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John McCain Watch: Whoopi Channels Slavery

September 12, 2008 /
Whoopi Goldberg to John McCain: Do I have to worry about slavery again?

Whoopi Goldberg puts her foot into her mouth again on The View.

The ‘Busters have the transcript. This isn’t quite the offensive idiocy it might seem at first blush; she’s asking a (mostly) rhetorical question about constitutional theory to challenge McCain’s stance on Roe, i.e. whether following the Founders’ intent is such a hot idea given that their Enlightenment views weren’t quite fully enlightened. One possible answer: We can correct the Founders through the amendment process. That’s what we should have done to legalize abortion and that’s what we did to ban slavery. Or did you miss that lesson in first-grade history, Whoopi? McCain’s response: Hey, good point! Groan.

John McCain did not help himself well on this idiocy by Whoopi and should have made the case that the legislative branch of the government both federal and state is in charge of making the laws NOT the courts who trump up unwritten rules from some perceived constitutional duty or right such as the “right to privacy” in the case of abortion. But, he didn’t.

Flap is sure that when Sarah Palin goes on The View she will be hammered on Roe v. Wade but the answer will be better framed and the groans from Whoopi louder.

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10 Comments

  • McGehee

    September 12, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Whoops: Do I have to worry about slavery again?

    The factually correct answer to this would have been, “Not if you stay out of certain Saharan countries in Africa.”

    I seem to recall there used to be a website devoted to the issue of slavery in Mauritania and Sudan. I wonder if it’s still around?

  • Black Quotes

    September 29, 2008 at 5:15 am

    Fair point, Right Voices. Slavery was an atrocity that was thankfully abolished but people do need to appreciate that it is no longer an issue and 99% of blac people will not have experienced slavery. Also, it wasn’t just black people who were enslaved. Millions of white Europeans were kidnapped and sold into slavery. It was merely a reflection of the messed up times people lived in.

    What happened to black people in Africa was awful – a disgusting period of time, but unfortunately history is full of them. I think it’s time we learned to forgive and forget.

  • Deb

    October 10, 2008 at 10:41 am

    I have to agree with the previous commenter that it really is time to move on. We have far more important issues that we need to be dealing with and discussing This question/comment was out of step with the line of questioning and was really intended to emphasis Whoopi’s unhappiness with McCain’s point of view on Roe v Wade and I am not even a McCain supporter. The comment was meant to embarrass McCain.

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  • Michael Ejercito

    October 10, 2008 at 11:31 am

    This question/comment was out of step with the line of questioning and was really intended to emphasis Whoopi’s unhappiness with McCain’s point of view on Roe v Wade and I am not even a McCain supporter.

    Ask most Americans today what Roe v. Wade is and they will think it has something to do with the credit crunch.

  • Michael Ejercito

    October 10, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Millions of white Europeans were kidnapped and sold into slavery.

    The etymology of the word “slave” comes from Slav, because the Slavic regions were where most slaves were imported from.

    Prague was a major slave market in central Europe during the Middle Ages.