George Lopez: Cain 'Darker Than Obama, But Whiter On The Inside'
On Monday's "Fox and Friends," liberal comedian George Lopez all but threw the "Oreo" racial slur at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: "The Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama...but whiter on the inside." Lopez also half-jokingly hinted that the Tea Party was racist after host Steve Doocy mentioned Cain had won a Tea Party straw poll: "He wasn't serving the tea, 'cause that's crazy" [audio available here].
Lopez poked fun of the Republican presidential field at the bottom of the 8 am Eastern hour of the Fox News Channel morning show, and began by making fat jokes at the expense of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is rumored to be considering a presidential run: "Should he run, and should he jump in the pool? Not while I'm in there. Let me get out before he cannonballs everybody out of water."
[Video clip available below the jump]
Moments later he set his sights on the former Godfather's Pizza CEO, after hinting that "Fox & Friends" wasn't a diverse TV program:
LOPEZ: By the way, this couch has diversity for the show, by the way. All right?
KILMEADE: That's it-
LOPEZ: (Carlson laughs) So you're done for the year-
KILMEADE: What do we do when you leave?
LOPEZ: You're done for the year. Herman Cain (unintelligible)- and Herman Cain- it's funny, the Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama- maybe- but whiter on the inside.
KILMEADE: And they embrace him.
LOPEZ: They do. He's doing very well-
KILMEADE: He's roaring up the charts-
Later, Doocy brought up how Lopez mentioned Cain, and the comedian replied with his slight of the Tea Party:
DOOCY: You just mentioned- you mentioned Herman Cain and he was at a- they had a Tea Party straw poll in Illinois-
LOPEZ: (laughs) He wasn't serving the tea, 'cause that's crazy.
DOOCY: No, he was (unintelligible)-
KILMEADE: He was winning the poll.
DOOCY: A lot of conservatives love him because he is very conservative. He's not a moderate.
LOPEZ: He is very conservative- absolutely. So I think he will do well. You know, Barack Obama, you know how extreme he is. I think, you know, for him- it's funny, because in America, we love when we take somebody out. You know, when Barack Obama and Bin Laden- when that happened, when he was taken out, his approval rating soared. So I think it's time to kill someone else.
Lopez has a record of going after conservatives, particularly, Sarah Palin. Back in July 2011, the celebrity stated that if Palin became president, he would move to Canada. Almost a year earlier, in September 2010, Lopez went further, smearing the former Alaska governor as an "evil egomaniac that might destroy the world." He also labeled her the equivalent word for a female dog on his defunct TBS program in February of that year.
The transcript of the relevant portion of the George Lopez segment from Monday's "Fox & Friends," beginning at the 32 minutes past the 8 am Eastern hour mark:
GRETCHEN CARLSON: Let's ask somebody else a couple questions. George Lopez is here, sitting right there on the curvy couch.
GEORGE LOPEZ, COMEDIAN: It's funny, I- this is the first time I heard that he [Chris Christie] might consider running for president. They said, should Governor Christie run? I said, absolutely. We all should get in better shape. (Steve Doocey laughs off-camera)
BRIAN KILMEADE: That's it. You were thinking more health and fitness-
LOPEZ: Should he run, and should he jump in the pool? Not while I'm in there-
KILMEADE Right- (laughs)
LOPEZ: (Carlson laughs) Let me get out before he cannonballs everybody out of water. I saw that in 'Shallow Hal,' when the girl jumped in and the kid ended up in the tree- maybe the same outcome.
STEVE DOOCY: Now, George, you're not making fun of his size, are you?
LOPEZ: You know, we all need to get in better physical condition. You need a little more sun. (Doocy laughs) But the rest of us need to get better physically, so-
CARLSON: Well, I thought-
KILMEADE: I wish you would stop judging people by the color of their skin. (Carlson laughs)
LOPEZ: You know what? (unintelligible)
KILMEADE: Can we all just be equal?
LOPEZ: How about the texture of their perm? (laughs)
KILMEADE: That's good- (laughs)
CARLSON: Oh, my gosh! I'm scared now, 'cause they're being zing, zing. I'm not sure it's coming this way-
LOPEZ: By the way, this couch has diversity for the show, by the way. All right?
KILMEADE: That's it-
LOPEZ: (Carlson laughs) So you're done for the year-
KILMEADE: What do we do when you leave?
LOPEZ: You're done for the year. Herman Cain (unintelligible)- and Herman Cain- it's funny, the Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama- maybe- but whiter on the inside.
KILMEADE: And they embrace him.
LOPEZ: They do. He's doing very well-
KILMEADE: He's roaring up the charts-
LOPEZ: Here is the beautiful part: everybody wants the Latino vote, and Michele Bachmann- you know, that didn't work out. But her lovely campaign was, I want the Latino vote because I raised 23 foster children. So, therefore, I know what it's like. Have 23 kids on your own, and then maybe, we'll vote for you. (Doocy laughs)
KILMEADE: So she took a short cut and you resent that.
LOPEZ: (laughs) We have them. We don't raise them. (Doocy laughs)
DOOCY: You just mentioned- you mentioned Herman Cain and he was at a- they had a Tea Party straw poll in Illinois-
LOPEZ: (laughs) He wasn't serving the tea, 'cause that's crazy.
DOOCY: No, he was (unintelligible)-
KILMEADE: He was winning the poll.
DOOCY: A lot of conservatives love him because he is very conservative. He's not a moderate.
LOPEZ: He is very conservative- absolutely. So I think he will do well. You know, Barack Obama, you know how extreme he is. I think, you know, for him- it's funny, because in America, we love when we take somebody out. You know, when Barack Obama and Bin Laden- when that happened, when he was taken out, his approval rating soared. So I think it's time to kill someone else.
[H/t: NewsBusters reader Julie Crenshaw.]
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Thanks for making it clear George....
Submitted by NeoKong on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:12pm.
why you got no show,
Yep!
Submitted by okie-pastor on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:20pm.
Yep!
I was going to say, George,
Submitted by jdhawk on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:10am.
I was going to say, George, keep your day job, but too late. He got fired.
Speaking of which, do you ever notice that liberal actors go around burnishing their liberal credentials periodically and then, you hear that he or she got picked up for a movie, a TV show, or a commercial. Is there some liberal code going on in hollyweird or what. Is this HUAC - House on Un American Activities in reverse? If it is, it has been going on a hell of lot longer than the HUAC era.
If being white
Submitted by theduck6 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:15am.
is being self reliant, no excuse making, hard working, risk taking, Lopez might have a point. That would make only the second time I can recall he had one of those but who's counting. He also was agianst the water terrorism that the California farmers were being subjected to by heavily democrat legislatures and govt regulators but I guess he has trouble connecting dots.
He's somewhat funny. He should stick to that .
Where are all the conservative comedians?
Submitted by antiObamunist on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:50am.
I am sick and tired of the leftist hiding behind comedy to get away with saying anything, however grotesque and inane, and having the government media complex cover it as breaking news. Its time to reach out to the MTV crowd before its too late. It seems it doesn't matter how racist bigoted homophobic or un PC a comedian is, just how many outlets will cover it as NEWS. This job can't be left to those in country music.
Where are all the conservative comedians?
Submitted by antiObamunist on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:56am.
I am sick and tired of the leftist hiding behind comedy to get away with saying anything, however grotesque and inane, and having the government media complex cover it as breaking news. Its time to reach out to the MTV crowd before its too late. It seems it doesn't matter how racist bigoted homophobic or un PC a comedian is, just how many outlets will cover it as NEWS. This job can't be left to those in country music.
uh...
Submitted by kata on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:27pm.
George who?
You know, that has-been whose recent show failed.
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:43pm.
Wait...there are too many of them...George Lopez is that donkey-faced idiot whose late-night talk show on TBS was cancelled after spectacularly bad ratings. Even the test pattern and the re-runs of "My Mother the Car" did better than his show.
George Lopez
Submitted by sergeant stogie on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:36pm.
is a talentless, unfunny douche, that is strictly an affirmative action hire. Who apparently has compromising photos of Sandra Bullock.
Gee
Submitted by Denny Crane on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:19am.
Another drive by poster that is enamored with feminine cleaning products.
We Are The 53%
Some people only see the world
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:41pm.
in black and white. How very sad for them, they miss out on so much.
It is
Submitted by Bob K on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:58pm.
astounding how Herman Cain is bringing out the racists on the left.
Funny
Submitted by Marcus Porcius on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 6:27am.
But I thought Obama brought out the racists on the Left.
"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." G.K. Chesterton
www.theconservativereview.com
Eagerly waiting...
Submitted by cest moi on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:14am.
...to hear what the gals on The View, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, and the cricket-media make of this.
But I won't be hanging by my knees waiting...
Lopez, another history revisionist.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:24am.
You know, when Barack Obama and Bin Laden- when that happened, when he was taken out, his approval rating soared. So I think it's time to kill someone else.
Really? What alternate universe was that in?
Don't see it here.
Or here.
We Are The 53%
Immoral Slob
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 12:34am.
Lopez has the stones to comment about Cain's insides when he actually divorces the wife who donates her kidney to him?? If this bum told me it was raining I'd have to go outside and check....
Heck of a morning on Fox
Submitted by Fredy on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 1:06am.
First they had Hank Williams JR. end his run on Monday night football, then this clown rambling with his racial rants.
I wonder who's career is going to take a dive south tomorrow?
I agree with Cain
Submitted by BTW Biological ... on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 4:51am.
Cosby too. There is a groupthink in the black community. You do not think, act, or believe beyond the accepted line.
Nope, no racism here!
Submitted by johnsonl on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 6:26am.
Move on, folks!
Even the PGA
Submitted by BBallleaper on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:05am.
got rid of this moron! How did he get across the border? His 15 minutes were UP years ago!
Just grand
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:06am.
Isn't it great how in the 21st century anti-white racism ('whiter on the inside') is so widely accepted? Those liberal progressive leftists are just so advanced.
Stereotype much??
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:44am.
Please, George, explain to us what constitutes being "black" on the inside.
Apparently it's not self-reliance, ambition, and exceptional talent in business that can save a company from bankruptcy.
A non-minority talking like this about blacks would be accused of stereotyping.
Why aren't these NAZI's
Submitted by Thoreau on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:45am.
Why aren't these NAZI's kicked in the balls whenever they attack people's race? I just can't figure it out. If a Republican says 'coffee colored', they lose their sh|t all over the news for the next week.
But these aholes- they're racist 24/7 and NOTHING. Not a freakin peep. Hollywood needs to be burned to the ground.
Vote
Submitted by johnsonl on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:32am.
with your remote, my friend.
Stop watching their shows, stop going to their movies and stop buying/renting their DVD's.
johnsonl,
Submitted by Agnostic on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:52am.
they don't care if you watch their shows. They care about the fact that they can convince advertisers that their products will sell via ads on their show. Getting to push an agenda is just gravy.
You have to change the attitude of the people paying for advertising to truly make a difference and advertising is a tax write-off and that does effect the decision making in the budgeting offices across the nation.
Talentless Hack
Submitted by stormy67 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 7:48am.
Lopez is a talentless hack. There is a reason his show was canceled .... because he is not funny. Lopez sucks.
He's a typical liberal hack .... take his wife's kidney and run.
And this explains why we
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:43am.
And this explains why we can't *ever* fix urban areas, bring up test scores, etc. This just affirms the "if you excel, you MUST be an oreo" meme !
Ronald Reagan
I was thinking the same thing Amy
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:19am.
When success is punished and looked down upon, can you be surprised when so few attain it?
And we now have a president bringing this attitude to a nationwide level. Yippee!
If things play out like I
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 11:03am.
If things play out like I think they will {Senate flips, House stays R, Pres. Obama removed} the R's BETTER get it straight or they will get flipped in 2 years like the D's did!!!
Anyway, they need to pull a Chris Christie/Herman Cain, and talk about how the problems we have come from the same root - that the D's conflate illegal with legal immigration, treat minorities like they are "less" so gov't should step in to equalize things, which just keeps resentments on BOTH sides alive, and that it all DOES tie to the economy - which the gov't can manage only by creating the playing field/rules!!!
NO TO WPA!!!
Ronald Reagan
Latino Lackey
Submitted by AgentAmerican on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 9:59am.
Don't you just love how the left manipulates ethnic differences and utilizes them into political weapons of misinformation. Lopez is an example of how Hispanics are being controlled by puppet strings.
Paul Rodriguez is above this crap, thank goodness. Since he's now a conservative, he probably won't get a call from Cocaine Town anytime soon.
Comedy?
Submitted by telecaster on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:42am.
Every time this guy opens his mouth what he says perfectly matches the deer- in- the-headlights expression that's his trademark. Do yourself a favor man. Keep your mouth shut, at least people would take your silence as a sign that your waters run deep. Little would they know that your waters are really only as deep as the Rio Grande. Uh oh....I did a bad funny. But your laughin' aren't you George? You're laughin' right?
Stupid comment, but....
Submitted by Model850 on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 5:10pm.
As usual Lopez opens his mouth and cow excrement falls out, but why didn't Carlson, Doocy or Kilmeade call him out on this?
It wouldn't even have had to be all that confrontational. A simple "What do you mean by that, George?" likely would have put the brakes on Lopez a little bit and put him on the defensive, forcing him to justify the comment.
Instead the reply is, "And they embrace him," which is almost tantamount to endorsing what Lopez said (if you subscribe to the "silence is assent" position).