Geoffrey Fieger calls Obama critics racists in new ad

superduperman · June-26-12, 01:18 PM

Truth.....

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/n...z/-/index.html

**dmike76** · June-26-12, 01:37 PM

I have one word to describe Feiger......DIRTBAG.

**jerrytimes** · June-26-12, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by dmike76

I have one word to describe Feiger......DIRTBAG.

I have more words than that. This man needs to leave Michigan. It's sad that someone as ignorant as himself can he a lawyer.

**MikeyinBrooklyn** · June-26-12, 10:26 PM

As I've posted before, I am a conservative. I have been to tea party rallies. I will tell you unequivocally that I never saw racism at such parties. Nor did the black conservatives that were there! Yes there are black conservatives, and they are just as critical of the President as the white conservatives.

I am not going to argue that there are not bigots on the right, but there also bigots on the left. And on both sides they are few in number. I think it is interesting that we have this thread going with polls showing maybe half of black voters in Detroit would be willing to vote for a white candidate for mayor. I would remind my friends on the left that there are only 2 black members of Congress that represent white majorities, and they are both conservative Republicans. White, Obama-supporting liberals do not vote black except for Obama. I will vote for the most conservative, qualified candidate in any election. Race is unimportant. Since I view Obama as neither conservative nor qualified he will not have my vote. He wouldn't have it if he were white.

Also, I think actions are a lot more important than thoughts, words, or motives. Hanging a confederate flag is slightly offensive; opposing school vouchers and keeping black kids in shitty inner schools with no future is much more offensive. It actually hurts people.

Racist is a racist does. Not a lot of southern white farmers with confederate flags in their trucks are keeping people down. A lot of educated liberal politicians in northern cities are doing a swell job of preventing black kids from having a future.

**hortonz** · June-27-12, 02:30 PM

In the words of James Howard Kunstler, Obama is an unqualified schmuck. Feiger is an apologist for the extreme left wing of the Democrat party.

**gazhekwe** · June-26-12, 01:41 PM

Still, there are a lot of people who seem to grab at straws of dissent against anything Obama does, and to pin everything they don't like anywhere on Obama. Is this because they cannot tolerate any direction from a black man, or is this their stance no matter which Democrat is in the White House? I seem to remember similar hysteria against President Clinton during his time in the White House.

**Goose** · June-26-12, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by gazhekwe

Still, there are a lot of people who seem to grab at straws of dissent against anything Obama does, and to pin everything they don't like anywhere on Obama. Is this because they cannot tolerate any direction from a black man, or is this their stance no matter which Democrat is in the White House? I seem to remember similar hysteria against President Clinton during his time in the White House.

i believe there was similar hysteria when Cliinton was in office, although that was probably racist too as Clinton is the self declared first black president...

it's amazing that that not only is Obama the first black president, but he's the first president than has done no wrong, turns water into wine, and is beyond critism, because any questioning of his policy or philosophy is just racist...

i'm glad that people can see beyond this race baiting dribble and will dutifully elect another Democrat mayor for Detroit, be they black OR white, to run this City as they have done for the past 30 years, shining examples of liberal effectiveness

**antongast** · June-26-12, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Goose

i'm glad that people can see beyond this race baiting dribble and will dutifully elect another Democrat mayor for Detroit, be they black OR white, to run this City as they have done for the past 30 years, shining examples of liberal effectiveness

Explain to me how Dave Bing is a liberal. This I've got to hear.

**downtownguy** · June-26-12, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by antongast

Explain to me how Dave Bing is a liberal. This I've got to hear.

Haha. Good one, antongast. Dave Bing became a democrat only for the sake of being elected. It may be the only good decision on his part since deciding to run.

I believe you're confusing party affiliation with ideology, Goose. One could be a liberal Republican or a conservative Democrat, but in today's world they are few and far between. I, for one -- as a size XXXL liberal -- wish there were more shades of gray in both parties. I think that would lead to more compromise and less gridlock. Also, that's why I wish there was a stronger third party in the country. Where is it written in the Constitution that the USA was to be a two-party democracy?

**Wheels** · June-26-12, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by downtownguy

Dave Bing became a democrat only for the sake of being elected.

Having said that how dumb does that make Democrats?

superduperman · June-26-12, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Goose

i believe there was similar hysteria when Cliinton was in office, although that was probably racist too as Clinton is the self declared first black president...

it's amazing that that not only is Obama the first black president, but he's the first president than has done no wrong, turns water into wine, and is beyond critism, because any questioning of his policy or philosophy is just racist...

i'm glad that people can see beyond this race baiting dribble and will dutifully elect another Democrat mayor for Detroit, be they black OR white, to run this City as they have done for the past 30 years, shining examples of liberal effectiveness

So are you saying Feiger is wrong?

**dtowncitylover** · June-26-12, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Goose

it's amazing that that not only is Obama the first black president, but he's the first president than has done no wrong, turns water into wine, and is beyond critism, because any questioning of his policy or philosophy is just racist...

i'm glad that people can see beyond this race baiting dribble and will dutifully elect another Democrat mayor for Detroit, be they black OR white, to run this City as they have done for the past 30 years, shining examples of liberal effectiveness

That's not true. I voted for him and will vote for him again. However, I criticize him on the way he handled health care, we should have had a single-payer system. I criticize him on not dealing with the economy first. He hasn't closed Gitmo like he said he would. He hired Geithner, a corporate hack, as Treasury secretary. However, as compared to the other candidate that does not represent me [[nor does he represent the working and middle class in any way, shape or form), I think I will stay with our President.

And I love how the fall of Detroit has been based on "liberalism"! How about the fact that the free market capitalist system let us down. Our factories moved because labor was cheaper elsewhere. Or the racist tactics of real estate agents through redlining. Or how about the fact that Detroit's first true "liberal" Democratic mayor was Jerome Cavanaugh, and by that time Detroit was already declining. Liberalism didn't destroy Detroit. The civil leaders, both Republican and Democratic, as well as industry leaders like Henry Ford, sewed seeds from early on that lead to the decline of Detroit.

**jmcguire30** · June-27-12, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by Goose

i believe there was similar hysteria when Cliinton was in office, although that was probably racist too as Clinton is the self declared first black president...

it's amazing that that not only is Obama the first black president, but he's the first president than has done no wrong, turns water into wine, and is beyond critism, because any questioning of his policy or philosophy is just racist...

i'm glad that people can see beyond this race baiting dribble and will dutifully elect another Democrat mayor for Detroit, be they black OR white, to run this City as they have done for the past 30 years, shining examples of liberal effectiveness

Let me guess--you're a birther?

**313WX** · June-26-12, 01:41 PM

While not politically correct and he may have done so just for more publicity, he speaks the truth.

It's about damn time someone tells it like it is, regardless of the ulterior motive. I'm sick of all the double-talkers in Detroit.

**trotwood** · June-26-12, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by 313WX

While not politically correct and he may have done so just for more publicity, he speaks the truth.

It's about damn time someone tells it like it is, regardless of the ulterior motive.

ICAM!!
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**313WX** · June-26-12, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by trotwood

ICAM!!
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lol, aight.

**ndavies** · June-26-12, 01:47 PM

He's just pandering to the idiots who would hire him.

**Wheels** · June-26-12, 02:08 PM

Is Figer preparing to campaign for Mayor of Detroit?

**Zacha341** · June-26-12, 08:20 PM

Perhaps! He's getting a great deal of press!

Originally Posted by Wheels

Is Figer preparing to campaign for Mayor of Detroit?

**jtf1972** · June-26-12, 03:06 PM

I got a good laugh when I saw this on TV. He did speak some truth, but do we really need Feiger being a spokesman for ANYTHING?

**PaulieG63** · June-26-12, 03:25 PM

We may [[or may not) appreciate the fact that Geoffrey Fieger called out some Obama critics as racists. I'd feel a whole lot better if more white folks [[speaking as one) would do the same...especially of the conservative persuasion! Until such time, I'll applaud the speaker of truth in whatever shape, size or form they may appear!

Right on Fieger!

PaulieG

**Detroitnerd** · June-26-12, 03:29 PM

How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?

**Whitehouse** · June-26-12, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitnerd

How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?

Oj!! You calling me a lawyer??!

**BagAJellyDonuts** · June-26-12, 05:10 PM

Guess I'm not buying into the title of the thread. Don't care for Obama's economic policies and don't support him because of that. But isn't Feiger singling out [[for lack of a better term) the "birthers"?

Should just let it go but politics has degraded so far that it is IMO name calling & accusations. Neither party is worth a spit. [[that's my mud slinging)