Joe Klein Embarrases Himself w/ Tasteless Remark
In case you hadn't heard, a Florida woman was killed in a freak accident Wednesday when a stingray jumped out of the water and into the boat she was riding, striking her in the face. Always the class act, TIME's Joe Klein said the following yesterday when talking about the suspension of a McCain's staffer for circulating a vile video about Barack Obama:
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KLEIN: ...back in 1988, Dukakis staffers distributed a Biden tape, the tape where Biden was plagiarizing a British politician and they got fired. This is pretty much campaign business as usual. It's really stupid because as long as Rush Limbaugh lives and breathes on this planet, McCain doesn't have to do any dirty work. People like Limbaugh will do it for him. But I think maybe the operative metaphor here isn't drowning but the giant sting ray landing in Obama's boat.
CROSSTALK: Ooh. Oh, Joe.
KLEIN: Okay. Well...
CROSSTALK: Don't blame that one on me. Don't blame that one on me. I'm not going to go there, because someone did die from that.
Yea. He went there.
Joe Klein is always doing his best to try to be accepted by the beltway cocktail crowd. But the little weasel can't quite get there. So he looks like a brown-noser.
Classy Joe, VEEEEEEERY classy.
People like him and Glenn Beck should not be allowed on the air.
Klein is a has been. His best time writing for time mag are over . Joey,, get off the floor, lay off the scotch, a hemminway you are not nor will ever be.
Save you last dance for others, but damnit man just save yourself. The more your write the more you holes of ????? poke thru. Dude dont go away mad,, just go away!
Circulating a vile video of Hussein 'Tinker Bell' Obama. Give me a break, the only video's being circulated were/are made by his (Tinker Bell's) main man for 20 years the 'vile' preacher. It must be hard to make all of your appointments with the nut doctor. You are beyond BDS and into total insanity. Lets hope that the so called church (extension of terrorism school) loses it's tax exemption any day.
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Classy guy
Greig @ 6:
Are you referring to Joe Klrin or Scrapiron?
OH and one more thing,, for joey to poke fun at a death of a woman whom he didint know or vice versa, and to use that, well he has become another scumbag in the lines of so called REAL media!!!!!!!!!
Class does not become joe Klein !!!
Scrapiron @ 4:
I agree with the tax exemption idea, but have no idea the rest of your rambling. Who the heck is Tinker Bell? And for that matters, who the heck are you?
Why does CNN continually have these morons like Klein and the obnoxious and racist glenn beck on the air.
CNN has losts its ways.
What in the world? How does he even draw any kind of comparison? I think Jokeline just wanted to bring up the subject of this freak accident. I bet he rubbernecks car wrecks, too.
it's starting to look like Richard Quest is the only journalist left at cnn.
Sorry, I call foul, and worse, an overt unnecessary exposure to wingnut claims of exaggerated political correctness.
It was a horrible joke, horribly delivered, but the sting ray didn't even kill the woman [Yes, it did-Sitemonitor], and shit is happening on an individual level that would make us all puke every second of every minute of every day.
This is silly, self-destructive criticism. To paraphrase noted neo-con Jon Stewart, utopia for liberals only happens when life becomes a series of never-ending apologies.
Is his name Joe Klein or is it Joke-Line
what an idiot.
Obama scares the white racists in this country like nobody's business.
Does Klein actually have enough self-awareness to feel embarrassed? If so, he would have put the brakes on his mouth a long time ago.
ConcernedHusseinCanuck @ 9:
Just another guy living in his mother's basement, eating the Cheetos his mother brings down once in a while...after unlocking the basement door.
The clue is Tinker Bell. Who the hell uses "Tinker Bell" as a reference?
Scrapiron @ 4:
Blow me.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 15:
I hope the racist BS going on won't scare the people that support him. I will continue to do everthing I can to get him elected.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 18:
Lets not scorn our good gay brothers by making comparisons with these troll like basement dwellers xoites.
Ron @ 19:
It does not scare me. I am not afraid of ignorant biggots, they are pathetic.
♣Bangkok Bob♥ @ 20:
No insult was meant toward the gay community and i am sure any gay people reading that would understand, unless of course they were Republican and in the Senate.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 21:
You're not one the sheeple that are hardly aware of the real things going on.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 22:
True .. your quick this morning, I'm just now getting the news here online. coffee on keyboard
It does not scare me. I am not afraid of ignorant biggots, they are pathetic.
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bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND that means for all sides and both canidates!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OR THIER FOLLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or blogger púshers and those´who deem´themselfs rightious!
♣Bangkok Bob♥ @ 24:
Good morning, Bob. Always great when you are here. It is evening for me and i am having my Friday evening beer. :)
Ron, "sheeple" is a very biggoted word in my opinion. I hope you understand why i think so.
GOOD NIGHT HERE FOLKS!!!!!!!
THANKS FOR ALOT AND THANKS FOR JUST BEING FOLKS AND NOT MAKING THEMSELFS GOD, or gods speakers!!!!!
Best Regards,,
Friar tuck!
Friar Tuck @ 27:
Goodnight, Friar Tuck. :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 26:
Not sure. Why?
Joklein: Washington DC cocktail circuit lush and bad taste trend-setter.
But at least he'll never have to worry about his job at Time, no matter what kind of verbal puke that may come spewing from his over fed mouth.
Ron @ 29:
It is just another way of stereotyping people. People are individuals and until we all start seeing ourselves as individuals we will continue to hate groups of people we can put labels on. I know i am guilty of it myself but i try hard to overcome it.
It is not really hard to imagine why people, especially in this country, don't pay any attention to politics. There are a lot of distractions, many are working hard to get ahead or just survive. Our culture does not encourage participation in the political process and our educational system is a mess. Don't blame the victim.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 31:
My defination is people who see on tv or read something in the paper and take it as the truth, when common sense should prevail they should question it. It's not always easy to do but, when they have been mislead as much as we have been, they should question everything.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 32:
When does the victim take responsibility? They know something iis happening, why not find out why it's happening?
Ron @ 34:
Why not inform them?
Look at the crap shoved at them on tv all day. They don't stand a chance.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 35:
Isn't that what we are doing? I talk to anyone who will listen.
Ron @ 36:
Although i would like to think all of America is hearing all points of view, you and i know that is far, far from the truth.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 37:
Agreed, so let's keep doing what we do and get more to do what we do. Sometimes I get real tired of all this but I'm not going to quit. If I quit, then how can I expect others to go on?
Ron @ 38:
Personally i live for this shit; ups and downs and all.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 39:
The revolution continues. Give me liberty or give me death.
Aaaah, compassionate conservatives, restoring civility and honor to the national discourse.
Basically, I guess that whatever a conservative says, he or she means the opposite.
There is nothing compassionate, and if anything civility has gone out of the window and we are no longer a country with honor.
So heck of a job conservatards.... heck of a job.
Ron @ 40:
Give me liberty, death will come when it will. They can put me in jail but they can not imprison my mind. You should stick around too, you ole' fart. :)
Scrapiron @ 4:
hey dumbass wingnut fuck
why dont you go on youtube and watch the revs full speeches, instead of those edited by fox
then maybe you will get a fucking education
goddamn america and its sheeple
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 42:
You smelled that? I didn't think mine stunk.
did patriot call larry elder "crosstalk" for a reason?
larry (the liar) elder is the worst of all the wingnuts
a man who became a republican for ratings....a man who attacks his own people for ratings...a man who benefitted from affirmative action programs that he now calls evil
a man who had stepandfetchit for parents and thinks all black people should be just like them
its sad that only female whores go to jail....this sucker has been whorin himself out for years
Ron @ 44:
LOL :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 42:
I could take the jail, though I'm not cool with the torture.
uncle joe hussein mccarthy @ 45:
Good evening Uncle Joe, one great thing Obama's campaign is going to do (besides putting a competant human being in the White House) is make America really take a hard look at it's racist bullshit.
Ron @ 47:
Noone is going to torture you until Proud2BHumble shows up with his puns.
This guy is a sleez bag....rotten coffee stained teeth to go along with his rancid comments. He thinks he's funny ?
So what's he suggesting is gonna happen ?
Pundits are pond scum.
Jeremiah Wright is a true patriot!
He assisted in the heart surgery of President Lyndon B Johnson!
See the photo and the commendation letter HERE
http://truthabouttrinity.blogspot.com/
Guys like Klein are never embarrassed by anything.
Shug @ 51:
You are God Damned Right! Reverend Wright is God Damned Right!
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 22:
thats unfair. many republicans have a wide stance when it comes to the gay issue.
burnt @ 54:
Yes, and as long as they keep it out of their political decisions gay people will continue being persecuted.
sorry xiotes it was just a bad joke.
personally I don't know what was going on with Sen. Craig. Either... - he's a hypocritical self destructive gay and he was busted by a law based on legislation he supported thru his political career.. Or, he's straight, has a wide stance, and was just looking for toilet paper, and he was busted as a false positive by a law based on legislation he supported thru his career.
either way, its karma.
I think its very unfair when I look at the anti-gay legislation and rhetoric from so many of our "leaders". I think its disgusting that Joe Klein made a joke about a dead woman so soon after her death.
Ron @ 7:
It seems my comment could be applied to both, but I was meaning Klein, I hadn't seen the other comments yet.
burnt @ 56:
I wasn't getting upset with you. :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 48:
god, i wish you were right
but with an enabler like elder on the radio (hey maude, its ok to hate black people, cuz larry does) i dont think they will
take a look at how fox, hannity and even abc news edited the wright sermons
while some comments remain over the top, if you put everything into context...they dont sound that bad, and many hit the nail on the head
of course, had wright been attacking the libs and the queers and then said goddamn america for letting these people still live...the right would have made him and obama heroes
Disgusting comment by this arrogant bastard. When will people like this learn some humility?
Technically she was from Michigan and on vacation in Florida.
And again, technically (to Joe Klein), it was a spotted eagle ray.
ohhh calm down, i didn't find this very offensive at all.
people are too fucking sensitive. this type of call-out by C&L just continues the cycle of a pussy-foot media who is scared to utter a word without running it by the corporate lawyers.
(definition) Tasteless: Joe Klein's joke line.
Scrapiron @ 4:
Who let you out of the hospital? And, why did they forget your meds?
Friar Tuck @ 25:
I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha. (see)
Seriously, I've put my ass on the line a few times when I felt it was necessary. Especially if the "bad guys" are gay bashers. They make me furious!!! Truly pathetic; you can see the stupidity in their eyes.
Isn't Tinker Bell Paris Hilton's dog? How did she get mixed up in this?
Ryan From Portland @ 62:
I think we're commenting on his comment being tasteless, not offensive. What's offensive is CNN iniviting people like him on the air. It cheapens the nation. Wait a sec.... Oh, nevermind.
In addition to his many shortcomings as a journalist, Klein is a profoundly unfunny person who thinks he is hilarious. That inevitably leads to tin-ear moments like the above.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 15:
I heard that. I've heard from people who have heard white people say that "if Obama wins the presidency We should start buying guns".
I've also heard the same thing in regards to Hillary Clinton.
So that tells you where our country is, mentally- we can't have a discussion on racism and race relations without resorting to smears and quote bombs, and we can't have a mixed or female president without triggering a race war.
What are we, Serbia? Or Iraq circa the 600s?
Attempting to get a laugh at the expense of a dead woman is beyond classless.
What a horse's ass!
♣Bangkok Bob♥ @ 14:
"Jokeline" is his "MySpace" handle. Yeah, he got MySpace!!!!
Wink wink nod nod. This is and old lawyers trick if you have something you want the jury to hear but it's not admissable evidence you work it out so someone says it the judge tells the jury to disreguard the statement, but it can never be erased from their memory and that is what they are counting on.
Those of us who go back a few years remember when Joe Klein was a staff writer at Rolling Stone magazine during its golden age, 1970-77.
He's strayed far afield, I'm afraid. Hard to resist the incestuous, sycophantic Beltway cocktail circuit ...
Friar Tuck @ 25:
Yep - I agree with #25.
What has happened to liberals? You defend Obama like he is some pathetic victim and Clinton as if she is a monster. Neither is true. Make some factual comments about policies, not rumors. MSM/Blogs - same thing.
Klein has always been a lazy dolt trying to be clever.
I am inclined to give Joe a pass on this one because like many of us that are viewing this media frenzy as they attempt this cheap version of outrage on the words of Reverend Wright, when in fact all they are trying to do is distract American people from this huge mess they have all made of our country.
For those who refuse to see the light, this is a message to them. We are not going to be played with and screwed around with their Rupert Murdock style commentary.
We are going to stay on point and message because we are holding all the cards and we intend to use them at the right time for the right candidate because we are fed up with the very site of looking at all of them and the only way to put a dame stop to it is to follow our good judgment and not theirs.
NOT THIS TIME
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