On Monday, a far-left leaning black college professor stated what few in the liberal media dare: if a white Republican said what Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did about presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008, it would be huge news.
Speaking on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson elaborated, "They would be making hay out of it, calling for his resignation. I think we're hypocrites and we're morally weak here."
Later on in the morning, Dyson took on Obama's handling of the issue saying, "This president runs from race like a black man runs from a cop" (videos embedded below the fold with partial transcripts):
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR: I think the Democrats here are morally weak, they are noxious to me, because on the one hand, you don't have to play into the Trent Lott versus Harry Reid thing because you can see a bunch of differences there. The reality is this, though. We have a President who is loathe to speak about race. He would rather talk about anything but race. And I think his personal discomfort should not be stand-in for his bully pulpit use here to say, "Look, I can accept Harry Reid's apology. But let's explore what Harry Reid said." [...]To be honest, the Republicans are given a high hand here because our side refuses to say anything that is even intelligible or coherent about the issue of race and to sweep it under the carpet as if it makes no difference. If a white Republican had said this, this would be huge news. They would be making hay out of it, calling for his resignation. I think we're hypocrites and we're morally weak here. [...]
Here's the problem though: [Obama's] personal discomfort with race must not absolve him of responsibility as an American president. We don't expect you as a black president to deal with race. We expect you as the President of the United States to address this. And I think that he's being shown short here. He's shown that he's not really capable.
Shocking stuff, but likely quite accurate.
After all, Obama showed with his dismal response to the Professor Gates/Cambridge police department episode that he really doesn't know how to deal with matters pertaining to race despite his bold promises during the campaign.
Quite the opposite of what so-called journalists advertised in 2008, Dyson thinks Obama is a total failure on this issue:
DYSON: I think that we should push the President. This president runs from race like a black man runs from a cop. What we have to do is ask Mr. Obama to stand up and use his bully pulpit to help us. He is loathe to speak about race.
Shocking stuff to say the least.
Will Obama-loving media ever see the truth?
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Hmmm...how long before
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 19:56 ET by BeukeboomHmmm...how long before liberals, especially Sharpton, Jackson, & the NAACP attack Prof. Dyson and try to intimidate him into recanting? Maybe even pressure Georgetown U. to fire him? Someone start the clock. It's not a question of if, but when.
already happened
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:02 ET by CiampinoIf it had been a WHITE university professor then all those things would have already happened.
Howdy Beukeboom.... I
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:11 ET by bigtimerHowdy Beukeboom....
I also posted about Dyson somewhere this morning.
I don't think we're going to see any of that...they won't take him on in my opinion, anymore than they would Tavis Smiley...where is he and his opinion by the way? Cornell West where is he? I also mentioned Barbara Lee from the CBC....she didn't disappoint from what I've heard since then....how 'bout Sheila Jackson Lee along with James Clyburn..after-all we had the AG Holder speak out for Reid as well... just like he has with his defense for the New Black Panthers and the FALN in the past....what a guy that Holder is.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Wow! This may be the very
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:07 ET by d1carterWow! This may be the very first time that I have agreed with Eric Dyson on anything...
Good for him...
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:24 ET by unkeeafHe told it like it was. Now where is the rest of the media on this?
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Let the Democrats, leftists,
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:12 ET by bashandpopLet the Democrats, leftists, and liberals struggle with their false constructs and their false code. It's not going to matter to them anyway, and it's not going to do any good to participate in their constructed reality. What matters is to stand up and say A is A, especially when their code, the code of the irrational, to which we do not subscribe, is being applied to us.
Ha, ha, ha
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:28 ET by Joe CamelOne can not make something up that is as funny as the Demonrats making excuses for this old, racist fool from Nevada. Reminds me of the KKK Byrd coverups all the time. Alas, when one has no moral compass like them, this is what we end up with.
di di did
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:38 ET by ChattychitoDyson use a racial profiling stereotype to describe Obama?
the pot does and will call the kettle black.
Lol Chatty...that he did...
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:53 ET by bigtimerLol Chatty...that he did... I saw where Tamaron asked him if he wanted to retract those words because of this matter...he declined, emphatically.
Also saw where ex Gov. Wilder, Va. I think it is, wants Reid to step down.... personally I want him to stay right where he's at...for vaious reasons, mainly so we can beat his arse in Nov.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Don't kid yourself...
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 12:23 ET by generalbroccoliHeinous Harry has no intention of running again. That would upset his son's applecart in his run for Gov. of Nevada. He's just not sayin' it now because he might very well be lynched by the dems he's forcing to fall on their swords for this monstrosity of a bill...
"WHAT?? You mean that old bastard isn't even running again and he made me do THIS???
These Dems
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:42 ET by jaywlI recall Joe "Where's Joe Been Lately" Biden saying something about Obama being "clean." Didn't hurt him, won't hurt Sleazeball Reid. Our Negroes, uh, I mean, Our Black Folks, uh, People forgive them. However, I don't. As a normal, upstanding, non-prejudiced White Guy I took this to mean that Reid thinks guys like me would only vote for a black man if he didn't speak with a dialect or wasn't too dark. That is what he thinks of me and he can stuff it up his Yucca Mtn.
CNN says we no longer need Affirmative Action.
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:42 ET by pagg30While trying to put out the Reid fire today Soledad O’Brian and crew said they look forward to the days when ALL Americans are treated equally despite race, color or creed. What a great thing it would be to have ALL Americans on level ground.
All Americans equal? We’re all the same? Measure everybody with the same ruler?
When did CNN turn Right?
In their rush to spin Reid’s comments as non racist they didn’t stop to listen to themselves think.
Isn't Soledad O'Brian the
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:50 ET by Radical1979Isn't Soledad O'Brian the reporter who did the series "Black in America"? I presumed this was about how tough it was to be black (or why do the show). But somehow because of Reid we're equal now? I'm so confused by these people.
Rad...."I'm so confused by
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:57 ET by celatorRad...."I'm so confused by these people."
Not nearly as confused as they are about themselves as they thrash around in the swamp of political correctness. The monster they created is now eating them alive.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
It's like watching
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 03:03 ET by pagg30The genie is out of the bottle now.
It's like watching a good Zombie Apocalypse movie.
Resident Evil comes to mind.
He's just disappointed a Democrat said that.
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:47 ET by NeoKongHe hates the fact that white people now have official permission to call him a Negro. It bugs him so much that he doesn't care that it was Harry Reid who said it. That is hilarious. Did anyone see the video of Ann Coulter on Fox News calling Al Sharpton a negro right to his face. I almost pee-ed my pants it was so damn funny because he couldn't say a damn thing about it and he had to take it and she knew it. It was hilarious. I bet he bit his lip so hard he tasted blood. It think it has been a long time since a white person called Al Sharpton a negro to his face. The best part is now white people are insulated from cries of racism now because no matter whoever gets accused they can always point to Harry Reid and say "you didn't mind it when he called Obama a light skinned negro."
what you said
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:50 ET by carolina09I'm going right now to find that youtube of Ann and the Rev. Tawanna Sharpton.
It's on Breitbart.
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:06 ET by NeoKongEnjoy.
At :27, "...given the
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:55 ET by the strugglerAt :27, "...given the racial climate in the country..."
What climate? What racial climate is he talking about?
Is it warming, cooling, or
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:03 ET by Radical1979Is it warming, cooling, or just changing? Or is that the racial weather?
That is just FUNNY STUFF...........
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:52 ET by TomoramaGreat line dude.
I ask that all of you watch Glen Becks show (you may be able to find it) where he had an ENTIRE audience of Black folks on and the gist of it was they all (or almost all) were CONSERVATIVES.
It was a great, great, great show that I LEARNED from and I am NO fan of Beck (to much PT Barnum for my taste sometimes).
He is doing a part #2 this Friday at 5:00 pm as he got so much positive feedback.
A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.
→ Beck's show
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:02 ET by Cool ArrowSorry you're not an avid fan. I put up with the P.T. Barnum to get the connections among the various Czars and advisors with the Ѡbama agenda.
I was impressed with the last group he had, because I honestly had never seen such a large group of black Americans chomping at the bit to have the government release the economic restraints that bind them.
Barack Hussein Ѡbama mmm mmm mmm
Technically, I have to
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 20:56 ET by Rusty ShacklefordTechnically, I have to agree with the socialists in that Reid's comments are a non issue. I also felt that way about Lott's comment. It is only in the broader view of the various double-standards when it comes to race that I agree with the Republicans. When we complain about this I believe we should make sure our message is more about the double-standard than the statement itself.
Rusty.. "double-standards
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:53 ET by celatorRusty.. "double-standards when it comes to race"
yea, that's the real story here as we watch the apologists bob and weave through this swamp they created for themselves years ago.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Damn
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:00 ET by Capt. KirkThe professor is a sellout.
A sellout
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:48 ET by carolina09But he got attention for saying it. Another little chunk of non-adulatory support for President Precious chipped off -- a good thing.
The Professor is a
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:24 ET by ProudAmerican58The Professor is a moron...and a panicky one at that. The fact that he has on several occasions referred to President Obama as "a black man living in free housing in Washington, D.C." reflects just how desperate he is to protect his job as Professor of Race-baiting at Georgetown University.
→ Thank you Dyson
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:43 ET by Cool ArrowAfter listening to Juan Williams a few minutes ago, I was beginning to wonder if there were any black American lefties willing to step out and admit they'd been disrespected.
Thank you, Dyson, for honestly addressing this incident.
Barack Hussein Ѡbama mmm mmm mmm
I wondered the same
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 01:52 ET by wolfemanicI wondered the same thing.
"light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
Sounds a lot like Reed's comments were summing up Obama like a old plantation owner would trying to sell a slave.
second tier
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:44 ET by WesenI was talking with a friend amoung a group of people and the conversation turned to a white friend who had married a negress. I remarked that she was blacker than Barry and was soon taken aside for a shake down by a black dude who was offended. I was promptly labeled a racist... haven't been back.
There is no difference here. To a RAT all things get a pass, whether it's driving drunk, humping Marylynn Monroe or implementing the policies that make blacks a sub-culture needing special attention.
Barry is the spawn of a British Kenyan, he's no negro, heck he's almost all white... but the media always give his pictures that special tint.
What a revolting development
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:04 ET by TomoramaFor the first time in my adult life, I agree with Mr Dyson.
A great man once said, YOU only get out of life what YOU put into it, he obviously wasn't a liberal.
I could be wrong, but....
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:24 ET by ckc1227...isn't saying "This president runs from race like a black man runs from a cop" racist? I know it would be if Rush said it.
Just fell out of my chair
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 22:46 ET by OxyConIMO Dyson is one of the worst race pimps out there, but here he is basically repeating points that I've made elsewhere.
Now I gotta go find an ice pack for the lump on my head from hitting the floor.
Right on, right on, right
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 23:37 ET by Dan DiegoRight on, right on, right on!!!
First remember
Mon, 01/11/2010 - 23:55 ET by hbnolikeeepassing the bill is most important and Harry and Nancy are the bill. The allowing and disallowing the usage of a word is a distraction to the issue at hand, "the bill". They know they are caught in their lies and so they don't hear their constituents. If they stop to listen, they will not make it and they know that.
They are running like thieves in the night.
If the bill passes it'll be
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 00:08 ET by Dan DiegoIf the bill passes it'll be a Beer Fest instead of Beer Summit, then Harry can fall under the bus.
Thank You Professor Dyson!
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 13:05 ET by DaMamaIt's about time someone said this. It's a shame no one will listen. The MSM would never report this because it would be calling a liberal Democrat to task. The MSM can't have that!!
If Reid gets away with this, then Trent Lott deserves a HUGE apology and reparations.