Donahue with Louis Farrakhan on MSNBC (Live thread)

[catonsville]

I watched part of it. Donahue was exceptionally nice as if he did not want to be called a racist for dissing a black guy. He did keep questioning Farrakhan on all those anti-semitic, anti-white remarks Louie made. But Farrahkan was very clever, denied everything, kept complaining that Donahue was "bad" because this was the REAL reason he was invited on the show. (What else then?)


Donahue wearily backed off and Farrakhan did his usual dance with convoluted Anti-Bush rhetoric out of some manual for revolutionaries. Louie was doing his statesman thing and it was bizarre.


Donahue should have just let the guy talk in that clipped phony way of his. The Reverend is really his own worse enemy.

[HoosierFather]

I surfed in on Donahue for a few minutes last evening and Calypso Louie was making the case that he is not a Jew hater or race baiter, but rather is just misunderstood by the mainstream media. He said that Jesus Christ could have been quoted selectively out of context, and labeled a violent hater of Jews (gave a couple of examples from scripture).

IMO, the guy is delusional. Aside from the comparison to Jesus Christ, he was also saying the "best Americans" are those that can dialogue with supposed enemies of the US, like Saddam and Ghaddafi. Said he and Gahaddafi are best buds, have a great respect and admiration for each other, therefore implying that he, Calypso Louie is a "great American".

Phil just sat there and let him spout. Then, Louie scolded Phil for asking him these questions with the suggestion that he is a Jew hater, race baiter, anti-American sympathizer to middle eastern dictators. Said something to the effect that Phil is better than that, that he had missed Phil for all the years when Phil was away on hiatus, and that Louie wants Phil to do well. Louie said it in a way that acknowledged the fact that Donahue's rating are sucking eggs and declining. If only Phil would be more like the old passionate, understanding Phil, then the ratings would not continue to decline.

At this point, I had to get up and go to the can and find my long feather. These two were making me sick. I cannot envision the new Donahue show lasting very long.

[Tribune7]

I didn't think Atlas Shrugged was a movie. Aren't you thinking of The Fountainhead?

[demlosers]

You forgot the 60 Million black slaves that were thrown into the Atlantic on their way to America hundreds of years before this place became America. They referred to this factoid several times during the "Millions of Idiots for Reparations March" a couple weeks ago.

I wonder where they got this 60 million figure? Was there somebody like a pollster keeping count? The figure seems very high for slave owners just to throw their commodity over-board. Keeping them alive for profit certainly was in there interest. So I conclude this little factoid BS.

[ohioman]

I watched the Ayn Rand special also. What an amazing lady.

[ohioman]

Phil and Louie together again......What a great place for a claymore.

[Congressman Billybob]

A has-been interviewing a never-was on a TV show that is seen by five people, two dogs and a parakeet. And this is news?

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[YaYa123]

Yes, of course, the movie was The Fountainhead. Thanks for the correction. It's a favorite movie of mine, if only because of the stark white/black lighting, which I've always equated with right/wrong, absolutely no gray equivication, of Ayn Rand herself. (I think like her photographs, the movie was contrived, but effective.)

And I've never seen a movie's dialogue so closely follow a book, especially the speeches. Rand was screenwriter, she must have had total script control.

Hollywierd probably isn't interested in an Atlas Shrugged re-make, but wouldn't it be great to see another true adaption made? The following possibility is fun to consider:

http://www.mindspring.com/~widgett/html/the_fountainhead.html

[B.Bumbleberry]

No need to worry. Reparations for slavery would be assessing those who did no wrong to compensate those who were not wronged. Since this violates all principles of justice, there will be no reparations. Period. This bogus issue is just the latest platform for black militants to spout their hatred.

[Squantos]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........

Stay Safe !

[dmz]

uhhh, it doesn't matter?

[contessa machiaveli]

OK, i've got to come to donahue's defense....if you were married to marlo thomas you's be finding ways to get out of the house also.

[Erasmus]

Ironically, one of the best TV interviews Rand gave was with Phil Donahue.

[Erasmus]

I didn't think Atlas Shrugged was a movie.

Decade after decade, it keeps trying to be. But if ever there was a book that couldn't be crammed into a single feature film, this is it.

A mini-series, maybe. A Godfather-like feature trilogy, maybe.

[adam stevens]

Bump!

[adam stevens]

And anti-Americans!

[adam stevens]

BUMP!

[adam stevens]

A game featuring the Lions is better than watching thest traitors.