tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post8023488937611655386..comments2024-01-11T02:23:42.118-08:00Comments on Keepin' It Real, Yo: Keep Up the Good Work, (R)!piker62http://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-15065287043351415952008-12-31T16:53:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:53:00.000-08:00As a guy without cable, I know I can always get a ...As a guy without cable, I know I can always get a little Colbert through HULU.com. Shorter commercial breaks! Lousy picture quality though.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-34479350461061614282008-12-31T16:45:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:45:00.000-08:00Doesn't look like some folks will be able to watch...Doesn't look like some folks will be able to watch The Daily Show or Colbert soon:<BR/><BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_bi_ge/viacom_time_warner_cableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-36891809479331045412008-12-31T12:18:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:18:00.000-08:00Wait! As I remember it, "Magic Negro" a sort of dr...Wait! As I remember it, "Magic Negro" a sort of dry term used in film theory and criticism. It describes redemptive African-American characters like Will Smith in "Bagger Vance" and Michael Clarke Duncan in "The Green Mile."<BR/><BR/>I suppose in the current context it's not what it means, but what one does with it. :-pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-87033429078199355842008-12-30T22:00:00.000-08:002008-12-30T22:00:00.000-08:00Fair enough.And probably the way most African Amer...Fair enough.<BR/><BR/>And probably the way most African Americans feel about the Republican Party nowadays.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-5432089606152082052008-12-30T21:58:00.000-08:002008-12-30T21:58:00.000-08:00I have to confess, I've never once seen either the...I have to confess, I've never once seen either the Daily Show or Steven Coldbert. What they do does not interest me. That's also why I have rarely written about either of them.Publiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673569384659379202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-71821199062969253182008-12-30T19:46:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:46:00.000-08:00"Race hustlers!" I'm not sure what you're getting ..."Race hustlers!" I'm not sure what you're getting at - are African Americans not bothered by all this stuff unless people like me or Sharpton tell them to be?<BR/><BR/>Maybe you're right though - they should just laugh this stuff off. Like the way you do when we make fun of Sarah Palin or tease you for being racists. That's why you're always watchin' the Daily Show, right?piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-44525027976435424822008-12-30T19:30:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:30:00.000-08:00Humor. Satire. Parody.Humor. Satire. Parody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-62919478506940125782008-12-30T19:21:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:21:00.000-08:00Fist of all, that was ONE song on the CD. It was O...Fist of all, that was ONE song on the CD. It was ONE parody on a CD with nearly 20 songs. So, Saltsman didn't send "Barack the Magic Negro" to everyone. He sent a CD with all sorts of songs ONE of which was Barack the Magic Negro.<BR/><BR/>But, I agree that Saltsman made a major mistake. He failed to be prepared. He should have had an entire campaign ready for race hustlers like you, Piker. He should have been all ready to use the liberal who made up the name and to highlight the hypocrisy on the left.<BR/><BR/>But the whole thing blindsided him. THAT is why he is unfit to be the leader of the GOP. He failed to anticipate, he failed to react, and he made a hash out of a perfectly good opportunity to highlight liberal hypocrisy.Publiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673569384659379202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-29197311244532508172008-12-30T19:02:00.000-08:002008-12-30T19:02:00.000-08:00Oh! I didn't realize it was Sharpton. A white guy ...Oh! I didn't realize it was Sharpton. A white guy imitating Sharpton as as ignorant black man certainly isn't controversial at all. <BR/><BR/>Well, just tell the African-Americans that you're trashing <I>that </I>leader instead of Obama, and I'm sure they'll come flocking back to the Big Tent.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-567661079454645132008-12-30T18:49:00.000-08:002008-12-30T18:49:00.000-08:00The song isn't making fun of Obama, it's making fu...The song isn't making fun of Obama, it's making fun of Al Sharpton. It's "Al" that's singing the song.<BR/><BR/>Because Al was the one initially saying Obama wasn't "black enough".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-2861798524278592722008-12-30T18:19:00.000-08:002008-12-30T18:19:00.000-08:00The Op-Ed, by the way, takes the much more interes...The Op-Ed, by the way, takes the much more interesting tack that Barack was electable because white America sees him as a benevolent darkie. Arguably true, in an ugly I-don't-wanna-know kind of way.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-49700857149934922752008-12-30T18:15:00.000-08:002008-12-30T18:15:00.000-08:00I have to confess, up until just now I had neither...I have to confess, up until just now I had neither read the read the original op-ed nor heard the song. I have now.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfxVkLhlu5s" REL="nofollow">The song </A>is funny, especially if you're a white guy who likes to make fun of the way them black folk talk. I do see the point though, that Barack is non-threatening and that's why he got elected. So the song came down on the "not black enough" side of the debate.<BR/><BR/>But now, after the election, what is still funny about it? After all, the controversy this time is over it being distributed now.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-85774994637535160582008-12-30T17:28:00.000-08:002008-12-30T17:28:00.000-08:00Have you listened to the song, Piker?Have you listened to the song, Piker?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-62661420120283367742008-12-30T15:09:00.000-08:002008-12-30T15:09:00.000-08:00I'm saying when you guys do it, fair or not, your ...I'm saying when you guys do it, fair or not, your party is perceived as racist. And there are two ways to deal with that. The less sensible one is to insist that you're in no way racist, because that's what any racist would say.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-43359885084098040482008-12-30T14:57:00.000-08:002008-12-30T14:57:00.000-08:00So when your side says it, it's ok, but when my si...So when your side says it, it's ok, but when my side does it's racist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-47954687322545656662008-12-30T14:24:00.000-08:002008-12-30T14:24:00.000-08:00See, that's what I'm saying! What's wrong with enc...See, that's what I'm saying! What's wrong with encouraging ALL white folks to talk this way! 2012 can't come soon enough.piker62https://www.blogger.com/profile/10976799832683250524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612105.post-35305479311980022912008-12-30T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-30T13:10:00.000-08:00Just out of curiousity, who was the first person t...Just out of curiousity, who was the first person to call Obama a "Magic Negro"?<BR/><BR/>I don't recall your angst over this when it was first published. In 2007.<BR/><BR/>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center<BR/><BR/>And isn't the Shanklin song more of a parody of Sharpton.<BR/><BR/>Assuming you have even heard it, that is..<BR/><BR/>I do recall your issue with all of the cartoons portraying Condi Rice as a "house negro". Oh, wait..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com