Judge Judy on CNN: Obama shouldn't use the pejorative "RICH" when he talks about the Rich.

[FrenchieCat]

I'm paraphrasing Judge Judy here: Obama should acknowledge that the Rich, most of them like me (she tells her story) worked hard for what we have. I don't mind paying more because it isn't gonna change my lifestyle, or yours Larry, but he should make us feel like it's nice that we are doing this. He should have a tone that says, we are grateful for you doing this.
But calling us rich....You know, the way he says it? That's kind of like warfare.


So Rich is like a bad word to Judge Judy, I guess. :wtf:

[Naturyl]

1. Can't stand Judge Judy.

She is constantly lecturing people and asking irrelevant questions in the courtroom.

A cardboard sign reading "GET A JAWB" could replace Judge Judy.

[Kdillard]

4. lol. So true and I am still amazed she gets paid so much to

yell at people.

[LiberalFighter]

43. Too many people that are willing to get slammed by a twit as long it is on tv.

[noamnety]

2. Most people in poverty

work hard for what they have.

Most people in the US who are rich are so because of generational wealth, even if she is an exception.

She needs to spend less time worrying that the president isn't doing enough to make rich people feel good about themselves.

[Laelth]

15. Hear, hear! n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[Hansel]

26. So true.

Maybe she should be sentenced with watching about 40 episodes of "Dirty Jobs" so she can catch a clue about the inverse correlation between working hard and being rich.

[marmar]

3. Why the hell did they have Judge Judy on talking politics?

And what exactly did Judge Judy work hard at? Being an obnoxious troglodyte asshole judge on TV? Seems like it comes very naturally to her.

[dsc]

7. In fairness she went to law school and became a judge

in an era when very few women did so. I am by no means a fan of hers but she surely worked very hard to get where she is today.

[PM Martin]

9. Most judges do NOT make millions every year.

She has as TV "show". Not exactly hard work.
All you have is a camera in the courtroom and for this she is paid millions for! :wtf:

[WeDidIt]

5. Fuck Judge Judy

She's a fucking idiot.

99% of this country work their asses off heir entire lives to make the rich more comfortable.

This is how things ahve been for millenia.

ENOUGH!

[PM Martin]

6. She of all people wants a kind tone?

One of the most obnoxious bimbos of the modern society is demanding a kind tone?
:wtf:

Most people work hard and never become as wealthy as she has.
I prefer Warren Buffet's approach. He knows the wealthy make too much and there needs to be a certain amount of government intervention to level the playing field.

[FrenchieCat]

10. Well she said that....that poor people were giving as much as they could

and worked hard too.

I think what she was really referring to was her personal guilt.

She realizes that she should pay more, but somehow, she wants to be asked nicely,
appreciated for her generosity, etc....

She wants us all to kiss her ass before we raise her taxes, in other words.
po' thang. She wants respect and admiration.

[PM Martin]

14. She is one of the most disrespectful people

I have ever heard of! She should not be demanding nice anything until she learns to control
her big mouth!

[pursuit_of_progress]

8. Talk about out of touch (Judy)

She needs to stick to her TV shows..

[AlinPA]

11. Are those real cases on her TV show or just an act? I never watch.

[Massacure]

42. The cases are real for the most part.

The only real difference is that the show pays the plaintiff and the defendant $5,000 each to appear, and if there is a judgment, that is subtracted from the loser's amount and added to the winner's. So if the plaintiff wins a $2,500 judgment, the plaintiff gets $7,500 and the defendant only gets $2,500.

[Jennicut]

12. I am so not kissing her ass just so she can pay her fair share.

Seriously not.

[Thickasabrick]

13. What does she mean "it's nice of them". It's their fucking duty that they

have avoided for the past eight years. She acts like it's fucking charity.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Hey, judge: it's raining.

[Top Cat]

17. She also said that she voted for the Pres

[BeatleBoot]

18. Scratching my head...

Judge Judy?

You are kidding me, right?

WTF.

Is it a slow news day or isn't there enough to do out there in the world?


Oh no! Judge Judy said something


Amen to WTF


Sometimes I wonder...

[Golden Raisin]

19. Yeah. Let's hear a big brava

for Judge Judy who demonstrates her deep respect for the Law and the Courts by starring in a cheap, cheesy TV show where she gets (paid) to yell at, humiliate, scold and boss people around. On her show SHE's ALWAYS right and everyone else in her court is upbraided and sneered at like they were idiots, wayward children, or both.

[tomm2thumbs]

20. he always includes HIMSELF in that group - so is he self-class-warfaring?!! HAHAH

she's a dope

[Teaser]

21. why the fuck is her opinion important?

Besides having a TV show, I mean.

[FrenchieCat]

22. None of these folks are important.....

but it was larry king repeat on the weekend...meaning folks got to hear her whining and moaning twice thus far.

[TahitiNut]

23. Well, God forbid that anything but "POOR" is a pejorative, huh, Judy??

Sheesh!! Tone deaf much? :puke:

[Thrill]

24. Please show where Obama has ever said 'RICH' and said it in a way

that makes Rich people seem evil? If you can't, then SHUT THE FUCK UP

[FrenchieCat]

28. That's what I was thinking when she was saying that.....

of course Drop Dead Larry wasn't gonna ask anything like that. She might have had to stumble. Couldn't have that.

[LittleBlue]

25. This fraud is really a judge?

What an embarrassment to this nation to have a charlatan circus act on the bench.

[donheld]

27. I think she's wonderful

I watched the whole piece and I thought she was brilliant

[FrenchieCat]

29. Well, I thought that part was a bit too self serving.

Since the President has never made it seem that rich was a negative word, from my recollection. If anything he has called the rich the folks who are experiencing the American dream, and that most don't mind paying a little bit more....including himself.

[tishaLA]

30. I agree. But I choose to remain silent on the matter

her support for LGBT rights is admirable--and longstanding.

[Raine]

40. So did I

but I tend to focus on the whole of things instead of picking something totally apart. :shrug:

[cooolandrew]

31. I think it shouldn't really take asking nice because if as Judy does, a person lives in the >

developed society and they are wealthy the more obligation they have towards it's up keep. They reap the benefits of all that make their position possible below them. Through peoples hard work, their building of roads, their education. In judge Judy's case this would of come from the benefits of people had enough education to gain enough assets to win or lose in court cases. To keep her job with clients that has be maintained by taxes. There doesn't have to be any real kind request just recognition of the investment they are placing in their own future. Money has to circulate in society paying taxes is part of that process. So thank you kindly Judy but did it really need to be said? There is no war on the right just a management of the peoples business to make it more fair. Does Judy have to kindly request people to payout in lawsuit. Erm no. It's not that she's been sued it's just fairness is an open and shut case. Let alone the President is going very lightly on the rich the years of back log of society maintenance should mean higher tax increases on the wealthy but she's fortunate he's nice guy. So, maybe... possibly, someone else needs to say thanks.

[mitchum]

32. She is an obnoxious shrew

[Politicalboi]

33. I am no fan of Judge Judy

But those people get paid to have her yell at them, even the losers in the case get the fine paid for them. That's show biz folks. But she should stay out of politics. Just give us your money Judy and STFU.

[noamnety]

37. They barely get paid.

They supposedly get 35 dollars a day for taping plus 100 dollars, and their settlement is covered. (not sure if that's gone up in the last few years or not)

She earns 25 million a year or so.

She's exploiting the hell out of them - and whining that people aren't being sensitive enough to her feelings. Unbelievable.

"Just give us your money Judy and STFU." No kidding.

[Mz Pip]

34. So what should he call them?

People with way too much disposable income? Rich is simpler to use in a sentence.

[FrenchieCat]

36. That's kind of what Zombie Larry responded....

he said....but we are Rich, right?
She didn't really answer.

I think he thought that was a ridiculous statement,
based on his reaction.

[JVS]

35. Isn't she notorious for busting the balls of people in her court, a group that tends to be poor?

fuck her

[Waiting For Everyman]

38. She's an idiot politically - she thought Palin was cool.

[MNBrewer]

39. Not a complete idiot.

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[FrenchieCat]

41. I didn't think she was an idiot to begin with.

But then I don't watch her show, and only watched a few minutes on Larry King, and missed her support for Prop 8. Well, folks can be picky about being called rich and still have some good sense about them, it appears. :)

[AllentownJake]

44. Atlus Shrugged

More of the elites in this country feeling sorry for themselves.

[ejpoeta]

45. so we should kiss their ass because they pay their fair share!!! what a load of hooey.

she acts like obama just came out of the womb with money. the guy busted his ass to get where he is too. he's not asking her or anyone else to do anything he isn't doing himself!! get off the damned soap box judge judy. you get your money off the backs of the rest of us out here. so fuckin get a damned clue!!

[ClassWarrior]

46. Yes, it's such hard work to sit in a chair and berate people.

:eyes:

NGU.