Comedian Jokes About ‘Hos’ at Obama Fundraiser; Obama Condemns

And now, isn’t that just like Obama to first condemn Bernic Mac for his crude and sexist comments, then turn around and add with a smile and a wink — ‘I’m just messing with you …’

once again you cannot hold the canidates both mccain and obama responsible on what other people say that goes for both canidates everyone is their own person we do not have control of what other people say or think now the issuse should be who is gonna make a better president and move this country foward not what a pastor says or a comedian please people GROW UP!!!

Not funny is still not funny. Crude “humor” at the expense of one’s wife and daughter belongs nowhere, especially not at a political fundraiser. Better this shmuck should make fun of himself rather than the women around him.

Mr. Obama’s condemnation was less than enthusiastic. His spox said he “does not condone these statements”. A statement to the effect that they were reprehensible would have been more accurate. He said he “believes what was said was inappropriate”. In fact the statements were sexist and demeaning to women. Tell it like it is and move on. Words do mean something.

This guy Obama is so conservative AND smarmy, I probably won’t even vote.
He’s simply a Republican masquarading as a Democrat. Once again, there really is NO realistic choice for progressives.

The joke was in poor taste. No reason to be “just messing with you”.

More disreprect of women from the Obama people. Imagine if a McCain or Clinton supporter told a black joke.

“I’m just messing with ya”!!!!! I’m outraged they way Obama treats woman.

WE NEED ANOTHER BUS!

What A Bunch of cry babies out there, Sound like a bunch of old hens to me.

What kind of nation would we have with Obama as president?
An Obamanation for sure.

The problem with Obama is he’s either fired up but not ready to go. But when he’s ready to go, he’s no longer fired up.

NObama ’08

keep making everyone happy Obama, you’ll make a great waffling democrat and stay true to party ethics.

why isn’t McCain’s bigomy story political tickers ????? Republicans chose a bigomist for their candidate, so much for conservative family values !!!!!!

You people are so completely stupid.
IndyMac Bank failed yestarday. The 2nd largest bank in US history to fail. Do have any idea what that means? The FDIC says there are 50 (50!) other banks on their list that are on the verge.
Wake up people. This election has nothing to do with skin color. Electing McCain will finish this counry off once and for all.

Wake up people!! There was no condemnation by Mr. Obama here. Mr. Obama, the future president of the united states, clearly joshed with Bernie Mac about the joke. It’s a new variation of the crazy uncle defense. Obama talked out of one side of his mouth to his zombie supporters while giving joshing reassurance to his man Bernie Mac.
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“I’m just messing with you”. (Remember, this is the same guy that just messed with us about those “Bitter, small-town voters”). Remember “I’m in favor of public financing”. But “I’m just messing with you”. This is the new Obama campaign mantra.
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I’m just messing with you. Where’s the trust in that???? Lack of trust, lack of trust.
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Hey fedup,
I think Obama has made his position on women’s issues absolutely, perfectly clear. He’s just messing with ‘em.
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Obama — he’s just messing with us.
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Fired Up,
I don’t support McCain. He’s a joke, just not quite as big of a joke as Obama has become. Hey but I’m just messing with you. Why don’t you just go ahead and feel free to speak disrepectfully about women and I’ll give it a wink.

Just one more please and I can launch a backtrace.

Seems like he could have been a bit more forceful.

well if obama really wanted to be the president for all people-he should have told the black people, because they have successfully made him the black president.
anyone who has listened to bernie mac knows his kind of humor, and obama must have known also, if bernie had done the joke and no one said anything, obama would have let it ride. but since someone said something, obama is now ready to throw bernie under the bus,
i just never thought of bernie being the type of guy who would just lay down and go under the bus so quietly.
money and fame sure does change a person.
I will wait to hear bernie’ response.

rachel,
sadly, that video has been around all of the primary season.
no one paid any attention to it.
they tried to say it was a hoax by the clinton people trying to put obama and co. in a bad light.
ANYTHING but could it be true?
I am african american, and supported sen. clinton all along.
I didn’t see any reason to vote for obama the first time. and I still don’t see one. I may go with nader or cynthia mckinney.

and the choice Obama has made in his church leadership for decades is another example he doesn’t really know what he’s doing, I’m sure he’s another who thinks church membership must mean you’re a christian, which it doesn’t

Jgaw, rk, as an african american female 33 and a college graduate I always supported Hillary too, I never knew about this I knew of his railroad of alice palmer in chicago but not this. I mean basically this amounts to beign a slumlord. If his was Bill or Hillary it would be everywhere. How sad it is indeed.

As a cons Rep – I think the best thing that can happen to the Dem party is for Obama to lose to McCain this fall. Dems will still be in control of congress, but Obama’s loss will give the true Dems a golden opportunity to take take back their party from the crazies – WAY OVERDUE!!

By itself this incident doesn’t seem serious. When combined with other issues that have surfaced, it is more disturbing.
The problem is not with the joke as much as it is with people who appreciate and tolerate such humor. A simple dismissal with a smile and wink hardly seems adequate.

Rose.
Agree, but also when this stuff hits the news as it often does, particularly in a presidential campaign – “little” eyes and ears are exposed as well as adults. This IS a big deal, that AGAIN, Obama has used poor judgement in his comment “Just Messin” after such filthy stuff. He is running for President not performing at a block party. CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE IF MCCAIN HAD REACTED THE SAME WAY?? The pile is getting larger for Obama as his polls go down – Today’s Rsmussen 43/43.

For crying out loud! Barack can’t even stand up to a comedian (or pastor). How the heck is he suppose to stand up to terrorists. Pathetic, sexist and immature. Not qualities one seeks when selecting a POTUS.

I know the difference between realistic and hypothetical. It is a hypothetical that in 2008 we will have our first black president but realistically the next President is going to be an old white guy.

And McCain had people at fundraisers talking about raping women, but we won’t hold McCain to the fire there, even though those words had been said BEFORE and could have been found with a google search. The way you pile on Obama over stupid things like this shows the true, sad nature of this race.
Grow up. He obviously doesn’t agree with the humor, much like McCain disagreed with the comments on the rape of women. Just get over it and move on.

Obama: The better you know him, the less there is to like!

Give me my democratic party back.

The Democratic Party has been bushwhacked by George W. Obama and Company. NOTE: Obama did not condemn Bernie Mac’s remarks. He joked about them. At the end of the day the real joke is Obama himself. We don’t need another yokel in the White House who has the senseless, reckless humor like his predecessor.
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Obama — just messing with you, man!!
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McCain’s tax plan gives the upper 1% tax breaks.
Obama’s tax plan gives the rest of us tax breaks.
McCain WAS going to keep us in Iraq for 50 years, until Iraq said, go home.
McCain now has no plan for Iraq.
Obama intends to use all regional forces to negotiate peace.
The joke is on the people if they let this kind of thing influence their vote. I rather doubt it,
You know why Cindi is in Vietnam?
Do you can be reminded of the only claim to fame John has, and at the same time, no one can ask her any real questions, such as how long before Johns divorce did you two start doing it?

Bruce, actually Sen. Obama says he will raise the federal income taxes on the top 5% and lower everyone else’s taxes. However, under a President Obama and the Democratic majority in both Houses of Congress, the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts will be allowed to expire. That will RAISE everyone’s taxes, not just the top 5%.
An individual with an adjusted gross income of $25,000, under the current 2008 tax code, will owe $3,349 in federal income tax. When the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire that individual’s tax liability will become $3,750. That is a $401 tax increase.
An individual with an adjusted gross income of $60,000, under the current 2008 tax code, will owe $11,344 in federal income tax. When the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire that individual’s tax liability will become $13,388. That is a $2,044 tax increase.
An individual with an adjusted gross income of $75,000, under the current 2008 tax code, will owe $15,094 in federal income tax. When the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire that individual’s tax liability will become $17,931. That is a $2,837 tax increase.
The Democrats WILL allow the Bush tax cuts to expire and VEHEMENTLY DENY that they have raised everyone’s taxes. Then they will implement their own tax cuts which will sound great on paper, but will be a NET TAX HIKE.

“I’m just messing with you.”
Boy, this guy just can’t take a principled stand on anything, can he?
And, he sounds soooooo presidential.

Obama 08′
quit it with your nonsense.
McCain is an idiot.

Westcoast I think that will be a very effective campaign slogan for obama!
Just Messin’ With You Man!”
Catchy aint it?

katmandu
that is nothing compared to what mccain called his wife–want to talk about disrespect….wow

This is going out of control. this is the US and we still have the right to do or listen to jokes without meaning harm to the ladies or women or guys. Come on people! women are taking things out of proportion. we saw women and wives standing by their men even in the most disgrasful moments but soon someone else say a workd they scream feminist.

Hey Leche,
You don’t get it. Jokes about hos have no place in a presidential campaign. Never have, never will. Instead, Obama acted to appease Bernie Mac for Mac’s inappropriateness. Appeasement in an act of a weakling. Obama is a weak man, and not of Presidential caliber. End of story.
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Obama — I’m just messin’ with ya’, man!
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Lighten up people, it was only a JOKE.

Maybe the best thing for Obama and his followers to do is leave United States along with his un-American wife of his and go to the moon

Obama is old news. He is so stale.

Omigod, I can’t believe how fired up the MSM and the readers get about the little stuff. This is little stuff. I want to know why Obama voted to eviscerate the 4th Amendment. I want to know why McCain couldn’t even bother to vote. And I want to know why no one is addressing the failure of the free market theory. . . I could care less what Bernie Mac says. I could care less what Jesse Jackson says. Whatever happened to the 4th estate? Did that get buried under Shock and Awe?

Did Michelle laugh, or did she say that it hurts her children to hear such words? I wonder if she will speak out …

tess
i am with you on this one—but what can you expect from little minds—they probably act the same way with neighbors cannot stay away from the nonsense

ballsloose As an African American female I can tell you why its okay for bernie mac to say that and not don Imus plain and simple double standard and it sickens my stomach. There has been a lot of double standards going on here. whats the difference between a shock joc and comedian(not much). Its also the reason its okay for obama to call his grandma a typical white person, but bill/Hillary get nailed to the cross for saying jesse jackson also won south carolina and that there were more people involved in the civil rights than martin luther king jr.. like LBJ. Double standard pure and simple and people are so star struck they can see the forest for the trees.

You cannot claim you are offended by Obama’s judgement when MCain reacted indifferently to much fouler langauge about Hillary and uttered a far fouler joke himself. That is hypocrisy, pure and simple.

For all you liberals who think this issue is not important, you are missing the point. This “news” organization has two different articles up on this same minor joke told by a comdedian. But when you try and post about a joke that came straight from the mouth of John McCain, these smart folks delete it. If you read this, come back in a minute. It will probalby be gone. The joke is on us.

ricky,
I don’t support, nor will i try to defend john mccain and any of his vulgarity.
but the real test for any who post here,
is to stay on topic.
the article was about obama and bernie mac.
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so when obama came out and told bernie told bernie off. and then said -i’m
just messing with you man.
so he was obama was really making fun of the audience-with his fake disdain.

Tess, the free market works just fine IF the politicians don’t interfere. For example, the slumping housing market should be left alone. When the prices drop enough people will start buying again. And then there is energy. The politicians and environmentalists have interferred with the cost of energy for decades by restricting the building of nuclear plants, banning offshore drilling, blocking oil companies from drilling in areas in which they already have leases. The free market is not allowed to work when you place too many restrictions on it.

Anon, I interpret “I’m just messing with you” as being synonymous with “just kidding.”

“I’m just messing with you.”
Depends on the tone of voice,
facial expression and the
context – can clearly mean
I kid you not, I’m serious.
“I’m messing with you,” would
have been better.

The polls clearly reflect the disappointment people have with Obama. It is hard to believe in a year that the Democrats should CLEARLY be so far ahead that Dean/Pelosi could have messed things up so bad. Dems, call me when you get your act together!

Has it occurred to you, self-appointed judges and juries, that “just messing with you, man” is an oxiom in the black community for “I am not messing around with you, I mean what I am saying”? What was Senator Obama’s demeanor when he said that?? was he laughing and playing punching the comidian? Was he stern? Body language is important, you know?
Of course those who do not like Senator Obama for whatever reasons will jump at anything to bring him down. I truely believe these people just cannot stand the fact that a man who is black has been so successful in his 46 years of life. (I call that attitude bigotry and racism). Obviously at 46, McCain was not all that sucessful, he ran for President in 2000 at the age of 63. Now, eight later, he is again running, only now he is 71, soon to turn 72. A previous article states the comidian did not stay on course for such events and decided to make the fundraiser about HIMSELF. I am sure Senator Obama was not expecting what transpired. Reminds me of the comidian Roseanne being invited to sing the National Anthem at a ballgame; what she did was was extremely inappropriate and disgusting. Looks like these comidians have no integrity whatsoever and don’t understand that such things as ballgams and fundraisers dictate different behavior from that at the Las Vegas casinos.

National polls: Obama 48%, McCain 40%

NinaK, I can only speak for myself. As a staunch conservative Republican, I oppose Sen. Obama based solely on his ideology. Regular readers of this blog know that I was hoping that Dr. Condoleezza Rice would run for president. But she chose not to run. I am still hoping that Sen. McCain will be able to convince her to be his running mate.
Now as for your comment, “…that these people just cannot stand the fact that a man who is black has been so successful…,” it is ironic that many in the African-American community feel this way towards any African-American man or woman who is successful BUT who is ALSO a conservative Republican.

NinaK, the McLaughlin poll (06/26 – 06/29) has Sen. Obama up by 8 points. I don’t know if this is the poll to which you referred, but three of the latest polls have the following:
Rsamussen Tracking (07/11 – 07/13) – Sen. Obama up by 1 point, 47-46;
Gallup Tracking (07/10 – 07/12) – Sen. Obama up by 3 points, 46-43;
Newsweek (07/09 – 07/10) – Sen. Obama up by 3 points, 44-41.
When you factor in the slumping housing market, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, the sky rocketing cost of gasoline, the hit that the economy is taking overall, and the unpopularity of the Battle of Iraq, one would think Sen. Obama should be ahead by 20-25 points. Could it be that the American electorate is actually beginning to blame the Democratic controlled Congress for some of the domestic problems? Is it just coincidence that the downturn to our economy began after the Democrats took control of Congress on January 2007?

Barack, you already lost another million women voters…and no, sweetie, we “ain’t just messing with you”!