Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco was a guest on Bill O'Reilly's broadcast, The O'Reilly Factor, where he was asked to discuss and clarify his remarks about comments he made calling, President Barack Obama "a terrorist". HMPH!
To put it into context, I was asked about a song I did called ‘Words I Never Said’ which addresses terrorism. So the statement that I made which was ‘I believe that the biggest terrorist [is] Obama and the United States of America and it’s foreign policy,’ that was what the whole context of everything was. And it’s really just an expression of me trying to understand critically the society.
Needless to say, neither party got anywhere! The two just bickered like a couple, and no point was made in my opinion.
Lupe, no one said that you couldn't have an opinion about the President and his policies, but PLEASE be prepared to elaborate and articulate on those beliefs ESPECIALLY when asked on TV by Bill O'Reilly.
If you have not LIVED or are currently LIVING for comedic/political analyst Jon Stewart, I have NO IDEA what you are dong with your life!!! Not only is he hilarious on sooooo many levels, but is smart as whip!
Last week, many Republicans, FOX news and anti-Obama folks were up in arms when the President invited rapper Common to the White House for a poetry event. The crusade voiced their concerns as to why the President would invite a rapper who insinuates violence in his raps *cough-cough...undercover racist comment*, and also one who is in support of a convicted "cop killer" Joanne Chesimard.
So much to our surprise and delight, Stewart and O'Reilly so graciously decided to debate the topic on national TV, and let's just say Steawart "got O'Reilly right together" on national TV! Sho' did!!!
In what turned out to be a HEATED debate between Whoopi Goldberg/Joy Behar v. Bill O'Reillyyesterday on The View, things got so bad that the 'liberal duo' decided to leave the set.
And what prompted the firestorm? A discussion about the proposed Islamic cultural center in downtown Manhattan.
Of all days that I could NOT watch The View yesterday, lots of drama would pop off, huh?!
In a nutshell, this is what happened:
O'Reilly insisted it would be "inappropriate" to have a Muslim place of worship so near to Ground Zero. This prompted Whoopi Goldberg to inquire, "Why is it inappropriate?" To which O'Reilly replied, "Because Muslims killed us on 9/11." As the cast devolved into loud protests and O'Reilly defended his remark, Goldberg shot back that "extremists" attacked the World Trade Center while the Fox News host continued to defend his views. With that, Behar rose from the couch, visibly upset. "I don't want to sit here," she told O'Reilly, as she stood over him. Goldberg also calmly rose from the sofa and joined her, waving as she walked off the set. After the ladies left, Barbara Walters told the audience, "we should be able to have discussion without . . . walking off stage."
BRAVO, Babs!!! Lawd knows, I don't agree with ANYTHING O'Reilly says, but I wouldn't have walked off. This is AMERICA...people should be able to give their opinions (Whoopi and Joy too) without the other person "walking off a television set".
LET'S BE CLEAR: I'm still TEAM WHOOPI/JOY all day!
Peep the video above.
PS - Bill O'Reilly is an AZZHOLE!!! All Muslims killed us on 9/11??? How PHUCKIN' ignorant! And he's still on TV?
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