Morgan Freeman on CNN: "Racist Tea Party Doing Whatever it Can to Get this Black Man Out of Here"

[Empowerer]

MORGAN FREEMAN: ‘RACIST’ TEA PARTY DOING WHATEVER IT CAN ‘TO GET THIS BLACK MAN OUT OF HERE’
The Blaze
September 23, 2011

Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman said Tea Party Republicans are on a racially-fueled mission to get President Barack Obama out of office, in an interview with CNN set to air Friday.

Speaking with host Piers Morgan, Freeman said Obama’s election, instead of curbing racism, has “made it worse.”

“The Tea Partiers who are controlling the Republican Party…their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term,” Freeman said. “What underlines that? Screw the country, we’re going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here.”

“But is that necessarily a racist thing?” Morgan pressed.

“It is a racist thing,” Freeman insisted.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/morgan-freeman-racist-tea-party-doing-whatever-it-can-to-get-this-black-man-out-of-here/

Watch the clip: http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/23/morgan-freeman-republicans-anti-obama-goals-are-screw-the-country-it-is-a-racist-thing/?hpt=pm_mid

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. KICK AND MUTHAFUCKIN' RECOMMENDED!!! Morgan is spot on!! n/t

[Booster]

2. Man, that Morgan is right on the ball, eh?

[Oceansaway]

3. K&R...n/t

[kestrel91316]

I always did like that man.

[kestrel91316]

4. Dupe due to internet burp

[CakeGrrl]

5. K/R - major truth.

[Avalux]

6. He speaks the truth. n/t

[jenmito]

7. EXCELLENT! n/t

[Whisp]

8. “But is that necessarily a racist thing?" Morgan pressed.

the Piers one.

what an idiot. and he sure steered the conversation after Freeman dropped that one, did you notice? I can imagine all the hand signals in the booths flailing away.

[ClarkUSA]

9. Oh, look! It's another adoring Obama supporter playing the race card.

Why, people are just upset over the bad economy, that's all.

:sarcasm:

Isn't that what Obama's 24/7 critics always say, whether they're Democrats or Republicans?

[jaysunb]

10. Yup

and they all know he's right....

[CakeGrrl]

13. Well, when you're calling out the Tea Party, it's all good.

Imply that ANYONE to their left is remotely capable of doing, thinking or saying anything that is influenced by race is verboten. That just isn't humanly possible, ever, and you should be ashamed for even THINKING it possible.



:eyes:

[Number23]

17. Tell it, CakeGrrl...

[AlbertCat]

23. Imply that ANYONE to their left is.... saying anything that is influenced by race is verboten.

Indeed.

But I'll state right here that, obviously, the Teabaggers and the GOP of so racist it's just absurd to even imply otherwise.

I will also state that the milquetoast Obama's obsession with making rich white guys like him is also a race thing. He wouldn't want to remotely appear to vaguely resemble the scary black boogieman they accuse him of being.

[ClarkUSA]

24. "milquetoast Obama's obsession with making rich white guys like him"?? WTF? Since when?

Read this and get back to me:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=780581&mesg_id=780581

Furthermore, Pres. Obama's policies are making "rich white guys" like billionaires Koch Bros. & the CEO of Home Depot, much less Wall Street hedge funders hate him.

[chill_wind]

43. Wall Street doesn't exactly *hate* him, lol. Romney is the only one beating

him in 2012 contributions to anyone's campaigns, still.

Finance/Insurance/Real Estate: Top Recipients
2012


ALL Recipents
Amount
1 Romney, Mitt (R) $4,938,297
2 Obama, Barack (D) $2,411,030
3 Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) S1,360,345
4 Corker, Bob (R-TN) Senate $1,107,464
5 Boehner, John (R-OH) House $1,107,137
6 Pawlenty, Tim (R) $995,330
7 Brown, Scott P (R-MA) Senate $776,672
8 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) House $669,250
9 Tester, Jon (D-MT) Senate $508,313
10 Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Senate $500,199

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?cycle=2012&ind=F


Presidential Candidates

Rank Candidate Amount
1 Romney, Mitt (R) $4,938,297
2 Obama, Barack (D) $2,411,030
3 Pawlenty, Tim (R) $995,330
4 Paul, Ron (R) $163,372
5 Gingrich, Newt (R) $152,200
6 Santorum, Rick (R) $102,600
7 Cain, Herman (R) $74,075
8 Johnson, Gary (R) $14,500
9 Karger, Fred (R) $6,530
10 Blankenship, Jared (R) $4,000
11 Terry, Randall A (D) $1,000
12 Roemer, Charles E 'Buddy' III (R) $400



That's a big edge, but I wouldn't call it hate. And the day's still young.

Congressional Repubs are the ones making out a lot better overall than Dems these days.

http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=F&cycle=2012

[Enthusiast]

25. PLUS ONE! nt

[Supersedeas]

53. something like that

[slay]

33. My problems with Obama have nothing to do with race

but i agree with morgan freeman - there is a lot of racism in the tea party people - their problems with obama are not policy related the way some of us here at DU have issues with his policy decisions and that's really messed up - good on freeman for calling our their racism.

[arcane1]

40. Indeed! The only Obama "policies" they oppose are completely made-up fictions

The whole socialist-Marxist-Muslim-birther nonsense, those are their only "policy" complaints :silly:

[texshelters]

47. What are you talking about?

I'm not a Republican and I have never said such a thing as "race card".

Your comment is off base. I criticize Obama, but have never used race and would agree with Mr. Freeman here.

Your comment is way to general and attacks many of us without need.

I Cornel West using the race card when he criticizes Obama?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgd8MK-m_Y

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[Skittles]

48. you are SOO fucking full of shit

I actually agree with Mr Freeman - what I cannot understand it why OBAMA just does not understand that

[EffieBlack]

49. Probably because he's not as smart or insightful as you are

He couldn't possibly grasp his situation as well as you do.
:sarcasm:

[Cigar11]

52. The Truth sometimes Hurts ...

It's already to a point to call in like it really is.

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. K & R

[BeyondGeography]

12. Yes, sir

The Tea Party started with a rant against Obama's $75 billion bailout plan to help families facing foreclosure stay in their homes. Nary a peep prior to that (or since) for the trillions that were committed to the architects of fraud who undermined the economy in the first place.

Way to go, Morgan.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Love Morgan Freeman

Brother knows what's going on. So do most.

Some, even here, pretend.

[rury]

15. So true...I cannot K&R this ENOUGH

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[Number23]

16. Didn't Morgan Freeman recently post some weird clip

where he was saying something incredibly idiotic like "if people didn't refer to race, it wouldn't be an issue?" It was particularly strange coming from a man of his age and (I thought) caliber.

I guess he's finally let all of that go.

[Politicalboi]

18. Come on Morgan

Make a movie of how stupid and racists the Teabaggers are. The script writes itself, and it would be a hit comedy come this summer. Somebody from the media better start screaming soon. More people need to become aware of what's at stake here. Either a documentary, or have Morgan play Obama and say the things Obama can't say, but make it factual.

[DCBob]

19. There is truth to his comment about Obama actually making racism worse.. but its not Obama's fault.

The problem is conservative America was simply not ready for a black man with a scary muslim name to be sitting in the WH and the teaparty "revolution" was the knee jerk reaction to that. Hopefully in time during his next four years in office they will get over it.

[Empowerer]

21. I don't necessarily agree that Obama's election made racism worse

I just think that it forced more of it out into the open.

I'm also hoping that this is the kind of last throes venting we often see right before real change kicks in.

[DCBob]

22. yes I agree with your comments..

I hope this is the last throes before change but I worry it could get worse.

[NOLALady]

30. I don't think racism has gotten worse.

It's just more open in some areas. I live in a very red area. Nothing has changed. They were flying their Confederate flags before they knew of the existence of someone called Barack Obama.

I have to wonder if his name was Jamal or Jeb would the conservatives accept him.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

50. Not worse. It all came to the surface during the 2008 primaries.

I was canvassing neighborhoods--Democratic neighborhoods--where whites were openly using the N-Word, even around me!

[Martin Eden]

20. It's a religious thing too, getting a Muslim out of here ...

... especially a Muslim who was indoctrinated for 20 years at the Trinity United Church of Christ :crazy:

[Enthusiast]

26. There is that to consider.

:rofl:

[Phaedrus76]

27. Kenyan, Muslim, Nazi, commie, pinko fag

And whatever bigoted terms they can throw at Obama. Any attack no matter disconnected from reality they will use.

[treestar]

34. lol!

It might be a sign of Republicanism to be able to hold conflicting views at the same time.

[Martin Eden]

36. Orwell called it doublethink

But today's Republicans are a little short in the "think" dept.

[willhe]

28. Wow!

The blaze is filled with a bunch of ignorant flea boogers isn't it.

they all know it's racist but they try to cover it up. Then they throw out the same idiotic words marxist, communist, etc... etc.. etc...

[alp227]

31. well The Blaze = a Glenn Beck-founded website

and why oh why do so many of us naively post there? I think that The Blaze should be blacklisted UNLESS original poster attacks/criticizes the message in such a blog post. Same with how Fox News and the Daily Mail are often accepted in latest breaking news section.

And Morgan Freeman has a great voice and speaks well with it too.

[NOLALady]

29. Kick

[slay]

32. “It is a racist thing,”

Freeman insisted.

i agree. any problems i have with obama - and i have many - are policy related - it is so obvious the "tea party" is totally different and quite racist - at the very least against having a black man in the white house - and good for morgan freeman for having the balls to say it - least one of the morgan's did.

[whosinpower]

35. It is a racist thing

They have never considered him legitimate.

This goes way beyond democrat vs republican. The debt ceiling fiasco was so over the top, there is no other explanation. They cannot accept him and WILL not accept him - no matter what.

[Raschel]

37. He is right on the money! Thank you Morgan Freeman

[DesertFlower]

38. K&R. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

39. The GOP will use race or anything else to "WIN" ...

The state of the country means nothing to these political terrorists.

[Paka]

41. Thank you for the clip.

Morgan is awesome. :kick:

[AnnieBW]

42. And when God says it, you'd better believe it!

n/t

[Honeycombe8]

44. Maybe. But the TP also seems to want to replace O with another black man, Herman Cain.

So...????

[texshelters]

45. So, a racist groups gets angry

for being called racists.

They should cheer like they did the execution of innocent people or the death of the uninsured.

"Yea racism" they should chant and be proud.

Of course Freeman is correct. Look at the signs, posters, false allegations and attacks on Obama form the teaparty for proof if you must.

Peace,
Tex Shelters

[SoapBox]

46. K & R

[Blue_Tires]

51. ttt