Missing Drum Major Spotted Alive in Venezuela!

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Huge relief from sea to shining sea this morning. That college drum major who went missing last month, and for whom we all feared the worst, has been spotted alive! Turns out he had simply gotten a better gig. Check out the screencap. That's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad being given the royal treatment as he visits fellow USA-hater Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. And sure enough, there's the drum major. I figure Hugo must have been watching ESPN a while back, dug the drum major's look, and used some of those oil revenues to make him an irresistible offer.

That was just one of the highlights from this morning's "Morning Joe." Well, to be clear, the panel didn't mention the drum major, but thankfully, your NewsBuster was there to spot him and pass along the good news ;-)

Other notes:

Joe Scarborough is still trying to wring mileage out of bashing Bill O'Reilly over his Sylvia's comments.

JOE SCARBOROUGH: How does Bill O'Reilly get away with this stuff? How does he get away with being shocked that people of color dress well and that people of color can run restaurants? It's 2007! This is the sort of stuff that people in the South did in 1962 and they brought water hoses down to straighten us out [wasn't it the "people in the South" who were using the water hoses on the "people of color"?] Those were the sort of attitudes that are destructive attitudes, and yet nobody is saying anything to speak of with Bill O'Reilly; he's getting away with it. Again, the contrast between Don Imus and Bill O'Reilly: stunning . . . Don Imus made a horrendous joke, which he was sorry for, and Bill O'Reilly has a world view that he feels no need to apologize for.

A bit later, Mika Brzezinski rose to the defense of Michelle Obama, who had said publicly that Barack needs to win the Iowa caucuses or it's over. Mika emitted a sympathetic "awww," then added "she's fine, she's fine . . . this is what happens to these poor candidates' wives, or husbands. One little thing they say gets completely run away with."

When it was time for the panelists to share their top item from the morning's newspaper crop, Mika chose this column by the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, which excoriates the leading Dem candidates for their refusal at this week's debate to have set a hard-and-fast date for surrender in Iraq.

Joe then got all over the GOP candidates who declined to participate in yesterday's African-American oriented debate moderated by Tavis Smiley. Railed Scarborough: "It is a disgrace that these four Republican candidates that want to lead the free world, that want to bring the country together, refuse to go to forums that are run by people of color."

Mika and Willie Geist seconded the notion, Geist expressing [well-founded I have to say] skepticism at the "scheduling conflicts" the candidates cited.

Then came that wonderful news about the drum major. Alive and well and spending time with two of the world's biggest crackpots. Strike up the band!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

A bit of humor along with an update on this morning’s “Morning Joe.” Ping to Today show list.

[WildcatClan]

Joe is a nutcase. O’Reilly is an a$$ but so is Joe and he is equating a few remarks by O’Reilly with having the hose turned on ya’? If I have the choice, I will take the awkward compliment over the fire hose any day. What is with the “we” stuff, isn’t Joe a white dude? So what’s with the “we” stuff? Is he pregnant or from France or does he carry a mouse in his pocket?

[SampleMan]

I always laugh when I hear “people of color” because I know the speaker is trying so very, very hard to be PC. If you ever get the chance, interrupt someone to ask “what color?”. It funny, because they get all tied in a knot because every answer they think of strikes them as racist.

PC really cracks me up. Its thoughtful to describe someone as being of color, but racist to say colored. Its OK to say white, but possibly racist to say brown or black. Its OK to say Oriental, but taboo to say Negro. We can talk to someone about the exact color of their eyes or hair, but to describe someone for a stranger by their most obvious visual trait is racist minefield.

[BlabItGrabIt]

Guess America needs to invade Venezuela then.

[elli1]

Joe v Bill and the Ridiculous Award goes to Joe, by a hair.

[F-117A]

Missing Drum Major Spotted Alive in Venezuela!

I thought they were talking about Bill Clinton!

[reagan_fanatic]

I always laugh when I hear “people of color”

Isn't White a color?

[ninonitti]

I always laugh when I hear “people of color

I always laugh when I remember seeing paper recycling barrels labeled "white paper" and "paper of color"

[Thermalseeker]

I always laugh when I hear “people of color” because I know the speaker is trying so very, very hard to be PC.

No kiding. I'm freckled from head to toe. Does that make me a "person of spots"?

One of the funniest PC tap dances I've witnessed recently was on CNN, I think. (NOTE: I only view CNN for comedic value and Glen Beck) The infobabe referred to a French black person as a "French African-American". I nearly soiled myself.....

[Sue Perkick]

[Into the Vortex]

Did Joe ever apologize for the “pole dancing” slur he aimed at Fred Thompson’s wife? I can’t believe I actually used to watch this idiot’s show.

[bmwcyle]

Bill and Joe who?

[SampleMan]

"French African-American".

I think I would have collapsed in fits. That is toooo funny.

[SampleMan]

Isn't White a color?

Yes, and to complicate it further, I've only seen a handful of caucasions that would approach "white" on a paint palet. Which makes the perfect lead in to the "what color?" question.

[YaYa123]

"Its OK to say Oriental"

YIKES, Don't make that mistake!! "Oriental" describes a rug...and don't you forget it. "Asian" describes those people of the color yellow."

(I'm not sure where I gained that tidbit of PC wisdom )

[ChildOfThe60s]

Isn't White a color?

Color is a function of what light is reflected. Black doesn't reflect light, and white reflects all colors. So, in a manner of speaking, white is all colors and black is no color.

Irrelevant, of course. But still funny considering how anal these people are about defining "color".