Romneys happy to party while black folks drown

[y4m]

Said Yahoo News' Washington Bureau Chief today (on a hot mic).

He's now unemployed, to Yahoo News's credit.

"They're not concerned at all. They're happy to have a party with black people drowning," Chalian said over a break during the ABC News/Yahoo News webcast, in reference to the fact that the GOP convention in Tampa is taking place as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall on the north Gulf coast.

www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/yahoo-news-fires-david-chalian-source-133662.html

[dev22]

Oh jeebus. That is bad.

[charminglife]

Wow - Yahoo did that quickly. Smart to nip it in the bud.

[Deleted]

Quick reaction on Yahoos part.

[y4m]

If you listen to the original audio (linked at newsbusters), you can hear other people laughing in response to the comment too. Ew.

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Aug 29, 2012 18:34:54 GMT -5 y4m said:

If you listen to the original audio (linked at newsbusters), you can hear other people laughing in response to the comment too. Ew.

The laughing bothers me more bc in my mind, if I did think the Romneys were happy to chug champagne merrily and not give an eff about people drowning, I wouldn't think that was funny, it'd be sad to me. I just dont see the humor in the statement.

Also it reminds me of Kanye.

[soontobeka]

Good for Yahoo for firing him. It is definitely Kanye 2.0

[teflep]

Aug 29, 2012 18:47:14 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Silly me, I didn't know hurricanes were racist.

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Did you see Samuel l jacksons tweet about the GOP? Apparently, they are :s

[druidp]

Aug 29, 2012 18:59:04 GMT -5 teflep said:

Aug 29, 2012 18:47:14 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Silly me, I didn't know hurricanes were racist.

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Did you see Samuel l jacksons tweet about the GOP? Apparently, they are :s

You all want to see a cray-cray Republican tweeter? Adam Baldwin (as in Jayne from Firefly). I followed him and Nathan Fillion (the latter is nowhere near crazy from what I can gather), and man-oh-man that dude is a total troll.

[marie427]

That's just gross.

[mominatrix]

Aug 29, 2012 18:37:25 GMT -5 @mrsbecky07 said:

Aug 29, 2012 18:34:54 GMT -5 y4m said:

If you listen to the original audio (linked at newsbusters), you can hear other people laughing in response to the comment too. Ew.

The laughing bothers me more bc in my mind, if I did think the Romneys were happy to chug champagne merrily and not give an eff about people drowning, I wouldn't think that was funny, it'd be sad to me. I just dont see the humor in the statement.

ITA.

[mominatrix]

Aug 29, 2012 19:02:25 GMT -5 druidp said:

Aug 29, 2012 18:59:04 GMT -5 teflep said:

Did you see Samuel l jacksons tweet about the GOP? Apparently, they are :s

You all want to see a cray-cray Republican tweeter? Adam Baldwin (as in Jayne from Firefly). I followed him and Nathan Fillion (the latter is nowhere near crazy from what I can gather), and man-oh-man that dude is a total troll.

Completely cray-cray.
...does Victoria Jackson tweet? My guess is that she'd be even crazier.


ETA: she does, and it's surprisingly non-crazy. *le sigh*
twitter.com/vicjackshow