c-span - roland martin calls in sick

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

he was supposed to be on at 8:45am on washington journal. the host, pedro, said he called in sick and wouldn't be on.

[mtnester]

1. Wonder what threat he got last night

nt

[Lone_Wolf]

21. I wonder what Chimp whispered in his ear...

after Chimp's speech at the UNITY Conf.

[Karenina]

22. "Get me a rope."

:scared:

[TheDebbieDee]

2. Sorry, but who is Roland Martin? Please share 411. Thx.

[RebelOne]

3. Yes, I'd like to know also. Who is Roland Martin?

[warrior1]

4. isn't he the fishing guy

heard that he film a spot with gw to when over the fishing guys.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. he is the black reporter who asked bush

yesterday at the unity conference, about quotas, affirmative action and legacy in college admissions. look for another repeat on c-span.

[Karenina]

13. Roland Martin

is a graduate of Texas A&M, a nationally sydicated columnist, wites for the Chicago Defender and represents the Nat'l. Assoc. of Black Journalists. Here's the link:

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Bush_Admin&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=BA&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=15&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

Go to 35:00 and then to 52:00 and see for yourself how this Black Texan plays rope-a-dope with the *dauphin. He simply does the Texas "good ol' boy" thang , poses the question CLEARLY, then steps back and allows the *fool to make a COMPLETE ASS of himself. I repeat, COMPLETE *ASS.

They were quite "chummy" in the shots before *dimson made his exit. I've no doubt as I watched that Mr Martin was "put on notice" right then and there.

[Mika]

20. I saw Bush fake chumming it up with him after the event.

I was thinking just what you posted - he was put on notice right then. Bush was really pissed at him - W*'s face was seething in anger as he pretended to yuk it up w/him for a moment or two. Scary.

[Stephanie]

5. He nailed the Chimp in the Q& A yesterday at the Unity Conference

He asked him, since he opposed affirmative action, did he also oppose legacy admissions? A clear dig.

[Flubadubya]

7. Could it be this Roland Martin?

I googled and came up with the fisherman AND this guy:

"Joining us from Dallas, Texas, Roland Martin, a syndicated columnist and author of "Speak Brother: A Black Man's View of America." His Web site is BlackAmericaToday.com."

[truth2power]

8. Ruh Roh

Maybe somebody needs to go check up on him. Seriously.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. He seemed in fine fettle yesterday.... nt

[JNelson6563]

10. and I saw him last night

I think it was on CNBC. He seemed quite healthy. :shrug:

Julie

[Judi Lynn]

11. He did BEAUTIFULLY questioning W.

Hope he'll be o.k. Lots of people will be watching.

[SoCalDem]

12. He called in "scared"..

for his job..

[TheWatcher]

14. I am sure he was threatened yesterday.

This may be what it has come to in this country.

If you don't think these people have reached the point of desperation where they are willing to threaten or "dissappear" anyone into silence, you haven't ben paying attention. They have made readily apparent that they have NO VALUE OR RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE WHATSOEVER.

These people get more dangerous the more desperate they get.

I saw this guy on CNBC last night like another Poster did, and he seemed in perfect health to me.

Maybe, this is nothing, and maybe we are reading too much into it.

But maybe Roland should Thank The Stars that yesterday's dismantling of Bush didn't take place on Prime Time before an audience of millions.

He might have dissappeared without a trace instead of "calling in sick" this morning.

These people have to go.

Bush and his murderous band of blood-drinking thugs needs to be locked up for the rest of EVERYONE'S life for what he has done to this country.

Keep pushing Frat Boy.

Your Reign Of Terror is almost over.

[Blue_Roses]

15. Maybe he just went out and celebrated what an awesome job

he did yesterday, drank too much, and was hungover today:shrug:

However, he doesn't really seem like the type to neglect his job ...

[Karenina]

16. Y'all don't seem to realize

how serious this is. Roland Martin just showed the WORLD that *dimson isn't "qualified" to go mano-a-mano with HIM, a TEXAS A&M good'ol boy (black)journalist. *dauphin revealed (yet again) his STUPIDITY trying to answer the questions and got DOUBLE SLAM DUNKED by a NIGRA. BIG TIME.
That boy should KNOW BETTER!!! The phones are RINGING OFF THE HOOK.

You think they're gonna "allow" JK an opportunity to have a go at him?
You better think again.

[Blue_Roses]

18. It was awesome journalism

I was so impressed with him. I do hope he is okay.

[Cha]

17. I wonder how many times in the history of c-span ..that

anyone has called in "sick"?

[NJCher]

19. Roland in no way, shape or form looked sick yesterday

Maybe they put him on hiatus until they can figure out how to "position" whatever retribution they have up their sleeve.

He made a perfect fool of bush. Absolutely turned him upside down and swabbed the deck with georgie's Brillo pad hair.

It was a very gutsy thing to do and I admire Roland Martin for it. If they tamper with his position I will be part of the protest.


Cher

[Karenina]

23. Kick!

:kick: