Posted on 05/08/2007 11:36:09 AM PDT by pissant
There's a brouhaha brewing over a parody composed and performed by Paul Shanklin for the Rush Limbaugh show. Albeit liberals across their "conflicted" divide are in a blather, feigning insult and indignation, in the mind of this essayist, liberal Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama must be a "magic Negro" if we are to believe certain of his claims and things on which he is still unchallenged.
We understand that the idea of elutriating the airwaves of those they deem unfit is not "dernier cri" amongst the pantheon of liberals who have given themselves to defending America against rational, cogent and factual information – their membership having received a shot of adrenaline in the aftermath of the Don Imus firing for misapplying three words to the Rutgers girls basketball team instead of toward Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or Justice Janice Rogers Brown.
I suggest, before liberaldom gets their "Hanes" tied in too large of a knot, and before Republicans of good conscience (sarcasm intended) get too far down the road of denunciating Limbaugh, that they do their homework. Because even allowing for the duplicitous double standards of liberals, they cannot attack Rush without first attacking one of their own. It was David Ehrenstein who resurrected the phrase "magic Negro" ("Obama the magic Negro"; Los Angeles Times; March 19, 2007).
The phrase has its etymological beginnings in the post Brown v. Board of Education period. The reference refers to a Negro who has no past – he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist. As Ehrenstein wrote, "He's there to assuage white guilt" over their involvement in slavery and racial segregation in American history, while "replacing stereotypes of dangerous, highly sexualized, black men with a benign figure, for whom interracial sexual congress holds no interest." The translation being, Obama doesn't behave like "Cool Moe D," Al Sharpton or Jessie Jackson – white women will be safe around him.
And while the term as used by Ehrenstein was intended as the pejorative it is, it was clearly not the intent of Shanklin or Limbaugh, who are guilty only of poking fun at self-righteous bigoted liberals.
But to my point, I view Obama as a "magic Negro" because of his ability, thus far, to emerge unscathed from the types of questionable tall tales (read lies), misrepresentations, religious affiliations and political positions that should have voters and the media demanding answers.
Only a man of magic (Negro or otherwise) could tell the story of a "revelation," a "violent" awakening, an incident that "permanently altered" his "vision," as Richard Cohen wrote, and as the Chicago Tribune called into serious question the truth of Obama's statements – and thus the integrity of the man. And yet no one in the public or media demands an explanation ("Obama's back story"; Washington Post; March 27, 2007).
Hillary Clinton's making $100,000 in 10 months on a $1,000 investment is understandable because she is the smartest woman on earth. But no one has labeled Obama the smartest man. So one is left to deduce magic is the reason the media are not demanding explanations about his ties to the indicted dealmaker Antoin "Tony" Rezko and a questionable (read shady) land deal.
It must be magic that prevents the media from probing the "internship he provided to John Aramanda, whose father, Joseph Aramanda – a key Rezko business associate, was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal corruption case against Rezko. Aramanda has also contributed $11,500 to Obama since 2000" (See: "Obama's Rezko ties deeper than land deal"; Dec. 23, 2006; Frank Main; Chicago Sun-Times).
And it can only be the most powerful of the dark sciences that allows its practitioner to convince the people of his adopted race, that he is one of them and interested in their well-being, even as he advocates the genocide of their future generations vis-à-vis abortion.
It can only be that old black magic that directs the media to challenge a Republican presidential candidate about his Mormonism, but overlooks Obama's affiliation with a church that is of questionable theology at best.
Combined with questions that are not being asked about his wife's questionable alleged pay raises, certain aspects of his time at Harvard and questionable accounts in his memoirs, as stated before, only a man of great "magic," Negro notwithstanding, could have so much to be questioned about, with no one asking the questions.
I was going to say something about ear size, but never mind....
No kidding - oh look! Now it’s a national news story! And it led off one Bay Area newscast!
What a disingenuous piece of excrement. It was Channel 13’s OWN newscast - they create the story and then report on it like it’s real news. And I notice they don’t report the results of their polls or the fact that NONE of their feedback was positive to their stated goals and aims.
And cry me a river, Burroughs. Rush is a national figure - you’re a local hack. KFBK does not owe you air time with Rush Limbaugh or anyone else. You barged into the radio station (and it was YOUR film crew I’ll bet) so that we could all see your little pissant ravings on camera. I watch Channel 31’s morning show (well, I used to ... after today, nope) - they NEVER devote that much air time to a single story - since 31’s your sister station in Sacto, I’m sure this was all pre-arranged - especially since your own station was carrying the CBS national morning program.
This is not your ticket to national celebrity. I wish the moderators would lift the profanity rule for, oh, I don’t know, five minutes.
They have a new poll up people - KOVR 13 wants to know if it’s doings are harmful. Hee hee. They’re losing 12% to 88%.
bump 22 for later
Bump.
It’s a long video but definitely worth the bump my friend.
That was new to me, too. I came across “repugning” on a blog today, too. The net is condign for learning new words.
She’s another reason why Obama doesn’t have to handle the tough questions. If the press made him, then she would have to follow and that isn’t going to ever happen.
Dang. Just ran aground on another one while reading the NYT blog’s description of the Sharpton v Hitchens debate on God.
“invigilating”
Has Obama been protective of Muslim women who are tortured, enslaved, or murdered by Muslim males????
I'd love to see him speak out for Muslim women worldwide.
It was the CBS morning TV crew and it's camera at the radio station begging for air-time with Rush like a spoiled little baby.
I can only imagine the profane diatribe after the camera was turned off.
Your analysis is dead on.
I cannot believe how absolutely childish Burroughs sounded. And did he call Rush a “coward” or words to that effect? I recall “you’d think they’d want to get our side!”
Your side of WHAT, insect? You deliberately misled a viewing audience into thinking that an abhorrant video was produced by Limbaugh, and was only removed after a cease and desist letter was issued by his attorneys. You also violated Shanklin’s copyright. Rush does not put the parodies on his podcasts because he has respect for Shanklin’s copyrights and has no permission to rebroadcast them. Then you cry “Rush attacked us!” No, the opening salvo was yours, insect. He merely fired. The trouble is, he sunk your battleship and you really really can’t stand it, can you? Rush is smart - he never argues with an idiot because after awhile (we all know the rest of that maxim).
You know, their whole agenda was laid bare in the first words of their so-called “report” yesterday morning “a controversy that’s sure to get bigger...” Well, no, dumkopf, it really didn’t.
And by the way? It wasn’t Rush listeners that came after you, it was the Freepers. You remember Freep, don’t you Channel 13? If your recollection is hazy, call up Mary Mapes, and whisper the word “Buckhead....”
Because he would alienate the Muslim men, who have the power.
That’s funny.
I have no idea what that word means.
Too many big words here for me.
I’ll have some popcorn, and try to keep up.
What are ya talking about? I was just elutriating my socks last night ;’}
Not one bit principled. The Muslim men seem able to take care of themselves. The women (and girls) are the ones who could use some help.
Back in the early 1990s Sister Souljah, during her 15 minutes of fame, was using the term "African" to mean American ghetto kids whose only connection to Africa was having distant ancestors who were from there.
George Allen's mother is or was from Tunisia, so he should be classified as African American too...or maybe as African.
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