Video: Michelle talks VTech, O’Reilly apologizes for Malik Shabazz

posted at 10:01 pm on April 16, 2007 by Allahpundit

I think we all suspected it was coming but not until tonight was Shabazz’s bannination from the Factor formally announced. It almost seems too harsh: as the boss says, and as Michael Steele, Deroy Murdock, Thomas Sowell, and countless other minority conservatives can attest, the sentiment he expressed is perfectly mainstream within the left. He simply went about it a little more crassly than usual.

As for VTech, what can you say? What can anyone say?


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Shabazz is now the face of the “unhinged” left.

Zorro on April 16, 2007 at 10:07 PM

Shabazz’s diatribe was over the top. He deserved to be banned. I also have to agree with Bill that this guy is marginalized in the black community. He’s a fringe element like Mfume. The black community needs its more rational leaders to step up and be the voice of the black community. Get these weirdo’s off the air – permanently.

thedecider on April 16, 2007 at 10:09 PM

Shazbot!

JayHaw Phrenzie on April 16, 2007 at 10:10 PM

By the way, Michelle was right – this guy is a spineless coward. If he can appear on the Factor and not have the guts to say to Bill’s face what he said to Michelle, then he is not a man.

thedecider on April 16, 2007 at 10:14 PM

Shazbot!

JayHaw Phrenzie on April 16, 2007 at 10:10 PM

hehe

As for Bill saying Michelle is like 5’1″, all I know is that when I watched the vids of her in Iraq, next to the troops I kept thinking “She’s so tiny.”

By the headline I thought Bill was being an apologist for him.

Good on her for noting that people should be able to defend themselves.

- The Cat

MirCat on April 16, 2007 at 10:17 PM

Michelle was great that night. Shabazz looked and acted like a bully, and was clearly unable to remain civil. Not all blacks will give the time of day to that clown, but for those few souls who do, the MSM will listen to their voices over the more conservative ones.

I’m so frustrated by all of that naivete out there. I fear for both the future of the republic, as well as race relations in general.

It’s Bill’s show. I agree with him that Shabazz should be banned.

itzWicks on April 16, 2007 at 10:26 PM

Racist morons like Shabazz shouldn’t be given free rein of the airwaves to spout their drivel. Let them stand on the sidewalk and exercise their free speech rights, like all the other nut-jobs.

stonemeister on April 16, 2007 at 10:30 PM

Malik Zulu Shabazz…….. in his own words….

PinkyBigglesworth on April 16, 2007 at 10:39 PM

I think we all suspected it was coming but not until tonight was Shabazz’s bannination from the Factor formally announced. It almost seems too harsh: as the boss says, and as Michael Steele, Deroy Murdock, Thomas Sowell, and countless other minority conservatives can attest, the sentiment he expressed is perfectly mainstream within the left. He simply went about it a little more crassly than usual.

Yeah, he’s so far out there it’s better to let him talk and embarrass the left. Michelle handled it just fine, she’s a big girl.

As for VTech, what can you say? What can anyone say?

Well, DKos doesn’t even have a post on it on their main page right now… unless you count a mention in the “Gonzales Hearing Postponed” post.

The HuffPo crowd is having the predictable NRA bashing fest, and as always stupidly acting like gun laws will stop murderers from shooting people.

RightWinged on April 16, 2007 at 10:47 PM

Michelle,

Thanks for being a beacon of truth. When the truth is put out there as you have done, it does make it harder for the agenda driven spin doctors to weave their lies into the fabric of our daily lives, trials, and tribulations.

Keep up the good work!

Woody

If you want security, buy a gun. If you want longevity, learn how to use it. If you want freedom, carry it. There is nothing worth more than freedom you win for yourself. There is nothing more valuable to that end than the tools of the right that make it possible.

woodcdi on April 16, 2007 at 10:48 PM

Sorry to continue my dissidence (is that a word?), but I can’t give O’Reilly a whole bunch of credit on this. Why does he put that piece of garbage on tv to start with? Why does he put Sharpton on tv? Or that cockroach Hernandez?

He should stick to responsible, intelligent, and educated commentators, not street punks. If nothing else, Michelle deserved a legitimate guest to discuss the issue, not some racist gangster.

Screw O’Reilly.

Jaibones on April 16, 2007 at 10:55 PM

Shabazz’s ignorance on The Factor was only surpassed by his racially motivated hatred. The New Black Panther Party’s behavior during the Duke University rape case was pure thuggery, replete with death threats to the accused. I thought Michelle’s reaction was outstanding. I hope those of the black community who witnessed the wicked verbal assault against Michelle will distance themselves from that kind of outdated self defeating thinking. All Hail Michelle a true CULTURE WARRIOR!

sonnyspats1 on April 16, 2007 at 11:11 PM

I’m glad KP agreed that the gun grabbers greedily rubbing their paws together are being irresponsible and obnoxious.

Bad Candy on April 16, 2007 at 11:29 PM

sonnyspats1 on April 16, 2007 at 11:11 PM

Unfortunately the black community allows idiots like this to speak for them. Imagine if whites allowed the likes of David Duke to go on television and speak for all of white-America? Would that ever happen? Yet the black equivalents of David Duke are brought out time and again because (apparently) there are no other spokespersons.

thedecider on April 16, 2007 at 11:46 PM

Sharpton/Jackson/Shabazz…they’re all the same…so why does the media give them a voice?

SouthernGent on April 16, 2007 at 11:57 PM

thedecider on April 16, 2007 at 11:46 PM Yes it seems that way, but I’m sure a large portion of African Americans are smart enough to realize that a certian unity with their fellow Americans is the best way for all of us.

sonnyspats1 on April 17, 2007 at 12:02 AM

Exposing the Cretan Shabazz on national TV is fantastic.

His group may be fringe but the hate speak is much wider spread than I think Mr O’Reilly believes.

When does the biased Mr Jackson get his comeuppance?

I’d love to see Jason Whitlock on Fox to show how great a difference there is between Jason and those who would hold him and the entire Black community down and dependent, not to mention the national abdication of our self respect and individual freedoms in an eternal pander mode of politically correct subjugation.

Bravo, bravo. More, more!

Speakup on April 17, 2007 at 12:13 AM

Shabizatch found out what happens when he takes his nonsensical rhetoric and uses it in a live venue… he gets beat down by people like Michelle.

sidenote: Allah, the headline, Video: Michelle talks VTech, O’Reilly apologizes for Malik Shabazz makes it seem like O’Reilly defends Shabazz not bans him.

Opinionnation on April 17, 2007 at 2:48 AM

MM may be only 5′-1″ in heighth but she is 9 feet tall when it comes to backing her play with words ! I would rather have her watching my back that a host of others any day.

DoctorDentons on April 17, 2007 at 6:54 AM

The tragedy is that Shabazz has not been called to account for his statements before he was shown the door.

ah…he wouldn’t admit them anyway. What a dirtbag.

Black Adam on April 17, 2007 at 7:31 AM

RUSSERT MAY BE NEXT TO GO

Sources with ties to the Network say that commentator Tim Russert may be the next casualty at NBC News because of his close affiliation with the now disgraced and cancelled “Imus in the Morning” talk show. Russert was a regular contributor on the MSNBC morning program. Even his colleague and subordinate, Gwen Ifill, on this weeks Meet the Press, said that she found it “offensive” that Russert hadn’t spoken up about the racist rants that Imus was noted for. She seemed to be implying that his silence indicated assent.

Interestingly, Russert’s wife Maureen Orth, had written an article in the March,’04 Vanity Fair that made many scurrilous claims about Black Icon Michael Jackson. These included suggesting that Jackson was a serial molester of young White boys.
Subsequently, Jackson was found innocent of all charges by a jury of his peers.

Insiders say that the above incidents demonstrate that the Washington power couple may have a long term and deep seated antipathy toward the African American Community.

Noted Black Entertainer Chris Rock was quoted as saying,”Crackers! F***ing Crackers!

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson could not be reached for comment.

………Developing

Whew!!

there it is on April 17, 2007 at 7:51 AM

Now lets see if Bill has the guts to ban Al Sharpton.

I cannot figure out why he continues to give him a platform to make his racist rants on FoxNews.

ScottyDog on April 17, 2007 at 10:04 AM

RUSSERT MAY BE NEXT TO GO

First Imus and now Russert? This is turning into a regular Donner party, as the liberals begin to eat their own.

smellthecoffee on April 17, 2007 at 11:43 AM

MM may be only 5′-1″ in heighth but she is 9 feet tall when it comes to backing her play with words ! I would rather have her watching my back that a host of others any day.

Well said dr_dentons well said

Kevin43 on April 17, 2007 at 2:32 PM

MM may be only 5′-1″ in heighth

5FT 4!!!!

Drtuddle on April 17, 2007 at 6:35 PM

Bill, You have nothing to worry about when Michelle stands in for you. She klobbered that stinkin racist with a left and then a hard right. I personally am glad that you do not want him on the show again but I would still love to see you cut him to ribbons!!!

NEMETI IN SYRACUSE on April 17, 2007 at 8:49 PM