Comments on: Hillary Fakes Southern Accent At Black Church

By: redbeard

redbeard — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:35:07 +0000

Sharper, your point is well taken. The liberal/leftist media are philosophically opposed to conservatives, so of course any mis-step by them gets full coverage. And conversely, when a darling of the left like Hillary does something silly, mean, or disgusting, the media clean up after her.

By: Sharper

Sharper — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:07:36 +0000

Why haven’t I seen this portrayed over and over again on the news? If Bush did something like that, it would be front page news.

By: Mogul

Mogul — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:49:42 +0000

the fact that she tried to pull off the “sister tongue”, trying to sound southern and/or black, is bad enough. what is worse (and much more embarrassing) is that this black audience actually bought into it.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:30:37 +0000

That was great.

Sort of like Mike Ditka does Gomer Pyle.

“Guoooley. Da Bayers.”

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:48:13 +0000

HILLAR-Y-OUS!!

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:38:10 +0000

Hillary and Obama pimping a bloody chapter in the civil rights movement for political gain-SHAMEFUL

Hillary using a fake southern accent to pander to voters -DESPERATE AND PATHETIC

The crowd actually cheering her when she was doing it. STUPID, NIEVE, GULLIBLE

Listening to Hillary sound like complete donkey’s rear end PRICELESS!!

By: redbeard

redbeard — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:34:23 +0000

I’m just drawing a comparison, Shade. If a redneck kid manages to get an education and learn proper English, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for him to switch back to speaking an improper version of the language. Along the same lines, it would be highly insulting for that individual to be addressed by a phony-baloney politician who condescendingly feigns a redneck manner of speaking.

By: dexybet

dexybet — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:20:34 +0000

How does a Liberal confront the bad comments made by Democrats? By saying the comments was a bad attempt at humor.
I thought Blacks were more articulate with the ability to grasp the proper use of the english language.

By: Greg Laurich

Greg Laurich — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:02:46 +0000

Here’s something else that kills me about this. Why is it always OK for a liberal to speak in a Church and yet when a conservative candidate does it people go up in flames? I must be dense because I’m not getting it.

As far as different dialects go many people do adopt different speech patterns and dialects depending on the situation and the culture. Corporate culture is different from surfer culture is different from the blogging culture etc etc… The fancy pants term for this is multicultural when it’s done honestly, pandering when it’s not…

By: Shade

Shade — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:30:01 +0000

redbeard, what exactly does that have to do with my original point? Someone said “Can people please just talk like themselves for a change?” and I pointed out that when some people are accustomed to speaking non-standard English, it would detrimental for those people to “talk like themselves” in many situations, such as during a job interview. You have to be able to switch to standard English.

You corrupt proper English usage by speaking in such dialects at inappropriate times. Even La Shawn has stated that in relaxed times among family, she will use such “black vernacular”, with emphasis on being able to switch to standard English when appropriate. When my wife and I converse in private, I will speak in the way most comfortable for me. Saying that this corrupts anything is like saying that walking around naked while alone in your bathroom corrupts common decency.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:42:30 +0000

Who wants to wager on who will be the first “Democratic Presidential wannabe” to be interviewed at a Nascar race this season?
“I’ve always been a Yanke…a Junior fan!”

By: redbeard

redbeard — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:12:45 +0000

Shade, I’m somewhat fluent in conversational Redneckish, because in my business it’s helpful to clearly understand people of that background. But I don’t go around speaking that dialect, because it is a corruption of proper English usage and pronunciation.

By: jan

jan — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:01:22 +0000

We should hardly fault Hillary for her lack of cadence and authenticity while speaking “southernese” cuz she wouldn’t know “cadence” or “authentic” if they wopped her upside the head.

She speaks with such a lack of inflection (only seemimg to know “loud” and louder”) that her voice is beyond grating even when she is speaking her own language that it is no wonder she flubs up another one. Good thing we have a mute button on the set.

By: Joey Monson

Joey Monson — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:39:56 +0000

Hey, ya’ll… Hillary IS married to the “First Black President”. That should give her a little credibility, no? (Note the very, very strong sarcasm.)

By: PheistyBlog

PheistyBlog — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:37:33 +0000

*Check out La Shawn Barber’s Blog for a great perspective on this story.