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Bill Cosby: Will we ever feel the same about him?
chicagotribune ^ | DEC 2 2014 | Clarence Page

Posted on 12/03/2014 7:55:14 AM PST by Brother Cracker

When asked about recent allegations against Bill Cosby, Chris Rock fell into what for him is an unusual position. He was at a loss for words.

"I don't know what to say," he told New York magazine. "What do you say? I hope it's not true. That's all you can say. I really do. I grew up on Cosby. I love Cosby, and I just hope it's not true."

A lot of us longtime Cosby fans have been at a loss for words ever since long-simmering rumors boiled over in recent weeks that Cosby allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted women over many years. Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University's board of trustees Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University's board of trustees Tribune wire report

Then Rock mused: "It's a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin, we lost Joan and we kind of lost Cosby."

Yes, we have. Unlike the losses of Robin Williams and Joan Rivers, Cosby is still alive, but that's more than we can say for his comedy career or his stature as a civic role model.

The bad news for "Cos" keeps on coming.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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To: Marcella

There is a new thing.

A man and woman have come forward. He and a bunch of other people used to party with Cosby. One night he got a phone call from a woman friend who said she was at Cosby’s and needed help.

He went and pounded on the door. Cosby opened and eventually allowed the woman to leave. It’s on Daily Mail today.


21 posted on 12/03/2014 8:28:04 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Brother Cracker

I really loved the guy, he was so funny, not so much now. Sad very sad if true!


22 posted on 12/03/2014 8:28:15 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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To: CodeToad

he grew up in a time when racism was rampant


Please rethink that statement. That is a lie that was fed to us. Yes there were instances but it was not rampant.


23 posted on 12/03/2014 8:28:34 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Slyfox

The man who made allegations today said that Cosby had a steady steam of women coming through who were models seeking to get a break on TV.

It was never ending.


24 posted on 12/03/2014 8:29:18 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Brother Cracker

I’m still shocked that people are shocked about Bill Cosby. Comedians are some of the worst people in the world! Humorless, rude, you name it. Does the name Danny Thomas, Danny Kaye, etc. ring a bell? David Letterman is miserable. The only one I ever met who was kind of nice was Jackie Mason. But even with him you didn’t want to get on his bad side. The worst, by far, was Chevy Chase - what a pig!


25 posted on 12/03/2014 8:32:16 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: Brother Cracker

Heard hes a jerk.
I was a telephone installer in the early 70S and did some work in his apt in his Condo on Galt Ocean Dr in Fla.Think it was 4010 Galt.
It was just after the I spy days and there were pics of him and Culp all over the place.
I asked the door guy what he was like on the way out and he said “he’s a jerk,treats the kids here like crap brushes them off wont do autographs,a jerk and don’t tell anyone I said that.”
I didn’t till now


26 posted on 12/03/2014 8:33:00 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Brother Cracker

Nope.


27 posted on 12/03/2014 8:34:19 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Brother Cracker

Look BC, I’m a woman and I love men. LOVE them. But, and a BIG one at that, they are still men.

Bill Cosby is a huge celebrity. Visited all the big Hollywood parties including the Playboy Mansion during the Cosby Show heyday. He got away with many things I would imagine because of his celebrity status.Mothers should always tell their daughters men will be men. Period.

I am wary of the rape charges. Why now? Did he tie them up and make them have sex. Geez, rape used to be cut and dry. These women could have come out sooner unless he threatened them. Don’t know what to think about these charges.


28 posted on 12/03/2014 8:34:54 AM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: Brother Cracker

It’s amazing how FReepers are very willing to believe that Slick Willie is a serial rapist and sexual abuser, but won’t believe it about Cosby regardless of the battalion of women now coming forward. What a bunch of hypocrites!


29 posted on 12/03/2014 8:36:58 AM PST by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: miss marmelstein

oh no, Danny Thomas and Danny Kaye? I always liked them. Were they jerks in real life?


30 posted on 12/03/2014 8:37:51 AM PST by midnightcat
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To: BunnySlippers

Right, and it’s MOST visible in the celebrity community


31 posted on 12/03/2014 8:41:13 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Brother Cracker

Where there’s this much smoke there must be some fire. No, I wouldn’t convict him on smoke alone but I also sure as heck wouldn’t let my daughter near him. This is certainly going to be his legacy. Ten years from now: “Bill Cosby, isn’t he the one who molested all those women?”


32 posted on 12/03/2014 8:42:38 AM PST by circlecity
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To: midnightcat

Danny Kaye - miserable, mean guy; Thomas, major lecher. No woman wanted to deal with him when he was a guest on the Tonight Show years ago. All of these guys are low class. When I went to the Tony Awards several years ago, Bill Maher was there with a hooker.


33 posted on 12/03/2014 8:42:44 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: Brother Cracker

I do not understand the fascination with this situation. This old man has become a non-factor in politics or anything at all. He’s washed-up. So what?

True or untrue, it doesn’t matter one way or another in the grand scheme of things.

It is good ‘celebrity’-bashing but nothing else.


34 posted on 12/03/2014 8:44:43 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I do?)
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To: poobear

-Did he tie them up and make them have sex.

Nope. He allegedly drugged some of them.


35 posted on 12/03/2014 8:46:13 AM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

-He’s washed-up. So what?

So what about the victims?


36 posted on 12/03/2014 8:48:58 AM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Sacajaweau

No such thing as illegitimate child, just illegitimate parents.


37 posted on 12/03/2014 8:55:59 AM PST by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: poobear

-These women could have come out sooner unless he threatened them.

Yeah and all those molested by priests could have come out sooner too - but most did not. Life’s funny that way.


38 posted on 12/03/2014 8:56:57 AM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: BunnySlippers

Presuming these charges are true, it’s amazing it was covered up so many years.


39 posted on 12/03/2014 8:57:37 AM PST by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: miss marmelstein

The kind of mind that could make up good jokes can also engineer some pretty mean digs. The function is similar, the purpose quite different.


40 posted on 12/03/2014 8:58:11 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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