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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:19 PM Dec 2013

Fox's Alan Colmes Defends Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘Panel Was Mocking GOP, Not Romney’s Black Grandson’

by Andrew Kirell | 2:58 pm, December 31st, 2013

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry and her panel of Dean Obeidallah and Pia Glenn have taken a considerable amount of flak for their poking fun at a photograph of Mitt Romney‘s adopted black grandson, but they have one defender working at a rival network: Fox’s Alan Colmes.

For his Tuesday afternoon blog post, Colmes made his beliefs clear in the headline: “MSNBC Panel Was Mockinig [sic] Republicans, Not Mitt Romney’s Black Grandchild”.

“Melissa Harris-Perry is apologizing for something that she didn’t do wrong,” he wrote. “A photo of the Romney family with a black baby on Mitt’s knee was the subject of a panel discussion on Perry’s MSNBC show. But no one was slighting the baby.”

Citing Obeidallah’s remark that the photo “sums up the diversity of the Republican Party … they find the one black person,” Colmes argued that “right-wing media” jumped all over the story and “reported that the panel made fun of the baby, which isn’t what happened.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/alan-colmes-defends-melissa-harris-perry-panel-was-mocking-gop-not-romney%E2%80%99s-black-grandson/

Gotta agree with Alan here. The panel WAS NOT mocking Romney's grandson. They were mocking the GOP.

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Fox's Alan Colmes Defends Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘Panel Was Mocking GOP, Not Romney’s Black Grandson’ (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 OP

Don't tell that to the "Democrats" around here that jump on any attack of other VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #1

He's right. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #2

To be fair the RW NewOISE machine would not know a real issue if it bit their collective a$$ Vincardog Dec 2013 #3

Colmes makes some good points Gothmog Dec 2013 #4

The remark was not in the best taste fadedrose Dec 2013 #5

i think there will be more problems with the baby growing up in a party that believes jim crow was JI7 Dec 2013 #6

If the kid grows up in an affluent Republican family like the Romneys... TroglodyteScholar Dec 2013 #7

That's the way I took it. Cleita Dec 2013 #8

Exactly. n/t Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #9

Thank you Alan Colmes for speaking up, not something you see a lot of on Fox. nt okaawhatever Jan 2014 #10

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

1. Don't tell that to the "Democrats" around here that jump on any attack of other

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:24 PM

Dec 2013

Democrats....

Vashta Nerada

(3,922 posts)

2. He's right.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:25 PM

Dec 2013

People need to watch the video again.

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)

3. To be fair the RW NewOISE machine would not know a real issue if it bit their collective a$$

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 07:26 PM

Dec 2013

Gothmog

(145,264 posts)

4. Colmes makes some good points

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 08:55 PM

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I saw this segment on MHP and they did not insult the baby

fadedrose

(10,044 posts)

5. The remark was not in the best taste

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 09:14 PM

Dec 2013

The baby will grow up thinking that he was adopted as a prop when they are very fond of him, the whole family, and wanted him for himself.

It was not meant as a racial slur or anything negative about the kid, but as he grows older, he may take it that way and that will hurt everyone involved.

In the meantime, he's going to be treated very special by all family members, because he is, because all adopted kids are special...

JI7

(89,250 posts)

6. i think there will be more problems with the baby growing up in a party that believes jim crow was

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 09:21 PM

Dec 2013

so great to people who look like him.

TroglodyteScholar

(5,477 posts)

7. If the kid grows up in an affluent Republican family like the Romneys...

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 31, 2013, 09:23 PM

Dec 2013

...then these are things he will feel inevitably. It's sad

I'm not entirely convinced he'sYou don't think even just a little bit that not being used by this cynical political family as a prop. I hope it's not the case, but these people haven't demonstrated the strongest of character.