This is pathetic. On CNN this morning, actor Jay Thomas asks Pollack if he has a fear that a secret movement of black people will team up and try to kill white people, all because he is talking about Obama’s radicalism. And yet Soledad O’Brien never stepped in to even defend Pollack over such an absurd question. In fact towards the end of the video she is praising the “renowned Harvard Law professor”.

To his credit, Pollack handled it with much more dignity and substance than I would have, pointing out the radicalism within the policies of the Obama administration, which got completely ignored by Thomas and O’Brien.




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C Diane Yoder
C Diane Yoder

Who is this "actor" Jay Thomas? Never heard of him.

LibiRats
LibiRats

Disgusting liberal tools covering for Obama instead of reporting the news as it is not with their love for the POTUS

CapitalG
CapitalG

The way Jay Thomas brought the issue up was offensive. That 'white guy to white guy' comment was nothing short of race baiting. Totally uncalled for. Joel handled it great and showed why Breitbart has entrusted him with his legacy.

Pollack simply shined. He took on an entire cast of hostile shills (save for Amy Holmes who deserves applause for her words of wisdom) and disposed of them all. Soledad gave him exactly what he wanted and so much more. Joel just sat back and basked in the glory of the CNN meltdown.

Jazz King
Jazz King

Ashwipe hollyweird type Jay Thomas kept trying to smear Pollack as a racist without knowing anything about him like ... he is married to a black lady.

Thomas is a typical brain-dead reactionary progressive/lib/Obammunist.

Jazz King
Jazz King

Amy Holmes is a brilliant, articulate young woman. I am so proud she is on our side in the fight against the 0bammunists.

Terry in GA
Terry in GA

This was an impressive example of the Breitbart Legacy. Joel Pollack is a great example of leadership by example of Andrew's determination to bring the truth to the people.

Breitbart lives through Joel Pollack.

"War!"

BS61
BS61

This is just the start baby! And most American's can't relate and never had these associations themselves.

Kimberly Petrich
Kimberly Petrich

Pollack was stone cold devastating in this interview! He kept a laser-like focus, drilled them down with their own words. He never lost his cool, showed an iota of frustration or emotion. Devastating. They will be sorry. You could almost hear O'Brien choke when he said, "I am glad we have you on tape now saying that."....sweet.

Ross Vachon
Ross Vachon

Professor Bell was a mainstream legal scholar. Because he critiqued racism - in the eyes of breitbartian nebbishes like Pollak - that made him a "radical". Soledad whipped his tuchas raw.

sybilll
sybilll

You missed the whole point moron. Soledad had to be fed the answers via her earpiece, but her director was not smart enough to know that Joel is married to a black woman. Good grief you people are making this too easy.

smacdon
smacdon

The video is a red herring. Pollack and his ilk are pathetically trying to pin down the president based on guilt by association.

But the most funny thing about the use of such a video is the way it shows how some Americans are willing to use the word theory to scare people. It is unbelievable.

Americans like to point at other countries and show how shallow their politics are, or how other countries use religious fear. But in America we use fear of thinking. Fear of thought.

"America is wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful." Frank Zappa

sybilll
sybilll

You realize Frank Zappa was a Conservative, don'tcha, ya dolt? You just laugh this one off. You don't know squat about how the Breitbart team works. This was just the appetizer to get you laughing at how lame this was. That IS the point. This will unroll like a ream of indoor carpeting large enough to carpet Al Gore's house. Sit tight. Buckle up. Grab some popcorn. And your ankles.

Cheryl Fallon
Cheryl Fallon

Way to go Joel Pollack excellent handling of himself and keeping the focus on Obama!

Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson

I wish Pollak would have showed these two fools a picture of his wife when they started calling him a racist.

xjesterx
xjesterx

I know, that would have been epic if he pulled out a wallet photo of his wife and said, "I guess I'm afraid of this woman too, she's my wife". Jay Thomas is the worst kind of liberal, you see him trying to jump in when Soledad was losing the debate, and then tries to trap Pollack in a no-win question, with the smarmy "c'mon, white guy to white guy".

What I think gets missed is how Thomas jumped in, trampling on one of Soledad's sentences. To me, the attitude I got from him was that he wasn't coming to her defense, he was seeing the writing on the wall, that she was losing, and he jumps in, trying to be macho. It totally goes over his head how male chauvinist his cutting HER off was.

Thaao Dill
Thaao Dill

once again, a conservative either completely misunderstands MLK's message or has intentionally mangled it to maintain this clumsy sense of self-righteousness.

Dr. King was a socialist, in principle and practice. He advocated for economic equality, a guaranteed minimum wage, all implemented from the top down by the federal government. Frankly, Dr. King was significantly more revolutionary than BHO will ever be. that's why MLK was so dangerous. not because he was committed to non-violent resistance, but because he was winning the most significant social debate by making this argument in a way that could not be countered, only silenced. that is, as excerpted from his final book, Where Do We Go From Here?:

"I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.

...Two conditions are indispensable if we are to ensure that the guaranteed income operates as a consistently progressive measure. First, it must be pegged to the median income of society, not the lowest levels of income. To guarantee an income at the floor would simply perpetuate welfare standards and freeze into the society poverty conditions. Second, the guaranteed income must be dynamic; it must automatically increase as the total social income grows. Were it permitted to remain static under growth conditions, the recipients would suffer a relative decline. If periodic reviews disclose that the whole national income has risen, then the guaranteed income would have to be adjusted upward by the same percentage. Without these safeguards a creeping retrogression would occur, nullifying the gains of security and stability."

Those are Dr. King's words. He was a proud and powerful socialist. Conservatives, unless you want to align yourself with his values, you don't get to appropriate his memory and moral force.

MLK is the left's hero, not yours. Find your own.

SeeMikey
SeeMikey

One of Andrew's friends pointed out that he would say "So?" when people brought up various issues that he found absurd. It never really fits right to say So?, but I think Andrew would look at the jokers on this panel and say.... So?

SeeMikey
SeeMikey

Those who pay attention already know that the lame-stream-media is in the bag for President Obama (respectful so George Clooney doesn't get upset with me). The problem is there are more sheeple than there are of us. Spread the word.

SeeMikey
SeeMikey

Pollak's wife is an African-American. But, I guess the lame stream media thinks that's racist too.

toongoon
toongoon

There is no media, only leftists at war with truth.

LiveFreeOrDie2012
LiveFreeOrDie2012

Pollak needs to just flat out state:

Obama is a radical. I don't care what color he is. I don't care if he is half-white, half-black, kenyan, Hawaiian, American, Muslim, Christian, etc. He is a radical that follows the teachings of Alinsky, a satan-loving, marxist. Rinse and repeat daily.

End of the story.

These facts cannot be broken.

I wish RightScoop would pass this along to Pollak and Shapiro before they are eaten alive. Hannity is going to have to do all the heavy-lifting here without Breitbart around because these guys, unfortunately, do not have the experience to deal with the crazed, liberal left the way Breitbart would do it.

By the way, I do not envy Pollak and Shapiro. The MSM is about to put them through the ringer, but they need to stay on message and keep repeating the facts. As Alinsky has shown all of us, repetition wins day. If you repeat things over and over or often enough, people accept it as fact. Let's use their tactics against them to defeat them.

P.S. No, I do not endorse using Alinsky's tactics to promote or achieve our Conservative agenda because I think the tactics are evil and corrupt. But, I do think it is fair game to use these tactics to defeat a radical president that is using them to distort our positions and promote his radical policies.

Steven Valdez
Steven Valdez

The video isn't working for me on this site, but I saw this clip on mediaite.

And Amy brought up a great point, saying that media didn't bring this up and ask Obama how did he evolve. I know the answer he didn't evolve but still the question was never asked, and surely they would beat the horse out of it if they were republican candidates.

nibblesyble
nibblesyble

Grrrr, this infuriates me with a passion. Sole-snot(Thanks M_J_S!) ought to be fired for her snide, self-righteous, Obama-loving hide! How dare she dcide what the public needs to know or not? Of course CNN top dogs have probably already praised her for her braveness for coming to Obama's defense. Useful idiots!

M_J_S
M_J_S

Sola-snot O'Brien has really proven to be a mindless drone, hasn't she?

Macky D
Macky D

The video in itself is nothing really but the bigger question you must ask yourself...Why can't we see the whole video and why is the mainstream media squashing it? If there is nothing to this, why can't we see it? There are questioning Santorum views on contraception and religion. There are questions on Romney's religion. But yet whenever something is questioned about President Obama...Well you racist to ask...listen to the words of his defenders...why do you asked?..because he is black?....So this guy can never be questioned?...honestly liberals, That is your only excuse...it racist? It a sad commentary on your part!...I think the question why if the media is not bias, as they say they are...why these question are not asked of President Obama. But I think we all know why. It plainly obvious!

dmacleo
dmacleo

isn't Joels wife black?

irony..

nibblesyble
nibblesyble

Yes, and I do believe he was born in South Africa and his mom or dad worked for Nelson Mandela.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

These folks are heroes and I hope they keep exposing the evil that resides in the White House.

CNN is a rag and so are their "renowned" guests

keninil
keninil

Joel Pollack is no Andrew Breitbart !! It is a good thing Amy Holmes was there to turn the discussion back in the right direction. (Who is Amy Holmes?)

SeeMikey
SeeMikey

There are thousands of Andrew Breitbarts now, but NONE will ever BE Andrew.

las1
las1

Gee Ken... really? I'm surprised you would say that. I thought he did a great job. He definitely has the reserve and that unruffeled quality when he tore the heart out of their rantings. I think he was great... and I look forward to see a lot more of him. He makes the rest look like the twits they are.

keninil
keninil

I admit he kept his reserve and didn't tear the idiots head off, but he still allowed him to lead him off into the weeds away from the main event. AB was great staying on topic. I hope to see a lot more Amy Holmes, she was great here.

shield1
shield1

No, he's much more reserved and calm.. would make a great poker player:-))

However, I thought he handled himself well contrasting intellect and logic with the CNN girls emotional tirades.

It's unfortunate that discussions such as these turn into entertainment venues designed to rouse the emotions rather than the mind so to keep people hooked until the next advertisement is shown.

Jaynie59
Jaynie59

The real story is not Jay Thomas. He's a C-list actor. The real story is Soledad O'Brien's demeanor and attitude. As Pollack says in the interview, she is proving the point he is making by the way she is advocating for Obama. THAT is the point. Not only does the Democrat-media complex suppress news about Obama, they actively work defending him by attacking anyone who attempts to bring out facts about his past.

las1
las1

In acting you never have to comprehend what your lines are... you just have to say them. So my advice to Thomas: stick to acting because "thinking" is not your strong suit.

Ozzie
Ozzie

I almost can't believe the ignorance and "outrage" on display by O'brien. She is what's wrong with regards to race, in America.

carmtom13
carmtom13

Jay Thomas is a liberal progressive Hollywood actor, he supports BHO. I am not surprised that he said that to Joel Pollak. This is not about racial anything it is about the TRUTH and the liberals can't handle the truth. BHO was never vetted like the msm libs vetted Gov. Palin. Maybe if the media would have done their job we would know BHO's background. But they didn't, instead they all acted like a bunch of numbskulls and did not do their job, they went after Gôv. Palin.

There is saying which is so true " show who your friends are and I'll tell you what you are". Just take a look at who BHO studied with and who he hung around with.

To you jay Thomas I think you are a raceist!!!

12grace
12grace

Jay Thomas is a liberal idiot. Joel Pollack is intelligent, professional and did an excellent job. And Amy Holmes, is as usual, brilliant.

Patriot077
Patriot077

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Patriot077
Patriot077

Andrew was one of a kind alright, but I think Joel did a pretty decent job of setting Soledad straight whenever she tried to deviate and denounce.

Jaynie59
Jaynie59

I agree. I hope Pollack goes it alone from now on. He and Howe did fine on Hannity last night, but I think they'd be better off to go with one face and voice. Pollack is very articulate and calm and doesn't get rattled. Andrew was one of a kind. Joel is about as far different from Andrew as you can get and maybe that's a good thing.

JerrymB
JerrymB

The Obama supporters still have their heads in the sand. It does not matter what factual evidence you supply them with, they refuse to listen and continue to be deluded by him. Something is going on. A lot of it has to do with the stooges that are hand-picked to be behind him at each and every campaign speech. They act unnatural. And, they are the only ones we ever see and hear.

no kia
no kia

The ultimate smoking gun on obama is going to have to be his passport, that's it. That visit to Paakistaan, why? The Soviets invaded Afghanistan and were there from 1979-1989. Obama was 18 when that war started & 28 by the time the war ended, could he have gone to Afgaanistaan via Paakistaan to pick up arms for the Mujahideen against the Soviets?

PFFV
PFFV

If you never thought the National Media was covering up Obama's radical past and advancing his racist agenda this clearly shows the world that they have been. I love how Soledad squirms with irritation upon hearing the truth about Obama's love for a racist Harvard Professor. I hope we see lots more of this in our future. It is clear the national media is a bunch of liberal biased garbage that can't be trusted ever again. I turn to Breitbart.com for the truth, rest his soul.

Sparky5253
Sparky5253

This is just the start of Breitbart unpeeling the layers of Obama that the MSM refused to do. And it will be insightful and entertaining to watch the Messiah of the Left exposed.

Kudos to Pollack for handling these idiots so well.