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IrishBloodEngHeart Donating Member (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:23 PM
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What did Barack do to Juan Williams
He has been hyper critical of Obama on Fox News, and Juan Williams is now wearing an American Flag pin to "prove" he is patriotic. What a tool.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:24 PM
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1. Juan Williams is a Fox commentator - that's all you need to know
When he took over Talk of the Nation from Ray Suarez on NPR, I had to quit listening to it for that time period.

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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:27 PM
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6. Me, too. No comparison. Ray Suarez was the best. Juan is a disgrace.
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greenlanternman Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:30 PM
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11. Charles Gibson is a Fox commentator and he received praise here
When he stormed out of the set once protesting anti-Obama rhetoric. It's all relative.
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:36 PM
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19. so were you lurking here back then? nt
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:25 PM
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2. I wouldn't worry about it. Juan was breast fed through a straw.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:29 PM
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10. I don't know what you mean by that....
But it made me laugh out loud!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:32 PM
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14. LOL...he didn't get much love.
Would be my point. :D
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:46 PM
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24. Same here. I don't know what it means. But is sure is funny. nt
:rofl:
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goldcanyonaz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:25 PM
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3. Umm, breath?
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:26 PM
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4. Juan Williams is no Ray Suarez. What a Disappointment! nt
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:26 PM
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5. He's a Hillary shill. So he takes part in the anti-Obama hatred. Then trumpets her every other time
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:28 PM
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7. So Hillary shill and Fox shill...
are the same thing? Oh, yeah, they would be...
:shrug:

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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:28 PM
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8. Juan Williams has gone through a transformation
He's written good books on African American history and was the host of a very good syndicated black talk show. The longer he was with Fox the more his views changed. I'm wondering if he has officially become a Repub.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:29 PM
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9. He's passing for Hispanic by using Juan as his first name......
His first name is really John. John Williams sounded too Black though.

He's the token and He likes that.

He disses Obama because he is afraid that he will be upstaged.

There are some jealous folks out there, ya know.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:31 PM
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13. No shit!
His first name is just John with no Hispanic connection? Jeez, that's pathetic.
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ellacott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:40 PM
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20. He was born in Panama
I thought his parents were Hispanic. I could be wrong.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:47 PM
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25. Isn't he Panamanian or something? nt
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:52 PM
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26. Juan Williams could be "upstaged" by a potted palm.
He's a fav of the conservatives because he's willing to sugar-coat a revisionist history of civil rights. He's vacuous and banal.

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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:56 PM
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28. please prove Juan is not his real name. Father's name: Rogelio
Black Biography:
Juan Williams

journalist; writer

Personal Information

Born Juan Williams on April 10, 1954, in Colon, Panama; son of Rogelio L., an accountant, and Alma Geraldine (Elias), a secretary; married Susan Delise July 1, 1978; children: Antonio Mason, Regan Almina
Memberships: Haverford College Board of Trustees; Aspen Institute of Communications and Society program; Washington Journalism Center; New York Civil Rights Coalition.

http://www.answers.com/topic/juan-williams?cat=entertainment
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:31 PM
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12. here, for those who want to drop him a line......
He probably answers his own phone!

Juan Williams -- Fox News Channel
Title: Political Contributor
Department: Washington Bureau
E-mail: fnc.wash@foxnews.com
Phone: (202) 824-6300
Fax: (202) 824-6426

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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:32 PM
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15. Juan wants to be considered top minority on the totem pole.
Just kidding? Maybe. Maybe not.
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Iceburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:34 PM
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16. Sentient beings can make up their own mind -- this thuggery is pathetic./nt
Edited on Sun May-04-08 06:34 PM by Iceburg
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:35 PM
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17. here's his NPR bio
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:36 PM
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18. Juan Williams is a first class
ass. I still remember years ago when he got in trouble with a sex discrimination charge.
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aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:42 PM
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21. I Think It's Because He's A Black Pundit....
And he feels he has to overcompensate against Obama or else he will be criticized for favoritism.

Unfortunately in his effort to try and convince his conservative friends at Fox News that he would never "favor the black guy" his comments have lost credible, objective basis.

Even Bret Hume has been more objective commenting on Obama.


If Williams is that torn when it comes to personal conflictions, he should recuse himself or be introduced as a Republican/Clinton Pundit and not a neutral observer.

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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:43 PM
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22. I don't want to tell you what I wish he'd do to him
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:45 PM
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23. Juan Williams has already said he would never vote for Obama (bought & paid for by FOXnews)
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malik flavors Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 06:54 PM
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27. Juan Williams is afraid of being the "black liberal" so as a result he's harder on dems...
than his republican counter parts. He's extremely annoying.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 07:08 PM
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29. What did Barack do to Juan? He suceeded :-)
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aaaaaa5a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 07:14 PM
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31. Juan Must Be Real Popular With Conservative Whites...
I can imagine what they are thinking....

"See, it's okay to not like the black guy... even the articulate, nice looking colored man on TV hates him!"



And then they cross over and vote for Hillary in the democratic primary.




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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 07:13 PM
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30. Juan Wkilliams is one of the best and I would say trusted
Reporters at Fox. He is fair and shows excellent judgement of situations.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 07:14 PM
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32. ever since Juan was called out as an uncle tom, he hasn't been the
same. This was way back when O'Reilly had the Sylvia's Restaurant scandal. Juan's desperate and, frankly, an embarrassment.
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