Rick Perry called the national debt a “black cloud” hanging over America. Insert liberal lunacy here.
ABC and NBC among others all concluded that this was an allusion to Obama being black -because you know- America didn’t know Obama was black until Perry’s clever “black cloud” metaphor.
Check out how MSNBC edited the tape to further the racist charge, even though Perry clearly says the “black cloud” refers to the debt.
ABC News reported Perry’s remark this way:
“He says he’s on a listening tour,” Perry said, “so I’m going to talk to him.”
“Mr. President, you need to free up the employers of this country to create jobs.” Perry called on Obama to “free up this country” from “stifling regulation.”
“I’m a pro-business governor, I don’t make any apologies about it and I will be a pro-business president.”
Perry warned that a “big black cloud” hangs over the country.
Nice how they left out what he was actually saying there wasn’t it?
Mediaite reports:
Veteran White House reporter April Ryan, who was recently elected to the board of the White House Correspondents Association, was quick to call Perry out via her Twitter feed, tweeting “Rick Perry’s words ‘a black cloud over this country.’ He knows exactly what he is saying and appealing to. Perry has to remember if he is President he would be POTUS over all including black america who are part of his ‘black cloud.’”
Ryan, who has been one of the most aggressive questioners of the Obama Administration, told me that this statement shouldn’t be judged in a vacuum. “People aren’t stupid. Big black cloud, take back our country, these are code words, and people aren’t stupid.”
I disagree. Some people are stupid. Very stupid. Even journalists -if you know what I mean.
But actually this isn’t a case of Ryan being stupid. This is race mongering. That’s all it is. The media will say or do anything to get Obama reelected.
But note to Perry’s campaign – Maybe the word “black” is off limits for the next year. Take that color out of your Crayola box. Oh, and you probably shouldn’t mention Kenya either.
Update: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz did finally acknowledge editing the tape badly but didn’t apologize for calling Perry a racist.
August 17, 2011 at 2:22 pm
I'd comment on the ridiculousness of the issue, but I'm afraid to type a comment if it shows up in black font. Aren't there any other font colors to choose from, on here?
August 17, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Are the colors dark gray, charcoal, heather off the list also?
August 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Elm-
Yes, you have to be super careful not to be misconstrued…;)I'd stick with a nice sienna, if you can find it…lol
August 17, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Great comments guys. I think "Heather" is OK because no man actually knows what color that is.
August 17, 2011 at 7:05 pm
April Ryan put words in Perry's mouth calling "black a(A)merica, who are part of his "'black cloud", Nope, Perry did not say black America with a capital A is part of the black cloud, only that there is black cloud".To quote Ryan:“Rick Perry’s words ‘a black cloud over this country.’ He knows exactly what he is saying and appealing to. Perry has to remember if he is President he would be POTUS over all including black america who are part of his ‘black cloud.’”Nope, black America is not included in Perry's "black cloud" unless one reads April Ryan.
August 17, 2011 at 7:55 pm
Who's the more racist, the person who uses the metaphor "black cloud" or the person who uses the phrase "black America"–the latter sounds segregationalist to me. Similarly, is the person who immediately associates the phrase "black cloud" with "black America" the most racist of all?
August 17, 2011 at 8:32 pm
"I'm just a little black rain cloud"
"hovering under this hunny tree".
Dear God! Winnie the Pooh is racist!
August 18, 2011 at 12:36 am
Ha! I can see it now. MSN investigates A.A. Milne. "Welcome to the Pooh Party: Guess who's a racist old bear?"
August 18, 2011 at 2:25 am
It doesn't matter. No one watches MSNBC anyway.
August 18, 2011 at 5:40 am
Yeah! That's why it doesn't matter, because nobody watches MSNBC! If somebody did watch MSNBC, then it would matter. But since nobody watches MSNBC, it doesn't matter. I love ad populum logic because it really really works well on people with limited reasoning skills.
August 19, 2011 at 3:02 pm
When you can't call the worst economic indicators in US history a 'black cloud' over the country, you have turned the crazy corner…
Oh well, President for Life Obama will save us.
August 22, 2011 at 12:31 am
"the black cloud" is it Obama's skin or his evil soul? Me thinks "the black cloud" refers to Obama's soul, his unvirtue, his selfishness, his unpatriotism
August 26, 2011 at 9:36 pm
What's next? Yellow bellied? Red-faced? Brown-nosing? Black Tuesday? What do they TEACH in schools nowadays??
My uncle told me a story of a guy making a typing error on a typewriter and asking his secretary for the white-out. She made a disapproving face and said, "That's one of the most racist things I've ever heard. It's called CORRECTION FLUID."