You may have never thought you could get this political insight from a sports commentator, but former NBA Detroit Pistons star-turned-host of "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" on Fox Sports Network John Salley has defied expectations. Salley recently appeared on September 23 edition of "The Adam Carolla" podcast and asked Carolla a very pointed and insightful question.
"I have a question - do you hate Obama?" Salley asked. "Why are so many people who now hate him after just 266 days they loved him? All of white America. Not all of ‘em but the majority."
He continued with his shrewd examination of the current political culture and noted the use of the Nazi and Hitler imagery, synonymous with the followers of Lyndon LaRouche, at political events.
"The fact that you can say the word Hitler and put it to our president is some scary thought," Salley continued.
The charge that President Barack Obama has been acting like a fascist has been of a huge concern to the liberal movement presently. The term had been thrown around in conservative circles however, it was only but a few months ago that people were still referring to George W. Bush as "Bushitler." That type of demagoguing didn't seem to bother those same critics at the time.
But Salley didn't stop with those initial accusations. Later in the podcast, he touched on the issue again. He praised former President Jimmy Carter for his recent controversial remarks on race.
"I think Jimmy Carter was great about what he said," Salley pontificated. "I think he saw it from his point of view knowing where it came from, the roots of it, calling certain people racist. But I also feel it's a lack of respect for position, I think the position of being president has been weakened since George W. Bush, well since Clinton."
Carolla's podcasts generally touch on subjects such as race, ethnicity and sexual behavior and they are often very crude. However this was almost entirely unprompted from the former NBA star. You can listen to the entire podcast here.
Jeff Poor contributed to this blog posting.
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September 25, 2009 - 15:14 ET by JDWWhy doesn't America love Obama more?
JDW
DAILY WAVE
I didn't know ACORN was getting a lot of money
My would question be, "Did
September 25, 2009 - 15:32 ET by BuffNBoneMy would question be, "Did he ever love America?"
He must have been sleeping in a Holiday Inn Express to give the impression that he was more than really he is.
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
Maybe we're sick of the
September 25, 2009 - 15:36 ET by mattmMaybe we're sick of the race-card, pal. Maybe we're sick of being dictated to by someone who is less qualified to be president than 1/3 of the adult population of the country. Maybe we don't like socialism being rammed down our throats. Maybe we don't like it when foreign dictators are happy because the president denigrates his own country.
Did any of this ever occur to you, or is race all you can see?
Race-Card
September 25, 2009 - 15:42 ET by blazermaniacFor a moment, I thought that John Salley had spent too much time around the bad-boy Pistons, but that was two decades ago. Of course it has to do with race when it comes from either the far-left or Obama's pals. They just don't want to believe that Obama's policies are ruining this great country.
Hillary Clinton
September 25, 2009 - 16:02 ET by viluzionI hate Hillary Clinton a lot more than I hate Obama, so I couldn't possibly be a racist.
You could be considered an
September 26, 2009 - 03:39 ET by rockyracoonYou could be considered an anti-feminist, though. I guess that I'm more likely both.
Give up Racism and Sexism guys!
September 26, 2009 - 03:57 ET by MightyMouthHate the policies!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
If the average American is so damned prejudiced...
September 25, 2009 - 21:24 ET by Army BratHow the hell did he get elected in the first place?
Wouldn't all the racism have come out before he was the President? How the hell did he get any votes from the racist white men and women of America?
I'm sick to death of this race card crap.
Worse yet...I now have to wonder what the Black man I pass in Sears is thinking about me. Because of the color of my skin, does he now think me racist? Are the scumbags of the media succeeding in pounding that message home? For the first time in my life of 53 years these questions come to my mind. Never before.
The most divisive President in history.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
" Former NBA Star/Sports
September 25, 2009 - 15:43 ET by Rowane"
Former NBA Star/Sports Show Host: Why Doesn't 'White America' Love Obama Anymore?"
That's NOT the right question. The right question would be "Why are there so many people(of any color) so blind as to have NOT saw Obambi for what he is?"
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
This Reality TV Show Junkie Thinks...
September 25, 2009 - 15:54 ET by BondPlainBondJohn Salley's time on 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here' must have had a lasting and detremental effect on his inner gears. The vast majority of his time was spent with his best friend out there, Patty Blagojevich. He viewed almost everyone else in the Costa Rican jungle with him, "stupid", "blonde", "boobed", or some other oft used chauvinistic term, all too frequently.
He wanted to quit only a few days into it, the situation and people too much for him to bear. He whined and bellyached endlessly. He may have wept about it, too. If he didn't, he came damn close.
The man has no mettle. Or credibility.
Obvious
September 25, 2009 - 15:58 ET by someloudthunderI know why.
They don't agree with his views just like people didn't agree with Bush.
It's a common thing among Presidents. Most people usually don't support what the President believes, says or does 100% of the time.
John Salley
September 25, 2009 - 16:20 ET by WarmanGolly Gee Whiz Salley, Where were all those racists when you got your big break? The reason you didn't see any of it was because you couldn't LIE your way into it! You had to perform and do the JOB too bad your "god" Obamamomma didn't have to do the same
I wish someone in the media would do a...
September 25, 2009 - 16:28 ET by stage9...side by side comparison of Obama's policies next to those of Hitler's just to show the parallels. Use video, audio, print...and show how the two compare. I'd like to have a copy of that.
Prove to people why the comparison is made.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Stupid jock!
September 25, 2009 - 17:20 ET by nadadhimmiSalley expects Obama's race to transcend all questions about his radical destruction of American business, culture, civil rights and society. Salley is so racially biased he will follow a fellow black man to National destruction for the sake of racial feelings. It's not just a co-incidence that 98% of blacks voted for Obama, it's racial discrimination.
Of course Carter understands it...
September 25, 2009 - 17:45 ET by Robert17his gubernatorial campaign led the way in racist scaremongering. Racist.
Sounds like a racist
September 25, 2009 - 17:51 ET by b4m4wySounds like a racist spouting another racial comment with nothing to back it up.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald Reagan
Hate? No. Oppose? YES!
September 25, 2009 - 17:53 ET by CobraMan"I have a question - do you hate Obama?"
I have a question as well - Do you always equate opposition with hatred?
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
Very good point Cobra!
September 25, 2009 - 18:12 ET by RukusI agree, I hate his policies not his race. Not hatred of him, hatred of his policies! But, I guess I'm a racist since I said that. Go figure. Does "racist" have any real meaning anymore? It's been worn out by the left. Sigh.
Gary
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -- Tom Paine
Racist bastard!
September 25, 2009 - 18:17 ET by Sergeant ROCKIt's lazy on their part, the Obama apologists that is. They cannot rationally or intelligently defend his 'policies', which they probably can't understand beyond the platitudes, so they resort to calling his detractors 'racists'. It's just easier than trying to defend a 1,300 page bill that neither Obama or his apologists have read, for example.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Sergeant
September 25, 2009 - 18:21 ET by FeynmanFanThat's exactly what's going on. Well said.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
This is how stupid......
September 25, 2009 - 21:36 ET by connman....this racist rational is. Disagree with the message, policies, actions? RACIST! Let's see now, an estimated 2 million more African-Americans vote in 08 election than previous elections, African-American Presidential Candidate the reason? You be the judge. Now if 10 million more White Americans under same conditions vote in the 08 election and McCain wins THEN we can begin to discuss the charges of racism because of the obvious voter motivation. But this is not the case, so please please STFU already!
Pssssst <whispers> Emperor Barry isn't wearing any clothes!
X
September 25, 2009 - 18:29 ET by serfer62.97% of Blacks voted AGAINST President Bush...which goes to prove their just racists!!!
Salley is just the latest
September 25, 2009 - 18:36 ET by chessplayerSalley is just the latest one to jump on the race card bandwagon.
John Salley was huge here at Georgia Tech...
September 25, 2009 - 20:42 ET by R D Helm...as he played for the great Bobby Cremins in what were their basketball glory years.
I am truly disappointed in him for this.
-Dave
I agree with Rush. It's time for Obama to resign.
Don't look at me...
September 25, 2009 - 21:11 ET by Army BratYa have to have liked him at some point in order to stop. I saw him for what he is from the get go. A Marxist with deep hatred for the US and what we represent.
As for race. When apartheid was at its peak, a question arose about a young lady attending an all white school. Did she have a Black ancestor? The question had to be answered. Big to do.
A panel was formed of the whitest folks they could find. Purest of the pure bloods, so to speak. During the course of the investigation they discovered two things. That the girl did indeed have Black ancestry, and that everyone on the panel was related to her.
Case was closed. She stayed at the school. Perfect.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
RD they don't know who Rush is
September 25, 2009 - 23:15 ET by HogTideRebelCatsRD, the idiots don't even know what you mean by, "I agree with Rush". I know and I agree!!!
ObamASS the egomaniac is destroying the USA.
How in the world did 64 million dumb shit Americans vote for this Fraud?
How?
September 26, 2009 - 08:55 ET by RukusI'll tell ya how ArkansasAlabamaOleMissKentucky. They thought it was a popularity contest. Now a lot of them are just scratchin' their heads. Go figure. : )
Gary
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -- Tom Paine
I always just forward these
September 25, 2009 - 21:04 ET by Joe CamelI always just forward these links and comments to everyone I know who voted for Obama that is white. Let's just say,well...they are not so enamored with the "black" mindset anymore, and frankly, like me believe that we have moved race relations back 50 years..Just keep talking men and women..just keep saying whitey, whitey..
Since you asked...
September 25, 2009 - 21:14 ET by Mitch NJBecause he lied.
He ran as a moderate,
praising Reagan ,
claiming to be a uniter and not a divider,
that he would not raise taxes on the middle class,
that he would listen to democrats. independents and republicans.
This guy is a fake, phony, fraud and that independents and republicans have seen through him explains his dropping poll numbers. That they are mostly "white" only shows a predisposition for thinking with one's brain and not one's skin.
95% of blacks voted for Obama.
If 95% of whites voted for McCain folks would be screaming "racism".
Pot meet kettle.
Mitch, you are my new best friend
September 25, 2009 - 22:47 ET by HogTideRebelCatsOMG!!! You nailed it, home run, grand slam!!! Whites are ALWAYS RACISTS, and all others are ALWAYS VICTOMS!!!
Mitch, Fantastic comment, if 95% of any race votes in favor for the person that is the same race as them, let's guess . . . just a coincedence?
Michelle Malkin for President and I am NOT of Asian decent.
Taking the easy way
September 25, 2009 - 21:30 ET by Teri10John Salley must have not have been paying attention to the ubiquitous Bush/Hitler comparisons over the years. Or, perhaps, he agreed with them and didn't see them as a problem.
It's much easier to allege racism than it is to discuss the ideas of those who disagree with you. These increasingly strident accusations of racism have one goal - to get those who oppose any of Obama's policies to just be quiet and keep their opinions to themselves. It isn't working and the Obama supporters who are playing the race card don't like that, so they keep getting louder.
Salley and others like him need to realize that disagreement is not prima facie evidence of hatred and/or racism.
And to think John Salley
September 25, 2009 - 22:27 ET by HogTideRebelCatsAnd to think John Salley made his millions because he had a tallent that was SOOO marketable, that it was worth paying him mega bucks.
So why does he want to Prop up ObamASS the anti free market capitolist???
The answer, drunk on the Kool-Aid.
Why does this guy have a pass--
September 25, 2009 - 22:56 ET by carolina09To pose such racist questions? Would someone white be allowed to ask the same sort of question of black people?
IT IS TIME TO CALL THEM OUT ON RACISM. I'm white. You don't like that? Tough.
Time to stand up for civil rights for everyone.
Racism for dummies
September 26, 2009 - 00:32 ET by ThoreauA caucasian says negroids don't like Bush because he's caucasian. How do you imagine that would be recieved, other than with KKK and redneck racist signs?
I know basketball players are the most intelligent people in the world. I particularly liked reading Magic Johnson's book written in crayon. But even with his vast intellect, you would think he'd know that being a racist fkstain applies to everyone- even him.
John Salley a black racist
September 26, 2009 - 01:13 ET by philipjamesWell, now we see it. John Salley is just one of many blacks in the media that have over the last year come out and essentially confirmed that they are black racists and all this "why can't we all get along" talk was just something that made whites feel good, like blacks might actually like us.
The reality is that blacks apparently don't like whites, asians, hispanics, etc. and just put up with us because we are there. Now that Obama is President, and 97% of blacks voted for him (nothing racist about that apparently) because "he was one of them", anyone who criticizes him about his policies has to have an undercurrent of racism.
I think the racists are the blacks who feel this way. Still don't trust whites and still think it is us against them.
Its sick. But, I call him on it... no apology is acceptable because deep down this is how he sees it. So, John Salley is a black racist and should admit it.
The reality is that blacks apparently don't like whites, asians,
September 26, 2009 - 09:22 ET by shawn228"The reality is that blacks apparently don't like whites, asians, hispanics, etc. and just put up with us because we are there."
That is a very general statement and unfair to the black community. I agree that some blacks....well actually a large number of blacks feel that way, but you are implying blacks in general don't like other races and that is unfair.
"I have a Bush man-crush, you need to understand."-Mr. Shy
Unfair is right....
September 26, 2009 - 09:33 ET by MightyMouthBlacks should be more accepting of the lesser races.
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Why would blacks expect
September 26, 2009 - 09:14 ET by RR GOPWhy would blacks expect white people to back up a black man no matter what he does or fails to do, just because the majority of blacks will back him no matter what simply because he is black?
I can't apologize for the stupidity, ignorance, and greed of fellow Caucasians. They wanted a free ride on the backs of the rich and wanted to feel good about themselves voting for a black man.
The novelty's wearing off.
You could fit the white people who wouldn't vote for Obama just because he's black in Forsyth County, Georgia, but you could fill the state of Texas with those of us who wouldn't vote for a Marxist, failed community organizer with no experience.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Yes, I
September 26, 2009 - 09:54 ET by jessieHYes, I hate obama. I hate anyone who talks down about my country. He goes out of his way to bash this country. Now he has bashed the country in front of the U.N. This is not acceptable. The man is no brighter than the nut from Iran. I think he shares the same contempt for America as Osama. He will be a one term president, if he doesn't get killed or impeached.
John Salley
September 26, 2009 - 13:28 ET by Jerry MackI would like to see this moron on every news show spouting his opinion. Or should I say his words of desperation in defending Obamas' failures. There is always someone saying that we need a national discussion on race. I nominate Salley as one of the chairmen.
First of all...
September 26, 2009 - 15:15 ET by jdripperJohn Sally was no star. He was at best a sixth man.
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
Not John Salley!
September 27, 2009 - 00:01 ET by MCLIJazzWho's next? God forbid anyone disagree with the President at all. It's insane. We're not racists. And LaRouche people don't speak for us...or at least not for me.
john salley-open your eyes-
September 28, 2009 - 12:05 ET by JIMMY1660BHO is not liked from all, because the change he campaigned is not the change America is now experiencing or was looking for. He has become everything America does not need now, in these trying times.
If i may quote a hardened CIA field operative" he is a young naive boy".
BHO- THE PROGRESSIVE PIRATE