Harris-Perry Guest Rips Cruz/Christie for Calling Obama 'Boy'—Except They Didn't

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

On today's Melissa Harris-Perry show, the perpetually outraged Nina Turner of Ohio ripped Ted Cruz and Chris Christie for their language during this past week's debate: "to call the president a boy, those of us who understand African-American history—cause that's exactly what they called him was a boy—and you don't do that to anybody, and especially to an African-American man."

Republican candidates calling President Obama a "boy?" Objectionable! Just one tiny problem for Ms. Turner. They didn't. As can be seen in the debate clip that rolled, Ted Cruz said that "China is running over President Obama like he is a child." And Chris Christie called the president a "petulant child." Either Turner wasn't listening, or was making the unsubstantiated claim that referring to Obama as a child is "exactly" calling him a "boy." Crying racism everywhere is like crying wolf. It diminishes the impact when it really does occur.

View the video here.

[MarkL]

The problem isn’t that turner wasn’t listening.

It’s just that the voices in her head speak louder than the TV. Maybe if she turned up her television...

On the other hand, no leftist has ever let the truth get in the way of their imagination (AKA lies.)

Mark

[EDINVA]

Reminiscent of Rosanne Rosanadanna. Without the humor.

[Michael.SF.]

Boy this pisses me off.

[Ohioan]

Caling one who acts like an advocate of the asexual agenda—remember what he has repeatedly applauded as “heroism”;—may, in fact, be to compliment him.

[taterjay]

Should we refer MHP as young lady or the Rap term???

[Squeako]

Zing!

[freeangel]

‘Just another LIE from the socialist witch

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[Don Corleone]

Are they talking about that boy in the White House?

Maybe about the Lawn Jockey?

[neocon1984]

The leftist narrative always trumps the truth.

No pun intended.

[capt. norm]

Melissa Harris-Perry hyphenates her name to hide the fact that she is related to "Fridge" Perry.

[ladyjane]

Perry is an ignorant race baiting POS

Not just ignorant. She's not very bright. How she ever got a job as a professor...hmmm, now that I think about it...Wake Forest must have needed to fill some slots.

[DiogenesLamp]

Harris-Perry Guest Rips Cruz/Christie for Calling Obama 'Boy'—Except They Didn't

He should be routinely called much worse than that. He's a fool. An idiot. A Man-child. A simpleton. An arrogant, ignorant, lazy, mouthy, petulant, little boy.

[BenLurkin]

Who is Nina Turner?

[DiogenesLamp]

Then they would be REALLY offended at what I would call him.

Didn't Bill Clinton say something about Obama waiting tables or shining shoes?

Bill Clinton gets a pass, of course.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Former Ohio state senator. Ran for a minor statewide office and lost badly. Frequent MSNBC guest, and as mentioned, perpetually outraged.

[funfan]

Jimmy Carter called him a boy actually a black boy.

[Springman]

Barry isn’t a boy, he’s a p***y, and the rest of the world knows it.

[tophat9000]

Obama doesn’t deserve being referred to in any male gender