Mike Tyson: Bigoted Tea Party Can't Stand Seeing Obama as 'Strongest Man on the Planet'
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson believes America has become more racist since Barack Obama was elected president, and that groups like the Tea Party have surfaced through that racism. Tyson's interview by CNN's Piers Morgan aired on Thursday night's Piers Morgan Tonight.
Tyson professed that "there's a great possibility" that America has become more racist since Obama's election, and when asked to clarify he affirmed "a hundred percent, yes." [Video below the break.]
"Because that's how these groups surface, these red – Tea Party and everything," Tyson added.
Tyson observed that "it's new stuff" that a black man has "the image of the strongest man on the planet." He seemed to infer that is "pretty tough to take in" for his opponents. "And that must be pretty tough to take in when you – I don't know," he told Morgan.
However, when asked how he well thought President Obama was performing, Tyson answered "I don't know."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on March 29 on Piers Morgan Tonight at 9:33 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
PIERS MORGAN: Did you think America, Mike, has become more or less racist since Barack Obama, an African-American, became president?
MIKE TYSON, former undisputed heavyweight champion: There's a great possibility, yes.
MORGAN: That it's become worse?
TYSON: A hundred percent, yes. Because that's how these groups surface, these red – Tea Party and everything. Listen, it's new stuff, being a black man, having the image of the strongest man on the planet, the biggest man in the world, from a political point – standpoint – that's a political standpoint, you can send the strongest army in the world and in the country and stuff. And that must be pretty tough to take in when you – I don't know. It's just the way this country is. I just believe this is just the best country in the world. We just have problems we have to iron out, but –
MORGAN: How do you think Barack Obama's doing as president?
TYSON: I don't know. I live in a Barack Obama household. From – from ethnicity, I think that's beautiful seeing a black president, for my children to see a black president. But I'm just – regardless if he's president or not, I have to be the bread winner of my family. If he's the president or if he's not a president, I'm going to be the one paying the bills and working. So it really doesn't matter.
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So says the convicted
Submitted by NC Cop on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:05am.
So says the convicted rapist.
Nice.
Agree!
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:07am.
Agree!
Another endorsement.....
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:59am.
Another endorsement from the convicted felon voting block. Yea, Tyson lives in Nevada, where it's illegal for convicted felons to vote. Of course, convicted felons don't have a very good track record when it comes to following the law.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Tyson will fit right in at
Submitted by forest on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:25am.
Tyson will fit right in at the Occupy Obamavilles.
At least his Mao Tat will get
Submitted by Dan Diego on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 9:57pm.
At least his Mao Tat will get him an extra pound of Obama cheese a week, so he got that going for him.
That's what I was thinking, NC Cop
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:56am.
I'm no more interested in the opinion of a convicted rapist with a single digit IQ than I am of listening to wisdon of Roseanne Barr or Ed Schultz.
Does anyone know the ratings for Morgan's show? I can't imagine they're very good.
Here's a link to all the
Submitted by ricklail on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:54pm.
Here's a link to all the cable news ratings. Have fun. Funny how Brain Williams gets floored by Fox.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/cable-news/
Talk about rambling blather.
Submitted by kareling on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:11am.
Talk about rambling blather. When it comes to answering questions, Mike Tyson consistently punches below his weight.
So tiresome
Submitted by HelenS on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:16am.
People who have taken that many blows to the head should not be quoted. They are so pathetic.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
And yet...
Submitted by c5then on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:26am.
The Tea Parties (plural because there are a number of organizations) were the biggest backers of Herman Cain's Presidential run.
I think that "some people" cannot come to grips with the fact that a large group of people disagree with them. They seem to feel the need to attribute that to some irrational phobia or bigotry on the part of their opponents instead of attributing it a simple difference of opinion.
But the reall issue is that Mike Tyson can be concidered an expert in absolutely nothing except perhaps boxing and rape. That and Piers Morgan is a yellow "journalist" of the worst kind and will probably do jail time in the UK for having his employees hack into people's phones.
I mean seriously!!! Two criminals talking about politics is the best CNN can do???!!!!
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Ditto on Herman Cain
Submitted by BuffNBone on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:26pm.
And we also see lots of potential with Congressman Alan West now or in the near future.
I was wondering why Tyson needed interviewing, anyway.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:36pm.
Perhaps Piers was asking Tyson, off-camera, for some tips on how to make the best of his upcoming time in prison.
--Mike
Completely Correct
Submitted by kmcar67 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:29am.
You know he is right the country has become more racist, Look at the actions of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Holder and Obama, I completly agree these people have made this country more racist.
Good Point
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:06pm.
A huge chunk of the country is so obsessed with skin color, that the MSM feels the need to focus on a "white" Hispanic on Black potential criminal incident, at the exclusion of all the other heinous crimes that go unreported.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
Well, there's probably no dispute...
Submitted by notinstl on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:29am.
...that tyson is the dumbest black man on the planet
Looks like the racism of the
Submitted by ForeverOnTheRight on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:33am.
Looks like the racism of the Left has become more evident since Obama has become president.
Tyson
Submitted by LionKing on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:31am.
Wow.
Political commentary from Mike Tyson. Liberals are desperate.
First, Obama is only 50% black.
Second, his race has nothing to do with his divisiveness.
Third, the TEA parties are about taxes (Taxed Enough Already)
and they have nothing to do with racism ... party members are truly diverse.
Where's the St. Trayvon part?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:32am.
That's obviously why Piers had him on.
Unless Tyson was brought on to promote a book he just wrote. LOL.
Oratory skills on display
Submitted by Pilgrim1949 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:50am.
Thus saith Caesar Augustus Tyson:
Lend me your ears!
"Ye canne change the laws of physics....." but some politicians believe that with the right legislation you can pretend they don't really apply to your own pet projects...
Deranged Fellow.
Submitted by Ogundipe S.O. on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:52am.
Mike Tyson is arguably the most mentally unstable ex boxer out there. He bit Evander Hollyfied into pieces with his Gorilla tooth set.
Mike Tyson married in full style 2 weeks after the death of his beautiful daughter.
He said he "doesn't know" what Obama's performance is. In other word: Obama has done nothing positively memorable since he broke into the White House three years ago.
isn't it racist
Submitted by dmacleo on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 11:57am.
to make every statement against a person relating to and/or about the color of his/her/its skin?
sounds to me like tyson is the racist if he thinks the only reason people dislike obama is because of skin color.
Piers Morgan
Submitted by dmaley1714 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:00pm.
Has all the intellectual giants on this week Chaka Khan and now Mike Tyson,
next week Flav o Flav will be talking about the budget.
Ratings
Submitted by Joe W. on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:50pm.
Must be ratings week or something. Old Piers is getting all of those "A" listers lined up and on his hit show.....
Tyson
Submitted by beresford1959 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:10pm.
Is Mike Tyson even able to spell racist?
Where?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:16pm.
I don't see a Black man who is the most powerful man in the world as Tyson states. I just see a little man in mom jeans who needs to buy a clue.
If I let my three year old grandson play with the steering wheel and pretend to drive that doesn't make him a NASCAR driver.
That was my first thought
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:34pm.
when I read that I supposedly can't stand seeing Obama as the "Strongest Man in the World."
Personally I don't see Obama as Vladimir Putin.
Tugboat...
Submitted by rockyracoon on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:39pm.
I don't even see Zippy as being the strongest person in his family, Mooch claims that title, IMHO.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Another Welcome Endorsement
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:30pm.
If a conservative received an endorsement from a convicted rapist I wonder how the media would react??
It's "new" stuff?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:55pm.
Hay, Mike, what's "new" about a high ranking, "powerful" black man or woman? Didn't you ever see Colin Powell? How about Condalisa Rice? I guess they don't count.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Hmmmmm
Submitted by richflanj on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 1:08pm.
I guess boxing does cause brain damage.
Mike
Submitted by bobbys on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 1:15pm.
Mike,I do not think BO is going to claim you as his son or send you on vacation with his Daughters.
I don't know what depresses
Submitted by Semus on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:20pm.
I don't know what depresses me more the fact that I see so many of these type of senseless responses and rationalizations or that our that our illustrious Media feels the need to shove them down our throats. This is the most devisive president we've ever had and it's partly because he has doesen't like this country, most of the people the culture and the other part is because he's a racist. All race baiters are. So OK all you mindless people keep supporting this man because of his skin color, his positions and his morals aren't important after all how much damage can one man do?
Hey Mike
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:23pm.
Hey Mike, I don't mind him being " the strongest man on the planet " if he had a brain or even a pair of testicles to use that power.
NOW THERE'S A CHARACTER REFERENCE FOR YOU!
Submitted by Sgthulka on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:51pm.
I pray that someone like Tyson comes out every day between now and November to talk up the Bamster.
Tyson
Submitted by mmilesll on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:24pm.
He got hit way too many times and not much brain left, like most on the left
Did not know Obama was president of the Galaxy..
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:56pm.
or that the United States of America was a planet. Then again, nothing liberals do or say surprise anymore. They are simply one of a kind and I am being polite with my statement.
Looks like Mike is back in the good graces
Submitted by Calypso Jones on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:54pm.
of the left.
But honestly. This is just so wearing. It would be so easy to just say, to hell with it but then that means the end of what's left of my freedom and the future enslavement of my children and grandchildren.
Genius
Submitted by Bighead227 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:57pm.
Another moron heard from. Thanks Piers for this insightful piece. Goof.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:59pm.
I am sure Hussein is proud to have this idiot/rapist's support.
Tyson accuses Tea Party...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:05pm.
...of biting the ears off of opponents and slapping women around....Oh wait!...He was talking about himself...
is the booking agent on crack?
Submitted by rowdygirl on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:15pm.
You know your show is in trouble when Tyson is your intellectual guest of the evening.
Tam
ANY QUESTION ABOUT THIS HATER??
Submitted by Bighead227 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:40pm.
ESPN, pillar of civility that it is, did not issue any punishment, reprimand or apology for this hateful disgusting segment that its hosts found so hilarious. Also, ESPN dropped a Christian race car driver ad because his non-religious spot referenced his website where his Christian beliefs were made known. ESPN=BUMS.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/audio-espn-radio-l...
A Mike Tyson quote from the past
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 5:11pm.
"White boy, f*ggot, you can't touch me you're not man enough, I eat your ass all alive, you bitch, can't anybody in here f*ck with this, this is the ultimate. F*ck you, you hoe! Come say it to my face, you bitch. Come on you bitch, you're a scared coward, you're not man enough to f*ck with me, you can't last two minutes in my world bitch. (At this point the reporter backs away deeper into the crowd) Look you scared now, you hoe. Scared like a little cracker bitch. Scared of the real man! I'll f*ck you till you love me."
Thank you CNN and Piers Morgan for giving this rascist, closet homosexual, rapist and raging lunatic clown a chance to address the few viewers that watch your show.
Tyson
Submitted by jimmc1952 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:16pm.
You have to be kidding me.....Why is anybody even giving credence to what this mental midget has to say?...It's not like it's unpredictable........"We just have problems we have to iron out,"....How many people need a translation of THAT statement?
Mike Tyson
Submitted by Servo1969 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:32pm.
Shouldn't he be somewhere slapping some women around?
Says the guy
Submitted by StanO360 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 10:08pm.
That probably started out with a 90 IQ, no telling what it is now.
Nothing like having a
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 10:35pm.
Nothing like having a convicted rapist on the show to rant about racism. MSNBC out does itself again.
Relevance?
Submitted by 11BravoScout on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:37am.
Why ask Mike? A convicted felon, with a lot of blows to the head!!!
Good God....
Submitted by Jman449 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 1:30am.
If Piers Morgan (whoever he is) thinks the horse who wins the upcoming Kentucky Derby might whinnie when he repeats his liberal talking points, will he have him on, too? Cause that's about the same level of intelligence he had with Mike Tyson.
In other words, Tyson
Submitted by misterbee241 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 9:22am.
you're just as ignorant and stupid as you ever were.
Good morning misterbee
Submitted by cocodrie on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 9:28am.
He can at least soak his head in his two million dollar bathtub if it hasn't been reposessed already.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Mike Tyson and the Tea Party
Submitted by Netstatter on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 9:42am.
Mike Tyson is hardly known for his erudition. Methinks after reading the interview that Tyson has gotten clocked in the ring a few too many times.
Tyson
Submitted by azgal602 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 9:46am.
Tyson has been hit in the head one to many times. What an idiot. These so called celebrities will not vote for the good of America they vote "race". If we were so bigoted Obama would never have been elected president. Now we are just more aware of his policies and we don't like the way our country is going. That is what we do every four years, we have a vote to select someone else. I for one at 65 years old, have never seen this country so divided and it is not that all of a sudden 100 percent of the white people decided to become racist. It is his policies dummy, not his color.
I see it differently:
Submitted by amyshulk on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 9:53am.
MORGAN: How do you think Barack Obama's doing as president?
TYSON: I don't know. I live in a Barack Obama household. From – from ethnicity, I think that's beautiful seeing a black president, for my children to see a black president. But I'm just – regardless if he's president or not, I have to be the bread winner of my family. If he's the president or if he's not a president, I'm going to be the one paying the bills and working. ***So it really doesn't matter.***
So it's no big deal to him? Mike is the breadwinner, so HE is the strong black man his children/family look up to, that he is the BO in his family?
Ronald Reagan
Tyson's own record
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 10:11am.
Considering Mike Tyson's own record and I don't mean boxing, this ignoramus should not be shooting his mouth off about other people's actions on anything. What proof does this guy have that the TEA Party has been racist? Whether you are an active TEA Party activist or a supporter, people are criticizing Obama for his policies and actions, not the color of his skin as Americans did with Obama's fellow Democrat, Jimmy Carter. Mr Tyson would do well to temper his remarks considering he is a convicted man. He doesn't have the credibility to criticize any American for anything.
Mike Tyson and Tea Party
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:12pm.
Tyson is not smart enough to know when he sounds rediculous, so why should his remarks be newsworthy.
A word to Mike. Shut up!
Miker Tyson ans Tea party
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:13pm.
Tyson, be quiet or I will send Buster Douglas after you.
My favorite fight of all time
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 1:08pm.
I never liked Tyson, as a fighter. I just happened to be in a hotel sports bar in Memphis, accompanying my wife on one of her rare business trips. I had no plans on watching this particular fight, and figured it would end much like all the other Tyson fights of that era. It turned out to be one of the most memorable sporting events that I ever ended up watching on television.
Needless to say, the bar ended up being packed and the place got more and more loud and crazy as the fight unfolded. I actually enjoyed watching Tyson get beat up, particularly by someone who was as much an underdog as Douglas. I should get the DVD.
"You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer’s dime." Barack Obama
It is fascinating to me that
Submitted by BOOMER8 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 10:05pm.
It is fascinating to me that Mike Tyson would have an opinion on anything!
I'm still waiting for his review on the flavor and texture of Evander Holyfield's ear.
One must temper the concept
Submitted by BOOMER8 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 10:08pm.
One must temper the concept of Piers Morgan's "credibility" with the fact that he is a paid newsy with the pressure of presenting something on his show with constantly changing deadlines.
Which translates to him interviewing anyone he can with any garbage he can to fill up his time slot.
Even Tyson believes
Submitted by cocodrie on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 10:15pm.
Even Tyson believes that Obama stinks.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you