[Ward]

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Morgan Freeman: Obama Made Racism Worse, Tea Party Will Do 'Whatever [It] Can To Get This Black Man Outta Here'

PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Has Obama helped the process of eradicating racism, or has it in a strange way made it worse.

MORGAN FREEMAN: Made it worse. Made it worse. Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party, stated, and what’s this guy’s name, Mitch O’Connell. Is that his, O’Connell?

MORGAN: Yeah, Mitch McConnell, yeah.

FREEMAN: Mitch McConnell. Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? “Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.”

MORGAN: But is that necessarily a racist thing?

FREEMAN: It is a racist thing.

MORGAN: Is it not Republicans, wouldn’t that say that about any Democrat president?

FREEMAN: No, they would have gotten rid of Bill Clinton if they could have.

MORGAN: They tried.

FREEMAN: They did try, but still. I don’t, they’re not going to get rid of Obama either. I think they’re shooting themselves in the head.

MORGAN: Does it unnerve you that the Tea Party are gaining such traction?

FREEMAN: Yes.

MORGAN: Why?

FREEMAN: Well, it just shows the weak, dark, underside of America. We’re supposed to be better than that. We really are. That’s, that’s why all those people were in tears when Obama was elected president. “Ah, look at what we are. Look at how, this is America.” You know? And then it just sort of started turning because these people surfaced like stirring up muddy water.

Is that what it shows, or does it show that people - not just those in the Tea Party - have lost faith in this President?

Obama's poll numbers continue to sink. This includes amongst reliably Democratic supporters such as Jews and African-Americans?

Have Jews and African-Americans suddenly become black haters?

The reality is that more and more people - even some in the media, perish the thought - are coming to the conclusion that Barack Obama was totally unqualified for the job as president, and that his performance in the past 32 months proves it.

What folks like Freeman don't get is that there's nothing racist about such feelings, and to make such an accusation is, well, racist.

Unfortunately, such accusations are destined to get louder and more frequent as we near Election Day and the chances for a second Obama victory based on nothing but hope, change, and ether continue to diminish.

Then folks like Freeman will really be shouting "racism."

So much for the election of the first black president bringing our nation together.

And on this I agree with Freeman: Obama has made racism worse.

[Zombie]

Morgan Freeman is just your typical ignorant leftist.

They don't actually pay any attention to anything but they sure are quick to speak about it.

[Ward]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Morgan Freeman is just your typical ignorant leftist.

They don't actually pay any attention to anything but they sure are quick to speak about it.

I was amazed at how quickly he got turned inside out by that ignorant right-winger interviewing him...

[frontline]

And the reply from Herman Cain:

NEIL CAVUTO: Morgan Freeman, the actor, has been very critical of Tea Parties, and said that what they’re doing is racist based, and going after and unseating Obama has at its underpinnings racism. I’m paraphrasing here, but what do you make of that argument?

HERMAN CAIN: Well, first of all, I doubt if Morgan Freeman, with all due respect, who is a great actor, has he ever been to a Tea Party? Most of the people that are criticizing the Tea Parties, Neil, about having a racist element, they have never been to a Tea Party.

CAVUTO: But wait a minute, wait a minute. He has played, wait, wait, wait. He has played a President of the United States.

CAIN: Oh. Great, yeah, in a movie. This is real life out here on the campaign trail, man. This is not a movie.

CAVUTO: So, are you offended by that?

CAIN: No, I’m not offended by it. I just, I just think that it is sad that they’re so short-sighted in really understanding what the whole Tea Party citizen movement is all about. I’m not offended by it, because it doesn’t slow down my momentum. It doesn’t slow down the reaction that I get from people. They know that I bring my message from the heart and the head, and they’re responding to it. So, name calling is something that’s going to continue in this because they don’t know how to stop this movement. And this movement is making a big difference in politics, because a lot of the traditional Democrats are moving to the center or moving over to vote for conservatives. They’re taking another look at a Herman Cain.

Cain was spot on.

The past 30 months have been amazing to watch folks on the left tell all kinds of tales about what the Tea Party is. Yet when you ask them if they've ever been to a Tea Party event, they all say "No."

As Cain observed, Freeman is likely one of the millions of liberals that hate the Tea Party but have never once been to an event sponsored by the organization they so passionately despise.

How ironic that these are the same people who claim to be on the more enlightened, open-minded side of the political aisle.

Now I do think that Cain isn't up to the task of sitting in the Oval office either. However to see him run against Obama would be hilarious. I'd love to see the accusations that Cain is an Uncle Tom and a sell out by the left all the while they insist they can't be racist.

[Tuttle]

They shouldn't let anyone with a name in common with an interview subject be the person who does the interview.

Which one's Morgan, anyway, Batman's butler & Driving Miss Daisy? I mean, it would carry much more weight if it was the Predator2 and Lethal Weapon black guy, Glover. I'm talking at least .001 gram instead of .0001, if significance could be weighed in grams. These black guys have a varied degree of credibility depending on how black they are, how good their movies are, and how much of a token black their roles have been. I mean, like if Lee said it, boy, it might even matter .004 or .005 grams, yowzah!

[El Chup]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Morgan Freeman is just your typical ignorant leftist.

I like Freeman, but I have to disagree with this. The whole "Tea partuy is running the GOP" is clearly bollocks. If the Tea Party had so much support from Repubs, then why are they still a fringe gathering?

Also, I don't understand the logic of "Obama made racism worse". What a load of fucking shit. Sure, there are morons out there to still peddle the "he's a kenyan muslim" crap. But the fact is that what has undone Obama is that he is a bad and inexperienced politician. No more, no less. If he is worried about racism then maybe Mr. Freeman should stop and realise that this is not a black man playing a president in a movie. This is a real man of colour in the Oval Office....and, politics aside, that to me makes more a statement for race equality than a bunch of powerless name calling whingers in the Tea Party.

Problem with these Hollywood types is that they are never satisfied. It's En Vouge to have a "cause" to harp on about from your mansion in la la land.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by El Chup

I like Freeman, but I have to disagree with this. The whole "Tea partuy is running the GOP" is clearly bollocks. If the Tea Party had so much support from Repubs, then why are they still a fringe gathering?

When I say ignorant what I mean is he pays no attention to the news. He doesn't know anything about the Tea Party or the people in it.

He's just going off of the talking points that the Democrats are running around using.

We all know people like that on the left and the right who pay no attention to politics but don't hesitate to speak their mind on a subject as if they knew what they were talking about but all they are doing is parroting the "line" used by everyone on TV.

Also, I don't understand the logic of "Obama made racism worse".

I don't think he's made it worse. I do think he's unintentionally exposed the racism that is rampant in the Democrat party.

[Ward]

Chup, I think what Freeman is saying is that the very reality of a black man as president has brought out the racists in America. Further, he's saying the Tea Party, as if it were some unitary force, is solely dedicated to getting rid of Mr. Obama. But you nailed it. Obama's not very good at being president.

Worse than that, though? We, the people, elected him. Even worse? We'll probably re-elect him next year because we can't figure out a way to do better.

[Zombie]

El Chup - "If the Tea Party had so much support from Repubs, then why are they still a fringe gathering?"

The Tea Party has no support from the Republicans. The Republican power brokers and leaders hate and fear the Tea Party even though the current crop of candidates are kissing up to the Tea Party.

[Asyncritus]

I have no doubt whatsoever that there are some racist elements among the Republicans and among the Tea Partiers. However, the fact that so many people on the left can't think of any reason for the opposition party to be against the president besides the color of his skin shows that racism isn't confined to the Republicans in the States. Freeman is actually being racist in his comments, by implying that we should somehow keep Obama simply because he is black.

Well, in my opinion, being black is not a problem for a politician, or even a president, but neither is it a qualification. Those who think we should support Obama because he's black are just as racist, in their own subtle way, as those who are opposed to Obama because he's black.

Skin color has nothing to do with it!

[El Chup]

Originally Posted by Zombie

When I say ignorant what I mean is he pays no attention to the news. He doesn't know anything about the Tea Party or the people in it.

He's just going off of the talking points that the Democrats are running around using.

We all know people like that on the left and the right who pay no attention to politics but don't hesitate to speak their mind on a subject as if they knew what they were talking about but all they are doing is parroting the "line" used by everyone on TV.

I think you have hit upon something here, namely that ignorance is the issue, which is why I think it's a bit strange to put it down as the "Democrat talking points". What I think here is that we simply have a Hollywood twat who likes to make himself feel more impartant than someone who earns money for "lets pretend". So he comes out with this dross based on the crap he's told by his fellow resposibility dodgers. I'm no sure any political party agenda has much to do with the fucktitude that goes on in Beverly Hills.

I don't think he's made it worse. I do think he's unintentionally exposed the racism that is rampant in the Democrat party.

Well, I don't think I know enough about politics in the halls of the Democratic Party to really make a comment on this.

[El Chup]

Originally Posted by Ward

Chup, I think what Freeman is saying is that the very reality of a black man as president has brought out the racists in America. Further, he's saying the Tea Party, as if it were some unitary force, is solely dedicated to getting rid of Mr. Obama.

Like I say, to have a black man in office make a much bigger statement for racial equality than the Tea Party can ever make.

The problem is that some people aren't satisfied. They want to have their cake and eat it.

For those who actually followed politics, we all knew Obama was riding on the minority vote and in reality he was nothing more than an average politician. I said it three years ago and it has come to pass.

But the election of a coloured man to the presidency is still a massive step. A massive, massive step. But this is not good enough. They want more, more, more. Don't attack Obama cause his shit don't stink.

Martin Luther King would turn in his grave over such an attitude.

But you nailed it. Obama's not very good at being president.

Indeed, which is why Obama is double the dissapointment than a white male or white female president ever would've been. He had the resposibility to prove to the ethnic minorities of America that a man like them could help change America and the world for the better. He has failed miserably at that and so the level to which he has let the ethnic minorities down is nothing short of criminal.

Worse than that, though? We, the people, elected him. Even worse? We'll probably re-elect him next year because we can't figure out a way to do better.

"We the people?". Nope. "We the ethnic minorities who couldn't be bothered to vote before" elected him. Did you vote for him? Did anyone on this board vote for him (aside from the LA lovelies)?

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by El Chup

"We the people?". Nope. "We the ethnic minorities who couldn't be bothered to vote before" elected him. Did you vote for him? Did anyone on this board vote for him (aside from the LA lovelies)?

He means "We the people" in the generic sense of the term.

And yeah a lot of Americans on this board voted for him.

All the leftists.

Nothing wrong with it. They believed he was the "one" and voted for him.

Even now they would still vote for him. Look at John.

[Ward]

Originally Posted by Zombie

He means "We the people" in the generic sense of the term.

And yeah a lot of Americans on this board voted for him.

All the leftists.

Nothing wrong with it. They believed he was the "one" and voted for him.

Even now they would still vote for him. Look at John.

Exactly. "We the people". Whether I agree with the choice or not, whether I like it or not, in this country, I go along with the choice and say he's my president. I didn't vote for him but tried to get someone I thought would do a better job. That is the way it works.

[Diacanu]

All's I know, is they better hurry the fuck up with "Dark Knight Rises".

[tafkats]

Originally Posted by Asyncritus

However, the fact that so many people on the left can't think of any reason for the opposition party to be against the president besides the color of his skin ...

This may be one of the biggest problems in U.S. politics today: the inability to even conceive of the idea that a reasonable, intelligent person might look at the same set of data and reach a different conclusion. It's like Volpone's assertion to John in another thread that no one could possibly support Obama without being insane, evil or retarded.

Good ideas can come from (almost) anywhere, and when people assume that stupidity or insanity or racism are the only conceivable reasons someone might disagree with them, it leads to the digging-in of heels and the refusal to even listen to any ideas that come from someone on the evil/insane/stupid list.

[Ward]

Originally Posted by tafkats

This may be one of the biggest problems in U.S. politics today: the inability to even conceive of the idea that a reasonable, intelligent person might look at the same set of data and reach a different conclusion. It's like Volpone's assertion to John in another thread that no one could possibly support Obama without being insane, evil or retarded.

Good ideas can come from (almost) anywhere, and when people assume that stupidity or insanity or racism are the only conceivable reasons someone might disagree with them, it leads to the digging-in of heels and the refusal to even listen to any ideas that come from someone on the evil/insane/stupid list.

OTOH, Obama did get that benefit of the doubt. In fact, he got way more of the benefit of the doubt than he deserved because people were so tired of the status quo. They'd had 8 years of Bush and "Hope and Change" definitely appealed to them. When, after nearly two years of getting screwed by the Democrats, they realized they weren't getting either, they started running for the exits and the Tea Party was born.

There's a point you stop listening to stupid and the people who've been spouting it have to again earn the right to your attention.

[Forbin]

Ironically, when we started to see how lame Obama was, I said I wished he was more like the way Morgan Freeman played the president in Deep Impact.

[Ron Paul]

So you're saying that when Morgan Freeman delivers bad knews, you're happy to take it?

[Ancalagon]

Morgan Freeman isn't one to just trot out the normal lines when it comes to race. We had a thread on it back when it came out, but I can't find it (might have been at TBBS), but here's an excerpt from his interview in Beyond the Color Line:

Gates: What is it about the South that is different for a black person than the North or the West?
Freeman: I think we built the South and we know it. ..... Traveling around the country and living in different places, I could never see that any place was better racially than Mississippi.
Gates: You never experienced racism as a kid in the South?
Freeman: Yes, of course I did. That's not the point. .... You aren't going to find any less racism in the North. It's going to be more insidious and more painful. Because you are given to think, "Oh, it's different here."

http://www.ipasite.com/OvercomingRacism.html

If anyone can find the entire interview that'd be great.

[oldfella1962]

Well, it just shows the weak, dark, underside of America. We’re supposed to be better than that. We really are. That’s, that’s why all those people were in tears when Obama was elected president. “Ah, look at what we are. Look at how, this is America.”

This is America? To elect someone unqualified just to make a statement?
The "weak, dark underside" is calling someone on their bullshit and wanting real political change? That's some scary shit right there.

Anyway, I do agree with Morgan Freeman that racism is everywhere, not just The South. But on being racist just because we don't like the president.......he is full of shit.

Shut the fuck up about politics and go narrate something about penguins fucking or the universe imploding or somesuch.

[Ten Lubak]

It looks like he's just talking to himself.

MORGAN: Yeah, Mitch McConnell, yeah.

FREEMAN: Mitch McConnell. Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What’s, what does that, what underlines that? “Screw the country. We’re going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here.”

MORGAN: But is that necessarily a racist thing?

FREEMAN: It is a racist thing.

MORGAN: Is it not Republicans, wouldn’t that say that about any Democrat president?

FREEMAN: No, they would have gotten rid of Bill Clinton if they could have.

MORGAN: They tried.

FREEMAN: They did try, but still. I don’t, they’re not going to get rid of Obama either. I think they’re shooting themselves in the head.

MORGAN: Does it unnerve you that the Tea Party are gaining such traction?

FREEMAN: Yes.

MORGAN: Why?

FREEMAN: Well, it just shows the weak, dark, underside of America. We’re supposed to be better than that. We really are. That’s, that’s why all those people were in tears when Obama was elected president. “Ah, look at what we are. Look at how, this is America.” You know? And then it just sort of started turning because these people surfaced like stirring up muddy water.

In any event, I'm sure there are some people out there that want Obama out of the White House because he's black. I've personally talked to a person that believes that. Saying that though, Obama's pretty awful track record as president is what motivates the majority of people who want him out - the guy has been underwhelming and then some during his tenure.

[John]

Originally Posted by frontline

Now I do think that Cain isn't up to the task of sitting in the Oval office either. However to see him run against Obama would be hilarious. I'd love to see the accusations that Cain is an Uncle Tom and a sell out by the left all the while they insist they can't be racist.

Everyone is capable of being a racist. Most of us realize racism is a backward, ignorant holdover from a backward ignorant age and we move on. Cain doesn't help by insisting he's a "real" black man, and while I love Morgan Freeman as an actor, and figure if God were real he'd look a lot like Morgan Freeman, I just can't agree that racism comprises the whole of the Tea Party or the GOP in general.

[Diacanu]

Originally Posted by John

Everyone is capable of being a racist. Most of us realize racism is a backward, ignorant holdover from a backward ignorant age and we move on. Cain doesn't help by insisting he's a "real" black man, and while I love Morgan Freeman as an actor, and figure if God were real he'd look a lot like Morgan Freeman, I just can't agree that racism comprises the whole of the Tea Party or the GOP in general.

Just a big enough chunk to laugh and point at.

And the rest of 'em are laughy-pointy worthy for being such cowards they don't scrub their hands of 'em, cuz they think they need their votes.