Did Novak Just Say What I thought He Did?

[Me.]

On Abrams...did he just say something to the effect that Obama is so clean, not like your usual African Americans? There were people in the room talking and if I misheard this, apologies to all.

On Edit: It was a Faux News video that Abrams played.

[treestar]

1. He forgot "Articulate?"

How could he do that? :rofl: :sarcasm:

[Bonobo]

2. If he said that, he is fucking toast. Bye-bye, asshole! Woohoo!

[NYCGirl]

6. Novak has been ruled "toast" so many times, I've lost count.

A stake through the heart is the only thing that'll do it.

[Patsy Stone]

18. Are you goin' in?

Good luck, and:

[NYCGirl]

19. LOL! Thanks Patsy. I need to find some silver bullets, just in case! NT

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. That would be way over the edge, even for a scumbucket like Novakula.

But maybe he did... would like to find out.

[Yael]

4. I didn't see it, but it it possible he was talking about his background

and the lack of skeletons in the closet?

[Yael]

8. Nevermind -- just reread and saw "not like your usual..."

Ignore me

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

5. There's video of him saying the same a couple of days ago, so my guess would be yes

he said what you thought he just did.

[Hissyspit]

12. Here you go: Novak - Obama’s A ‘Strong’ Candidate Because He’s ‘Clean’ & ‘Not A Stereotype...'

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/06/novak-obama-race/

Novak: Obama’s A ‘Strong’ Candidate Because He’s ‘Clean’ And ‘Not A Stereotype African-American’
This weekend on Bloomberg television, conservative pundit Robert Novak discussed what Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) “Achilles heel” would be if Obama prevails the in Democratic primary over the coming weeks.

Novak said Obama could be threatened by “racist prejudice” in the general election. In making this statement, however, Novak inadvertently made a racist comment of his own, arguing racist prejudice is unlikely against Obama because he is “clean” and “not a stereotype African-American”:

Q: What is Obama’s potential Achilles heel?

NOVAK: I think the only potential Achilles heel is in a general election, if there is some racist prejudice. I’m not sure there is. He’s, as poor Joe Biden said, he’s clean. He isn’t a stereotype African-American. And I think he’s a very strong candidate.

Watch it:

VIDEO AT LINK

Novak acknowledged borrowing language from “poor” Sen. Joe Biden’s (D-DE) insensitive remarks from last year. Recall, Biden said that Obama is a “clean” and “articulate” African-American. Biden was widely condemned for the comments.

In stereotyping African-Americans as “unclean,” Novak exemplified the type of “racist prejudice” that still exists.

Filed under: Race, Radical Right
Posted by Satyam January 6, 2008 10:00 am

[Me.]

14. Apalling

And thank you for finding this.

[rucky]

7. I'm not touching this one. n/t

[rasputin1952]

9. He has been known to show up inebriated for TV spots...

and his RW views are legendery, when it come to race, this is not the first time he's made a gaffe.

he should have been shut down long ago.

[mitchtv]

15. Well, exposing a CIA agent in wartime,

didn't do it, so this is actually tame compared to outright treason. I'll bet he said it.

[rasputin1952]

25. "Knowing people in high places"...

He's got plenty of those. Anyone else does what he has done, and they would have been in prison for life. These people use the Justice System to silence opposition, and reward themselves.

[wellst0nev0ter]

10. Did He Say Barack Wasn't A "Stereotype African-American?"

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/06/novak-obama-race/

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

20. Incredible that he would say something like that...

...even more incredible if he gets a pass.

[hiaasenrocks]

11. Did Abrams or anyone else say anything about it?

That might be one way to tell if you misheard it. Not definitive, but a good indicator.

[Me.]

13. Dan Said Something About This

being the worst. As I said, there were people talking around me and I was caught, and shocked at what I though I heard, mid-stream.

[mojowork_n]

16. YES, I saw it too, on MSNBC, in the 'lowlights' segment

or whatever they call their 'worst person on the planet' part of the show.

Absolutely transparent, about as obvious as a baloney ring in your morning bowl of Cheerio's.

What he actually said was bad enough, but the casual disdain, contempt, and dismissal written all over his face as he said it... what a m'f'n a*hole.

Much worse than anything the prune-faced guy in the cowboy hat said, on the same network.

[Me.]

17. Thank You For The Confirmation

My doubts were raised because I couldn't believe anyone would actually say that and to add insult to injury, think it was a fine and dandy statement

[goodgd_yall]

22. Welcome to racist America.

[mojowork_n]

26. Hey, on the bright side,

the average home viewer (unless he or she is one of those p*****woods who actually spends evenings and weekends wearing a pointy bedsheet) is likely to see through the nastiness of the remark.

I don't know if very many people were paying much attention (Hissyspit put up a link to the video, up-thread, in #15?), but this *is* a clip that deserves to be re-played, as often as they hit us with repeats of the Howard Dean Microphone Moment:

http://ratchetup.typepad.com/eyes/2004/03/howard_deans_i_.html

Racism has an ugly face, and Novak's personified it.

[goodgd_yall]

27. I guess I don't have as much confidence as you

Hopefully, the pointy-capped p-----woods won't come out to vote.

[mojowork_n]

29. Sorry, I should have clarified it a little better

I said "the average home viewer", implying that there existed, perhaps, some sort of potential for a "mass awakening" phenomenon.

(As if, all of a sudden, in towns and cities all across America, people would stand up by the tens and hundreds and nudge each other, "Hey, look, that old guy on the TV, the country club Republican in the navy blue blazer, making those casually *awful* comments, what a jack***!")

Naaaaah. That's not what I meant. I should have qualified the "home viewer" description a little better, to include "paying attention", and "having the eyes to see." The video clip is still there, waiting to be re-played, for any that do, but it probably won't qualify as a major tipping-point in race relations, or anything like that.

{Edit tracker: Oops, forget closing parentheses 2nd sentence.}

[Me.]

28. Good For The Clip

Vacula should be called on this, not that I think he will pay if the past be prologue

[mojowork_n]

23. Revealing moment, wasn't it?

Maybe he was two sheets to the wind.

Either way, he's likely to claim he was, unless the whole thing just disappears down the memory hole.

[Me.]

30. In Vino Veritas

No excuse

[LibDemAlways]

24. Expect to hear more of the same from the repukes re. Obama.

This should surprise no one.

[originalpckelly]

21. Novak is able to go out in the light, not like your usual vampires.