CNN's T.J. Holmes Celebrates Obama's 'Swagga'

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Out: Former President Bush and his cocky, self-assured cowboy-like "swagger," often dismissed as a negative quality for the 43rd president.

In: President Barack Obama's "swagga," which is a sign of how suave and sophisticated the 44rd president is.

At least that's according to CNN, which shortly after 1 p.m. EDT today re-aired an interview that originally aired on April 25 on "Saturday Morning News." In that interview, reporter T.J. Holmes sat down with a panel of African-American gentlemen to praise how they see Obama as another "brotha" who has "swagga" as Holmes put it. [audio available here]

The re-broadcast of the interview gave occasion for anchor Kyra Phillips to gush over the president as well, but unfortunately our DVR system failed to tape the 1 p.m. hour today. Luckily our DVRs did catch the original interview, an excerpt of which you can find embedded above at right:

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REGGIE AQUI, CNN anchor: President Obama marks his 100th day in office on Wednesday. So far, supporters are giving him high marks and naturally, his critics aren't. Well, one group that identifies with the president is 100 Black Men of America. That's an organization of African-American business, religious, and political leaders.

Well, our T.J. Holmes sat down with members of the group who say the president, he has "swagga."

T.J. HOLMES: What have you all seen, maybe you haven't said publicly, some interview or something, but you know, hanging out with the boys, having a beer somewhere. Did you see something that the president did and you were like, now that's a brotha right there. Like he just had a bit of a swagga that is familiar to black men. It just is.

BERNARD TAYLOR Sr., attorney: You know, the one aspect of his relationship with his wife that I remember that made me think of being a brother was that there was an interview. And you all may remember this interview. And I can't remember if it was quot;60 Minutesquot; or one of the other shows, it may have been on your folks, CNN. But he said something and she corrected him. And he stopped, and he said okay, and he accepted that and moved on. And we all know what that's about.

(laughter)

JOHN HAMMOND, CEO: You know, there are those things that one might point to that are, you know, more stereotypical of brothers who operate in certain ways, but there is something that he is doing which I think is also stereotypical of our community. And that is being inclusive. And that is not -- I'm not saying that we have cornered the market on communication acumen, but being communicative and creating a community of change is something I would say is very typical of life in our community.

—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters


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What chu talkin' about, Willis, I mean Netanyahu?

 

So when he's wit da homes, he speaks ebonics like Hillary?

 

Obligatory "Airplane" reference

 "Oh Stewardess! I speak jive!"

 

WWW.GS2AC.COM. 2nd Amendment Grass Roots Action in the Bay Area, CA. We're not all "Breakfast Cereal" folks here! :)

is that what it's called?

When you set up little tribe-like gangs, force everyone to bow down to the most violent thug, while he walks around with his pants hanging down, on the cellphone, selling dope on the front porch of his apartment while his kids play?

Inclusive, as in the whole family is risked because a 9-5 job is just too demeaning? Inclusive as using your babymomma and kids as human shields to start carrying on in an attempt to keep the cops from finding your stash?

Yeah, I love my neighborhood. Never thought I'd miss the VST and Surenos. At least they kept the dealing down the street and a little less visible. 

 

Cuz a brotha gotta reco'nize!

 

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Oh brotha'!What a buch

Oh brotha'!

What a bunch of BS.

By the way...I could give a rats rear less about what a group called 100 Black Men have to say if they are on the left.

Period.

I could just hear it now if this was a group called 100 White Men on the right criticizing Walks on Water.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Now pay attention, bt.....this is important....

I'm gonna say this,  at the risk of being called racist:

There is  a difference between White Swagger (Bush...too cocky for his own good) and Black Swagga (Obama...His Hipness)

And don't forget the media ridiculed Bush for working out less than Obama is known to do. They thought his love of exercise was bordered on pathology.  Too bad he was fond of aerobics; if he was into B-ball and developing chiseled pecs, they might have been impressed.

 

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

RE

amen glad you had the balls to say it. white swagga bad. black swagga good.

another homo in the achnors chair

what about Regge Aqeee? Helllow FRISCO! isn't anderson AC/DC Cooper enough for CNN.

Re his walk

Yeah, all he needs to do is get some suspenders and lower his pants until he's showing a bit of cleavage. Then his walk will be even more appropriate.

SAG YO PANTS, DO THAT GANGSTA DANCE...

 To be fair to Obama, he was axed about anti-sagging laws that cities around the USA were passing. He said it was not really high on the list of things to do, but he also added, "...the brothers should pull up their pants". He does'nt strike me as the kind of guy who would put up with that from his son(if he had one). I am no fan of Obama, but on this issue, he is solid. It's the rest of his agenda that sucks.

 

"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives".  Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"

Undermining America

The media try to find a new way to undermine America every day.  And one of the most effective is the hypenation of America, the force feeding of stereotypes that different groups are expected to live up to.  Disgusting does not begin to describe this treatment of Americans who happen to be black.  Now the media basically tell them that if they don't talk ghetto they aren't really black. 

 Racist b*****ds.

JA... Bingo! Doubling down

JA...

Bingo!

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

The brotha has swagga?

Isn't "cowboy swagger" what the leftists bitched about George Bush?  I don't see how kowtowing to our enemies and dictators is "swagga."  Personally, I think he is a "losa."

Angry White Dude

www.angrywhitedude.c...

"swagga" = "swagger" ?????

I, too, was wondering how groveling in foreign countries, bowing to foreign potentates and playing footsy with tin-pot, banana-republic dictators is "swagger".  But maybe Obama's embarrassing behavior is "swagga", not to be confused with "swagger" (as in President Bush's "cowboy swagger").

BERNARD TAYLOR Sr.,

BERNARD TAYLOR Sr., attorney: You know, the one aspect of his
relationship with his wife that I remember that made me think of being
a brother was that there was an interview...........he said something and she (Michelle) corrected him. And he stopped, and he said
okay, and he accepted that and moved on. And we all know what that's
about.

(laughter)

.... YEAH.... it means he aint bein' strong enough to stand by his word 'cause if he does, he know he aint be gettin' any booty tonight....

.... you know that's right my brutha.... and speakin' of such, that sista's got so much back, you could serve hore dourves to the King of Saudi Arabia off of that thing. Bangin' tight....you know what I'm sayin'?

.... mmm hmmm... you got that right!

(laughter)

 

"We retort..... you decide."

BAMcG - can't you just see this kind of talk

about RR, GHWB, GWB???  and laughter following - oh such CLASS!!! 

Now, maybe WJC :D

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

BAM and CC... Ditto...I'm

BAM and CC...

Ditto...I'm with you both!

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I know, I know....... I'm

I know, I know....... I'm surprised someone hasn't suggested to the networks to dig up Don Cornelius and redo "SOUL TRAIN" from the Whitehouse Foyer.

 

"We retort..... you decide."

BAM... Now you really

BAM...

Now you really have me LOL...I can just picture that too!

Oh the memories of long ago... far away.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

"Now that's some change you

"Now that's some change you can believe in......... Cannnnn...Youuuuu...Diggit?"

 

"We retort..... you decide."

I Can diggit, you can diggit...we can diggit..

...Keep on Truckin' BAM...you got me laughing here!

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

OFF TOPIC BT

this is off topic....but ever since I updated my profile page, something seems to be wrong with my private message feature. Would you be so kind as to PM me with a word so I can see if it is working?

THANX in advance!   ;~)

 

"We retort..... you decide."

BAM

Sure gal...will do right now.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

How about this gem: JOHN

How about this gem:

JOHN HAMMOND, CEO: You know, there are those things that one might
point to that are, you know, more stereotypical of brothers who operate
in certain ways, but there is something that he is doing which I think
is also stereotypical of our community. And that is being inclusive.
And that is not -- I'm not saying that we have cornered the market on
communication acumen, but being communicative and creating a community
of change is something I would say is very typical of life in our
community.

(emphasis added)

Say what?????

That almost made me cough up a lung!

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

I know... I

I know... I know....inclusive, inclusive........it's like they're believing in the O's BS to the point where they feel emboldened enough to make up their own BS ..... with "swagga"

 

"We retort..... you decide."

I especially am impressed by his 'swagga' when

saluting our military!  NOT!!!

You can tell he holds them in such low regard - it appears he can't get his nose up in the air far enough - and is always looking off in the distance as if to say, "I have to do what????  No way!!! - oh, all right, I'll do it but I will NOT acknowledge those lowly peons - you can't make me!  After all, I WON!"

This man disgusts me with his swagga - a more arrogant piece of 'humanity' I've yet to find!

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

Exactly, Cape

And thank you for the opportunity, to once again, post this.

Que'lle embarassment.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

thanks, B - can't view that one too many times!

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

I know

That little one minute clip tells everyone anything they need to know about The Incompetent One.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Thanks, B....that was

Thanks, B....that was exactly what popped into my head when I read that!

Hawkeye Pierce tossed off better salutes.

Que'lle embarrassment?  I would say Que'lle disgrace!

They might say "Wow, that sucks!"  But at least they'll say "Wow!"  -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes

Mais oui, mb!

There are a few clips I love to post....an old favorite (but alas, fallen into disuse) was Hillary in the 1984 mode.

Hang on to that duct tape, Duchess......methinks we're going to need it.

 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Truthfully...

 He's a wigga , trying to make the gubbament bigga....you see brutha....

 But homey don't play that shit.....you know wuz im sayin...

cuz the man has us down you see...

dose right wing crazees jus dissen on him cuz dey jelus of his package...

member unce you go black you never go back......

u now whut im sayin

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

Swagger?

As always they confuse swagger with strutting.

Jack

"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart.  If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains."   Sir Winston Churchill

I saw clips of this

I saw clips of this embarrassing little segment on HotAir.  The standard of "journalism" at CNN has reached a trite, smarmy new low.  I'm just glad Kyra managed to "swagga" out of the Ladies Room long enough to deliver this hard-hitting piece.  If I was TJ Holmes, I would have washed my hands immediately after the Kyra Phillips fist bump.  Lame.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

Swagga

Hell, I thought he was just doing his best "George Jefferson" imitation.  Guess I'll stop humming "moving on up" everytime I see him walking along with his hands in his pockets.

OLD SPICE...

Should'nt this be part of the new Old Spice ad campaign for "Swagger"? Which is the name of their new scent. The ads are funny.

 

"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives".  Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"

Swagga

Aside from the fact that 0bama struts like a pimp whenever he walks into a room with a camera in it, someone should tell Mr. Suave and Sophisticated that it isn't cool to have the tip of his tie sticking out underneath the middle button of his suit jacket.

Looks like something out of Abbott and Costello to me.

WTF Is Wrong With People?

The U.S. (we) seem to be going back in time instead of forward.  There is more racism, animosity towards races (particularly Whites), bigotry etc. than ever existed before. 

 When I was younger I was a victim of integration in the South.  I was bused 30 miles away to another town, so were many other kids, black, white etc.  We had to get up at 4:30am in the morning to get ready for school and catch that long ride to nowhere.  To be honest, my family and many others "boycotted" the beginning of the school year but gradually gave into the powers that be.  The power being a pig-headed ignorant liberal Federal Judge that ordered this cluster f**k.  Did this integration work? Some say yes, others say no.  I say it's not the governments role to tell me where my children should go to school or where we should live and work.  We should be free to move around and live/work anyplace we so choose.  Also, in the 6 years I went through that daily b.s. I cannot remember one racial fight, one racial incident from either side. Our basketball team became AAA State Champions and we all got along.  What we objected to was government intervention in our lives and in the schools we bought and paid for through taxpayer sponsored bond elections.  Years later and still today, I have heard that this particular school has turned into a madhouse of racism and gang fights.  That political correctness had taken over the minds of the faculty which ultimately caused animosity, resentment and ultimately racism. 

As the world around us is progressing into the 21st Century the U.S. seems to be going back in time both politically and economically.  When the Chinese for Christ's sake can outdo any so-called western democracy (sic) then we have a serious problem.  The Chinese are moving and have been moving toward capitalism, successfully I might add, while the U.S. is going down a road in which the world champions of failed socialism (i.e. Chinese) are running away from.  Obviously, I'm not supporting totalitarianism but use this as an example of how we are being beaten at our own game just because we don't wake up and look at what the world is doing to conquer us.  Perhaps it is easier to stay home and draw a welfare check than to get off your ass and work.  By the way, there are no free rides in China.  You don't work..you won't have a place for living, eating or medical attention.  NOTHING is free in China.  No government hand-outs.  Say what you may about the Chinese government but the people in China work their butts off trying to make a living from millions of mom and pop shops to thousands of guys on the streets repairing bicycles.  (Another Disclaimer: Please don't reply with stuff like the Chinese (government) is brutal blah blah blah...I know all of that.)

Somewhere, sometime America went off the rails.  Political correctness, socialism, rampant liberalism, poor education system and BIG government....all in my opinion designed to dumb-down America thereby allowing the so-called "enlightened liberal elite crowd" to take over and spoon feed us what crumbs are left on the table. 

You can call it swagga or whatever but where I'm from you just call it plain-ass DUMB. 

...

Uh, I don't think so.  This half white/half black who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, raised by his white family in the U.S., "talked white" and "spoke white" is supposed to have a "swagga"?  Puhleeez.  Even that's phoney.  He's no more "down with the bruthas" than Michael Jackson is.  But he's fooled plenty of "bruthas" into thinking he is. 

 

In his books he mentions how important it was to talk 'white'

to overcome the fears of 'typical white people' such as dear old Toots! 

I'm sure he can speak ebonics like a native when he is around the bros.

This comment comes from a proud RWRE!!   It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue. ~ Sam Adams

SWAGGA YOUR MUTHA

this is just really embarassing, trivial, sophmoric and etc. what community is john hammond speaking of? would that be the big house with the big lawn? tree lined streets? no wonder why they identify with Obama. They're living the same life as he is and have no idenification with the real black male struggling only to agree that the black prez has a swagga. TJ Holmes is an ignorant hack and just another good looking black man that white men decided to make a TV anchor. hey same as Obama. Rich white people got him into the white house.

 no wonder why CNN s ratings are in the john. this whole converstation belongs at the bottom of the barrel of the trash.

 

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