Narrator for Obama campaign video at racist event

It's as simple as that.

After narrating the Barack Obama 17-minute campaign ad, Tom Hanks ‘ next premiere comes from a 2004 charity auction, where he and singer Glenn Frey of The Eagles entertained the audience while raising money for a private school in tony Pacific Palisades, California. The video shows the CEO of an investment-banking firm in an Afro wig and dark makeup while Frey and Hanks make, er, politically incorrect jokes:

In response to the video, Congress of Racial Equality national spokesperson Niger Innis has called on President Obama to remove Hanks’ narration from his campaign film. Innis called the incident “an orchestrated, heinous, and racist ‘Stepin Fetchit’ routine that Mr. Hanks was a part of.”

See video at http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/20/v ... ot-pretty/

The video is not fake, it's not edited and it's an indictment to the hypocrisy of the left (which we are seeing much more of lately). It's one of Hollywoods best know liberals yucking it up while a CEO prances around dressed in blackface and a afro. I's not funny and it's extremely racist. I'm waiting for the "double standard" from some of our more "popular" 285 Bound leftists. Let's see the condemnation from them... waiting... 5,4,3,2,1... crickets.

Can't find anything recent to be outraged about so they have to dig up 8 year old video. You can put that in the same place as Obama's Harvard video from 30 years ago. I thought the line about Jerry Falwell was funny.

JSG wrote: Can't find anything recent to be outraged about so they have to dig up 8 year old video. You can put that in the same place as Obama's Harvard video from 30 years ago. I thought the line about Jerry Falwell was funny.

So... an 8 year old incident changes everything... I see. How about a Bush's presidency... all 8 years... we are still hearing all about it from the left. Oh... I noticed you had no opinion on the content of the video. And I guess Niger Innis, national spokesperson Congress of Racial Equality, who is asking the administration to remove Tom Hanks from the RECENT 17 minute Obama campaign video, should be put in the "same place" as "they" (I guess you mean conservatives) for pointing out the problems with this video. Your hypocrisy runs deep. Thanks for playing.

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

JSG wrote: Can't find anything recent to be outraged about so they have to dig up 8 year old video. You can put that in the same place as Obama's Harvard video from 30 years ago. I thought the line about Jerry Falwell was funny.

So... an 8 year old incident changes everything... I see. How about a Bush's presidency... all 8 years... we are still hearing all about it from the left. Oh... I noticed you had no opinion on the content of the video.

Not true I said the line about Jerry Falwell was funny. I can't help what you are hearing all the time from the left. I can only speak for myself. You have to take responsibility for what you hear yourself, as well. There's nothing remotely connecting this video with Bush's presidency, but if you're suggesting we should all move past something that happened 8 years ago, I agree.

JSG wrote:

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

JSG wrote: Can't find anything recent to be outraged about so they have to dig up 8 year old video. You can put that in the same place as Obama's Harvard video from 30 years ago. I thought the line about Jerry Falwell was funny.

So... an 8 year old incident changes everything... I see. How about a Bush's presidency... all 8 years... we are still hearing all about it from the left. Oh... I noticed you had no opinion on the content of the video.

Not true I said the line about Jerry Falwell was funny. I can't help what you are hearing all the time from the left. I can only speak for myself. You have to take responsibility for what you hear yourself, as well. There's nothing remotely connecting this video with Bush's presidency, but if you're suggesting we should all move past something that happened 8 years ago, I agree.

I'm suggesting there is a sh*t load of hypocrisy on the left... as evident in this video... nothing more, nothing less.

If we go back 8 years, we can dig it up from both sides all day long. And where does that get us?

JSG wrote: If we go back 8 years, we can did it up from both sides all day long. And where does that get us?

I'm suggesting there is a sh*t load of hypocrisy on the left... as evident in this video... nothing more, nothing less. I love to see you dance.

For once I'd like to see the actual topic discussed (or just ignored). Anything else is just a waste of time.

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

JSG wrote: If we go back 8 years, we can dig it up from both sides all day long. And where does that get us?

I'm suggesting there is a sh*t load of hypocrisy on the left... as evident in this video... nothing more, nothing less. I love to see you dance.

Not dancing. Just stating a plain fact. I do think it's humorous you having to go back 8 years to find something to be outraged about, though. You're fun to watch.

JSG wrote:

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

JSG wrote: If we go back 8 years, we can dig it up from both sides all day long. And where does that get us?

I'm suggesting there is a sh*t load of hypocrisy on the left... as evident in this video... nothing more, nothing less. I love to see you dance.

Not dancing. Just stating a plain fact. I do think it's humorous you having to go back 8 years to find something to be outraged about, though. You're fun to watch.

How about?

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White House on Robert De Niro’s remarks on GOP candidates’ wives: It was ‘inappropriate’

Maybe it wasn’t a good idea for Team Obama to invite a raging bull to dinner.

Actor Robert De Niro’s joke about the wives of GOP presidential hopefuls and America’s readiness “for a white first lady” were in bad taste, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

The controversial quip was made when De Niro took the stage at a New York fund-raising event, featuring Michelle Obama, for the president.

“We believe the joke was inappropriate,” Olivia Alair, Michelle Obama's press secretary said in a statement.

De Niro took the mic at the beginning of the night, saying “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politic ... z1pgtv3EXY
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Another liberal who thinks that the "rules" don't apply to themselves. White is a racial identity. Comments like this, no matter who we are talking about is inappropriate. Oh... by the way... this is recent. And like I said above... YOU may not be concerned about Tom Hanks participation in this black-faced-afro-wig-wearing skit... but the spokesperson for the Congress of Racial Equality doesn't share you lack of concern. He didn't find it humorous at all and has requested the White House to remove the Tom Hanks narrative on the recent 17 minute Obama campaign video.

You're hypocrisy is not fun to watch at all.