Soledad O'brien Can't Understand Why A Black Senator Wouldn't Back Obama.

[spanone]

On CNN: This is a damned near racist interview in my opinion. Soledad O'brien is saying that since you endorse a candidate other than your race, you don't support your race. She has Charlie Rangel and Gregory Meese on and they are endorcing candidates other than Barack Obama. She can't believe it.

[Demobrat]

1. Well I dont back Hillary and I'm a woman.

So I guess that means I don't support my sex. Oh, well.

[spanone]

4. There you go, conflicted.

:hi:

Rangel finally said it was an insulting question.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. Did they ask Soledad who she's endorsing?

[Divernan]

8. Would have to be a half Hispanic, half Irish female candidate, right?

nt

[emulatorloo]

14. More complicated than that -- Soledad's mom is Afro-Cuban and her dad is Irish-Australian

http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2619/Soledad_OBrien_the_image_of_media_information

September 19

Soledad O'Brien
*Soledad O'Brien was born on this date in 1966. She is an Afro-Cuban-American journalist.

From Long Island, NY, O'Brien was born to a Black Cuban mother and an Irish-Australian father. Her baptismal name was ??ri? de la Soledad O’Brien. She is a graduate of Harvard University. She attended Harvard University and worked at two local television stations, WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts and KRON in San Francisco, California, before joining NBC News as a producer in 1991. She was one of the initial faces of the MSNBC cable news network, hosting The Site, one of the first news programs dedicated to computers and the internet.

[Lerkfish]

3. you know, I think this country has gone friggin nuts

none of this stuff would have even been contemplated, much less said 10 years ago, now openly racist statements are the norm.

I weep for america

[TheDebbieDee]

13. We all will spend the next 11 months listening to

the redneck-chauvinist's complaints about the Democratic Candidates........

I hope their little freeper heads explode!

[Rex]

5. Gee, I'm white and if I went around saying I could only endorse

other white folks...well...it seems obvious how wrong that is.

[spanone]

7. I Want Her To Ask J.C. Watts That Question?

[Rex]

10. Me too!

How can she be so stupid? I always thought she was one of the better 'journalists'.

[Cha]

6. They're not "Black

Senators"..:)

[Subdivisions]

9. She's an airhead. I lay witness to that fact every morning as

I get ready for work.

[MoonRiver]

11. Soledad has always seemed like a total ditz to me.

That statement just reinforces my opinion. :eyes:

[AX10]

12. The media is looking for anything to attack we Democrats with.

[bullimiami]

15. She wasnt hired for her brains apparently. Thats not 'near' racism, Its Racism.

[Grandrose]

16. Give her a pass since.....

Her father is an Australian of Irish descent and her mother
is Afro-Cuban, maybe she has her own hang-ups!:think: :eyes:

[mtnsnake]

17. Soledad is to news anchors as what Obama is to presidential candidates

They are both the best in their respective fields and I love 'em both. :smoke:

[AlinPA]

18. She is a shit-for-brains idiot. How can anyone watch her for more than 10 seconds?

[Colobo]

19. She's very pretty

And one of the few Afro-Latinas in American TV. As an Afro-Latino myself, I'm glad she's on TV.

Now, her way of thinking is as simplistic as a Republican talking point.

[frogcycle]

20. i agree

the whole bit was racist

disgusting

I would be insulted were I any ethnic minority.

In fact, I am insulted even though I'm not. The whole premise was that people will be tribal (which is all too true) but to the exclusion of any other consideration whatsoever. Pretty much equated us with the nutjobs in Iraq.