On Saturday's "Good Morning America," Kate Snow chatted with a woman who once wished death on Clarence Thomas and highlighted her as an expert on racial politics in America. The weekend GMA co-host interviewed Julianne Malveaux on the subject of racial overtones in the conflict between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
On November 4, 1994, Malveaux famously stated of Supreme Court Justice Thomas: "I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease....He is an absolutely reprehensible person." (Video in the MRC's 20th anniversary Notable Quotables, scroll down to "Damn Those Conservatives Award.") Of course, Snow made no mention of this. She simply introduced the well known liberal as "a noted commentator on American politics." Snow also skipped over the fact that Malveaux is a former talk show host for the leftist Pacifica Radio network.
Snow began the segment by offering a look into the politically correct world of a network newsroom. The ABC host and her guest were discussing former President Clinton's use of the word "fairy tale" in relation to Senator Barack Obama and also Hillary Clinton's assertion that it took President Lyndon Johnson to fulfill Martin Luther King's goals in relation to civil rights. Snow confessed, "I have to tell you, we had raging debates yesterday in our newsrooms where people were talking, myself included, very carefully, about this issue. Race and politics, we all get a little nervous talking about all this."
And although the ABC journalist never described Malveaux, who is now the president of Bennett College, as a leftist, that didn't stop her guest from gushing over the greatness of the Democratic Party. She enthused, "We have an embarrassment of riches in Hillary, in Barack and in John Edwards. I wouldn't be unhappy if any of them were in the White House."
It should also be noted that in 2001, Malveaux defended the inclusion of Syria into the UN Security Council, despite the fact that it harbored Hezbollah.
A transcript of the segment, which aired at 7:12am on January 12, follows:
KATE SNOW: And joining us now from Charlotte, North Carolina is Julianne Malveaux. She is president of the Bennett College for Women. She's also a noted commentator on American politics. Good morning, Julianne.
JULIANNE MALVEAUX (President, Bennett College for Women): Hi, Kate, how are you?
SNOW: I'm well, thank you. I have to tell you, we had raging debates yesterday in our newsrooms where people were talking, myself included, very carefully, about this issue. Race and politics, we all get a little nervous talking about all this. What does it say, do you think, about our country and where we're at that we're so cautious and that we're even talking about all this?
ABC GRAPHIC: The Politics of Race: Campaign Rhetoric Flares
MALVEAUX: Well, race is still a lightning rod for us in America despite the enormous hope that is represented by the Obama campaign. The fact is that race still matters. But, you know what, Kate? Gender matters too. I've, as a president of a woman's college, what I have to say is that gender is the only acceptable form of discrimination that we really have in America. And I think some of the scrutiny that Hillary Rodham Clinton has faced speaks to our gender biases as well as our racial biases.
SNOW: We spoke with a lot of members of the Clinton campaign yesterday, long-time African American supporters included, who say that they did not intend to insult. They did not intend to make racial comments in any way. Does it matter what they intended or does it matter what was perceived?
MALVEAUX: Well, both matter. Certainly they have impeccable civil rights credentials. It does matter that they didn't intend it. But to talk about a fairy tale or to attempt to minimize the legacy of Dr. King, it resonates at a time when the dream has not been realized. So I would say that, you know, the Democratic Party is so blessed. We have an embarrassment of riches in Hillary, in Barack and in John Edwards. I wouldn't be unhappy if any of them were in the White House. But this could be a squabble or a family feud depending on how we play it.
SNOW: Bill Clinton says that that fairy tale comment was referring very specifically to the media's coverage of Obama. He says he was talking about Obama's record on Iraq, not about Obama personally. Did you think that - that explanation will resonate?
MALVEAUX: You know, he went on talk radio yesterday. I have a couple of the transcripts. He's explained it, and he explains it well. At the same time, it was a very poor choice of words. I think he wouldn't be explaining it if he thought it was the appropriate thing to say.
SNOW: Julianne Malveaux, I wish we had more time to get into this. Thank you so much for being with us.
MALVEAUX: Thank you.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.




















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This woman a race expert "I
January 15, 2008 - 10:47 ET by Dan The Man 2This woman a race expert "I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do" I think she is racist. I guess we can say Clarence can eat lots of watermellon and fried chicken (a good meal btw) because a lot of blacks like it. Yep the more we change the more we stay the same.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
oi vey
January 15, 2008 - 11:23 ET by dronetekThis reminds me of a segment on CNN I saw about race. They had a panel of 2 black guys and white guy and a white woman who beleived "all white people are racist". The whole conversation was basically this white woman claiming all white people are racist (including herself), to which all the black panel members AND the host all nodded their heads in agreement.
Apparently, a rac expert is a person who is themselvs a racist.
Great Post
January 15, 2008 - 12:07 ET by iveseenitallGreat post, Scott. You point to the ultimate hypocrisy of the dividers on the left. The irony of the Malveauxs of the world is that they walk and talk in this unctuous haze, like butter wouldn't melt in their mouths, then they turn around and call Jews ''hymies" and condemn decent achievers of their own race, like Clarence Thomas and Dr. Rice. No wonder Dante had the hypocrites so far down in Hell. But, unfortuately for them, they've been outed. They will never get back the moral high ground they once claimed. It took many, many years, but these disgusting phonies are now left with no one to lie to but themselves.
BTW, Malvaeux--- goes from being a left-wing talk show host to a college president---amazing! Maybe they are the same thing these days. And judging from her tone and words, it's clear this idiot believes it's "us" vs. "them" in America. Sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Look at Kate Snow
January 15, 2008 - 11:40 ET by candanceShe's all sitting there looking happy like a cheerleader. The little voice in her earpiece said Malveux was an expert so that's good enough for her!
That's right, candance.
January 15, 2008 - 12:35 ET by motherbeltThat's right, candance. She's not partisan, she's not biased, and above all she is NOT a flaming "Pacifica" liberal. She just a "commentator" and "race expert."
I'm sorry, what the hell makes her a "race expert": the fact that she's black? Or the fact that she's made a habit of shooting off her mouth on racial issues?
Or the fact that she, a black woman, called a black man "an absolutely reprehensible person" and wished him dead?
Yeah, I guess that makes you a "race expert" Julianne.
In a "race" to the bottom.
You know this person looks
January 15, 2008 - 11:51 ET by Airforce_5_OYou know this person looks nothing like Darrel Waltrip at all…What did you say…Oh Race expert not Racing expert. Got it. My bad.
Well I was always told that an “Ex” is a has been and a “spurt” was a drip under pressure.
A drip
January 15, 2008 - 11:59 ET by iveseenitall"a drip under pressire"--sound like Hillary.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Joke Of The Day
January 15, 2008 - 14:11 ET by stratmanWhat do Liberals and NASCAR race drivers have in common?
They only turn left.
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Killing them with kindness isn't working. Time to get scrappy with the Donkeys.
There it is again
January 15, 2008 - 12:54 ET by shannon20I don't understand why Libs want everyone they disagree with to die. Not just die, but to suffer. On the other hand, KO gives Thompson the WPITW award for offering to send terrorist to their so-called 72 virgins. WTF!
Biased media inerviews biased "race expert"
January 15, 2008 - 12:54 ET by not_lima_HRace is a major issue today and the liberals are determined to keep it that way. If the democrats had to rely on their ideas and performance they couldn't win a high school election. They never can appeal to logic and intellect but only to cheap emotions and only to the least intelligent. The more they dumb down our educational system the more votes they get.
BTW, I can never believe the arrogance and stupidity of someone who claims to be a "race expert". Idiots.
Malveaux is half right
January 15, 2008 - 14:24 ET by fitzfong"We have an embarrassment of riches in Hillary, in Barack and in John Edwards."
Well, Sinbad in drag, you do have an embarrassment in Hillary, Barack and John Edwards...but it ain't an embarrassment of riches.
Maveaux is part of the Race Industry supporting Hillary
January 15, 2008 - 18:11 ET by GalvanicMALVEAUX: "Well, race is still a lightning rod for us in America despite
the enormous hope that is represented by the Obama campaign. The fact
is that race still matters. But, you know what, Kate? Gender matters
too. I've, as a president of a woman's college, what I have to say is
that gender is the only acceptable form of discrimination that we
really have in America. And I think some of the scrutiny that Hillary
Rodham Clinton has faced speaks to our gender biases as well as our
racial biases."
CNN's
description of Malveaux is deceiving. She owes her journalistic
career to promoting Race Industry rhetoric, and like more prominent black Dems
such as Jackson and Sharpton, she's reliably in the Clinton camp.
Obama's candidacy threatens her status; if he wins, he becomes the
Nation's leading black citizen, and the whiners of the Race Industry
get put to pasture. Obama owes her nothing.
So, Malveaux plays the gender card, but she'd be supporting the narcissistic Edwards over Obama if Hillary wasn't running.
With liberals it HAS to be about RACE
January 15, 2008 - 18:31 ET by richb313With liberals it has to be about race, or gender, or sexual orientation, or something that will further divide us. I have never ever heard any of them say anything that has a unifying message. They never speak or do anything that can bring us together, they only further sub-divide at every opportunity. This is just a furtherance in thier too long litany.
ABC - Propaganda over news
January 16, 2008 - 01:02 ET by m1xramI'm wondering at what point networks like ABC or CNN will become inconsequential because they don't produce enough truthful news to be considered legitimate.
Many years ago I would have been surprised that ABC had a pro-terrorist racist on to comment on racism. Now it's the kind of thing you'd expect, a ho-hum event.
m1xram
Malveaux
January 16, 2008 - 01:14 ET by Cool ArrowMalveaux should be sittin' on a back step sippin' moonshine with Dog the Bounty Hunter instead of assuming her fecal position on the CBS toilet.
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Eggs n' butter
January 16, 2008 - 13:34 ET by Mr. TerryIs it just me or does it appear that Malveaux has had her own share of bacon, eggs and buttered biscuits for breakfast? Hoping for the slow death of another person is what is truly "reprehensible". What is so telling is the attitude of sheer intolerance when she wishes it of someone with whom she disagrees.