Whoopi Goldberg Defends Senator's Racial Remarks about Barack Obama

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 11th 2010 05:44PM

'The View' got heated when Whoopi Goldberg defended Nevada Senator Harry Reid's racial remarks about President Barack Obama. Reid was accused of saying Obama would be a good presidential candidate even though he's African American -- using a word considered outdated to describe the president. "Negro is not a bad word. There are a lot of worse things he could have said," Goldberg says. The argument between the 'View' gals gets so heated that most of Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd's comments are censored. Watch:

The heated 'View' argument stems from allegations made in a new book 'Game Change.' Authors John Heilemann and Mark Halperin claim, "He [Reid] was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.'"

"Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination," they write.

In a statement to CNN, Reid said, "I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words."

"I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African Americans for my improper comments. I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda," the senator said.

Tags: elisabeth hasselbeck, ElisabethHasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, SherriShepherd, the view, TheView, whoopi goldberg, WhoopiGoldberg

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Monday 11 January

By Pain

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It's just a harmless word. Whoopie is right!

By Sambo

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It would have been just a bit more of a word if Rush would have said it

By Jackie

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I agree with you and Whoopi.

By tyrone

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OGABOOGABOOGA GIMMIE SOME CHICKUN..YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT I`M SAYING ?? OGABOOGABOOGA ..THAT`S WHAT I HEAR ANYWAY

By Bob

Well, whopee! Yippie ti yow.

By Michele

Reid's days are numbered. I hope he counting and marking X's on his calendar til his very last day on the job!

By Andi

Whoopi is a HYPOCRITE! If it was a Republican who said that she would have WENT OFF!! She know's w/o Reid that disaster they call a "health" care bill will fail & the lib'o'rats will lose the majority. She's just protecting her fellow rat!

By john

And I bet you being a republican would be the expert on who is a hypocrite wouldn't you?

Tuesday 12 January

By Darlene

Your right on the money! As usual the Democrats talk out of both sides of their mouths...Their other mouth being below their belts!

By rachet267

She's also a racist

By Joey

I don't particularly care about Harry Reid, one way or another. What is significant, however, is hypocrisy in politics. People like Whoopie Goldberg would have gone nuts if things like this were said by anyone with an (R) after his/her name. They would have had to resign, but... Oh, a Democrat said it? Well, you have to take it in context, ya know?

By John

Hmm, could be that rarely does anyone with an "R" after their name have anything good to say about anyone else unless they have an "R" after their name?

By itsmeagain

i agree there is without a doubt,a double standard on this issue.I am not sure that if anyone other than a democrat of favor had made that exact remark there would be no end to the assault from Whoopi and her party.

By audrey

What a hypocrite Whoopie is.Any republican that said that would have been roasted alive.Double standards suck.Whoopie sucks and that real big lemon Harry Reid will only suck for a short time. He will be ousted in Novemeber. Hallelujah.Now Whoopie, the next time a republican says something offensive you will just have to suck it up in order not to be a blatenthypocrite.

By tmsine

I see you all are are getting a small taste of what double standards feel like. It don't taste so good, huh? Black people have been dealing with double standards from the very beginning. So eat your hearts out!

As I said before, Republi-Klans are the experts on who is being a hypocrite

By clark

Hmm, could be that rarely does anyone with an "D" after their name have anything good to say about anyone else unless they have an "D" after their name?

By Chuck

Republicans playing the race card, AGAIN. Get a life.

No, Dems using the race card AGAINST the Repubs, AGAIN!

By Chuck's Real Dad

Chuck, I'd be your daddy if that dog hadn't beaten me over the fence

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