute the public at large.
Yep,
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:42 ET by general companyFrom a another small town Louisianan, I'd like to have a few "words" with him also.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
rich... Get a job where
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:41 ET by bigtimerrich...
Get a job where your ignorance will not pollute the public at large.
He could put in for a garbageman.
(No offense to any garbagemen.) or whatever the PC term is these days.
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Sanitation engineer
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:45 ET by general companyI beleive?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Hey gc... LOL...Wow...and
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:50 ET by bigtimerHey gc...
LOL...Wow...and thank you, I think, I'm still laughing after reading your link, I can't help it.
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Hmmmm....
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 02:33 ET by beauxdogDry Prong... maybe Crocodrie?
Beauxdog
Good Choice
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 04:30 ET by richb313He would get lost and then there are some locals that might like to have a word or three with him.
And I am MORE than fed up
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 06:38 ET by RowaneAnd I am MORE than fed up with being grouped with racists because I'm from the south.
I was brought up in a small town in AR during the 60s and we didn't even notice race. I had friends black, brown, and white and we just considered them friends.
I've lived all over the world and can tell you that some of the most racist people in America are northern blacks.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
So let me get this
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:24 ET by Average_JoeMNSo let me get this straight: if you're from South Carolina you're automatically a racist.
No wonder their ratings are nosediving. This guy's a nutbar.
Well...if you're
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:29 ET by Kat Outta the BagWell...if you're conservative AND a Southerner AND especially if you don't agree with Obama's Marxist lies, what else could you possibly be? My gosh, Wilson just might as well be dressed in a sheet and hood.
/sarc
It's geo-racial profiling . . .
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:04 ET by GalvanicLeftists like Shuster and Jackson (ugh! - How's the little girl, Reverend) routinely and subconsciously assigned human beings to convenient political/idoelogical categories based on race, gender, age, sexual orientation, and geographic location. Remember: it was the elites on both coasts who referred to so-called 'red states' as "fly-over country."
So, these two racists put MALE + WHITE + SOUTH CAROLINA + REPUBLICAN together, and came up with =RACIST. For their closed, petty, shallow minds, there can be no other solution.
They would never admit let alone realize that they themselves are the racists.
Are you Christian?
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:54 ET by KC MulvilleThat would be the straw the broke the back...
And don't forget, if you
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:54 ET by motherbeltAnd don't forget, if you have short hair!!!
How about
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 02:59 ET by richb313How about no hair as I am follicley challenged.
Another red herring from the left
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:25 ET by FeynmanFanI don't believe the phrase "you lie" carries any racial connotations.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
crap
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:27 ET by katainkentI lost the 'wilson race card pool' by an hr and 25 minutes.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
Sorry about that
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:22 ET by Kekela WardSorry about that, thanks for playing.
You can join in on the next round, which will be starting shortly.
Sam: "I hurt somebody's feelings once"
sweet
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:50 ET by katainkenthas Olbermann started yet?
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
Ok, well a certain president I know said...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:30 ET by traderjamesthat a white cop must have been in the wrong, dealing with an out-of-control black guy, even before he heard the whole story. Racism??? Non-white president heals race problem in this country???
I hope this Wilson guy has a big pair of brass ones, because he needs to go on MSNBC and say something to the effect of..."here I am...call me a racist to my face"...and go on from there. Oh, and the fact that he was correct in calling out the lie?
Not to mention that these clowns basically called the entire state of South Carolina racists as well. What a wonderful time we live in...
Reverend Jesse
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:30 ET by vrwc13Reverend Jesse Jackson...seized on the opportunity to cry racism: “Well, substantial. There is a struggle between the hope of going forward and the fear of going backwards....the big C-word, conservative, for some that means fiscal, for some, it means religious ethics, for some it means a code word for race.”
...dang reverend, you are on to us (VRWC)...
v
...an error was made in 2008
Hold on a second!
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:35 ET by FeynmanFanThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at one time said (on camera) he wanted to neuter Obama. How can he make any comments about anything anybody says about Obama?
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Rev. Jesse Jackson at one time said he wanted to neuter Obama
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:46 ET by vrwc13...yeah that was just 'code' talk 'tween two 'men of god'...
v
...an error was made in 2008, oh wait... Jesse's got some code talk'n to do to this guy
Its nuts aint
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:56 ET by nwahsIts nuts aint it?
Politics is showbiz for ugly people
Great point, F-fan
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:08 ET by GalvanicThe Rev. Jesse Jackson at one time said (on camera) he wanted to neuter Obama. How can he make any comments about anything anybody says about Obama?
And of course, Jesse's language wasn't even that polite.
Perhaps the good Reverend was making a racial attack on Obama's white half.
That thar David shur iz smart with all that fancy book lurnin
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:30 ET by lsudolemiteand all. I meen thar I wuz, takin a brake frum makin owt with my sister an watchin nascar wile chewin tobacca an straitenin out my rebel flag in my dubble wide trailer, wen David shows up talkin bout how racist us sutherners is. And I thawt dang hes so rite, i ain't even had a chans to ride arown in my pickup lookin for uppity minoritees to beet up and enfors all dem wunderful jim crow laws. Hes so much smarter than all us imbred hicks hoo never got passd tha therd grade, i mean whut a guy! (/sarc)
So a guy who's probably never been further south than D.C. in his life presumes I'm racist because I'm southern? Who's the real bigot here? Shuster is beyond pathetic.
Isu... Those on the left
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:35 ET by bigtimerIsu...
Those on the left don't know what a fine mess they are getting themselves into with rhetoric like this...their desperation is only going to help the right side of this country in the long run.
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It's profoundly irritating
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:50 ET by lsudolemiteto me when I see people say things like this. Their perception of the south is a caricature of the way things were during the 1960s Jim Crow era. They think we have thousands of Bull Connors coming up with new, innovative and nefarious ways to hold down minorities, and I'm just sick and tired of hearing it from Shuster's ilk. Thanks to people like him, entities like the Klan are automatically associated with southern racism, when in reality at the height of its power and influence, the largest Klan factions and top leadership were located in freakin Indiana!
Isu... ...right you are
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:26 ET by bigtimerIsu...
...right you are and you know the SPLC loves this type of stuff...it's typical bait for them...intended bait as far as I am concerned.
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once again
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:58 ET by sarainitalyMSNBC is FULL of racists!!!! they are the ones who keep REPEATEDLY pointing to the fact that Obama is black.
Is he the friggin President of the United States, or the Black President of the United States?
I am SO SICK of these POS!
sara--
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:03 ET by Kat Outta the BagThe conveniently forget that genetically he's half white...and we disagree with that part of him as well!
I would still disagree
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 04:36 ET by richb313If he were clear skinned I would still disagree with him. If he were a talking cat I could make millions and the nation could have been saved this embaressment because even smart talking cats are not allowed to run for President.
Ahhh Democrat Racism
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 18:58 ET by upcountrywaterThe party of the KKK and Jim Crow.
Since “conservative whites” are… conservative, the chances they would vote for a Democrat in the first place is slim.
or
Conservative whites will probably vote Republican.
State controlled health care is Tort Reform.
That's right, morons-just keep flinging that "racism" charge
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:08 ET by R D Helm...around and further cheapen the term. Heck, it is almost to the point now that is has very little meaning to most people anymore.
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
Hey Shuussshhhty,
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:08 ET by FastEdDidn't hear a lot from 'ya when the world was saying "Bush lied", so I guess that the moniker of being a coward fits you pretty well. In fact, since you guys like to "talk" about "facts", Wilson was "factually" wrong, since the bill that I read dose say illegals will NOT get free healthcare, BUT, say that again, BUT, Wilson was technically right, saying "you lie", BECAUSE, nowhere does the bill REQUIRE that ANYONE show citizenship to receive medical attention. You and the rest of the "media" or should we call you guys propagandists, shills, water bearers, close friends of the O-man? Or, just cowards? I'll post my very simple question, and if any of you fraddy-cats will answer, I will say I'm sorry for calling you all yellow-bellied, cowardly talking point repeaters:
FastEd asks - how many of the 30 million insurance deprived have NOT been treated for ANY health problem?? (Oh, btw, seems approximatly 17 million have gotten insurance in the last week or so - how'd that happen??)
Proud member of the MOB - Move Over Barack, we want our country back!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
OK Shyster, I get it...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:26 ET by RukusLet's see, I'm white, southern, AND conservative. So I'm a racist. Fine!
You work for the Mega-Stupid-Nut-Bag-Channel. Your're a pri!ck! 'Cept Keef, he's still a thumb tack, and Chrissy leaks, and Mooncow is, well, you get the idea.
Gary
Levi Johnstoned: The One Trick Phoney!
MSNBC is racist
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:40 ET by well99They bring up more about Obama's color than anyone.They need to look in a mirror to see the real racist and get help.
“The fact that Joe
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:39 ET by chessplayer“The fact that Joe Wilson is from South Carolina...it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there.”
Gee. Nothing bigoted about assuming everyone in SC is a racist, is there Schuster?
Good thing those of us here
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:48 ET by BKeyserGood think those of us here at NB are the only people actually apprised of anything this idiot says... or tweets.
"The fact that Joe Wilson
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:52 ET by GregE"The fact that Joe Wilson is from South Carolina...it strikes a lot of people as awfully close to the idea that maybe there was some sort of racist or bigoted element there"
Oh yea, you know those South Carolina people. Whole state's like that, I mean, golly gee, the whole lot of em - racists, bigots, outhouse dwellers, no working lights or water, drinking from the creek and bathing in the puddles. They've never seen a black man and don't know what they're looking at. /sarc
9/12 - DC here we come!!!
Wilson just Following Obama's Directive
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:07 ET by Retired Geek"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face."
Barack Obama
Elko, Nevada, September 17 2008
Barack Obama taught ACORN on tactics and Intimidation methods based on Saul Alinsky's book 'Rules for Radicals' (dedicated to Lucifer).
GET IN THEIR FACE
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ACORN members trained personally by Barack Obama, on July 31, 1997, tried to storm the Chicago City Council session. According to the Chicago Daily Herald, Acorn demonstrators pushed over the metal detector and table used to screen visitors, backed police against the doors to the council chamber, and blocked late-arriving aldermen and city staff from entering the session.
Acorn protesters in Baltimore, MD disrupted a bankers’ dinner and sent four busloads of profanity-screaming protesters to the mayor’s home, terrifying his wife and kids.
Code Pink employed these tactics threatening to occupy congressional offices and interrupting the testimony of General David Petraeus.
ACORN members have disrupted Federal Reserve hearings.
Now Barack Obama doesn't like Joe Wilson getting in Obama's face?
Woops
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:14 ET by GregEhttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/09/scs_wilson_rak...
David, You are an ass if
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:15 ET by Clear thinkerDavid,
You are an ass if you think everyone from the south is a racist, and you may be the most bigoted person on TV especially in the news media.
Support Joe Wilson!
http://iamnotaracist.wordpress.com/
Shuster doesn't even know where South Carolina is
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:20 ET by HogTideRebelCatsShuster is from Bloomington, Indiana.
That makes him an expert on Southern Racists. Right!
As for Republicans being older white men, has Shuster ever looked at the current goofball VP?
If being like David Shyster
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:27 ET by ckc1227If being like David Shyster is what it means to be a non-racist, then yes....yes, I am a racist.
Bigotry
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:28 ET by justbob223The only bigotry demonstrated here is the liberal bigotry against white conservative Southern men.
jb... You slammed the
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:31 ET by bigtimerjb...
You slammed the nail smack dab on the head.
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I'm getting tired...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:31 ET by m4ster chief...not that anybody cares. But anyway:
Several months ago I just got fed up with coming to NB and constantly reading, "Joy Behar said this," and "Chris Matthews said that," and "Whoopi Goldberg passes gas at conservatives; sounds like a Sumatran Ringtailed Bandicoot," and "The New York Times reports George W. Bush raped his Apaloosa pony at age seven..."
So I took about a six-month hiatus from NB; I visited some other websites, read a few good books, carried out the trash, and cleaned my bathtub. And then when I came back to NB (surprised they hadn't flushed my account) I found that voila...the terminally-stupid liberals had gotten along just fine without me, and NB hasn't lost its focus...that of exposing every moronic word that passes the lips of moronic liberal non-journalists.
So while I'm not tired of NB itself, I'm just tired of reading e-v-e-r-y s-i-n-g-l-e w-o-r-d uttered by that little twerp, David Shuster, for instance, and his ilk...and he has a lot of ilks.
So, I may boogey on outta here again for awhile. I'll be out washing my van or something. G'nite David, you twerp.
Or...heck...maybe I'll take a Prozac and stay around awhile. Maybe David will choke on his vitriol and I'll just HAVE to see the video!
"I AM JOE WILSON!"
m4... Loved your post,
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:34 ET by bigtimerm4...
Loved your post, love your tag-line.
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M4ster Chief
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:42 ET by FeynmanFanIs that M4ster Chief as in E9?
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
E9
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:49 ET by jdlybrandIf you are correct, we are in the company of greatness! Only the Base Commander has more clout. I know...my Uncle was a Chief in the USAF.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
E9 - bigger than that
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:53 ET by FeynmanFanIf I am correct, we are in the company of extreme greatness. I know from my 8 years in the Navy that the Base Commander has more clout only if the Master Chief permits him to do so.
(by the way, I didn't know the USAF had chiefs.)
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
E9, that's an affirmative...
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 18:59 ET by m4ster chiefI got lucky.
"Allies to Land at Normandy Tomorrow!" New York Times headline; June 5, 1944 (h/t M. Malkin)
"I AM JOE WILSON!" Careful there, there are several...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:07 ET by jawebster1Joe Wilsons running around. If you mean Joe Wilson (R) South Carolina, I'm with you. I just hope he doesn't apologize to Congress as the wicked witch (Pelosi) is demanding. He should say: "I've already apologized to Obama and I will apologize to Congress AFTER Congress apologizes to George Bush for what they have said about him in the past". A few names: Pelosi; Reid; Murtha; Kerry; Kennedy. (Oh sorry, he's excused because he's dead.) Jim Webster
→ Wilson should apologize
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:07 ET by Cool ArrowPresident Obama, I'm sorry you're a liar. I regret we couldn't find a more honest person to fill the White House.
Van Jones is a Quitter - FS
Rules
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:36 ET by TheAssessorI'm beginning to get what Rules for Radicals is about but is there a book somewhere on Rules for Racists? If they're going to call everyone who disagrees racists, then I'd like to know the rules so I don't break em. Is there a song? Secret handshake? What?
It's America, not Omerica
Southern White Racists
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:39 ET by RESTLESS 1Problem is dave, those were (are) democratics. You're dismissed.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
Shuster is a white northern liberal...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 20:55 ET by jawebster1Liberals name call and lie, so Shuster is only living up (or down?) to his political beliefs. Jim Webster
This one's going out to all
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:09 ET by RR GOPThis one's going out to all my peeps at MSNBC with a great big "bite me!":
We are a band of brothers and native to the soil
Fighting for our Liberty, With treasure, blood and toil
And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!
Hurrah!
Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand
Then came Alabama and took her by the hand
Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida
All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
Hurrah!
Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
I think now we have an inkling of what caused the first ruckus between the northeasterners/federal government and many of the southern and western states. Good riddance to slavery and Jim Crow, but hello to the slavery of Marxism and the dominance of urban elitism.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
RR... Kudos to your
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:17 ET by bigtimerRR...
Kudos to your post...you spoke volumes.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
BT-Thanks! No person in
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:24 ET by RR GOPBT-Thanks!
No person in this country should ever have been a slave and that includes being one to the Democratic Party and the Federal government. They've become the biggest oppressors to the poor and struggling since at least the Civil War-keep the disadvantaged down in order to be needed and to have power.
Obviously, I am not espousing Southern secession, just making the point that we've been through something similar before and not without rather similar things going on in the realm of the Press, regional attitudes and political divisions.
Also, the Confederate Flag should be flown in those areas where folks died fighting for it, but hopefully with taste, respect, and by those who understand that it stood for the best ideals of this country and its Revolution...and idiots that want to use it to flaunt their ignorance and racism should be shunned...if not pitied.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
I have said for years that
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 08:16 ET by ricklailI have said for years that you could play this song and never raise an eyebrow. Let "Dixie" be played and it is racist.
You could fly the Bonnie Blue or the first national flag and never get a second look. But, fly the stars and bars, a flag that never flew over any southern capital during the war, and suddenly you are a racist.
I am a proud member of the Sons of Confedrate Veterans and I will not let the memory of my great grandfathers be trampled by a bunch that has no idea as to the real reasons for the War of Northern Aggresion.
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
That's why I have a Bonnie
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 10:51 ET by RR GOPThat's why I have a Bonnie Blue Flag sticker on my truck and had a First National on my other car. Most Americans have no clue as to what they are, and I feel like I'm honoring our Confederate Veterans in some small way but without the hassles of the ignorant.
I did have a small "Rebel flag" on my car, but when I went to teach at a school that was 97% black an assistant principal saw it and suggested I remove it. I had never even thought of it as being offensive as I have no hatred towards black people. But, it was prudent to remove it.
I fly the U.S. flag at my home to honor all (true) Americans and our Veterans of all wars and peace time as well as our fundamental ideals of (what I believe to be anyway) this country and Liberty.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Oh, of course, David...All white people in South Carolina...
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:12 ET by PrairieSkyare racists, dontcha know...In fact, all white Southerners are racists. In fact, all white people are racists...except for white liberals. They just love black folk...especially around election time.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Yup
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:14 ET by jdlybrandAll usn's down h'yar is nuthin' but a bunch'a dum hiks wif no toofies. H'yuk h'yuk.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
I bet Shyster is a Planned Parenthood supporter, too,
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:17 ET by R D Helm...so for him to be accusing others of being racist is a blatant act of hypocrisy on his part.
After all, that hideous organization was founded for the specific purpose of limiting the birth rate of minorities and other "undesirables."
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
and this from the anchor
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:41 ET by candancewho urged his audience not to judge the pro-life shooter, even though police confirmed it was politically motivated.
looks like some of us are second class citizens now.
candance
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:46 ET by katainkentdo you have a link to that?
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
sure kata
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 21:55 ET by candanceHere you are my dear.
Note that this was done around 1pm, when the police had already admitted he was literally standing on the corner with a protest sign.
Some of us?
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 14:38 ET by 1611LilacLadyAnyone not bowing down to the Amerikan Dictator are 2nd, if not 3rd class citizens . . according t o them.
Isaiah 5:20a Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil. . . KJV
Race baiters
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 22:12 ET by Joe CamelHey boys..guess what..that crap does not fly in white America anymore..You wore it out, now, people just laugh and go on their way..go head, start something...I dare ya..
JC... ...Double-Dog-Dare
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 22:18 ET by bigtimerJC...
...Double-Dog-Dare ya....
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
liar liar pants on fire
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 22:21 ET by sevenThe media and obama lied. Obama's pants are on fire. There is no reason his telrprompter didn't read the bill. His teleprompter wasn't very busy for 4 weeks.
They admit they lie by reason of working on an amendment to stop illegals from free healthcare.
The other crisis is at the census. The census just fired aCORN. If Obaama thinks there are 47 million uncovered by insurance and the number is now 30 million, he is getting bad census data. I suspect we should say he has 17 million less votes also?
All I have to say is
Fri, 09/11/2009 - 23:40 ET by helyanwesend a few bucks to the Joe Wilson campaign.
Post Racial! My butt!
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:18 ET by PoljunkThis is the most racially charged bunch! I cannot remember a time when newspeople, pundits and 2 bit TV jokers openly accused anyone or everyone of being racist! This has become the most lethal weapon in the hands of the lefties, the MSM and this administration who never never denounces their surrogates for using it! At what point does it lose its shock value.... soon I hope!
Hope the GOP grows a back bone 'cause they gonna need it fight these lunatics off!
They'd better do it soon
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:30 ET by bigtimerThey'd better do it soon Pol...this agenda from the leftists using the race card delving into every nook and crannie is getting worrisome to me...this has to stop...soon...this map of theirs has to be torn to shreds.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
As far as this black
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:24 ET by RMRAs far as this black conservative is concerned. This is a good and bad thing.
Good: My white liberal and "independent" friends are now cringing whenever they hear Shuster and other liberals in the media labelling every criticisim of Obama as "racist". These white liberals and "independents" who voted for Barack Obama hoped that by putting a black couple in the White House they would eliminate Americas' sin of racism. They were wrong. So they are now turning on Obama and the democratic party in droves.
Bad: With liberals screaming "racism" at the drop of a hat, most whites, Asians, Latinos et al, will eventually adopt the crying wolf mentality which will lead them to ignore the true cries of racism by individuals who might really need their help to combat this vile manifestation in the future. When this happens black people will again suffer the consequences of the white liberal lust for power.
Mark my words. Along with destroying the democrats, Barack Obama will also reverse all positive racial gains that was acquired in last 5 decades.
TO RMR - So True and So so Sad!!!! I am referring to your last
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:27 ET by Poljunkparagraph: "Mark my words. Along with destroying the democrats, Barack Obama will also reverse all positive racial gains that was acquired in last 5 decades"
Ditto. 'Go
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:33 ET by bigtimerDitto.
'Go Green...Recycle Congress'
I agree, RMR
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:36 ET by candanceIt sickens me to see how words like "racist" have become so cheap. Words used to have meaning. Considering there are still a lot of people all over the world who suffer from true persecution, to shout racism over one guy heckling the president, it's very disrespectful.
I am aware of your concerns
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:55 ET by richb313I am aware of your concerns and I am also confident that the Majority of Americans will not fall for this. There will always be people that equate thier dislike of Obama's policies to race, such as my sister which lives with me. I have told her I will not tolerate that type of thinking in my house. We have to gaurd against a backlash mostly from the so called MSM. They will be the ones who race bait at every opportunity. While the majority of us would never fall into that trap there are enough cattle in the human species to easily be swayed by what they see on the boob tube.
I take Dr. Kings words to heart I judge a man by the content of his charecter and not his skin color or for that matter where he is from or any other external factor.
I guess the Libs haven't
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 00:38 ET by SvenI guess the Libs haven't figured out yet that the race card has jumped the shark (Thank you Jessee and Al).
I'm very happy that the Lib's talking points were sent out to try and smear Joe Wilson.
Today was a busy day for these malcontents. We not only had Shuster insulting the residents of South Carolina, but we were also treated to some group of "Black Publishers" that said Wilson's "You lie" statement was somehow also a racist comment.
He Libs, this term has lost its shock value...we don't fear this label anymore :-) So let me see if I get this: Wilson was wrong to call Obama a liar, but the next day the Dems take out the illegal immigrant healthcare provision for which Wilson called Obama a liar? Shine the light of truth and watch the roaches scatter!
One word I never want to hear again: Bipartisan! -Sven
Shut TF UP David Shuster!
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 01:35 ET by wolfemanicI am so - sick - of liberal WHITE GUILT..!
These spineless idiots throw the word "racist" around like a cheap pair of panties after a night at the Mustang Ranch.
Your man Obama is lying, there is no color involved, his lies are transparent.
racist??
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 12:39 ET by Patriot IILet's see Rep Joe Wilson is a racist because he is from South Carolina? hummm....hey intellectual midgit....is that the dumbest racist comment you have ever said? I doubt it...I imagine you are "full of it! errr them!"
Ummm...
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 08:13 ET by BondPlainBondWow.
A white southern racist,
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 09:30 ET by wiwfA white southern racist, like Robert Byrd.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Damned if we do, damned if we don't
Sat, 09/12/2009 - 14:02 ET by UltraCShuster and those like him are the same types who do not hesitate to attack the women and minorities who have the temerity to be conservative. The Sarah Palins and Michael Steeles of this country are objects of scorn and ridicule. I guess they're perceived to be betraying their gender and/or race because they have a different opinion on the direction the country should take. So Mr. Shuster and his like-minded colleagues seem to fight a two-front war against conservatives: Make sure non-whites and women who run for office are torn down at every opportunity, and then point out how the GOP is just a bunch of white men, using a tight camera angle to support his flawed assertion. You would think the MSNBC folks would have learned from their recent misadventure in tight camera angles to support their point of view. But I hold no illusions: They and their colleagues in the mainstream media think we're all too stupid to notice, that we watch without questioning. They underestimate the American people at their own peril.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. -- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Shuster
Sun, 09/13/2009 - 12:26 ET by jessieHShuster is calling all the citizens of South Carolina racists. That makes Shuster a racist for saying that.