Hmm, sound like a set-up to anyone else?
Bernie Mac appeared at a Barack Obama rally and was apparently pretty crude and downright offensive.
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.
Senator Obama and his campaign immediately chastised him for his language and behavior.
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.
No maybe I am just a conspiracy nut (well I know I am but especially in this case), but Bernie Mac for all his crudeness is a sharp guy and knows full well that his remarks were live and being recorded. His comments were crude, but not that crude, just enough to set the stage without causing a huge fuss. I find it hard to believe that any comments by anyone at a campaign rally for a Presidential candidate are not reviewed by campaign handlers before they go on stage. This whole thing smacks of a set-up, a man unaffiliated with the campaign says some mildly crude stuff and here comes Senator Obama, Mr. Family Values, to the rescue to chastise him. He gets to make Bernie Mac a patsy, Mac takes a fall and Obama comes out the paragon of virtue and swellness. This is a carefully staged stunt to show moderate voters that Obama cares about family values (at least once you escape the womb alive). If you think this was all in innocent deal, you need to pop one of my cynicism pills. Heck, take two, I have plenty.
Bernie Mac appeared at a Barack Obama rally and was apparently pretty crude and downright offensive.
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.
Senator Obama and his campaign immediately chastised him for his language and behavior.
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.
No maybe I am just a conspiracy nut (well I know I am but especially in this case), but Bernie Mac for all his crudeness is a sharp guy and knows full well that his remarks were live and being recorded. His comments were crude, but not that crude, just enough to set the stage without causing a huge fuss. I find it hard to believe that any comments by anyone at a campaign rally for a Presidential candidate are not reviewed by campaign handlers before they go on stage. This whole thing smacks of a set-up, a man unaffiliated with the campaign says some mildly crude stuff and here comes Senator Obama, Mr. Family Values, to the rescue to chastise him. He gets to make Bernie Mac a patsy, Mac takes a fall and Obama comes out the paragon of virtue and swellness. This is a carefully staged stunt to show moderate voters that Obama cares about family values (at least once you escape the womb alive). If you think this was all in innocent deal, you need to pop one of my cynicism pills. Heck, take two, I have plenty.
(BTW is Bernie Mac really 50? Wow!)
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