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I have no great love for Bill O'Reilly, but was this really racist? Are we on the verge of another civil war or race riots?
1 posted on 02/27/2008 9:49:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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If i heard and read this right, he used the phrase “lynching party” in reference on whether or not to attack/unload on Mrs. Obama.

Well, he may not be a racist, I have no idea, but he sure showed poor judgment.

She’s black. Lynching has an undeniable racial connotation in our country.

He probably wasn’t thinking when he said it, and didn’t mean anything bad by it, but, it’s not unreasonable for someone to point out he was being insensitive or careless in his language.

Apologize or not, his choice, but bottom line is, he said a dumb thing.


2 posted on 02/27/2008 9:53:34 PM PST by Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh
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"I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels - that is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever - then that's legit. We'll track it down."

Um, does star jones realize that O'Reilly was basically defending Michelle Obama and basically trying to say, lets not jump the guy without and facts?

My god, even protecting Obama and co isn't good enough for this cult, you must bow down and worship him.

3 posted on 02/27/2008 9:53:38 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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Sounds to me like Star is a racist herself.


4 posted on 02/27/2008 9:53:57 PM PST by I'm ALL Right! (Dear RNC: Not one Conservative Candidate? Not one "RED" penny)
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Sounds like media matters is trying to lynch BOR.


5 posted on 02/27/2008 9:54:02 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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Are we on the verge of race-religion wars? Probably.


6 posted on 02/27/2008 9:54:22 PM PST by SatinDoll (Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
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Racism implies knowing his intention, which is not so clear in this instance. That said, given the recent lynching related comments and events (even those that were staged) he showed incredibly poor judgment in his choice of words.

Of course, this isn’t exactly the first time.


7 posted on 02/27/2008 9:54:22 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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Oh please,where was Jones when they ran that ad in Texas against George Bush with the chain dragging behind a pick-up truck? That was alot more out of line then O’Reillys dumb comment.


8 posted on 02/27/2008 9:54:24 PM PST by linn37 (phlebotomist on duty,its just a little pinch)
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I remember when O’Reilly first said this, a FReeper made the comment (perhaps jokingly) that some nut would probably accuse him of racism for using the word lynch. I guess it’s really gone that far. It is now a racist offense to even use the word lynch in any connection whatsoever with a black person.


9 posted on 02/27/2008 9:54:51 PM PST by forkinsocket
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The Left is salivating for civil war. They are employing Blacks as useful idiots, as per usual.


10 posted on 02/27/2008 9:55:55 PM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham ("The land of the Free...Because of the Brave")
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Not to worry.

McCain will be along tomorrow to apologize for Bill O’Reilly “insulting” remarks.

He’s on a roll.


12 posted on 02/27/2008 9:58:01 PM PST by exit82 (People get the government they deserve. And they are about to get it--in spades.)
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Star Jones is DUMB.

When a moron accuses of racism, its a compliment.

These idiots have lost their mind.

O’Reilly is saying that I WON’T join the Lynching party and will explore what her intentions were (his words were track it down).

I don’t care for O’Reilly because I honestly think he is a pervert.

But he is no damn racist.


13 posted on 02/27/2008 9:58:05 PM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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“.. don’t insult my intelligence...”

how could anyone read that tripe and NOT insult her [lack of] intelligence and articulation? And she gets paid for this?


16 posted on 02/27/2008 9:59:00 PM PST by EDINVA (Proud American for 23,062 days.... and counting!)
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Star...another great thinker from the Left.


17 posted on 02/27/2008 9:59:12 PM PST by RavenATB
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Doesn’t anyone remember lynch parties from those old western movies?


18 posted on 02/27/2008 9:59:31 PM PST by donna ("We can create Kingdom on earth" - Barack Hussein Obama)
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One good thing about Obama--the race pimps are so going to get on everyone's nerves and jump the shark at last, at last--jump the shark at last. The whining has so gotten old. Here we have two overprivileged Americans "ashamed" of their country and walking around with chips on their shoulders.

And Obama's supporters better worry if the first candidacy of a black man is going to come across as really "sticking it to whitey"--that's going to turn off a lot of white voters.

19 posted on 02/27/2008 9:59:55 PM PST by Mamzelle (Time for Conservatives to go Free Agent)
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Reminds me of the uproars to the “niggardly” and “catch a tiger by the toe” flaps.


22 posted on 02/27/2008 10:01:25 PM PST by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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Oh enough of this crap!

I’m afraid, though, it’s just the beginning!


24 posted on 02/27/2008 10:01:50 PM PST by aquila48
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Geeeeez! Quite honestly, when I hear the phrase ‘’Lynching Party’’, I think of town villagers carrying torches and tracking Frankenstein.

I think Star needs to get her bolts loosened a bit.


25 posted on 02/27/2008 10:02:00 PM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (''Undocumented nukes want to do the job that American nukes won't do.'')
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Not smart. He made it easy for them.


27 posted on 02/27/2008 10:04:31 PM PST by buck jarret
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I’m tired of black liberals screaming racism every time they’re criticized.

I’ll tell you who are the real victims of racists: Justice Thomas, Mike Steele, Alan Keyes, Condi Rice, etc.


31 posted on 02/27/2008 10:06:21 PM PST by TBP
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