Six Degrees of Barack Obama

[Daelyas]

I laughed so hard from 3:30 till 3:35 Cenks a great guy but that was just so badly put :) Can happen hehe. Still really funny!

[JCYK90]

Would they be as critical and apply so many double standards to the president after Bush if he was white?

[IndependentEsse]

What the HELL is going on with these comments on this video? A lot of hate............and stupidity.

[KweenLola3531]

You took the words right out of my mouth...THANK YOU

[vpettus]

Come on..., you know that the real deal is. I like the way you point out the bullshit.

[evilblades]

lol "go to youtube and look up Masturbation"... as if most people here havnt already done that :P

[donottake]

Obama is a fraud!

PUMA!

[slappy1234567]

OBAMA WAS SELECTED, NOT ELECTED

[onlytruth100]

Listen up turks! One day Istanbul is going to be called by its proper name again

Constantinople.....its just a matter of time

[joninkinma]

you mean Byzantium don't you?. You know the original greek city that became the center of the eastern roman empire (after the Byzantine empire) under Constantine the great, and was renamed (after being burned to the ground) to honor him, by him in 235 Ad (not sure on the date).

anyway... Byzantium was the original name.

[joninkinma]

by after the byzantine empire, I mena Later became, sorryabout that

[UGOTDAJACK]

LOL...this dude rocks!!! He should be a political pundit on CNN

[TheWorldPerPete]

If you want to hear about Hilary's "35 Years, so you can know who she really is...click on my name!! Thanks!!

[n2motocross]

Young Turd Cenkhole,

3 degrees, 2 degrees, 6 degrees??.. Cut the menusia... Obama has ties that would have ended a Republicans pres, bid faster than you could say, right wing extremist.

[y6w]

Can't you go on TV? It's about time that someone like you shows the stupidty of all this (and many other things).

[Thesouthman]

Obama '08 Obama '08 Obama '08

[Thesouthman]

Obama '08 Obama '08 Obama '08

[politicalfarce]

This is a very accurate description of the unfortunate reality.

The USA ranks among the lowest among industrialized countries in education and IQ, what do you expect....

People are just dumb. If this were switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Iceland, Japan, half the people in the media wouldn't have a job tomorrow morning, and would be replaced by serious professionals.

[n2motocross]

politicalfarce: If the ACLU, and all the clip haired mean faced women, would quit teaching teaching kids; Outcome based education, multi-culturalism, global warming, condoms on cucumbers etc..maybe our kids could actually learn some things!!

[jb5134]

OBAMAS A RACIST

[Mplay1983]

lol

[isawitonutube]

let me school u on racism u pathetic piece of shit a black person cannot even remotely be a racist because in order for you to be a racist you have to have power and tell me one thing that a white person would be depraved of if a black man is racist...yeah that's what i tought now can a black person be racial...yea but look at the concept after all our presidents have been WHITE "MEN" not even woman its kinda hard to say america is not sexist or get this "racia" not racist

you ass wipe

[Purecite]

Accusing only makes you truly guilty of the accusations..Let me teach you something about racism, if you are part of a race you are capable of being racist. It has nothing to do with power. It is an idea. As I said before only the racists seem to accuse people of being racist. I for one despise african americans(at least every african american I have ever met) for this reason and your self proclaimed innocence.

[pedobearhansen]

not all blacks think whites are racist. you must have met some assholes... or maybe you're just a racist too.

[Purecite]

You have not suffered nor endured the pain of your ancestors you have only lived with the outcome.

For those who have fought for it, freedom has a sweetness the protected will never know.

[isawitonutube]

you have surely benefited from the the pain your ancestors caused us and you're still benefited from the outcome...

unless you're black you will never know what it feels to be black..the feelings of one not welcomed to here and at the same time confused as to where one should be while dealing with this outrage that still goes on today..

don't preach to the quire if you're not a member of the church

[ifitsmeitcantbe2good]

tell that to the jews

[gyneve]

Not to reinforce what Purecite has stated but merely to address a parodoxical logical falacy which you're operating under, the very notion that one race cannot be racist is itself a racist idea. And it is an idea which does nothing to improve relations between us. I'm not suggesting, knor would I ever, that I know what it is to be a black man. I do however know what it is to be a man, and only a man of my exact makeup. It seems to me thou, that the more we focus upon this, the more we separate.

[isawitonutube]

you are a very intelligent person...I agree with you as to what the fundementals of what being a man is but, the fact that you're taking the high road while not stepping in the mud. I agree that racism goes both ways but my point was that being white, one cannot feel the pressure of racism to undermined their lives but blacks could very much suffer from one being a racist..looking foward the problem is not as much of racism more like culturism which is what seperates us.

[Goodchild99]

not only is that completely ignorent and hypocritical... it's racist

[pedobearhansen]

that's just stupid. anyone can be racist if they hate people for their race. if a white person kills a black person for being black it's racism. if a black person kills a white person for being white they are racist too.

[teymani]

obama first name is arabic too stands for the fortunate

[akibabellsouth]

Thank you for saying this. It needed to be said. You are the best! Keep it up. I love watching your videos on politics.

[sploogersmoof]

politics is a dirty buisness, more then likely every politican on earth will at some time in his or her life had had some sort of dealing with somebody like wright. obama goes to his church, big deal, i assure you the vast majority of that idiots sermons arent like that and if you think otherwise you need to pull your head out of your ass. i have been to churches in wich i disagree with virtually everything the priest says, but i dont walk out, thats his opinion, not mine.

[soularimus]

Man these Oranges are yummy!

[Freethecountrynow]

Apparently Jake has not read the book and is quite simply LYING!

[NLPNVC]

It's just politics man... using fear to undermine trust is not a new tactic. Obama is an excellent target for this strategy.

[cleodotte]

thank you for a good video.

[Msescaladeowner]

Rev Wright is a perfect example of....crabs in a barrel :(

Black is black crime is destroying America!!!!

[vonniewit]

Obama's candidacy highlights what Blacks like Rev. Wright have been pointing out for years: DOUBLE STANDARDS. I have to admit that I support Obama but I am concerned (as a citizen of NC). I feel that Obama will be pressed to reject or ignore legitimate concerns and issues in my [black] community. In my opinion, Clinton is revengeful so I have to see my choice through and HOPE for fairness.

[judemers]

1 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

In 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F.

Kennedy's challenge to, "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but

What you can do for your Country," gave up his student deferment, left

College in Virginia and voluntarily joined the Marines.

[vonniewit]

Hello - judemers. You do realize that this whole media spin is not about Wright - right? So you can provide counter information to help paint Wright in a better light but the racist media's only purpose is to discredit Obama. When Wright accepts that fact and realizes that it's a no-win situation, he would not spend his time trying to be understood. It's not right/fair what is happening to him. But he makes matters worse playing the dirty dozen with pure evil! But time will heal his hurt/anger.

[judemers]

2 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

In 1963, this man, having completed his two years of service in the Marines, volunteered again to become a Navy corpsman. (They provide medical assistance to the Marines as well as to Navy personnel.)

[judemers]

3 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

The man did so well in corpsman school that he was the valedictorian and became a cardiopulmonary technician. Not surprisingly, he was assigned to the Navy's premier medical facility, Bethesda Naval Hospital, as a member of the commander in chief's medical team, and helped care for President Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1966 surgery.

For his service on the team, which he left in 1967, the White House awarded him three letters of commendation.

[mistymonee]

4 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

What is even more remarkable is that this man entered the Marines and Navy not many years after the two branches began to become integrated. While this young man was serving six years on active duty, Vice President Dick Cheney, who was born the same year as the Marine/ sailor, received five deferments, four for being an undergraduate and graduate student and one for being a prospective father.

[mistymonee]

5 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both five years younger than the African-American youth, used their student deferments to stay in college until 1968. Both then avoided going on active duty through family connections.

[mistymonee]

6 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

Who is the real patriot? The young man who interrupted his studies to serve his country for six years or our three political leaders who beat the system? Are the patriots the people who actually sacrifice something or those who merely talk about their love of the Country?

[mistymonee]

7 - BACKGROUND ON WRIGHT

After leaving the service of his Country, the young African-American finished his final year of College, entered the Seminary, was ordained as a Minister, and eventually became pastor of a large church in one of America's biggest cities.

This man is Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the retired pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ

[CanadianPerspective]

jake~Both Obama and Hillary both take the exact same position when it comes to pro-choice. So why are you only saying that Barack is a baby-killer? If so, then Hillary is guilty of it too. BTW~Go ask god why 25% of pregnancies, result in a spontanious abortion(mis-carraige)? Is god a baby killer too?

[jakesunrider01]

I would not pretend to make a judgement for or against God. Hillary is a baby killer. I have raised hell about her and Bill being baby killers for a long time. Obama talks about change and votes for the same old thing. He is a fake, guided by misguided people, Wright, Farrakhan, Shabazz, Brzezinski, and others. Harry, Nancy and Howard r doing everything they can to get him elected to make him a demo lap dog. May God help us all if obama gets elected. I believe he will rip the USA apart.

[alandjenn]

jakesunrider01 you are a moron try reading a book or something.

[CanadianPerspective]

The pastor has PTSD from the Vietnam War. This explains his angry rants. Let him be, he has earned the right to speak his mind. He wears many battle scars of the past. I hope people have the common sense not to judge Obama for being empathetic to his former pastors wounds. Obama doesn't have a racist bone in his body. Furthermore, why do people ingore all the racial slurs Hillary has made? What about Bill Clinton's abuse of blacks and minorities while he was governer? Google: Clinton is Racist

[vonniewit]

CanadianPerspective - I see your effort. However, I don't agree with your diagnosis of Rev. Wright. Have you attended a traditional black church or talked with ministers from that background? Rev. Wright was just expressive - not angry.

[zyker33]

Maybe if Barrack had a record to look off of, we wouldn't judge him on his character, or his associates. Oh, and also, Obama is closer to his own reverend than he is to you. This video is incoherent blather. :)

[TheYoungTurks]

Watch the entire show at theyoungturks(.)com

[flipthenuts]

cenk! cenk! cenk! woo woo woo!

[mitchellbluesband]

Cenk!!! Go Go!!!! Excellent point!

[jakesunrider01]

Brokeback Hussein Osamabama:

"I will stand with the muslims should the poliical winds shift in an ugly direction"

"If god is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kills gods who are not part of the black community. Black theology will accept only the love of god which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

People of Indiana and N. Carolina, please remember this when u go to vote.

Jake

[TheSchublaKhan]

How delusional are you?

[Freethecountrynow]

Jake:

Stop posting false quotes! Otherwise, provide the sources of what you are quoting! Moron!

Go OBAMA '08!

[jakesunrider01]

Free, you know exactly where this came from, If u r an obamamite, u have read his books.

you know this is true and this is all you can say .

Farrakhan: "America must burn"

NObama08

jake sunrider

[Freethecountrynow]

Jake: The real quote on page 261 of "Audacity of Hope":

"In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging.

[Freethecountrynow]

"They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly: they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during WWII, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

[ezekielthemack]

@jake Go and find a job

[jakesunrider01]

mack, i have a job, telling the truth about everything Brokeback Hussein Osamabama. He is a racist lying baby killer and we all know it. You have my permission to call me names since u cannot dispute the issue.

thanks for reading my post

jake

NObama08

[ILUVFUNKEYS345]

No name calling I just you to know that what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this site is now dumber for having read it..

[jakesunrider01]

LUVFUNKEY, Thank u for no name calling:

Obama lied about his parents in two speeches, and Wright said "He says what he had to say as a politician." LIAR

He supports partial birth abortion and voted against the protection act which protected babies that survived late term abortion, now the baby is thrown in the med-bin to die.

BABY KILLER

Read his book, "I ceased to advertise my mother's race at at 12 or 13. RACIST

We r all now smarter for reading my post.

Jake Sunrider

[sploogersmoof]

hes half white you dumbass, he was raised by a white mother, there are white people in wrights church, so no, he is not a racist. you just want to believe he is so you can justify wasting your vote on that lier hillary or that dumbass mccain. you should vote for gravel or paul, they are the only good ones left because people like you kicked kucinich out.

[sploogersmoof]

majority white goverment, seperation of church and state, checks and balances....yup, that shit is irrelevant. and falwell and robertson have said stuff that is just as bad, if not worse then the things wright said. and i find it funny how other candidates do go to churches and the like run by these kinds of people, but nobody calls them out for it.

[milkgodnl]

The corporate press couldn't get Senator Obama to do the Dean Scream, so they find someone else to do the Dean Scream for him.

[vonniewit]

Excellent point! That' why I feel bad for Rev. Wright. He is an accomplished man. He must understand that the media attack is about discrediting Obama - not him. But he appears to be serious collateral damage. I hope that time/support restore things for both - though.

[itchyflea]

Whoa...I didn't know Bush was connected to the bin Laden family. Has TYT spoken on that already? Because I need to hear that in depth.

[mtedora]

huh? the two families have been hanging out and doing business together for decades. all ya need to do is see Michael Moore's "f 9-11" - it goes into the connection in depth.

[reece2076]

Great point!

[osiris33]

Dude you're funny as hell

[blessedginger]

You know, they weren't going to stop until they made him reject his pastor. This behavior is so much like the part in the movie "Roots" where Kunta Kenta was being forced to say his name was TOBY as a show of rejecting his culture. Obama is the best person for the job. Period.

For whatever reason, if America doesn't choose him, they don't deserve him. And we deserve whatever unnecessary challenges our country will face.

[politicized]

EVERYBODY needs to see this video.

[Frnlam]

So Hillary,Fox ect. are the barometers, definers of moral ,ethical,logical behavior?

Only simpletons would think so.

Fact is they're trying to wear him down responding to nonsense.So the media will not be covering his lead or people hear his stance on the real issues.They get to hear Hillary,

McCain without shifting through doubts because

No questionable facts have been splashed over and over. Like herpastors molestation case or

her fraud case that has been postponed until AFTER the election.

[jakesunrider01]

Hey obamamites who follow Osamabama blindly and without thought. Try this on for size:

"Dreams of My Father"

"If God is not for us and against WHITE PEOPLE, then he is a merderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community, Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the WHITE ENEMY."

Now let us discuss who is a racist and who is not a racist.This is by his own hand.

Jake

[crazyriri1985]

thats not in his book retard, you should at least do your research before you re-post bullshit lies.

[uru86]

merderer...yup thats believable

[julianscottsounds]

I've read Obama's dreams of my father twice.  There is no such quote or anything remotely close to it in its pages....lol

[sploogersmoof]

i cant help but think you made that up. i find it hard to believe that the media would talk about his pastor non-stop but miss that little tidbit. somebody spoon fed you that crap and you know it.

[thierson1]

U re great man respect keep on opening our eyes

[studio7manga]

The right wing media aka main stream media, doesn't want Obama because he'll get rid of the sweet deals they've been slurping out of the tit of the government for so long.

[crazytvfan815]

I think it was Colbert who said "Obama was endorsed by Ted Kennedy. Ted Kennedy is a Catholic. The Pope used to be a Nazi. Therefore, OBAMA IS A NAZI!!!!!"

[tkrynski]

Cenk, you are brilliant as always. Keep it comin!

[nemobad]

it just shows how racially motivated all these attacks are. and cenk is right, there's a huge double standard.

[Amiel912]

This guy is just an idiot.

[bhevskyjumper]

well, he's smarter than you...

[kennyvii]

I feel your pain, ..really. the problem is that all this anti-white,anti-america and marxist ideology stuff has been undisclosed until just now. I think Obama may still have time to weather this but it will be hard. But if he proves to be a white hating, america hating marxist then aren't you happy to find out right now? I am sorta sure he isn't but it needs to be known before I will vote to make him the god damned president of the United States.

[notscooter952]

I think your idea of what marx' ideas were are a bit warped. Allow me to fill you in.

Marx was an economist but mostly, he was a sociologist. He laid the groundwork for the studies of such things as class conflict, worker alienation, and social stratification. However, social stratification wasn't solely marx' idea. It was later perfected by Max Weber.

I hope this clarifies things.

[papasalas]

Obama is half white. He was raised by his white mom and white grandparents. And you are dumb fuck.

[vonniewit]

And the truth is: Rev. Wright appears to have white ancestors just one/two generations removed.

[BroadCastTuber]

2 massive buttfart along with diareahea!

[smokebk]

BroadCastTuber- we get it. stop being a dumbass

[GerardMontague]

what the hell does that even mean?

And learn to spell

[blessedginger]

If you don't understand something, keep your mouth shut then maybe you're ignorance will go unnoticed.

[GerardMontague]

what are you talking about. I was responding to BroadCastTuber not the other guy

[oung77]

Great point, but I think the media is on Obama because of his long term relationship with Rev. Wright. Nevertheless, a great point.

[mtedora]

long term relationships aside, the double-standard applied is still glaring. every Republican candidate since Reagan - but not before - has been a devotee of any and all influential neo-Nazi tele-vangelists in the nation. THOSE people have a LOT more tentacles than Jeremiah Wright. but Republicans tend to be corporate coksuckers, so ANY thing they do is defended by a national media that's in a corporate stranglehold to begin with.

[milkgodnl]

.. ain't that the truth!

[Rcoxx4u]

Thank you for making intelligent commentary. About the media politicals it's total bullshit!

Thanks TYT!