Posted on 09/02/2009 2:07:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Aubrey O'Day really put her foot in her mouth this time.
The former Danity Kane member dug herself into a hole Monday night in a heated debate on Fox News' "The Sean Hannity Show" when the 25-year-old singer spewed out claims that both Adolf Hitler and Fidel Castro were "brilliant" men.
"As someone who has met [Castro]... I met him and worked with him while I was in Cuba. I'm not defending his behavior, but in many instances, but I do have to say, I will 100% agree, he's an incredibly brilliant man, he has outlived tons of our Presidents," O'Day said.
When Hannity gave the pop singer a second chance to clarify her point, O'Day reiterated, "I'm sure many murderers are brilliant people."
"Was Hitler a brilliant man?" Hannity asked.
"I don't condone Hitler one ounce, but yes, he was a brilliant man," she said. "He ran a country and convinced everyone of horrible things."
In response, Hannity shook his head and cut to Greta Van Susteren. In an effort to save what dignity she has left, O'Day issued a statement to TMZ.
"Murderers and dictators generally are some of the smartest people out there - they just use their brain power for evil purposes. I don't condone any of their evil behavior, but I was asked about their intellectual firepower... and in my opinion you can't have a low IQ and wreck [sic] that much havoc on the world," O'Day said. "What Hitler succeeded in doing, was deplorable... And I hope we never see such an abusive use of power again."
Still, despite such qualifiers, some members of the Jewish community find the singer's statements unforgivable.
Rabbi Chaim Cunin of Chabad House told TMZ, "When a woman like her uses public airwaves, with access to millions of wonderful citizens of America, and calls some of the most despicable, unspeakable hatemongers of history brilliant, then something is lacking with her intelligence. This is a constant reminder of how careful we need to be when we talk about hate, because hatred is always present."
He added, "We need to make sure we are careful and that hatred doesn't rear its ugly head. I'd like for her to think about some older Holocaust survivor having that comment beamed into their home while they are enjoying the freedom that this beautiful country provides and having to listen to her disgusting comments."
Brains?!?!? Those are brains? Man, she must be SMART!
Brilliant men don’t always benefit society. They can be incredibly brilliant and a dead loss to civilization.
Gehghis Khan and Napoleon were brilliant men.
I, by no means, am any type of scholar. Didn’t go to college or get great grades in high school. I make a pretty good living and should continue to unless the “brilliant” elites in charge continue to do things that destroy the economy.
I often wonder how many of these “brilliant” people are really that “brilliant”. Seems to me that many of these incredibly “brilliant” socialists just want a way to be kings and in control of others lives. They are book smart and come up with “bigger and better” ideas for Utopia on Earth.
Most of these political elites have never done an honest day’s work. Look at the “brilliant” one in chief. He’s gotten where he is because he makes good speeches. What in the world has he ever accomplished in his life? Nothing.
Yep, and she won’t outlive things well apparently. Given the way she speaks she has a strange way of visualizing life and poorer prospects of herself (notwithstanding her good wishes for their long life and the gloating over the “short” life “success” of past US Presidents).
What is scary is how this evil of hers can pass quite easily thanks to a boob job apparently. Anyone else would be hung dry.
Islam is retarded and thus can only be maintained through sheer tyranical force. Mohammed’s predictions failed after his death (no more Caliphate and thus Islam has been moribund ever since). The historical revisionism of Islam is just as nonsensical as their rewriting of the Old Testament and New Testament stories and logic. It’s completely different.
“Thas afac jac!” You’re killin’ me!
It depends where you stand. If you are a property owner, the stranger is the one violating your house. If you are the squater, the stranger is the owner of the house who has this bed.
The squater/predator has obviously an observation time advantage, but that is not brilliance in and of itself, though it may breed some unique skills in terms of shrewdness.
Now the persecuted owner thrown out by a squater may become observer and appear to others as a squater. That’s when the game of “brilliance” contest comes to a head for real. One who can rebuild both property and defeat at the same time evil truly shines.
... and that picture of O’Day holing a stuffed arctic seal is no accident. That girl is a squaty and a groupie con artist of her own kind.
It’s the code language these people adopt, a sort of political handshake.
But she’s a comrade. What do Jews who empower the Left expect? Comrades have to break some eggs on the way to Utopia and everyone understands that. Sometimes it is Christian eggs and sometimes it is Jewish eggs.
“In a way, they all are brilliant. They run/ran millions of people to do their bidding. It’s hard to convince any single person to do everything you want, but these guys got millions to do it.”
I would have to agree. That takes a heck of a skill set and a heck of a lot of political ability and ability to understand people. Brilliant doesn’t mean good or moral.
You’d be surprised.
Am so embarrassed to know this. She was a member of a girl band that p-diddy started on an mtv show called “making the band” or something like that. She did something stupid (I don’t know what) and p-diddy kicked her out of the band. I’m sure if you google her name...it’ll give ya more background.
So he can interrupt them and beat them down and raise his ratings.
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