I agree with Jailbones that he got her out of her comfort zone–and trading insults is never a winner. Once you get down into the mud, you always get some of it on you. He was doing a good enough job on himself. Too bad she was too principled to play the victim card–turnabout would definitely have been fair play. She went straight at him, which I think was a mistake, instead she could have encouraged him to pontificate his wacky theories. He’s just like Cynthia McKinney, they have an alternative version of reality that is so starkly at odds with almost everyone else’s that the best thing to do is get them spinning out their paranoid conspiracies for all to see. Another factoid that people in the biz need to come up with for the Shabbazzes of the world is the percentage of black women who are raped by black men, as opposed to white men. If he wants to claim that bad stuff was happening on slave ships and plantations, I won’t argue, but today, especially with the portrayals of black women on rap videos (which would have been another fruitful patch of ground for MM to have taken Shabazz), I’d eat my hat if black women aren’t twice as likely to be raped by a black man as by a white man.

I was soo hoping she was going to say, “You can call me a ho, Mr. Shabbazz, but you can’t call me nappy-headed.”

That man is a race-pimp.

smellthecoffee on April 12, 2007 at 11:01 PM

What was said to Michelle was much worse than what Imus said if you ask me. I doubt we will hear much about it though (besides here and other blogs). zerodamage on April 12, 2007 at 11:17 PM

Word.

smellthecoffee on April 12, 2007 at 11:19 PM

I’d eat my hat if black women aren’t twice as likely to be raped by a black man as by a white man.

Race of Offender – Rape/Sexual Assault
32.8% – White
48.5% – Black

Hmmmm. And my kishkes were just recovering from all the matza. . .

smellthecoffee on April 12, 2007 at 11:31 PM

I think Michelle did great taking on those two… it’s easy to sit there watching at home or reflecting on it later and say “She would have been better served if she had….”, but when you’re in the moment and someone has just said something crazy to you, you go with your first response.

Yeah, you’re right dead-duck–it’s Monday morning quarterbacking. She sets such a high standard, frankly I don’t how she manages to do it all, let alone to such a high level. When someone is that good, you can get caught expecting perfection, which doesn’t belong to us mortals.

smellthecoffee on April 13, 2007 at 12:24 AM