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40 Ounces And A Tool: Fox’s Eric Bolling Says President Obama Hosting ‘Hoods’ At The ‘Hizzouse’

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by Tommy Christopher | 2:40 pm, June 12th, 2011

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Fox Business’ Eric Bolling stirred controversy awhile back when he converted the pint that President Obama shared on a trip to Ireland into a bigger-and-deffer 40 oz, and this past Friday, he rolled out some more hip-hop parlance, accusing Obama of hosting “hoodlums” in the “hizzouse,” and later, referring to The White House as”the big crib.”

Just as with his “forties” comment, Bolling’s latest outburst has spurred accusations of racism, with The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg calling it “Open, and Revolting, Anti-Obama Racism.” Maybe Bolling is just the world’s biggest Snoop Dogg fan?

The segment in question refers to a meeting the President had with Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba in the Oval Office on Thursday. The substance of Bolling’s “criticism” is almost beside the point, as his own panelists pretty much demolish the notion that only saints should visit the White House: (from Fox Business Network)

Bolling’s defense of the 40 oz. remark involved the fact that white people (himself included) drink “forties,” and perhaps his defense, in this case, will also involve white co-opting of black culture. Surely Bolling is free to explore his love of hip-hop by using terms, like “hizzouse” and “crib,” that have been popularized by the form.

However, it is curious how the Holy Hip-Hop Ghost only seems to possess Bolling when he’s talking about our first blizzack Prizzezzident, Barizzle Obizzle, and how this obvious student of the sweet science of dropping science thinks that Common is a “hood.”

Either way, it’s a free country. Bolling can kick some slang out, and others can call him out for trying to marginalize the President as a ghetto stereotype. Bolling would have more of a leg to stand on if his charge had any merit. As The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out, the Gabonese President is also the current President of the UN Security Council, and according to The White House, there were no S’mores served at the meeting, but rather, a helping of acknowledgement that Gabon’s President is, indeed, not a saint: (via email from The White House)

President Obama and President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon met today and discussed a wide range of multilateral and regional issues, including security, environmental protection and the economy. The Presidents discussed Gabon’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council, including its chairing of an important session on HIV/AIDS. President Obama recognized Gabon’s leadership on Libya, Sudan, Cote d’Ivoire and other issues. The leaders exchanged views on Libya, reaffirmed their support for U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, and their shared desire that a democratic transition in Libya should begin for the Libyan people. President Obama urged President Bongo Ondimba to take bold steps to root out corruption and to reform the judiciary and other key institutions to ensure the protection of human rights, and he welcomed the reforms that Gabon has taken under President Bongo Ondimba to bring more transparency and accountability to government. Both leaders agreed to continue to work together to promote peace and security, as well as advance good governance in Gabon.

There is legitimate criticism to be made here, such as the fact that the press were only permitted to take still photos, but it takes a special kind of contempt to characterize an Oval Office meeting with a UN official as “entertaining,” or to equate it with a poetry reading by a “very positive” rapper like Common.

Goldberg also points out that Ali Bongo’s predecessor and father, the late Omar Bongo, also visited The White House, and met with then-President Ronald Reagan in – GASP! – the Oval Office, and the two even had lunch together in the Residence! It’s unkown, though, whether S’mores and “forties” were served. Maybe Bolling can get on the case.

(h/t MMFA)

Ali Bongo Ondimba, barack obama, Common, Eric Bolling, hizzouse, Jeffrey Goldberg, Omar Bongo, President Obama, The Atlantic

cjd ohio 1

media matters left overs again
OxyCon

You’re slipping Tommy! Bolling obviously used the racist term “basketball” and you took a pass on calling him a racist.
aamom

Eric Bolling is trying out for Glenn Beck’s job. Should be very entertaining to watch an outright racist spouse filth and hate for the next 18 months. N word coming soon to FBN!
Bennybombom

aamom said:
Eric Bolling is trying out for Glenn Beck’s job. Should be very entertaining to watch an outright racist spouse filth and hate for the next 18 months. N word coming soon to FBN!

Agreed.
Big Eddie

Obama has hosted Internet predator Anthony Weiner , Cop Killa fans Common and Van Jones , union thugs Trumka and Stern , the Salahis , Fareed Zakaria , the whole MSNBC lineup and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson !
Glackin

OxyCon said:

And, of course you can source that.
What it has to do with Bolling disrespecting the Office and Residence of the President is another story.
Do you contend this was the first instance of a President using obscenities in the WH?
You should listen to the tapes of RMN and LBJ. Unless you are under 18 in age as well.
patricia5

aamom said:
Eric Bolling is trying out for Glenn Beck’s job. Should be very entertaining to watch an outright racist spouse filth and hate for the next 18 months. N word coming soon to FBN!

Sounds like more progressive socialist propaganda. When everything else fails, and fails miserably, pull the race card. Can’t you come up with something a bit more original?? This race thing is getting old and boring.
Nacho

cjd ohio 1 said:
media matters left overs again

deflecting
Nacho

OxyCon said:
You’re slipping Tommy! Bolling obviously used the racist term “basketball” and you took a pass on calling him a racist.

Another Con trying to defend Bolling because he hates Obama also.
Nacho

Big Eddie said:
Obama has hosted Internet predator Anthony Weiner , Cop Killa fans Common and Van Jones , union thugs Trumka and Stern , the Salahis , Fareed Zakaria , the whole MSNBC lineup and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson !

WEINER!
http://constitutionallibertarian.co.cc DavidKramer

The ol race card. I call for a new deck, someone keeps dealing from the bottom also!

By the way, did you know now that the Democrat translation for European socialist is NOW-black person.

Chrissy Mathews brought that one out.

Hey commies……….erm I mean Dems, can you give us the Democrat translation dictionary? I mean it is hard to speak without knowing the Democrat translation.

Ooops, is Democrat translation another CODE WORD for racism?

Can’t we all just get along and have a beer? I call dibs on the Lincoln Bedroom!
OxyCon

Glackin said:
And, of course you can source that.
What it has to do with Bolling disrespecting the Office and Residence of the President is another story.
Do you contend this was the first instance of a President using obscenities in the WH?
You should listen to the tapes of RMN and LBJ. Unless you are under 18 in age as well.

Well, Tommy or Ms. Manning took down what you’re referencing, but since you obviously need an explanation and weren’t able to draw a parallel, it’s quite simple, Obama treated our ally Netanyahu like crap and looked like he wanted to inflict bodily harm on him during his Oval Office visit…now go take a look at how Obama treated the African dictator in the Oval Office. They looked like two Homies (Whoops! Racist term! My Bad!)
cjd ohio 1

Nacho said:
deflecting

lol, its cited at the end of the article, every attack on president obama is racist
Bennybombom

Rivermont said:
OBL was our friend? Huh? The US never funded UBL in Afghanistan when they were fighting the Soviet Union, as a matter of fact , UBL had only about 200 fighters out of the total 75,000 who where fighting the Soviet Union. OBL was completely insignificant in that war.

OBL was more than our friend.
He was a CIA operative.
Way to miss the point completely….again.
Nacho

cjd ohio 1 said:
lol, its cited at the end of the article, every attack on president obama is racist

you mean anti-american
Bennybombom

OxyCon said:
Well, Tommy or Ms. Manning took down what you’re referencing, but since you obviously need an explanation and weren’t able to draw a parallel, it’s quite simple, Obama treated our ally Netanyahu like crap and looked like he wanted to inflict bodily harm on him during his Oval Office visit…now go take a look at how Obama treated the African dictator in the Oval Office. They looked like two Homies (Whoops! Racist term! My Bad!)

Wow.
Don’t let reality get in the way dude…you’re doing fine.
cjd ohio 1

Nacho said:
you mean anti-american

no, racist, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are a racist
Nacho

no, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are anti-american
cjd ohio 1

Nacho said:
no, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are anti-american

ok racist and anti-american
cjd ohio 1

cjd ohio 1 said:
lol, its cited at the end of the article, every attack on president obama is racist

cjd ohio 1 said:
no, racist, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are a racist

Nacho said:
no, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are anti-american

praise be president obama
Pablo

aamom said:
Should be very entertaining to watch an outright racist spouse filth and hate for the next 18 months.

Is Michelle about to be available for marrying?
SteveMG

This is disgusting and appalling and Mr. Bolling needs to be out of a job. I don’t know whether it’s more juvenile or more ugly. Talk about stereotyping human beings.

At the very least, he needs to be suspended for a month without pay. If I ran the place he’d be gone.

Liberals throw the “racist” charge around too cavalierly especially when it comes to criticism of the President. But in this case they are right.

Mr. Bolling should be ashamed of himself.
Nacho

cjd ohio 1 said:
praise be president obama

love it or leave it lol
Bennybombom

SteveMG said:
This is disgusting and appalling and Mr. Bolling needs to be out of a job. I don’t know whether it’s more juvenile or more ugly. Talk about stereotyping human beings.

At the very least, he needs to be suspended for a month without pay. If I ran the place he’d be gone.

Liberals throw the “racist” charge around too cavalierly especially when it comes to criticism of the President. But in this case they are right.

Mr. Bolling should be ashamed of himself.

Yup.
Sanders Youth

Obama sucks but what this guy said was racist as hell.
OxyCon

this past Friday, he rolled out some more hip-hop parlance, accusing Obama of hosting “hoodlums” in the “hizzouse,” and later, referring to The White House as”the big crib.”

Jay-Z and his posse in the White House Situation room.

Obama and Ludicris inside the White House.

Here’s a charming little ditty by Ludicris called “Obama is here”. Enjoy! Real nice lyrics.

Another fun song called “My Presidint iz Black” by Young Jeezy.
Pablo

Nacho said:
no, if you are against any of the presidents policies you are anti-american

You lie, racist.
Glackin

OxyCon said:
Well, Tommy or Ms. Manning took down what you’re referencing, but since you obviously need an explanation and weren’t able to draw a parallel, it’s quite simple, Obama treated our ally Netanyahu like crap and looked like he wanted to inflict bodily harm on him during his Oval Office visit…now go take a look at how Obama treated the African dictator in the Oval Office. They looked like two Homies (Whoops! Racist term! My Bad!)

You mean you had no source beyond your own hatred for Obama. Do you enjoy being dissed in public?
Obama didn’t say anything in public. Only in your mind is there a record of what he said in private.
That makes you a fabulist. Look it up.
Nacho

Pablo said:
You lie, racist.

So you picked up on me mocking cjd, well done.
http://www.storminsmorningjava.blogspot.com/ stormin1961

if he only had used it while performing a rap this wouldn’t be a big deal at all to Tommy.
Bennybombom

OxyCon said:
Jay-Z and his posse in the White House Situation room.

Obama and Ludicris inside the White House.

Here’s a charming little ditty by Ludicris called “Obama is here”. Enjoy! Real nice lyrics.

Another fun song called “My Presidint iz Black” by Young Jeezy.

What’s your point?
Got a problem with the first black President of the United States in history having black people in the White House?
What’s bothering you most?
That they are black or that they are rappers?
Seriously what’s your point dude cause you seem bothered by this.
Obama is a gangbanger cause he let rappers in the White House?
So the President should only let white people in there?
WTF is wrong with you dude?
OxyCon

Glackin said:
You mean you had no source beyond your own hatred for Obama. Do you enjoy being dissed in public?
Obama didn’t say anything in public. Only in your mind is there a record of what he said in private.
That makes you a fabulist. Look it up.

I posted a link to what has since been taken down. In case you aren’t yet aware of it, darker text is a hyperlink which has been embedded in the text.

But here you go (click here!). Hopefully Mediaite will let it stay this time around this time.
SteveMG

Rivermont said:
Why didn’t they throw it around here: “A few years ago, he (Obama) would be serving us coffee.” — Bill Clinton Jamie Foxx Mocks Obama’s Dance Moves at White House: ‘That Definitely Was Not the Black Side in You!’ ” He (Obama) doesn’t sound like a Negro unless he wants to.” Senator Harry Reid “He ( Obama) couldn’t sell watermelons to….” Dan Rather “See, Barack’s been talking down to black people … I want to cut his nuts off.” Jesse Jackson Bill Maher on how he expected BHO to act with BP: “I was expecting a “real black president”– you know, the kind that “lifts up his shirt so they can see the gun in his pants.” “We’ve got a ‘mother@!#$%ing problem here?” Shoot somebody in the foot.” “Isn’t Obama’s big problem is that he does everything half-assed? Maybe it’s because he’s only half black.”

I’m not sure how citing those comments somehow defends or excuses Bolling’s comments.

The topic is Eric Bolling’s appalling racial stereotyping. It’s not other comments made by others.

All of those comments are terrible to various degrees. Does that somehow mean Bolling’s comments are okay?
OxyCon

Bennybombom said:
What’s your point?
Got a problem with the first black President of the United States in history having black people in the White House?
What’s bothering you most?
That they are black or that they are rappers?
Seriously what’s your point dude cause you seem bothered by this.
Obama is a gangbanger cause he let rappers in the White House?
So the President should only let white people in there?
WTF is wrong with you dude?

Go back up and look at the quote I was responding to. That should give you a clue.
SteveMG

Rivermont said:
No, no, no! What about Vitter, Sanford, etc! LMAO

What do you think about Bolling’s comments?

That’s the discussion.
OxyCon

Bennybombom said:
Obama is a gangbanger cause he let rappers in the White House?

I hope you’re a Black person, because if you’re White, you’re not allowed to use hip-hop lingo when referencing the President.
Tommy’s rules!
Glackin

OxyCon said:
I posted a link to what has since been taken down. In case you aren’t yet aware of it, darker text is a hyperlink which has been embedded in the text.

But here you go (click here!). Hopefully Mediaite will let it stay this time around this time.

I went “there”. There is no “there” there. Some anonymouse calling itself “Ulsterman” reported what he was told by an unnamed source about what occurred some time before and was overheard. Nice try.
That doesn’t pass the laugh test.
cjd ohio 1

Bennybombom said:
Huhuh…I made a mistake thinking he was bringing the kenyan BS and then apologizedYou conveniently .skipped the part where I said I got burned. Got a problem with me not liking racism Grandpa?Or do you just like to bust people’s balls and stay away from topic?

its true, you did own up, seriously
SteveMG

“What did he say that was so bad?”

He engaged in racial stereotyping. He used ugly caricatures about human beings and, in doing so, denied them their humanity. Black people are not all the same. They are all unique individuals and people.

He called the White House “Hizzhouse” and argued that the President only invited the President of Gabon because he, the President, was black.

The President of the United States meets with the leaders of other countries all the time. The race of the Gabonese President had nothing to do with it.

Substitute any other race or ethnicity for “black” and see if you think it’s okay. For example, substitute “Jewish” for black and see how it sounds.

This is disgraceful on his part. You cannot stereotype or caricature an entire race or group of people. They’re human beings and not props.
mike1212

I am a hardened conservative and I think that Bolling is a joke and a Beck wannabe. The only way he gets press is if media matters or mediaite report on his stories. He is supposed to follow the money, yet he rarely does that. He just rehashes stories that O’Reilly, Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity have already done. He never exposes any corruption on Wall Street and as a matter of fact he has a lot of crooks as guests. His pathetic attempt at being dramatic while doing the intro to his show by using his deeper and scarier voice is just embarrassing and chill-inducing. He is a joke and is a blemish on Fox’s winning record. I don’t like seeing people getting fired for things they say, but this guy is clearly just jockeying for Beck’s position instead of actually doing hard news and he needs to go. Beck will be gone, but MMFA will still have something to talk about as long as this guys around.
RyGuy

Black people stereotype themselves more than white people stereotype black people…

Black people refer to each other as ‘brothas’ like ALLLLL black people are the same.
Black people use slang, like izzle and dawg and ‘fa sho’ in their everyday vernacular / rap music

And when white people comment on it, it’s raaaaacist. Oh Ok.
SteveMG

Huh? When did that happen?

Bolling: “So what’s with all the hoods in the Hizzy.”

You think that’s not stereotyping people? You think he not saying that the President likes to invite “hoods”?

And what does he mean by “hoods” when the tape shows black people in the background when he’s using the phrase?

Why the need to use racial language here? If he wants to make a point that the White House shouldn’t be inviting these people he can make it without using the racial language and wording.

The race of the people is a non-issue. The character of the people is.

So raise their character and leave the race language out of it.
SteveMG

Black people refer to each other as ‘brothas’ like ALLLLL black people are the same.

No, some – perhaps many – young black people use that language.

I’ve never seen a black man or woman over the age of around 40 talk like that.

Never.

You’re characterizing and describing the behavior of an entire race of people based of the acts of a sub-set of that group.
OxyCon

Bennybombom said:
Oh I read what you were responding to…and all you did was try to prove Bolling was right by giving examples of black people and rappers in the WH, and rappers singing about the black President.
So I guess you agree with Bolling then huh.
Can’t have rappers in the White House,and black people writing songs about the first black President is bad huh…and Obama is a gangbanger by association…..So Common is a thug then I guess?
That was your point dude.
And your point sucks.
Ok.

I didn’t try to prove Bolling right. Just raising a counter point to Tommy who said this:

accusing Obama of hosting “hoodlums” in the “hizzouse,” and later, referring to The White House as”the big crib.”

To which I posted links to actual “hoodlums” in the White House and rap songs which relate the White House to some sort of “crib”, calling it the “Black House”.

One thing you have to understand about Tommy is he just can’t help himself when it comes to any conservative remotely referencing race concerning Obama. Tommy behaves as if he’s the Race Police, Deputy Arbiter of what’s Racist, concerning conservatives. He always posts this kind of garbage here and it always gets minorities all stirred up and creates alot of racial tension. Everyone who has commented here for the past 6 months can attest to that.

Here’s a thought experiment. Imagine Bill Maher, Stephanie Miller, Joy Behar or some other failed leftist comedian saying the same things Bolling said. What reaction, if any would there be? Would Tommy even mention it?
Cecelia

I think they were jiving (Can I say that word?) Dr. Hill, who is a brilliant and affable guy, who appears as an expert on all things hip-hop, and is on CNBC quite often.

To his credit Dr. Hill came back with “should Pres. Obmama have given him [President Ali Bongo Ondimba] a “nuggie” and later saying that the presidents had eaten smores.

Color Eric Bolling sarcastic, ironic, fearless, skewing of false social/political constructs, reckless, and GONE…
OxyCon

Glackin said:
I went “there”. There is no “there” there. Some anonymouse calling itself “Ulsterman” reported what he was told by an unnamed source about what occurred some time before and was overheard. Nice try.
That doesn’t pass the laugh test.

Well now you know all about it and where it came from. You’re welcome. And like the Weiner story, we shall see if this story pans out. It’s too big of an issue to not get noticed by bigger media outlets. I’m sure Tommy is all over it right now, as a matter of fact, since he is Mediaite’s White house Correspondent, after all. It would be a pretty big scoop for him, no?
SteveMG

Rivermont said:
Show that he said the guy was asked there because he was black.
I’ll wait.

Bolling sees the President of Gabon invited to the White House and immediately connects that to the rapper Common being invited.

Why did he make that connection? What similarity is there between those two people?

Do you need a hint?

Bolling used the words “hoods” in “hizzhouse”. And in the background as the words were used were clips of Common and the President of Gabon.

So, what “hood” do you think Bolling was referring to?

The expressions “hizzhouse” and “hoods” are slang words used in parts of the black community.

Do you think Bolling was referring to Netayanhu?
RyGuy

SteveMG said:
Black people refer to each other as ‘brothas’ like ALLLLL black people are the same.

No, some – perhaps many – young black people use that language.

I’ve never seen a black man or woman over the age of around 40 talk like that.

Never.

You’re characterizing and describing the behavior of an entire race of people based of the acts of a sub-set of that group.

That’s because ‘Gangsta Rap’ wasn’t around 30 years ago. Blacks these days are distancing themselves from mainstream American values because they feel their culture and race is different then everyone else. News Flash: We are all humans, we are all the same.

I’ll be blunt and say that many of the problems facing a lot of black inner cities are because of Black Culture. Drug use, misogyny, and violence is ‘normal’ in the gangsta black culture these days that many inner city youth identify with.
mike1212

RyGuy said:
Black people stereotype themselves more than white people stereotype black people…

Black people refer to each other as ‘brothas’ like ALLLLL black people are the same.
Black people use slang, like izzle and dawg and ‘fa sho’ in their everyday vernacular / rap music

And when white people comment on it, it’s raaaaacist. Oh Ok.

I do agree with you and am sick of people being SO sensitive to words. I am not arguing that Bolling is an idiot because he is racist, because I don’t think he is. I just think that he is a clown and his type of attitude belongs on MSNBC not on Fox.
Rivermont

SteveMG said:
SteveMG says:
June 12, 2011 at 4:33 pm SteveMG(Quote)
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For the finally time, since you have not answered it yet,show me where he “argued that the President only invited the President of Gabon because he, the President, was black. .”
Glackin

OxyCon said:
I didn’t try to prove Bolling right. Just raising a counter point to Tommy who said this:

To which I posted links to actual “hoodlums” in the White House and rap songs which relate the White House to some sort of “crib”, calling it the “Black House”.

One thing you have to understand about Tommy is he just can’t help himself when it comes to any conservative remotely referencing race concerning Obama. Tommy behaves as if he’s the Race Police, Deputy Arbiter of what’s Racist, concerning conservatives. He always posts this kind of garbage here and it always gets minorities all stirred up and creates alot of racial tension.

Verry Interesting! I missed your list of “hoodlums”, though. Name and crimes would suffice, but if you have dates of conviction it would help. How did you get from “Black House” to “crib”?
Oxy, odds are you aren’t black, or part of any other minority. What is conservative about racism? I don’t think anything is. I don’t believe conservatives are de facto racists. But I do believe racists have adopted many of the conservative mantras.
“2nd Amendment Solutions” feeds into White Supremicists, the Aryan Nation, and the believers in the black helicopters.
Sam M.

Of course it’s racism which makes this idiot the front-runner to replace the Rodeo Clown. Seamless racism.
RyGuy

I despise when people say “The USA is such a RAAAACIST Nation” because of moments like this.

I’d like to quote from Larry Elder (A great American (Black, by the way) who in his book “What’s Race Got To Do With It?” says ‘someone calling me the N word has never stopped me from getting a job’

Liberals WANT, desperately WANT, there to be racism is in this country. If the biggest outcry of racism they can come up with is Trump saying “Obama’s on the Basketball Court” or Bolling saying “Hoods in the Hizzouse”, I’d say WHO GIVES A FLYING %&#^. We used to have 20 million KKK members and lynchings at one point in US history. Then we were racist, yes. Now our country is not racist. We are the most tolerant we have ever been.

Examples:

To say that America is such an evil racist country because someone compares black people to basketball and says hizzhouse is a bunch of hooey. Last time I checked, anyone of any race can get any job (CEO of Sprint = black), run for office (OBAMA), or become famous millionaires (Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Will Smith, Halle Berry)
I hate political correctness if you can’t already tell.
Glackin

RyGuy said:
That’s because ‘Gangsta Rap’ wasn’t around 30 years ago. Blacks these days are distancing themselves from mainstream American values because they feel their culture and race is different then everyone else. News Flash: We are all humans, we are all the same.

I’ll be blunt and say that many of the problems facing a lot of black inner cities are because of Black Culture. Drug use, misogyny, and violence is ‘normal’ in the gangsta black culture these days that many inner city youth identify with.

You mean like alcoholism and incest is “normal” in Texas and Appalachia, among white folk?
And raping black girls and wearing sheets and burning crosses is “normal” in the South?
Be more careful with your generalizations, they might reach you.
Nacho

RyGuy said:
I despise

…Americans.

This “Liberals WANT” bullshit is just that, bullshit.
ProObamaAgenda

lol @ you wingnuts constantly thinking of new ways to defend your racism….youre really starting to sound repeditive and more stupid than ever….just admit it and move on….REPEAT AFTER ME….IM A RACIST SON OF A BITCH AND I CANT HELP MYELF, I WAS BORN THIS WAY….see that was easy…..RIGHT WINGNUTS?????….You freaks just cant help yourselves…racism has been alive and well in this country ever since the first one of you dumbasses got kicked off the Mayflower…but I suppose id be worried too if I were you…the country is getting browner and browner by the minute and it wont be long b4 you a-holes will be just a figment of americas dark and storied past
Glackin

RyGuy said:
I despise when people say “The USA is such a RAAAACIST Nation” because of moments like this.

I’d like to quote from Larry Elder (A great American (Black, by the way) who in his book “What’s Race Got To Do With It?” says ’someone calling me the N word has never stopped me from getting a job’

Liberals WANT, desperately WANT, there to be racism is in this country. If the biggest outcry of racism they can come up with is Trump saying “Obama’s on the Basketball Court” or Bolling saying “Hoods in the Hizzouse”, I’d say WHO GIVES A FLYING %&#^. We used to have 20 million KKK members and lynchings at one point in US history. Then we were racist, yes. Now our country is not racist. We are the most tolerant we have ever been.
I hate political correctness if you can’t already tell.

How long ago was a man dragged to death behind a pick-up in Texas?
What is an acceptable number of swastikas painted, crosses burnt, “sp#c go home” signs per year?
You are right, most people don’t mock millionaires.
Unless they are saying they only got there because of their color.
And that.s racist.
SteveMG

Rivermont said:
For the finally time, since you have not answered it yet,show me where he “argued that the President only invited the President of Gabon because he, the President, was black. .”

For the fourth time, if you’re incapable of seeing that clip and listening to Bolling talk about the President inviting “hoods” into “hizzhouse” then there’s nothing further I can say to explain it to you.

“Hoods” is clearly a reference to the black people – Common and the Gabonese President – that the President – Obama – is welcoming to “hizzhouse” the White House. The President, a black man, is inviting “hoods” into “hizzhouse”. That is clear racial wording and stereotyping. Obama is inviting black people into his black residence.

If you can’t see the explicit and open racial wording and stereotyping in those comments then there’s nothing more I can say.

No reasonable person could conclude that Bolling would have used those words and those references if the people involved were anything other than black.
SteveMG

Does anyone here believe that Eric Bolling would have used those words and that imagery if the people involved were not black?

If you can’t see the clear and explicit appeals to race and use of racial caricatures and Bolling’s view that the President is inviting these “hoods” simply because they’re black – why would he invite them otherwise? – then I suggest you need to do a little more reading and thinking.
OxyCon

Glackin said:
Verry Interesting! I missed your list of “hoodlums”, though. Name and crimes would suffice, but if you have dates of conviction it would help. How did you get from “Black House” to “crib”?
Oxy, odds are you aren’t black, or part of any other minority.

Here you go Glackin:

http://tinyurl.com/6f4wsgp

And my Great Granny came from India, so of course I’m deeply offended by Joe Biden’s Dunkin Donuts jokes.
RyGuy

Glackin said:
You mean like alcoholism and incest is “normal” in Texas and Appalachia, among white folk?
And raping black girls and wearing sheets and burning crosses is “normal” in the South?
Be more careful with your generalizations, they might reach you.

Well, incest is a personal choice (albeit a disgusting one in my opinion), but is it destroying communities left and right? I don’t think so.

Is drug use destroying communities? Yes. Is Gang Violence destroying communities? Yes. Are songs glorifying ‘pimps slappin their hos and B&^%$*@’ demeaning to women’s rights? Yes.

You deflect any viable criticism of inner-city black culture because you are a ‘tolerant’ liberal blinded by political correctness. These problems will never be solved until we admit the real problem: A LACK OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. No amount of $$$ being pumped into the inner cities will solve the problem of drug addiction and gang violence. Personal responsibility and positive values (rather than ‘cop killing, pimps and ho’s’ gangsta rap) will solve the problems in the inner city.

That’s why I’m a Republican, because I advocate PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PERSONAL MORAL VALUES rather than government mandates and money that can’t be accounted for.
OxyCon

OxyCon said:
Here you go Glackin:

http://tinyurl.com/6f4wsgp

And my Great Granny came from India, so of course I’m deeply offended by Joe Biden’s Dunkin Donuts jokes.

Oops, try this one instead:

http://tinyurl.com/6cy5wlh
Colorado_Conservative

One thing Obama has managed to accomplished is to obliterate all racial progress that has been painstakingly gained in this Country since slavery was abolished.
Then again that is part of the grand scheme of destroying this Country he and his highly held mentors despise so much.
OxyCon

ProObamaAgenda said:
lol @ you wingnuts constantly thinking of new ways to defend your racism….youre really starting to sound repeditive and more stupid than ever….just admit it and move on….REPEAT AFTER ME….IM A RACIST SON OF A BITCH AND I CANT HELP MYELF, I WAS BORN THIS WAY….see that was easy…..RIGHT WINGNUTS?????….You freaks just cant help yourselves…racism has been alive and well in this country ever since the first one of you dumbasses got kicked off the Mayflower…but I suppose id be worried too if I were you…the country is getting browner and browner by the minute and it wont be long b4 you a-holes will be just a figment of americas dark and storied past

Are you happy Tommy Christopher? You got just the reaction you were looking for. SSDD
TfT

I’m just getting so sick of the race card; put the deck away.
OxyCon

It sure is a good thing Obama wasn’t President back when the movie “Airplane” was made, or we’d be reading how racist that movie was.
OxyCon

Who knew William Shatner was such a racist Teabagger! Shame on him for talkin’ all that jive before Obama was President!

There should be a way for Tommy to go back in time and point out all the racism we’ve been missing.
http://24ahead.com/ 24AheadDotCom

Leaving aside all other issues, what’s funniest about Tommy Christopher is that he doesn’t seem to realize the extent to which O has tried to be African-American rather than someone who’s half white/half African. See some of the excerpts from his books. In the parlance, Christopher is a SWPL.
Sam M.

Colorado_Conservative said:
One thing Obama has managed to accomplished is to obliterate all racial progress that has been painstakingly gained in this Country since slavery was abolished.
Then again that is part of the grand scheme of destroying this Country he and his highly held mentors despise so much.

No, I think it’s you tea-baggers who did that. And did it very well by the way.
Dave Richards

RACIST!!!!! RACIST!!!! RACIST!!!!!

This is all the liberals have. When they can’t have a grown up conversation, they simply yell RACIST.
You’re all a bunch of fools.
Dave Richards

Sam M. said:
No, I think it’s you tea-baggers who did that. And did it very well by the way.

Do you really want to go down that path? You really should stop the childish rants about the Tea Party and racism before you embarass yourself further.
Sam M.

Dave Richards said:
Do you really want to go down that path? You really should stop the childish rants about the Tea Party and racism before you embarass yourself further.

Yes. You embarrass yourself daily. The tea-partiers make the klan blush,
TfT

The klan, kind of reminds me of Senator Bobby Byrd, D W.VA, RIP…wasn’t he a grand kleagle or something like that?

Stop throwing around the racist insult, you just look silly doing it.
TfT

I wonder what ever happened toLizzie; didn’t she come on board, post some rules, lay down the law and then disappear?

I guess, if you are a liberal you can call anyone on the board a “bagger” and it is just fine with the moderator.
SuburbanPatriot

We all know that libs are the real racists so this issue is not even an issue. Eric Bolling was just trying to be funny and inject some entertainment into his newscast which is the Fox News style which is why the majority of Americans watch Fox News and not liberal garbage. I don’t understand why you whining libs think that talking about “fourties” and “hoods” and “hizzouse” means that he is being racist because we all know that libs are the racists. Thank you.
Dem4Ever

Just another slow news day where Liberals accuse their betters of racism. Yawn (while rolling eyes) and then LOL…
Sam M.

SuburbanPatriot said:
We all know that libs are the real racists so this issue is not even an issue. Eric Bolling was just trying to be funny and inject some entertainment into his newscast which is the Fox News style which is why the majority of Americans watch Fox News and not liberal garbage. I don’t understand why you whining libs think that talking about “fourties” and “hoods” and “hizzouse” means that he is being racist because we all know that libs are the racists. Thank you.

We do? Bolling was just trying to be funny? You tea-party people will latch on to the most pathetic explanations to excuse racism because in fact, that’s what you are.
Glackin

OxyCon said:
Here you go Glackin:

http://tinyurl.com/6f4wsgp

And my Great Granny came from India, so of course I’m deeply offended by Joe Biden’s Dunkin Donuts jokes.

WTF was that url? If you wanted to show gibberish, you succeeded.
ALL my ancestors came from foreign countries.
If I got offended by every joke, I’d be in trouble.
But, swastikas aren’t jokes. Burning crosses aren’t either.
I’ve seen both, the cross on my front yard, among many places.
I said before, all conservatives aren’t racist.
But racists have adopted conservatism as a veneer for their hatred.
They use immigration reform to foster anti-Hispanic hate.
They use “voter fraud” to justify minority voter suppression.
They have co-opted the right’s language to their bigotry.
If you don’t face it, you are a part of it.
SuburbanPatriot

Dem4Ever said:
Just another slow news day where Liberals accuse their betters of racism. Yawn (while rolling eyes) and then LOL…

So true. There is NOTHING about what Bolling said that is racist and he was just trying to be funny and the libs will look for any opportunity to call us conservatives racists when they are the real racists. All I hear from the libs on this board is a lot of whining and no actual reasonings as to why Eric Bolling what he said was racist. I am waiting! Thank you.
Sam M.

SuburbanPatriot said:
So true. There is NOTHING about what Bolling said that is racist and he was just trying to be funny and the libs will look for any opportunity to call us conservatives racists when they are the real racists. All I hear from the libs on this board is a lot of whining and no actual reasonings as to why Eric Bolling what he said was racist. I am waiting! Thank you.

Racists would find it funny.
SuburbanPatriot

Sam M. said:
Racists would find it funny.

Again I am waiting. For all of your so-called education and saying you are smarter than us lowly conservatives you can never put up any arguments that are not just insults and name calling. Just like when you make fun of Sarah. I am done with you because I will not waste my breath and typing on ignorant libs thank you.
Glackin

SuburbanPatriot said:
So true. There is NOTHING about what Bolling said that is racist and he was just trying to be funny and the libs will look for any opportunity to call us conservatives racists when they are the real racists. All I hear from the libs on this board is a lot of whining and no actual reasonings as to why Eric Bolling what he said was racist. I am waiting! Thank you.

Alright. Bolling is NOT a racist, just an idiot. Feel Better?
He confused the classic “pint” glass of Guinness with a 40 oz. bottle.
When F#X spent hours talking about three clowns in Philly, and buying their claim to be the “New Black Panther Party”, without any proof of the lineage, they weren’t being racist, just STUPID!
Are we in agreement now? They aren’t racist?
Sam M.

SuburbanPatriot said:
Again I am waiting. For all of your so-called education and saying you are smarter than us lowly conservatives you can never put up any arguments that are not just insults and name calling. Just like when you make fun of Sarah. I am done with you because I will not waste my breath and typing on ignorant libs thank you.

You are waiting for something and yet you are done with me. Okay then.
Glackin

DavidKramer said:
WOW, you have to be a lib. Someone pays attention to what you say and throws it back in your face and you calling it stalking.

Sorry, where I am from it is called memory.

Unless you were around on April 28, shut up. You have nothing to add but your ignorance, and we’ve got enough around here already.
Glackin

TfT said:
I wonder what ever happened toLizzie; didn’t she come on board, post some rules, lay down the law and then disappear?

I guess, if you are a liberal you can call anyone on the board a “bagger” and it is just fine with the moderator.

I just saw a picture this weekend of Bachmann waving a teabag. Is teaser better than bagger?
Or, should we go formal, with the full name, teabagger?
cjd ohio 1

co-opting black culture lol, now that was a bigoted comment
milynily

What did any of that have to do with business? This is a business network? Yea right.
seek

Glackin said:
Alright. Bolling is NOT a racist, just an idiot. Feel Better?
He confused the classic “pint” glass of Guinness with a 40 oz. bottle.
When F#X spent hours talking about three clowns in Philly, and buying their claim to be the “New Black Panther Party”, without any proof of the lineage, they weren’t being racist, just STUPID!
Are we in agreement now? They aren’t racist?

they said they were the “New Black Panthers” and they got a pass – are you happy?
BatBoy

I am tired of hearing you lefties looking for Racism that isn’t there!

It falls on deaf ears!!!
Sam M.

BatBoy said:
I am tired of hearing you lefties looking for Racism that isn’t there!

It falls on deaf ears!!!

That’s okay, I’m sick and tired of people like you being in denial. How’s that?
Greg

To the insular white folks uncomfortable around darker skin Bolling’s comments seem obviously true… To those experienced in cross curtural connection obviously foul… And there we are.
Glackin

seek said:
they said they were the “New Black Panthers” and they got a pass – are you happy?

And that was good enough for the research dept of “We report, You decide” to run with, and O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck et. al. to run “fair and balanced” reports on it?
So, running Tina Fey’s picture for Palin, was normal for the F#X ‘F-ups?
Are they part of the Rovian “non-reality” universe?
That would explain a lot.
Greg

Rivermont said:
Talk about how black “Flash Mobs” are tearing up cities like Chicago and Philadelphia.

Interesting point… “Flash Mobs” are less interesting to me than the civil war that has existed in Black neighborhoods for decades… Speaking to kids just last week they described the hopelessness and frustration of their generation… The unemployment rate in Black neighborhoods of the Chi are equal to the great depression… The “Flash Mobs” are a manifestation of chronic inattention to those most neglected.
Glackin

Rivermont said:
Talk about how black “Flash Mobs” are tearing up cities like Chicago and Philadelphia.

Why don’t you. You seem to be the sole source.
Of course, if you are just BS-ing again, we won’t be shocked.
Another day, another crock from nutsinyermouth.
Rivermont

Glackin said:
Why don’t you. You seem to be the sole source.
Of course, if you are just BS-ing again, we won’t be shocked.
Another day, another crock from nutsinyermouth.

lOL

people in Chicago, Philly and LA know about it! Why not you?

Source: Flash mobs on lakefront a threat to Chicago economy

MICHAEL SNEED sneed@suntimes.com June 11, 2011 12:24AM

The tsunami of new flash mob violence on the lakefront is a threat to tourism, business, Chicago’s economy — and the infancy of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s promising new administration.

“There was trouble on the lakefront before — but nothing like this,” a top cop source said. “It’s like the bad economy has forced the gangs to enter into rich man’s land. If the city loses the lakefront to the flash mobs, there goes the economy.”
Rivermont

YouTube video shows Philly flash-mob violence

Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Last week’s social-media-organized teen flash mob on South Street in Philadelphia was captured in this disturbing video posted on YouTube. CONTAINS VIOLENCE AND GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/03/24/news/doc4baa45f061479412612278.txt
Glackin

Rivermont said:
Talk about how black “Flash Mobs” are tearing up cities like Chicago and Philadelphia.

In your post, missing is the word “black”.
Glackin

Rivermont said:
YouTube video shows Philly flash-mob violence

Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Last week’s social-media-organized teen flash mob on South Street in Philadelphia was captured in this disturbing video posted on YouTube. CONTAINS VIOLENCE AND GRAPHIC LANGUAGE.

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/03/24/news/doc4baa45f061479412612278.txt

Thas funny! “This video has been removed by the user.” 3/24/10
“Over a year ago, something may have happened in Philly.
I have no evidence, no one has heard about it before.
Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity conspired to keep this a secret,
To protect Mayor Nutter.”
Nutsinyermouth, YOU FUNNY GUY!
Rivermont

Glackin said:
In your post, missing is the word “black”.

OMG- they were black? Who would have ever thought that Glackin? I mean that has never happened before, has it?
Rivermont

Glackin said:
Thas funny! “This video has been removed by the user.” 3/24/10
“Over a year ago, something may have happened in Philly.
I have no evidence, no one has heard about it before.
Limbaugh, Beck and Hannity conspired to keep this a secret,
To protect Mayor Nutter.”
Nutsinyermouth, YOU FUNNY GUY!

OUCH!

home > news > breaking
Police Out in Force to Stop Possible “Flash Mobs”
By Dan Stamm
| Saturday, Mar 19, 2011 | Updated 12:10 AM EDT

NBCPhiladelphia.com – Rosemary Connors

Police hope to head off trouble after a fight in a Center City clothing store Thursday night.
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There was an increased police presence in Center City Friday night amidst concerns of possible teen “flash mobs.”

The crackdown came amidst social media rumors of kids gathering and causing havoc. And the police presence came a day after video surfaced of an alleged fight Thursday between some teenage girls inside the H&M store at 16th and Chestnut Streets.

The unseasonably warm weather could have also played a role in the gathering of more teens in Center City.

And unfortunately it looks like some of the young people were out to cause trouble. Police confirmed the arrests Friday of about a dozen juveniles for summary offenses — mostly disorderly conduct.

Included in the heavily policed areas were the area in front of H&M and Love Park, according to the Daily News.

Teens who spoke with NBC Philadelphia say that they weren’t downtown to cause any trouble but rather have a gathering.

About two weeks ago a half dozen teens were arrested after an alleged “flash mob” at Liberty Place — during the melee teen allegedly jostled pedestrians, knocking over signs and flipping over tables.

The current “flash mob” fears come about a year after various flash mobs caused concerns in Center City and on South Street.
Cecelia

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136578945/flash-mobs-arent-just-for-fun-anymore
kvon

Seriously, when Fox gets racist, they need to be a little covert about it.
bealzebubba

I wouldn’t call it “racism” as much as I’d call it more like cowardly prejudice. I’ve seen/heard many comments such as that fora few years now and I have to laugh at the lack of testicles these people have. Hell, I’d go as far as saying I’d have more respect for a guy who’s outright racist and willingly uses racial slurs to describe the president than these people. At least they’re not afraid of what the backlash is going to be…not afraid of loosing votes or campaign support. These people: they’ve become regular riders on that PC bandwagon they seem to despise so much.
Glackin

Rivermont said:
OMG- they were black? Who would have ever thought that Glackin? I mean that has never happened before, has it?

I was looking for your “black flash mobs”.
The stories never say that.
Do you think ALL the people in CHI and Philly are black?
Or, just the ones with electronics?
Nutso, just go back into your room. And flush.
mike1212

Dear Fox, please get rid of that carnival barker Bolling and give the crew from Red Eye his spot. They are smart, funny, clever and way more entertaining than that Gordon Gekko wannabe who constantly has to show off his canal street Rolex.
koolmoedee

Fox news aka Jim Crow news is hilarious…. they think their covert racism is undetectable.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

kvon said:
Seriously, when Fox gets racist, they need to be a little covert about it.

Wouldn’t work. The average FOX “News” viewer wouldn’t get it if it were too subtle.
mitchflorida

this is funny stuff. keep it up Eric Bolling.

there is a slot for you at 5 pm next month.
Dem4Ever

The average Fox viewer is a Democrat.
Glackin

Dem4Ever said:
Mediaite

When, specifically, did Mediaite determine that the “average” F#X viewer is a Dem.?
How did they arrive at that conclusion?
Where can I find it?
lackdude

This is not funny anymore.
newzmaker

I’ve been visiting political message boards for years, now, and it never fails that white liberals, no matter the topic, will turn any discussion into a race issue. There is simply no logic, other than political correctness, to base any and all arguments, around accusations of racism. Condescending white liberals need to ‘lean forward’ and accept that people of color are there equals now, and are not ‘victims.’
newzmaker

*their”, not there. lol.
Dem4Ever

Glackin said:
When, specifically, did Mediaite determine that the “average” F#X viewer is a Dem.?
How did they arrive at that conclusion?
Where can I find it?

You’ll need to enquire with Mediaite as to their inner workings, sorry.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

“Michael Steele is in the house tonight. Or, as he would say ‘in the hizzy‘…whassup!” ~ President Obama, White House Correspondents Dinner

“Nah, we straight,” Obama
“They try to bamboozle you, hoodwink you,” Obama said
“bling bling” “off the hook” ~Michael Steele

Get that dirt off your shoulder ~ Obama

Common in da Wizzy Hizzy

Who Dat in the hizzy

Kyra Phillips Of CNN Uses Black Slang When Discussing Obama

Is Rick Santelli in da hizzouse?

District 16: Hussein in the Hizzy

President Obama in the Hizzy!!!!

Cruella Deville In The Hizzy!

“Dems in the Hizzouse”

Boyz n the Hood
Son of Sevenless

Lets see how the Boiling moron defends this one.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Glackin said:
YOU said the mobs were black. the reports did not.
YOU LIED! YOU BLAMED BLACKS, YOU RACIST NUTSO!

Is this what you were looking for?

But these so-called flash mobs have taken a more aggressive and raucous turn here as hundreds of teenagers have been converging downtown for a ritual that is part bullying, part running of the bulls: sprinting down the block, the teenagers sometimes pause to brawl with one another, assault pedestrians or vandalize property.

Most of the teenagers who have taken part in them are black and from poor neighborhoods. Most of the areas hit have been predominantly white business districts.

Police contain flash mob on South Street

Mob of Thieves Swarms Las Vegas Convenience Store

Black Flash Mobs attack

Mobs Attack 2 Men In Streeterville

Police: 700 To 900 Involved In Plaza Disturbance

Group Of Teens Trash NY Dunkin Donuts

Chicago Flash Mobs Apparently Robbed, Attacked Four Men Over Weekend

Disclose the race of flash mob victims and attackers.

When a news story omits race, do we really know any less?

Teen Mobs Attack Chicago Transit Authority Buses
writer

In all fairness, Bill Ayers was a violent criminal, and he’s white.
dandelion28

sarainitaly said:
“Michael Steele is in the house tonight. Or, as he would say ‘in the hizzy‘…whassup!” ~ President Obama, White House Correspondents Dinner
Good lord, you folks don’t get context or nuance. President Obama was making fun of Steele’s trying-to-be-hip slang. Let me guess, you also believe that every snowfall is evidence that global warming isn’t real. Are you purposely dense or are you just trying to score points for your side?
cjd ohio 1

racist, teabagger, jim crow, nutsinyermouth, all great no censorship here, as long as the name-calling is from the left
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

dandelion28 said:
Good lord, you folks don’t get context or nuance. President Obama was making fun of Steele’s trying-to-be-hip slang. Let me guess, you also believe that every snowfall is evidence that global warming isn’t real. Are you purposely dense or are you just trying to score points for your side?

good lord, you apparently don’t understand the relevant point.
purveyor

Well Done Mr. Bolling, seriously.

Our President and a plurality of the African American community have chosen to develop or countenance, a culture, within a culture. Since the death of MLK, African Americans have not chosen or been guided down a path of assimilation and or prosperity. (By whose standards, you ask? Empirical evidence, that demonstrates continuing residual poverty and low educational standards and achievement for African Americans, and other minorities.

Undoubtedly, one of the greatest tragedies of the last century was the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. Had King and his message lived on, America would not have had to tolerate Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson or Louis Farahkan.

Dr. King sought “The table of Brotherhood”. Dare I say, thanks to Reparation driven African American leaders, our President among them, now we have the “Boyz in the Hood”.

Go ahead, make my point for me and do the obvious, the typical—call me a racist. And “the beat goes on”.

PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC
purveyor

ITS FLAG DAY TOMORROW. FLY YOUR FLAG. YOU DO HAVE A FLAG, DON’T YOU?
purveyor

Is “Racism”, the new “Heresy”?

Being accused of Heresy, was as much as being convicted of such.

The Church could come for you, or, summon you to the Church.

Evidence of one’s guilt, or, innocence, was acquired by ridiculous as well as awful means.

The truth was not the issue, rather, the threat to Religio-political orthodoxy was salient.

Need I continue?

Two books were published in 1992: “Paved With Good Intentions”, by Jared Taylor. Also, “Why Johnny can’t tell Right from Wrong”, by William Kilpatrick.

Those two books told the Sociological, Educational and Political world what they did NOT want to hear. (Heresy?)

The same issues discussed in those books are still evident today. Call it Racism, call it Heresy, I call it the chilling and stifling affect of fear.

What are we afraid of?

PURVEYOR OF RHETORIC