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Toby Keith: ‘Black Society’ Thinks Obama ‘Talks, Acts and Carries Himself As A Caucasian’
Think Progress —
Country singer Toby Keith, who is on a media blitz promoting his pro-lynching movie, Beer For My Horses, said during a radio interview with Glenn Beck today that he believes “black society” will pull for Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), even though “they think in the back of their mind that…he talks, acts and carries himself as a Caucasian”:
KEITH: I think that the black people would say he don’t talk, act, or carry himself as a black person.
BECK: What does that even mean?
KEITH: I don’t know what that means, but I’m saying that’s what I think that they would say. ...
These are not the Racists You’re Looking For
The Poor Man Institute —
Toby Keith is not a racist, as there are no racists left in America. Ergo, this is not in the least bit racist:
Keith has trained his sights on Barack Obama, attacking him in racially tinged language that startled even the notoriously reactionary radio jock Glenn Beck. During Keith’s appearance on the July 30 broadcast of ...
The Wit and Wisdom of Toby Keith
Political Punch —
Stumbles | Main The Wit and Wisdom of Toby Keith August 08, 2008 10:53 AM The country star tells Glen Beck that "black people would say" of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, that "he don’t talk, act, or carry himself as a black person." "What does that even mean?" Asks Beck."Well, I don’t know what that means, I'm saying that's what I think that they would say," Keith responds. "Even though black society would pull for him I still think that they think in the back of their mind that the only reason he is in is because he talks, acts, and carries himself as a Caucasian." Listen HERE . In the back of the black community's "mind"? Wow. - jpt August 8, ...
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