Posted on 08/21/2011 12:06:14 PM PDT by Hojczyk
“It’s just insane,” Fox News analyst and Daily Beast columnist Kirsten Powers tells a Fox audience after watching the clip of Ed Schultz accusing Rick Perry of being a racist for using the phrase “big black cloud,” by which Schultz claimed Perry meant Barack Obama. Schultz later apologized for the selective editing of the clip, but Powers isn’t satisfied with Schultz’ selective retreat that pointedly didn’t walk back the allegation of racism. Powers offers a dog-whistle argument right back at the MSNBC host, saying that Schultz’ assumption that “big black cloud” referred to Obama shows that it’s Schultz who’s the real racist, not Perry.
I think Powers is onto something here, and not necessarily the status of Schultz’ racism quotient. The only way that we put this racism meme into its well-deserved and long-overdue grave is to point out that these assumptions themselves are built on prejudicial thinking. Schultz took a perfectly benign and even somewhat overused turn of phrase (“black cloud”) and immediately associated it with a black man? Obama himself has used a similar phrase, “dark cloud,” in at least one speech about Afghanistan and Pakistan in December 2009, and no one accused Obama of sending a dog-whistle message about either himself or the Pakistanis. Janeane Garofalo assumed that a black man (Herman Cain) couldn’t possibly be thinking for himself if he championed conservative values, and therefore must either be psychologically damaged or paid off. What is that if not a racist point of view — that all black people must have a single ideology just because of the color of their skin?
Allahpundit has lamented the fact that we are going to get this kind of nonsense for the next 15 months. If the Left thinks that they can label every single benign turn of phrase as a dog whistle and every voter turned off by Barack Obama’s terrible performance as a racist, then in 15 months they will be finished as a political force. Kirsten Powers won’t be the last commentator drawing the obvious conclusion from those attacks.
Special Ed is a Black Hole of truth.
White liberals who freely throw the “racist” or “bigot” label around like Fast Eddie and Chrissie do so to mask their own prejudices. The defense mechanism of projection.
It’s really amazing how much low esteem people like Shultz, Mathews and all the rest of these type of entertainers have of themselves.
What else is amazing is how little MSNBC has of themselves.
Being enslaved to Government handouts - is still slavery.
When Herman Cain’s speeches and his biography of success over adversity gain more attention - it will be a revelation.
MLK spoke the to, and of, the many Herman Cains that would see the promised land - they just need to open their own eyes.
But, but, but, these are Kirsten’s people! Ed is liberal!
But, but, but, these are Kirsten’s people! Ed is liberal!
It won’t be long before the liberals throw “special ed” under the bus claiming he is no progressive, just a former conservative who called himself a progressive to make a few bucks.
I think we are just a few months from that point. Notice poor old “special ed” no longer gets the Democrat hacks on his radio or tv show like he used to. In fact, poor old “special ed” recently has been complaining that he can’t get “progressive politicians”to come on his radio or tv show.
Reality to SPECIAL ED: there is NO PLACE in the conservative TV or radio land for a conservative gone progressive gone conservative!
Aaargghh. You can walk a dog, take a walk, walk the plank, but you can't friggin "walk back" a comment! Same people brought us this nonsense that talk about 'the optics' of an action.
Actually, it’s not a black cloud, 0bama put us behind the 8-ball ;)
Seriously, methinks Mr. Schultz protests too much.
I just turned 45 a few months ago and have been saying this since I was in High School.
Kristen is too cute to be a Liberal, but her livelihood is dependent on being one for her Fox gig.
Oh PLEASE....she’s a HUGE lib. She just gets one thing right.....
Oh PLEASE....she’s a HUGE lib. She just gets one thing right.....
Every four years, as sure as sunspots, Kirsten Powers tries to act Conservative.
Typical liberal, angry at the world, and wants to burn it all down. Where hate and anger are festering there is Ed. Wisconsin, DC, and soon the Day of rage in NYC, Ed is there throwing gas, the mouth running, spewing venom.
He is cut from the same cloth as randi rhodes. Liar's, Envious, people with addictions
All Liberals are Racists.
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