Posted on 06/08/2009 8:57:43 PM PDT by calfit32
I realize this is old news, but while I was “news hopping”, I did happen to catch an interview that Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) had with Janeane Garofalo (comedienne, liberal activist) which I think is worth confronting.
Her words penetrated my soul and are clear in my mind today, “...this is about hating a black man in the White House…this is racism straight up…nothing but a bunch of tea-bagging red necks." Garofalo was referring to the Tax Day Tea Party which took place on April 15, 2009, in which hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in more than 800 cities to voice their opposition to out-of-control spending at all levels of government.
During this interview, she continued to mock Conservatives; "this is about racism", "these guys hate that a black guy is in the White House", "these people...Fox news loves to foment this anti-intellectualism", "the Conservative movement has now crystallized into the white-power movement", "right wing has….there’s no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, and fear”, “who else is FOX talking to, what is it, urban, older white guys and the women who suffer from Stockholm Syndrome.”
Garofalo is a hostage to her own deranged opinions -- straight up! I was appalled by this woman’s words and I resented her implication that everyone who disagrees with President Obama is a racist. Equally disturbing was Keith Olbermann (as usual), savoring every moment of this interview. But Countdown with Keith Olbermann is all about bashing Bush, Conservatives, and FOX News anyway!
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They're cowards because they won't face their own racism or sexism or they're cowards because they don't want the competition for moral authority or a challenge to their power.
Now, it wouldn't be racist to worry about Obama's skin color if he hadn't previously shown his disdain for whites.
That's when his racial makeup shouldn't be a shield against all criticism. That would be racist against all those white people protesting.
So you see, Jeneane, that makes you doubly, perhaps hopelessly racist, like many morally confused, power-hungry white liberals tend to be.
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