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Late Night at the Apollo with Barack Obama
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ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Barack Obama stepped on the stage in Harlem Thursday night, the stage "where stars are born, and legends are made."
The Senator was introduced by an always sassy Chris Rock, who told audience members they’d regret and be embarrassed of voting for Clinton instead of Obama, "You'd say, 'I had that white lady! What was I thinking?"
Obama gave a shout out to another prominent African American who took the stage before him, Dr. Cornel West, and made fun of his large hairstyle.
"I’ve been away from Chicago for so long I haven’t gotten a haircut," Obama joked, "Been looking like him." Obama said Cornel had whipped out a hair pic when he had told the joke earlier in the night.
Obama told a sold-out crowd of 1,400 that he’s running for president because he’s "I’m tired of reading about Jena, I’m of reading about nooses, tired of reading about justice department that doesn’t understand justice," a line which prompted the most boisterous applauses of the night.
Flubbing one of the most symbolic lines of the night, Obama referenced Martin Luther King, "Dr. Kill -- Dr. King," Obama corrected himself, and went on evoking the late civil right’s leader’s words of the "fierce urgency of now."
Obama said he won’t ever forget "the only reason I am standing here today is because somebody, somewhere decided to stand up for me when it was hard," and called on the crowd to join with him in continuing the fight together, "we have some unfinished business here in America."
The speech, delivered just blocks away from Former President Bill Clinton’s Harlem office, drew a large, appreciative crowd in the African American community.
But for some, this was Clinton country.
"We love Billy … we would definitely support Hillary Clinton," Harlem resident Herbert Matthews said, "Obama now, we never seen him out here, for him to come out of the blue because it’s primary time and now we need the votes, we’re not with that, we need people that’s here to support the people here in the community."
November 30, 2007 in Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (5)
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Why isn't what Chris Rock said a top news story? It was clearly a racist comment and if a white commedian introducing a white politician said people would regret voting for a black man, you and everyone else knows this would be front page, bold letters, canidate forced out of race news story. So why not for Obama?
So, if you also find Chris Rocks statement last night to be racist, and are tired of the double standard, and if you are appalled that Mr. Obama did not denounce the statement last night as soon as he took the stage, then let him know about it.
We have to send a message that racism will not be tolerated, regardless of the color of the skin of the person that is racist!!!
And shame on CNN, ABC NEWS, USATODAY, and all the other news outlets for not making this front page news.
Posted by: glm | Nov 30, 2007 9:38:51 AM
Anyone who has seen Chris Rock before will know that his comedic style is very racial and yes- I do believe he would address any person of any color by their race. HE would definitely say (if it was his belief), " I had that black- chinese-white-puerto rican lady. What was I thinking?" It is the way he speaks! Most people get his humor. And- it has made headlines. Talk about double standard- I have heard far more discussions about people not voting for Barack because of his race than I have about Hillary. It was a joke- a joke.
Posted by: jmpw | Nov 30, 2007 12:44:01 PM
That is Chris Rock's style, wake up! He does that to anyone, and if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen! It was a joke !!!!
Posted by: Stel | Dec 1, 2007 6:55:32 PM
I can definately appreciate his humor but at the same time, the double standard IS there. No one would have found that funny if a white person were to say the same thing about another race, even if it WAS A JOKE.
Posted by: gel | Dec 1, 2007 8:29:15 PM
That person you found that supports Clinton is not thinking hard enough. Because he liked Billy he wants Hilly? I have friends whose spouses I certainly can't trust. I don't give her keys to my house just because I like him.
And why does he think Barack should be hanging around Harlem before the campaign started?
It's a presidential race not a local election. Please try to not be so selfish that you think "me first" about National Public Office matters; think of society in general.
I beg him to read the policy plans till he understands every word of any candidate he has to pick from, then choose. I believe the most wise choice for the Nation is Obama by a substantial margin.
Posted by: Mike Rupp | Dec 12, 2007 6:27:50 PM
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