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Chrishayden
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Bernie Mac makes off-color joke at Obama event
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Jul 12, 8:00 AM (ET)
By ASHLEY M. HEHER
CHICAGO (AP) - Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Chicago, the 50-year-old star of "The Bernie Mac Show" joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language.
"My little nephew came to me and he said, 'Uncle, what's the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?'" Mac said. "I said, I don't know, but I said, 'Go upstairs and ask your mother if she'd make love to the mailman for $50,000.'"
As the joke continued, the punchline evoked an angry response from at least one person in the audience, who said it was offensive to women.
"It's not funny. Let's get Barack on," a man shouted from the crowd, which paid $2,300 each to support the Illinois senator.
About 15 minutes later, Obama tried to smooth things over with a joke of his own.
"We can't afford to be divided by race. We can't afford to be divided by region or by class and we can't afford to be divided by gender, which by the way, that means, Bernie, you've got to clean up your act next time," Obama said. "This is a family affair. By the way, I'm just messing with you, man."
The incident drew response from Obama's campaign, which criticized Mac for his choice of material.
"Sen. Obama told Bernie Mac that he doesn't condone these statements and believes what was said was inappropriate," spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement after the event.
Mac, a Chicago native, said he's a longtime Obama supporter and called the presumptive Democratic nominee a "man's man" while offering him advice for the duration of the campaign trail.
"People like rumors. They're going to say things like you was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight," he said. "You can't get upset. You've got to keep hope alive."
Mac's appearance was Obama's first celebrity event of the evening. Later at a Lincoln Park nightclub, Obama spoke to a raucous crowd of music fans, who paid up to $500 per person to see a performance by Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy, and two other band members.
"Before these guys go, I want them to know that I had heard a rumor that they had suggested that I had nothing by them on my iPod," Obama said. "That is not true. I love Wilco." |
Tonya
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Awe, man, Bernie's been telling them jokes for eons!
You mean to tell me they didn't know??? |
Toubobie
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...and notice how that two-faced obama (when put on the spot, initially) did not confront mac's misogynistic rants with any sort of conviction:
"This is a family affair. By the way, I'm just messing with you, man."
"man"... man... man.. and men shall be men. i wouldn't me surprised if they stroked each other up back stage to honor their 'manhood,' make sure everythang was still cool.
'barry's' nuthin but a purple-lipped on beige, elitist pro-status quo, jack-ass tom |
Carey
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Y'all got this thang all fu*ked up! Did they not say Chicago!!!
You know they are talking about Bernie Mack.
What did you want Obama to do. He knew what Bernie was bringing to the table coming through the door!!!
Because some Hatin' Motherfu**er in the crowd didn't like what Bernie was saying, Obama was suppose to blow him out?? Get the FK out of here!
Nothing is worst than simpleton aZZ parttime nigg**. The ignorant MFers that paid that kind of money is the ones that need to be slapped. I wish Bernie and Obama would have mooned all you marks. Yeah, showed you the pink part!!! Then at least you would have had something to talk about. I can't stand a sissy azz ni**a!
What....yo ass didn't like Obama LAST YEAR! Now your dumb ass is up in here talkin' about two men backstage. WTF, hope you wasn't there. They'd barred yo lame ass 1 block away. Would have smelled that hate all over you!!
I bet you date white women...you crank!!! |
Abm
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""My little nephew came to me and he said, 'Uncle, what's the difference between a hypothetical question and a realistic question?'" Mac said. "I said, I don't know, but I said, 'Go upstairs and ask your mother if she'd make love to the mailman for $50,000.'""
Really? Is THAT amongst the worse of what MACK actually SAID? If so, it sounds like some foks need to go grow a gotdayam LIFE or something.
ANY chance the media gets to disparage Black men, they're going to take FULL advantage of that sucker. |
Troy
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ABM they left out the punch line of the joke;
Mac's wife, in the joke, said she sleep "with anyone" for $50,000, and Mac's daughter said the same.
So Bernie says "Hypothetically speaking, we should have $100,000. But realistically speaking we live with two hos."
Bernie did not make up this joke; it is an old one. I think was inapproporiate in this occasion since Obama was the draw not Bernie.
They should have given Bernie some guidance on what to say. We are dealing with Bernie Mac not Mister Rogers.
This is almost as dumb as Black Enterprise (I believe it was them) becoming outraged over Eddie Griffins routine at their gala. Come on!
That said, this is, again, a non-issue: Barack, for that matter, no one, can be held responsible for what another man says or does. The media will consistently use this tactic to draw negative attention to Obama.
They are more interested in drawing attention to their publications rather than relating meaningful information about the candidates... |
Carey
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Thanks Troy.....ahhhh...that's what I meant to say *LOL  . |
Chrishayden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 11:25 am: |
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We are dealing with Bernie Mac not Mister Rogers.
This is almost as dumb as Black Enterprise (I believe it was them) becoming outraged over Eddie Griffins routine at their gala. Come on!
(This is my beef. Why would you invite them if you didn't want no off color jokes gettin' told?) |
Carey
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Chris my man, how you hangin', you cool, need me to help with anythang?
I know they are rough up in here but you be doing it. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 11:21 am: |
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"This is my beef. Why would you invite them if you didn't want no off color jokes gettin' told?"
Probably because they made the mistake of believing they bring humor that would not mimic the minstrel coonery they're noted for. But it was error on their part. Oh well..... |
Abm
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The article said Mack made a "surprise appearance" to the event. Does that mean he just appeared out of nowhere, unbeknownst to Obama and the event organizers? Or was it just unknown by the audience? |
Carey
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See Ntfs, there you go again, "minstrel coonery they're noted for". |
Ntfs_encryption
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 05:40 pm: |
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"See Ntfs, there you go again, "minstrel coonery they're noted for"."
Yep! It's the choice they made. Has nothing to do with me. |
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