Hmmm…interesting.

King is either an idiot or a racist.

Or both.

Big_F-ing_Deal said:
Hmmm…interesting.

King is either an idiot or a racist.

Or both.

I vote both.

The story is about Rep Steve King, yet the headline says Peter King. Different Congressman, please correct.

BFD..

I took it upon myself to repost your comment above, and apply it to keith oldbermann’s brilliance this evening, figured since you didnt like the guy you wouldnt mind to much.

Look, Steve King is one of the more radical people in Congress and I would love nothing more than for him to be voted the hell out, but let’s give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.

I look at it that he either had a poor choice of words, or that he should have clarified what he was talking about. I can understand the raised eyebrows on his comments, but I don’t think King is nutty enough to have meant what people think he implied.

i’m black and i don’t think there was anything racial about the comment king made. i think he was simply saying obama is a “city boy” making legislation that affects rural people, and that’s the fact.

i’m not a fan of rep. king at all (he’s a little nutty), but let’s have an honest and candid debate in this country without false accusations.

What King said was completely accurate and had nothing to do with race. This is yet another attempt by the far left to distract from the fact that Pigford is nothing more than reparations in disguise. It’s despicable.

Just goes to show that Blacks don’t like White people calling them names and White people don’t like Blacks calling them names. End of story.

I dunno. I’d love to give him the benefit of the doubt, but how can you not think that’s an obvious code?

Guess how the president busted his lip? playing BASKETBALL! (wink,wink)

Chris Jones said:
Guess how the president busted his lip? playing BASKETBALL! (wink,wink)

You gotz the rock yo ?

I have no way of knowing what was going on in his head but I do take what he said in context and connect it with what he has claimed about Obama’s racial prejudices in the past.

I do not give him the benefit of the doubt.

Dem4Ever said:
Just goes to show that Blacks don’t like White people calling them names and White people don’t like Blacks calling them names. End of story.

It goes to show you that white people don’t like being called racist by black people who push for $1.8 billion in reparations for “black farmers.” Or for black people who considered becoming farmers. Or for black people who once said the word farm.

Here are the facts:

– USDA and FBI officials estimate that the number of fraudulent claims ranges from 50 to 95 percent.

– The original Pigford settlement was to compensate black farmers who were discriminated against by the USDA over loans. When the Pigford vs Glickman class action suit was filed in 1999 there were a total of 18,000 black farmers in America.

– The number of people who have since filed claims and are expected to get a piece of the $1.8 billion payout has swelled to more than 94,000 people. That’s called fraud.

– In the face of overwhelming evidence Democrats continue to deny any fraud exists.

Pigford is a perfect cause for Democrats and black poverty pimps like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Dr. John Boyd to push. All they have to do is call people opposed to it racist and black people will get paid.

Sorry, that’s not going to happen. The racism charge has been all used up. There’s no sting left. This is a brazen attempt by the hard left to get reparations for blacks.

Had the midterm elections turned out differently this attempted heist just might have worked. But we know how the elections turned out. I predict many if not most of those 94,000 people with outstretched hands are going to have to get a job after all. You know, like the rest of us.

Anthony said:
i’m black and i don’t think there was anything racial about the comment king made. i think he was simply saying obama is a “city boy” making legislation that affects rural people, and that’s the fact..

ha ha oh man,.,. Really?!?!? really?!??! what do you say about reparations to wallstreet bankers? or reparations to those making +25o,000 a year,..,thats 1.4 trillion dollars in defecit spending,.no but thats okay,discriminatory load practices = 1.25 billion,.,.,oh yea lets get on roof top and scream “this is class warfare! ” oh god the tyranny is almost too much to bare

Chris Jones said:
What King said was completely accurate and had nothing to do with race. This is yet another attempt by the far left to distract from the fact that Pigford is nothing more than reparations in disguise. It’s despicable.

what about when bush spent 15 billion on AIDS funding in Africa?reparations?yea you conservatives haven’t forgiven yourselves since,…. but I know you still love to use it as a cliff note when people call you on your colonial supremacist mentality,,, nowadays refered to: rethuglican teabaggers INC. ha ha you guys are the neo-neo liberalists. LONG LIVE THE CONFEDERACY

@massah christ jones………..”Pigford is a perfect cause for Democrats and black poverty pimps like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Dr. John Boyd to push” …… “I predict many if not most of those 94,000 people with outstretched hands are going to have to get a job after all. You know, like the rest of us.”

Surprised at the end of your rant you didnt tell the ol: where do you hide a ni****rs foodstamps joke. Long live the confederacy! WHITE POWER!

you wanna talk about entitlement issues, tell chris jones to look into the mirror.

What if he called him a “city boy” instead….?
The guy is from the city and that is just a fact.
He’s a grown man who has never known the pleasure of physical labor.

NeoKong said:
He’s a grown man who has never known the pleasure of physical labor.

And what physical labor have you ever known?

I would like to ask Rep. King to explain what the term “white flight” means in context of modern American history.

The racism, bigotry for Obama in our own government is amazing these people don’t even feel ashamed. Thisis the 21st century!!!!!! GET OVER IT!

Bonnie_Mazel said:
GET OVER IT!

Hell, they can’t. There’s a black man and his family living in the White House. They might as well bring back the days of Jim Crow and the KKK. The Republicans have all ready said their main priorty is to make Obama a one term President. Talk about putting Party before Country.

NeoKong said:
What if he called him a “city boy” instead….?
The guy is from the city and that is just a fact.

*banging head against the wall*

re-listen to the whole speach by kkking and you will see the context. when king says he is very very very very urban or newt is saying he is an anti-colonialist kenyan,..,.what theyre really saying is “n****r.”

sorry but its true, the rethuglican establishment can elect all the uncle toms they want, but it still doesnt change the facts. No, not all cons and rethugs are racist, but the people orchestrating the movement are.
If you dont believe me google kevin phillips and the southern strategy.

King is completely right ..this thing has fraud written all over it (ACORN being involved being the first red flag)and of course it’s defenders are going to play the race card…but thankfully that card is so worn out it doesn’t work 1/2 the time…also comparing paying all these “Black farmers” is like reparations in that the people demanding the money were not slaves or in this case not farmers.

the real john t said:
The Republicans have all ready said their main priorty is to make Obama a one term President. Talk about putting Party before Country

And of course the Dems were not doing the same thing with Bush…PLEASE!!!!!! spare be the fake outrage that it’s wrong that one party doesn’t want the President from the other party to be re-elected.

@MLONG “King is completely right ..this thing has fraud written all over it (ACORN being involved being the first red flag)”

HA HA wow so this is what it has come to,..,jesus christ almighty,..,you do realize acorn doesnt exist anymore, dont believe me, look for yourself.

http://www.acorn.org/

If you want some insight into the organization ACTUALLY responsible for bringing the subject to court. look for yourself

http://www.blackfarmers.org/

I heard bill ayres and rev wright were the actual puppet masters pulling the strings behind the scenes,.well them and soros.

“of course it’s defenders are going to play the race card…”

actually you guys pulled it first when you charged the administration of black reparations.

“but thankfully that card is so worn out it doesn’t work 1/2 the time…”

thats not nice, im sure the ace of spades doesnt use you as a pejorative metaphor?

“also comparing paying all these “Black farmers” is like reparations in that the people demanding the money were not slaves or in this case not farmers.”

calm down sarah palin! katie coric isnt interviewing you

King doesn’t need to defend his remarks – Cooper et al need to apologize to King for making a mountain out of a molehill, and misconstruing King’s words into something they were never intended to be.

This is why CNN’s ratings are in the toilet – the public expects this kind of crap from MSNBC (and mediaite, unfortunately), but CNN is supposed to be a respectful organization and not gutter dive down into the depths of dirt where MSNBC lives.

The only racial comments I have heard made about Obama come from Jimmah (who actually did call hehimselftheone “boy”) Biden and Reid….of course, they are all democrats so the media never makes a big deal out of their commentary.

This pretty much does it for me and CNN; I have tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but with Cooper’s ignorance to even go there, he isn’t worth my time anymore.

What a bunch of race baiters and media whoremongers.

Another name calling exercise.

TfT said:
King doesn’t need to defend his remarks – Cooper et al need to apologize to King for making a mountain out of a molehill, and misconstruing King’s words into something they were never intended to be.

This is why CNN’s ratings are in the toilet – the public expects this kind of crap from MSNBC (and mediaite, unfortunately), but CNN is supposed to be a respectful organization and not gutter dive down into the depths of dirt where MSNBC lives.

The only racial comments I have heard made about Obama come from Jimmah (who actually did call hehimselftheone “boy”) Biden and Reid….of course, they are all democrats so the media never makes a big deal out of their commentary.

This pretty much does it for me and CNN; I have tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but with Cooper’s ignorance to even go there, he isn’t worth my time anymore.

What a bunch of race baiters and media whoremongers.

What an immense Kart ‘o Krap! Who do you think you’re fooling? You’d drown in a pool of your own urine if you ever listened or viewed the truth. For you it has always been, it is and it will always be Lard Limbaugh and FOX “News” to reaffirm your own radical right views and give you that special warm, fuzzy feeling only abject ignorance and intolerance offer you. Please.

@tft “What a bunch of race baiters and media whoremongers.”

“CNN is supposed to be a respectful organization and not gutter dive down into the depths of dirt where MSNBC lives.”

ha ha jesus! what does that make fox news,..btw when you yell out n****r in a crowded room, your going to get some looks. Kings entire speech was about how the illegitimate black muslim president wants to steal your hard earned white money and giving it to welfare darkies.,you righties are morons.,actually I think you guys know what you are doing, your just disingenuous spoiled little pricks who cry and throw a tantrum when you dont get your way.

skyfet said:
Another name calling exercise.

welcome to mediaite

Isn’t he urban?

Fact: Ozero is a urbanite!

Remember all, it’s 2010 and 2 years into our post racial Presidency it’s absolutely racist to order black coffee, eat dark chocolate or reference black holes in outer space.

Face it kids, the Democrats have effectively decided that anyone anywhere anytime is in fact a racist, even though 99% of the American people just laugh it off anymore. It’s funny, because you’ll hear people in offices, stores, banks, bars, gas stations, virtually everywhere laugh out loud and make fun of it now.

Good job Dems, I’m sure the African American community is grateful for the giggles.

No more going out of your way to be offended. No more code words. Please. Victimhood is not a virtue.

@TfT, “What a bunch of race baiters and media whoremongers.”

If Anderson is so concerned about blacks why is he wasting time on stories like this while ignoring the continuing problems in Haiti? Maybe it is because he can’t find a way to blame whites.

I don’t care one way or another about Steve King, but when it comes to race CNN and especially Anderson, continue to make mountains out of molehills, blowing everything out of proportion in a desperate attempt to get blogs like Mediaite to cover them in hopes of raising their dismal ratings.

If it has been proven that these black farmers were discriminated against then restitution should be made, but any suspicious claims should be investigated. CNN always tries to tie every black issue to slavery or racial discrimination. If they want to champion some ancient “injustice” why aren’t they complaining about what this country did to the Native American community or the Japanese Americans in WWII? They seem to only be concerned with issues affecting the black community.

Chances are Anderson is doing more of these types of stories to try to stir up interest in his new “talk show”. Controversy is the key to success in that market. Just ask Jerry Springer and Maury, Anderson’s new lightweight “competition”.

More diversion from the far left. When they can’t argue, explain or defend their positions they scream Racism. It’s so old now that nobody cares about being called a racist because the majority of americans have been called racists by the left, the media and the dems for over two years. Jesse Jackson is a pimp. Drats.. Now I am a racist.

He should have corrected himself and said that Chicago is a very rural area.

Arch said:
I dunno. I’d love to give him the benefit of the doubt, but how can you not think that’s an obvious code?

You could look the word up in a dictionary.

writer said:
He should have corrected himself and said that Chicago is a very rural area.

Barck Obama: Worst. Hillbilly. Evah.

libra blue said:
I don’t care one way or another about Steve King, but when it comes to race CNN and especially Anderson, continue to make mountains out of molehills, blowing everything out of proportion in a desperate attempt to get blogs like Mediaite to cover them in hopes of raising their dismal ratings.

I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to “Black In America, Part 83. “

nrgetick said:
yea you conservatives haven’t forgiven yourselves since,

…freeing the slaves?

@Pablo, “I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to “Black In America, Part 83. ””

Don’t laugh, I don’t think this series is ever going to end. I am still waiting for “Native American in America” or “Japanese in America”, PT.1. Didn’t they suffer discrimination and adversity? The difference is they picked themselves up and don’t whine about it every damn day.

libra blue said:
The difference is they picked themselves up and don’t whine about it every damn day.

They also don’t the help of an entire political party (the dems) to manufacture all sorts of fake shit for them either

timzank said:
They also don’t the help of an entire political party (the dems) to manufacture all sorts of fake shit for them either

Good point!

nrgetick said:
@massah christ jones………..”Pigford is a perfect cause for Democrats and black poverty pimps like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Dr. John Boyd to push” …… “I predict many if not most of those 94,000 people with outstretched hands are going to have to get a job after all. You know, like the rest of us.”

Surprised at the end of your rant you didnt tell the ol: where do you hide a ni****rs foodstamps joke. Long live the confederacy! WHITE POWER!

you wanna talk about entitlement issues, tell chris jones to look into the mirror.

I know reality is a hard grasp for some folks, but I will try…..IF the stats put forth are correct. there most likely were 94,000 black farmers trying to get, for many years, the same govt assistance as was provided to the white farmers. By the time many failed, gave up and moved to the city for day labor jobs, probably there were only a fe thousand still on the farm. That doesn’t mean the ones who gave up waiting for the same help the whites got should be disregarded. They or their heirs are entitled to file for damages. Paste on the word reparations if you want to, but they were discriminated against and filed to get some justice….good for them. And bringing in the japanese? Weren’t they given a payout sometime in the last few years….? The black farmers started this after congress passed a bill giving them the money, but didn’t pass the bill to produce the money……. I don’t blame them. They must feel like Repugs, those loudmouths who make a big fuss when they think they have been ignored by their govt.

The original group of farmers that filed suit against the government has a legitimate claim. The rest are just a bunch of piling on parasites looking for free tax-paid handout.