Liberals Rationalize Gumbel

February 22, 2006

Selective Outrage: Liberals Rationalize Gumbel, Angry Over Treatment of Athletes (VIDEO)
See the Video http://exposetheleft.com/2006/02/22/gumbelbrownhc/


On Hannity & Colmes last night, a segment was devoted to the Bryant Gumbel incident where the television host quipped “a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention“, which featured Democratic strategist Michael Brown and author John McWhorter. Earlier in the show, liberal co-host Alan Colmes promoted this segment by saying “why can’t they [Republicans] take a joke?”. The only funny thing about this is Colmes’ hypocrisy because he quickly tried to rationalize Gumbel’s racist remark:


COLMES: Michael Brown, in terms of looking like a GOP Convention, the 2004 GOP Convention there were 6.7% African-Americans on the floor. Maybe Bryant’s got a point, huh?

The man he was addressing this rhetorical question to was Michael Brown, a Democratic strategist who thinks we don’t treat our athletes like the Kings and Queens they are:


I think the issue is how our country treats its athletes as opposed to how other countries treat theirs. Inner city kids in the United States of America basically are treated to only a couple of sports, that’s what they are exposed to, that is all that they can do. In other countries around the world, their athletes are treated like first class citizens.

My God, is this guy functionally retarded? Is he suggesting that our athletes are NOT treated like “first class citizens” and that if they are not, that they should be?

First of all, this is the kind of thought process on the left; celebrate the athletes but not the average citizen. Secondly, I don’t think this Michael Brown has either watched a sporting event in years or seen television coverage of athletes. They are treated like Gods. What a fool.

However, the point here is, Michael Brown, like the average Democratic strategist, got off topic and didn’t even discuss the issue on hand.

The real issue here is that Bryant Gumbel, a black man, made a comment that the GOP are racists and got away with it.

If you remember, several years ago, Rush Limbaugh made a somewhat similar comment about Donovan McNabb, a black quarterback in the NFL. Liberals and race baiters a like were freaking out and eventually forced Rush to resign his position as an anchor on ESPN.