MSNBC Host: It wouldn’t be ‘funny’ if someone called me ‘Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady.’»

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MSNBC Host: It wouldn’t be ‘funny’ if someone called me ‘Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady.’»


Today on MSNBC, anchor Tamron Hall hosted a segment discussing RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting this year that contained a CD with the song “Barack the Magic Negro” on it. During the discussion, Kate Obenshain, vice president of Young America’s Foundation, defended the song, calling it “a parody.” But Hall, an African-American, quickly interjected, saying there is nothing “funny or amusing” it:

HALL: Well let me tell you this — if someone referred to me as “Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady,” I would never see it as anything funny or amusing.

Hall later told Obenshain, “you’re not going to win a lot of people over calling them ‘Magic Negros.’”

Watch it/read transcript at link:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/29/tamron-hall-magic-negro/

[Uzybone]

1. way to go Tamron

using parody as an excuse to display racism is very weak.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I love Tamron!

She did a GREAT job subbing for KO last week.:thumbsup:

[firedupdem]

3. good for Tamron...surprised they didn't have ron christie there

to tap dance and laugh at the same time. dumb fucker.

[MadMaddie]

5. What about Steele...he's another one...

[Stinky The Clown]

6. .......

..... ron christie ...... :spray:

[SoCalDem]

9. Or a Parody to the tune of "Bette Davis Eyes"... He's Got a Ron Christie Eye

His hair is close-cut black
His lips do nothing but lie
He's got a Ron Christie eye
He'll squint his eye and go
You won't have to think twice
He's pure as Republican snow
He got the Ron Christie eye

And he'll tease you
He'll unease you
All the better just to fleece you
He's obnoxious and he knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
He got Greta Garbo stand off sighs
He's got a Ron Christie eye

He'll let you have him on
It whets his appetite
He'll play you on the phone
He got a Ron Christie eye

[firedupdem]

10. ROFL!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl :rofl:

I can't breathe!!!!!!!!

[Dennis Donovan]

13. DUzy!

:rofl:

[MadMaddie]

4. Ha..ha.. I saw it...I saw Tamaron

checking herself too because she sooooooooooooooooo wanted to go off on the dimwit Repugulican. The Repuglican didn't get why it was offensive.....no surprise there.

[Starry Messenger]

7. I watched that a couple of hours ago.

Thank you for the link. I was hoping someone would post that. That was awesome.

[johnfunk]

8. Tamron put a superb smackdown on Kate Obenshain

Tamron gave Little Muffy Whitebread a nice serving of red-ass.

[firedupdem]

11. I just watched the link......Tamron was good but still too nice...

I guess she has to be and I guess thats why I don't have a job on television because that little idiot woman would have taken off her microphone and left running. What a little idiot! How dare she try to spin the shit around to the song being about Barack not being black enough!!

I would have let her have it and probably followed up with beeeeeoooooootch!

That is all...

[Berry Cool]

12. It's Tamryn, actually

We should do her the courtesy of spelling her name right.

[Uzybone]

16. Wrong, Its Tamron

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20074213/


Its an unusual name, but we are spelling it right.

[cynthia]

14. Kate Obenshein is an IDIOT

She says I'm not defending this song, I'm defending Rush Limpballs!!!!

[Swamp Rat]

15. Tamron the Magic Neeegro said on TV...

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s not authentic like me.
Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper
Said he makes guilty whites feel good
They’ll vote for him, and not for me
‘Cause he’s not from the hood.

See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,
Or me, or Farrakhan
Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.
Not come in late and won!

Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.
Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.

Some say Barack’s “articulate”
And bright and new and “clean.”
The media sure loves this guy,
A white interloper’s dream!
But, when you vote for president,
Watch out, and don’t be fooled!
Don’t vote the Magic Negro in –
‘Cause —

’Cause I won’t have nothing after all these years of sacrifice
And I won’t get justice. This is about justice. This isn’t about me, it’s about justice.
It’s about buffet. I don’t have no buffet and there won’t be any church contributions,
And there’ll be no cash in the collection plate.
There ain’t gonna be no cash money, no walkin’ around money, no phoning money.
Now, Barack going to come in here and ........

— by some racist white dude named Paul Shanklin
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