Lou Dobbs Calls Condi A "Cotton Picker"

[Carlos_E]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...o_n_94301.html

Lou Dobbs Almost Calls Condi A "Cotton Picker"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0W19-N3Ik

Lou Dobbs visited Wolf Blitzer in the "Situation Room" on Friday and railed against Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for saying that race is still an issue in America because it was an American "birth defect."

Dobbs dismissed Rice's very notion, claiming race is no longer an issue in a society as diverse as modern day America. "The reality is, this is the most socially, ethnically, religiously, racially diverse society on the face of the earth," Dobbs said. "Now, Wolf, we don't make enough of that in the national media. We listen to some idiot say you can't talk about race."

Then Dobbs tripped over his words, as he declared, "Not a single one of these cotton...[stammering]...these just ridiculous politicians should be the moderator on the issue of race."

[Act of God]

What a misleading thread title, by the way. Shame on you. He clearly wasn't saying cotton PICKERS, no matter how badly you wish he did. I'm fairly certain he was going with the old term "none of these cotton pickin'...." and then realized how that term would be YouTube-ized and taken out of context.

That's just my interpretation, I'm not him (neither are you).

[lotaquestions]

i call my dog a cotton-pickin-retard on a regular basis, i dont think that he has ever picked cotton, but he doesnt seem to mind.

[Act of God]

I believe it is a substitute for "god damn" IIRC

[Carlos_E]

A general FYI...

You don't refer to Black people as cotton pickin... anything. Sorry, been there, done that already.

[Act of God]

The next word out of his mouth after "cotton" was politicians. I fail to see where he was talking about black people, but whatever. You're going to see what you want to see since you're the victim and you will continue to post misleading thread titles. later

[thegodfather]

He was not going to use that expression in relation to black people. He was using it to describe politicians. "Those cotton pickin politicians." Its an expression. In this case, he realised it might be blown out of proportion by the over sensitive liberals just waiting to play the race card.

These double standards are great. Here is a perfect example of one-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVcNXoWnEA

[Carlos_E]

He was not going to use that expression in relation to black people. He was using it to describe politicians. "Those cotton pickin politicians." Its an expression. In this case, he realised it might be blown out of proportion by the over sensitive liberals just waiting to play the race card.

He is referring to Condoleezza Rice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVcNXoWnEA

Who is this fruitcake? I've never heard of him. This guy does not host a national news show. If you want to show a double standard post a news anchor making the same type of comment not some crazy idiot you dug up off of youtube that no one has ever heard of or pays attention to.

[spywizard]

What a misleading thread title, by the way. Shame on you. He clearly wasn't saying cotton PICKERS, no matter how badly you wish he did. I'm fairly certain he was going with the old term "none of these cotton pickin'...." and then realized how that term would be YouTube-ized and taken out of context.

That's just my interpretation, I'm not him (neither are you).

english can be so confusing..

I agree with your observation by the way..

[kfrost06]

Here is the typical liberal mentality, Carlos bends over backwards to claim Lou Dobbs almost said something that might be racist and wants to make a huge deal about it then on another thread he bends over backwards to say the Rev. Wright(Obamas pastor) is not racist??? and his quotes were taken out of context and misinterpreted. Save your boos and jeers for the baseball game the country is tired of the double standards and the constant whining and thats why Democrats will stay out of the White House again this next term.

[soulstealer]

I have to agree with Act of God he was referring to rice and then began to make a generalized statement of politicians as a whole....These caster have to be so careful as to what they say these days so it doesnt get pulled out of context or misunderstood and posted on youtube...

[Carlos_E]

Here is the typical liberal mentality, Carlos bends over backwards to claim Lou Dobbs almost said something that might be racist and wants to make a huge deal about it then on another thread he bends over backwards to say the Rev. Wright(Obamas pastor) is not racist??? and his quotes were taken out of context and misinterpreted. Save your boos and jeers for the baseball game the country is tired of the double standards and the constant whining and thats why Democrats will stay out of the White House again this next term.

Bla bla bla I don't write for Huffington.

No ones voting for McSame McCain. Let see if he can make it through the general election without losing his temper or having senior moments.

[BgMc31]

while I don't think Lou Dobbs was trying to drop a racial slur, I think his statement that racism doesn't exist is completely off base. If it weren't then this wouldn't even be an issue.