Garofalo: Tea Party Protesters 'Functionally Retarded'; 'I Want My Country Back' Code for Racism

Newsbusters
August 22, 2009
Jeff Poor

You probably already knew Jeanane Garofalo was no fan of conservatives, Republicans or just about anything that could be described as right of center. But the former Air America host and MSNBC regular really has a low regard for conservative activists. In an appearance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 21, Garofalo ripped into tea party protesters, or what some of the wizards of smart on the left have deemed "tea baggers" calling them "functionally retarded adults" and "racists."

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NOTE: UPDATE: OOPS! Mixed up the actress Garofalo with the person who testified to the 9/11 Commission Gorelick. The part in parenthesis does not pertain to Garofalo but to Gorelick-- shows how little I pay attention to Hollywood. Guess I figured that the person calling us retarded and racist would have some credibility. (This from Garofalo that was found to have misled (lied) to the 9/11 Commission? The same person who stopped communication under Clinton on intelligence matters between the agencies that led to 9/11 not being discovered?) She has the audacity to call people who don't agree with this Administration Retarded and Racist?

Let's get this straight as it is happening more and more. If we disagree with Obama on any issue it is because we are 'racist' and not because we don't like his agenda? I personally don't care if the President is purple if he treats the Office of Presidency with respect and has an agenda that is best for this Country. Apologizing all over the world for America, and being cozy with dictators while attacking our allies is WRONG!

This crap of calling people racist because they disagree is beyond disgusting and shows that is the only argument they have is to call people names. They defend the President by calling us names not by defending his agenda. I have two words for Democrats that cry racist on people that happen to disagree with Obama's agenda -- GROW UP!

We now have the Governor of NY Patterson saying it is racism that people don't want him to run again. This time it cannot be blamed on Republicans. I can guarantee you that every Republican wants him to run for Governor again. Do we hear the media and the Democrats like Garofalo screaming racist against the Democrats going after Patterson? Crickets chirping once again. I guess by those standards only Republicans can be called 'racist?'

Ms. Garofalo and others who are yelling racist because we don't like Obama's agenda need to remember the words of a great man who understood and whose life was cut short too soon.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King excerpts from his I Have a Dream speech.

We have elected a black President which was historic but one of the first statements at an early meeting was "I Won." That wasn't the last as his arrogance has taken over. He promised to reach out across the aisle but he didn't. People opposing him in the campaign were called 'racist' and that wasn't true at all. Most of us could care less about the color of a person's skin that runs for any office because we care about the character and the agenda of the person. Former Cong J. C. Watts was elected in a 90% white district in Oklahoma and would still be in Congress if he had wanted to stay. Those same people that elected JC were called racist by some Democrats in the last election that didn't support Obama.

I, along with many Americans, don't vote for people because of the color of their skin, but the character and ideology. When I vote for President or any office, I want to know the background of the person I am voting for but in the case of this President, we were told very little about his 'true' background but instead were encouraged to read two of his "biographies" which look to have been ghost written. Many of the items in the first book have been proved to be false. So what did the media investigate about Obama so we knew his background and character? Very little except what the Obama campaign wanted people to know.

Maybe the liberals are the ones that should go back and read all of Dr. King's speeches. Dr. King had a dream for America and so did President Reagan with his speech about "The Shining City Upon a Hill" -- both men offered hope for everyone. Maybe it is time the current Administration understood we are all Americans and one Freedom that is dear to all of our hearts is the Freedom of Speech guaranteed us by the Constitution. We have a right to disagree on the agenda of our elected officials without being called names.