Jon Stewart Loves White-Mocking Preacher: 'Most Adorable Man I've Ever Seen'

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To the trend-setters on the set of The Daily Show, white-mocking prayers are adorable, and experience in race-baiting churches is an "enormous advantage" for Barack Obama. When liberal PBS Washington Week host Gwen Ifill showed up on Tuesday to plug her "Age of Obama" book, Jon Stewart suggested Rev. Joseph Lowery was "maybe the most adorable man I’ve ever seen." Ifill suggested "Isn’t he the cutest civil rights leader ever?" That’s a strange reaction for a preacher who prayed at the Obama inauguration that one day the clueless Caucasians will be enlightened: "white will embrace what is right." Ifill and Stewart were discussing how Obama’s victory changes the black civil rights movement:

STEWART: Where does it leave the old guard in that movement?

IFILL: It depends on which ones are the old guard. Joe Lowery, who gave the benediction, that great benediction at the Inauguration –

STEWART: Man, that was maybe the most adorable man I’ve ever seen.

IFILL: Isn’t he the cutest civil rights leader ever?

STEWART: He was the cutest – I wish I had one in my pocket right now, just pull him out.

IFILL: I keep him in my pocket. He’s completely adorable. He was on the Obama bandwagon early on.

A little later, as Ifill explained that Obama’s Democrat convention played up the Kansas roots and played down the Kenyan ones, Stewart decleared he liked the idea of Obama spending two decades fermenting in the anti-American, anti-white bitterness of Jeremiah Wright’s church:

STEWART: But I like the idea that he had the experience of being in Reverend Wright’s church and also in Kansas. To be able to empathize with what people are really going through, you need to be able to touch their experience.

IFILL: That’s true.

STEWART: And I think that’s an enormous advantage.

What? To be "able to touch their experience" in the poor areas of Chicago, you have to applaud (and financially support) the racial rabies of Reverend Wright?

There are liberals who are still trying to explain Wright was only talking reality.

—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.


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I Support President Barack Obama

I just don't support his MISSION.

I don't support his Marxist approach to Government.

I don't support his Agenda.

I don't support his Cabinet choices of tax cheaters and other nefarious types.

I don't support his 'Spread the Wealth' nonsense.

I don't support his view on Homosexuality.

I don't support his leadership in conducting 'Black Genocide'.

I don't support his maniacal support of 'Partial Birth Abortion'.

I don't support his 'Black Separatism' philosophy.

I don't support his giving money to ACORN to continue and enhance 'Voter Fraud'.

I don't support his oppression of 'Free Speech'.

I don't support his expansion of 'Hate Crime' which is nonsensical at best and tyranny at worst.

I don't support his attack on the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.

I don't support his attack on American traditions.

I don't support his coddling of Terrorists.

I don't support his stimulus bill, which is nothing more than redistribution of wealth.

I don't support his doctrine of 'Punishing Success and Rewarding Failure'.

I don't support him having his office 'Hot Enough to Grow Orchids' while asking others to lower the temperatures in their homes.

I don't support his Energy policy of bankrupting coal, which produces 50% of electricity in America.

Most of all, I don't support his torture of little babies who had the 'Audacity of Hope' to live and survive an abortion.

I support our President, I just do not support his mission.

I too hope that whites

I too hope that whites support what is right

Conservatives Republicans National Defense Freedom US Constitution

as for that Reverend, if it were a conservative who said those things, the ACLU crowd and Jon Stewart would be excoriating him for his racism.

reparations

What this religious socialist is saying and what that hack reporter and hack comedian are promoting is reparations.   In about two years the American taxpayers, black and white, will be hit with about a $trillion or so in reparations money for victims of slavery.  For those of you who are yet aware of it, check out what the Chosen One has inspired:

 

(Please note that $8 million has already been set aside to study this thinly veiled scam by which billions will be taken from taxpayers and redistributed to whomever cries the loudest)

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (Introduced in House)

HR 40 IH

111th CONGRESS1st Session

H. R. 40

To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 6, 2009

Mr. CONYERS (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the `Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.(a) Findings- The Congress finds that--(1) approximately 4,000,000 Africans and their descendants were enslaved in the United States and colonies that became the United States from 1619 to 1865;(2) the institution of slavery was constitutionally and statutorily sanctioned by the Government of the United States from 1789 through 1865;(3) the slavery that flourished in the United States constituted an immoral and inhumane deprivation of Africans' life, liberty, African citizenship rights, and cultural heritage, and denied them the fruits of their own labor; and(4) sufficient inquiry has not been made into the effects of the institution of slavery on living African-Americans and society in the United States.(b) Purpose- The purpose of this Act is to establish a commission to--(1) examine the institution of slavery which existed from 1619 through 1865 within the United States and the colonies that became the United States, including the extent to which the Federal and State Governments constitutionally and statutorily supported the institution of slavery;(2) examine de jure and de facto discrimination against freed slaves and their descendants from the end of the Civil War to the present, including economic, political, and social discrimination;(3) examine the lingering negative effects of the institution of slavery and the discrimination described in paragraph (2) on living African-Americans and on society in the United States;(4) recommend appropriate ways to educate the American public of the Commission's findings;(5) recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Commission's findings on the matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and(6) submit to the Congress the results of such examination, together with such recommendations.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES.(a) Establishment- There is established the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the `Commission').(b) Duties- The Commission shall perform the following duties:(1) Examine the institution of slavery which existed within the United States and the colonies that became the United States from 1619 through 1865. The Commission's examination shall include an examination of--(A) the capture and procurement of Africans;(B) the transport of Africans to the United States and the colonies that became the United States for the purpose of enslavement, including their treatment during transport;(C) the sale and acquisition of Africans as chattel property in interstate and instrastate commerce; and(D) the treatment of African slaves in the colonies and the United States, including the deprivation of their freedom, exploitation of their labor, and destruction of their culture, language, religion, and families.(2) Examine the extent to which the Federal and State governments of the United States supported the institution of slavery in constitutional and statutory provisions, including the extent to which such governments prevented, opposed, or restricted efforts of freed African slaves to repatriate to their homeland.(3) Examine Federal and State laws that discriminated against freed African slaves and their descendants during the period between the end of the Civil War and the present.(4) Examine other forms of discrimination in the public and private sectors against freed African slaves and their descendants during the period between the end of the Civil War and the present.(5) Examine the lingering negative effects of the institution of slavery and the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) on living African-Americans and on society in the United States.(6) Recommend appropriate ways to educate the American public of the Commission's findings.(7) Recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Commission's findings on the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4). In making such recommendations, the Commission shall address among other issues, the following questions:(A) Whether the Government of the United States should offer a formal apology on behalf of the people of the United States for the perpetration of gross human rights violations on African slaves and their descendants.(B) Whether African-Americans still suffer from the lingering effects of the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).(C) Whether, in consideration of the Commission's findings, any form of compensation to the descendants of African slaves is warranted.(D) If the Commission finds that such compensation is warranted, what should be the amount of compensation, what form of compensation should be awarded, and who should be eligible for such compensation.(c) Report to Congress- The Commission shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the Congress not later than the date which is one year after the date of the first meeting of the Commission held pursuant to section 4(c).
SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.(a) Number and Appointment- (1) The Commission shall be composed of 7 members, who shall be appointed, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, as follows:(A) Three members shall be appointed by the President.(B) Three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.(C) One member shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate.(2) All members of the Commission shall be persons who are especially qualified to serve on the Commission by virtue of their education, training, or experience, particularly in the field of African-American studies.(b) Terms- The term of office for members shall be for the life of the Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect the powers of the Commission, and shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.(c) First Meeting- The President shall call the first meeting of the Commission within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, or within 30 days after the date on which legislation is enacted making appropriations to carry out this Act, whichever date is later.(d) Quorum- Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.(e) Chair and Vice Chair- The Commission shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. The term of office of each shall be for the life of the Commission.(f) Compensation- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each member of the Commission shall receive compensation at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day, including travel time, during which he or she is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission.(2) A member of the Commission who is a full-time officer or employee of the United States or a Member of Congress shall receive no additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of his or her service to the Commission.(3) All members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties to the extent authorized by chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.(a) Hearings and Sessions- The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and at such places in the United States, and request the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission considers appropriate. The Commission may request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of an appropriate United States district court to require, by subpoena or otherwise, such attendance, testimony, or production.(b) Powers of Subcommittees and Members- Any subcommittee or member of the Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.(c) Obtaining Official Data- The Commission may acquire directly from the head of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive branch of the Government, available information which the Commission considers useful in the discharge of its duties. All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the Government shall cooperate with the Commission with respect to such information and shall furnish all information requested by the Commission to the extent permitted by law.
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.(a) Staff- The Commission may, without regard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as the Commission considers appropriate.(b) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws- The staff of the Commission may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that the compensation of any employee of the Commission may not exceed a rate equal to the annual rate of basic pay payable for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.(c) Experts and Consultants- The Commission may procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of such title.(d) Administrative Support Services- The Commission may enter into agreements with the Administrator of General Services for procurement of financial and administrative services necessary for the discharge of the duties of the Commission. Payment for such services shall be made by reimbursement from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman of the Commission and the Administrator.(e) Contracts- The Commission may--(1) procure supplies, services, and property by contract in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; and(2) enter into contracts with departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, State agencies, and private firms, institutions, and agencies, for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of reports, and other activities necessary for the discharge of the duties of the Commission, to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.
SEC. 7. TERMINATION.The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits its report to the Congress under section 3(c).
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.To carry out the provisions of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000.

 

→ Lowery's like a union

He just can't believe he's seen in his lifetime what he thought he'd never see in his lifetime.

In the same way Unions now drag down economic development, Lowery's salt is insipid. 

Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran

the unemployment line

STEWART: Where does it leave the old guard in that movement?

  Seeing as how we are not bigots or racists and we don't discriminate, I would say that leaves them out of a job.

  It leaves them on the unemployment line.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

How should I feel about the 4 black thugs that mugged me ...

...  in high school?  Should I attribute their crime to reparations for the beatings their ancestors may or may not have suffered as slaves?  Should I cast aspersions on the whole black race for what happened to me all those years ago?  Should I hold on to ill will towards black people in general?  If I were to follow Lowry's example, the answer is YES.

→ 100% Jayke

Obviously a fair assessment.

100% of the people who have mugged my wife fit that category
100% of the people who have held me up at gunpoint fit also.

Lowry's stereotyping of whites could easily cut both ways.  Jesse Jackson agrees:

There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved. — the Reverend Jesse Jackson, as quoted in US News, 3/10/96

Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country - Khalil Gibran

Cool

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Gotta give the old guy points for honesty.
Thanks, that cracked me up.

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

Adorable?

Sounds patronising as hell to me.

Babies, are adorable. Fluffy little bunnies, are adorable.

Racists, are abominable.

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

Joseph Lowery is a race-hustling pimp

This pathetic, racist throwback to 1963 has made his living sowing racial division at every opportunity. When has hasn't been able to come up with a legitimate racial issue to exploit, he simply made one up.

The idea that this lying fraud of a "reverend" is some sort of civil rights "hero" is utter nonsense.

-Dave

Our clueless political leaders are about to drive us all over a cliff. The time to HITM is now-before we go over.

What excuse does BARRKY's half brother GEORGE have ...

... for being a HOMELESS DRUGGIE?  I suppose it's "the white's" FAULT that KENYA is a COMMIE/MOHAMMEDAN HELL HOLE.  Why was he arrested recently?  I thought everyone in Kenya toked on BHANG.  Could it be that George has some DAMNING information about his half brother BARRKY?  Like the fact BARRKY was born in MOMBASSA?

Excuses, excuses..

I am my brother's keeper. - B. Hussein Obama

Bolton/KEYES 2012 

This man is black?  I

This man is black?  I thought he might have been a descendent of Teddy Roosevelt.  He just needs the trademark spectacles.

 

And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall.   -- Edgar Allan Poe

John Stewart is an idiot

He is a Jew who is for Hamas and the Palestienians and now a white guy who is for all of the racist black people who blame the whites for their problems.

As I tell my three sons " Look in the mirror because you are now the enemy" 

 

What deep thinkers these people are...

"Ifill suggested 'Isn’t he the cutest civil rights leader ever?'"

 

Wait. I thought *this* was the cutest civil rights leader ever:

http://de.trinixy.ru...

Last week on a radio

Last week on a radio station the ABC News announcer even mentioned Jon Stewart's take on something (can't remember what exactly).  For some reason, that actually surprised me!

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

RR GOP

  I remember hearing some "legitimate" news source mention Jon Stewart awhile back too! and thought "Isn't JS a COMEDIAN?"  I mean, I realize a lot of people get their "news" from the Daily Show, but even on the show Jon calls it a "Fake news show." Now what he says is being treated with credibility?? (The story wasn't about him, it was his treatment of it)

I remember hearing some

I remember hearing some "legitimate" news source mention Jon Stewart awhile back too! and thought "Isn't JS a COMEDIAN?"

Oh, he's "just a comedian" whenever someone starts seriously ripping into him and he's wants an easy and cheap retort. (You know, that old "Clown nose on/Clown nose off" thing others have noticed.)Of course it's still weird he even claims this at times given all the serious people he has on the show.

John Leibowitz

Stewart is a comedian like Martin Sheen is a President. Stewart is a Grade-D actor that has a role in a tv show where he reads jokes written by a huge staff of joke writers. That so many people in our country see him as a source of news is a sad commentary on the state of our nation.