He just doesn't know when to shut the fuck up! What a raging asshole!

[William769]

Clippers’ Donald Sterling slams Magic Johnson: ‘He’s got AIDS!’

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling repeatedly disparaged Magic Johnson’s HIV-positive status in an interview that aired Monday, saying he was not a fit role model for children and dismissing his work in business and charity.

The interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper was meant to be a mea culpa in Sterling’s first public comments since racist recordings emerged last month and earned him a lifetime NBA ban, but when the subject turned to Johnson, who was mentioned in the recordings, Sterling is anything but apologetic.

“He’s got AIDS!” Sterling said loudly at one point, cutting off Cooper as the interviewer attempted to cite Johnson’s accomplishments after Sterling asked, “What has he done, big Magic Johnson, what has he done?”

Sterling changed course briefly during the interview to call Johnson “a good person,” but resumed his criticism.

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/05/clippers-donald-sterling-slams-magic-johnson-hes-got-aids/

[ucrdem]

1. Here's the part I saw:

Sterling: The other owners all support me!
Cooper: Have you asked any of them?
Sterling: No . . .

[William769]

2. Now thats definitely a face palm!

[ucrdem]

5. I have to admit

that I was expecting a Greenwald excerpt. . .

[calimary]

8. That's the attitude of someone who's never told "no."

Big shot, high-roller, drowning in money, who's gonna stand up to him? Probably all his life he's been surrounded by yes-men and other assorted sycophants. He just knows they all support him. Yeah, my ass. He just knows that everybody's said "attaboy" and "you rock!" to him for years so why should things be different now? I'm amazed at all the people who've come forward and said he's been like this for 30 years. Oh really? And what was done about it in all that time? Correct - NOTHING. He was allowed to slide because NOBODY had the guts or spine to tell him "no." Far better to bow and scrape because even the crumbs he lets fall from his table are better than what you'd have to scrape by to get on your own.

GOD this shit is depressing!!! This worship of the rich - I guess it's because if you worship it long enough, you can start believing that'll be you someday too. I think that's at the heart of it - just keep on voting republi-CON and YOU will be rich like them someday, too!!!! Except - nobody bothers to tell you that "someday" will never come.

[Populist_Prole]

10. Exactomundo

Some of my bosses at work, and my raging asshole right-wing father ( who has been a boss the last 30 years of his working life ) are of the same mindset. Their brains just cannot process a situation where they can't shape every outcome. In the case of my father, even after he retired can't deal with people outside his small circle ( protected bubble ) of RW friends: He's always going on about how anybody and everybody is always "giving me shit". Translation: Not cowering to his will.

[MoonRiver]

29. Also all his players love him!

[JI7]

3. he also said it was anderson cooper that was the bigot, not him

[William769]

4. Are we going to have enough face palms for this guy?

[bearssoapbox]

11. .

[PeteSelman]

6. Anyone hear Tommy Lasorda talk about Sterling?

http://m.

He's always been a douche.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. wow. jump right into the shithole with both feet, Lasorda. asshole.

[tofuandbeer]

16. So he's saying: "It's okay to be a racist pig, just keep it to yourself or with close friends." ?

[JI7]

25. we are only supposed to talk that way in private among ourselves

[Cha]

9. Roger that. The ignorance burns deep with that one.

[William769]

12. Real deep.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. OMFG, talk about projection! Sterling taking Magic to task????. . .

. . .over sexual behavior?




WARNING! THE LINKS BELOW ARE NSFW, NSFC:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/nba-owner-sex-scandal

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/nba-owner-sex-scandal


". . .sex for money, money for sex, sex for money, money for sex. . ." (page 14 of the transcript)

[tofuandbeer]

14. What a PIECE OF TRASH that man is!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

15. I thought this was going to be about Greenwalk since he's on MSNBC right this minute. nt

[Initech]

17. Is this what was playing in his head during that interview?

[abelenkpe]

18. Disparaging Magic Johnson is no way to win over LA.

Being a stubborn racist is not exactly smart either.

Someone please tell me Sterling is going to be ousted from the NBA and Los Angeles.

[Lurker Deluxe]

34. LOL!

So, you want to take his property ...

And run him out of town. Shall he be tarred and feathered as well, or maybe just branded?

[clg311]

19. Nice job defusing the situation Donald!

[Hissyspit]

20. Did anyone watch this Sunday's "The Good Wife?"

It aired BEFORE this interview.

I love that show.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. His wife thinks he may have dementia

Not unusual for someone that age.

[AngryAmish]

22. It seems to me that he thinks he got set up by Magic and his crew

Magic is the frontman for the Guggenheim Partners. Among other things they own the Dodgers. Michael Milken is a major investor in Guggenheim. Right now they are in a major fight with cable tv providers and if I were them I would look to add other valuable sports teams to make the cable companies want to carry the games.

[VA_Jill]

23. Enough!!

out of this nasty old man already!!!!!! Just STFU, Sterling!!!! (And please, somebody, take his mike away)

[toby jo]

24. I wonder if it's more penis envy than a skin thing.

Johnsons' a dick, no doubt. Having the ability to throw a ball through a steel hoop doesn't clear him, in my book, don't give a shit what his skin color is. But the old guy's a whore, too. Maybe he's a wannabe whoredog, like Johnson ? I think it pisses off men who aren't getting any that some guy's running around with his dick hanging out and nobody says anything to him, he somehow got himself a bye. I think that pisses a certain type of guy the hell off.

And for the record - how many of those black players would be slammed if their private phone calls were recorded and aired? Most? Half? Some? A few?

Men behaving badly, all the way around.

[Iggo]

35. Ykes!

[DesertDiamond]

26. It sounds to me like something has impaired his brain function - like a stroke? Medications? Really

this guy has developed a blurting problem lately. Or is it a long-term problem that we're only just now hearing about?

[elzenmahn]

27. But this looks like an increasing trend among the oligarch class...

...they no longer feel any compunction to maintain civility in their discourse. Now they just come right out and say it.

[Rex]

28. What has he done?

Well...

"Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, and enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 for his individual career, and again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team".[5] He was rated the greatest NBA point guard of all time by ESPN in 2007.[6] His friendship and rivalry with Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, whom he faced in the 1979 NCAA finals and three NBA championship series, are well documented. Since his retirement, Johnson has been an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and safe sex,[5] as well as an entrepreneur,[7] philanthropist,[8] broadcaster and motivational speaker.[9] Named by Ebony Magazine as one of America's most influential black businessmen in 2009,[10] Johnson has numerous business interests, and was a part-owner of the Lakers for several years. Johnson also is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 and the Los Angeles Sparks in 2014."

I think someone is just a smidgen jealous. I mean NOBODY will remember the name Donald Sterling when he is dead and buried. Johnson, OTOH, has his name in the record books for the ages.

[Capt. Obvious]

30. Shorter Donald Sterling from another part of interview

Why can't the blacks be more like the Jews?

[packman]

31. Wasn't Johnson hailed as a "hero"

when he announced he had been HIV identified several years back and said he got it by sleeping with an unholy amount of women? I thought it was an entirely inappropriate label to slap on a guy who bragged about sleeping around with anything and everyone and he was married and was expecting a child at the time. To me, the guy was anything but a "hero".

From Wikipedia:

After a physical before the 1991–92 NBA season, Johnson discovered that he had tested positive for HIV. In a press conference held on November 7, 1991, Johnson made a public announcement that he would retire immediately.[86] He stated that his wife Cookie and their unborn child did not have HIV, and that he would dedicate his life to "battle this deadly disease".[86] Johnson initially said that he did not know how he contracted the disease,[86] but later acknowledged that it was through having multiple sexual partners during his playing career.[87] At the time, only a small percentage of HIV-positive American men had contracted it from heterosexual sex,[75][88] and it was initially rumored that Johnson was gay or bisexual, although he denied both.[75] Johnson later accused Isiah Thomas of spreading the rumors, a claim Thomas denied.[60][89] Johnson's HIV announcement became a major news story in the United States,[88] and in 2004 was named as ESPN's seventh most memorable moment of the past 25 years.[90] Many articles praised Johnson as a hero, and former U.S. President George H. W. Bush said, "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports."[88

[Lee-Lee]

33. This is a perfect example of what membership in the 1% club gets you

Maybe at one time this guy was actually smart enough to make money, or at least steal it legally or not without getting caught.

Now? No way he is smart enough to run anything. He couldn't run a laundromat. But he is in the club, so he has been protected by his fellow travelers despite being the moronic racist he is. Until it became totally untenable because somebody outside the club exposed him.

Almost a case study in how the 1% club works...

[LuckyLib]

36. The look on Anderson Cooper's face was priceless. I was hoping he would

in some way publicly acknowledge the absurdity of this idiot's statements. But then again, it's the media. Just once, I want one of them to say, "What planet are you occupying these days?"