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Beck: Obama Is a 'Racist'

By Harry Kimball| Posted Jul 28, 09 3:33 PM CDT|

(Newser) – Glenn Beck today called President Obama “a racist,” Politico reports. The Fox News commentator accused the president of having a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” during a discussion of the Skip Gates scandal on a Fox show. When his interlocutor pointed out that Obama is surrounded by whites in his administration, Beck backpedaled a bit—and then surged forward.

“I'm not saying he doesn't like white people,” Beck continued. “I'm saying he has a problem. He has a—this guy is, I believe, a racist.”

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youngblood
Jul 28, 09 3:38 PM CDT

Fox Comedy Channel! Reply

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timeandagain
Jul 28, 09 5:00 PM CDT

larger audience than CNN & MSNBC COMBINED... Just sayin.

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QueenAlli
Jul 28, 09 5:24 PM CDT

@TIMEANDAGAIN: sex. lies, fluff and blondes sell. You know, like a tabloid.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 5:49 PM CDT

@queenalli then msnbc should be at the top of the ratings, i mean they run all of those msnbc investigates things all of the time.

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shonangreg
Jul 28, 09 7:22 PM CDT

timeandagain, porn has a larger audience than FOX News as well. I'm just sayin' -- same as you.

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Forderon
Jul 29, 09 12:50 AM CDT

timeandagain, ad populum fallacy. I'm just sayin.

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anchower
Jul 29, 09 1:20 AM CDT

Tip of the hat, Forderon.

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kyleleitch
Jul 28, 09 3:39 PM CDT

Don't listen to him; he was on FOX which means he isn't saying anything comprehensible... Reply

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westcoaster
Jul 28, 09 3:40 PM CDT

bahaha ok beck if you say so. Reply

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KoalaJohnson
Jul 28, 09 3:43 PM CDT

It must be nice, preaching to a choir that doesn't need any sort of coherent arguments or even rational though to agree with you. Conservative Pundit: Easiest job in the world. Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 3:59 PM CDT

so much easier then blaming everything on Bush, like the progressive pundits, and sometimes cheney.

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JonmarkP
Jul 28, 09 3:44 PM CDT

There is no such thing as "white culture," you pathetic moron-unless you mean the homophobic, racist, brain-dead collection of trash who watch your show and Pox News. That's the sort of culture often most grown in a Petri dish. Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 3:56 PM CDT

@jonmarkp wtf are you talking about? you lump all white people into one group, and are probably one the first people to get pissed over stereotypes and i am sure you are victim of racism as well. these are the kind of comments that should be flagged as they offer nothing on the article or anything. You spend you time talking down to C_K and then you put stuff like this up, you are hypocrite.

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Shannonals
Jul 28, 09 4:01 PM CDT

You didn't really read JonmarksP comment godawgs, you made a conclusion. What exactly is white culture? Ask a European if they are white and they will stare at you funny. Putting labels on Americans, (such as African, Japanese, Irish, Arabic, Polish, etc), is silly, because your American first.

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 4:07 PM CDT

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Jayster999
Jul 28, 09 4:09 PM CDT

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 4:18 PM CDT

@shannonals I am white, and I have a culture. there is a white culture, just the same as there is every other culture.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 4:19 PM CDT

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 4:30 PM CDT

you were one first, own it

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JonmarkP
Jul 28, 09 4:55 PM CDT

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Jayster999
Jul 28, 09 5:25 PM CDT

JuanMARX: Again, you refuse to stay on point. If blacks and Hispanics have their own culture--and they do--why is racist for white people to revel in our own culture as they do in theirs? Blacks have rap, Hispanics have that crap they like, and we have rock, classical, etc. Whites like muscle cars and Mexicans like low riders. Seems like the people who have a problem white culture are the same people who spout off with all this diversity crap.

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 9:47 PM CDT

A black man invented and perfected rock n' roll, Jayster999. Doesn't that just make your blood boil? I hope it does, because the sooner your psycho bigoted ass has a fatal heart attack, the better.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 10:02 PM CDT

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 10:35 PM CDT

Chuck Berry is black, douchebag.

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godawgs
Jul 29, 09 7:59 AM CDT

@anchower first of all chuck berry learned that shit from his cousin marvin, who got it from marty, and elvis is the king, he perfected rock and roll ass.

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WharfRat
Jul 28, 09 3:45 PM CDT

Wow. This is huge! There has never been a racist President before. Reply

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Bryanw55
Jul 28, 09 3:48 PM CDT

Bryan: Beck is a Delusional, Mentally Handicapped Sycophant. Reply

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SilenceDogood
Jul 29, 09 4:57 AM CDT

Doesn’t anyone just want to see a legitimate birth certificate?

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 3:53 PM CDT

wow, Ck must be his handle on newser...the rhetoric sounds so familiar Reply

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 3:56 PM CDT

His entire family on his mother's side is white. How "racist" could he be? Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 3:57 PM CDT

you can have white relatives and be racist.

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 4:03 PM CDT

You would know.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 4:20 PM CDT

@anchower, you're right, way to generalize when you don't have any type of argument.

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riffran
Jul 28, 09 7:40 PM CDT

He never does. Unless he's being an ass or whining through his chipped shoulder

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 8:32 PM CDT

You seriously don't know the difference between general and specific? I was talking SPECIFICALLY about you. You were talking GENERALLY about "hav[ing] white relatives and be[ing] racist." Bozo.

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Shannonals
Jul 28, 09 3:56 PM CDT

Beck is seriously mentally challenged. And what is withe comment, "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people,” Beck continued. “I'm saying he has a problem. He has a—this guy is, I believe, a racist.”, isn't that what deines a racist? Guess he had to sugarcoat it after he realized what he said. Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 3:58 PM CDT

well he didn't want the secret service showing up and taking him to bargram for questioning.

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 4:09 PM CDT

as if the 'liberal facists' started that trend... how funny

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 4:24 PM CDT

@djm they sure are continuing it though aren't they?

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 4:32 PM CDT

point is?

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 4:02 PM CDT

Uh, if he were a "fascist," wouldn't he have said that the Cambridge police acted marvelously?

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DJM420
Jul 28, 09 4:09 PM CDT

LOLLOL there it is again! it is Beck!

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Bryanw55
Jul 28, 09 4:25 PM CDT

Obama is right. Unless the professor physically assaulted the officer, no arrest should have been made-hence the release with no charges. No matter if he was very rude, an arrest was not warranted once he proved he was in his own residence, on his own property-and that is a fact any non-racist libertarian would be in agreement with we liberal fascists on.

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BeatBlaster
Jul 28, 09 4:44 PM CDT

Oh CK - you can't just make stuff up man. MILLIONS? Do you realize how many people in this country DON'T like the police? Believe me man. There may be tens of your Facebook friends who are mad about the police remarks but the millions number has to be something you picked up from another episode of Hannity or something.

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PaleRider
Jul 28, 09 6:09 PM CDT

@BeatBlaster You are delusional of you think this hasn't reached a lot of people. Must be tough to be one of the people left clinging to the fantasy of the Messiah.

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Doctor_Zaius
Jul 28, 09 9:54 PM CDT

Don't you have a toilet to go cling to?

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Shannonals
Jul 29, 09 12:27 AM CDT

C/K, with as much talk of propaganda you spew about have you ever wondered who these people are taking theses polls? If your going to actually use the Rasmussen polls, use all the data. The polls also stated that (41%) say it was appropriate that the report even asked the question of the President, while 43% disagree. (71%) of Blacks say the president’s response was good or excellent, a view shared by just 22% of white Americans. (This was taken direclt y from the site). You continue to use those idiotic words, "liberal fascists), without truly undering it's meaning. You pick and choose sections of polls and articles that best fit your views, without taking in the entire poll. I could go on, but it's best if you read it yourself. http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/july_2009/26_say_obama_response_good_or_excellent_on_cambridge_cop_question

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sache
Jul 28, 09 3:59 PM CDT

Beck is an ass. Obama's mom is white, making him biracial. His grandmom whom he adored, white. The grandfather who helped raise him , white. The only problem President Obama has is with people like Beck, stupid morons .Beck unfortunately falls into a category most people find hard to like. Race does not play a role there, just stupidity. Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 4:01 PM CDT

so why does he call himself black, he doesn't say bi-racial at all.

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Amber
Jul 28, 09 4:12 PM CDT

@ godawgs, it may be changed now, but as late as the 1980's in Louisiana if you had .001% Black ancestory in your bloodline you were required by law to be classified as Black on your birth certificate and it was the same in most other states as well with the only difference the amount of the Black bloodline percentage. Ergo, he is a Black man by legal definition unless the laws have changed and I am sure they have not everywhere.

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Unaffiliated
Jul 28, 09 4:20 PM CDT

Racists don't care about the difference between black and bi-racial. They only see people that look like they do, and people who don't, and decide to hate the people who don't look the same as they do. I wish people didn't overuse words like despicable, because it would have more impact here, but...racist behavior is simply despicable. I don't see how anyone can listen to the things Obama has said and conclude he is a racist.

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NewserScooter
Jul 28, 09 10:36 PM CDT

However almost everyone who was close to him was a Maxist. Can you be a bi-economist? half comunist and half capitalist?

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JaneMP
Jul 29, 09 3:13 PM CDT

godawgs, the president prefers to be called a black man. His choice. He also has chosen white sec. of state, spokesman, etc. etc.--and was elected by a good number of white people. In fact, as a white person I might even say he owes being president to white people--so it would be really dumb for him to be racist.

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polstroad
Jul 28, 09 4:02 PM CDT

FRIGGIN ASSHOLE LISTENED TO BY OTHER ASSHOLES. Reply

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Jayster999
Jul 28, 09 4:13 PM CDT

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Caps
Jul 28, 09 4:16 PM CDT

Beck and all of fox news are racist. Beck, Hannity and O'Reilly are the worse. If these three had an ounce of sense they would be scary. With what they have got we need to overlook their dumb asses. Reply

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 10:42 PM CDT

Strongly agree.

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Shannonals
Jul 29, 09 12:16 AM CDT

Not sure if I agree with you about your assessment of O'Reilly. O'Reilly hasn't gone above and beyond normal stories about the President, nor does he give any weight to the Birthers.

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godawgs
Jul 29, 09 8:01 AM CDT

you would you racist ass.

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NewserLover
Jul 28, 09 4:21 PM CDT

Why do you give airtime to this jackass? THIS IS NOT NEWS, just the ramblings of a pathetic narcissist who gets paid to say anything it takes to stay in the public eye. Let him fade into oblivion where he belongs. Reply

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alienvv
Jul 28, 09 4:24 PM CDT

I wonder what is the wise latina's culture... Reply

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DarkFrancis
Jul 28, 09 4:38 PM CDT

Now now everyone, we know that CK and Jayster can be a little petulant. They inflame in much the same manner. Which is funny, given that the only reason people like Beck say this kind of crap is to keep his drooling fans regurgitating it. These people are just dollar-whores, they aren't really pundits or even decent commentators. And the droolers saying that their viewer numbers indicate credibility is one of the most basic ad populum fallacies around. All it indicates is that they are watched by 1) people who lack critical thinking skills and 2) people with a car crash mentality. There's been a bit of nastiness on this thread. I wonder if the Newser team has made any decisions following the Facebook discussion, because it requires attention. Reply

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Jayster999
Jul 28, 09 4:50 PM CDT

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DarkFrancis
Jul 28, 09 5:05 PM CDT

Didn't call you any names, dear respondent. Doing my best to avoid that kind of silliness these days. Nor do I have a 'kind'. There are people here with many differing political etc. views and I believe they can all be shared without resorting to hijacking threads or deliberately setting out to inflame situations in an effort to soothe one's own tender fragilities. I didn't call for your expulsion, did I? It's wise to take a good amount of time, if necessary, to comprehend what you read before responding. By all means, stay. I personally can deal with both your fallacious logic and your name-calling. Most everyone else can too, adept as they are at dealing with juvenilia. But don't think you are gaining any ground by doing so. All you are doing is trying to expunge, in a very counter-productive way, something unpleasant inside you.

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UrUndertaker
Jul 28, 09 5:19 PM CDT

dark_francis, look at your description of the reasons they rant and talk this trash, you are totally correct as they do not want discussion but only to inflame but my point is do you know who once filled all the things you describe on the list? Adolph Hitler was one who inflamed the people with his garbage, he has his hard liner Right Wing followers who then marched forward spreading and as you so elegantly phrased it regurgitated the hate filled slime until they actually began to believe the trash they talked, it didn't matter what the subject they found fault and it was all a conspiracy to silence them. Thus the Right Wing Brown Shirts are honestly repeating history by the garbage they type on this page to inflame and cause more arguments and not discuss anything of value.,...that in truth seems their purpose and it honestly should be stopped,

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Snarfeh
Jul 28, 09 7:24 PM CDT

@dark_francis - I think they are dating....

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0001tr
Jul 28, 09 4:44 PM CDT

I can't tell if he is racist, marxist, socialist, democrat, republican, dictator, king or saviour, for his loud and annoying scream of Narcissism. Reply

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MrsK
Jul 28, 09 4:53 PM CDT

Go Beck!! Reply

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Caps
Jul 28, 09 4:56 PM CDT

Where do you want him to go??????

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Doctor_Zaius
Jul 28, 09 9:57 PM CDT

To the place where the guy in the red suit conducts his business and I ain't talking about Santa....

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Jojo
Jul 28, 09 4:54 PM CDT

Ooooo Namecalling! You go Republicans LMFAO. Here's a name for you - IDIOTS Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 5:01 PM CDT

well we have to hold a typical progressive conversation. if we don't agree it's because your racist and then we have to call you names. the few conservatives on this site need to make sure that you liberals understand.

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Doctor_Zaius
Jul 28, 09 9:59 PM CDT

Hey Doggie, What total horse shit. This whole post started because Pecker head called Obama a racist and now a bunch of asswipes come crawling out of the woodwork defending him. Then to add insult to injury you post that the above line of tripe forgetting how we got here in the first place. If irony was poison you'd be dead three days ago.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 10:11 PM CDT

@dr z there you go, thanks for proving my point, we got here because someone stated an opionion on TV. It's called the 1st amendment, but I had to point out the left (that would be you) doesn't have any real arguement you result to first calling the right (that would be me) a racist, and then the general asswipe, pecker header, bigot, redneck or something along those lines. Then you try to make jokes like Jojo. Also great use of the word irony, what did you pick that up in freshman political science the other day?

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johnathon
Jul 28, 09 5:15 PM CDT

Glenn Beck is a White Supremist Reply

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Bryanw55
Jul 28, 09 5:28 PM CDT

I say Beck and Palin for the next GOP presidential race. Depending on the outcome, there will then be no question in my mind if this country is worth staying and trying to spend money and time to work toward saving or if it is time to move to Costa Rica or anywhere but here. Reply

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kansas1946
Jul 28, 09 5:33 PM CDT

Glenn Beck today called President Obama “a racist,” Politico reports. The Fox News commentator accused the president of having a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” *************************************************** Yeah, I am so sure, since the people that meant the most to him, and the people that he loved, were white. Although, if all white folks were like Glenn Beck, then we would deserve a "deep-seated" hatred. Fortunately though, he is just one of the whacky-right's drooling minority. Reply

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 9:55 PM CDT

Ah yes, "white culture." Which may be defined as that culture which at the same time is an ersatz of black culture and ridicules the genuine article.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 10:07 PM CDT

@anhcower first off great word, glad to see you got that thesaurus feature working. I don't think that white culture see's itself as a substitute for black culture at all, and again there you go trying to lump everyone together because if anything white folks go out of their way to respect black culture.

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BlahBlahBlah
Jul 28, 09 5:50 PM CDT

Wow, this story is just rich with stupidity. Glenn Beck calling someone a racist. Rich indeed. Reply

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Fondue
Jul 28, 09 6:48 PM CDT

I DEMAND AN APOLOGY Reply

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Bryanw55
Jul 28, 09 6:56 PM CDT

I should have calibrated the fondue differently:>)

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Fondue
Jul 28, 09 7:00 PM CDT

lol

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doingtherightthing
Jul 28, 09 7:37 PM CDT

wow the leftwingnut trolls are out in force today........name calling apologies demanded and morphing themselves into asps that crawl along the ground hissing at anything that is to the right.........Beck your ok.......so are you Jayster keep up the good fight........ Reply

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Fondue
Jul 28, 09 8:25 PM CDT

wow the reichwingnut sacks are out in force tonight.....name calling apologies demanded and morphing themselves into asps that crawl along the ground hissing at anything that is to the left....Beck you are Obama's Kitty....so are you Jayster the JayMan Jay Diggity the JayMeister keep up the good blight.....

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Doctor_Zaius
Jul 28, 09 10:03 PM CDT

Who you calling troll, troll. Do you kiss "your" mom with that mouth when you go back to visit her under the bridge? (Quotation marks for humor, bet he doesn't get it. )

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ronnie1060
Jul 28, 09 7:55 PM CDT

Jayster 999 - there is no "white culture" each group has their own separate and individual culture - your ancestral origin of country - in other words the country your family came from - Scotland, Ireland, France, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Africa, Saudi Arabia etc. I understand in the United States you often refuse to admit a country of origin - but the only real Americans are the First Nations..they have history on their side. Reply

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kokuaguy
Jul 29, 09 1:34 PM CDT

What follows are merely off the top of the head, early morning musings/ruminations. If you disagree, please don't attack-- just point out where the fallacies are. ;^) I suppose it could be said that in certain Appalachian localities and Montana Aryan Nation enclaves a "white culture" may exist that could be differentiated and studied. Of course there are countless studies of 20th Century American culture, to which all the various demographic groups have contributed, African Americans as significantly as any other if not more so. And truly in America there is an African-American (black?) cultural milieu in a sense that there could never be something called "white culture". Paradoxically, perhaps, and for better or worse, black culture in America is defined largely by the fact that it is "not white."

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 8:36 PM CDT

May I just say that Jayster999 is without a doubt my least favorite of the Adolphs-come-lately. Reply

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 10:19 PM CDT

well you are by far my favorite racist, chip on your shoulder the world owes you something leftwing nut.

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tiredofthisnonsense
Jul 29, 09 1:47 AM CDT

Two words godawgs..... New Jersey.

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anchower
Jul 29, 09 3:02 AM CDT

Two words, totn: Fuck off.

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doingtherightthing
Jul 28, 09 8:40 PM CDT

if you know anything about native indian culture you wouldn't make that statement "they own this land".........they viewed the land as belonging to nobody, however, they did view territory as there right to hunt, fish and bury there own.....so, get your facts straight. The inians thought they cheated the white man in taking there $26 worth of beads and blankets to buy Manhatten........the indians were nomads..... Reply

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 9:42 PM CDT

Not all "inians" believed or believe the same things. Unlike you reactionaries, they were and are not a homogeneous group with orthodox beliefs. The Cherokee, for example, owned their land in common, and could not legally alienate any of it without the consent of all Cherokee. Furthermore, they, and many other tribes, were farmers, not "nomads." And whether they had such a concept as "ownership of land," this land was and is theirs--else why would the British and the Americans have recognized it as such in so many (broken) treaties and contracts, and why would the natives have fought so valiantly for it? So you, my terribly undereducated friend, remain an illegal alien. And you are the one who needs to "get [his] facts straight." As Alexander Pope said, "A little learning is a dangerous thing." To which I would add: Especially if it's rightthing's.

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godawgs
Jul 28, 09 10:19 PM CDT

@anchower depends on what region of the country you are talking about. the plains Indians were more nomads, with less permanent structures. so i guess technically you would both be right but since you such a dick at the end of your post why don't you try and do a little research yourself.

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anchower
Jul 28, 09 10:40 PM CDT

Did I say that all Indians were farmers? No. Did rightthing say that all Indians were nomads? Yes. Can you speak or understand English? No. Did you just yet again make a total ass of yourself? Yes.

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daveand42
Jul 28, 09 9:41 PM CDT

Much of the "conservative" discourse here seems to rest on fallacy, such as Argumentum ad populum. Typical, pathetic, and erroneous. I'm just sayin... Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Jul 28, 09 10:01 PM CDT

Without fallacy they'd have no arguments at all.

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jemikeos
Jul 28, 09 11:06 PM CDT

Beck is a moron. Any Intelligent conservative knows that as well. Reply

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kokuaguy
Jul 29, 09 1:50 PM CDT

Good Heavens !!! The legendary jemikeos comes down from the mountain top to join the lowly newser posters who make "newser points" (no one knows why) the old fashioned way-- by using the website to "read less, know more." I guess we have Beck to thank.

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SilenceDogood
Jul 29, 09 4:52 AM CDT

I would agree that Obama is a closet racist Reply

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ruserious
Jul 29, 09 1:24 PM CDT

If it is closeted, how are you aware of it? Do you know him personally?

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kokuaguy
Jul 29, 09 2:14 PM CDT

Silence, please provide one scintilla (no thesaurus needed, dawg) of evidence for your claim. I challenge you to come up with even one act or statement supporting your belief. It's difficult for those who have no experience with a multi-racial, multi-cultural society like Hawai`i to conceive of being devoid of "racism." It all goes back to the concept immortalized in Rogers & Hammerstein's show tune from South Pacific, "You've Got to be Carefully Taught." Little Barry's adoring mother and grandparents were white, and every day of his life he interacted with folks from every known demographic, so what on earth could have given rise to a belief in Obama that "one race is superior (inferior) to another." I on the other hand grew up in a household and society typified by racist ideas. At Christmas time, the largest and hardest nuts in the bowl were identified with the "N" word. My beloved uncle shocked my 8th grade sensibilities on November 23, 1963 when he said "JFK deserved what he got for pushing that civil rights crap." At Colorado State University I was informed by a dorm mate on April 4th, 1968 that he was going out to celebrate the fact that "they finally got that fucking Martin Luther Koon." My rejection of such words and ideas is a partial explanation for my decision to move to Hawaii 40 years ago. Do prejudices abound here? Of course. That's human nature. But it is unacceptable even behind closed doors in the vast majority of places, to espouse the kinds of hateful philosophy you accuse the President of secretly holding.

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PrestoEnigma
Jul 29, 09 5:06 AM CDT

Funny how if you replace "Obama" with "myself" everytime he says it, it makes a lot more sense. Reply

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tinsguy
Jul 29, 09 5:10 AM CDT

he's an attention wh#%e, that's all. Reply

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cumbucodon
Jul 29, 09 5:49 AM CDT

He is 1/2 white and 1/2 black and Beck calls him a racist. 1 + 1 = 3 ?? Reply

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Unaffiliated
Jul 29, 09 11:21 AM CDT

For large values of 1.

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ruserious
Jul 29, 09 8:50 AM CDT

This is pretty much a non-comment. I swear I could be a conservative radio puppet--just say a bunch of asinine things that aren't relevant to anything. Wait, maybe Palin does have a chance!! Reply

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kokuaguy
Jul 29, 09 2:16 PM CDT

Unfortunately, you are probably correct, RU.

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BlueAyez
Jul 29, 09 8:59 AM CDT

Beck would rather side with the white supremacist Nazi loving GOP. Reply

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cornelison
Jul 29, 09 10:16 AM CDT

I tune in for 5 minutes each day to see what this dunderhead is up to. Did he & Rush go to the same school? Reply

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slmetcalf
Jul 29, 09 10:17 AM CDT

I'm not surprised in the least that Obama is called a racist. Especially by a self-loathing, bloated, jealous, scared-to-death white male conservative. Gee--I hope I didn't leave anything out! Reply

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Forderon
Jul 29, 09 10:21 AM CDT

You know what's funny, everyone seems to have forgotten that Obama is HALF WHITE! This little fact just makes Beck look even dumber, if that's possible. Reply

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cornelison
Jul 29, 09 10:21 AM CDT

Has anyone done a survey on how many of us get our news from the internet? It might be higher than all of cable news. Reply

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kokuaguy
Jul 29, 09 2:18 PM CDT

Great point, cornie. Please help us with this, newser editors.

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Smartalec
Jul 29, 09 4:51 PM CDT

This guy obviously does not think before he opens his mouth. To contradict himself like that in 30 seconds he can't have a brain. The only reason I would watch him is to see what an idiot looks like. Obama may have a black dad but the boy is barely brown! Judge him on the decisions he makes, not because he's not a pure bred white! Reply

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dontlikeyou
Jul 29, 09 5:42 PM CDT

Obama attended a church whose pastor believed in "Black Liberation" theology. IN other words, white people are all going to hell and only people of color will be saved. Yep, I'd say Obama is definitely a racist. Reply

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lindamae
Jul 29, 09 11:22 PM CDT

A big round of applause to Beck! I've noticed is name being repeated very often as "going over the edge." This is wonderful. Anyone who knows Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals knows that this is Rule #5: Ridicule the speaker in order to neutralize the message. Hence we learn about Beck's "theatrics" rather than what he is saying. That is because what he is saying makes sense, is true and cannot be countered by facts so his appearance, tone of voice, actions, etc. must be attacked in order to neutralize the truth of his message. Well done, Glen. It won't make you happy to hear all of the crazies attack you but at least you should know that there are millions of us who agree with you and support you. Look at the numbers of viewers for your show, for Fox, and compare them to the other networks. The "newsmen" on the main stream networks are a joke. I see Katie looking adoringly into Obama's eyes and I see Monica Lewinsky gazing into Bill's eyes at a press conference. How little did we know then. I am not stating that those women who look at Obama like he was Mr. Studly are actively having an affair with him. I'm sure that they are just "lusting" after him in their heart. But, then, the men who interview Obama have the same glazed look. Williams was ridiculous. So was Lauer. And the View. Oprah? I am sure that they can rise above their adoration and report the facts without bias. Oh, yeah! Reply

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Unaffiliated
Jul 30, 09 1:40 PM CDT

Linda, I don't understand. A fact is defined as something that is true or false. Beck was stating an opinion (quite an outlandish one that I staunchly disagree with), which cannot be shown to be true or false. As for Rule #5, that's EXACTLY what Beck is doing here. He doesn't agree with Obama, so he calls him a racist, hoping to discredit him and suddenly the country will want to shift to more Republican policies. Fat chance. My biggest gripe about the Republican party (which I used to support) is that they keep moving to the right, farther from the views of the majority of Americans. Obama has moved to the center during his campaign and presidency, much to the dismay of the far left, but much to my approval.

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riffran
Jul 30, 09 5:15 AM CDT

report without bias...yeah good luck on that one Reply

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