Whoopi to McCain: Do you want me to be a slave again? (Video added)
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Did you watch “The View” (or rather, “The Spew”) today. I didn’t. I’m trying to watch my blood pressure. Many readers did tune in — and watched in disbelief and disgust as the hysterical liberal women gone wild derided Sarah Palin and grilled John McCain, who made a guest appearance with his wife.
The e-mail is coming in:
Hey Michelle! Did you catch the view today? Seriously who listens to these women? And did you catch Whoopie’s question if she should be concerned about becoming a slave again because John Mcccain would want judges who judge based on the Constitution?! Seriously! She should be ashamed.
Is she trying to portray him a racist?! And if you watch the whole interview watch her facial expressions and posture. She looks like a 14-year-old, slouching, rolling her eyes. Ugh! Like when they were looking at his tape of being set free and he was telling them what he was feeling at the time, she looked like she was so bored. I bet if Obama was there and that was him being set free she would have sat straight up and cried. I really hate this election. I don’t understand why people have to be so nasty to someone they don’t agree with!
Signed a fellow south jersey gal
Reader Brent H.:
I hope either you or the guys over at HotAir can get up some clips of McCain on The View from this morning. Walters, Goldberg, and some of the other were absolutely hysterical. They were rude, interrupted him frequently, asked loaded questions then yelled at him for not answering they way THEY wanted.
McCain was great, took it all in stride. Cindy McCain came on later and was flawless. The contrast between the class of the McCains and the unhinged attacks being thrown face-to-face is very illustrative.
Reader Katie in Charlotte:
Hi Michelle,
I am a faithful reader and I’ve been watching your blog very closely over the past few weeks. Thanks for everything you do!
I’m watching The View (why I put myself through this – I don’t know) and the ladies are talking about Sarah Palin’s Charlie Gibson interview. It was their first hot topic of the day.
Their first comments on the interview: “She was obviously very well briefed.” Not that she did a good job, but that she was well briefed. Would anyone in the media say that Obama is well briefed on the issues? Doubtful, they would say he knows the issues. Even if that is not the case!
I’d like to see Joy and Barbara describe the Bush doctrine succinctly. Bill Sammon was on Fox discussing how that term has different meanings to different people, and Gibson should have known that. This show drives me nuts – way to be all for women, ladies.
Just wanted to share my thoughts with you!
Katie
Class vs. crass. It’s the emerging theme of this campaign.
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Update: Here’s the vid clip…
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Speaking of crass: How about that Pamela Anderson telling Sarah Palin to “suck it?”
Nice Hollyweird role model there, eh?
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At some point I hope that McCain will figure out that the media is NOT his friend. But for now, I’ll suffer thru watching him learn the hard way.
McCain/Palin 08!
frontierguy
That was a great outline. You won’t see that explanation given in public education. Clear and simple.
Are you a teacher? Just hoping.
Well, we all know John McCain will be okay with that.
Not quite (you should work on your irony meter — and maybe look up the definition of irony). I visit a lot of sites — and blogs — as I meander around online any given night. But I note that you, in an indirect way, defended rooster. Good to know!
Family Man, I am from North Carolina and had very good history teachers. I also still kinda want to attack South Carolina….must be genetic…..LOL
On September 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pm, Rob said:
You really are a very ugly person, aren’t you?
That’s my point. I’m just waiting with gleeful anticipation for you to pull the card on McCain. You have cried wolf so often, why stop now? Whoopi certainly thinks McCain is a racist.
Why put forth effort responding thoughtfully to your racist and irrational harangues? It’s wholly appropriate to respond in kind to the bilge you continue to spew.
I believe Whoopi’s most immediate concern might involve her pea brain’s ability to compute the spatial coordinates required to navigate through the next narrow doorway she may encounter. Yes indeed – a new form of evil Republican slavery is on the horizon …. government mandated narrow doorways in all public buildings!
another funny aspect that no one seems to talk about is the fact
on the pro-life pro-choice debate
at least mcain and palin answer the question about their position
NOT WONDER BOY OBAMA who says its above his pay grade!!!
yeah thats who we want leading our nation and armed forces in crisis
someone who will not even for his beliefs
and frankly obama there isnt much above the pay grade of the president of the United States
the guy is a fraud
It was the Democrats who were the slavery party. They were also the party of segregation, black codes, the KKK, lynching, etc. Had the Democrat Party been dismantled after the Civil War as the Nazi party was after WWII, there would have been no need for the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments and every piece of civil rights legislation ever passed — over Democrat objections. To this day, Democrats see nothing wrong with using the worst racial slurs black Republicans who have dared escape the liberal plantation. As we see with Whoopie, Democrats hold blacks in chains of ideology, just as surely as they once held them in chains of iron.
Everyone seems to be addressing Whoopi’s statement about a return to slavery as a response to interpreting the original intent of the Constitution.
Well, slavery was part of the original intent of the Constitution.
Were other issues of original intent of the Constitution to be discussed they would include the right of women to vote and hold elective office, that indigenous people were not to be counted, that a President had no term limits, and that Senators would not be popularly elected by a State’s population, among many other things. Please note that the Constitution has been ammended to address these issues and others.
Saying original intent conjures the thought that we would return to a pre-ammendments status.
Yeah, Whoopi went deep into our souls and conscience, but the reality is returning to and having judges that interpret the Constitution in it’s original form would challenge us as a country.
Whoopi could have said that returning to the original intent of the Constitution would take away the right of women to vote or hold elective office. Where would that leave Gov. Palin?
Whoopi could have said that returning to the original intent of the Constitution would minimize the indigenous people. Where would that leave Gov. Palin’s husband?
As crazy as Whoopi’s statement appears to be, were the original intent of the Constitution to be strictly followed the President would not be the CINC of the Air Force. The original Constitution only speaks to the Army and Navy.
Yeah, discuss Whoopi’s statement, but please also discuss the meaning of original intent and what it would do to our country.
john was the only one on that stage thats been in chains and in a cage.plus if she is so worried about slaves she need to check out africa
It doesn’t get any more sobering than that…
whoopee’s guy is the “one” bringing the “chains” we can believe in…pam anderson’s Freidian sip…err slip…shows she doesn’t know the difference in qualifications for women seeking office outside a democrat administration.
Awesome spin. It must have taken some serious mental gymnastics on your part to completely misinterpret and mischaracterize McCain’s response to that absurd degree.
Bravo.
Go tell your friends that McCain wants to make Whoopi a slave and take away a woman’s right to vote. You’ll be lauded for your enlightened assessment.
Excellent reply Boilermaker.
I’m curius when was Whoopi a slave, was she in ‘Color Purple’?
Here’s historical nugget for Whoopi to chew on, one the largest slave owners in New England at the time of revolution was Black.
Thank God for Whoopi. What would Senator McCain do with out her and the rest of those oh so intelligent geo-poitical and civic professors and scholars on that show who gave him such a great lecture. Wow…I feel that much more stupid and ignorant for having wasted that much of my life listening and watching. I can only imagine how Senator McCain feels.
And to drop that video on him without even asking him if he wanted to see it shows such a deep stupidity and ignorance and lack of compassion towards someone who went through such a horrible experience.
Oh yeah, such warm and tolerant people.
It is an embarrassment that this show remains on the air, and an even bigger embarrassment that there are that many people who watches it to keep it on the air.
Okay, Wooopie disgusts me as a person. She is vile. However, I believe I see where she was coming from.
They were discussing the possible repeal of Roe… So in Woopie’s *cough* mind *cough* what she was really asking is if Roe could be overturned, then what guarantee is there that the other ammendments, that outlawed slavery and made blacks full citizens, couldn’t be overturned. And that we needed those ammendments to guarantee blacks equal protection under the law.
The way she phrased it was wacko, she should have asked specifically what would prevent those ammendments from also being overturned, but Woopie is Woopie… or asked if he was referring to pre-ammended constutionalists or post-ammendment constutionalists.
I’m glad that he saw what she was saying and repsonded as well as he did.
Baba Wawwa on the other hand. That’s where the scandalous comment was, and it is being all but ignored due to the focus on Woopie. The focus should be on Wawwa and the way Democrats truly see the black population of this country. And we should compare and contrast that with how Republicans or Conservatives see them.
Dems – A population to be kept down so they can retain power over them. A people who are inherrantly incapable of taking care of themselves, so they need handouts, quotas, etc.
Reps/Cons – A people who are quite capable of caring for themselves if government stops interferring. We want them as a people to rise up and own homes and businesses and have the American Dream. That’s the Dems nightmare, because then they would no longer vote Dem, and white people like Baba Wawwa wouldn’t need to ‘take care of them.’
That was just sick… just what were they expecting his to say? It was almost like they hoped to provoke a breakdown of some sort… anything for ratings… and to take him down. ‘The View’ makes me ill…. I’m glad I never watch it. I had to watch this one just to see what was going on.
zyggyz – You make some very salient points. What I think of for original intent is different than what someone else might see.
And most ammendments were meant to clarify original intent or to make changes that needed to be made.
I would be interested in a discussion as to what people see is the original intent. Clarification of this term in needed. Also see my post 313 which deals with a little bit of that.
Been great if he’d said something along the lines of “No Whoopi. A repubican president, a few hundred thousand dead soldiers, and a republican congress pretty much sorted that issue over the last 140 years. You can rest easy tonight in your multi-million dollar would-be slave quarters….”
Ah Whoopi, the most useful of the useful idiots….
Roe v. Wade was a Supreme Court decision about the constitutionality of abortion. There is no “Abortion Amendment” to the Constitution, nor any abortion language that is explicit.
Overturning Roe V. Wade would not be the equivalent of eliminating the 13th and 14th Amendments (or any other Amendments), especially when they are explicit in their language.
Whoopi was flat out wrong (and ignorant) to say what she said. I guess, however, when you believe the type of crap that is preached to the black community in places like Trinity, you might be led to believe “The Man” is trying to abolish amendments that deal with slavery.
Yes, Walters is a typical condescending lib to blacks, but Whoopi’s ignorant statement deserves scrutiny (and ridicule).
PBoilermaker – I agree. It was ridiculous, and I’m not stating there is an equilvelency. I’m just attempting to understand what was going on in her shrivelled brain. And I think it’s a good thing to discuss it openly to put to rest any further leaps of illogic that come from the left.
I further think it was bizarre in that no one at any time is calling for the return of slavery. But that is what Dems say repeatedly to keep blacks afraid and maintain power over them.
I consider socialism a form of slavery.
P Boiler Maker,
Yep, Whoopi redlined. There are two discussion to be had. What Whoopi said about slavery, and what is meant by original intent. Read more closely what Joy had to say in her posts #313 thru #317.
What is meant by original intent and what would it mean to our current society? Realize that we have had several Ammendments to address many issues. Does original intent mean viewing the Constitution without the Ammendments?
Would you agree to using the phrase strict constuctionist which would include the Ammendments?
Forget spin, (I did not spin just mention elements in the original Constitution) and forget mischaracterization (Sen McCain said he would appoint judges who would follow the original intent of the Constitutiion). Everyone, just slowly re-read the Constitution as written without the ammendments.
At the risk of being redundant I will ask again with the hope that the second part of the discussion will be addressed, what is meant by original intent and what would it mean to our current society? Realize that we have had several Ammendments to address many issues. Does original intent mean viewing the Constitution without the Ammendments?
How about if Whoopi said, she and all women would loose their right to vote, instead of mentioning slavery?
Original intent, or strict constructionist. Is there a differnce?
Joy,
Yes, having a discussion about what is meant by original intent would be helpful.
No.
uhhhh… no, but they are, and I suspect you are too.
Of course.
Whoopi doesn’t understand seperation of powers, or constitutional law.
She’s an entertainer.
Keep waiting. Your last post shows that you simply aren’t very bright.
Yawnnnnnnnnn.
This is what happens when you ask has-been actors their opinion about real life issues and politics.
I didn’t know she ever was a slave.
Project much? That’s all you’ve got?
Doesn’t seem like you are putting forth much effort.
On September 13th, 2008 at 8:14 pm, Rob said:
I’m someone who believes in treating other people with respect, Rob… even people that I don’t agree with.
You on the other hand, are someone who
1. advocates for the mass deportation of legal U.S. citizens right along with illegals simply because you don’t like their ethnicity
2. thinks that forced sterilization, infanticide and ethnic cleansing are effective population control techniques
3. is heavily invested in the preservation of white European culture
4. has absolutely no problem calling women “c*nts*.
Sorry Rob, but you’ve exposed yourself as a very ugly person on these forums time and time again and you’ve been called on it, many times.
You’re not naive enough to think that those comments are going to disappear down the memory hole, are you?
There just arent enough adjectives in the dictionary to describe the total sleaziness of dems, including these foolish women on the View. As for Pamela Anderson, that person of charm, intellect and perceptive depth, here is the rest of her interview:
What do you think of the issue of Iraq and how much longer we will be there?
Answer: The Joint Chiefs can suck it.
What is your opinion of the Russian war with Georgia?
Nato and Georgia can just suck it.
What is your take on the price of oil and gas in this Country?
President Bush and Dick Cheney [tee hee hee, I said "dick"] can just suck it.
How did your locker room meeting with the Greenbay Packers go the other day.
Answer: Well I just….
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What class. What great cosmic intelligence exercised by the women on the left. The View:
Whoopi: Do I have to worry about being a slave again?
McCain: [should have answered] Well Whoopi I hadnt realized that you were a slave before. I guess I underestimated your age. But considering that you are a multi millionaire, who has no talent I can discern whatsoever, I’d say you’ve done pretty well for yourself. But really you should be quite ashamed of asking such a demagogic and offesnive question considering the real horrors suffered by actual slaves in this country over 140 years ago. If you truly cannot come up with a more intelligent question, perhaps you should sit out the rest of this interview.
The sleazy warped left. Like watching 13 year old children in the body of adults; same pettiness, same shallow understanding of anything, same tantrum throwing, same disregard for anything fair.
As for me, no.. I would not subject myself to watching the cackling idiots (except Elizabeth Hasselback who deserves daily combat pay) on the View; just too aggravating, and predicable. I would sooner find more incisive comments from first graders. When I die, I’ll know I’m in hell, if I’m in strapped down in front of a 100-inch LCD TV and the View is on every channel, and I cannot turn it off.
On September 13th, 2008 at 12:56 am,
As a female I can state unequivocally that I’ve known some women who earned that term. Some men, of course, have earned their own unique names. So what?
That is the difference between loony left liberals and me; you want to treat the enemies of my nation with “respect” and be well liked around the world. I, on the other hand, want the enemies of America dead, dead, dead.
I don’t respect liberals or the enemies of America. I want them all buried and extinct. I want conservative values to dominate for now and for the lifetime of my generations.
I want to win…not to be liked.
Being treated as an equal means that one also treats the other person that way. One thing that liberals, socialists and communists do not do. They are unable.
I do not think all people are equal.
I do not think gang members are equal to me. I do not think child molesters are equal to me. I do not think liberals are equal to me…
I think Bill Gates, who has given jobs and lives to thousands is much better than me. I think the founding fathers of our great country who gave their lives to make a country are worth a thousand hundred times more than me or those welfare and anchor laying Mexicans that are filling up the space around me.
I work hard to be a good person and citizen… I want the losers dead and gone….
P Boiler Maker,
Thank you for answering the question.
Since the answer is ‘no’ then the next time Sen McCain speaks on the issue of original intent of the Constitution he should explain that it includes the Ammendments. There is nothing wrong with expanding your remarks to make yourself better understood.
Based on Whoopi’s comment she took the meaning of original intent as first written, and not as ammended. Though to avoid any misunderstanding, I prefer the term ’strict constructionist.’ The advantage is that there is an economy of words vice saying, ‘original intent of the constitution as ammended.’
Saying it either way would have avoided Whoopi going outside the box and off the deep end.
Rob. Good points. If one works and studies hard, they should be able to work their way into the real world of producers instead of users. Yes, there are many, many who refuse to work. Just a look at NO and the thousands still “unable” to find work would probably be a good example for you.
One must pay their dues. What I meant was that many of these liberal-types who assume to know it all do not treat others equally.
I have seen what they do. They take one’s words, generalize them, they disprove that generality. I believe that is called the straw man argument.
I don’t hear that much here. Thank you.
Or, like a normal adult, she could have just asked him to clarify much like you just did. Instead, she went for the deranged Trinity angle.
Why are you determined to defend her idiotic behavior? There was no excuse for it. Blaming McCain’s response for her idiotic behavior fits in with the idea that all liberals are victims, I guess. Avoid responsibility for your actions at all costs, right?
As originally written the “African Americans” were afforded full rights the same as the rest of the inhabitants of the newly formed United States. The Southerners did not want to give up the practice of slavery as they needed it to keep their economic standing in place. A compromise was enacted even though Washington, Adams and Madison did not want to. In order to keep the Union together the compromise had to go through and the founding fathers understood this. The United States was a fledgling nation and any divison would weaken it and expose it to outside aggression. By the way, it was the Southern Democrats who came up with the 3/5 person for each slave. They were gerry mandering even then.
An in depth study of the history of the United States is very enlightening.
I’m a little disappointed with McCain’s answer to Whoopi on Slavery. Why didn’t he just say, that, you have nothing to worry about that’s what the 13th Amendment to the constitution fixed. So when you say Constitution you have to also remember the Amendments including the Bill of Rights. He had a chance their to turn the tables and kind of missed it there if you ask me.
Why I’m wasting time on her whoopness, I don’t know. It should be noted that back when her career was starting to take off she said:
“I’ve been to Africa, and I ain’t African.”
There’s a huge truth in that statement too powerful for the politically correct victimization set to digest. The reality is, she isn’t African. She’s a successful American. She, of course, was villified by black activists and has charted a very liberal course since.
That is by far the most ridiculous and simplistic interpretation of the phrase “original intent” that I think could be conjured up.
And you do realize that the President has no power to create a new amendment or repeal an existing one right?
These statements by Whoopie Goldberg and whomever fed it to her, are an attempt to scare moderates and minorities into thinking McCain wants to enslave them and force them into religious servitude. Which is non-sense.
Original intent… since you asked… is a vision evoked from the Constitution… specifically, from the Preamble.
Here it is in case you forgot the words.
An incredible passage. The fact that it’s an integral part of how we govern ourselves is just one of the amazing and unique things about America.
Read further… Article V is the part of the Constitution that allows for amendments to it. It is -so significant- that it immediately follows the definitions of the branches of our gov’t and that of the states.
Amendments ARE part of the original intent of the Constitution. The President, aside from having an opinion, has no say in the formation or repeal of any constitutional amendments.
The Constitution defines our gov’t, its role and limits. When injustices or problems are identified, both houses and the states can attempt to add a component to the Constitution to correct the problem.
In the future… if constitutional issues come up… please look to someone other than Whoopie Goldberg for professional advice.
Rob’s not the only one “heavily invested in the preservation of white European culture.”
I happen to think it’s worth preserving. It IS part of our culture, after all. Immigrants (alien or otherwise) aren’t the only ones who are allowed to be proud of their heritage.
As to the issue of deportation of illegals, I’m all for that, as well.
Rule of Law means abiding by laws all of the time or ignoring laws all of the time. There is no in between.
P Boiler Maker,
I was not so much defending her as I was pointing out that she could have used a different example (as I did in an earlier post) to express her concern, one that would have not been so inflammatory.
Who blamed Sen McCain for anything? Certainly not me. If anything, as I did with Whoopi, suggested that Sen McCain find a different way of approaching the issue to avoid potential confusion. It is not his fault that Whoopi did not understand what he meant by original intent. It was a teachable moment and he could have educated her.
Avoid responsibilty? Absolutely not, you are the Captain of your own Ship, and you (the individual) are always responsible for your actions.
NJ Aviator,
The mechanics of Ammending the Constitution are understood. And, who was looking to Whoopi for constitutional advice?
Moreover, the following is in the original. Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 1. Exactly who does that apply to?
Yes, the Constitution has been ammended … from the original. That is why I asked the question, ‘what is meant by original intent?’
“Amendments ARE part of the original intent of the Constitution.”
Nope, words have meaning, and what you meant to say is that the original Constitution as written, allows for the introduction of ammendments. There is a difference.