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KPN

(15,586 posts)
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:30 PM May 2018

OMG -- switched to Faux News during commercial

and watched Neil Cavuto ask Herman Cain if it had been a liberal entertainer, would ABC have acted so quickly? Can't believe I'm seeing that crap!

Mr 999 answered "Probably not." But to his credit he did say "but that" racist statement would have taken anyone down at some point.

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samnsara

(17,570 posts)
1. herman cain was on the fox biz news station with some blond lady earlier...he must live there.
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:35 PM
May 2018

...but fox news was NO friend of roseannes when they were discussing her. They were desperately trying to put as much space between her and Trump. It was fox biz network that was pandering to all this crap.

rurallib

(62,344 posts)
4. My first thought also
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:42 PM
May 2018

I am guessing maybe some jokes about rich old white guys?

I am surprised it's been 3 hours and we haven't heard Michelle Wolf's name brought up.

TlalocW

(15,358 posts)
7. I can think of one liberal that could put herself into that situation very easily
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:23 PM
May 2018

Sarah Silverman. And I, like I'm sure the rest of you, get (and I love) her schtick so she wouldn't say anything as directly racist with no humor in it as Roseanne, but she would be an easy one for conservative media to hold up while screaming, "Hypocrisy!"

TlalocW

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. I think we all remember the calm, measured response to Kathy Griffen
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:26 PM
May 2018

Boy, the conservatives sure gave us a lesson in understatement and restraint there!

Initech

(99,913 posts)
9. Check out Twiter. Conservatives think they can enact a double standard...
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:35 PM
May 2018

By convincing HBO to fire Bill Maher. See here's the difference - Maher apologized and owned up to his statement. Roseanne has a long history of it, and that's hardly the worst thing she said.

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