January 15, 2008...12:38 am

Bob Johnson on Barack Obama’s Past

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Bob Johnson…Negro, Please!!!  Have you bumped your head?

“To me, as an African American, I am frankly insulted the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues — when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood; I won’t say what he was doing, but he said it in his book — when they have been involved,” Johnson said. – AP

Is he talking about the drug use mentionedin Obama’s book?  Bob later tried to take back the insinuation. “Johnson later said his comments referred to Obama’s work as a community organizer in Chicago “and nothing else. Any other suggestion is simply irresponsible and incorrect,” he said in a statement released by Clinton’s campaign.” – AP.

Didn’t Bob Johnson sell BET to Viacom after he made his millions by exploiting black folks?  OK, ok…let’s say BET wasn’t all bad.  There was Video Soul for godsake.  Now, the good name of Black Entertainment Television is basically trash, synonymous big booty video girls, horrible black reality TV, and commercials for ringtones.   Bob, your past has some scars as well I’m sure…just like anybody.

I would think that a man who is known for a black first would be more welcoming of the idea of the first black president.  What is your whole motivation for turning into the head “house negro” in charge?  Oh, and WHEN did you become a source for political advice?  All the years that you ran BET I don’t at all remember you using BET as a real vehicle to get blacks to vote and get involved with the political process.  Um…that didn’t happen really until you sold the company.

Dayum, Bob.  I can’t say that I’m surprised.

5 Comments

  • So sad, yet so true.

  • Honestly, Bob lost a lot of credibility after that speech in my book. Why do African Americans all have to take these types of shots at each other? If Bob wants to support Clinton fine, but don’t take swipes at the other “competition” when the goal is taking the White House from the Republican party. What a waste of “clout” we need in the Black community.

  • Bob has no place in politics…If you recall, BET cancelled its ONLY news program. Yeah, his priorities were always straight.

  • bob is very insignificant. I believe his sole purpose for supporting the clintons is to curry favor with them. After all, bob wouldn’t be the billionaire he is today if it were not the the whites who loaned him the money to start Black Exploitation Television.

  • So sad. Bob appears to have the crab mentality.


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