Juan Williams: Michelle Obama is ‘Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress.’
Juan Williams: Michelle Obama is ‘Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress.’
Fox News contributor Juan Williams — who has complained about the “militant anger” that Michelle Obama “sometimes uses” — kept up his attacks on the First Lady last night. Appearing on the O’Reilly Factor, Williams agreed with conservative commenter Mary Katherine Ham that Obama will have to watch what she says since, according to Williams, she is “Stokely Charmichael in a dress“:
WILLIAMS: And let me just tell you this: If you think about liabilities for President Obama that are close to him, Joe Biden’s up there, but Michelle Obama’s right there. Michelle Obama, you know, she’s got this Stokely Carmichael-in-a-designer-dress thing going. If she starts talking, as Mary Katharine suggested, her instinct is to start with this “blame America,” you know, “I’m the victim.” If that stuff starts to come out —
O’REILLY: Yeah, it’ll be death.
WILLIAMS: — people will go bananas and she’ll go from being the new Jackie O to being something of an albatross.
Ta-Nehisi Coates noted that Williams’ remarks “prov[e] he knows very little about Michelle Obama and even less about Stokely Carmichael,” the civil rights leader who coined the phrase “Black Power.” Resisting “the urge to say something really nasty,” Coates simply quipped, “It’s a dangerous, dangerous thing to make a living running your mouth.”
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Obviously, Juan Williams is deeply fearful of strong black women and men, which feeds directly into O’Reilly’s fear of everything not himself.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:31 pmJuan Williams is a tool and fake “liberal”. No matter how illiberal his comments, he’s still getting paid big bucks for the pretense.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:32 pmI’ll bet Bill O is still thinking about Stokely in a dress.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pmThe Borgen Project has some good info on the cost of addressing global poverty.
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:37 pm$550 billion: U.S. Defense budget
I would expect continued attacks on Michelle Obama and describing her as some ultra-radical violent black panther. they tried this during the election, and it looks like continuing this attack.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:37 pmWhat the hell is wrong with Stokely Carmichael?!? Man, I hate it when they take something they’re completely ignorate about and try to villainize it.
And she’s never had a “blame America” instinct. They just made up a bunch of crap for the campaign.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pm“It’s a dangerous, dangerous thing to make a living running your mouth.”
O’Lielly seems to be doing very well doing that.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pmbecause she’s a strong, capable woman who holds an opinion? misogyny is so messed up.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pmBill-O, Mary Katherine Ham and Juan Williams: not exactly the roundtable of the intelligentsia…
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January 27th, 2009 at 5:45 pm“It’s a dangerous, dangerous thing to make a living running your mouth.”
So they agree that right-wing hate talk radio and Fox News Channel are dangerous things?
January 27th, 2009 at 5:45 pmAnd they called President Obama (I really like that) the “Magic Negro”. This man goes from crying during the Inauguration to disrespecting a woman who looks like the women of his family that NEVER got a chance to not only see that day but vote for it.
Smack yourself.
RIP
January 27th, 2009 at 5:46 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Unsurprising, since Williams is a misogynist @sshole:
(via wiki)
January 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pmIn 1991, Williams was disciplined by the Washington Post after several female employees at the paper claimed he directed “sexually explicit and hostile comments” towards them. Williams’ letter of apology read, in part: “Some of my verbal conduct was wrong. I now know that, and I extend my sincerest apology to those whom I offended.”
And she said what?
January 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pmHuh. I’ll bet he’s just plain pig jealous. Michelle looks a whole lot better in her dresses than HE does in his.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pmBananas are what to an albatross? Do these people hear themselves?
January 27th, 2009 at 5:49 pmI’ll admit – Michele Obama impresses me as an incredibly strong and capable person. I sure don’t want to face her as an opponent.
But Carmichael ? Come on. She’s a law-firm-type lawyer, if I remember right.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pmI was disgusted by Williams. Her is a woman who raises 2 daughters, is faithful to her husband and doing nothing except being a good mother & wife and Williams goes off and frames her life in terms of politics and being an albatross?? For whom?? Her own husband?? Man, I cannot imagine how deeply cynical or desiring of being nasty to the Obamas that one must be to say such things. Absolutely adhorent.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:51 pmI guess this is what passes for “loyal but principled opposition” these days.
It’s still amazing to me that not one journalist or major blogger on either side or any in between (except for Politico) has ever analyzed the obviously true meaning of the phrase
January 27th, 2009 at 5:53 pm“loyal but principled opposition.”
I wonder how big of a raise Murdoch gives to Juan Williams every time he sticks his finger in the eye of of his own people.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:53 pmbarack obomber Says:
Thanks for speaking the truth Juan and O’reilly. A lot of people can’t handle it…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You wouldnt know the truth if it jumped up and bit your nutsack you ignorant, moronic troll. You mistake the delusions you have been TOLD to believe by the screechmonkey choir for reality. Those of us with normal cerebral function know better. Thanks for the laugh and for the complete idiot view now you can take the shortbus to your special school and let the adults talk
January 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pmKeep your filthy white, honky hands off our beautiful black babies
Black is Beautiful
Black Power!
Black Power, baby
BLACK POWER!
SAY IT LOUD!
I’, BLACK AND PROUD!
Right on, soul brother
January 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pmMaybe she should have committed a vehicle homicide like our last First Lady for him to respect her ya think?
Cheap shot, maybe, but true.
RIP
January 27th, 2009 at 5:58 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
shoeless Says:
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I wonder how big of a raise Murdoch gives to Juan Williams every time he sticks his finger in the eye of of his own people.
Juan Williams has no people, thats why he’s so welcome at Faux.
RIP
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
A lot of people can’t handle it…
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm—
Can’t handle what?
Tired; Touche’. LOL!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pmWilliams is no faux democrat. He is a fine man and very reasonable. I can see the concern he raises, however, I agree with O’Reilly. she isn’t going to be a loose cannon on deck. She will be a fine first lady. She’s not an undisciplined sidekick like Rosalyn Carter was.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:00 pm“Juan Williams: Michelle Obama is ‘Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress.’”
Spare me. Pass the popcorn please. Williams is just another token on Faux News to spew propaganda.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pmMy brain wants to type something to describe what Juan Williams is. But I think I will refrain and take the high road.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pmUncle Juan mofo loser.
He must spend his nights wearing a jockey uniform and holding a lamp on Rupert Murdoch’s doorstep.
-GSD
January 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pmbarack obomber Says:
Thanks for speaking the truth Juan and O’reilly. A lot of people can’t handle it…
The truth is Bill O, contrary to his self wrought mythology, is a draft dodging son of an accountant while the Obamas are self made American success stories. Juan is from Bed Sty and should know better, but I guess ya got to make a living somehow. Personally I would rather clean bathrooms at Penn Station than work for Fox, but that’s just me.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:03 pmSome 46% voted for McCain. With issue like Iraq and the economy working against the GOP. That’s how dumb we are. If we weren’t so dumb, these guys would be out of a job, and Think Progress could concentrate on good news.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:05 pmKind like Juan:
Klan member in Black face.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:07 pmWould Juan Williams think more highly of Michelle Obama if she had once shot a man just to watch him die?
January 27th, 2009 at 6:09 pmWilliams fills two roles at Fox — he is their Uncle Tom and their token “librul.”
January 27th, 2009 at 6:11 pmComments like his are indicative of his low self esteem as well as his low status at Fox. One would think that he would be more emboldened to speak up for the Democratic viewpoint, but cheap shots like this show his true colors.
And this is the guy who teared up when Obama was elected — he must have gotten a message from the boss after that.
Juan Williams consistently spews crap like this. I wonder how, with his track record, he failed to land a spot on Forbes Most Influential “Liberals” in the Media list.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:14 pmJuan Williams can bend over and grab his ankles. This is NOT about Michelle Obama. She is off limits just like Laura Bush. The press didn’t attack Laura and they should keep their mouth shut about Michelle.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:16 pmSgt – Yeah, it does have a nice sound to it, doesn’t it. I like it, too.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:20 pmI remember that Stokeley Carmichael was leader of SNCC, who joined in non-violent integration in the south. He became discouraged by the continued and incessant beating of innocent blacks by white authority figures and he began to think in terms of black power, which further alienated the already racist population.
Why he was used as a negative example is simply pandering to the braid dead bigots who watch Fox.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:22 pmCats,
You are right. We (liberals on blogs) kept bringing up Laura Bush’s lethal driving record, not the media. They even ignored the rumors of their (Bushes) marriage falling apart. (BTW, are George and Laura living in the same city right now?)
Has the First Lady actually made any public appearances and said anything since moving into the White House. What did she say to bring about this “anger”?
January 27th, 2009 at 6:22 pmUmm… yes, he is.
Much like you pretend to be.
This appearance is what gives Juan his high value to Faux News.
There’s two surprises.
“An undisciplined sidekick”?
Rosalyn Carter?
Oh, wait — it’s drew3rd, who has an unnatural hard-on for trashing a Nobel Peace Prize-winning, Sunday school-teaching former president. Never mind.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:22 pmand Juan Williams is Maureen Dowd in a Bill Cosby getup.
did i get it right?
this is one of those SAT analogies, right?
January 27th, 2009 at 6:31 pmI am wondering if Juan Williams would dare say what he said about Michelle Obama straight to her face? Nope, he wouldn’t. Like most GOP folks, he must hide behind o’reilly. What a tough guy he is. GOP folks are simply pussies. The last 8 years have proven that beyond any doubt.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:33 pmGSD Says: Uncle Juan mofo loser. He must spend his nights wearing a jockey uniform and holding a lamp on Rupert Murdoch’s doorstep.
Too true. And I wonder how many of FauxNews braindead viewers even know who Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) was?
January 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pmEven more telling is that even at the height of his unpopularity, no one in the media attacked his wife. Bush was a grade A, Prime, #1 butthole but the media treated Laura with deference and respect. Had to, she had to put up with the jerk.
Anyone ever notice that the only time First Ladies are fair game is when they aren’t Repugs?
Class act
January 27th, 2009 at 6:35 pmalso, I have a feeling picking on the First Lady will get a rise out of the President.
Even more important, picking on her would be like picking on Zooey. Get ready to wear your A** for a hat.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pmStratRat Says:
I am wondering if Juan Williams would dare say what he said about Michelle Obama straight to her face? Nope, he wouldn’t. Like most GOP folks, he must hide behind o’reilly. What a tough guy he is. GOP folks are simply pussies. The last 8 years have proven that beyond any doubt.
Absolutely. If he was on the air with her he’d be kissing ass like there was no tomorrow. I suspect that Michelle Obama wouldn’t let him get away with that for a minute, which would of course earn her another round of third-hand sniping when she was safely out of the room.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:42 pmall juan is doin is dancein for his little faux crowd be a good boy and tow the line or we wont let you on the big magic box no mo now tote tha barge a lift that bail of crap
January 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pmWould it be too much to ask that the Prez has so much respect for his lady that he can say, go ahead, dear. You deal with that yahoo?
I would PAY to see that match up.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:53 pmJuan Williams flatters J. Crew by elevating that line of clothing to designer status. Granted, Michelle Obama made one awkward statement in the campaign then Juan Williams partners her up with Stokley Carmichael. Obviously, he knows neither.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:53 pmI can see it now…WW Raw…Pay-per-view. In this corner, Michelle Obama, nattily clad in tasteful business attire (First Ladies don’t wear tights). The challenger, lightweight Juan Williams in his second hand Armani (ignore the Depends bulge).
January 27th, 2009 at 7:01 pmCan’t quite figure Juan out…
January 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmSomedays he stands up for people who are on the other side of most things than himself, other days he complains they whine…
However,
Listen to his hosts, mostly oreilly and rush’s mini-me ~ sean mannity,…continual whining…and we’re the victims..
By the way is Juan cuban?
Well, when one considers that our last First Lady killed a guy who dumped her, they figure Mrs. Obama is an easier target for the pent up hate.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:10 pmbarack obomber Says:
Thanks for speaking the truth Juan and O’reilly. A lot of people can’t handle it…
Juan and O’Rly speaking the truth: “we are ignorant misogynist racists.” I can handle that.
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drew3rd Says:
Williams is no faux democrat. He is a fine man and very reasonable. I can see the concern he raises
Cool, could you explain it to me?
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drew3rd Says:
She’s not an undisciplined sidekick like Rosalyn Carter was.
What? What the hell are you talking about? Please, do tell. I gotta hear this one…
January 27th, 2009 at 7:13 pmIf Michelle was white he’d have to settle for calling her a b#tch.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:23 pmGod these people are cretins. She says one thing that is totally taken out of context and she will forever be that black woman who hates her country for these low-lives.
I happen to think that Michelle Obama is and will continue to be a National Treasure.
The more people like Obama and Michelle, the less people will be watching Fixed News. They are slitting their own throats.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:24 pmToo funny though, Princeton, Harvard and when Barack met her she was working at Sidley & Austin, a very prestigious law firm. The kind that works with Wall Street bankers and big corporate clients. What a radical.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:25 pmHe’s an idiot, a repug whipping boy.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pmbarack obomber Says:
Thanks for speaking the truth Juan and O’reilly. A lot of people can’t handle it…
Republican “truth” = the 28% in this country who have such low ego strength they need a strong father figure (the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh, et al) to tell them how to think and how to act. I think that pretty much sums up this idiot troll.
Fortunately for us the remainder of the people in this country have a pretty good hold on what is truth and what is BS being fed to them by Republicans.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pmJuan Williams is an idiot to begin with, get him around O’Reilly and the stupid becomes contagious.
January 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pmIf Michelle Obama’s non-existent militant black revolutionary anger can be harped about on national television, I see no reason to refrain – on a blog or anywhere – from bringing up Laura Bush’s documented killing of an ex-boyfriend.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pmMichelle Obama, you know, she’s got this Stokely Carmichael-in-a-designer-dress thing going. If she starts talking, as Mary Katharine suggested, her instinct is to start with this “blame America,” you know, “I’m the victim.”
And juan you got that clarence thomas-on-a-pepsi-can thing going on. If you know what I mean.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pm“Williams is no faux democrat. ”
Of course not. He’s a real ReThuglican.
That he’s presented as “liberal” just shows how faux Faux News really is.
January 27th, 2009 at 8:55 pm“She’s not an undisciplined sidekick like Rosalyn Carter was.”
Aside from the slight error in characterizing Rosalyn Carter as “undisciplined” (WTF? Unless he means disciplined in a S&M way), I think Michelle Obama will be more like Rosalyn Carter than any other first lady in my memory. Smart, well-spoken, and eventually dedicating her life to important global work.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:01 pmFaux pulls Uncle Juan out to show America a “fair and balanced newscast” . . . . like painting the lawn jocky pink . . . we still get it.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:15 pmSome info on Stokely Carmichael, for any aspiring FAUX pundits who think maybe knowing what the f**k they’re talking about might be an interesting idea:
Regarding his connections to the Black Panthers:
More than most, Carmichael never played the “victim” card. Buy neither did he play the “blame whitey” card.
Let’s be very clear here: anybody who would villainize such a career is fronting for the disenfranchisement of all African-Americans and a return to Jim Crow. He’s only scary if what you’re afraid of is equality.
Next thing you know they’re going to be complaining about that uppity Martin King fellow.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:25 pmIt would REALLY be nice if the next time Juan has a progressive guest on NPR, tat guest says,” Juan, did you say that Michelle Obama is Stokely Carmichael in a dress? Did you really say that?” and keep the conversation on that topic.
January 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pmpete Says:
Well, when one considers that our last First Lady killed a guy who dumped her, they figure Mrs. Obama is an easier target for the pent up hate.
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Well… certainly a SAFER one… saaaay… why is that car speeding this way?
January 27th, 2009 at 9:47 pmpbg Says:
It would REALLY be nice if the next time Juan has a progressive guest on NPR, tat guest says,” Juan, did you say that Michelle Obama is Stokely Carmichael in a dress? Did you really say that?” and keep the conversation on that topic.
I think the only solution to MSM incompetence is to support shows that focus on the last ridiculous thing that somebody said in the MSM. That’s the main reason the Daily Show is so popular. It doesn’t have to be done as comedy though; I could stand to see a cable meta-news show that basically consists of “did you believe that guy said that? here’s the research.” Then have the people that said the stupid thing on and make ‘em dance.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:05 pmTo be compared to Stokely is a compliment. He was a good man who worked for freedom and justice. This country could use some Stokelys about now, along with some Eldridges, Hueys, and Bobbys.
- an Angela Davis in pants.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pmThe good news is that Michelle Obama is Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress.
The bad news is that Juan Williams wishes he could be Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:51 pmJust more rascism coming the haters………..isn`t Juan an African American?
January 27th, 2009 at 11:09 pmAre we talkin about Uncle Tom/Juan Williams? Brit Hume’s mascot who sits by the Fox door? This Amos and Andy character who is not and never will be in the same league as Mrs. Obama. This Fox News shoe shine boy who gets shit on by Fox types all the time but doesn’t allow pride to get in the way for a lousy buck. Michelle Obama speaks the truth and all the Uncle Toms/Thomasinas who have sold out can’t accept integrity and high character.
January 27th, 2009 at 11:09 pmchristopher wiwi Says:
Just more rascism coming the haters………..isn`t Juan an African American?
No, he just does his pieces in blackface.
January 27th, 2009 at 11:33 pmJuan Williams, Republican house negro.
Ol’ fetch and step sho do know how to make dem white folks happy. He repeat his talkin’ points jes like he spose to do.
January 28th, 2009 at 3:29 amJuan Williams is a rich, priviledged Beltway gasbag.
January 28th, 2009 at 7:23 amI think that being compared to Stokely Carmichael is a compliment, but we all know the juan Williams didn’t mean it that way………It was mean-spirited.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:28 pmThe First Lady is an awesome woman. She is a commited mother to her beautiful children. She will set her own pace and no one will be able to compare her to anyone because she is an incomparable First Lady.
Michelle Obama may know Bush does not care about black people.
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February 1st, 2009 at 3:58 amOnce again some really disturbing words coming out of JW’s mouth. On my blog I published a series of articles on Stokely Carmichael that would have been quite helpful to Williams.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:09 pm