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Michael Eric Dyson: GOP Refuse Raising Debt Ceiling ‘Because The Economy Is In The Hands Of The Black’

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There are plenty of theories as to why the current Congressional debt talks appear on the outside to be something of a complete failure. Most Americans have probably concluded that Congress is incompetent, or that partisanship has given way to too much emotional and ideological strife. But for Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson, the answer is obvious: “Congress will not vote to put the economy in the black is [sic] because the country is in the hands of the black.”

On tonight’s Ed Show, Ed Schultz, Prof. Dyson, and HuffPo‘s Sam Stein tried to make sense of the current debt debate, trying to find why Republicans were being so adamant about not raising the debt ceiling, even when, under Reagan, Clinton, and many others, they had yielded on this point. Asked by Schultz whether the “gist of it is not to give President Obama a leg up on any of this,” Dyson responded that the only reason he could find for Republicans to deny President Obama the easy rise in the debt ceiling was that “the country is in the hands of the black.” Immediately catching himself, Dyson added the caveat that his comment sounded “extraordinarily harsh and divisive,” but that “there seems to be no logical or reasonable answer.” He went on to conclude that Republicans “refuse to see the legitimacy and the authority of the President.

This isn’t the first (and likely not the last) time that self-appointed political referees have flashed the race card at players on the field, the most recent instance being Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee telling her colleagues that the fact the President is black was making the entire debate more troublesome (her comments– as well as her shirt– garnered her some coveted airtime on the Daily Show that night). But this is probably the most high-profile, blatant instance of race employed to explain the confusion of the budget talk.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    The fact that Mediaite covers every crazy thing Michael Eric Dyson says about race, makes me think that maybe some people at Mediate are racists.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    Where do you begin in trying to decipher this?  MSNBC has just completely disconnected from reality.

    Why didn’t Schultz ask Dyson if he had a degree in economics?:)

  • Anonymous

    Almost all the Democrats voted against raising the debt ceiling when Bush was President. None of us came out and accused them of being against the whitey in the House.

    “How can the Republican majority in this Congress explain to their constituents that trillions of dollars in new debt is good for our economy? How can they explain that they think it’s fair to force our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren to finance this debt through higher taxes. That’s what it will have to be. Why is it right to increase our nation’s dependence on foreign creditors?”-Senator Harry Reid in 2006 voting against the raise in debt ceiling – he must have been against the white man in the White House.

    “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”- Senator Barack Obama in 2006 voting against raising the debt ceiling – he also was against the whitey.

    “For those interested, here are other Democrats who voted ‘No’ on raising the debt ceiling in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and who consequently have no grounds to criticize their Republican colleagues for doing likewise in 2011:”

    All the “I hate the whitey Democrats”March 2006:Akaka (D-HI)Baucus (D-MT)Bayh (D-IN)Biden (D-DE)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Byrd (D-WV)Cantwell (D-WA)Carper (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Conrad (D-ND)Dayton (D-MN)Dodd (D-CT)Dorgan (D-ND)Durbin (D-IL)Feingold (D-WI)Feinstein (D-CA)Harkin (D-IA)Inouye (D-HI)Jeffords (I-VT)Johnson (D-SD)Kennedy (D-MA)Kerry (D-MA)Kohl (D-WI)Landrieu (D-LA)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Levin (D-MI)Lieberman (D-CT)Lincoln (D-AR)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Murray (D-WA)Nelson (D-FL)Nelson (D-NE)Obama (D-IL)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Reid (D-NV)Rockefeller (D-WV)Salazar (D-CO)Sarbanes (D-MD)Schumer (D-NY)Stabenow (D-MI)Wyden (D-OR)September 29, 2007 vote to increase debt limit by $850 billion:Bayh (D-IN)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Brown (D-OH)Dodd (D-CT)Harkin (D-IA)Kerry (D-MA)Klobuchar (D-MN)Kohl (D-WI)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Lincoln (D-AR)McCaskill (D-MO)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Nelson (D-NE)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Salazar (D-CO)Sanders (I-VT)Tester (D-MT)Webb (D-VA)Not Voting – 5Biden (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Obama (D-IL)October 3, 2008: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, $700 billion increase in debt limitCantwell (D-WA)Dorgan (D-ND)Feingold (D-WI)Johnson (D-SD)Landrieu (D-LA)Nelson (D-FL)Sanders (I-VT)Stabenow (D-MI)Tester (D-MT)Wyden (D-OR)

  • Anonymous

    Almost all the Democrats voted against raising the debt ceiling when Bush was President. None of us came out and accused them of being against the whitey in the House.

    “How can the Republican majority in this Congress explain to their constituents that trillions of dollars in new debt is good for our economy? How can they explain that they think it’s fair to force our children, our grandchildren, our great grandchildren to finance this debt through higher taxes. That’s what it will have to be. Why is it right to increase our nation’s dependence on foreign creditors?”-Senator Harry Reid in 2006 voting against the raise in debt ceiling – he must have been against the white man in the White House.

    “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”- Senator Barack Obama in 2006 voting against raising the debt ceiling – he also was against the whitey.

    “For those interested, here are other Democrats who voted ‘No’ on raising the debt ceiling in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and who consequently have no grounds to criticize their Republican colleagues for doing likewise in 2011:”

    All the “I hate the whitey Democrats”March 2006:Akaka (D-HI)Baucus (D-MT)Bayh (D-IN)Biden (D-DE)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Byrd (D-WV)Cantwell (D-WA)Carper (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Conrad (D-ND)Dayton (D-MN)Dodd (D-CT)Dorgan (D-ND)Durbin (D-IL)Feingold (D-WI)Feinstein (D-CA)Harkin (D-IA)Inouye (D-HI)Jeffords (I-VT)Johnson (D-SD)Kennedy (D-MA)Kerry (D-MA)Kohl (D-WI)Landrieu (D-LA)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Levin (D-MI)Lieberman (D-CT)Lincoln (D-AR)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Murray (D-WA)Nelson (D-FL)Nelson (D-NE)Obama (D-IL)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Reid (D-NV)Rockefeller (D-WV)Salazar (D-CO)Sarbanes (D-MD)Schumer (D-NY)Stabenow (D-MI)Wyden (D-OR)September 29, 2007 vote to increase debt limit by $850 billion:Bayh (D-IN)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Brown (D-OH)Dodd (D-CT)Harkin (D-IA)Kerry (D-MA)Klobuchar (D-MN)Kohl (D-WI)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Lincoln (D-AR)McCaskill (D-MO)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Nelson (D-NE)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Salazar (D-CO)Sanders (I-VT)Tester (D-MT)Webb (D-VA)Not Voting – 5Biden (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Obama (D-IL)October 3, 2008: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, $700 billion increase in debt limitCantwell (D-WA)Dorgan (D-ND)Feingold (D-WI)Johnson (D-SD)Landrieu (D-LA)Nelson (D-FL)Sanders (I-VT)Stabenow (D-MI)Tester (D-MT)Wyden (D-OR)

  • Anonymous

    doesn’t he mean the half black?

  • Ganymede

    Here comes the old race card again, except that it’s obvious to me that if Obama were white we would not be dealing with such total obstruction and potential destruction of our economy by manipulated angry white people. It’s the residue of racism and, hopefully, with the damaging of the major rightwing propaganda machine (FOX), things will continue to improve. Attitudes about homosexuality and race are fortunately changing and demographics are in favor of creating a more progressive, liberal majority. What we’re witnessing is the last ditch attempt by the illberal minority of whites to change the tide of history. What will it be righties, that we become ruled and devastated by an ignoramous like Bachmann and her mionions, or we give Obama more of a chance and support to improve our country. Unfortunately, I know your answer. but time is not on your side

  • Anonymous

    Just read where Olbermann, on his new show on animal planet, went after Alan West because he is black.  Olbermann is a racist for his harsh criticism of a black congressman.  If West were white, Olbermann would have had nothing to say.  He hates women and blacks.

  • Anonymous

    We gave Obama a chance. He blew it. Of course we would be dealing with obstruction if he was white just like Bush delt with it. The Democrats threw a massive hissy fit proclaiming the end of the world if it was raised including Obama. Spare us the dramatics.

  • Rusty Shackleford

    Cry me a river Michael Eric Dyson. This makes me want to vote for Obama even less (even if he was up against Palin) since hardcore Dems are pulling out the race card to distract from every policy debate.

  • Anonymous

    “They should explain this. Maybe they can convince the public they’re right. I doubt it. Because most Americans know that increasing debt is the last thing we should be doing. After all, I repeat, the Baby Boomers are about to retire. Under the circumstances, any credible economist would tell you we should be reducing debt, not increasing it. Democrats won’t be making argument to supper this legalization, which will weaken our country. Weaken our county.”

    I guess Harry Reid has now changed his mind about the whole “weaken our economy” thingy.

  • Anonymous

    Dyson is in part correct… The Teavangelicals harbor a long festering distaste for African Americans and have historically conflated federal spending with assistance for the poor (read urban minorities by regressive thinking). A Black democrat is by default a foreign intrusion on God’s singular mandate to create a lilly white city upon a hill… Gleaming by textual mandate and empowered by 18th century minimalism.

  • Anonymous

    You do understand to “rasie the debt ceiling” has nothing to do with budgeting.  This is to pay bills already incurred.  If it is not done, the country will default.  This is very serious. The GOp is literally holding our economy hostage …and those of us that uderstand how dire this is are looking for reason why this is not just done, in an easy vote, like it has been for decades. Seven times under GW Bush in fact. Geesh..

  • Anonymous

    Correction; he hates Conservative women and Conservative blacks because they don’t think like he does.

  • Anonymous

    Obama voted to not rasie the debt ceiling under Bush to protest the rising deficit because of the wars and the Bush tax cuts.  There was no dobt that it would pass.   What is happening now is that to vote to not rasie it WILL pout the country in default. He was not voting for that. I

  • Anonymous

    No, the Republicans aren’t holding the country hostage. They just passed a bi-partisan bill. The Democrats in the Senate are now holding the country hostage because they won’t set up a vote on it. The President has only given speeches and has produced nothing in writing. The Democrats haven’t proposed anything. Sorry, but you are mistaken.

  • Anonymous

    There was NO THREAT of default when he did this vote.  Do you understand?

  • Anonymous

    If the debt ceiling is not raised the United States of America will DEFAULT.  This is not good for us or the world.  Where is your patriotism?

  • Anonymous

    Beacuse a black person has an opinion that makes Mediate “racist.”   So his opinion is worth less than yours.  Got it.

  • Anonymous

    wrong, he voted against it because president bush is white

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4E2QJVDSSMPWFVT7EZYQARK4H4 Jimmy

    greg, you are full of crap.

  • South Park Conservatives

    When Democrats all voted against rasing the “debt ceiling” was that because the country was in the hands of the white?

  • Anonymous

    No we don’t.

    There.

  • Anonymous

    Both Obama and Reid were on record as saying that Bush was spending TOO LITTLE. They wanted more spending except on Iraq. When they couldn’t get enough votes to cut off war spending they protested with voting against the debt raise. They had no plan or no greater purpose other than to oppose Bush. Obviously because Bush is white.

  • Lionheart649

    The fact that a portion of the right in America are racists is not ‘new’ news.

  • Anonymous

    Wow, the race card again on the debt ceiling. This shit is getting old.

  • Anonymous

    So when Obama said:

    “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

    He was just grandstanding against Bush because he knew the debt ceiling was going to pass anyway. If it wasn’t going to pass I guess he would have skipped all the dramatics and BS and voted for it?

  • Anonymous

    Yeah Dyson, let’s just throw out all the logical an solid economic arguments out and make it about race instead. This diversion to make it about Obama only detracts attention and damages the debate. To invite him on the air and let him muddy the waters was irresponsible.
    Taking up Dyson’s side on this may be more irrational since he makes money advancing the agenda.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uelHwf8o7_U&feature=av2n Unicon

    Shouldn’t MSNBC hold back on some of this until closer to election night?

  • Anonymous

    When the debt ceiling is not raised, it results in daefault. Obama was running to be president, and called it a failure of leadreship. Now, we all know what failure of leadership means, we see it in Obama. The failed leadership of Obama has resulted in major expansion of government, high unemployment rates and US is on the brink of ‘Obama depression’. The race of Obama did not cause the problem, it is the result of fundamental change sought by Obama, and his desire to re-distrubute wealth. Quit blaming Bush or calling everyone a racist who does not agree with Obama policies.

  • Anonymous

    Fitting response.

  • Anonymous

    It is so weird; I didn’t hear anything about racism when Gingrich shut down the government under Clinton a couple of times. Republicans refused to raise the debt ceiling under the Democratic President and not one word was mentioned about race. I wonder why since obviously it is ALL race driven?

  • Anonymous

    When it is all you got you have to play it over and over and over and over and over….

  • Anonymous

    When it is all you got you have to play it over and over and over and over and over….

  • Anonymous

    Because you do not understand the difference between the two?

    Obviously you do not understand.  You can do the Google, if you like.

    You are obviously misinformed.  You watch a lot of the White Noise Networks don’t you?

  • Anonymous

    They did?  All Democrats voted against it?

    I’d like to see some numbers.  

    It is pretty easy to find out who voted for and against, and do not start talking about how Obama had a speech about it, because then I would have to explain exigent circumstances.

    It is an exigent circumstance that you learn something.  Try getting it Borders.

  • Darladoon

    obama “blew it”?

    be extending the tax cuts, by accepting a watered-down, corporate-friendly healthcare
    bill, by continuing the wars, warrantless wiretapping, gitmo, patriot act, by caving on gay marriage….

    he did everything bush did, but you certainly didn’t say that bush ‘blew it’

    in fact, you endlessly cheered him on, re-elected him, and then ignored
    all the catastrophic sh*t that he caused.  

  • Anonymous

    Well golly gee..thanks for your clear insightful post. You are absolutely right, I don’t understand the difference because there is none. Race has nothing to do with this. The Republicans don’t want anymore spending just like they didn’t want it under Clinton. Just like the Democrats didn’t want it under Bush. It goes back and forth depending on who is in the White House. Nothing new, nothing different.

  • Darladoon

    so i guess you agree with dyson, then

  • Darladoon

    i love the caveat “except on Iraq”

  • Anonymous
  • Darladoon

    “redistribute wealth”  =  ”barely raising the tax rates on the upper 1%”

  • Anonymous

    I posted the names of the Dems who voted against it.

  • Anonymous

    Ed Schultz Guest:  Um, I’m actually on TV quite a bit.  You can call me by name.

  • Anonymous

    I am repeating what I said earlier as a response to Maggy because of a few typos.When the debt ceiling is not raised, it results in default. Obama was running to be president, and called it a failure of leadreship. Now, we all know what failure of leadership means, we see it in Obama. The failed leadership of Obama has resulted in major expansion of government, high unemployment rates and US is on the brink of ‘Obama depression’. The race of Obama did not cause the problem, it is the result of ‘fundamental change’ sought by Obama, and his desire to re-distrubute wealth. Quit blaming Bush or calling everyone a racist who does not agree with Obama policies. The race-card may work among progressive liberals, but no more among general population. You may call me racist, but you can not make me accept the socialistic Obama agenda. 

  • Anonymous

    You have no idea what I did under Bush. I most certainly did not cheer him on endlessly. He made a lot of mistakes. I am curious if you are seeing any of the catastrophic sh*t that Obama is causing?

  • Darladoon

    “hissy fit”  =  ”raising legitimate concerns”

  • Darladoon

    i think he just hates conservatives

    prominent liberals fully realize that racism isn’t acceptable

    prominent conservatives, on the other hand, are often transparently racist

  • Darladoon

    do you have ANY idea who grover norquist is?

    how is his pledge NOT “holding the country hostage”?

    everyone knows that slightly raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires will
    have NO AFFECT on job creation.  absolutely no affect whatsoever.  

  • Anonymous

    Redistribute wealth = take what isn’t yours and give it to someone else.

  • Darladoon

    i think what dyson is attempting to do is demonstrate a pattern of irrational
    hatred of the president on the part of the GOP, based on obama’s obvious
    sense of Otherness

    don’t you remember NUMEROUS conservatives:

    1.  doubting his origin of birth

    2.  calling him ‘barack HUSSEIN obama’?

    3.  foregrounding his connections to a BLACK preacher?

    4.  inviting a RAPPER to the WHITE house?

    i could go on and on and on and on and on…..

  • Anonymous

    Your empty invective needs no greater response.

  • Darladoon

    that’s true (obviously), but i’m sooooo glad you said it.

    i just wanted to reply so as to highlight this obvious fact.

  • Darladoon

    how is it anything else, 2012 freedom?

    we are ALREADY “taking money” from the rich and “giving it” to the poor

    do you want to effectively ban ALL taxes?

    logically that’s what you are proposing.  

  • Darladoon

    you obviously have amnesia.

    EVERY republican was cheering on bush until at least the 1/2way point of his
    second term

    the aftermath of 9.11 was a veritable ORGY of conservativism, and it lasts
    until this day

  • Darladoon

    i totally agree

  • Anonymous

    ROFL.   Assuming you are a liberal…  That is absolutely the funniest and most hypocritical thing I’ve heard a liberal say since, well, a couple hours ago when I last checked the news.   Remember how liberals wanted to outlaw displaying the American flag after 9/11?   They actually turned patriotism into a political issue and their leaders were all over the networks criticizing anyone who dared display the flag or otherwise overtly express patriotism.  Liberals aren’t about patriotism, they are about big government.  The debt ceiling isn’t about defaulting on the debt its about big government.  Maybe you’d be happier over at msnbc.com, you can read Contessa Brewer’s latest nonsense.

  • Anonymous

    First off, will Grover be voting on the debt ceiling?

    Second, is it millionaires and billionaires or people making over $250K? You do know the difference right?

  • Darladoon

    but your response proves that his empty invective DID require
    a response, otherwise you wouldn’t have responded….

  • Anonymous

    blacks and whites hate each other is what dyson is saying, well he is a professor

  • Anonymous

    Just because the voices in your head tell you these things doesn’t make it so. I wonder, when I hear people on the left say that Clarence Thomas needs to be lynched I find that racist. Do you? How about when someone prominent on the left says that Obama’s nuts need to be cut off? Is that racist?

  • Darladoon

    dude, the guy argued that “all” democrats voted against it

    that’s obviously false, by a long shot

  • Darladoon

    his point was that republicans don’t have solid economic arguments, ergo
    the charge of racism

    everybody knows this…..even republicans

  • I_Love_Your_Children

    Repugs hate that uppity n****r and will do anything to destroy him.

  • Anonymous

    I am just
    curious; was I racist when I voted against Slick Willy Clinton? Was I racist
    when I voted against my white Democrat Senators and white Democrat Congressmen?
    Or, are you saying because I voted against the black Democrat I suddenly became
    racist? The problem with you Liberals and the “race card” is you are looking
    more ignorant by the second. Were all the Senators who voted 97-0 against
    Obama’s budget plan recently racist? How about when almost all the Democrats
    voted against raising the debt ceiling under Bush, including Obama, were they
    just doing it because they hated the whitey? How about all the people who voted
    for Obama the first time that won’t be voting for him this time? Are they going
    to suddenly become racist then?

  • Anonymous

    wow calling him by his name is racist now

  • Anonymous

    I responded to your empty invective.

    Thus the word “your.”

  • Darladoon

    you can’t just argue that race has nothing to do with this, without dissecting
    dyon’s central point, which is that republicans are not using logic, ergo racism.

    don’t you understand?  obama is essentially giving republicans an AWESOME 
    deal:  3 trillion in cuts for 1 trillion in revenue increases

    totally obviously in republicans favor.  obama loses 3-1 on that.

    3 TO 1!!!!!!!

    in today’s modern conservative’s mind?  that’s a loss.  

    they want 4 TO 0.  

  • Darladoon

    you can’t just argue that race has nothing to do with this, without dissecting
    dyon’s central point, which is that republicans are not using logic, ergo racism.

    don’t you understand?  obama is essentially giving republicans an AWESOME 
    deal:  3 trillion in cuts for 1 trillion in revenue increases

    totally obviously in republicans favor.  obama loses 3-1 on that.

    3 TO 1!!!!!!!

    in today’s modern conservative’s mind?  that’s a loss.  

    they want 4 TO 0.  

  • Darladoon

    so you argument is some random quote some guy made.

    my argument is……..the KKK.  

    CLEARLY a right-wing group.  not a left-wing group.
     
    OK?

  • Anonymous

    in english, its a excuse

  • Anonymous

    1. Only a very small number of “birthers” doubt his origin of birth. No one else.
    2. His name IS Barack HUSSEIN Obama. What’s the problem?
    3. He did have a black preacher that hates America and white people. Obama sat in his pews for 20 years, was married by him and had him baptize his kids. So yeah, he was connected to him.
    4. The “rapper” rapped about killing cops. Some of us have a problem with celebrating that. Obviously you don’t. To each his own.

  • Darladoon

    the point is:  THEY’RE NOT HAVING A DEBATE

    hence the racism charge.

    obama is handing the republicans a blow job AND breakfast in the morning

  • Anonymous

    It is not racist to disagree with Obama’s plan. Republicans don’t want ANY taxes. What does that have to do with Obama’s color? Just because you think it is a great deal for Republicans doesn’t make it so.

  • Darladoon

    people making more than 250,000 obviously have a lot of low taxed or untaxed invesments,
    and the bulk of their wealth resides there.

    250,000 is A LOT of money dude!  sheesh, you really wanna defend those doing
    EXTRAORDINARILY well right now?

    and not those who are struggling to make it?

    gee, you’re obviously NOT a christian.

  • Anonymous

    And? A good deal of Democrats did vote against it. Was it all race driven? Of course it was. They hated the white President. It was very sad.

  • Darladoon

    yeah, i’m SURE sean hannity was emphatically pronouncing his middle name because 
    he felt it was…….distinguishing *barack* hussein obama from *sadam* hussein

    just so viewers understood the difference

    lol

  • Darladoon

    or hussein “obama” from hussein “osama”

    you know, that *other* arab bad guy 

  • Darladoon

    you obviously don’t have many (or any) black friends

  • Anonymous

    You didn’t answer my question if you think saying that Obama’s nuts should be cut off is racist? If the KKK is a right-wing group why was Robert Byrd a Grand Kleagle?

  • Anonymous

    You didn’t answer my question if you think saying that Obama’s nuts should be cut off is racist? If the KKK is a right-wing group why was Robert Byrd a Grand Kleagle?

  • Anonymous

    Dyson is a disgrace. What the hell is he a professor of anyway? Race Hustling 101? Killa Cracka 101? The guy hates Whites, which is really strange coming from someone so light skinned, but then again, if you look at all of the most racist Blacks, you’ll notice that most of them are light skinned mulattoes.

  • Anonymous

    Really, EVERY Republican? Didn’t you just call BS on someone else claiming ALL Democrats voted against the debt ceiling? Now you can claim ALL Republicans were cheering on Bush? I will assume you have proof that you can provide?

  • Anonymous

    When exacly have I said that I want to ban ALL taxes? Let me help you. Never. What I am saying is, you can’t keep taking from the productive people in our society to fund an orgy of spending in the government. It is not the responsiblity of the tax payers to support a government that has no self control. The government works for us.

  • Darladoon

    so you de facto AGREE with dyson

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    And there’s no threat of default this time. Do you even understand what defaulting means? It means we don’t make good on our debt obligations. The amount we’ll need to pay in August is around $25-30 billion. The Treasury is projected to take in around $180 billion that month. So they can make the debt payments and still have $150 billion to spare. Which means not only is default not a possibility(unless Obama is truly insane and deliberately reneges on the debt obligations), but there’ll be plenty of cash to send out those precious Social Security checks.

    What Obama and the Dems are truly upset about is that with “only” $180 billion to play with and the federal government spending approximately $300+ billion a month, they’ll be forced to live within their means for the first time in their lives and will have to make some tough choices about where to spend the money available to them. It’s essentially a defacto balanced budget amendment.

  • Anonymous

    Ummm…it’s his name. Plain and simple.

  • Darladoon

    each one of those points is RIDICULOUS, and you know it

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    That McCain guy didn’t. And he was the party’s nominee last time around.

  • Darladoon

    dude, the fact that republicans don’t want ANY taxes in exchange for 3 trillion cuts
    is INSANE.

    it defies logic.  

    ergo, racism.

    get it?

  • Anonymous

    People making $250K in New York are not making A LOT.  Yes, I want to defend them. It is THEIR money. THEY earned it. You have no idea what they have in investments. You are just assuming. No, I am not a Christian. I am a Diest. What does that have to do with the conversation?

  • Anonymous

    Oh, when there is no debate it is now “racism.” They have had lots of meetings. Is that not debate? Just because YOU say it is a great deal doesn’t make it so. I can keep saying it if I need to. The Republicans don’t think it is a great deal. They didn’t like Clintons’ deal either. They shut down the government over it. By the way, Clinton is white.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    In 2006, they DID all vote against it. Every single Democrat. Including Obama, Reid, Schumer, Durbin, Harkin, Biden, and every other Senator currently out there running their mouths.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    What $3 trillion in cuts? Obama has yet to specify a single program outside of defense that he’s willing to touch. Tell me where and when those $3 trillion in supposed cuts will occur. Otherwise keep your BS DNC talking points to yourself because with less than 2 weeks to go til his declared deadline, Obama still has no plan on paper that he’s shown to the GOP or to the American public for that matter.

  • Anonymous

    No, it does not “defy logic.” Just because you think it does doesn’t make it so. Race has NOTHING to do with it. They shut the government down under a whitey a couple of times.

  • Anonymous

    Actually I have plenty. Black, white, Asian, bi-racial and Mexican. You didn’t answer my question. Was I a racist when I voted against all the WHITE Democrats I have voted against? Am I to assume you will be voting for Herman Cain? If not, why? Do you hate blacks or do you hate his politics?

  • Anonymous

    Nope. All facts. Just the way it is. Again, just because YOU say it is ridiculous doesn’t make it so.

  • Darladoon

    so, 65,000 nazis on your side (united states ALONE)

    and 1 on our side……(who has since vehemently renounced the KKK)

    so, basically ZERO on our side

    i rest my case

  • Anonymous

    Really? Everybody? Wow, now you can channel every single person and know what they are thinking? That is pretty cool.

  • Darladoon

    you have a serious incapacity to understand the most basic arguments

  • Anonymous

    There are 65,000 Republican Nazis? Wow. I assume you have proof that all 65,000 of them are Republican?

     Well as long as he vehemently renounced the KKK….LOL.

  • Darladoon

    so 250,000 in new york is not “a lot”

    that’s certainly news to me

    because around 95% of new york doesn’t make that

  • Anonymous

    Obama is the one who can decide if Social Security recipients get paid. All he has to do is tell Geitner who and who does not get paid. Why is he scaring the seniors? Why does Obama hate seniors?

  • Anonymous

    I guess so since the Liberals are all saying it is only about race.

  • Darladoon

    that’s a false statement, they did not “all” vote against it

  • Darladoon

    c’est pas une pipe

  • Darladoon

    you have “plenty” of black friends?

    how many?

  • ImNotBlue

    Are we surprised by this?  That’s all Dyson ever does… call anyone who disagrees with him a racist.

    Heck, he’s even attacked other Black people who disagree with him as being racists!

    He’s a one trick pony, appearing on one of the view venues left that will actually talk to him.  “Shocking,” this is not.

    It’s just more stupidity from someone who has perfected the talking point.

  • Anonymous

    No, $250K in New York is not a lot. Besides, why does Obama and you Libs keep saying “millionaires” and “billionaires” when clearly it is people making over $250K? In case you didn’t know, that is only 1/4 of a million. As for the “corporate jet owners” the Obama stimulus gave them back the tax credit. He was obviously for it then. He is against it now because it sounds so dramatic. I wish he would at least be honest and tell everyone that he gave the jet owners the tax credit that he is now demonizing.

  • Anonymous

    You are the one who said “they’re not having a debate” hence the racism. I simply pointed out that yes, they have been debating. Obama has been giving speeches while the Republicans have been passing a bi-partisan bill.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    So you go all the way back a civil war document to prove the white hatred for Obama..  logic being what?  That you BS don’t stink?

  • Anonymous

    Is there a certain number of black friends I have to have? If I have less than five but I voted against Obama am I a racist? What if I have 20 black friends and voted against Obama? What if I didn’t have any black friends but voted for Obama? What if I had 4 black friends, 3 Asian friends, 2 bi-racial friends and 16 Mexican friends but still voted against Obama? What if my dog is all black but my cat is 1/2 black and 1/2 white like Obama but I still voted against him?

  • Anonymous

    He has a point. 130 congressman who voted for all 7 of Bushes increases to the debt ceiling are now very principled when Obama is requesting the increase.

  • david r

    The deficit started getting out of hand with Bush.  His first act as president was to get the estate tax repealed, which was a budget hit, then he went on the great crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.  And Lord knows they had a butt-whipping coming.  But eventually the country gets pissed after eight long years of this shit and elects free-promising, free-spending Obama.  The economy was crashing because of poor regulation of the sale of bundled securities.  Many people who lacked the means to buy a house did so anyway with adjustable rate mortgages and relaxed regulations that started under Clinton.  All the resulting defaulting mortgages were nonetheless bundled into securities and sold.  Eventually the toxic debt sank the economy.  Happened on Bush’s watch.  Obama was made it worse, but he got a hot potato.  Rubio is right.  We must not spend more than we take in. But how quick to correct?  I drove a tugboat once, pushing a barge full of shell.  Steering it was a challenge.  You had to anticipate the steering corrections way, way in advance.  For about an hour, I was in a gigantic, ultra-slow-motion fishtail. I imagine the economy is like that.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    Actually as I recall, most all the black congressional leaders hated Bush… said terrible things about him, many of which can be found on YouTube…  They said these things only because he was white… and from the South…  I don’t know which is worse..  being white or being from the south..

  • Anonymous

    And most of the Democrats voted for the debt ceiling increases under Clinton but not under Bush. Nothing new here. They go back and forth depending on which side is in the White House.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    haha even Biden screws up and calls him osama some times… 

  • Darladoon

    dude, ALL KKK members are right wing

    all of them.  

    and there are around 65,000 in the US….

  • david r

    I don’t think you can rule out bullheadedness.  And if the economy turns around after Obama gets the gas, you’ll be singing their praises like the rest of us.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    The House won’t do it because the mood of the country..  not all republicans but many were sent to DC having campaigned and on cutting waste, smaller government, and no new taxes…  regardless of what progressives and established republican senators consider to be a good deal, the congressmen know the voters at home and the mandate that swept them into office..  The progressive leaning media and their polls can’t change that reality for them because as these congressmen return home on breaks, they see that the voters at home are very much unchanged and even more determined in their belief of smaller government. They are tired of being told how stupid they are, they are tired of hearing shameless politicians decry their racism, and the media question their logic and understanding. The thing is that these people get it, its not really that hard, they understand the waste and coruption of DC better than the politicians do..  it is simple..  it is waste and coruption is waste and coruption, nothing more, nothing less and the politicians again have shown their unwillingness  to clean it up, they have never shown a williness to do so, and unless forced they never will.  Tea Party types now say just screw em .. no new taxes If the politicians want to burn down the house let em burn down the house.  Trying to force  these congressmen to vote on tax increases is similar to what Pelosi did to the Blue Dogs during the healthcare debate…  we know that she sent them to the vet where they were all put down…  I don’t think that Boehner is going to do that.

  • Dik Gozinya

    This guy reminds me of one of those ‘In Living Color skits from the ’90′s.

  • david r

    Let’s not forget Lee Harvey Oswald, Dwight David Eisenhower, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard . . no wait!  Fuhgetaboutit !

  • david r

    Aujourd’hui maman est morte.  Ou peut-etre hier, je ne c’est pas.  J’ai recu une telegramme de l’aisle

    Alec, I’ll take compulsory read French novels for a thousand. . . Goodnight kids.

  • Ajolily

    Lets see, when I gave a credit card to my kid in college and told him to be responsible and then the bills came and they were more than I expected he explained about how they all were legit. Just had to up the limit for him. Did it. Then the next bill came and it went over the limit but he explained it was all necessary and I upped the limit again. Well it just keeps happening and what could I do but up it again and again. Hey my kid wouldn’t lie to me! Now my husband has caught on because we can’t pay our own bills and says I can’t up the limit anymore and my kid has to learn to live within his means and he will have to turn the Cadillac in and get a used VW bug and move in to a lower rent area to pay off the deficit. I would say pretty smart husband but I won’t because he caught on pretty late in the game. No it isn’t about paying off the deficit it is about living within your means while paying off the deficit and stopping the children in congress from thinking that it doesn‘t matter how much they spend they can always get us to allow them to up the limit while they party on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JackpotHunter Rudy Lopez

    Oh I see, not raising the debt ceiling is racist.

  • Anonymous

    “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” …….. Senator Barack Obama
    Obama voted no on raising the debt ceiling when Bush was POTUS. In 2006 ALL Democrats voted NO on raising the debt ceiling. 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bMh8BueGme8

  • etheridge

    The obvious truth is that the Republicans are renewing a deal with the Devil they made in ’48 with the Dixiecrats.

    That’s when the party of Lincoln became a white supremacist organization overnight to stop the loss of white political, social and economic privilege in America. They sold their soul to remain politically viable in the wake of thew success of the  Roosevelt era.

     By deepening the economic crisis that started with Bush through naked hold your breath til you turn blue get Obama at any cost obstructionism and idiotic allegience to the filthy rich they once again abandon the ideals America at its best for political advantage.

    The Repubs’ new motto should be

    “Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven”

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Where do all these racist pigs come from?

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Double whammy look at this one he’s a racist progressive. WhooHoo………

  • Anonymous

    Fact: These items was well known when McCain and Obama ran against each other and now that Obama has been in office it got allot worse under his care. He is completely over his head and was only meant to be a community organizer not a leader with a credit card.

  • Anonymous

    Referencing Obama’s similarity to Jimmie Carter and the question that looms like the elephant in the room…Pat Caddell On Obama: “Does This Guy Have Any Idea What He Is Doing?”

  • Anonymous

    Fact: This one racist is a liberal.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: What was presented had no guaranties for cuts. Cuts to be determined don’t mean squat like pay as you go.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: All posting from this one is stuck on stupid.

  • Anonymous

    Boy, between this race baiter and Mr. Ed, they sure don’t know much about history do they?

    For the silence on every democrat voting NO on raising the debt limit under W and for Francel to not even mention that fact, makes this article hardly worth reading.

    Stupid guest, stupid host and for Frances to not even mention that fact to counter this race baiting BS is pretty darn sad (but perfectly expected).

    “TheBlack”….oooooooooooooo, fear mongering through race baiting.  What a bunch of dolts.

  • Anonymous

    Ed Schultz Guest: Congress Won’t Raise Debt Ceiling Because America Is ‘In The Hands Of The Black’

    No . Because America is in the hands of the crazy .

    Obama screws up everything he touches .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek Bulk Vanderhuge

    Does this mean Obama opposed raising the debt ceiling when Bush was president because he hates white people? 

  • billyweeds

    “Congress will not vote to put the economy in the black is [sic] because the country is in the hands of the black.”
    For you to add “(sic)” to anything is hilarious.  You have more typos per story than any other site on the web.  If people added “(sic)” when they quoted your stories there would be no room left for the story.  ROTFLMAO.

  • Anonymous

    So that means the GOP are just grandstanding against Obama right? I thought  so too.

    I’d be interested in seeing Obama really show some leadership and convince the Dems in DC to end all negotiations with the GOP. Tell them, no more attaching conditions and other issues to this vote. Vote yes or no on the debt ceiling as a completely separate issue. Period.

  • Anonymous

    As well he should.  It cuts the budget to 1966 levels when people were making an average of 8,000 a year.  It is the ryan plan on striods.  It does away with Social Security. It requires that no revenue be raised EVER.  Inother word it kill the Federal government. It is antiAmerican. No bridges,. No roads. No fire. No schools.  I know the Republicans want to take away my Medicare and Social Security, now if they refuse to raise the debt ceiling and mess with my 401K this is WAR!

  • Anonymous

    Now that’s interesting. Where is all that other money going? To milli0ons of unemployed? Food stamps? Any to the military?
    I’m all for a balanced budget but doing it all at once seems like going 100 miles an hour with a car full of people with no seat belts , and then locking up the brakes.

  • Anonymous

    I’m really very tired of useless speculation about how much the color of Obama’s skin has to do with it. It does nothing to promote solutions.  If that’s your suspicion then fine, but when you give voice to it on national TV you’ve done zero to advance the conversation.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Wow I can’t debate you on this post because you are correct.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    I assume the military will be funded(but you never know with Obama). He probably would be forced to cut back on entitlements though or else we’ll be left with very little to fund the countless federal bureaucracies. It’s why he desperately wants the debt ceiling raised. Can you imagine this slacker of a President being forced to hunker down and actually prioritize where to spend only 60% of the money he’s used to having? He’d finally get a taste of what it’s like out there for families and small business owners.

  • Anonymous

    Of course there was. That’s why you raise it, because you need to borrow more money to pay the bills.

  • Anonymous

    Man, if only he could be President, Speaker of the House AND Senate Majority Leader. Then he could tell everybody what they’re going to vote on. Which still wouldn’t be his plan, because he doesn’t have one.

  • Anonymous

    Man, if only he could be President, Speaker of the House AND Senate Majority Leader. Then he could tell everybody what they’re going to vote on. Which still wouldn’t be his plan, because he doesn’t have one.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NK5INRFELITZ3TS337HINC3VMM Adam

    Darladoon, 44 Democrat Senators were in Congress at the time. 44 Democrats voted against. Do the math.

  • Anonymous

    To do otherwise would be racist.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t hate Obamo’s ‘blackness,’ as some radical Leftists want to frame it. I hate his socialistic European WHITENESS.

    These Obamo breast-feeders really DO need to learn a new hymn…not that it will help much in 2012.

    Tee Hee!

  • Anonymous

    Trillion-plus $ deficits = “Shut up, racist!”

  • Anonymous

    Some guy who’s been a Dem Presidential candidate. Some guy who’s been the go to race referee foe Dems for decades. Some guy…

    The KKK? Democrats.

  • Anonymous

    When you take hostages, you ask for money. Norquist isn’t asking for more money. Obama is. 

  • Anonymous

    It requires that no revenue be raised ever? OK, now you’re totally off the deep end.

  • Anonymous

    You’re married to a racist?!?! ZOMG!!!

  • Anonymous

    Oh, that’s the Freedmen’s Bureau which Lincoln the Republican initiated. And the veto that ad speaks of?

    “President Andrew Johnson vetoed a bill for an increase of power of the Bureau, supported by Radical Republicans, on February 19, 1866.”

    Andrew Johnson? A Democrat.

  • Anonymous

    Cool! I’ll have a celebratory shot of Jack Daniels. Ooips it’s 8AM.   Aw what the hell.

  • Anonymous

    1. Birtherism started on the left, and in Hillary’s campaign. See Phil Berg.

    2. His name is Barack Hussein Obama. See “Mmm mmm mmm, Barack Hussein Obama”

    3. A hateful, racist BLACK preacher, that Obama claims as a mentor.

    4.Conservatives invited a rapper to the White House? Eminem?

    Please, go on.

  • Anonymous

    Really? What are those cuts? Obama can’t name them. Can you?

  • Anonymous

    Really? What are those cuts? Obama can’t name them. Can you?

  • Anonymous

    It’s 5:00 somewhere.

  • Anonymous

    Another race pimp looking for his 15 minutes.

  • Anonymous

    I really won’t be able to have that shot for an hour or so anyway. I have to drive my Cadillac across town to the package store that let’s me buy Jack with Food Stamps.

    I love America!!

  • Anonymous

    Another intellectual Marxist elitist with a racist chip on his shoulder trying to defend the indefensible. 

    What a joke and if this is the caliber of the professors of leftist propaganda at the elitist schools, then my opinion of these institutions just went to zero. When hiring, give me a LSU or SEC grad any day. They can read, write and have common sense for the most part.

  • swissdog

    There is no need to default.  In the month of august the amount of revenue taken in by the federal gov’t will be nine times what is needed to cover interest payments.  In fact, by law, the treasury is required to pay debt first before any other obligation.  So with more then adequate funds the president and sec of the treasury would have to break the law in order to not make payments, which is what default is.  Suspending federal wages, closing gov’t offices, not making Soc Sec payments is not default.  Please learn the details before you form your opinions.

  • Anonymous

    Most of us here would find that pretty easy to believe.

  • Anonymous

    You guys never cease to amaze, just rewrite history any way ya like.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah but that’s different, whitey is to blame, yada yada, yada…..you know the drill Sara, ha!

  • South Park Conservatives

    1. Progressive Democrats are the original birthers.See Chester A Arthur .

    2. Obama said his middle name was a strength and doesn’t mind it being used.Until polling data said other wise.Now its racist to use his middle name.

    3.His connections to  a hate whitey,hate  America preacher? Obama has lots of connections to people who hate whitey,and hate America.I guess talking about Obama’s friends and heros is racist to.

    4. A rapper who supports cop killing and cop killers?I know the left would find nothing wrong with that.Some of us support the police .

  • South Park Conservatives

    1. Progressive Democrats are the original birthers.See Chester A Arthur .

    2. Obama said his middle name was a strength and doesn’t mind it being used.Until polling data said other wise.Now its racist to use his middle name.

    3.His connections to  a hate whitey,hate  America preacher? Obama has lots of connections to people who hate whitey,and hate America.I guess talking about Obama’s friends and heros is racist to.

    4. A rapper who supports cop killing and cop killers?I know the left would find nothing wrong with that.Some of us support the police .

  • ImNotBlue

    Yes, it’s a good thing he never referred to himself by his middle name.

    Oh wait…

  • ImNotBlue

    Yes, it’s a good thing he never referred to himself by his middle name.

    Oh wait…

  • Guest

    If we had not raised the ceiling then, there would  have been a possibility for default!!!  Get your head on!

  • Anonymous

    MED- one of the biggest racists and race-baiters- in the same league as
    Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. The only thing that distinguishes MED is
    his frequent propensity to use words he neither understands, nor uses properly.

  • Anonymous

    You know when the libs are losing when they go back to 2008′s strategy of playing the race card.

  • Jean934

    http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=2123  
    A black man tells how the “Black Code” gets Obama the black votes.

  • Jean934

    http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=2123  
    A black man tells how the “Black Code” gets Obama the black votes.

  • A beachguy

     Is that all Dyson has to offer? Racism? Talk about the boy who cried wolf. This is about the abolition of property rights and the ascension of an all powerful central goverment. The race baiting fascists could care less about property rights, equal treatment under the law or due process. All they want is everything you have.

  • Anonymous

    Everyone knows he got elected because he is black.  What the left always chooses to ignore is he’s being criticized because he is incompetent.

  • Golfer_08808

    America will not default on its legal debts…..however, there may be less money for the parasite classes.  I consider this to be a very good thing.   And as far as “patriotism” goes….let us allow everyone to be a patriot…..how anout a HEAD tax on everyone living here….parents are responsible for paying the tax for their children.   If they cannot pay….they are not patriots and will not be allowed to vote.    How does that sound ?

  • Golfer_08808

    The only threat of default comes from LIARS like you.

  • Golfer_08808

    Military gets paid….the parsites can go hungry.   If we lose a few million of them, exactly what do we really lose ?  And…of course…the parasites have the option of actually going to work.

  • Golfer_08808

    I wonder when America-hating leftists will talk about “redistributing the work” ?

  • Golfer_08808

    Obama care is a colossal waste of money….why do we want to extend the lives of parasites ?
    The chimp promised to close Gitmo….he lied.
    The chimp promised to end the Patriot Act….he lied
    The chimp promised to end the wars….instead, he started another one….he lied.

    Liberals are the true vermin of this planet….they seem to spend their lives hysterically
    screaming about who makes how much and how much they pay in taxes.

    I wonder if the libs EVER thought about taking care of their own needs.

  • Golfer_08808

    You are a LIAR…but then agian, you’re a leftist so it is part and parcel of what you are.

  • Golfer_08808

    No it is not….preventing a verminous lying scumbag like Obama from breeding more of his inferior kind is a very good idea.

  • Golfer_08808

    And how many people are in the KKK ?   The NAACP is a much bigger group and just as racist.

  • Golfer_08808

    Since Nazis favored big, oppressive govt, Nazis…like Communists, Fascists and Socialists….are ALL leftwingers……Nazis favored abortion, high taxation, govt control of business, govt control of schools….all part and parcel of the Democrat Party.

  • Golfer_08808

    Since Nazis favored big, oppressive govt, Nazis…like Communists, Fascists and Socialists….are ALL leftwingers……Nazis favored abortion, high taxation, govt control of business, govt control of schools….all part and parcel of the Democrat Party.

  • Golfer_08808

    Hard to have a serious argument with someone ass stupid, bigoted, lazy and greedy as you.

  • Anonymous

    who is this grover person? did “but the kochs!!” stop working?

  • Anonymous

    Actually dipsh*t, it’s in the hands of the socialist.

  • thisexists

    Since Obama is half white, isn’t half of it in the hands of ‘the white’?   

  • http://impossibledreamsmedia.com Chris Jones

    That’s news? What would be news is if race baiter Michael Eric Dyson didn’t think race was to blame. This clown has the same answer for everything. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VB4SOUKOAWZQWELB534S2DI2PQ realheadline

    Professor teaches students how to use racial division/ bigotry for political gain. Georgetown alumni, take a bow, this can only happen with your support!

  • Ajolily

    Its interesting how throughout time the definition of words actually change. It used to mean a seriously bigoted hated of a person of a different race than yourself. Today it means you are conservative or have a different opinion than a liberal especially a black liberal. The word is unusual as it has changed more than most words I can think of. Its hard to be called a racist because one thinks of the old definition but according to the new one a person should be proud of being called a racist. Strange world we live in now. Thanks for the compliment to my husband Pablo.

  • Anonymous

    He got that from a Tea Party bumper sticker.

  • Anonymous

    If it’s not FEAR-and-SMEAR, it’s their patented “THE RACE CARD™”  – that’s all the lunatic-left d-cRAT socialist extremists have.

  • http://www.facebook.com/samk91 H.c. Murphy

    Obama is failing again, whats new ? He don’t have a plan, doesn’t have a budget, spent (wasted) the trap money, has put our country deeper in debt, and wants to spend like there is no tomorrow. He hasn’t done anything for our nation. Spent his first year running around the world telling everyone he was sorry that the USA had done all the wrong in the wold, it was the USA fault for everything. You would have thought the guy was a rock star. The is only one shovel ready job out there, and it will be seen 2012. Oh….black don’t have a thing to do with it…WE WILL TAKE OUR NATION BACK !

  • Anonymous

    Sadly, the “Dream” has been misplaced. (hopefully, not, forever lost)  Had Martin Luther King not been assassinated, would the Dysons, Sharptons, Jackson Lees, Farakhans,etc., of the world been allowed by KIng to emerge from their feculent swamps?

    A Curious compare and contrast:  The death of Lincoln allowed the South to carry on with their racist ways.  The death of King allowed racism to linger and even grow in the form of men such as Dyson.

    PURVEYOR

  • Holistic

    Hard to believe there is this much ignorance in Minnesota!

  • Anonymous

    We didn’t have the debt we have now under Obama and we were not on the debt-increasing trajectory Obama has this nation headed to now!

    Never have we been in this position; there’s nothing like a WWII (I hope there’s not) on the horizon to get us out of this mess this time

  • Anonymous

    What you are doing IS a default.  Ask a REAl economist, not one the is bought and paid for by the Koch Brothers? Christian Taliban Tea Party.   

  • Lenferr

    Blacks have had so much success in other parts of the world , we should just follow blindly …. Africa is just the model of stable governmnet and soaring economies……

  • http://www.youarestupidif.com Nate Tanguay

    “or we give Obama more of a chance and support to improve our country.”  What flavor Kool-Aid are you drinking.  Does your master make your leg tingle also? 

    I just went insane. Now whatever anyone
    says or does sounds normal and the whole world looks normal. And
    whatever says sounds normal. Sounds normal the looks world whole. Now
    anyone just went. Happy people are happy. Unhappy people are unholy
    and sometimes unhappy, but it’s not their fault as they are not
    happy. Maybe.

  • http://twitter.com/beachbug1 beachbug1

    Dyson does nothing except spount hracial bull! 

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/ON4HHDYPEEDF3USYEBHZ7CJBCU potvin

    Funny, I thought it was in the hands of the idiot.

  • Jen06

    “They won GIVE this victory to him because….”
    ________
    Why should anyone ‘GIVE’ Obama anything? Does he not have to earn it?
    Should we ‘GIVE’ it to him because he’s black?

  • Jen06

    “They won GIVE this victory to him because….”
    ________
    Why should anyone ‘GIVE’ Obama anything? Does he not have to earn it?
    Should we ‘GIVE’ it to him because he’s black?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    The economy is in the hands of ghetto thieves…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    The economy is in the hands of ghetto thieves…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    The economy is in the hands of ghetto thieves ………………..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZBH6TUVQ56WL3EF643447JSVEQ tripp

    I hope they can work out a reasonable agreement. Good commentary on the budget and Catholic issues at http://www.catholicurrent.com/#/.

  • PissondaGOP

    Well take ur hate of non whites somewhere else like stormfront im sure ur a member

  • PissondaGOP

    Well take ur hate of non whites somewhere else like stormfront im sure ur a member

  • Icraponwhiteracists

    Show dem confereate colors jethro!!!!!

  • JRman

    The GOP, for fiscal responsibility since January 20, 2009.

  • Anonymous

    There is no such thing as a race card. The white racists have been running around calling Black people and the Pres everythink but a child of God.  Let a Black man speak his mind and some whites have nervous breakdowns. STFU 

  • Anonymous

    There is no such thing as a race card. The white racists have been running around calling Black people and the Pres everythink but a child of God.  Let a Black man speak his mind and some whites have nervous breakdowns. STFU 

  • Dahni

    Dyson needed 4 people to write his book and keep him from too many errors.  It takes another 2 people to read it to him…and another 2 people to keep explaining it to him in one syllable words.  He can handle ‘Black is good’ and ‘White is bad’; but has problems with ‘racist’ and ‘equa opportunity’.  lol

  • Dahni

    cd, you forget that Dyson’s phd was in Black Studies.

  • Dahni

    I’ve paid into SS for 20+ years, and now you don’t want me to get any back!  twit!

  • patriot

     You have got to be joking!” things will continue to improve” Where have you been since obama took office? living under a rock. The race issue has been brought up more during his administration than it has since the 60s. ..We have  the worst debt we have ever had.The daily expenses are 3 time as high under  obama compared to even the most expensive previous administrations.  And about  homosexuality, maybe you can explain to me whats good about it. Please do.I have a brother dying because of aids. Its not a pretty sight, maybe you would like to observe with me and then explain how good it is… unemployment is at its highest thanks to obama squelching commerce….gas is double what it was when he came into office.   Then you want to talk about an ignoramus ruling..We already have that .every program he has had, has been a miserable failure. So it pretty much boils down to this..either his agenda has totally failed  or his agenda was to fail . If you liberals get what you want (and deserve) there will be no america left in another 4 years. The only thing left will be the government and the poor. What will you do whitout a working middle class to support both? I know liberals have got to be smarter than they act.How is it possible to not be?

  • Anonymous

    I thought Obama was white, at least HALF white?  How does that affect your thesis?

    Purveyor

  • patriot

    I thought bush was a moron until I saw what this so-called pres. has done. By policy comparison bush is an einstein.I was pro obama until he showed what he really is. When he was running for election he had all the answers, he talked a good game,but sad to say,thats all he is. TALK.. About the only thing he has done is destroy or at least harm some of the better things in America. If he is re-elected there wont anything  american left.  however, it would be interesting to see how well the muslims,illegals and homosexuals play together. Lets see how diversity works up close!

  • patriot

    I thought bush was a moron until I saw what this so-called pres. has done. By policy comparison bush is an einstein.I was pro obama until he showed what he really is. When he was running for election he had all the answers, he talked a good game,but sad to say,thats all he is. TALK.. About the only thing he has done is destroy or at least harm some of the better things in America. If he is re-elected there wont anything  american left.  however, it would be interesting to see how well the muslims,illegals and homosexuals play together. Lets see how diversity works up close!

  • caconservative

    How novel, Schultz feeds Dyson questions that could suggest racism and Dyson hits them out the racist-park! Can this get any more conceived?! 

  • NeverWrong

    Michael Eric Dyson, Eugene Robinson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, uhhhhhhh, these 3 are bigger racist bigots than anyone on the right. Those 3 should be banned from TV but, we have a great Constitution that allows them to spread their hatred towards anyone to the right of The Big Bang. Why LSDnbc continues to bring those 3 along with idiots like David Corn, Joan Walsh, Howard Fineman and the goofballs from he Nation mag. on their various shows is evidence enough that FOX News is made up of innocent choir boys and high school cheerleaders who give you REAL News. With PMSnbc you get anger, hatred and just plain trash. At least LSDnbc has been suspending and firing a few of their idiot talking heads. They need to get rid of a bunch more and hire some adults in their place.

  • http://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/ gocart mozart

    “Remember how liberals wanted to outlaw displaying the American flag after 9/11?”

    You people will lie about everything won’t you?

  • http://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/ gocart mozart

    Sounds like you hate democracy.

  • http://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/ gocart mozart

    They don’t understand.  There entire worldview depends on not understanding the most basic things about the world.

  • http://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/ gocart mozart

    He shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists and that is what the Republican Party controlled by its Teatardist faction has become:  Economic Terrorists.

  • Jp7077

    Time to choose……..what’s more important……..your ss ( that you paid into for 20 years)…a a check for every baby that a women ( legal or “undocumented”) pops out and can’t afford to raise?

  • http://www.facebook.com/tater.gumfries Tater Gumfries

    “Those 3 should be banned from TV ”

    Guess we know which side *you*’re on, comrade.

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    These comments amaze me!  I have never felt that I had to wear a Flag Pin on my lapel to prove my Patriotism to my Country. I served in Korea and spent another 4 years in the Air Force Reserves.  Dr. Dyson said  what many of us Black and White have known since Obama took the oath of office. Immediately he was told that no cooperation would come from the Republicans!  McConnell said his top priority is to see that Obama is a 1-term President. I have never in my life heard that kind of talk from the opposing Party against any President. 

    As a Black man I don’t have to cry racism, because I have lived it, and I darn sure recognize it when I see it.
    And the so-called TEA PARTY is Loaded with America’s most Racist & and Dangerous Organizations. So, wake up Liberals & Progressives & Independents, because when they take this Country down we will all drown together unless you are a Millionaire or a Billionaire! 

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    What is your claim to fame?  I suppose you have a Phd in Racism and un-equal opportunity!
    lol

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    RIGHT ON!

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Touche !!!

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Sounds like rumblings from the trailer park.

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    You know what would be news?  You opening your eyes one day and recognizing RACISM when you see it!

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Remember what the Mantra was ….a single DROP of Black Blood makes you BLACK!
    lol

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Where were you between 2001 and 2009?  Did you notice G.W. Bush screwing up anything during those years?   Ummm…Just wondering.

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Did Bush have any idea what he was doing?

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Its refreshing to read something from someone who knows what they are talking about.
    THANKS!

  • http://twitter.com/hehilljr Howard Hill

    Inheritance is a B—h.  G.W.Bush inherited a Balanced Budget and a Surplus from Clinton and squandered it all on his Rich Friends within months.   Obama inherited a recession headed toward a Depression and did what had to be done to stop it, and that required spending more money and financing Bush’s unnecessary Wars.  The Rich Kid feathered the nest of his Rich friends.  The Community Organizer with the Credit Card has to pick up the pieces for the AMERICAN people.

  • Anonymous

    Mr. Dyson, you racist pig, it’s not the hue of O.commie’s skin, it’s his ideology steeped in racism, communism, Muslim religion and blatant America hating and he’s got you and your fellow vulgar D-Rat lie-holers with matching ideologies to excuse the Kenyan in Kontrol acting out while posing as POTUS.

  • Corycornell

    I heart racism.

  • beast890

    I personally like how Boehner has worked with Obama.  They sit at a table together, talk and negotiate.  Unfortunately they disagree on everything and hate each other, but at least he is somewhat humane about it. That’s progress.

  • Michael

    Really?   Putting millions of Americans out of work so that businesses can increase their bottom line or parking billions of dollars offshore to avoid paying taxes is not patriotic.  By the way as a veteran just want to let you know that liberals can voice their opinion and be patriotic at the same time.  Avoiding paying taxes or putting Americans out of work for profit or railing against “big government” so that the conservatives can replay the civil war and drag the nation back to the 1870′s when southern whites wanted to undo reconstruction is not patriotic.  It is the Tea party!

  • Michael

    Interesting, you just forgot to mention that the debt consists of bills run up by Pres. Bush who lied by the way to get us into war, set up a private no bid army for the war in Iraq, set up a medical program that he did not pay for and oh yes, scratched regulations so that our greedy banking sector almost bankrupts the world economy.  Then there is the issue of cutting taxes so that he bankrupts the states and the country.   President Obama did none of that and the irony is that the fools who supported Bush are the ones crying about debt and how this President, who happens to be Black, can’t spend any money because the Tea party and conservatives have a problem with a Black man with a checkbook.  I mention that because during the two terms of the Bush Presidency those white folks with the funny big government signs were no where to be seen.  You brought up race and yes I will tell you that the Tea Party and right wing commentators on Fox have been disrepectful bordering on treason.  Talk about talking down the economy and putting Americans out of work is what the right wing has been all about.  Their behavior and rhetoric reminds me of the men I used to see going to Klan meetings in my home state of Michigan.  All that is missing for the on air talent at fox, I almost said news, is the robes and hoods.  Read Pat Buchanan making excuses about the mad man in Norway or the blathering of the Virginian Cantor and you can see why folk are a little upset.  Dust off your grey uniform and get out the stars and bars I want you to be comfortable.

  • Michael

    Sorry I would have covered this in my earlier post but when Bush came into office you forgot to mention that we had a surplus there was no need to raise the debt limit until Bush blew the budget with tax cuts and the aformentioned wars etc.   Leadership was fine the plan was to weaken the federal government by starving it by limiting funds.  Tax rates are as low as thery were in the 1950′s and with corporations moving their money off shore and not paying their fair share of taxes it is no wonder we are borrowing money. By the way it was a republican, Reagan, who opened up China and it was republicans who creating the financial relationships that has us owing out so much money.  The bad choices were made by the same people who are pretending to be fiscal concervatives now.  It was not lack of leadership those folk knew just what they were doing.  The citizens did not see it coming because of the lack of leadership in the corporate press that protects the white citizens council we call the tea party.  I knew you meant to mention that to Maggy in your missive.

  • Michael

    Really?  You want to pay the airfare to India, China or Mexico because that is where our jobs are.  Over 400 million jobs since Reagan was president.  The Tea Party has not produced jobs nor has the republican party.  This is 2011 and folk are not scared of you anymore so watch who you are calling a parasite.  There are a lot of good men and women who are out of work because of corporate greed many of them are veterans who will eat you for lunch.  By the way, I am sure you know this, while Bush was president and gave tax breaks to the wealthy, I’m sorry, the job creators they produced little to no new jobs.  Unlike President Clinton whose administration saw more job growth than both Bush presidents.  So apologize to CosmoDan and spend a little time watching something other than Fox or reading the New York Post.  You should be nicer to your fellow Americans and we will be nicer to you inspite of your intellectual challenges.

  • Dhat

    All political partys are bullshit; but republican is probably the worst. Come on, they promote christianty, thats worse than believing in Zeus

  • Anonymous

    When is the race war starting? I’ve picking out three white houses for home invasion……jk or am I? Naw jk or are u scared n farting cause of fear? We need to get this over with anyway, race will be the one thing that will destroy america.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SESKJFKLYQPLV4DNHO6HEGNNXI prewitt760

    ghetto thieves?Well, it’s the white trailer park trash that got us in this mess, So,there,asshole.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SESKJFKLYQPLV4DNHO6HEGNNXI prewitt760

    inferior? You whites who say all this racist crap are the ones that are inferior.  You guys don’t even have a history.  Your skin color is a genetic defect. who’s inferior now?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SESKJFKLYQPLV4DNHO6HEGNNXI prewitt760

    Most of you white trash needs to get a JOB!! Period.  And stop saying negative things about African Americans because African Americans are in college and is not thinking about you.  We are getting good jobs,while u trash continue to talk shit about us.  Most of u are illerate assholes that will never accomplish shit.  Continue your jokes,cause believed me,we are thrieving as a race of people. Stay on ur keyboards because you all ain’t shit.  Believe me.  I hate you inbred motherfuckers.  Fuckin Nazis die and go to hell. Fuck u all,little dick wods.

  • TruDat

    “And stop saying negative things about African Americans because African Americans are in college and is not thinking about you.”

    Clearly you are not in college, since your grammar is atrocious.

    “illerate” – “thrieving” – “dick wods”

    Not very proficient with spelling either, I see.

     

  • Randall Drew

    Who is this uppity colored guy, Michael Eric Dyson?  He is almost as arrogant as Barrack Obama, POTUS:

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