Left-wing “comedian” Bill Maher is setting the news agenda for CNN. Literally. With “Motivated by Race?” on screen, CNN anchor Don Lemon previewed his 7 PM hour Saturday night by citing Joe Wilson, “town hallers yelling at lawmakers” and those “refusing to let kids hear the commander in chief. And on and on and on. What's behind it? Is it racial?”
In the subsequent segment, Lemon revealed his motivation was Maher, who Friday night on his HBO show charged racism drove Wilson's “you lie” shout and those concerned about Obama's address to school children (NewsBusters item). Lemon announced: “I was watching Real Talk, Real Time with Bill Maher and I was like 'finally someone's talking about this, finally someone is talking about this.'”
Lemon made his exultation to guest Tim Wise, author of 'Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama.' Wise accused Rush Limbaugh of “trying to stoke white racial resentment.”
Lemon at the top of the 7 PM EDT Newsroom on September 12:
A Member of Congress calling the President a liar, town hallers yelling at lawmakers, carrying guns to rallies, refusing to let kids hear the commander in chief. And on and on and on. What's behind it? Is it racial? Yeah, I said it. And we're going to talk about it. Tim Wise joins us with some wise words.
About 52 minutes later, Wise alleged:
Rush Limbaugh yesterday on the air saying first that community service is the first step towards fascism, which is bizarre even for him. And then almost immediately after that saying one of the problems with America is too much multi-culturism. You wouldn't say that unless you were trying to stoke white racial resentment. So when you say those things, I want to know when are Republican leaders going to condemn that kind of rhetoric because that's where race is being interjected. It's not interjected by us, it's interjected by the leading talk show hosts in this country.
Lemon soon read a Twitter comment as he divulged what prompted his topic choice:
“I'm with Ron Reagan and Bill Maher. If Obama's skin color was closer to his mom's,” talking about Joe Wilson, “he would not have shouted out.” And I have to tell you, for the first time last night I was watching Real Talk, Real Time with Bill Maher and I was like “finally someone's talking about this, finally someone is talking about this.” Do you think that Joe Wilson would have done that to a President who was of another color?
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center




















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Keep it coming..
September 13, 2009 - 01:13 ET by AgentAmerican...you parasitic bastards. The bloodsuckers will soon be on the run...
So it is their new handle...bloodsuckers. Not left, not right, not center. Certainly not good.
Bloodsuckers.
Racism is such a pathetic excuse.
Awake the sleeping giant...and that giant is WE THE PEOPLE!
Bloodsuckers, indeed!
September 13, 2009 - 07:47 ET by ApodicticAll Obeyme has to do is announce that he's not the messiah, and that criticism of his policies is not racist. But, he'll never do that because he's principally committed to engendering as much hatrid and messianic worship as he possibly can. This alone validates his satanic attack on America and her patriotic citizens. Just remember all the names and locations of those who are doing his bidding.
The MSM is saying 2 million
September 13, 2009 - 09:10 ET by wolfemanicThe MSM is saying 2 million racists showed up in DC yesterday. Last
night I heard one person say it was a lynch mob on CNN. Yet the MSM
can't even convince black folks that its all about racism. The black moral
leaders are quiet. The streets are empty, where is the
counter race demonstrations today if yesterday was all about race and hurting a black man..and not just any black man?
Even race baiter Jessie Jackson won't gather a small crowd, he's not even
going to try, there's just nothing there racist to believe.. All there is to see is people
fighting a corrupt out of control government and defending their core freedoms...for all of us, black and white.
Excellent post....and you
September 13, 2009 - 12:07 ET by equusartsExcellent post....and you can bet your bottom dollar Al Sharpton would have ridden in with his posse if it even remotely smelled of racism!
I am SO tired of these people claiming love and tolerance...yes love and tolerance as long as you agree with them! Liberals have NO tolerance or love for anyone opposed to them. Complete and total hypocrites.
Conservatives understand the TRUE nature of liberalism...=freedom and I've never seen such passion for individual freedom as I've seen in America this year. Beautiful and keep it up! I only wish I were there! (I live in a very socialist leaning govt. country-Canada)
"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."
If Bill Maher is described as a Left-wing “comedian”, which he
September 13, 2009 - 01:16 ET by Rush Fancertainly is, then why isn't CNN anchor Don Lemon identified as a left-wing racist CNN anchor, which he certainly is?
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"They have sacrificed integrity (whatever little they had) their character, their professionalism, to prop this guy and his administration up. They are stenographers for Rahm Emanuel. They're propagandists for the White House and, increasingly, the Democrat Party at large" ~ Rush Limbaugh on the state-run media
Not Racist
September 13, 2009 - 01:28 ET by Junk Science SkepticWe're not racist, we hate Pelosi and Reid too! And Maher!
Stop Funding Leftist Propaganda - Boycott GE & Disney
And probably if the truth was known
September 13, 2009 - 07:52 ET by 10ksnookerPelosi would be top of the list.
These poeople don't want to govern America, It's clear now they intend to RULE America ... And we aren't going to let them.
Gloves coming off-Don Lemon clearly supports a communist POTUS
September 13, 2009 - 01:46 ET by R D Helm...therefore he is a communist by default, as I make no distinction between a lousy, stinking commie puke and those who support them.
As such, Don Lemon, along with most of the rest of his Communist News Network co-conspirators, is seeking to assist Comrade Chairman Barack Hussein Obama in robbing me of the freedoms and liberties I currently enjoy.
I say not just no, but Hell no.
Translated into English, that means F*ck You, Don Lemon.
Sorry, but I am sick to G*d damn death of these putrid cretins.
Shoot me.
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
Here Here
September 13, 2009 - 02:37 ET by BookinWeaselDave,
From your lips to God's ear....couldn't of stated it better!!
Sticks and stones
September 13, 2009 - 01:34 ET by Joe CamelCall us what you will, but it does not change anything in the message. Obama lied/lies, and he got called out on it. Now, they admitted it, so who is the wrong party here. BTW, not a Republican either here, Independent..they all lie. Wanna see racists, probably best to look inside of yourself before you start to call out others. Libtards are such phonies.
Liberals are committing political suicide.
September 13, 2009 - 02:30 ET by SupermanAll of these liberals who keep saying that every negative thing said about Obama is racist are just shooting themselves in the foot. The American people aren't stupid. They are probably rolling their eyes everytime an Obama brown-noser such as Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, or Don Lemon start playing the race card.
It's all they have - an
September 13, 2009 - 02:28 ET by G. MayIt's all they have - an argument that doesn't exist.
Keep it up you clowns, keep throwing the race card out until it has no meaning whatsoever.
I don't think any of us are
September 13, 2009 - 03:42 ET by mostlymoderateI don't think any of us are racist. Afterall, I would rather have Condoleeza Rice for President than McCain and I voted for McCain. My favorite Justice on the Supreme Court is Clarence Thomas because he proves over and over to be a true conservative.
This is liberal vs. conservatives NOT black vs. white.
So how do all of these
September 13, 2009 - 05:25 ET by NonanonSo how do all of these 'brilliant' people explain the conservative opposition to all of the white liberals? The opinion toward them is exactly the same as toward Obama, but Obama has ratcheted the actions and legislation up so much and so fast it has upped the ante so that different methods of protesting it have risen.
It has been said before that the left doesn't (can't) dispute the charge of lying, but just attack the one who points it out. I too hope Americans are seeing through this facade and will fight back, but I have this fear that so many people have grown up being indoctrinated in liberalism in school and hearing liberalism preached in so many venues that they see nothing wrong with it and are afraid to resist it or defeat it.
That's Exactly Right
September 13, 2009 - 04:25 ET by mountainman08When liberals object or disagree with conservatives its the popular consensus.
BUT when conservatives diagree its racism immediately.
My hat is off and I praise Mr. Wilson for having the backbone to say the truth on national tv.
Thank GOD the American public can see thru all the BS.
finally?
September 13, 2009 - 04:52 ET by sarainitalyFinally someone is talking about this? From a CNN reporter? Figures...
I'll say it again, jouranlism is dead. If this moron is JUST now hearing someone call this stuff racist I wouldn't be surprised, considering their track record of *journalism*. HA
Idiot.
(OH NO! was I just RACIST??)
Yes you were racist
September 13, 2009 - 06:03 ET by topdog729Lol your in a race for your rights and freedoms and those of your children and grand children!
Racer, racist what ever!
Call us what they will, this ain't about titles,
IT'S ALL ABOUT FREEDOM!
Oh, for crying out loud!!
September 13, 2009 - 08:00 ET by motherbeltYes, sara, finally!
Just like every time they talk about rape, it's "finally" being brought into the open! TV Specials....Rape-Shattering the Silence!! Rape-the Unspoken Crime!!
Where the heck have Lemon and his buddies been for the past 18 months or so....the Bermuda Triangle???
Every time, since day one of the Obama campaign, that someone ha criticized The One, he or she has been called a racist...even Geraldine Ferraro, for crying out loud!
And now they say it's about time!! that someone calls it what it is??? \sarc
They're not going to stop any time soon; so Joe Wilson and everyone else had better man up and stand their ground!
"journalism"
September 13, 2009 - 07:23 ET by cman70It would be hilarious, but coming from "the most trusted name in news" makes it really sad.
My guess is Lemon is not being obtuse. He's clearly following S.O.P.
Simply Put
September 13, 2009 - 05:57 ET by topdog729Wilson said to hell with protocol, screw the status quoe!
It's time for some constitution up in here! Homeslice, your the liar!
Dems are SO racist
September 13, 2009 - 06:08 ET by ChrisMillsRacism is having a bias against a person because they are a particular race. The fact that dems keep bringing up how critics are using Obama's race to push against him are implying that there is something inherently weak about someone with Obama's race that he needs protection and defense to overcome it. It's Obama's critics who believe they aren't attacking someone who is inherently weak. Otherwise they would treat him with kid gloves like the dems are doing. Therefore dems who bring up racism are racist.
You see what happens when
September 13, 2009 - 07:20 ET by ConservativeRexYou see what happens when you own the media for 70 years. They actually believe everyone should fall in line with the way they think. Sorry big boy, not this time.
It's actually funny as hell that they want to call me (us) racist. Big deal. You might as well call us all poopypants for as much as it means these days. Y'all wore it out, it means absolutely nothing. I'm a racist, Lemon, Mahar? Big deal, what else you got partner? That's your only shot, and it's pretty damn weak. From this point on, we own you. LOL...now go pout.
Blacks are so full of
September 13, 2009 - 07:20 ET by suzycreamcheeseBlacks are so full of themselves to think that everything is about them. Get over yourselves. Black, brown, white, purple--just keep your mitts out of my wallet!
And CNN wonders why no one
September 13, 2009 - 07:38 ET by Average_JoeMNAnd CNN wonders why no one watches them anymore...
These morons are
September 13, 2009 - 07:47 ET by MazziThese morons are systematically and effectively destroying the house of cards that they built.
The average American has been watching this whole "racism" thing for years. They have been quietly observing and seeing that things just didn't add up. They have heard the constant cries of "racism" from people who keep getting richer and more powerful, while the people whom they purport to be helping fall deeper and deeper into self-enforced segregation.
Americans have embraced blacks and minorities who break free from those bonds - we have given them every advantage that we know how to, and the ones who have been sucessful have been welcomed with open arms. Mixed in with the truly successful are the players - the scammers - the ones who have used the largess of society to become powerful - not to help, but to agitate. Those people are the true racists.
Americans understand this now. Now that we have become proficient in talking with our neighbors. Now that we can compare stories and examine the reality. Now that we have the input of blacks and minorities who also see what we see and who have chosen not tro accept the lies of the people who want to keep them "victims".
The media and the race-baiters are taking their last stab at this. They don't understand why it's not working. It's not working because the sleeping giant has awoken. We will no longer tolerate the left's attempt to paint us as something we are not. We are NOT racist, as any black who has shed the idealogy of victimology will tell you. And, we have stopped letting the left shame us for things we do not believe and ideas we do not hold.
America is coming back. Hopefully we will be stronger than ever. And this time, we will have our black and minority brothers standing by our sides. America - where everyone is entitled to the opportunity to succeed, so long asTHEY take the steps to do so.
"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt
Mazzi - Awesome post
September 13, 2009 - 07:55 ET by FeynmanFanYour post says it all. Excellent job.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
cheese n rice, I should
September 13, 2009 - 08:16 ET by kangaroocheese n rice,
I should of bought stock in the race card company, how many decks have they used so far this year 1000, million, missed that boat,
LOL! Cheese and Rice
September 13, 2009 - 08:21 ET by FeynmanFanI was just thinking about that phrase this morning.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
He he he, great minds think
September 13, 2009 - 08:55 ET by kangarooHe he he, great minds think alike, must of been ESPn
If you're thinking anything at all like me
September 13, 2009 - 09:05 ET by FeynmanFanyou need help - and soon.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
LOL ditto
September 13, 2009 - 09:32 ET by kangarooLOL ditto
hilarious!
September 13, 2009 - 12:07 ET by katainkentI tend to say holy peas and carrots. I have no idea where I got that. But that gave me a great laugh!
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
(if you think healthcare is expensive now - wait until its free)
There is still time
September 13, 2009 - 12:14 ET by general companyI should of bought stock in the race card company,
Dont let the over use of them discourage you
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
It so old at this point...
September 13, 2009 - 09:19 ET by sam12663that most people are tuning it out. Only nitwits of the ilk of Maher and Maureen Dowd keep trying to sell this story, and it clearly is not working. Lets face it, CNN ratings are in the tank, and the NY Times circulation is almost non exisitant. What they are trying to distort is the fact that this president is in way over his head, and they will attempt any and all distractions to hide this fact.
President Obama is nothing more than a lying empty suit; a Hollywood
style special effects smoke and mirrors show that has shown itself to
be a total fraud.
WAKE UP AMERICA! SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION!
I went to my local Post
September 13, 2009 - 09:50 ET by nicksmith112I went to my local Post Office last Thursday. As I pulled into the parking lot I see what I later learned to be supporters of LaRouche. The Obama joker pictures. The Obama picture with the Nazi/Hitler mustache. Three people are having a very animated discussion at the table setup at the curb. One of them being a black woman. My 1st thought is this is going to get ugly very quickly.
Long story short I approached the women at the table, one white and the other black. They were both LaRouche supporters well versed on the issues and players in government. I will guarantee you that every car that drove by had no idea what they were looking at.
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
Real Elephant In The Room
September 13, 2009 - 09:55 ET by Old VetAnyone who watches Bill Maher already announces who they are. If you look at the real defination of racism it does not only apply to blacks, the real elephant is that a far higher percentage of these black leaders and journalists are REALLY racist in their approach to older white people. If you add that to their political radical views, it is no wonder why they act out with such stupidity. I am not racist, but I am really getting very "distrustful" and "indifferent" to what any black leader or journalist or any color performer says. That includes our black president.
The pity is as much as I disdained Clinton and liberals, racism was never in my mental evaluation. Now, thanks to these low lifes, everything now runs through my personal racism filter. I am now truely prejediced against black media/political leaders knowing they themselves are probably racists at their core.
Never thought I would experience or express such feelings.
Mahers show is in heavy
September 13, 2009 - 10:10 ET by nicksmith112Mahers show is in heavy rotation on HBO. In fact HBO seem to run many movies and shows with a left agenda. Wanda Sykes has an hour show coming up. I think I'll cancel my HBO this week.
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
Don Lemon the racist
September 13, 2009 - 11:57 ET by ckc1227It really is sad when race dominates your every waking moment, Don Lemon. That's why you have racist beliefs, like believing white people can only disagree with a black man simply because he's black. That's about as racist as it gets, Don Lemon, making you, Tim (un)Wise, and Bill Maher(aka King Fool) the true racists.
Piece of advice, clown boys......stop projecting. Just because you three are racist fools doesn't mean the rest of us are.
More and more left-wing
September 13, 2009 - 12:04 ET by MidAmericaMore and more left-wing democrats are becoming frustrated with obama's Afghan policy. If any of these left-wingers publicly critisize the war I would have to assume that the criticism is race motivated because we have the first African-American Commander-in -Chief.
I noticed bill maher has a
September 13, 2009 - 12:10 ET by equusartsI noticed bill maher has a blog on the huffpo. So these are the liberal political journalists eh. A comedian-and a poor one at that! My goodness what is the msm coming to!!
The couple of times I heard maher rant, I saw a very sad, angry and bitter man who sounded like he'd had some very bad experiences with religion. And THIS is who Lemon is listening to!
"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."
I read his latest post...
September 13, 2009 - 13:49 ET by Army BratIt was filled with hatred, vitriol, obscenities, name calling and outright bigotry.
It could have been written by an angry 15 year old...and may have been.
The responses to his hate filled insanity were all positive. "Brilliant post!" "Well said...I hope Obama reads this!" (He slammed Obama bigtime...biting at his ankles like a frenzied yapping dog.)
He was praised for his hatred. Praised for his name calling and obscenity laden tirade. Par for the course there. All approved.
These are the people that we attempt to reason with? It can't be done. I thank God that they are in the minority.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
ARG
September 13, 2009 - 12:13 ET by katainkentNational Healthcare was pushed back with FDR.
National Healthcare was pushed back with Carter.
National Healthcare was pushed back with Clinton.
but with Obama? RACIST!
People get over yourselves and get a different smear.
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We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. ~Thomas Jefferson
(if you think healthcare is expensive now - wait
You know what is truly sad,
September 13, 2009 - 12:14 ET by equusartsYou know what is truly sad, I never even thought about race until this US election. Then, every time I turned around, I was "racist" because I didnt support obama and it continues to get worse. How ridiculously sad is that! AND most of the racism is coming from those who are pointing the fingers...the so-called liberals!!
"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."
Not Surprising
September 13, 2009 - 12:30 ET by sergeant stogieWhat is not surprising is that the left has become so frantic and defensive that they have sunk to using the "race card" as the excuse for their failures. What is surprising is that it has happened so quickly. You have to know that obama being a "person of color" was a main consideration for the dems when they were searching for a presidential candidate to allow them this fallback strategy when things went to poop. It surely couldn't have been his breadth of experience.
Le
September 13, 2009 - 12:51 ET by jessieHLemon must be deaf & blind. It is the only thing the MSM ever talks about. Wilson didn't call him any names, like the congress did us. He called him a liar. Well, prive Wilson wrong, of you can.
What?
September 13, 2009 - 12:54 ET by justbob223"I was like 'finally someone's talking about this, finally someone is talking about this.'”
Finally? They can't stop trying to smear us as racists. It's all they do talk about. What planet does this guy live on?
The only thing that
September 13, 2009 - 13:15 ET by RR GOPThe only thing that infuriates me as much as real racists is when those who aren't racists are repeatedly accused of that.
If the SHTF then at least I have the satisfaction of knowing these bloodsuckers won't be sitting there in the A/C in their suits and dresses spewing their Communist nonsense...and getting paid for it.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
What he meant to say was..
September 13, 2009 - 15:10 ET by Army BratFianlly a prominent white man is playing the race card so I can play it as well.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
The MSM is....
September 14, 2009 - 05:30 ET by OldJoeHigh Fructose Corn Syrup for the brain. So...put down the remote.. Step AWAY from the TV...ahh that's better isn't it?
Uuuh Obama IS the President and it just so happens
September 14, 2009 - 07:12 ET by theduck6he is black...sorta. I can't be critical of him for any reason without it being about his race? I hope that d'bag Maher doesn't take this the wrong way but SCREW THAT! I have the same contempt for Kennedy's, Kerry's, Gore's Frank's, Reid's ,Pelosi's et al, politics as I do for Obama's. Bill Maher is a miserable, bitter, cynical piece of cat excrement.
I've been accused of this personally and when asked what I said had any racial overtones the argument was over. When you have no leg to stand on, BREAK OUT THE RACE CARD. Hmmm doesn't work quite as well as it used to , does it?
There weren't a lot of blacks in the march on 9/12 but those who can think for themselves were welcomed heartily and cheered loudly. There were a fair amount of hispanics. Hmmm,
Who is the racist???
September 14, 2009 - 10:58 ET by Secret ConservativeIt has been my experience that the true racist is the person who sees racism everywhere he looks. Like Bill Maher...or Obama. Those of us who are not racist let stupid things just slip past, assuming that the writer or speaker was not intending any racial slight.
I am so tired of that smug idiot Maher.