If he was Chris Rock
Ok, so I am sure everyone heard the pfleger comments. I would first like to point out that I think it's unacceptable and inappropriate for a church forum. I also wish that Obama's church would just go away for about six months.
So with my objections to the comments made I will say this.
This man was trying to be funny. It was a totally inappropriate place for this type of humor, however I have to admit....
If he had been Chris Rock,... and that had been on comedy central I have to admit I would be laughing my ass off. Just like I laugh my ass off when Stephanie Miller "onion belts" Mcain on Air America, and yes how I laughed when Saturday Night Live did the pillow for Barack sketch.
I know I will get some flaming for this post, however I think my main question is, when did it become so offensive to make fun of candidates. (and I am not talking about when preachers do it because that is offensive but when comedians and television personalities do it everyone gets uptight. I don't remember people getting uptight when Bill Clinton was portrayed stopping at a Mcdonalds in the middle of his jog for a bag of cheeseburgers. What's changed here? We as a culture have always lampooned and ridiculed our elected officials. It's kind of the American way.)
So with my objections to the comments made I will say this.
This man was trying to be funny. It was a totally inappropriate place for this type of humor, however I have to admit....
If he had been Chris Rock,... and that had been on comedy central I have to admit I would be laughing my ass off. Just like I laugh my ass off when Stephanie Miller "onion belts" Mcain on Air America, and yes how I laughed when Saturday Night Live did the pillow for Barack sketch.
I know I will get some flaming for this post, however I think my main question is, when did it become so offensive to make fun of candidates. (and I am not talking about when preachers do it because that is offensive but when comedians and television personalities do it everyone gets uptight. I don't remember people getting uptight when Bill Clinton was portrayed stopping at a Mcdonalds in the middle of his jog for a bag of cheeseburgers. What's changed here? We as a culture have always lampooned and ridiculed our elected officials. It's kind of the American way.)
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The empress is stark naked, yet giggling is deemed uncivil.
May 31, 2008 10:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Let's say I'm running for President.
I join a group. One of the group leaders tells a stereotypical "joke" about blacks.
I insist that the "joke" was awful and that I never really liked that group leader anyway.
I go on to lose the black vote to my opponent. After, I state that the reason I lost the black vote was because of racism.
You don't see anything weird about the above?
(Also, we're voting on a President here, not America's funniest comic.)
May 31, 2008 4:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
The comments were a stereotypical joke about white people. It was a joke about Hillary's attitude.
May 31, 2008 8:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
should be "were NOT"
June 1, 2008 12:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
I agree, I am just noting that if this statement WERE coming from a comedian it really would have been pretty funny. To me he sounded like Rock a bit at the "A black mans stealing my show!" part.
May 31, 2008 7:27 PM | Reply | Permalink