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Fox Panel on Impeachment Erupts into Charges of Racism and Lawlessness
mediaite ^ | 8/3/14 | Evan McMurry

Posted on 08/03/2014 11:16:46 AM PDT by Nachum

A Fox News Sunday panel that began skeptically of the GOP chatter about impeaching President Barack Obama erupted with charges of racism and lawlessness, as Fox contributor Juan Williams and Heritage Action leader Michael Needham went at it over the motivations behind the calls for impeachment.

Both National Journal editor Ron Fournier and Williams called out Needham for calling Obama “lawless.”

“You listen to Michael and you understand why lots of Republicans think [Obama's] a demon,” Williams said. “Lots of people in the minority community see it as an attack against the first black President. They think it’s unfair, and so it’s gonna spur their turnout in the midterms, which is going to be critical in several races.”

“If you just break it down as a matter of political analysis and say who is this group [calling for impeachment], it reminds me that the Republican Party has become almost a completely white party,” Williams continued. “The people who want him impeached are all white, they’re all older, and guess what — they’re all in the far right wing of the Republican Party.”

“He might as well have just said they’re all racists,” Needham objected. “That’s ridiculous….You’re the one demonizing people who are concerned about the fact that we have a crisis of Constitution.”

“Look, we can have a principled argument about President Obama’s actions and use of executive actions, but you called him lawless, as if he’s an outlaw, as if he’s riding the range and we gotta go get that guy,” Williams said.

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KEYWORDS: fox; impeachment; juanwilliams; michaelneedham; panel; racism; ronfournier
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1 posted on 08/03/2014 11:16:46 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

FOX “news” - the voice of Obama, Romney and Soros
has one (1) conservative on their panel this week,
and they will probably replace his “offensiveness”
with the hyperliberal Brit Hume.

Fox “news” is a joke in its effort to protect
Obama and Romney (two sides of the same sick statist coin).


2 posted on 08/03/2014 11:18:33 AM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: Diogenesis

Quit watching five plus ago now. When you have become MSLSD-lite, you’re dead to me. I do miss Gutfield, though.


3 posted on 08/03/2014 11:21:17 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: Nachum

I watch only Fox News. I can’t stand any other news channel.
I have a hard time putting up with Juan Williams and Jhemu Green. Rest of the talking heads are OK.


4 posted on 08/03/2014 11:21:48 AM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst & dumbest president ever, any republican would be much better.)
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To: Nachum

My questions to the Rat would be: So because Obama is black, you feel he is exempt from laws and the Constitution? If not, which ones should he adhere too?


5 posted on 08/03/2014 11:22:19 AM PDT by deadrock (I am someone else.)
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To: Diogenesis

When you have no rational argument, accuse your opponent of racism, bigotry, etc., as a defense. Typical Saul Alinsky tactic. Juan, why not simply pull your liberal head out of Obama’s ass, and then you might actually start thinking as an American once more, rather than being a tool for a Marxist scumbag.


6 posted on 08/03/2014 11:24:11 AM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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7 posted on 08/03/2014 11:24:20 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nachum
"Lots of people in the minority community see it as an attack against the first black President."

Juan, Juan, aren't you forgetting Bill Clinton? Was it not the expressed opinion of many in your community that William Jefferson Clinton deserved the title of "first black President" and isn't it illogical to have 2 firsts? Make up you mind before Hillary makes it up for you!

8 posted on 08/03/2014 11:24:25 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: 98ZJ USMC

I only watch the Bill Hemmer and Martha Show and Shepard Smith ,when Shepard Smith is not there ,surprisingly Shepard is not there very often


9 posted on 08/03/2014 11:25:24 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Nachum
"Ron Fournier (born 1963) is an American national political journalist currently of the National Journal. Fournier had previously served as Washington bureau chief at the Associated Press (AP) until leaving in In June 2010."

And was a Palace Guard media spearcatcher (D-AP) for the Clinton White House during the impeachment wars. Fournier was ALWAYS taking one for Team Democrat back in those days.

10 posted on 08/03/2014 11:25:41 AM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: 98ZJ USMC

Sad to say I haven’t watched FNC in months - and seeing Juan appear everywhere was one of the reasons.

I’m down to talk radio (Rush, Levin) and Freerepublic.


11 posted on 08/03/2014 11:29:22 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Nachum
... the minority community see it as an attack against the first black President.

Of course they do...they're always a victim. Oh...by the way...he's not black.

12 posted on 08/03/2014 11:30:14 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Nachum

Barack the Kenyan isn’t going to be able to hide behind the “race card” forever.


13 posted on 08/03/2014 11:31:19 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America is not a refugee camp! It is my home!!!)
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To: Diogenesis
Obama and Romney are not two sides of the same coin. And, like it or dislike it, Fox is the best we have - this is not to say it is perfect. At least they report on the Benghazi scandal, the IRS scandal has been well covered (others have totally ignored it), and present far more effectively the Israeli side of the conflict. Part of the problem, perhaps a small part, is that conservatives have failed to go into journalism while liberals have flocked to it.
14 posted on 08/03/2014 11:32:23 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Nachum

Jonathan Turley describes the Kenyan as “lawless”. Juan is a pinhead.


15 posted on 08/03/2014 11:32:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Dante3

Thank you for the sober points.


16 posted on 08/03/2014 11:35:18 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Dante3

Romney would have been held to a much higher standard regarding the Constitution than Obama would have. I can guarantee you that while he is a RINO, the news networks would be on him like fire ants for every policy he had. None of the race card.


17 posted on 08/03/2014 11:36:43 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Dante3

Romney should not run again and should never have run in the first place. He’s horrible and it makes me sick to see that he believes he can buy the nomination this time around too.

That said, I voted for him, because ANY GOP president would not make the type of appointments or get the type of power that Obama has gotten. The Dems are very dictatorial and Stalinist in their programs and behavior, and in Obama they finally found a figurehead who is ruthless and vindictive enough to simply ignore the Constitution and do whatever the radical left wants him to do.


18 posted on 08/03/2014 11:39:11 AM PDT by livius
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To: Diogenesis
FOX “news” - the voice of Obama, Romney and Soros has one (1) conservative on their panel this week, and they will probably replace his “offensiveness” with the hyperliberal Brit Hume.

Fox “news” is a joke in its effort to protect Obama and Romney (two sides of the same sick statist coin).


In agreement with every one of your points. Well stated and bears repeating.

The reasons you gave are why I cancelled FNC and all those loopy newschatter channels years ago. YouTube clips are more than enough of FNC to satisfy me.
19 posted on 08/03/2014 11:45:17 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: aquila48

Breitbart?


20 posted on 08/03/2014 11:45:58 AM PDT by Resettozero
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