Some Say Obama Parody 'Insulting'

WMAQ-Chicago ^ | May 21, 2007 | NBC5 staff

[an amused spectator]

I’ll never understand the Imus firing.

One word: Hillary.

She needed a bloody head on the Tower Gate to remind the other "journalists" what the consequences of crossing Her Queeness are in the runup to 2008.

[Pablo64]

"No, he doesn't SUGGEST it, he SAYS it."

Not only does Rush say it, the lyrics of the song say it!

Like Rush said, these clowns have to be trying to get it wrong.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"Ehrenstein said. "I was just simply trying to get a conversation going. How it's gone is another question.""

Ah, you didn't want to get the conversation going, you wanted to control it. And is it now a rule, that only black satirits can imitate blacks. Can black satirists imitate whites? Is that racist?

I tell ya, this parody is really getting under their skin.

[barb-tex]

The original radio program, Amos&Andy,in thirties was so popular, that it was broadcast in the movie houses so that patrons woudn’t miss a single episode. They would have stayed home if they had to miss A&A.
barbra ann

[MortMan]

I tell ya, this parody is really getting under their skin.

White, black, green, or purple - "they" share one overarching skin feature...

It's all THIN!

[NeoCaveman]

It’s an over two month old parody that makes fun of Al Sharpton. If Al Sharpton isn’t fair game anymore then this is not a free country.

[newcthem]

Many of us are far more offended by what passes for “news” on NBC........but it is unlikely that will make the front page of the Chicago papers.

[Vision]

"It's insulting," said Michael Harrison, publishers of Talkers Magazine. "It's in bad taste, but it's legitimate political satire."

It's in great taste and exposes Sharpton as the charlatan he is.

[usmcobra]

"This is basically the radio equivalent of a black face minstrel show," said Paul Waldman of Media Matters for America. "You know, going back to 'Amos and Andy' and all of those kinds of racist shows."

Hypocracy Thy name is liberalism.

[Cuttnhorse]

BTW, did you know that Sumsay is good friends with Katie Couric? She was ALWAYS quoting him on the TooGay Show when she was head cheerleader...

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I remember the hullabaloo over the "angry white man."

Time magazine cover and a movie, Falling Down.

It was Rush Limbaugh's audience, angry white men, said the wise MSM -- over and over and over. Well some in the MSM -- the ones who still have jobs -- still don't get it.

The MSM used to be the gatekeepers of news and issues. Senators don't get it either though I think they do now.

[finnman69]

"Obama the magig neeegrooo leaves in Dee Ceee!"

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Some say goo goo ga joob too.

[cricket]

Waldman does not have a clue as to what HE is talking about. His comments are what should be considered - an embarassment.

Rush's parody is Liberalspeak; in it's 'own' words. .. from the Lib establishment itself. It has little to do with Obama; and more to say about Alsharpton and the rest of the Lib mouth's. . .

[ZULU]

Check the source - Waldman’s Media Matters - a liberal monitoring agency: http://mediamatters.org/about_us/

I think it was pretty funny. I think Americans should stop allowing selective censoring of material. Nobody but Hannity complained about Marr’s tasteless commnets on Jerry Falwell’s demise and this just proves Hannity’s contention about the selective outrage of libs.

Rally around Rush and tell Media Matters that they don’t matter.

[cricket]

In his broadcasts, Limbaugh suggests that the song is a parody based on a newspaper column about Obama written by journalist David Ehrenstein.

He 'suggests'? These people never cease to amaze. . .

[Badeye]

Only the shallow are ‘offended’.

[gimme1ibertee]

Or the Clarence Thomas incident(s), where he was referred to as “a colored lawn jockey for conservative interests”,
“chicken-and-biscuit-eating Uncle Tom” and a “black snake”, among other lovely invectives by the liberal media.Where was the outrage then?

[jordan8]

NBC news has been lying for decades about racist violence against whites. Sponsors of mass murder and mass rape really shouldn’t throw stones.

[an amused spectator]

LOL! Thanks, C!