So it's no surprise that the media continues to relish in their self-made Clinton/Obama war of words. But things got interesting when a certain comment about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was made by Senator Hillary Clinton recently, angering some in the Black community:
Gimme a break! "Doing something in the neighborhood—that I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book." That can mean only one thing and it's a shame that Hillary's camp is denying the evident fact that Johnson directly attacked Obama's character. But that's fine, the Clintons can hide behind that remark all they want. But let's first talk about Bob Johnson's character, shall we?
Robert L. Johnson founded Black Entertainment Television in 1979. Since then, the channel has received criticism by prominent figures in the Black community such as Spike Lee, Chuck D, Aaron McGruder, and countless others. Wrought with mindless advertisement after ad, the channel is known for self-stereotypization and the constant bombardment of socially numbing and degenerations such as violence, misogyny and materialism. Considered by many to be a non-stop minstrel show, BET made waves in the blogosphere a couple of years ago when they refused to air a video from North Carolina Hip-Hop group Little Brother whom they deemed to be "too intelligent" (SOURCE).
Turn on BET right now! I dare you! What do you see?
I was right, wasn't I?
And Mr. Johnson wants to talk about being "insulted"? Ha! But the plot thickens like Charles Dickens (© SoulBrotha). After Obama's victory in Iowa, the rock steady riffs of Jay-Z '99 Problems' blared out of the speakers, playing the all-too-familiar Ice-T quotable: "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one."
Was it a shot at Hillary? At this point in the game, I could care less. It's gotten to be too much of a X vs. Y (droppin' science!)/ Black vs. White race that I'm just sick and tired of it. I'm from the West coast, so I've gotta quote Ice Cube on this one: "A bitch is a bitch."
Dr. King had been on the front lines. He had been leading a movement," Clinton said last Sunday on Meet the Press. "But Dr. King understood, which is why he made it very clear, that there has to be a coming to terms of our country politically in order to make the changes that would last for generations beyond the iconic, extraordinary speeches that he gave. That's why he campaigned for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. That's why he was there when those great pieces of legislation were passed.Followed by:
Does [King] deserve the lion's share of the credit for moving our country and moving our political process? Yes, he does. But he also had partners who were in the political system.I understand that people slip up from time to time, so I personally didn't take it as a racial attack of any sorts (particularly since Senator Clinton can use all the African-American votes as she can get, namely in South Carolina which is coming up soon). But things got edgy and a bit over the top when Bob Johnson, the founder and former owner of BET (Black Entertainment Television) and current Clinton supporter, delivered a crude and tactically calculating jab towards Obama's camp:
I am frankly, insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood—that I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book—when they have been involved.The Clinton campaign has denied that Johnson was referring to Obama's past drug use. Rather, they insist that he was speaking about "work as a community organizer" (Source).
Watch the video HERE.
Gimme a break! "Doing something in the neighborhood—that I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book." That can mean only one thing and it's a shame that Hillary's camp is denying the evident fact that Johnson directly attacked Obama's character. But that's fine, the Clintons can hide behind that remark all they want. But let's first talk about Bob Johnson's character, shall we?
Robert L. Johnson founded Black Entertainment Television in 1979. Since then, the channel has received criticism by prominent figures in the Black community such as Spike Lee, Chuck D, Aaron McGruder, and countless others. Wrought with mindless advertisement after ad, the channel is known for self-stereotypization and the constant bombardment of socially numbing and degenerations such as violence, misogyny and materialism. Considered by many to be a non-stop minstrel show, BET made waves in the blogosphere a couple of years ago when they refused to air a video from North Carolina Hip-Hop group Little Brother whom they deemed to be "too intelligent" (SOURCE).
Turn on BET right now! I dare you! What do you see?
I was right, wasn't I?
And Mr. Johnson wants to talk about being "insulted"? Ha! But the plot thickens like Charles Dickens (© SoulBrotha). After Obama's victory in Iowa, the rock steady riffs of Jay-Z '99 Problems' blared out of the speakers, playing the all-too-familiar Ice-T quotable: "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one."
Was it a shot at Hillary? At this point in the game, I could care less. It's gotten to be too much of a X vs. Y (droppin' science!)/ Black vs. White race that I'm just sick and tired of it. I'm from the West coast, so I've gotta quote Ice Cube on this one: "A bitch is a bitch."
Truer words were never spoken....
Laura Ingraham
(M)Ann Coulter
Bill Kristol
Sean Hannity
Glenn Beck
Rush Limbaugh
Dennis Prager
Tucker Carlson
Michael Savage
eh, and what the heck:
Bob Johnson
