Verdict: Jonathan Alter Points Out Right-Wing Hypocrisy Over Michelle Obama’s Comments
By: Nicole Belle @ 2:15 PM - PDT
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(h/t Heather)
On Verdict with Dan Abrams, Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter was fed up with the ridiculousness of the continued smear of Michelle Obama over her “proud of her country” statement and accuses conservative talk show host Lars Larson of promoting an agenda that tries to paint Michelle Obama as an angry, black woman, noting that there was no such outrage for John McCain’s repeated statement that he “didn’t love America until (he) was deprived of her company”.
By: Nicole Belle @ 2:15 PM - PDT
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(h/t Heather)
On Verdict with Dan Abrams, Newsweek reporter Jonathan Alter was fed up with the ridiculousness of the continued smear of Michelle Obama over her “proud of her country” statement and accuses conservative talk show host Lars Larson of promoting an agenda that tries to paint Michelle Obama as an angry, black woman, noting that there was no such outrage for John McCain’s repeated statement that he “didn’t love America until (he) was deprived of her company”.
ALTER: Yeah, you’re saying…you’re just talking trash and nonsense. And it’s a slur, and it’s really, it’s frankly kind of appalling that you and others would stoop to this level, because it’s not true. You don’t know Michelle Obama; you haven’t spoken to her as I have. To many of her friends: black, white, many different people…let me just quickly try to dispense with this. You’re taking her out of context intentionally. You’re trying to twist her words for your own political purposes. It’s low and it’s borderline racist.
