Beck Calls Rev. Jackson’s Obama Statement ‘Racist,’ Ignores His Own Similar Comments
Beck Calls Rev. Jackson’s Obama Statement ‘Racist,’ Ignores His Own Similar Comments
Last night on his CNN Headline News show, Glenn Beck criticized Rev. Jesse Jackson’s statement that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was “acting white,” calling it an “unbelievable racist statement“:
BECK: Beyond that, here’s where the trouble really, for me, it just kind of goes off the tracks. You’ve got Jesse Jackson, the week that he says Barack Obama is acting white, which is an unbelievable racist statement.
I mean, if I said, “I don’t know. I don’t think I can vote for that Rudy Giuliani, because he’s acting a little black” he’d be picketing in front of my building tonight.
But Beck has made almost identical comments about Obama in the past. As Media Matters noted at the time, Glenn Beck called Obama “very white” twice on his radio show on Feb. 12:
BECK: Yeah, I — you know, I was driving in today, and I was seeing — because I saw this piece with him on 60 Minutes — and I thought to myself, he [Obama] is — he’s very white in many ways.
GIORDANO: Uh-huh.
BECK: And I thought to myself: Gee, can I even say that? Can I even say that without somebody else starting a campaign saying, “What does he mean, ‘He’s very white?’ ” He is. He’s very white.
Later in the segment he added, “I think he’s colorless. You don’t notice that he is black. So he might as well be white, you know what I mean?”
Watch the two clips:
Does Beck also believe his own statements were unbelievably “racist”?
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You dont say? More conservative hypocrisy?
September 21st, 2007 at 2:18 pmPriceless. But, honestly, is Beck’s audience of 12 people capable of absorbing this?
September 21st, 2007 at 2:18 pmThe three essential qualities of the right wingers: denial, projection, and hypocrisy. Let’s call it the right wing triad.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:19 pmI am shocked, shocked I tell you to see another right wing troglodite, practicing the fine art of hypocrisy.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:20 pmObama is black? So is Jackson?? Oh, well, I don’t see color in a person’s skin. (channeling Colbert.)
September 21st, 2007 at 2:22 pmThe three essential qualities of the right wingers: denial, projection, and hypocrisy. Let’s call it the right wing triad.
Comment by VerbalKint — September 21, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
You missed a golden opportunity.
“There are three essential qualities of the right wingers: denial, projection, hypocrisy and racism. Four. There are four essential qualities of the right wingers: “
September 21st, 2007 at 2:23 pm…..still not caring what Glennnnnn says about anything - ever.
if i had a scrap of compassion for congenital dickheads, and i don’t, i could feel better that they have someone to validate them.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:25 pm#6: “There are three essential qualities of the right wingers: denial, projection, hypocrisy and racism. Four. There are four essential qualities of the right wingers: “ - -
Right-wingers chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our four…no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise….
September 21st, 2007 at 2:27 pmSo far I’ve only seen one source for Jackson’s comments which are denied by Jackson in the very same article. Has anyone seen any corroboration that he said that?
The way this has bounced around the right-wing echo chamber makes me suspicious.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:30 pmWell Glen that was very White of you, or should I say, White trashy of you.
Ignore the “it”
Buck Fush
September 21st, 2007 at 2:38 pmBoth Jackson and Beck are f*cking idiots who like to hear themselves talk so they feel important.
These two idiots ought to try to learn something from Obama instead criticizing him.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:39 pmBeck is a racist. Does that mean it is ok for anyone to support a racist like Jesse Jackson? Both men are in it for monetary gain and both are evil. This isn’t really news though. Everyone knew Jesse Jackson is a racist for many years now.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pmComment by Peter C — September 21, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
I heard Jackson on CNN yesterday morning. When he was asked about this remark he side-stepped the issue. He never denied making it - stating he was “misinterpreted”
http://www.cnn.com/ 2007/ POLITICS/ 09/ 20/ jackson.jena6/ index.html
September 21st, 2007 at 2:44 pmWho at CNN wants this idiot on the channel….? Real news is NOT bias.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:44 pmNo see, it’s only racist when a black person says it. Same with the n-word.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:46 pmRoger Roger Debate Dodger,
I’m still waiting for your response regarding the Put Up or Shut Up challenge on another thread.
So far, because you have chosen to Shut Up regarding the topic of MoveON.org’s ad, you have silently admitted defeat.
I accept your apology.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:48 pmPlease don’t make false accusations again!
It’s not so much white vs. black, it’s a cultural thing. I wish people could understand that.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:49 pmI don’t think Beck has a racist bone in his body . . . but then, of course, he doesn’t have an intelligent bone in his body either.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:51 pm#16 I can respond, but I never read what you wrote. Please state you opinion hear so I can respond.
September 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pm# 12 - Comment by Roger_Roger — September 21, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
You said it, Roger_Roger! “Beck is a racist.”
Your opinion of Jesse Jackson is irrelevant because you are clearly prejudiced against him
September 21st, 2007 at 2:56 pmRacist hyporcite - thy name is Beck.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:00 pm#6: “There are three essential qualities of the right wingers: denial, projection, hypocrisy and racism. Four. There are four essential qualities of the right wingers: “ - -
Right-wingers chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our four…no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise….
Comment by Badmoodman — September 21, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
sweet jesus thats appropriate. we need a modern monty p show
September 21st, 2007 at 3:01 pmRoger Roger Debate Dodger,
Post #73 here:
http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 09/ 21/ sammon-bush-moveon/ #comments
please feel free to respond in that thread
September 21st, 2007 at 3:02 pm#16 I can respond, but I never read what you wrote. Please state you opinion hear so I can respond.
Comment by Roger_Roger — September 21, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
He’s talking about the thread down below, where you came, gave your opinion and fled without reading what the rest of the posters responded.
But don’t worry, here’s the original comment so you can respond to him:
You know, Roger deux, there comes a time in every young adult’s life where they are asked to “Put Up, or Shut Up!â€. This is almost as a passage to adulthood.
Well, this is your time!
Put Up, or Shut Up!
Show us exactly the horrid statements that were made bashing our troops in the MoveOn.org ad.
Quote ver batim, si’l vous plais, and not what you feel!
My money’s on you SHUTTING UP! Or totally ignoring my request, just like Jake, the Catholic Baptist.
Comment by DRxJ — September 21, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
Youuuuuuuuu’re welcome.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:05 pmWhoops. I swear DRxJ’s reply wasn’t here when I started typing.
Feel free to delete my previous post.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:06 pmgood on you, chris achorn, for getting this post at TP…
September 21st, 2007 at 3:07 pmbut, no offense, i kinda wish it had stayed at media matters…
no offense…
…
I responded in the other thread. BTW, anyone that doesn’t think Jesse Jackson is a raging racist is blind. The man is out for himself only. He values his power and his money above all else. He is scared to death of Obama because he could distract from the mass’ giving there cash and support to Jackson. While Jackson is an evil racist, Obama is a real leader. BTW, Obama currently has my vote.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:12 pm“Oh, but that’s DIFFERENT!!!” is the motto and the operational directive of the Rethuglican Party.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:24 pmMr. Hymetown? Racist? Mr. “Acting white” Bigoted? Yes, jessie Is a bigoted cheating race hustler, just like Sharpton, Beck, Limbaugh and coulter. Also, the sky is blue, evolution is real and Oswald killed Kennedy.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:26 pmOnce we remove race hustlers like Jackson, Sharpton, and the Clintons, America will be a better place.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:32 pmBe extremely cautious whenever cable news networks start sticking up for certain Democratic presidential candidates.
They are only doing it to skew public opinion in the Republican Party’s favor.
CNN or FOX News can talk all day about how wonderful Barack Obama is because Obama CAN’T WIN heads up against the Republican candidate.
Same with Edwards.
No matter what the polls say now, come election time Obama or Edwards don’t stand a chance against the media-fueled Republican machine.
You know who are superstar is!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:35 pmEither get behind her, or face another 8 years of living hell.
Beck, the Biggest Bigot on the planet, is calling someone else “racist”??
September 21st, 2007 at 3:40 pmChasemonster: I wish I could feel safe in the MSM’s and the GOP’s courting of Hillary. Personally I think they having swiftboated her Whitewater or Foster stuff YET because they are hoping for her to become Candidate Hillary and then they will bury her with it all - believing then to have a “slamdunk” into the white house with their guy. And there’s still something about Hillary not to be trusted completely as well. She was a Rethug for decades and still has some of the war-mongering mindset which they do. She voted “yes” for the war when others did not. Does this mean she was easily fooled? Is this an attribute we want in our next president - one who is easily defrauded?
At the same time, it could be argued that Hillary, above all, should have had more background (8 years in the white house) and experience with this type of thing than anyone else…making her vote “yes” not only a result of being duped but culpably negligent due to her inside information.
She’s also never admitted directly that Hillary made a very serious mistake in her own judgment. She’s always passing the buck to Bush and how he lied and duped everyone. It just doesn’t pass muster to me.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:44 pmOf course, the scenario I forsee might looking something like this: Hillary and Mitt in the “finals” and then the GOP swiftboats Hillary while 60% of americans move to the left of Mitt. Then the majority of people realize that their candidate has become ‘damaged goods’ which will pave the way for an Independent to enter the race….named Michael Bloomberg who doesn’t need one red cent of special interest (blackmail) money from anyone. Maybe he’ll pick Ron Paul as his running mate which will finally unite this country - Repukes and Dems alike.
September 21st, 2007 at 3:46 pmThen vote for Biden. I’m going to. GO JOE!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:47 pmyou had me with this:
… cable news networks start sticking up for certain Democratic presidential candidates. They are only doing it to skew public opinion in the Republican Party’s favor.
but you lost me with this, and not just because it should be “o u r” :
You know who are superstar is!
Either get behind her, or face another 8 years of living hell.
Comment by chasemonster — September 21, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
ANY democratic prez candidate will keep the US from
the living hell that will be another repug administration…
let the primaries do what they are supposed to do -
and THEN get behind that DEMOCRATIC candidate…
or face another LIFETIME of living hell..
September 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pm…
Beck should be exiled to FOX News. Then FOX News should be shut down.
(And Lewis Black should sue Beck for stealing his act.)
September 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pmBeck needs to back to Rehab…for the rest of his miserable life.
Beck & Jackson should be locked in a stall next to Craig, doing the hokey pokey tap dance, or whatever the Hell you call it.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:00 pmI never liked Glenn Beck.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:18 pmBen Gleck would say that Martin Luther King was white if he thought it would help his pathetic ratings.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:20 pmWhat a loser.
Greenpagan,
Lewis Black rocks!
Wouldn’t he make a fabulous WH Press Secretary?
He’d have everyone laughing so hard, they’d forget the question!
September 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pmR2 Please state you opinion hear so I can respond.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pmFor Gawd’s sake, man, get some English learnin!
#42 We in fly over country are to busy shooting deer and other defenseless animals to learn any English. Sorry.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:26 pmOnce we remove race hustlers like Jackson, Sharpton, and the Clintons, America will be a better place.
Comment by Roger_Roger — September 21, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
R2, please elaborate on this statement, as I am quite curious.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:31 pmSo, in pointing out Jackson’s hypocricy, Beck revealed his. Both are big time hypocrites.
September 21st, 2007 at 5:14 pmNotice how beck has his official Nazi Brown Shirt on for this little segment. How thoughtful of you glen, glad to see you in uniform!
September 21st, 2007 at 5:20 pm#44 People like Jackson, Sharpton, and the Clintons pit the races against each other for politcal gain. It breaks the country apart and reinforces the idea of inequality. It also produces tons of different groups of people that feel entitled to new programs and money. These people basically create tensions and stress where there wasn’t any. It is sad, but you get that sorta thing in a free country I guess.
September 21st, 2007 at 5:27 pmComment by Roger_Roger — September 21, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
OK, so there wasn’t any race issues before Jackson, Sharpton and the Clinton’s? Now, THAT is real news to me!
And, of course, there is no “real” inequality in this country? Care to measure average wages between African Americans and Whites?
And entitlement is a product of Minorities? WHat about all the entitlements the rich get with their tax cuts, the CEO’s of companies making 1,000’s times that of their average worker, the billions in tax breaks for the oil companies?
And let’s find out what the Clinton’s have to do with any of this?
Sounds like someone here is afraid of the landslide turnout in 08…. and it won’t be for the Repug cnadidates, will it?
September 21st, 2007 at 5:36 pm- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
katy said:
“let the primaries do what they are supposed to do -
and THEN get behind that DEMOCRATIC candidate”
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Sorry but no thank you.
September 21st, 2007 at 5:56 pmI did that last time with John “foot in the mouth disease” Kerry.
Kerry was the candidate the Republicans knew they could defeat, and lo and behold he ended up being our primary winner. What a coincidence!
Want to see that happen again??? The right-wing media does!!!
We need to get behind Hillary Clinton … NOW … TODAY!
Before it’s too late!
After the primaries, we might get stuck with another sure-fire loser (i.e. Obama or Edwards) again.
The ONLY Democrat that can win against the Republican Party and the Republican Party-controlled media is Hillary Clinton!
Get behind her now or face another 8 years of misery.
We can’t expect a moronic mormon like Glen Beck to remember what he himself has said. That would be asking too much.
September 21st, 2007 at 7:40 pm# 27 - “…BTW, Obama currently has my vote.
Comment by Roger_Roger — September 21, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
Based on your other posts in this and other threads, I don’t believe you at all!
Anyway, Obama could do much better than have YOU (a Jackson HATER) for a supporter!
September 21st, 2007 at 8:03 pmSay it ain’t so. Beck being a hypocrite? Nahh–it’s not possible. He’s on TV where people can actually keep a record of what he says. (Obviously, folks, I took a sarcasm tablet before posting. Well, not really, but Beck makes it soooooooooooo easy.)
September 22nd, 2007 at 4:32 am47 - Rog - maybe if we painted political white guys, judicial white guys, corporate white guys and religious white guys different colors, you’d finally be able to apply your critical thinking skills to the GOP and rightwingers, and finally put into perspective who is really screwing the rest of us, and to what extent.
welfare for families of people never, ever, ever xost us as much as welfare for corporate interests has.
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:55 pms/b *cost* in last post - obviously.
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:44 pm