Racist Fox News host Julie Banderas refers to Obama as a: "Halfrican" (He's a Halfrican anyway)
Taylor
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130014
On the February 10 edition of Fox News' Red Eye, Fox News host Julie
Banderas referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as a "Halfrican." Obama
is the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from
Kansas. Host Greg Gutfeld asked Banderas, who said she is of Colombian
descent, "[D]o minorities hate other minorities?" Banderas responded:
"I have something in common with Obama, and I don't even know what the
big deal is. He's a Halfrican anyway, so I'm not really quite sure why
the Asians and the Hispanics have no -- you know, have a problem with
him."
Banderas hosts The Big Story Weekend on Fox News and regularly guest-
hosts other programs on the network. Conservative media figures such
as radio hosts Rush Limbaugh and Brian Sussman have also used the term
"Halfrican" to describe Obama. Sussman later apologized for using the
term.
From the February 10 edition of Fox News' Red Eye:
GREG GUTFELD (host): Now check out this, there's a white guy in this
actually doing a black power salute somewhere. There it is. I mean,
what are you doing?
[crosstalk]
GUTFELD: I don't know who he is. I don't know who that is. Greg
Wilson, do you know who that is?
WILSON: I have no idea who that is. You know, personally, I was
offended that it was in black-and-white.
GUTFELD: Really?
BILL SCHULZ (Fox News contributor): I think we're past that, you're
right.
WILSON: I was like, what about the Mexican vote? What about the Asian
votes? It's just for blacks and whites?
BANDERAS: That's why they didn't vote for him.
GUTFELD: That's true, I was going to get to that. They really -
apparently that was the - do minorities hate other minorities? You're
a minority.
BANDERAS: Latinos and Asians --
SCHULZ: Half of her.
BANDERAS: Well, because I think it's a -- well, I have something in
common with Obama, and I don't even know what the big deal is. He's a
Halfrican anyway, so I'm not really quite sure why the Asians and the
Hispanics have no -- you know, have a problem with him.
SCHULZ: What does that make you? A Halombian?
BANDERAS: A Halfrilombian. A Halfricanlombian.
GUTFELD: What are you?
SCHULZ: Colombian.
BANDERAS: I'm half Colombian, half American.
SCHULZ: Greg, we all know she's Colombian.
Taylor
Laura Ingraham on Al Sharpton's visit to the White House: "I hope they
nailed down all the valuables"
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130013
On the February 13 edition of her nationally syndicated radio show,
discussing the February 12 Black History Month event at the White
House, host Laura Ingraham noted that "[President Bush] welcomed
[Rev.] Al Sharpton to the White House," and added: "I hope they nailed
down all the valuables." Ingraham then aired an audio clip of a
portion of Bush's comments at the event and remarked, referring to
Sharpton: "I can't believe they let him through the front door there
at Black History Month."
From the February 13 edition of Talk Radio Network's The Laura
Ingraham Program:
INGRAHAM: Oh, did anyone see President Bush at the White House? This
was interesting: He was celebrating African-American History Month,
and he made that comment, saying, you know, "People shouldn't play
around or -- with nooses," and that was clearly a reference to, you
know, all the problem that, you know, appearance of nooses has caused
in this country. And he talked about that. And then, he welcomed Al
Sharpton to the White House. I hope they nailed down all the
valuables.
[begin audio clip]
BUSH: Yes, sir. Reverend Al Sharpton and his wife Dominique. Reverend,
it's good to see you.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Daughter!
BUSH: Daughter! Daughter!
[audience laughter]
BUSH: I don't get 'em right all the time. But thank you for coming.
And Dominique, you're sure a lot prettier than your father.
[end audio clip]
INGRAHAM: He kind of digs -- he digs himself deeper and deeper. Well,
you never know with these newfangled marriages. You know, people are
30- or 40-year age difference -- you don't know who's who anymore.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lame-duck president, but never too late for a Bush-
ism.
INGRAHAM: No. Never too late for, you know, a moment of humor. I can't
believe they let him in the front door there at Black History Month.
Oh my -- couldn't they find other people to invite to the White House,
I mean, this is just legitimizing Al Sharpton. What is that?
[begin audio clip]
BUSH: Reverend Al Sharpton and his wife Dominique. Reverend, it's good
to see you.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Daughter!
BUSH: Daughter! Daughter!
[audience laughter]
[end audio clip]
INGRAHAM: Oh, God, no. It's just -- this is why, you know, we're gonna
miss President Bush. It's just very sad. There's an interesting piece
in The New York Times -- serious matter -- about the surge.
Taylor
speeches by Hitler and Obama
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802130016
On the February 11 broadcast of Fox News Radio's Tom Sullivan Show,
host Tom Sullivan took a call from a listener who stated: "Listening
to [Sen. Barack] Obama ... it harkens back to when I was younger and I
used to watch those deals with [Nazi dictator Adolf] Hitler, how he
would excite the crowd and they'd come to their feet and scream and
yell." Sullivan replied: "Oh, yeah, yeah ... I presume you're not
saying he's Hitler, but I understand your point." Following the
commercial break, Sullivan stated the caller "wasn't calling Barack
Obama Hitler. He was just talking about how Hitler got the crowd all
excited, and Barack Obama got the crowd all excited." Sullivan then
stated that he would do a "side-by-side comparison" of a Hitler speech
and an Obama speech. Sullivan then introduced the "comparison" by
stating: "So, ladies and gentlemen, from the past, a little archive, a
little walk down Der Fuehrer's memory lane. Here he is, the one, the
only, Adolf Hitler!" Sullivan proceeded to play a clip of a Hitler
speech, followed by Obama's February 9 speech at the Jefferson-Jackson
dinner in Richmond, Virginia. Sullivan mimicked the crowd during both
speeches, yelling, "Yay! Yay!"
Following Sullivan's "comparison," a listener called in to say: "I
resent the fact that you would compare -- I am a black man -- you
would compare Barack Obama to Hitler, because we need leaders that can
inspire us, to hope for the future. We need people like him." Sullivan
replied: "I love his speech." The caller then asked: "Then why would
you bring Hitler in on it?" Sullivan responded: "I didn't. The caller
brought Hitler in on it. The caller said he sounds like Hitler." The
upset caller responded: "Well, why would you even pick it up? It's
denigrating his character." Sullivan replied: "No, it's not." Sullivan
later stated: "Well, I understand that Hitler is hated by, and should
be, by most everybody in civilized society. ... But the point being,
you must remember something. Adolf Hitler was able to gather a country
of people and get them excited about whatever it was that he was
talking to them about. He was a very fiery, enigmatic -- I'm not sure
-- I mean, he was -- I mean, he really got the people all thrilled,
and I'm sitting there going,' I hadn't thought about him being
associated in any way with Clint' -- and I asked the guy, I said, 'Are
you saying that Obama is like Hitler?' And he said, 'No, it's the
speaking style, that's all.' And the speaking style is actually kind
of similar." Before Sullivan ended the segment, he stated: "All right,
we won't play Hitler any more, then." But Sullivan then pleaded: "One
time -- oh, come on, one more time? Can I, please, one more time? Just
one more time? Then I won't do it again." He then added: "Until the
next time."
According to his bio on FoxNews.com, Sullivan "been a regular fill-in
for the most listened to talk show in the world, The Rush Limbaugh
Program, for a number of years" and "now anchors the 10AM-Noon
(Eastern Time) show on the FOX Business Network."
Media Matters for America has previously documented numerous other
examples of conservative media figures comparing progressives to
Nazis. For example, on December 13, 2007, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly
responded to guest Jane Hall's assertion that actor Tim Robbins, who
was campaigning for John Edwards, made "valid" criticisms of the media
by stating: "But [Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim] Von Ribbentrop in the
Nazi hierarchy made valid points, Jane." O'Reilly has also claimed
there is "no difference between" the Nazis and progressive blog Daily
Kos. On January 11, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage
declared that Media Matters is "run by a bunch of fascist homosexuals.
They're the brownshirts of our time." In April 2007, Savage also
called a speech by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "Hitler dialogue."
From the second hour of the February 11 broadcast of Fox News Radio's
Tom Sullivan Show:
CALLER: Listening to Obama, and what I've seen on TV. I'm 65 years
old, and it harkens back when I was younger and I used to watch those
deals with Hitler, how he would excite the crowd and they'd come to
their feet and scream and yell.
SULLIVAN: Oh yeah, yeah.
CALLER: And I don't think -- I can't think of any other politician
that has excited them as much as he has.
SULLIVAN: He -- I presume you're not saying he's a Hitler, but I
understand your point.
CALLER: Right. He's exciting the people, he's igniting them, and are
they even thinking about what he's saying?
SULLIVAN: No. Because I'll tell you, if you listen to him, he sounds
-- how can you argue with a guy who says he's for hope, he's for a
great America, he's for a great country, we're great people. We can do
anything we want, you can be anything you want.
CALLER: Yep, and he ain't telling them to get off their seats and go
do it themselves.
SULLIVAN: I know -- well, we -- don't now -- don't ruin a good story
with trying to get the details. No, I understand your point, [caller].
You're absolutely right. The details will have to come out. We'll be
right back.
[...]
SULLIVAN: For those of you who heard the call from the guy in Texas
who said that Barack Obama reminds him of Hitler, well, I take up the
challenge. You decide for yourself. Here is -- oh-oh, one minute, OK,
we got -- we need -- I thought you were signaling that you were ready.
We're putting -- we're finding -- we have had to go to our global
resources now, to find out of our German file a speech or two from Der
Fuehrer and find out -- I have no idea what he was saying in this
speech, but we'll see. I wonder what -- if it sounds at all like -- I
mean, he wasn't calling Barack Obama Hitler. He was just talking about
how Hitler got the crowd all excited, and Barack Obama got the crowd
all excited. Let's take a phone call and we'll come back and we'll see
if we can do a little side-by-side comparison.
[...]
SULLIVAN: But they certainly knew the Republicans were spending more
than they possibly should have. Let's take a short break and come
back. No, no, can we get this in now? OK. Before the break, a caller
just before the bottom of the hour said that Barack Obama's speech
reminds him of hearing the speeches of Adolf Hitler. So, ladies and
gentlemen, from the past, a little archive, a little walk down Der
Fuehrer's memory lane. Here he is, the one, the only, Adolf Hitler.
[audio clip of Hitler speech]
SULLIVAN: Yay! Yay! All right, great. I don't know what he said.
Here's Barack Obama.
[audio clip of Obama speech]
SULLIVAN: Yay!
[audio clip of Hitler speech]
SULLIVAN: Yay!
[...]
SULLIVAN: Now we're getting -- now we're getting requests -- we're
kind of like the Top 40 music station. We're getting requests for
different speeches that were being played. Yes, just name your speech,
and we will see if we can play it for you, the Top 40 speech.
[...]
SULLIVAN: Back to the phones we go. [Caller] in Columbus, Ohio. Hi,
[caller]. How have you been?
CALLER: I am here. Thank you for the opportunity to be on the show.
SULLIVAN: You bet.
CALLER: I resent the fact that you would compare -- I am a black man
--
SULLIVAN: Yes, sir.
CALLER: -- you would compare Barack Obama to Hitler, because we need
leaders that can inspire us, to hope for the future. We need people
like him.
SULLIVAN: I love the -- I love his speech. I told you I sat there and
I went -- I'm going -- I'm listening to his speech --
CALLER: Why would you bring Hitler in on it?
SULLIVAN: I didn't. The caller brought Hitler in on it. The caller
said he sounds like Hitler.
CALLER: Well, why would you even pick it up? It's denigrating his
character.
SULLIVAN: No, it's not.
CALLER: Well, Hitler has nothing to do with what is right and
honorable and what the country should be looking forward to. And I
believe this, I believe that the intellect of Barack Obama is strong
enough to bring in a cabinet and to surround himself with men who can
-- can run -- help him run this country. No president has everything,
all the knowledge needed, but his intellect to be able to bring men
into his cabinet who can steer this country, is what it's all about,
and I think he's got the intelligence to do it.
SULLIVAN: Who are you for?
CALLER: I -- actually, I happen to be a Republican because of my
morals. But I believe that Barack Obama -- I don't like McCain, I
really don't.
SULLIVAN: Yeah, you don't -- yeah.
CALLER: I don't like McCain, I really don't. But Barack Obama, I would
vote for him because I believe that he has some level facts about his
thinking, but I'm thinking that he would be a good president to
inspire us for the future and equality for everybody.
SULLIVAN: Are you sure you're not a seminar caller? We had one a few
minutes ago.
CALLER: No, I have not ever been on your show before.
SULLIVAN: We had -- no, we had a different caller, but I'm just going,
are you guys all coming from the Barack Obama seminar on how to call
talk shows and talk good about him?
CALLER: I am a truck driver running the road right now through
Harrisburg, and I got a Sirius Radio that I was listening to. But I
just said that I had to call because I resent the fact that you're
picking up on that thing with Hitler.
SULLIVAN: Well, I understand that Hitler is hated by, and should be,
by most everybody in civilized society.
CALLER: Yes, even you. Even you.
SULLIVAN: But the point being, you must remember something. Adolf
Hitler was able to gather a country of people and get them excited
about whatever it was that he was talking to them about. He was a very
fiery, enigmatic -- I'm not sure -- I mean, he was -- I mean, he
really got the people all thrilled, and I'm sitting there going, "I
hadn't thought about him being associated in any way with Clint" --
and I asked the guy, I said, "Are you saying that Obama is like
Hitler?" And he said, "No, it's the speaking style, that's all." And
the speaking style is actually kind of similar.
CALLER: But part of being a good leader and a motivating leader is to
be able to inspire people. That's part of being a good leader.
SULLIVAN: Yeah, Oh, yeah.
CALLER: -- denigrating because you have --
SULLIVAN: I think -- don't you think I've made a very good point of
the difference between his leadership speaking style and Ms. Clinton's
speaking style?
CALLER: Yeah, I think you do. If you had left Hitler out of it, you'd
have had a perfect show.
SULLIVAN: All right, we won't play Hitler any more, then.
CALLER: Oh, I --
SULLIVAN: One time -- oh, come on, one more time? Can I, please, one
more time? Just one more time? Then I won't do it again.
CALLER: Well, sure, but I think --
SULLIVAN: Until the next time.
CALLER: -- some in the audience that don't appreciate that --
SULLIVAN: All right, all right. I'll take your cautionary words in
stride. I appreciate it, thanks, [caller]. Short break. We'll be right
back.
GhostofFDR
>>used to watch those deals with [Nazi dictator Adolf] Hitler, how he
>>would excite the crowd and they'd come to their feet and scream and
>>yell." Sullivan replied: "Oh, yeah, yeah ... I presume you're not
>>saying he's Hitler, but I understand your point." Following the
>>commercial break, Sullivan stated the caller "wasn't calling Barack
>>Obama Hitler. He was just talking about how Hitler got the crowd all
>>excited, and Barack Obama got the crowd all excited.
You know I use to think the same thing with all those canned
'townhall' meetings and rehersed press conferences with Bush and the
crowds would get in a froth of clapping and praise. Very Hitler/Nazi
like. The people were scared and not natural.
At least with Obama people are natural uncluding many republicans who
like him and have donated money to him.
Thanatos
<27c90fbd-331e-41c4...@v17g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
GhostofFDR <ghost...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You know I use to think the same thing with all those canned
> 'townhall' meetings and rehersed press conferences with Bush and the
> crowds would get in a froth of clapping and praise. Very Hitler/Nazi
> like. The people were scared and not natural.
You're kidding me, right? Scared? Scared of what? Why would they even be
at the townhall meeting if they were scared? Do you actually think Bush
campaign staffers went and dragged people out of their homes at
gunpoint, took them out a down to the speech site and told them to clap
and smile or they'd be murdered or something?
FDR
They probably told them they would be investigated and detained in
Guantanamo as enemy combatants if they didn't participate.
Kevin Cunningham
> In article
> <27c90fbd-331e-41c4-ab9a-2e7746e5e...@v17g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>
> GhostofFDR <ghostof...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > You know I use to think the same thing with all those canned
> > 'townhall' meetings and rehersed press conferences with Bush and the
> > crowds would get in a froth of clapping and praise. Very Hitler/Nazi
> > like. The people were scared and not natural.
>
> You're kidding me, right? Scared? Scared of what? Why would they even be
> at the townhall meeting if they were scared? Do you actually think Bush
> campaign staffers went and dragged people out of their homes at
> gunpoint, took them out a down to the speech site and told them to clap
> and smile or they'd be murdered or something?
Bush's crowds were hand selected by Rove and the boys. They were
picked for their repug fervor. There were no open, town hall meetings
(meatings?), every attendee had an admition card.
Thanatos
<59826d21-f01e-4c01...@z17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
Kevin Cunningham <sms...@mindspring.com> wrote:
Then why would they be scared? You conspiracy kooks can't even keep your
stories straight.
Oh, and I hope you know that the campaigns for *every* candidate
cherry-pick the audiences. It's hardly something limited only to
Republicans and it's been going on a *lot* longer than the current
administration.
Thanatos
FDR <nos...@asdfkdskkl.com> wrote:
Yeah, sure, skippy. Tighten down that tinfoil hat of yours. The rays are
leaking in again.
trotsky
Yeah--Gitmo has been the epitome of fairness. It doesn't deserve any
ridicule at all.
Thanatos
trotsky <gms...@email.com> wrote:
Ridiculing Guantanamo isn't the issue. The idea that people were forced
to come to a Bush campaign rally and smile and clap or be sent there is
what's idiotic.
trotsky
It's hyperbole--it's not meant to be taken literally. Only a mirthless
loser would think that.
Thanatos
trotsky <gms...@email.com> wrote:
Sure thing, whatever you say, chief.
David Johnston
Hyperbole is primarily useful for making those who use it look like
idiots.
trotsky
That's just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard you say.
Ubiquitous
>You know I use to think the same thing with all those canned
>'townhall' meetings and rehersed press conferences with Bush and the
>crowds would get in a froth of clapping and praise. Very Hitler/Nazi
Ain't Godwin's Law a bitch?