{"id":16736,"date":"2014-11-05T14:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T12:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16736"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:08:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T12:08:40","slug":"michelle-o-feeding-fried-chicken-to-black-stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16736","title":{"rendered":"Michelle O: Feeding fried chicken to black stereotypes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peddling black stereotypes and pandering to black voters go hand in hand when you\u2019re\u00a0a\u00a0leftwinger.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a scenario where white public figures\u00a0try\u00a0that. There would be a frenzy on every news program in the world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the left&#8217;s\u00a0double standard at work again.<\/p>\n<p>First lady Michelle Obama did both on Monday in an interview with TVOne\u2019s \u201cNewsOne Now,\u201d telling host Roland Martin that black people should vote Democrat no matter who is on the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>TVOne targets black viewers, with a website that says it\u201crepresents a connection to the authentic, rich, and diverse experience of African American life, history, and culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, the first lady told Martin that blacks should\u00a0vote\u00a0only on the basis of race and not ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my message to voters. This isn\u2019t about Barack, it\u2019s not about the person on the ballot, it\u2019s about you,\u201d Obama said. \u201cAnd for most of the people that we\u2019re talking to, a Democratic ticket is the clear ticket that we should be voting on, regardless of who said what or did this. That shouldn\u2019t even come into the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scary part is that isn\u2019t the worst of what she said. Her highness gave permission to \u201cher people\u201d to treat themselves after they follow her orders and mindlessly cast their vote.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a transcript\u00a0of her\u00a0mindless black racism, the political staple of the left:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Martin: So can we, if we go out to the polls, can we say, we have \u2018souls to the polls\u2019 on Sunday, can we do \u2018soul food after we vote\u2019?<br \/>\nObama: Absolutely, I give everyone full permission to eat some fried chicken after they vote only after\u2014if you haven\u2019t voted\u2026(laughter.)<br \/>\nMartin: Just checking!<br \/>\nObama: You make a good point because I am, I do talk about health. But I think that a good victory for Democrats on Tuesday, you know, should be rewarded with some fried chicken.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peddling black stereotypes and pandering to black voters go hand in hand when you\u2019re\u00a0a\u00a0leftwinger. Imagine a scenario where white public figures\u00a0try\u00a0that. There would be a frenzy on every news program in the world. It\u2019s the left&#8217;s\u00a0double standard at work again. First lady Michelle Obama did both on Monday in an interview with TVOne\u2019s \u201cNewsOne Now,\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=16736\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michelle O: Feeding fried chicken to black stereotypes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1768,2176,3134,2437,2305],"class_list":["post-16736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-black-racism","tag-democrats","tag-fried-chicken","tag-michelle-obama","tag-racial-stereotypes"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16737,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16736\/revisions\/16737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}