"Very Positive": Fox News' Smear Of "Vile Rapper" Common Debunked By Own Reporting
May 10, 2011 4:07 pm ET by Eric Hananoki
Conservatives such as Fox News, the Daily Caller and Sarah Palin are criticizing the White House's invitation to rapper Common for a poetry event over the purported vulgarity of his lyrics. Fox Nation, for instance, called Common a "vile rapper."
But roughly half-a-year ago, Fox News had a different tone about Common. In an October 2010 report for FoxNews.com, reporter Jason Robinson interviewed the "rap legend" and told him, "your music is very positive. And you're known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?"
Common replied that it's a "significant role. I just try to show who we are as well-rounded people and I'm happy to be known as the conscious artist."
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Others have debunked the silly outrage over Common's invite. The Huffington Post's Jason Linkins writes that Common is "not what I consider to be a 'gangsta rapper' or particularly prone to any of hip-hop's legendary excesses. In fact, it was these excesses - 'poppin glocks servin rocks and hittin switches' -- that Common famously criticized in perhaps his most famous song, 'I Used To Love H.E.R.'" The Atlantic's Conor Friedersdorf, meanwhile, notes that there's a tradition of previous White Houses hosting people with purportedly controversial lyrics.
Because a reporter for Fox News, one reporter, a single reporter, at Fox News did a write-up on a singer and phrased a question as ""your music is very positive. And you're known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?", that that means all of Fox News and all Republicans agreed with THAT preface to THAT particular question by THAT particular reporter that Common's music was very positive. All Republicans were very positive on Common before he was invited to the White House, after which they completely changed their minds on him and decided he was a vile rapper.
Let's all pretend for a moment that a rapper can't say things in his lyrics that are on the one hand 'very positive' and on the other 'very vile'.
Let's all pretend this isn't very deceptive reporting by Eric Hananoki, too.
All of a sudden, Common is a vile stain on humanity. If his lyrics are so frightening and destructive and dangerous, it seems like he would have warranted attention BEFORE this. However, the only attention he's ever received from Fox for his dangerous lyrics was positive.
Obama is holding this singer up not front and center by having him appear at the White House. That gives him a higher profile and thus also subject to scrutiny where none was simply not warranted as much before. Most people who don't prefer rap music don't go seeking out vile lyrics so they can be outraged. But it's fair to be outraged when a rapper with a history of vile lyrics is invited to the White House even if you didn't know about him or his lyrics previously.
Non sequitur argument you guys are making.
Ruby's last statement was categorically false, congero. It couldn't be great unless you assign greatness to falsehoods. It was not "absolutely correct". It was not even close to being correct at all.
Fox News did not make a positive comment about his most dangerous lyrics.
You guys really are on board with the Fox News sabotage meme going on here that David Brock told us about, that to fight effectively you have to be just as dishonest as they are, even more so if need be, arent't you?
I was thinking of making something like an interactive verb wheel to show the mechanical, predictable ways in which their dishonest ideas/words chain together.
But then I realised that I could simplify it, and explain their entire ideology with This One Picture.
Guest Exposes Fox's "Absolutely Ridiculous" Logic On Common Invite
But when guest Keli Goff, a political analyst and contributor to TheRoot.com, pointed out during tonight's On the Record that conservatives have embraced artists like Kid Rock -- whose offensive lyrics haven't kept Sarah Palin from praising him -- Fox's outrage was exposed for what it is: selective and decidedly hypocritical.
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Dishonesty? YOU talk of dishonesty? You who stole from another blogger talks about dishonesty? The nerve. You plagirized a post found on the wehateAmerica website is talking about dishonesty? We should listen to YOU lecture us about honesty when you don't show it. lol. I guess you still want to see Obamas kindergarten transcripts too. Keep it up and you'll show your sheet again bircher.
Eric Hananoki should seek out one New Jersey State trooper to see if he ever said he liked listening to Common's music, then he could say the concerns of the other troopers have been nullified and debunked by one of their own employees.
It's amazing to me you guys don't see how ridiculous this article is.
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hoosier is not telling the whole story. No surprise.
If you're trying to say their outrage is racist, go ahead and say that. You seem to be dancing all around that, why not state what it is you are saying, because whatever your point is, it's not coming across very well.
A Song For Assata
(Common)
In the Spirit of God.
In the Spirit of the Ancestors.
In the Spirit of the Black Panthers.
In the Spirit of Assata Shakur.
We make this movement towards freedom
for all those who have been oppressed, and all those in the struggle.
Yeah. yo, check it-
There were lights and sirens, gunshots firin
Cover your eyes as I describe a scene so violent
Seemed like a bad dream, she laid in a blood puddle
Blood bubbled in her chest, cold air brushed against open flesh
No room to rest, pain consumed each breath
Shot twice wit her hands up
Police questioned but shot before she answered
One Panther lost his life, the other ran for his
Scandalous the police were as they kicked and beat her
Comprehension she was beyond, tryna hold on
to life. She thought she'd live with no arm
that's what it felt like, got to the hospital, eyes held tight
They moved her room to room-she could tell by the light
Handcuffed tight to the bed, through her skin it bit
Put guns to her head, every word she got hit
'Who shot the trooper?' they asked her
Put mace in her eyes, threatened to blast her
Her mind raced till things got still
Opened her eyes, realized she's next to her best friend who got killed
She got chills, they told her: that's where she would be next
Hurt mixed wit anger-survival was a reflex
They lied and denied visits from her lawyer
But she was buildin as they tried to destroy her
If it wasn't for this german nurse they woulda served her worse
I read this sister's story, knew that it deserved a verse
I wonder what would happen if that woulda been me?
For those interested in reading the whole poem;
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You're doing what this website wants you to do, though.
I don't believe you for a second.
It's obvious congero and hoopvillain do.
hoosier is a racist
ergo hoosier hates hoosier
righChrist can't explain why people are racists
ergo rightChrist is a sleazy racebaiter
I would kindly suggest that you are the one who should seek help.
Right. So, once again you admit that you are really just wasting everyone's time. Anything to avoid the actual topic. Got it.
Limbaugh's "Theory": Obama Thinks America Needs "Taken Down A Peg" Because Of Its "Slave Past"
Limbaugh Suggests Holder Considers "His People" To Be The "New Black Panthers"
Proof of your obsession with race-baiting.
You need to call people racists.
It is what sustains you.
It's only being brought up because congero is obsessed with race and brings it into every thread no matter if it's the topic or not.
All anyone has to say is "OMG, this is all about not liking a black man in the White House" and congero springs into action.
Disagree that the off=topic issue he just brought up, race, and it's the opportunity he and you seek to call that person a racist. Then get that person to defend themselves from being a racist. The 'when did you stop beating your wife' strategy. So boring, so repetitious, so predictable, yet you guys still think you're being clever.
My point is it's fair to criticize the choice of having Common appear at the White House, and it's not debunking those criticisms for Fox News simply because one reporter who writes about music paid him a compliment in an interview six months ago.
What is your disagreement with certain people having dislike for some of Common's more controversial lyrics?
If you want to agree with Eric Hananoki, why don't you go ahead and do it and say that the way he argued his point is a valid and sound argument?
You are so full of it. I can read:
"your music is very positive. And you're known as the conscious rapper. How important is that to you, and how important do you think that is to our kids?"
Common replied that it's a "significant role. I just try to show who we are as well-rounded people and I'm happy to be known as the conscious artist."
That from the article above with video. Then again I'll take Maya Angelou's word over yours and Faux Nation any day.
And, for the record, Angelou has praised Common. According to the Chicago Defender, she said recently: "I wanted to speak about Common, who is extremely uncommon. When I first heard him, I knew he was rare. I thought, my goodness, this young man...hello. So good, so talented, well raised. When I met his mother, I understood much. I will always support him. I know that I stand on the shoulders of great men and women. And I know there are young men and women who stand upon my shoulders."
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And no I have never listened to Ted Nugent. Did Great White Buffalo come out before or after he threatened the Presdient and a democractic member of congress and received support from Sarah Palin and sean Hannity?
I'd like to ask you what point you think you're proving.
Do you think because Jason Robinson said that then, that now that Common has been invited to the White House, no one else at Fox should be allowed to express their concerns or any opinion differing from a music reporter who works for Fox?
Do you think that Maya Angelou's overall opinion of Common being positive means he shouldn't be criticized for any of lyrics, even the ones she didn't specifically address in that opinion?
I suppose a particular quote from Lee Atwater will be coming along right about now from you.
loved your comment about being an African American and liking a black rapper. Yep that was the reason I support him alright. lol. I like it when you try and patronize then expose your sheet.
Between the two of us, the person here with race issues isn't me.
IF "expressing their concerns" were ALL Fox Noise/right-wing was doing, it wouldn't be a problem.
But THAT is NOT what Fox/right-wing is doing.
I know, YOU know it and most people who have a little common sense KNOW IT!!
The Fox Noise/right-wing theme, since the moment Obama was elected president was to paint Obama as the "scary Black man with scary militant Black friends who want to pay White folks back for slavery".
Rapper Common is simply ANOTHER "invent a scandal" brought to you by the Fox Noise/GOP/right-wing because nothing scares some White folks like imagining Black folks with a lot of power!
Saying "I know, YOU know it and most people who have a little common sense KNOW IT!!" with two exclamation points at the end tells me you think it's the case and it should be obvious, but it's not clear enough that you can make any kind of a case for it, but if I don't agree with you, it's because I'm the one that doesn't have any common sense'.
Jay Carney just said Obama opposes the kind of lyrics that Fox News was critical of, so Obama obviously is in agreement with them on that criticism.
Weak? of course it's "weak" IF you CHOOSE to ignore the obvious.
One of the reasons race is such a hard issue for folks like yourself to understand is because unless some White person yells out the "N" word, you can't and don't see racism when it's staring you in the face.
Do we as African Americans sometimes overreact when it comes to racism? Absolutely!
But when it happens again, and again, AND again, you run out of plausible reasons why something is happening. And in the case of the right-wing, the 24/7/365 criticize ANYTHING Obama becomes MORE than just criticism of a Democratic president.
Is the entire right-wing racists? NO! But the right-wing KNOWS what works. And they KNOW their are plenty of folks within their 90% White party that fears Black folks. So they NEVER miss an opportunity to play upon their party's fear.
The HISTORY of the right-wing is something ANYONE can read about if they care to take the time. So then you add in the Southern Strategy that has finally been publicly acknowledged, it becomes one more factor. And when you look back over the Obama presidency, read the public comments by right-wing talk radio and their public relations firm aka Fox Noise, a CLEAR pattern emerges.
President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Rev. Wright, Van Jones, The New Black Panthers, Attorney General Eric Holder and others have ALL been headline news with a racial slant applied to all.
But let's take a look at another Obama White House invitee, Paul McCartney.
Did YOU know McCarthy co-wrote a song with the lyrics, "I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man."? And in another of his compositions depicts a serial murder on a killing spree that involves bludgeoning a teacher to death with a hammer. He also wrote a song that glorified the Soviet Union at the height of its Cold War power?
And did YOU know Bush revealed in an interview, some of his favorite illegally downloaded songs, including one with the lyrics, "Such a dirty mind..I always get it up..for the touch..of the younger kind."?
ANY right-wing outrage? NO WAY!
Even when President Obama made the gutsy call on OBL, the right-wing couldn't give HIM praise without adding Bush deserved credit. Knowing full well IF the mission had turned sour ALL of their blame would have been directed ONLY towards President Obama.
IF Fox Noise was ONLY critical of a few lyrics, it should be a simple 1/2 day story. But Fox Noise wants to help- the right-wing by making a simple 1/2 day story into a week criticism of President Obama.
It's their pattern if you care to look.
"Listened to Amboy Dukes": Liberals' Smear Of "Chickenhawk" Ted Nugent Debunked By Own Admission
But if you think for one minute that had a Republican president, namely one George W. Bush, had invited Ted Nugent to the White House and it wouldn't have been met with strong, hysterical criticism from Dems/progs/liberals/leftists, then I would have to say you are a seriously ill-informed individual.
"...Incidentally, was Rove manning the vetting desk when President Bush invited “the Prince of Darkness” Ozzy Osbourne to dinner at the White House in 2002? Not only has Osbourne bit the heads off multiple animals, he was sued twice for his song “Suicide Solution” after two teenagers took their lives..."
and
Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons even pointed out that he sent rappers from his Def Poetry Jam Broadway show to Bush’s White House. “[The right-wing] didn’t say nothing,” he noted, adding “There’s nothing that Common could say that was more critical of the U.S. government than all the poets of my Broadway show. It won a Tony.”
"...But the difference now is there’s an African American in the White House — one who also has been labeled a “thug” and, as the American Prospect’s Adam Serwer notes, has “spent the last few years facing accusations of covert black militancy from Republicans.” Thus, for the right-wing, a meeting of two “thugs” must a “faux-scandal” make..."
"...Common responded with this posting on Facebook:
Politics is politics and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I respect that. The one thing that shouldn’t be questioned is my support for the police officers and troops that protect us every day. Peace yall!..."
and to clarify your comment from Carney
"...Today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that while Obama opposes some of Common’s lyrics, he is still standing by his invitation of the rapper. “He’s known as a socially conscious hip hop artist or rapper, who in fact, has done, a lot of good things,” offered Carney. “You can oppose some of what he’s done and appreciate some of the other things he’s done.”
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Not exactly what you represented and tell us again how you think the New York Times is a leftist paper.
Obama stood by Reverend Wright, too.
For a while, anyway.
Right. So, once again, you have no facts. You simply "feel" a certain way. Or, you think everyone behaves as you do. Do you really need me to find you the artists that G-Dub had to his White House without the freak-out? Or, would you even let reality in on your ideology in that case?
In high school, I was completely unpolitical and didn't pay attention to politics. I liked a couple of Nugent's songs when I was a stoned teenager. You couldn't pay me to listen to him today. Not just because of his politics, but due to his extreme lack of talent (lousy singer and even worse guitar player). In the interest of recycling, I now use my Meat Loaf cd's as coasters.
You can change your opinion. You can like a singer and dislike a singer and not be a hypocrite, or without debunking what you said about him later when something else happened. That's my point. That's why this kid's blog post here is wrong, especially the headline. Shameful, really. Even if was just the reporter who had changed his mind, it wouldn't be contradictory to say his music was positive and then later say say his lyrics were damaging, and potentially inflammatory, to the point of being at time negative to some people.
That's pretty much what Obama said today through Jay Carney, too.
Does Eric Hananoki think Obama's smear today debunked his prior thoughts on Common?
It's not a matter of taste but content. Fox didn't have a problem with the content of his music, and then they did. Classic hypocrisy.
Wrong, it made a lot of sense. The point which is obviously lost on you is that faux had no problem with his lyrics until Obama invited him to the White House. It is the fact that he was invited the White House that upset faux, not his lyrics. faux is completely dishonest, as usual in their criticism. hoosier, are you that dense?
"Non sequitur argument you guys are making." Back at ya!
On the surface it sounds good to you guys, but it's not sound logic.
The fact that he's being invited to the White House makes it news. You may not like that, but that's just the way it is. That point seems to be lost on you. It's easy to call someone a hypocrite, it's even easier to do it when you can link one reporter with a whole gigantic news organization to link his one comment to anything else ever said about this singer. Eric Hananoki to the easy path. The dishonest one. And you guys seem to not only saying that's ok, but swallowing it whole, too.
That's kinda sad.
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Definition of PLAGIARIZE
transitive verb
: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
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You are a theiving liar.
Here, look at it carefully. There is no author for this list and I never made a claim it was my own, never once, never pretended to. You have no idea what plagiarism is.
they'll still just keep on ignoring you.
But now you're going to stop dignifying it seems.
Way to take a stand, congero.
You are simply the man.
Wrong, the second trial was identical to the first and he was railroaded in the precise, exact same way. It wasnt until the federal court overturned the conviction as he was never going to get a fair trial in the Apartheid Republic of New Jersey.
hoosier are you that clueless? He begins his segment with "I'm James Robinson reporting for Fox News.com" The clip even has the Fox News logo on it. So, tell me how do you tell if it is Fox News or not? That doesnt make him Fox News?
Here's an example:Top Breitbart Blogger: "Remember What Rush Said About Donovan McNabb?
Media Matters Minion: ‘Breitbart Blogger’ Tweets Trash Talk About NFL Game, All Breitbart’s Fault
You see, he's not "Larry O'Connor, someone who blogs at Big Journalism.com", but "Top Breitbart Blogger". The emphasis, dishonest as it is, is that he's a top Breitbart blogger, not someone who has blogged there.
Jason Robinson reports for Fox News. Fox News does not debunk in any way, shape or form what anyone last night that comments for Fox, or reports for Fox, said about the fact, the new fact, irrespective of what Jason Robinson said six months ago, that Common was invited to the White House.
That's not what Eric Hananoki's headline said, though.
They're instructed to do that, hoopvillain. They get paid full-time salaries to do that. You obviously condone it, too. Fine, good for you, just don't think it's fooling anyone.
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Unless there was a disclaimer that the veiws of the interviewer do not reflect the views of Fox news, etc., then it is implicit that the comments an interviewer makes are, at the very least, accepted by the broadcast company, unless;
Any other commenter, representing the broadcast company, decries the statements by the interviewer as not representing the views of the company.
As far as I can tell, neither situation occurred, even today; therefore the appearance is that they agreed back then, and now they don't, with no visible transition inbetween, save that Obama has invited the rapper to the White House. Ergo, the two instances smack of hypocisy at least, and political pandering/fake outrage/racism at worst.
You have failed to provide anything contradicting this.
And as far as I can see in this thread, you have failed to backup your assertion that this is "very deceptive reporting by Eric Hananoki", as well.
Your post is a non-sequitur.
Common uses lyrics that are vile to many. One reporter at Fox News in an interview prefaced a question to him as a lead-in that his music was positive. Six months later that rapper is invited to the White House and opinion shows express dismay at that decision based on some of the more egregiously vile lyrics, and MMfA writes a story that claims because of this one reporter's lead-in supposition, that it debunks the opinion by several other people at Fox that Common is a vile rapper.
Pretty obvious the ones being dishonest here are Media Matters.
I never said it wasn't brought up in their news shows, but it was mainly an opinion show topic on a slow news day.
Those shows have to fill up space, someone has to talk. Eric Hananoki has to put out stories; he's paid a full time salary to do so. He can choose what he wants to pretend to be outraged at and follow a narrowly defined narrative for. That's all this is in a nutshell, a one or two day cycle of nothing with both sides acting like idiots and displaying dishonesty and deception. MMfA is just as guilty.
Fox doesn't have a news organization. They do have a TV channel with 'News' in the name, but certainly we all understand that that doesn't make it a news organization.
Why are there no clowns or elephants at Piccadilly Circus?
I meant to respond here, not above.
I guess Fox's taste in music is jingoists like Tobe Keith and bigoted a-holes like Charlie Daniels.
,and talks about a limp/impotent media and (mainstream)Republican leadership.Now please tell me again how she isn't more vile since there wasn't even an artistic slant to her coarseness! Limbaugh says far worse but Fox never called him vile!Michael Savage,Michelle Malkin,Dr Laura,etc.and others are pretty vile to me,but they are Fox heroes and heroines!!
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Look up some of Nugent's lyrics, like his band Amboy Dukes' song "Great White Buffalo" which calls Europeans "white dogs" with "thick and empty heads".
Does this mean Palin and Hannity hate white people??? lol
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if that parasite Hannity actually whines about Common on his show tonight-and yet he'd probably have no problem whatsoever if Nugent was invited by the White House!
An [url=http://www.oliverwillis.com/2011/01/03/gop-fundraiser-headlined-by-adulterous-country-crooner/]MMfA blogger recently smeared Republicans[/url for inviting Lee Ann Rimes to one of their functions. Somehow this was hypocrisy because she cheated on her first husband to have her sing, or something.
Both sides engage in this.
It only underlines how stupid the whole debate is.
It is sabotage. It's what MMfA said they were going to do.
Oh, wait. You provided nothing.
That is their definition of fair and balanced.Its all about how to portray the 1st Black president as illegitimate,different,radical,inappropriate,illegal,blah blah.That is why they promote every conspiracy theory and smear from right wing media/blogospere even when its been debunked/ discredited.They never correct or apologize.Its all Propaganda 24/7 not even close to real journalism.
Look at how Bill O'Reilly andBret Baier behaved when interviewing President Bush vs President Obama.They were disgusting in their disrespect and somehow want to claim they are being unfairly maligned!!!
Don't tell FOX it's about a Black Panther with political asylum in Cuba, though--they'll think she was intimidating voters or something.
That song has the potential to bring a tear to their eyes, too, albeit in a much different way.
(end sarcasm)
Then when the poll goes overwhelmingly against the "vile rapper" they can all feel justified that "the American people" are with them on this issue, and thus against President Obama once again.
But don't worry, you'll be rid of Obama in 2017.
It sure seems to work for the upper 2%. More and more of the wealth keeps getting redistributed to them.
According to MMfA, if a HufPo resource debunks any "outrage" then the matter is settled.
Lest we forget he wrote a poem about burning the former President. Thats history. Nothing to see there.
Burn a Bush cos for peace he no push no button
Killing over oil and grease
No weapons of destruction
How can we follow a leader when this a corrupt one?
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Many of those same people very likely loved Ted Nugent's music growing up.
The ridiculousness of this article by Eric Hananoki would be matched by telling you, Kid Funkadelic, that by once being a fan of any of Nugent's music, you would be a hypocrite and a liar now to say what he said about the POTUS and the SoS was 'sick'.
You gotta love those "family values" Republicans.
Your argument then gets torn down because the argument criticizing Common has little merit, but in your world, any criticism is worthy of national attention no matter what the merit, just because it's criticism I guess. And you don't care. Wow, way to take a stand, defending the opportunistically righteous with your vague-at-best position to back it up.
You are so unclear that I can't tell if you see the world as all grey or just black-and-white, because your expression of it changes from sentence to sentence.
Jeezus, if you have something to say, say it and then back it up. "More controversial lyrics"--what the heck is that? Write 'em down and explain why. You post a state trooper statement and what he said is your foundation? Convicted = guilty? Common's poem expressed that he didn't believe Shakur was guilty. He didn't say he's glad the cop is dead. Please justify Fox's journalism regarding Common with respect to Pearlene's post that you haven't yet replied to.
All I see you doing is farting and leaving the room. Forty times.
I haven't taken a stand one way or the other because I don't know him or his music. I can see a group of state troopers in NJ being sensitive to the White House promoting him, but that doesn't mean I can't also see his supporters defending him from lyrics that they feel are misunderstood by people who don't know him. If I cared to spend the time to get to know his lyrics just for the sake of argument, and because I felt compelled to take a stand one way or the other, then I'd do that, but I don't. Not when this will be a forgotten subject in less than two days.
You say that Robinson does not represent Fox?
What part of "Debunked By Own Reporting" is dishonest? Robinson was on Fox.
Oh, so it is really the whole concept of a metaphor that has you confused. My apologies, Oozin, you need more explanation than we have time to give.
Are you making fun of the way you think he talks, ProgLib, or is that a little jab at how you think all Africa Americans talk? Or just African Americans who have sold their soul to the devil and gone to work for Fox?
Your mask is slipping there, don't you think?
By the way, my posting was meant to maintain a sarcastic tone... something you obviously didn't comprehend (or didn't want to), so you could blame me for being a racist. Nice try.
"Isn't that be the type of person.....?
I apologize if you intend didn't put the 'be' in there on purpose to mock the way he was talking.
Yes, if you're going to post about it.
I guess behind the walls of your gated mansion it makes sense to you. That's ok. We have compassion for the mentally ill.
This definitely falls under the maxim: "You can lead a con to knowledge but you can't make him think"
Fox News wasn't agreeing with Common on a specific issue and then disagreeing with him on a different issue.
I know who you are dave. I know you are a fat cat rich a$$hole Scrooge McDuck type of character living behind a gate. Kind of like bin Laden.
Too bad, I'm leaving shortly to play golf...be back in a few.
Friend: "Dave, it's right here on the card. You shot 20 over."
Dave: "No. You still haven't proven it to me. I shot 5 under. You're going to have to prove it to me."
Friend: "I already did prove it to you by showing you the card."
Dave: "Nope. Not buying it. You are going to have to explain it to me slowly."
It's a ginned up controversy. Fox is great at it. So is The Enquirer.
OMG the black first lady invited a black rapper to the white house to do something culturally relevant (and may even have something to do with African American culture *shock* *gasp* *horror*)
BTW..they have a Presidential-wannabe,pundit who says real intelligent, classy stuff like cajones,WTF,limp/impotent,etc that now tries to speak on what is or isn't a show of class and good judgement.I think her name is Sarah someting or another!!!!