Meet The Press, Ted Koppel And James Tiger Knowles?

[Reform]

Run time: 01:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HICXT7-uWo   Posted on YouTube: October 12, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 12, 2008 By DU Member: Reform Views on DU: 2234

 

[liberal N proud]

1. I saw that and wondered why is a bigot like that allowed air time

He should not be allowed to be used as an instrument to bring up race.

[Reform]

2. That was my thought

When i saw Hannity giving that other bigot a platform i felt the same way.
Regardless if this asshole has had a change of heart or not he should not be used as a device to talk about the subject of race, it adds to the nasty stench that has been floating around in the air at these McCain rally's and such,he should not have a soap box to stand on.
The media is just feeding this thing
As much as McCain is to blame with his ads and rhetoric, Fox news is the biggest proprietor of this hate, anger and dis information.

Just listen to the first 50 seconds of this video, you can easily see the dis info propaganda program in which the neocons have placed on Obama using Fox as a surrogate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBvJL3vEQ4

[Swede Atlanta]

3. I don''t follow you......

I listened to the clip twice and what I am hearing is a straight-forward expression of what we all should embrace - vote for the candidate that is the most qualified, with the best ideas and most likely to succeed, regardless of race. Tiger Knowles is saying that you shouldn't vote for a candidate, white, black, etc. simply because of their skin color and that if people do, it actually sets the cause of racial progress back. Maybe I missed something but I don't think so.

[AlbertCat]

4. Look at it this way....

.... he's being used to show the hypocrisy and the stealth (well, maybe not so much) appeal to bigotry being used by the GOP. They spent more time explaining who he is and what he's done than they did airing his words.

And it IS stupid to vote for Obama just because he's black....and there is also no need to. It's obvious to anyone really listening that Obama has what it takes even if he were blue-skinned.

Y'know, it's also stupid to vote for McCain because he was a POW decades ago.... like all POWs are the same and worthy.

[bjobotts]

5. It had more to do with the documentary not discussed in that clip,seemed out of place