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Sun Apr 15, 2012, 03:26 PM Apr 2012

Bill Cosby Blasts Obama Haters Un-American Behavior [View all]

Bill Cosby Blasts Obama Haters Un-American Behavior

By: Jason EasleyApril 15, 2012see more posts by Jason Easley


In two different interviews that aired today, Bill Cosby called out Obama haters, their motivations, and labeled their behavior as un-American.

Videos @ link~

Transcript from CNN:



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COSBY: I’m disappointed that people who don’t look at the woes and the trouble given to this man, people blatantly speaking out against his color, wasting time, starting up new stories about whether or not he was born here, saying things that they can’t prove.

And this man — I feel sometimes — not all the time — that it’s like watching — his job is — people want to make it as difficult as the one that Sisyphus had.

And then when you see that he made promises and said things, the people who were supposed to be working with him didn’t. The people who are supposed to be working — even for another party — didn’t care about the American people. They wanted to get him.

When people make statements like, “I hope he fails,” you can’t color that any other way except the way it’s said. And yes, OK, gays, lesbians, blacks, illegal aliens — pardon me — people like that are right. It didn’t happen. But look at why it didn’t happen. It’s a man trying to go about doing his job, and a ton of other people voting against him and regardless of what he says.



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When David Gregory asked Mr. Cosby about President Obama he said, “I see Obama as Sisyphus in the first four years, and nobody would speak about the size of the rock, or the elevation of the hill. All you hear people talk about is what he didn’t do. To come from what he has asked to take over and do in the time, to behave as an American, to put up with those, who were, in my estimation, acting very un-American to get rid of those people, it took longer than patience should allow, but he tried to bring us together, even to argue with radio hosts and people who have nothing to do with anything. It’s important that this man has had to fight a similar battle of a black person in America. Hundreds of thousands and millions of people still behind him, but people who are very quietly acting like they have no idea what he inherited. It’s as if he had the surplus, when he moved into office, and this is — this is sad. And it’s sad about them. Because they know that they have misbehaved. They know they’ve taken America and slowed down the progress, and there are statements that are very clear in saying as much. I don’t want this man to succeed. Well, why, said the brown fly?”

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http://www.politicususa.com/bill-cosby-obama/
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Good malaise Apr 2012 #1
Our culture is becoming increasingly hateful. MichiganVote Apr 2012 #2
always has been tooeyeten Apr 2012 #7
Exactly. CBHagman Apr 2012 #8
Amen Brother! n/t tooeyeten Apr 2012 #10
Every physical education major knows who Sisyphus was Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #3
Cosby is off a little bit on this one. Zalatix Apr 2012 #4
"I hope he fails" hfojvt Apr 2012 #5
Point made, but DonCoquixote Apr 2012 #6
+1 Daniel537 Apr 2012 #9
The whole strategy from day one was block everything then blame him for not doing what they blocked Kablooie Apr 2012 #11
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