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(Joy) Behar and (Whoopi) Goldberg: First Year of Obama Presidency 'Traumatic' For Whites
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jan 30, 2010 10:51pm |
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| Category | Idiocy |
| Author | Matthew Balan |
| News Date | Saturday, January 30, 2010 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "On HLN’s Joy Behar Show on Thursday, Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg gave a racial explanation for Chris Matthews’ recent “I forgot he was black” remark about President Obama. Goldberg cracked that “this has been quite a year for the white man.” Behar replied, “Traumatic,” and Goldberg continued it was “traumatic in many ways because...you have to think before you speak” [audio clip from the segment are available here].
The HLN host brought up Matthews post-State of the Union comment during her interview of her colleague from The View. After playing the clip of the MSNBC host, Behar asked Goldberg, “What do you think he was driving at there? Because he’s a lefty- you know, he’s liberal, and he likes Obama. And yet, he says something stupid like that- you know, I forgot he was black. He would never say I forgot he was white if he was looking at Bush.”
Goldberg responded half-jokingly, “Well, white people- you know, this is- this has been quite a year for the white man.” After laughs both on and off-camera, Behar interjected, “Traumatic.” Her guest agreed and continued with her point:
GOLDBERG: Traumatic in many ways because the things that people say now, you have to think before you speak. It sounded great in his head, I’m sure, because I know Chris and I know what he was trying to say was- you know, I wasn’t concentrating on that. I appreciate that with him. But, you know, people have begun to say things which they think are PC- and okay- and people go- whoa, maybe you shouldn’t say that. Now, the truth of the matter is- you know, maybe people are starting to see Obama as Obama. You know, as a president, and not a black president. I think that’s what Chris was trying to get at.
Despite her reference to political correctness, Goldberg did depart from this mindset on race later in the interview." |
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