Posted on 02/04/2019 9:50:47 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
With singer Gladys Knight having performed the national anthem at the Super Bowl, there was contention by some who wished she had not given the controversy surrounding Colin Kaepernick.
She defended her decision to preform [sic] on Friday during her interview on CNN.
People are going to have their opinions. You know, about whatever. And all I can deal with, all I can deal with right now is what my heart says. Okay? I believe in fairness, Knight explained. I believe in truth. I believe in all of those things, and as far as this is concerned, I grew up with the national anthem. We used to sing it in school before school started. We used to say prayers in school before school started, and we just dont have that anymore and Im just Im just hoping that it will be about our country and how we treat each other and being the great country that we are.
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They left on a midnight train to Georgia. Said something about going back to find a simpler place and time.
Shes a Class Act!
Gladys Knight could squash that faggie Lemon like a bug.
Gladys Knight is a legend. Nothing could hurt her career.
“Your career will NEVER be able to hold a candle to hers, Don.”
Might depend where Swishy Don inserts the candle...
"kap" is merely an vacant vessel admired by other similarly empty vessels.
Agreed. I wandered off after the second Maroon song.
I think it’s time for Americans to be able to “vote” ***holes like Lemon off the island. Seriously. The boy complains way too much. I think he’d like living in Africa a lot better than living here.
Dirtbag Don Lemon was wishing it will hurt her career.
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So now it is the opinion of Don Lemon, and CNN, and by extension, the main stream media, that black people should SHUN Old Glory, the Flag, and our National Anthem, and by default be opposed to them?
Is that how far down this shameful, insulting road the MSM will take Americans who happen to be Black? How many black men gave their lives for that flag, Don, so you can belittle it?
You suck, and not just because your gay.
I saw her perform live this past summer and she was amazing. Still sounds amazing. Her performance last night was great. She shouldnt have to defend it.
I listened to a Christmas album of hers during the most recent Christmas season. She and the Pips were reverently beautiful on the traditional carols. Where are the young people who are anything approaching their caliber?
Don Lemon, the dumbest man in “news”. I am off to buy some Gladys recordings on iTunes.
Maybe Canada, but we’re very similar anyways, so I’d say you’re on point.
Class act. A shame it is now shocking to find people like her.
Agreed. She is a treasure. Still a beautiful lady, and now we know she is a patriot. Class through and through. One of my all time favorite songs is Neither One of US (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye). Awesome song!!!
Don Lemon is an idiot. Gladys has already had her career. She also became a Mormon and tours the country with a choir that sings at Mormon churches all over the continent. I don’t think she cares about future bookings (as if this would hurt her career to sing a National Anthem).
If anything, this will help her occasional Vegas appearances and, otherwise, won’t change her life at all. When I went to see her a few years ago, that woman still had some great pipes.
Miss Knight also has her own upscale chicken and waffles restaurant. I ate there once. A lot of memorabilia on the walls.
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