Where’s the Outrage?

Come on. They have tried and tried to get something to stick on Barack Obama and it hasn’t worked. Now, they are trying his wife. Get real. Bill O’Reilly continues his racist ways by stating, “And 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 America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever — then that’s legit.” O’Reilly was talking with a caller about Michelle Obama’s comment that now, for the first time, she is really proud of her country.

I’m sorry. It doesn’t matter what O’Reilly was talking about. The word lynching and reference to a Black person shouldn’t be made. Ever!

Update: Besides adding Bill O’Reilly comment, I thought that I would add some video of Michelle Obama’s comment. Tucked inside this video is a very short clip of Cindy McCain saying how proud she is of her country. Damn, if I was born into a family that owned the 4th largest Bud distributorship in the country, I would be proud 24/7/365, too. She needs to settle down and recognize.

 

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 Update:  Melissa Harris-Lacewell is here, today!!!

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University, will speak at noon Thursday, Feb. 21, at UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. Harris-Lacewell is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning book, “Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought.” In addition, she has written for a number of newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and New York Newsday. Harris-Lacewell regularly provides commentary on U.S. elections and race, religious and gender issues for leading news outlets across the country. Harris-Lacewell is currently working on a new book, “For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Wasn’t Enough.” Professor Harris-Lacewell has been a guest on the Bill Moyers Journal (here) and The Errington Thompson Show (here and here). The event is free and open to the public.

She will be appearing on the Errington Thompson Show on the 23rd.

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