Bernie Mac's "hos"-ts an Obama fundraiser; Is this the campaign's outreach to women?
"At Chicago fundraiser for Obama Bernie Mac jokes about 'hoes'" from the Chicago Sun-Times from Lynn Sweet reports that comedian Bernie Mac at a fundraiser for Barack Obama used the term 'hoes' and interlaced his unfunny riffs with other questionable references - to the point a heckler asked him to sit down and let Obama speak - no doubt knowing the sort of reception this sort of thing would get outside the group of 600 tony $2,300 paying crowd.
The same Obama who wouldn't allow Don Imus to work for him, nevertheless was able to swallow his pride when donations were on the line:
UPDATE:
"Bernie Mac makes inappropriate jokes at Obama fundraiser" from Political Radar
"Obama nervous about Bernie Mac fundraising show" from the Washington Post
"At Obama Event, a Comedian’s Jokes Fall Flat" from the New York Times
Obama came on, thanking, among others, "my great friend, one of the kings of comedy, Bernie Mac."
He then gave an abbreviated stump speech with a quick run-down of his platform, briefly touching most policy areas and using his usual language and jokes before poking fun at Mac toward the end of his 20 minute speech."Everybody is concerned about whether the Democratic Party will be unified in time," he said. "We don't have an option but to make sure that we are united and make sure that we succeed…we can't afford to be divided by race. We can't afford to be divided by religion, or by region or class. Or by gender," he said, pausing for effect. "That means, by the way, Bernie you got to clean up your act. This is a family affair… I'm just messing with you," he said.
Barack Obama's Two Standards Don Imus - Jeremiah Wright and now Bernie Mac?
Calling women 'hos' at a 2,300 dollar big time event???? Then Obama pretends to chastise Mac for the comment... but then winks at him by adding: "I'm just messing with you man".
I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, MAN?????? After he castigated Don Imus and caused him to lose his tv show for referring to black women as 'hos'. If its wrong for Imus becuz he is white, it is wrong for Mac becuz he is black.
Obama is not ready for the world stage yet. He is a South Side Chicago, ghetto-fabulous, Flava-flave wanna be, whose behavior is juvenile and embarrassing. Nancy S. - Michigan
Posted by: Nancy | July 12, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Calling women 'hos' at a 2,300 dollar big time event???? Then Obama pretends to chastise Mac for the comment... but then winks at him by adding: "I'm just messing with you man".
I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU, MAN?????? After he castigated Don Imus and caused him to lose his tv show for referring to black women as 'hos'. If its wrong for Imus becuz he is white, it is wrong for Mac becuz he is black.
Obama is not ready for the world stage yet. He is a South Side Chicago, ghetto-fabulous, Flava-flave wanna be, whose behavior is juvenile and embarrassing. Nancy S. - Michigan
Posted by: Nancy | July 12, 2008 at 10:38 PM