Cee-Lo flips bird, drops F-bomb at Obama fundraiser
AP photo
Cee-Lo Green’s infectious chart-topping song “(Blank) You” can’t be played in its original form on FM stations and it can’t be quoted exactly in a family newspaper. But it can be played at a presidential fundraiser, evidently.
Here’s a link to a video clip of Green dropping the F-bomb and giving the one-finger salute during a Friday fundraiser in Atlanta for President Barack Obama. Obama had a number of fundraising stops here that day, and was not present during Green’s time on stage. The AJC did have a reporter at the event but he also did not witness the performance as reporters were held in a separate location at the time. A pool reporter who was granted access to the room said he was not close enough to the stage to hear clearly.
The video clip is pretty clear, though. On commercial airwaves Green’s song has been rendered into the more family-friendly “Forget You,” but the clip shows him launching into the unedited version.
The artist exuberantly previewed his performance ahead of time, tweeting: “ATL is FIRED UP for President Barack Obama tonight! I’m performing, Tyler Perry (is) hosting. You in for #Obama2012?”
But after his unedited version of the song, a fellow tweeter scolded, ”You have no class at all, very disrespectful tonight. #TheVoice should be ashamed of you right now.”
(Green’s repertoire now includes a role on the reality show “The Voice.”)
Green tweeted in response, “Well (they’re) not!” and added, “it was a mistake sir.” But he didn’t seem too broken up, going on to tweet, “All of you heard the song a thousand times so don’t get all saint on me.”
Green’s Twitter profile photo is a cartoon rendition of him standing strategically in front of his controversial lyrics.
Do you think the performance was in poor taste, or was he simply exercising his First Amendment rights?
- Jennifer Brett/The Buzz
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309 comments Add your comment
Chi Town
March 19th, 2012
9:15 am
This would be too easy so not even gonna try……
Muriel
March 19th, 2012
9:16 am
I’m so embarrassed…SMH!
Trey
March 19th, 2012
9:17 am
So, I’m guessing he was cussing at Obama and shooting the bird at Obama?
can't win here.....
March 19th, 2012
9:18 am
you know how this will go….3 camps…1) those who say poor taste will be called racists, 2) those who will defend his “free speech” and call those who disagree racists 3) Those who don’t care and tell everyone else to get a life….am I wrong?
Get It Right
March 19th, 2012
9:22 am
We have lyrics using profane language, very disrespectful hand gestures, and a President who does not disapprove of either. Mr. Green, I’m not “getting all saint on you”. The lack of civility and respect for others displayed at this event is both shocking and expected. I’m not sure which is more depressing.
pw
March 19th, 2012
9:22 am
People be adults. It’s a song and trust me, the President knew it was going to be performed and apparently the adult that he is, had no problem with it. Folks get all worked up about something silly like this but have nothing to say about education, hunger and child prostitution. Get over yourselves.
Scooter
March 19th, 2012
9:24 am
The White House put out a t-shirt that said “Healthcare is a BFD”, so nothing really new here when it comes to class.
rgprice
March 19th, 2012
9:26 am
he should have done the edited version. There is a time and place for everything. That was not the time and place for that version and yes, I’m black as they come.
howard
March 19th, 2012
9:27 am
I am a fan but it was in poor taste.
Michelle Obama
March 19th, 2012
9:29 am
Cee low, is low class for this kind of garbage. And Obama is no better if he knowingly allow this to happen. As for Voice it is a thing of the past for me, as long as cee low in on./
Chess
March 19th, 2012
9:30 am
No story here…move along people…..
Pete
March 19th, 2012
9:32 am
Just another in a long line of uneducated barbarian dopes who appeals to the very same.
Beyond disgusting in a civilized world.
Trixie
March 19th, 2012
9:34 am
Sometimes exercising free speech is in poor taste!
Reality Check
March 19th, 2012
9:35 am
Goes to show that what’s on TV ain’t the real thing. Also shows the type person B.O. hangs with and apparently approves of. He’ll probably be the next guest performer at the White House on our dime….
St Simons - we're on Island time
March 19th, 2012
9:36 am
heheh – I see CeeLo hit a f-ew wingnut targets ^^^
get em, CeeLo. Yes We Can hahahaha
RxDawg
March 19th, 2012
9:37 am
I’m more upset about Cee-Lo raising money for Obama then I am about dropping the F-bomb. lol
Seriously, if this wasn’t a children’s place then I could care less. F em Cee-Lo.
Shels
March 19th, 2012
9:37 am
Not the place or the time, thought he might have been smarter than that.
Jt
March 19th, 2012
9:38 am
Scooter you’re an idiot, and very ignorant. The White House didn’t put out that T-shirt. The White House doesn’t print t-shirts you dummy.
norap
March 19th, 2012
9:41 am
The office of the President should always be shown respect. Part of our problem today is the total lack of what words are used in rap and sending these inappropriate attitude messages to our young people. Why not try and teach them quality things in life and educate them to be responsible. Instead, this so called “celebrity” is doing just the opposite of trying to advance the youth of this country and acting like an immature teenager himself. Typical of many “celebrities”.
hellinahandbasket
March 19th, 2012
9:45 am
lyrics and actions like this show just how no talent these ‘artists’ are. what a loser
JOE COOL
March 19th, 2012
9:47 am
What the article left out was that when he realized he used the “f” word, he switched up and used the “forget you”……
justin
March 19th, 2012
9:48 am
Why was this song chosen in the first place? Very poor taste Cee-lo
Lynn
March 19th, 2012
9:48 am
First of all he is the President of the United States- he is not the production assistant nor is he the person who approves or disapproves of entertainment. What did you expect him to do stand up and and so no we shouldnt’ allow this type of profanity to be played? Please! The President of the US has been called worse and treated with such disrespect by racist, hypocrites on a regular basis. To tell you the truth I wish he could say what CEE LO Green said in his song. I dont see anyone standing and saying the racist comments, ignorant bantor and flat out lies are people who have no class.
Get a grip people!!
justin
March 19th, 2012
9:49 am
vladamir sonovabitch
March 19th, 2012
9:44 am
How about shutting the “F” up!
OBAMA 2012!
windu
March 19th, 2012
9:50 am
I was there. Halfway through the opening chorus, Cee-Lo switched to the sanitized “Forget You” version after someone off stage told him to cool it (you can see him look to his left and sheepishly nod in the video). By the way, the President was still at the fundraiser in Midtown while Cee-Lo performed and didn’t show up for another hour. The President and his staff don’t put on the fundraisers (even though they get the cash, heh) or have control over the song selection by performers, and even if they did, they can’t keep the performer from cursing can they? But the “Blame Obama for everything” crowd would blame an earthquake on him, so whatever. (By the way, you guys do realize that SuperPACs pay people to trash Obama on these online message boards, right? Yes, these trolls are paid.)
Cynthia
March 19th, 2012
9:50 am
I think his performance was in poor taste. The song should have used the edited lyric played on the radio airwaves. Cee-Lo showed a lack of respect for President Obama, Tyler Perry and all the attendees. The one finger salute was totally ridiculous and shameful.
Lynne
March 19th, 2012
9:51 am
Was it dedicated to the right-wing teabaggers?
Not Surprised
March 19th, 2012
9:51 am
Cee-Lo like O’Bama have a lot of Class………..
TOO BAD IT’S ALL LOW!
Hemustbecrazy
March 19th, 2012
9:53 am
Very poor taste demonstrated by Mr. Green. That was not the venue for his original version.
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
9:54 am
Is it in Poor taste……hmmmmmmmmm….everything rappers rap is in poor taste. Everyting the President has done in his first and last term in office has been in poor taste……..does that answer your question Ms. Brett?
Scary Scary
March 19th, 2012
9:54 am
I am less concerned about what a fat, no talent, one hit wonder like Cee Lo says and does than I am about the lack of comment from the WH.
Tyler Perry Fan
March 19th, 2012
9:56 am
Cee-Lo got rich performing this kind of music. Obama got elected by embracing all things which appeal to Cee-Lo’s fans. Tyler Perry should be embarrassed.
What do you expect?
March 19th, 2012
9:56 am
What do you expect at an Obama fundraiser held in Atlanta?
Jarrod
March 19th, 2012
9:58 am
I was at the Fund Raiser and I was 100% certain that out of all the wonderful things that happened that evening this one curse word would make the news… The economy is recovering, The President had not been here in 18 months, the gala was a life changing experience. And we get an article about Cee-Lo using the F word like we are not all adults…. 2 Middle Fingers up to todays media.
tom
March 19th, 2012
10:01 am
Ce Lo, do something about your weight before it kills you. Your talent can live on if you want it to.
S
March 19th, 2012
10:01 am
Hey pw, how do you know that the people you are putting down DON’T get upset about the other ills you mentioned? This was a PRESIDENTIAL EVENT and this low life dropped the F-Bomb several times.It’s this rationalization that just takes this society down one more peg in the de-evolution stage. Rise up, be better!
TP Fan?
March 19th, 2012
10:03 am
You’re a fan of a man who dressed like a lady to gain fame and fortune… Not to mention the over the top sterotypical roles in his movies. Pot meet kettle…
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:03 am
Just remember…….if Vanilla Ice was at a President Bush fundraiser saying that stuff…..OMG…..Let’s begin….Al, only some people’s pal, Sharpton and Jesse, the slogan master, Jackson would have flew to LA to pick up Gloria Allred…..then to San Fran to get Nancy…..then to a remote island to bring back Cynthia McKinney, next they would fly to NYC to pick up the Good morning America liberal commentators and also Brian “thrill up my leg” Williams… then finally all of them would have landed at ATL ready to protest, impeach, throw out of office, and many other things to President Bush…….NOT the song artist…because according the media George Bush forced him at gunpoint to say those words and give that gesture…….BUT ladies and Gentlemen…….NO Worries…..it was an OBAMA yo Mamma fundraiser….therefore, Americans just get over it!!!!
PatD
March 19th, 2012
10:06 am
What’s with all these dumb, disrespectful so called ‘artists’ that think it’s cool to flip the bird and drop the F bomb. It truly shows their intelligence, lack of proper upbringing and the juvenile attitude of the hip-hop community at large.
It is me
March 19th, 2012
10:06 am
I believe in free speech . . matters not who says it. I don’t care if it offends someone or not (or groups of people) because free speech would allow them to rebute. There was a time people could say what was on their mind and I think that should be the case now, because what we have now is some groups get to say whatever they want while others aren’t allowed. That isn’t free speech! There isn’t a person in this world who is free of being offended by something!! So let’s get over the excuse of “being offended” as a reason to not allow free speech!!
Russ
March 19th, 2012
10:07 am
So using profanity at a presidential fund raiser is just free speech but when Rush Limbaugh called the tramp a slut that was over the line and he should be fired? Is that the way it works?
LSC
March 19th, 2012
10:08 am
So they asked Cee-lo to perform….have any of you heard any of his music? So why is this a shocker. Get over yourself and move on. This is not about 1st amendment rights or anything. He is an artist that was asked to performed. Should he have used the clean version maybe but seriously have you heard any of his music?
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:10 am
Just remember…….if Vanilla Ice was at a President Bush fundraiser saying that stuff…..OMG…..Let’s begin….Al, only some people’s pal, Sharpton and Jesse, the slogan master, Jackson would have flew to LA to pick up Gloria Allred…..then to San Fran to get Nancy…..then to a remote island to bring back Cynthia McKinney, next they would fly to NYC to pick up the Good morning America liberal commentators and also Brian “thrill up my leg” Williams… then finally all of them would have landed at ATL ready to protest, impeach, throw out of office, and many other things to President Bush…….NOT the song artist…because according the media George Bush forced him at gunpoint to say those words and give that gesture…….BUT ladies and Gentlemen…….NO Worries…..it was an OBAMA yo Mamma fundraiser….therefore, Americans just get over it!!!
660grizz
March 19th, 2012
10:12 am
I’m with RxDawg. The really upsetting part is C-Lo supporting a radical marxist like Obama. Obama hung around and supported terrorist.
Get It Right
March 19th, 2012
10:13 am
To those who advise me to “get a grip”, that it’s just a song, and that the President has been called worse, I can only say that if we want civil discourse we have to speak our opinions when these incidents take place. This is the future of our country and I do not want it to become a scene from “Idiotocacy”. Skin color does not matter. Political Party does not matter. Respect for our fellow citizens and a sense of decorum is much more important than being part of the celebrity class. Along with this event, we had the President coming into the busiest airport in the nation at 5 o’clock on a Friday afternoon for a political fund raiser. That causes me to question the level of respect he and his handlers have for the working people of this city.
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
March 19th, 2012
10:13 am
I agree Cee Lo should have toned it down but Kid Rock is stumping for Romney. Have you ever been to one of his shows? Have you heard Hank Jr. drunk out of his mind on tv critisizing the President? What about Ted Nugent? People should hear what some of these folks sing about in concert. Just my opinion.
Lynn
March 19th, 2012
10:23 am
Some of you are so ignorant!
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:25 am
I agree Lynn….The Obamabots are so ignorant….
ATL_Native
March 19th, 2012
10:25 am
I’m a CeeLo fan and an Obama fan. I’m disappointed that CeeLo used this song out of all the great ones he’s done to sing around the POTUS.
Show some respect son!
Don’t know if he got caught up in the moment but he’s wayyy better than this.
#exremelydissappointed
gee
March 19th, 2012
10:26 am
Kinda dumb on his part..but whatever, Ceelo like attention, so it’s all relative. Surprised this is even an article or newsworthy…must be a slow news day. smh
Animal Control
March 19th, 2012
10:27 am
The racist card is played out. Find another comeback liberals…
hmmmm
March 19th, 2012
10:29 am
@ Watch out…Vanilla Ice? How old are you? At least reference Eminem..lol….I am black and I think that Obama has done a horrible job…I also distrust the republicans because of the idiotic things that they allow to come out of their mouths…I will not be voting this year. As far a Ceelo – I think other performers could have been chosen…and Obama missed the concert anyway.
Newt Limbaugh
March 19th, 2012
10:29 am
Hey guys its me Newt come to my fundraiser with T
Rush Cheney
March 19th, 2012
10:29 am
@ Vladamir Sonav…
You certainly have an appropriate screen name for this blog. The fact that you disrespect your mother explains what kind of woman would even bother to birth you. Now run along and troll on some other blog. We already have enough keyboard gangsters on this one.
hmmmm
March 19th, 2012
10:30 am
@ wtpower….that’s an old reference, it’s not even offensive anymore…also, your sisters seem to LOVE black men these days, might wanna check them first.
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:31 am
@gee I totally agree. I am shocked that this story made the news….espically in the AJC……I mean the President is a marxist liberal….therefore it shold not be news……Ms. Brett must have thought George W Bush was still President…..Well her bosses will talk to her today and remind her that NOTHING bad is too be reported if it deals with Obama you mamma….Don’t worry this problem will be solved ASAP…
Snapperhead
March 19th, 2012
10:31 am
Typical low life, unable to articulate without sorting to the ignorance that he was brought up with. For our President to be OK with this proves what a low life he is. No wonder this country is in the shape it is. Do not think any of our past Presidents would have tolerated this kind of profanity at any event. What a bunch of loosers.
David Granger
March 19th, 2012
10:33 am
Democrats keeping it classy…
ATL_Native
March 19th, 2012
10:33 am
“Obamabots”… so proud of my fellow Atlantans. So much racist-lined/ courage-behind-the-keyboard crap out here!
That’s why GA politics are the laughing stock of the nation! THE ONLY STATE GINGRICH HAS WON! Such embarrassment.
We should do like colleges… self-impose punishment and turn our delegates back in!
Pamela
March 19th, 2012
10:33 am
WHO CARES? Let’s talk about how RACIST the State of Georgia is!!!
ATL_Native
March 19th, 2012
10:35 am
NEWT WON GEORGIA AND NOTHING ELSE.
ENOUGH SAID.
sharon
March 19th, 2012
10:35 am
I want to know who the person was at the function who felt the need to report the incident.
TY
March 19th, 2012
10:35 am
IDIOT!!!!
sharon
March 19th, 2012
10:35 am
I want to know who the person was at the function who felt the need to report the incident.
Southside Progressive
March 19th, 2012
10:37 am
As “Chess @9:30 am” has posted…nothing to see here…keep moving. A total non-story. This was a PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EVENT. U had to PAY ($250 and UP) to attend. I was there and I personally didn’t see anyone under 21 years old, so why is this worth reporting again?
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:37 am
@Pamela…..can you define what a racist is? Wait…..I know…..probably not……sorry for bothering you……go get back in line for that gov check.
Teresa
March 19th, 2012
10:37 am
Embaressing and inappropriate. But remember his tribute to Patti Labelle? Also very inappropriate. I can see why an artist would make such a decision to go forth with a performance like that for such an occasion. Another reason why we as a people are not taken seriously…Do you really need profanity so express yourself? Sounds like a child that does not know how to speak in my eyes. SMDH!
sharon
March 19th, 2012
10:37 am
Snapperhead how do you know the President was okay with this? Were you at the $35,000 a plate event? Don’t be a snapperhead
Can't Win Here @9:18
March 19th, 2012
10:40 am
You’re wrong! This falls into many more camps than the three you mentioned. 4) Those who profess to be Christian and those who aren’t – 5) Those who respect the prevailing culture of the majority or those that spue out the filth of the minority – 6) Those who use their so-called fame to do or say what they want to regardless of the time / place or persons present because they are a pig and think they are all important or those who use the same position or “power” in a positive manner to lead by example to breing positive change to their culture or people – 7) Those who wallow in filth using the first admendment as a shield for profanity, nudity and degredation or those who use the first admendment as a tool against such trash
Those whose morals and standards are dictated by someone like Cee-Lo rather than standing up for yourself, speaking up and demanding better from the entertainment industry. If this guy is so great – why is his stuff censored? He’s trash mouth proves he’s not intellegent enough to do anything else. This is not art – by and artist – it’s garbage from someone who lives in the sewer – and those who like it are there with him.
Teresa
March 19th, 2012
10:41 am
out of alll the songs in the world that HIT you in the HEAD like THIS IS IT????? THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA IS GONNA LOVE THIS!!!
Samantha
March 19th, 2012
10:42 am
OBAMA 2012!!!
CLwho?
March 19th, 2012
10:43 am
It was not clear from the article…Just exactly who was CeeLo flipping off?
Surely not the President.
RCB
March 19th, 2012
10:44 am
Just goes to show that no matter how much money these “entertainers” make, they can’t buy class. His mama must be SO proud of that mouth.
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
10:45 am
I agree with Samantha…. NOBAMA 2012. Save the USA…… NOBAMA 2012….It’s our country’s last hope….
real john
March 19th, 2012
10:47 am
While I don’t agree with President Obama on many issues, I do respect him and the office of the Presidency. This is just classless by Cee-Lo. This is the Velvet Room at 1 a.m. on a Saturday. You have the President of the United States, the Mayor, and many other distinguished people.
He said it was a mistake. When you are told you will be preforming for the President, you have plenty of time to think about your routine. Only a complete moron would not see this is inappropriate given the setting
ep
March 19th, 2012
10:47 am
And yet this president for whom funds were being raised cancelled the National Day of Prayer because he didn’t want to offend anyone. Hmmm.
Not Surprised
March 19th, 2012
10:47 am
When y’all pray for O’Bama please refer to this passage in the Bible. It’s dead on how we should pray for him.
Psalm 109:8:
“Let his days be few;and let another take his office.”
real john
March 19th, 2012
10:47 am
oops..meant to say “this isn’t the Velvet Room at 1 a.m on Saturday”
DavidEm
March 19th, 2012
10:57 am
Horrors!
He used a bad word. This country needs to GROW UP and get a sense of humor.
ncgreybr
March 19th, 2012
10:57 am
Not Surprised….You’re a Christian? And you’re wishing someone would die?
Shhh Vlad
March 19th, 2012
10:58 am
Hey Vlad, what happened? I guess you’re not as smart as you think you are. Did it take Rush Cheyney pointing out the screen name you chose really shows your ignorance??? LOL!
Needa new prez
March 19th, 2012
10:59 am
I never knew anything about Cee Lo until The Voice and I have come to like him. However now that I know he is a Obama supporter I shall pull against his team. And using profanity as he did certainly shows a lack of common sense.
Skip
March 19th, 2012
10:59 am
I hope all of the offended are also just as offended at the Monkey jokes, the blatant disrespect by Republican Senators, the derogatory statements said about THE PRESIDENT,and the pointing of a finger in THE PRESIDENT’s face. It’s all tasteless.
Pebblebeach
March 19th, 2012
11:01 am
Such a big fat loser with money…
Not Surprised
March 19th, 2012
11:02 am
@ncgreybr
Please show me when I said anything about “wanting someone to die?” Out of the office yes! To die, No? Please read the post thoroughly before resonding. Thank You!
ncgreybr
March 19th, 2012
11:06 am
Not Surprised; How else do you define: Let his days be few? Let him live a long time?
oneman
March 19th, 2012
11:08 am
that was like school on sunday….. no class..
Michael
March 19th, 2012
11:08 am
remember he also changed the words when he sang the song “Imagine” which undercut it’s entire meaning , (the guy’s a fat idiot)
Grandma
March 19th, 2012
11:13 am
Personally, I think the song fits the occasion. Should have been sung to B.O. at his joke of an inauguration. :-6
Chlamydia Brown
March 19th, 2012
11:15 am
Whoo hoo. Looks like Ive been banned. Thanks for upholding the 1st amendment AJC. Atlanta Urinal Constipation.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
11:20 am
I paid my $35,000.00 to have my HOPE & CHANGE dinner with Tyler & Obama. It was just what america needs. They served cheap white fish that we HOPED would CHANGE to steak. The Whole Weed Bread was great too. The Pokeweed salad with Psilocybin mushrooms to start the meal was OK. The Hashish Brownie were great for dessert.
Reign
March 19th, 2012
11:21 am
I’m sure President Obama knows the song, however, I think it was in extremely poor taste to use profanity at a Presidential fundraiser. Especially, if you have the song in a more tasteful version. Why was it necessary to use the profanity in that setting? I LOVE Cee-Lo’s music, but I’m disappointed in him right now. He’s contributing to an already disrespectful society, everybody’s using profanity (in the media, reality shows, comedies, music, etc.). Really, Cee-Lo????
Rick James
March 19th, 2012
11:23 am
If you get bitten by a snake lying beside the road because you decided to pick it up is it your fault or the snake’s? They should have known what they were getting with Cee-Lo and maybe hired someone else if this was a concern.Debbie Boone maybe?
bucket
March 19th, 2012
11:24 am
Ordinarily I could care less what CeeLo Green does, but if he is as big a supporter of President Obama as he says he is then why would he do this at an Obama event? He had to know at the very least he would cause the President some flack over his behavior.
Caitlin
March 19th, 2012
11:24 am
Who cares? It’s not a big deal! People need to stop being so damn sensitive about little things like this….
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
11:39 am
Were T.I & illegal Guns not available? Was Snoop Dog to Stoned to make it?
Watch out Obama yo mamma will scam you
March 19th, 2012
11:39 am
@Caitlin AMEN sister. It is NOT a big deal because it happened at a LIBERAL event….PLEASE remember that people…….It would ONLY be a HUGE deal if this happened at a CONSERVATIVE event…..The AJC made a grave error in reporting this story….they thought it happened at a conservative fundraiser………You know it happened at a LIBERAL fundraiser because Al and Jesse were not in Atown
Taudawg
March 19th, 2012
11:39 am
John Boehner’s Tanning Bed, this wasn’t a concert of people coming to hear a particular bands music, it was a presidential fundraiser. I am all for freedom of speech. If I so desire to hear certain words, I can find the band or the comedian to hear it. But there is proper behavior and what Ce-Lo did was vulgar and crude. Make all the excuses you want, but he did it for himself and self gain. We have lost our minds in regards to free speech. It does not trump ethical and moral behavior.
Of course, if Rush Limbaugh says it on his own show, where you have to search him out to say it, it is wrong. And he only commented, under the banner of free speech, about a lady who admitted to a rather excessive number of sexual encounters while in college. Of course, she also forgot to say she was lying about her age and college life. She said she was a young college student and she was actually 31 years old.
Class and moral behavior has standards. Ce-Lo fell below that standard and acted like a idiot. What should we expect?
marilyn elizabeth wells
March 19th, 2012
11:47 am
im a women of color and i think it was very disrepectful and in very poor taste !!! i feel so bad ! why was that needed to be said.. how can we expect others to respect & support us if we dont ourselves.
Windy City, too
March 19th, 2012
11:47 am
Disrespectful for sure! There is a time and place for everything and this certainly was not the place. I don’t know nor have I ever heard the song. I’m a proud African American female in my mid 40’s, if any cares!
A Conservative with good taste
March 19th, 2012
11:49 am
It was in poor taste which is exactly what I would expect from an Obummer supporter. This country made a mistake 3 years ago but hopefully we won’t make the same mistake again. So, will the president let his daughters listen to that?
Larry
March 19th, 2012
11:50 am
It is me
March 19th, 2012
10:06 am
“I believe in free speech . . matters not who says it. I don’t care if it offends someone or not (or groups of people) because free speech would allow them to rebute. There was a time people could say what was on their mind and I think that should be the case now, because what we have now is some groups get to say whatever they want while others aren’t allowed. That isn’t free speech! There isn’t a person in this world who is free of being offended by something!! So let’s get over the excuse of “being offended” as a reason to not allow free speech!!”
Yes, stupid, it IS you!
There’s a huge difference between freedom of expression and vulgar, abusive or threatening expression.
Don’t believe it? Then try expressing openly near the White House lawn what you would like to do to Obama when he walks out the front door! We’ll see how “free” you are then.
GetReal
March 19th, 2012
12:01 pm
I don’t think it was in poor taste as much as it is a sign of the times we live in.
Serawyn
March 19th, 2012
12:02 pm
You can’t expect the guy who became a household name because of this song not to do this. Answer to the question-both…but the bad taste lies with the people who organized the event and okay’d him to perform this particular song . He is who he is and does what he does…it is to be expected.
carla roqs
March 19th, 2012
12:03 pm
atlanta is clearly not the city too busy to hate, anymore. hope you people have replacement glass homes for all of those houses your stones are breaking.
J. J.
March 19th, 2012
12:03 pm
A No No Cee Lo…..U must try to be classy…You embarrass yourself and family.
But, I forgive you….You got too “caught up” in the moment, on the negative side…..
Michael
March 19th, 2012
12:04 pm
Such a lack of protocol and embarrassment.
pmuckle
March 19th, 2012
12:07 pm
well what the heck you expect! it cee-lo. i was shocked he was performing. i would rather had seen someone else other than him
Ackshun
March 19th, 2012
12:15 pm
WOW. This is just typical. Some of the same people who are complainng about this have listened to Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, and Katt Williams. People pay people to curse all the time so it’s nothing new. And let us not forget that the song in it’s original form went viral at a record pace which means, wait for it… Your children just LOVE IT! But now cause everybody is tired of hearing Hip Hop and RB wafting from the windows of the oval office, it’s a big deal. This world and you yourselves sold your morals for expediency a long long time ago.
Don’t act like you have sticker shock now..
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
12:16 pm
GetReal
March 19th, 2012
12:01 pm
I don’t think it was in poor taste as much as it is a sign of the times we live in.
Hahahahah SIGN of the TIMES is people Have no CLASS or Taste
ohnochinko
March 19th, 2012
12:18 pm
Oh how I wish I had the cash to just get the heck out of town with all of you Bigots/Bi-otche’s for Obama ready to give him another four years – just because he’s black and he likes to give stuff away. Wake up you B’s for O.
Kyle
March 19th, 2012
12:19 pm
I’m surprised that AJC even reported this at all but if it was a Conservative it would be on the front page for a week.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
12:23 pm
Could you see Lo,Class Green preforming that song for the Queen of England? You just know he is waiting for the day Oprah gets married so he can sing that song at her wedding. The guy is LO-CLASS and he like most people now don’t respect this OBAMAnation presidency.
mike b
March 19th, 2012
12:29 pm
Is anyone really surprised that this happened? Me….no.
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
12:30 pm
Daddy, when you return from your fundraiser, could you bring me a Cee Lo album?
Iloveuga
March 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
RXDawg-agreed! Trash, but not surprised.
OMG-obama must go!
Jason
March 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
Why do we even consider certain words to be profane, but other words or euphamisms don’t have this same magical power to make self righteous people’s heads explode? These same people would be fine if the words were “make whoopie with you.”
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
Got caught up in ALL the d’town traffic this arrogant ass Apologizer, Campaigner in Chief caused by coming in to Downtown ATL at the height of rush hour traffic. What a tool, I also gave him the finger as his motorcade passed us on 85, Respect the office, NOT THE MAN! What A TOOL! What’s embarrassing is this current administration not being a solid leader and apologizing for us being a super power around the World! Our Soldiers, Airman, Marines, & Naval men, & even Coast Guardsman throughout history did not sacrifice and wins battles in ALL wars/conflicts since American revolution so this tool could trash our efforts! STOP APOLOGIZING OBAMA and grow some…
Patrick Romano USAF Veteran
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
Cee Lo’s last name must be Class. Cee Lo-Class.
Sick & Tired
March 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
Well, if they paid $35,000 per ticket for this fundraising event, maybe Obama needs to rethink who is hosting the fundraisers. Also, maybe Obama could reimburse the taxpayers some of the money he has spent while campaigning (transportation and the like) since he has accumulated a substantial sum in donations!!!
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
A rapper could release a song with nothing but 500 curse words and a strong bass line, and it would go to #1 in a week.
Jarrod
March 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
The story begins—-> “Obama had a number of fundraising stops here that day, and was not present during Green’s time on stage. The AJC did have a reporter at the event but he also did not witness the performance as reporters were held in a separate location at the time. A pool reporter who was granted access to the room said he was not close enough to the stage to hear clearly.”
but they ran the story anyway
justin
March 19th, 2012
12:51 pm
@ Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
Got caught up in ALL the d’town traffic this arrogant ass Apologizer, Campaigner in Chief caused by coming in to Downtown ATL at the height of rush hour traffic. What a tool, I also gave him the finger as his motorcade passed us on 85, Respect the office, NOT THE MAN! What A TOOL! What’s embarrassing is this current administration not being a solid leader and apologizing for us being a super power around the World! Our Soldiers, Airman, Marines, & Naval men, & even Coast Guardsman throughout history did not sacrifice and wins battles in ALL wars/conflicts since American revolution so this tool could trash our efforts! STOP APOLOGIZING OBAMA and grow some…
Patrick Romano USAF Veteran
waah waah waah…..stop balling and wipe your snotty nose and get a life
Wavedy
March 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
Don’t y’all know that all that matters is that KING OBAMA be praised and glorified!! That is all that matters. If the great KING is glorified then you can do anything you want.
BOB FROM ACCOUNT TEMPS
March 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
i don’t care for this potus, but i don’t blame him. i blame his advance people for not thinking about this sort of possibility and keeping it from happening.
Wanda White
March 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
For CeeLo to disrespect President Obama like he did is a good reason to boycott The Voice, ban his records from being played on the radio, and remove all of his CD’s from being sold in any and all stores. People like CeeLo have abused “Freedom of Speech” and is an embarassment to the human race. Wash out your mouth CeeLo and act like a black man with dignity and respect!
Dr E
March 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
Ignorance and stupidity at its best, to say the least. The bar is continuing to be lowered.
Own it Don't Blame It
March 19th, 2012
1:02 pm
The song was inappropriate for this event. When are self-centered people going to learn it is not about their agenda; it would have been more suitable to perform a song with a positive message or a song that supported the theme of the event.
George
March 19th, 2012
1:04 pm
You people have a hellva nerve to ever talk about class please check your dam history. i really do not give a dam who the President is because you have to take care of your dam self they are all rich.
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
1:04 pm
Maybe obama wanted a h*ll raiser at his fund raiser.
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
@ Justin,
My life’s Justin Fine, watched my nephew pitch up in Lagrange Friday with Family, played 2 rounds of Golf at Chateau Elan this W/End, shot in the 80’s partied with great friends at Paddy’s Pub at Chateau celebrating my patron Saint’s Day Sat and have enjoyed great success with family, friends and life in general with our 12 Stone Church so I don’t get your pinhead comment, sounds like you have a little penis envy. Keep on smiling, Ahole!
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
Own it Don’t Blame it…..it was the song to fit the Theme. F-U is what Obamanation is doing to the USA.
alvapbuch
March 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
Another way to blame “The President Of The United States” for something and “IDIOT” said. Did the President know how stupid Cee-Lo was? The person that scheduled the show should have known and should be the one catching heat for not getting someone with more CLASS”. Most of the Obama haters “conveniently” forget what a MESS this country was in Before he became president and what a laughing stock the US was in all other countries. Now that we have a president that can speak intellligently and form a proper sentence, “they” don’t like it!! So they try to tear him down every chance they get
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
Justin,
BTW, You Can’t Fix Stupid!
Diane
March 19th, 2012
1:08 pm
I think he got too caught up in the moment of the crowd and actually forgot that this was a Presidential fundraiser and that all caution and mild manners had to be exercised as opposed to going on the hype of the crowd as if it was a regular concert. Frankly, he should apologize and be done with it instead of trying to defend it. Regardless of people hearing the song a million times, it’s still inappropriate for a Presidential Fundraiser. Even if Pbama heard it a million times, I’m sure he didn’t want that version for his public fundraiser cause it will only give the GOP’s something to talk about for who his supporters are….even though Biden (gotta love him), has said much worse as Vice Prresident and makes no apologies. Biden gets to say what Obama wants to.
PJ
March 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
When the fundraisers hired a performer whose most famous song is called “F*** You”, they had to know there was a good chance he would sing it (in it’s raw form). Of course, it was in poor taste. It’s disrespectful to the President, both the man and the office, and to the audience. Yes, he exercised free speech, but, once again, part of growing up is learning that just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Just a thought: I wonder if President Obama lets his daughters listen to that song.
Leigh
March 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
It’s completely possible to use your right to free speech in an ignorant way. So the answer to your article question is, both.
Fiasco
March 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
No amount of money can buy brains and class. But one is always able to show their arse.
But hey, it is ok when you are a liberal to be a classless act be you Green or Maher or Shultz
or any of the other clowns that go on hateful rants on a daily basis.
John Boehner's Tanning Bed
March 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
TAUDAWG: I said I didn’t like it but what am I supposed to do? I don’t like Newt talking about morals. He has none! I think this is the danger you get into when you have a music artist stumping for you. Alot of Republicans (and Dems) would love to have Hank, Jr stump for them. Even though he is a drunk, washed up, woman beating has been. Ted Nugent is a mysoginistic jerk. Do we need to get into Kid Rock? The last interview that I read with him in Rolling Stone, he was bragging about snorting cocaine! These people are out stumping for Repubs. Should it bother Romeny that Kid Rock is bragging about drug use? I think it should. I think it should bother the President what Cee-Lo did. It probably did. Cee-Loo or Rush Limbaugh, they are all just entertainers. If you like Rush, what he says will not bother you. If you like Cee-Lo, what he says probably will not bother you. It is just the way it is. I wish they would all clean it up. That goes for Rush and Cee-Lo.
Scooter
March 19th, 2012
1:20 pm
Jt, hate much? Sorry, it wasn’t the White House… it was The Obama’s website. None the less, the leader of the free world should be above that type jargon.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/01/new-arrival-at-obama-store-health-care-is-a-bfd-t-shirt/
As I See It
March 19th, 2012
1:21 pm
I really don’t like for the Obamas to engage these type people at their events. You know what you’re getting, so why have them even possibly sully your event? Just as I don’t like for Michelle Obama to mostly be so bare-armed. It is just NOT First-Lady-like. Too bare. I know what crazy stuff some other folks ahve done, but I want them to excel in ALL points.
What a expect
March 19th, 2012
1:21 pm
Another episode of what our society is coming to. No integrity and no class.
As I See It
March 19th, 2012
1:23 pm
To Bob from Account Temps at 12:57 pm; Amen!! You are spot on with that comment.
Stevcue
March 19th, 2012
1:23 pm
He is no worst than Rush Limbaugh who is the unoffical head of the Republican Party!!!!
Cee-Lo Bird Flip | News One
March 19th, 2012
1:31 pm
[...] Apparently, not everyone learned from M.I.A.‘s bird flip fiasco. While M.I.A. had many up in arms for sticking up her middle finger during the Superbowl, Cee-Lo Green thought it would be appropriate to follow suit at President Barack Obama‘s fund-raising event in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
marcus
March 19th, 2012
1:31 pm
you ever see this guy? thank god he has money….
Not surprised
March 19th, 2012
1:35 pm
PURE TRASH !!!
Lee
March 19th, 2012
1:47 pm
America do the same to Cee-Lo and do one better stop buying his music. Salute that Cee-Lo?
Arleen
March 19th, 2012
1:51 pm
Never heard the song before. Happy for that!
John
March 19th, 2012
1:55 pm
Cee-Lo is a very talented artist, but lately his antics are getting on my nerves. His ego has swollen since the success of his last album and tv show. He’s gonna step on the wrong toes and land in hot water with the public and media if he keeps showing how ignornant he can be at times. Calm down Cee-Lo geesh! That was tacky behavior for such an important event.
Will
March 19th, 2012
1:57 pm
Reporters are held in a separate location…
Are we a free society any longer? The answer is no we are not. I voted for this fraud because he said he was going to be transparent. That was the biggest lie ever told.
Now watch me called a racist in 1..2..3….go….
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
1:57 pm
johnnywad…..don’t call black bloggers racists b..ches.
PMC
March 19th, 2012
2:02 pm
Well, at least it wasn’t a wardrobe malfunction.
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
March 19th, 2012
2:04 pm
Ms. Brett – It truly must be a slow news days for this type of article to even be interesting news…..
Michelle Obama has a big butt
March 19th, 2012
2:08 pm
Low Class! They should be embrassed by this idiot!
Sayitaintso
March 19th, 2012
2:14 pm
I just love seeing my president trot down the steps of airforce 1. Then he slides into the armored limo and all the inbreds have to pull to the side. Yep, never thought I would see the day……chest sticking out with pride.
Cee-Lo Bird Flips At Obama Fund-Raiser
March 19th, 2012
2:14 pm
[...] Apparently, not everyone learned from M.I.A.‘s bird flip fiasco. While M.I.A. had many up in arms for sticking up her middle finger during the Superbowl, Cee-Lo Green thought it would be appropriate to follow suit at President Barack Obama‘s fund-raising event in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. [...]
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
2:15 pm
@Michelle Obama (embrassed?) Well the Obama’s were not Embarrassed by their Crazy Racists Preacher but you expect them to be Embarrassed by somebody they don’t even know?
gadem
March 19th, 2012
2:17 pm
did the neocons get their tidy whities in a wad over Ted Nugent? Of course they didn’t….
stnkyfrts
March 19th, 2012
2:17 pm
Former Atlanta “celebrity” Virginia Gunn was also spotted at the festivities. She was observed flipping off former mayor Shirly Franklin. The former mayor had just cut one of the loudest and foulest smelling farts in Virginia’s immediate vicinity.
NumberFan
March 19th, 2012
2:19 pm
It’s typical of the support you would expect for the current president. Why is everybody surprised? The role models these young kids have these days, get your free college education, get your free housing, get your free food stamps, let the working class pay for it and you could be president one day. If you can avoid the law, lie, cheat, kill, get your due and hate the ones who pay for it.
wild1
March 19th, 2012
2:26 pm
Ah it so easy to be sleazy, but so difficult to have even the smallest iota of Class. See how Low Mr Green can take the Dems this week with the selective moral outrage. This won’t even be mentioned because “it’s 4th amendment rights”. Bill Maher too but definitely not Rush Limbaugh. “Slut” is just over the top but See how Low can get right down in the gutter and is OK. Maybe even funny…
1 term president thats all! 1 term.
Neutral
March 19th, 2012
2:30 pm
What a class act…. he needs to pay more attention to the First Lady’s weight loss program as opposed to teaching his fellow communists how to curse
Tony Dow
March 19th, 2012
2:32 pm
Well, Atlanta ranks at the bottom nationally, and Atlanta schools in general are at the bottom of the bottom. So the pres visits, and what message does he convey? I am not surprised outraged, surprised or disappointed. Actually, it is they type of example and leadership I have come to expect…typical for sure.
shawny
March 19th, 2012
2:34 pm
low class.
poor taste.
Not watching the Voice anymore.
Tony Dow
March 19th, 2012
2:35 pm
What about the children?
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
2:37 pm
Why didn’t Tyler dress up like his ‘Big Mama’ character, and have C Lo call him a slut? People would pay big money to see that!
Will
March 19th, 2012
2:40 pm
Meanwhile… while I was struggling to put gas in my truck to get to work Mr Obama was flying all over the country doing fundraising gigs. Boy that really helps bring down the price of oil. The reason why you ask do I blame Obama? Because he blamed Bush 6 years ago and I am no Bush fan. Obama is a fraud.
GARY COLDMAN
March 19th, 2012
2:41 pm
What the f*** you talkin’ bout C Lo?
JT
March 19th, 2012
2:46 pm
DEFINITELY POOR TASTE!! And I love C-Lo’s music…this was a Presidential Fundraiser, there’s protocol man!! Somebody in his camp shoulda said something, this was not the function to get all ‘artsy’. **SMDH**
Patrick Romano WAR DAMN EAGLE
March 19th, 2012
2:47 pm
TO NUMBER ONE FAN, NICELY Put/articulated. Enough Said!
NumberFan
March 19th, 2012
2:19 pm
It’s typical of the support you would expect for the current president. Why is everybody surprised? The role models these young kids have these days, get your free college education, get your free housing, get your free food stamps, let the working class pay for it and you could be president one day. If you can avoid the law, lie, cheat, kill, get your due and hate the ones who pay for it.
joe in tucker
March 19th, 2012
2:57 pm
…all part of the cesspool that is this administration, sad actually…
U Bore Me......
March 19th, 2012
2:57 pm
Seriously, you people bore me. You use these blogs to rant about everything and lay out your racist tyrants, yet in public.. you wear your I am not a racist halo. Please shut up about the President. He doesn’t handle programming or talent line up for any event. He has ended 2 wars your beloved Bush started without reason. He’s a Marxist, he a radical, he’s not American.. please Shut UP!!! Obviously you don’t have much else to do but rear your ugly heads whenever something happens. Ceelo, as so many of the Republican congressmen and senators have done,made a mistake. He caught it and made the change. What part of “The President was not on site and arrived an hour later” did you not understand??? For those of you bashing Tyler Perry for playing a character (It’s called acting) so did Milton Burle, Jack Benny, and countless other actors & entertainers. Get over your self righteous selves and buy a life. If that was too difficult for you to understand.. in the imfamous lyrics of the song penned and performed by CeeLo Green, the same song that more than 6 millon of your precious little darlings purchased and downloaded, F U.. and FU too!!!
Bonehead Blogger
March 19th, 2012
2:58 pm
LOL!!! You guys are hilarious!!! Thanks for making my day……
recon marine
March 19th, 2012
3:01 pm
Did it ever occur to some of you that the lyrics used for this preformance went out to the President’s detractors, critics, birthers, ect? Only this was done in a language that you sometime WISH the President would use, only he’s too classy to do so. So for all the people up in arms(again). Remember, you put Cee-Lo on the map the first time you freaked out over his song.
Dennis
March 19th, 2012
3:01 pm
Free speech should be exactly that. Anyone can say whatever they want. It’s ok for someone not to agree with what you think and say. It’s ok to be challenged by others thoughts and opinions. If you don’t like what they say, don’t listen. Turn the channel, radio station, or whatever else. Stop looking to special interest groups to get someone fired because they don’t think the same way you do. It should be ok to have and express your own opinions. It’s ok to offend someone. You can’t please everyone all the time. Our country has become a bunch of thin skinned, crybabies.
gadawg1204
March 19th, 2012
3:05 pm
Jennifer,
Why would you want to waste your time in writing a column on this. I agree with Gee. Very surprised this is even an article or newsworthy. Hmmm, let me guess, you are exercising your first amendment rights to report this kind of garbage? I’m not an Obama fan, but I have to respect the office that he holds. As for Cee-Lo Green to use that type of language in someone else’s home, and around the President of the United States is disrespectful!!
Benito
March 19th, 2012
3:17 pm
first!!!!
LMAO
March 19th, 2012
3:17 pm
Lady ppplllleeeaasseeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like someone needs to get a life.
Grasshopper
March 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
I wonder if this jerk was trapped in traffic like the rest of us while His Royal Highness Comrade Obama flitted around town collecting his welfare checks.
If he was, well then maybe he was flipping Dear Supreme Leader off.
Bracka Bama
March 19th, 2012
3:32 pm
It’s free speech, and it’s also a sorry-*ss excuse for a song.
I got no problem with using profanity, but to call a song FU is just plain stupid. He might can sing but he sure as hell can’t write.
NoleRick
March 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
The only reason Tyler Perry and Cee-Lo even cares about Odummer, is because he is black. I don’t recall Clinton getting all of this attention from black celebrities. In Orlando, Vince Carter had a similar $35K dinner. Oh yeah and ya’ll are for the 99%, go somewhere and sit down folks. The hypocracy here is astounding. Yes I am black.
Curious and Confused
March 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
Mr Green, I loved your song when I thought it was “Forget You.” When I found out what it really was, and how you have a child mouthing those words in the video, I no longer enjoyed it. So, not getting all “saint” on you, just don’t understand why you had to use that word. Why can’t we get over cussing all the time. It shows you have a pretty limited vocabulary. And, before anyone attacks me for being a racist, you don’t know what race I am, and you don’t know that I feel sorry for anyone, regardless of color, that can’t make statements without using profanity.
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
3:50 pm
KimZ’s what is your package? Cocaine? Take your KKK loving self back to Mississippi and some moon shine for Paw and Maw. IDIOT…. By the way for you good Christian folk who hate PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. Get over it. He is going to occupy The White House for another 4 years. What about him do you hate? Is it the part in his presidency where he helped safe the auto industry or the part where he had Osama Bin Ladin killed. Or is it that the job numbers are getting better.
NoYOUdnt
March 19th, 2012
3:54 pm
Words is one of the Housewives of ATLANTA (it’s hard to say REAL with a straight face), was caught with an application for the Clermont Lounge in her car.
Time Out
March 19th, 2012
3:54 pm
Just be glad Ted Nugent didn’t show up.
Mostly objective
March 19th, 2012
3:55 pm
First, I’m anything but an Obama supporter. (Let’s see…..deliberately choking off our petroleum supply, failing to support creation of real jobs not funded by the federal government, condoning Justice Department supplying weapons to Mexican drug cartels to frame honest gun dealers resulting in multiple Mexican and American deaths, failing to support Israel……..) HOWEVER, he is the President and should have some manner of decorum. Showing a human side is good; sucking up to the hip-hop/gansta generation is pathetic. The legitimate black community in Atlanta ought to be outraged, but they keep shoveling money at this loser along with their guilt-ridden liberal friends.
In one of his Atlanta speeches, Obama said we’ve got to finish the change he promised. I for one never heard him articulate just what is vision is. Maybe you want to ask him before you vote the next time.
Curious and Confused
March 19th, 2012
3:59 pm
I like when posters call other people stupid (maybe even use that as their handle), but proceed to butcher grammar in their comment. So funny.
Savvy
March 19th, 2012
4:06 pm
Definition of ASININE!!
irishmafia
March 19th, 2012
4:12 pm
Thank you for doing what most of America wishes they could do to Barry face to face
gm
March 19th, 2012
4:13 pm
Did anyone see this piece of scum show this type of action at any other award show this year? Ceelo would have never done this at any Rep event, because he know the white men would not allow this.
Ceelo is a disgrace to every decent African American, for any one to accept this goes to show how far how values and morales have changed.
Suckers
March 19th, 2012
4:14 pm
What do you expect when you load a place with people that know someone ‘obama’ is sucking money out of their community and he’s not going to give nothing back to Ga. because they’re going to vote GOP.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
4:15 pm
What about him do you hate? Is it the part in his presidency where he helped safe the auto industry or the part where he had Osama Bin Ladin killed. Or is it that the job numbers are getting better.
SAFE(?) you mean Saved to Auto Industry? He didn’t do that. The AMERICAN TAXPAYERS did that. He killed Bin Ladin? I am pretty sure members of Seal Teal 6 did that. He said YES and that was all. What JOB numbers are you seeing get better? Unemployment numbers going down has nothing to do with more jobs. It is people no longer trying to get a job and are therefore not being counted.
You are one of the MORONS that elected the Oreo that isn’t qualified to run the dog pound because he can read a good speech off a teleprompter.
Destiny
March 19th, 2012
4:27 pm
Normally I don’t get involved with you racist people, but reading the last post I have to ask Kim are you serious? The President fought hard for the auto worker something Bush didn’t give a damn about (oops I said a bad word) Secondly, he did a little more than say yes. In the words of the Mr. President, “ON my ORDER, Osama bin laden was killed.” You see he’s the commander in chief. So it’s an order not agreeing.
While I don’t agree with Cee-lo dropping the F bomb(unless it’s at the GOP) I’m gonna have to say FU too. Get a grip and go wash ya white sheets with the holes in them.
gm
March 19th, 2012
4:29 pm
Its ok to spend billions in Iraq but its not ok to help Americans in need. When will thesse rep hypocrites take their flag and burn it? its ok to love Americans and help other Americans under Bush, but its not ok to help other Americans under Obama.
All Ceelo did wha bring out the haters like 3 time college drop out Sean Hannity and the fox no news bigots, Ceelo do not represent Obama he is everything that wrongs with ganster rappers and show how low musics and these artis have become.
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
4:31 pm
C Lo, could you cool it please. We are trying to have a civilization here.
School in Summertime
March 19th, 2012
4:52 pm
“All that being said, a brother needs to pull up his pants.”- Barak Hussein Obama- circa 2009
swole
March 19th, 2012
4:56 pm
Cee Lo’s head has officially swollen. Sometimes $$$ will do that to people.
I dropped my fried twinkie
March 19th, 2012
4:56 pm
Destiny…the Auto Workers Union is what is KILLING the US Auto makers. Of course Osama worked for a UNION they pay good money for Presidents. the car makers not using unions and have relocated in the South )right to work state) are doing just fine. You see Caterpillar moved to GA because we don’t have unions. Osama gave the order because the intelligence was as good as we had on his location. He listened to his Advisers because that is why you have advisers.
It isn’t the White House it is the glass of milk at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave because it has an Oreo floating in it.
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
5:09 pm
You are correct about one thing. I should have said a save and not safe. Now that my conscious is clear. I am pretty sure you are a moron that does not understand how the executive branch works. WE THE PEOPLE (THE TAX PAYERS) OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA elect a president every four years. According to the Constitution that election is to be held on the first Tuesday of November. On the first Tuesday of November 2008 by POPULAR demand PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA was elected, not selected like other presidents. That gave him the right to make certain decisions. One decision that the president had the right to make (along with an elected congress, which was also elected by WE THE TAX PAYERS TO REPRESENT US) was to bailout the auto industry. To your obvious dismay it worked. Jobs were saved all over the nation from car plants to part plants. The other decision the duly elected President of the United States made in behave of THE TAX PAYERS was GIVE THE ORDER TO KILL OSAMA BIN LADIN. Now this is where you are really an IDIOT. The seal team cannot make decisions without orders being given. Seemingly to your dismay, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR ARMED FORCES) GAVE THE ORDER TO GO IN AND KILL THE MOST WANTED TERRORIST IN THE WORLD (The one responsible for terrorist attacks around the world including (in case you did not read this part of the news paper) the WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON. So I am pretty sure my previous post said “Helped save” and “had Osama Bin Ladin killed”. I will say again, IDIOT.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
5:15 pm
WE THE PEOPLE (THE TAX PAYERS) OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA elect a president every four years.
No We the people do not elect the president. You were Government School Educated. I bet you think the USA is a Democracy too. The Electoral College elects the President.
Momma G
March 19th, 2012
5:16 pm
Yes, I am very embarrassed — being a person of color. This man is grown and very disrespectful. He should be ashamed of himself. He is too old for this type of behavior.
Kyle
March 19th, 2012
5:16 pm
Cee Lo did a fantastic job at the fundraiser……this is one of his best songs and it’s been out like 2 years now. For anyone who disagrees I dedicate that song to you. I was at the event and I didn’t even notice the finger. No big deal at the end of the day….Great job Cee LO and I say yet another F You to anybody who says otherwise……Go OBAMA 2012!!!!
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
5:19 pm
Pick your fried twinkie up and read the job description of the President. By the way did The Curious George look a like who occupied The White House from 2001 through 2008 listen to his advisors when they told him that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Or was he using The Tax Payers military to kill the man who tried to kill his daddy. Just wondering. You smart people who believe yourselves to be 20% smarter need to explain how it works. Cuz weez jus dont understans. IDIOT.
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
5:20 pm
Now, I do agree with you Momma G.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
5:36 pm
KimZ’sStupid
March 19th, 2012
5:19 pm
did The Curious George look a like who occupied The White House from 2001 through 2008 listen to his advisors when they told him that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Advisers (spelled correctly) didn’t say there were no WMDs. The same Intelligence Agency gave info on Bin Laden’s location is the one that thought there could still be some WMDs or the ability to produce them if sanctions were lifted. here is the basics of it. Bush was wrong some of the intelligence was wrong but it wasn’t like Hussein hadn’t made them before.
During the regime of Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq was believed to have weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Hussein was internationally known for his use of chemical weapons in the 1980s against Iranian and Kurdish civilians during and after the Iran–Iraq War. It is also known that in the 1980s he pursued an extensive biological weapons program and a nuclear weapons program, though no nuclear bomb was built.
After the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, the United Nations located and destroyed large quantities of Iraqi chemical weapons and related equipment and materials throughout the early 1990s, with varying degrees of Iraqi cooperation and obstruction.[1] In response to diminishing Iraqi cooperation with UNSCOM, the United States called for withdrawal of all UN and IAEA inspectors in 1998, resulting in Operation Desert Fox. The United States and the UK asserted that Saddam Hussein still possessed large hidden stockpiles of WMD in 2003, and that he was clandestinely procuring and producing more. Inspections by the UN to resolve the status of unresolved disarmament questions restarted from November 2002 until March 2003,[2] under UN Security Council Resolution 1441, which demanded Saddam give “immediate, unconditional and active cooperation” with UN and IAEA inspections, shortly before his country was attacked.[3]
During the lead-up to war in March 2003, Hans Blix had found no stockpiles of WMD and had made significant progress toward resolving open issues of disarmament noting “proactive” but not always the “immediate” Iraqi cooperation as called for by UN Security Council Resolution 1441. He concluded that it would take “but months” to resolve the key remaining disarmament tasks.[4] The United States asserted this was a breach of Resolution 1441 but failed to convince the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution authorizing the use of force due to lack of evidence.[5][6][7] Despite being unable to get a new resolution authorizing force and citing section 3 of the Joint Resolution passed by the U.S. Congress,[8] President George W. Bush asserted peaceful measures could not disarm Iraq of the weapons he alleged it to have and launched a second Gulf War,[9] despite multiple dissenting opinions[10] and questions of integrity[11][12][13] about the underlying intelligence.[14] Later U.S.-led inspections agreed that Iraq had earlier abandoned its WMD programs, but asserted Iraq had an intention to pursue those programs if UN sanctions were ever lifted.[15] Bush later said that the biggest regret of his presidency was “the intelligence failure” in Iraq,[16] while the Senate Intelligence Committee found in 2008 that his administration “misrepresented the intelligence and the threat from Iraq”.[17] A key CIA informant in Iraq admitted that he lied about his allegations, “then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war”.[1
chris
March 19th, 2012
5:39 pm
Oh poo!!! You idiot conservatives get off your high horse. Pretending to be so appalled and offended. This is an event none of you ignorant, low-class, trash spewing, idiots would have attended anyway. You didn’t vote for the man, you never liked him, and you don’t respect him. So why should we pay attention to any criticism you have about the President? Keep living in your world of hate, while the real world passes you by. We civilized people still love this country and respect the President.
motormouth
March 19th, 2012
5:50 pm
he’s like school at 3:15p…no class.
Frank
March 19th, 2012
5:57 pm
I don’t see any problem with it I like the explicit version better anyway plus I’m sure everyone there was mature enough to not have a problem with it.
jeffhendrix
March 19th, 2012
6:15 pm
cant wait for the change in november—
jeffhendrix
March 19th, 2012
6:18 pm
and chris— your funny , now , u respect this president—- couldnt say that 4 yrs ago—- your president has things screwed up now– but i know– he s inherited so much from Bush– this president will go down as the worst since carter—— cant wait for november
Teresa
March 19th, 2012
6:19 pm
What a sick game didnt we give Iran WMD and then we later cried foul b/c a white man was gonna be taken out?
Teresa
March 19th, 2012
6:21 pm
Yeah, you make “your candidate” look brilliant!!! Not……..
BADA BING
March 19th, 2012
6:21 pm
Baby steps people, let’s take baby steps. This is ATL, we should be happy that there was a gathering of people downtown, and no one was shot.
jeffhendrix
March 19th, 2012
6:22 pm
and by the way chris– try not to be so stereotypical democrat— just cause someone disagrees with the prez—- doesnt mean your a hater——this president is dangerous–but i guess u cant see that
Tony Dow
March 19th, 2012
6:26 pm
Is this what mlk had in mind when he talked of dignity and respect and class?
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
6:26 pm
Bada Bing…good call but the Secret Service is a Lil different than the Body Guards Hip Hop Stars keep around.
Shirley
March 19th, 2012
6:28 pm
I am surprised that Cee Lo Green was even chosen to perform for this type of event. I’ve only seen a few minutes of one of his performances on TV and the disrespect got to be a little too much for me, so I quickly swithched stations. There are many more respectful artists that would have represented Atlanta well.
Teresa
March 19th, 2012
6:31 pm
Who do you guys feel would have been a good fit to perform?
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
6:39 pm
ANYBODY but a Hip Hop type of singer. People that paid $35k should have a classier pallet. You want the crowd to get excited but it is not like it was a football game.
Tony Dow
March 19th, 2012
6:43 pm
I do not blame Obama, he travels all over the world and makes thousands of appearances such as this. He cannot control who his supporters are. No, this is an Atlanta thing, they same Atlanta that has a school system that is a joke of the country. Most of you are too dumb to understand that the chain wearing, cussing dancing negro is just a parody that the world laughs at, not with. Even Spike Lee gets it, and i am sure Obama does too, but he will take your money regardless.
WiseWoman
March 19th, 2012
6:46 pm
I was at the event and up close. I thought his choice of that particular song was inappropriate, as did most of the crowd. Ceelo dropped the “f” bomb exactly 2 times in the chorus of the song, and it was his assistant who signaled him that was enough…and then Ceelo moved on to the cleaner version of the song. I’m amazed that he thought an event for the President of the United States was a good place to let loose like that. The poor choice was Ceelo’s…not the President’s.
Tony Dow
March 19th, 2012
6:48 pm
Cee Lo may as well be Sammy Davis Jr dancing and shuffling to entertain a drunken Dean Martin. Is the what so many in the civil rights generation fought for? To get a Black president so a big fat buffoon can get on stage a dressed like a clown and cuss and shoot birds? As you guys love to say, you have come a long way, but you got a long way to go before you will be collectively respected
300yearsOFpayback
March 19th, 2012
7:10 pm
Is anyone surprised by CeeLo’s behavior?
Devlin Volupte
March 19th, 2012
7:12 pm
Obama doesn’t have anything to do with Cee-Lo’s choice of lyrics. Cee-Lo should have stuck with the “clean” version – he made a mistake. Politics is judgemental and uptight.
Lack of Class
March 19th, 2012
7:24 pm
Money does not buy Class
Gwinnett Fred
March 19th, 2012
7:37 pm
Freedom of Speech – a right granted by the Consitiution that Obama seems to loatle.
Poor Taste – an option that so many that want to exercise their right to Freedom of Speech want to take advantage of
You get what you pay for and you get what you vote for.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
Oprah making Heads Roll at OWN. What do you think she would have done if Low Class Green did that at one of her parties?
Bernie Mac
March 19th, 2012
8:05 pm
Now all yall self rightous people out there: I ain’t scared of you Mufa’s. Obama didn’t let me perform at his fundraisers either; all this BULL GOINS ON!
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:42 pm
Dwarf fat head brothas must be in season
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:45 pm
have you noticed his short arms . its so funny watching him on the voice
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:46 pm
is an circus around?
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:47 pm
fried chicken, cadillac car ,we aint as dumb as u think we is
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:48 pm
hey alias , yes
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
8:51 pm
KimZ’s stop listening to Boortz so much. He says what he says for entertainment only. Secondly, look the word advisor up and share with the reading audience what you find. ( Thirdly, what Constitution do you follow, because mine states every four years on the 1st Tuesday of Nov. And regardless of what you think or have been told by Boortz. Every tax payer (without a felony) has an opportunity to vote. I am not sure if you attended school. My institute of higher learning taught me how to do research on my own and think for myself. That means unlike yourself, I have the capacity to listen to people who make a living entertaining other people by stating lies and opinions about other people without believing everything that is stated. IDIOT
PS. Can’t wait to read your next grammar critique. You probably think I spelled grammar wrong.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
8:55 pm
Show me where it says the people vote to elect the president? The Electoral College votes for the president and that is why we have had the peoples vote be different and the person they voted for was not the president.
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:56 pm
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
8:57 pm
Here STUPID kimZ
The Electoral College. Each state gets a number of electors equal to the total number of senators and representatives it has. Washington D.C. gets three even though it is not a state.
Each political party chooses the people it wants to serve as electors if it wins that state. On election day, although the names of the presidential candidates appear on the ballots, people are actually voting to choose electors who are pledged to vote for that candidate.
In December, after the popular election, the electors meet in their respective state capitals and cast their ballots for president and vice president. Theoretically, except in a few states, they can actually vote for anybody they want to but of course in practice they almost always vote for whomever they were pledged to support. the person who gets the majority of the electoral votes becomes president.
Read Article II and the 12th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Bubba
March 19th, 2012
8:58 pm
sorry i thought i was blocked,this is about the fat head dwarf. Right?
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
Tell me again what Institution of Higher Learning you attended?
B4Real
March 19th, 2012
9:04 pm
Cee-LOWW showed that money does not buy class.
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
9:07 pm
ps. In order to help you further; after the majority of the citizens of each state make their decision, the electoral college votes.
KimZ'sStupid
March 19th, 2012
9:12 pm
Talk to me after the first Wednesday of November; when President Obama is reelected by the electoral college. I do have more important things to do then to blog back and forth with you. Meanwhile your kids have just snuck their boyfriends or girlfriends into their room to get it on. Get out of your meth lab and tend to them. Have a wonderful night.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
stupid kim yes and keep reading. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE ELECTS THE PRESIDENT not the popular vote. You are to stupid but I am sure it is not your fault. You were educated (if you can call it that) in GOVERNMENT Schools full or moron liberal teachers. now AGAIN what High School and College did you attend?
12th Amendment -
Ratified June 15,1804
Changed the way the President and Vice President are elected.
The 12th Amendment means:
- separate ballots are used for president and vice president.
- the candidates with the greatest number of votes for each office will be elected if that number constitutes a majority of the total electors.
- if a majority for the president is lacking, the House of Representatives shall vote by state from among the three highest candidates.
- if a majority for the vice president is lacking, the Senate shall vote by state from among the two highest candidates
- the vice president must meet the same constitutional requirements as provided for the president.
Source(s):
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h468.ht…
black boortz
March 19th, 2012
9:13 pm
You can take the boy out of Bankhead, but you can’t take the Bankhead out the boy.
KimZ'sPackage
March 19th, 2012
9:18 pm
STUPID kimz let me educate you some more. Wow you are getting 12 years of government school couldn’t teach you. You should pay me.
The Electoral College consists of the electors appointed by each state who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Since 1964, there have been 538 electors in each presidential election.[1] Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution specifies how many electors each state is entitled to have and that each state’s legislature decides how its electors are to be chosen. U.S. territories are not represented in the Electoral College. The Electoral College is an example of an indirect election, as opposed to a direct election by United States citizens (such as for members of the United States House of Representatives).
The voters of each state, and the District of Columbia, vote for electors to be the authorized constitutional participants in a presidential election. In early U.S. history, some state laws delegated the choice of electors to the state legislature. Electors are free to vote for anyone eligible to be President, but in practice pledge to vote for specific candidates and voters cast ballots for favored presidential and vice presidential candidates by voting for correspondingly pledged electors.[2][3]
The Twelfth Amendment provides for each elector to cast one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. It also specifies how a President and Vice President are elected. The Twenty-third Amendment specifies how many electors the District of Columbia is entitled to have.
The Electoral College’s existence is controversial. A 2001 Gallup article noted that “a majority of Americans have continually expressed support for the notion of an official amendment of the U.S. Constitution that would allow for direct election of the president” since one of the first-ever public polls on the matter in 1944, and Gallup found no significant change in 2004.[4][5] Critics argue that the Electoral College is archaic, inherently undemocratic and gives certain swing states disproportionate influence in selecting the President and Vice President. Proponents argue that the Electoral College is an important, distinguishing feature of federalism in the United States and that it protects the rights of smaller states. Numerous constitutional amendments have been introduced in the Congress seeking to alter the Electoral College or replace it with a direct popular vote; however, no proposal has ever passed the Congress.
I can’t wait until you apologize and say I am RIGHT and you are WRONG.
MyMyMyWhatAboutThat
March 19th, 2012
9:23 pm
President Barack Obama has raised over $151.4 million dollars to Flip Flop Romney’s $63.7 million dollars. The actual amount recorded is showing $151,392,217. I think I will make that $151,392,317.
Cool Lady
March 19th, 2012
9:50 pm
I did not see any of these comments when Republicans were calling the President…Liar, Boy, Rag Head just to name a few….but as soon as something is done in support for the President, even when he is not present it turns into the story of the day!!!! OBAMA 2012
Bernie Mac
March 19th, 2012
10:31 pm
I’m still votin for Obama, but it hurts when his campain complains about my comedy. Sumofabitch’s don’t know what real comedy about. Das some BULL! AND I AIN’T SCARED OF YOU MAFAS’
No Hope Without Change In 2012
March 19th, 2012
10:51 pm
It’s truly sad that those who have been hurt the most since this president came to office are still his staunchest supporters…..
“I voted for Obama because he’s black.” ~ Samuel L. Jackson (the racist voice of the politically ignorant black voter)
Faye
March 19th, 2012
10:57 pm
And look how CLASSY we did it in NYC…Now that’s class…The south full of classless fools with money!
Owen Garcia
March 20th, 2012
3:01 am
The majority of Afro-Americans can’t help themselves and lack self-control.
I am a big Celo fan but I’m disappointed he didn’t use better judgment. And yes I am black, and yes somewhere out there some old racist white dude saying “See I told you so”
Thanks for setting us back a little Celo. With your help, white supremacist can take the day off.
overit
March 20th, 2012
5:19 am
Its C-Lo!!! its jus a song, and if you pay attention, right after he flipped the bird, he looks to the rigjt of him and ask ” can I cuss”? someone approved… everyone has heard the song befkre, it WAS NOT doirected toward Obama personally… grow up!!!
tenn.DAWG
March 20th, 2012
5:53 am
I feel the same way about Obama,Ceelo just said what most people feel about the job he’s doing.Don’t condone that behavior,but I understand.
falcon60
March 20th, 2012
5:58 am
People “be” adults? Evidently you don’t have a high regard for education either pw.
joeybiten
March 20th, 2012
6:05 am
seems like he just voiced what obamas been saying to the entire U.S. .. f…k you.
billybob
March 20th, 2012
6:09 am
this kind of talk (no matter what you think of the President). black men fathering multiple children by multiple wives (and not supporting them), having to hold their pants up when walking, putting their hats on “cockeyed”….. just some examples on how not to earn respect. too bad, the african american establishment cannot do something positive about this type behaviour.
guy
March 20th, 2012
6:28 am
This is typical behavior of people with angry at the world problems.There are those who are worse than others.obama is that way too as he is bitter and has an agenda.You can call it racism,I call it realism.It is what it is,always has been,and always will be!War on the inside will always lead to war on the outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RT77
March 20th, 2012
6:35 am
Healthcare is a BFD!
RT77
March 20th, 2012
6:41 am
Don’t forget people, The Right wants us to believe that a President who wants to ensure medical coverage for all in this country wants to harm us. They also want us to believe that all of the debt and economical woes fell down upon us from the sky the day after Obama was sworn in as President. I guess even they want to forget the George W years the same way he wanted to forget New Orleans after Katrina.
Jack
March 20th, 2012
7:01 am
This kind of behavior is what to expect when his kind of trash is promoted.
Hussein
March 20th, 2012
7:13 am
This is a perfect example of the current office holder’s supporters and constituency. This is the left’s definition and standard of “civility”. Let’s not hide it…bring it out into the light of day for all to see and experience.
geez
March 20th, 2012
7:19 am
Just another punk, with no vocabulary.
wtf?
March 20th, 2012
7:20 am
People pay for this s$@t?
The Great and Powerful Community Organizer
March 20th, 2012
7:23 am
This is the kind of crap that votes for ME!
C-low
March 20th, 2012
7:26 am
I’m a piece of garbage scum..jus wanted to make sure everbody knowed it.
This Prez is a joke, soooo
March 20th, 2012
7:35 am
it’s only appropriate the entertainment is too.
Who cares
March 20th, 2012
7:54 am
Still do not understand the fascination with this guy? He has no talent and his ONE song is aweful. paltrow version of it on Glee should have gotten the credit on “Forget You” so much better. Everthing this guy does from his screw up on NYE to this event shows someone is pushing him into the limelight. He doesn’t deserve the attention he is getting. As for the show The Voice a total made up show where phone calls got people on the show not REAL auditions. The AJC doesn’t even give it notice as it reports on Idol every week. The only benefit the voice does is give attention to the four judges. Does nothing for the “last chance” talent that goes on there. Cee lo let’s all take the advice of your ONE hit song and that’s on BOTH versions when it comes to you.
Stevcue
March 20th, 2012
8:02 am
ONCE AGAIN AJC….THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BRING OUT ALL RACIST IN GEORGIA. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU STILL HAVE THIS POSTED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF AJC.COM. THIS IS WHY I CANCELED MY SUBSCRITPTION WITH AJC HOME DELIEVERY. I HOPE OTHERS SEE THIS AS A PATTERN WITH THE AJC.
sassy
March 20th, 2012
8:23 am
Freedom of speech! Obama bald faced lies. At least Cee-Lo had the balls to say what he wanted to say.
We have no rights left in this country as it is…Definition of the USA would be greed and corruption.
Dontneedtoknow
March 20th, 2012
8:23 am
Please stop all you all of a sudden saints! I bet you have done things that you shouldn’t , but because you’re not in the public eye it’s ok? Think before you judge! It was a show as any other and we all knew the song so what are ya’ll talking about! Seems as if all the important ppl didn’t hear or see it anyways!
georgiasouthernalum
March 20th, 2012
8:43 am
Its just another reason to bring back Gen. Sherman to Atlanta to finish the job! Obama out in 2012!
Ya Know
March 20th, 2012
8:51 am
Just because you CAN say something, doesn’t mean you SHOULD say something. There are times when discretion is the better part of valor. He should have performed the radio edit or put the mic toward the audience to let them say whatever lyric they wanted to say.
georgiasouthernalum
March 20th, 2012
8:52 am
P.S.
I hope Obama keeps this type of things up so he will be out of job! That’s a real good way to get a state to vote for him…..not..no way…forget
SONYA
March 20th, 2012
9:06 am
First of all Cee Lo or whatever he go by. I never thought much of him anyway, and this just sums it up. He is just a little fat boy on some commercial with a 7- up sounding like a cat! I just have much respect for Tyler Perry and even more for our president. And then here comes the pilsbury doughboy and screw it up! Thanks Elmer Fudd!!
Trayvon's Auntie
March 20th, 2012
9:14 am
A 17 year old child was killed in Florida for walking home while black. To debate the sensibility or class of an entertainer throwing up a finger/f-bomb in this racially charged climate is ridiculous. First Caylee’s killer walks away free and now some militant man in Florida avoids arrest. AJC focus on the real picture and let’s save our children’s lives.
Adjust
March 20th, 2012
9:15 am
How many of ya’ll felt like doing whats on ur mind at the wrong time but didnt relize it at the time so stop passing jugement and drop the stone out ur hands and pray for urself as well as cell-lo he grown and hell learn from his mistake. A-town still down. Learn from it and move on. This is 2012 anything can happen.
Dicarlo Dorsey
March 20th, 2012
9:16 am
No people !! Its clearly telling republicans to back off . In a Southern way lol smh.
Adjust
March 20th, 2012
9:20 am
U can tell the hatred and racism in Americans hearts through these post and i bet about 80% of these comment r from none african- american. Check urselves!
carla roqs
March 20th, 2012
9:26 am
trying to break a record, jennifer? @Bernie Mac March 19th, 2012 10:31 pm– i feel your pain. everyone else, this is as ridiculous as bringing bernie back from beyond.
WTF
March 20th, 2012
9:45 am
Heck, I shout the F-bomb and point my middle finger at the tv constantly when I here the lies that Newt, Rick and Mitty spew about our duly elected President.
sassy
March 20th, 2012
9:51 am
Americans have been duped for years. Farmers are paid to keep their fields empty. All of our corn, good produce, good fruit, good meat goes out of the country and we eat the crap they bring in. What good is all the hoopla about FDA approved and doesn’t have this or that chemical? We ship that stuff out. Who knows what’s on the stuff they import. No pride in workmanship in this country. No steel mills, no industry left. The rich get richer, the poor and lazy suck off the system and that leaves the low middle class (doubt there is a true middle anymore) pay for it all. Obama won the vote because it was a “get in a black president” thing. I am NOT racist and don’t care if the president is purple, but just to vote someone in because he is black???????? And the only reason he got in was because of the asswipes out that that didn’t want a woman. So, whoever voted for Obama should have voted for Hillary. At least she’s true American and has a brain in her head. Obama is nothing but EGO…..think he cares about the country at all? Obviously he doesn’t.
Chuck Allison
March 20th, 2012
10:11 am
I don’t go to Obama functions because I don’t want to see anyone make obscene gestures or use vile language. I remember when Joe Bideon used the “F” word to congratulate Obama after passing the Obmacare fiasco.
alex
March 20th, 2012
10:16 am
It’s ATLANTA, the NEW south, so progressive, …..Sheeesh !!
Let’s be clear for many of you,I am being cynical;for those who went to an APCS, look it up..
Amiela Holt
March 20th, 2012
10:50 am
It was in VERY POOR TASTE…. just no CLASS at all, or respect for President Obama…
Time & Place for Everything, but........................
March 20th, 2012
10:55 am
This was not the place to be behaving so ghetto/trailer trash. There are things you just don’t do at certain places & this was one of them. He could have sung the “CLEAN” version of his song & he could have kept the bird flipping to himself. Isn’t he a father? He’s too old to be acting so immature. Regardless of it being a fundraiser for President Obama or a school dance, there are times when you need to behave yourself accordingly. Maybe he needs to take some of that money he’s making from his hit songs & go to etiquette school & learn a thing or two on how to behave as a gentleman. I like his music & I am for President Obama. People, please stop putting racists & racism in EVERY blog on AJC. There can be a blog about BERT & ERNIE & somehow, some idiot will throw the race card out there. I’m speaking to both black & white people, don’t care about your color, just care about your character.
BADA BING
March 20th, 2012
10:55 am
Cee Lo had to stick to small 4 letter words so the APS educated population could relate.
Bob Olinski
March 20th, 2012
11:03 am
F*** Obama. F*** Cee Lo. And F*** anyone who thinks the left isn’t the home of hatred.
Cee-Low
March 20th, 2012
11:06 am
Cee-Lo is a potatohead who sounds like his tater tots are caught in a vice. He doesn’t deserve this much attention. The bantering about stuff like this is idiotic because they same ones condoning, making excuses or just blowing it off as nothing are the same ones who get bent out of shape when a Conservative or Conservative supporter says or does something equally as dumb. All you have to do is replace the name Cee-Lo with 50-Cent (Republican) and Obama with Bush and every single comment would completely change. The ones knocking Cee-Lo would defend 50-Cent and vice versa. I would love to see a compilation of a top 20 questions presented to each Presidential candidate and have their answer anonymously listed on a sheet one after another. Each person can check the answer they like best and, at the end, it would tally who you preferred. I think it would shock most, but still wouldn’t change who they’re voting for which is sad.
Double"M"
March 20th, 2012
11:10 am
typical !!!!!
Richard
March 20th, 2012
11:10 am
First of all, enough with this overplayed line “exercising First Amendment Rights.” It has no basis here.
The First Amendment doesn’t give you the ability to say whatever you want. It only says that if you want to say something, the government can’t stop you. This fundraiser is for a private entity (Super PAC) which can censor it’s speakers however it wants. If it wants to censor Cee-Lo, fine. If not, that’s their call.
Second of all, Cee-Lo is best known for his song featuring the f-word in the friggin title. He was invited to sing. What did you expect? Anyone choosing to listen to Cee-Lo while getting offended by bad language gets zero sympathy from me. It’s like buying a ticket to see a performance by Lewis Black and getting ticked off that he insulted a politician.
GROW UP!
Read before you post
March 20th, 2012
11:12 am
@Trey – READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU POST. The President was not there.
Time & Place for Everything, but...............
March 20th, 2012
11:15 am
GeorgiaSouthernalum, you along with the other brainwashed idiots out there, don’t want to come to the realization that Bush has DESTROYED AMERICA, EVERYONE HATES US, HE STARTED A WAR WITH A LIE, RUINNED THE ECONOMY, SCHOOL CLOSINGS, TEACHERS FURLOUGHS, HOUSING MARKET CRASHES, LOSS OF JOBS, OWING CHINA $$$$, RICH GOT RICHER AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WORKING CLASS. DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU OR ANYONE THAT IS RICH OR WEALTHY. IT DOESN’T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO FIGURE THIS OUT & IF YOU BELIEVE THAT NEWT CAN GET THE PRICE OF GAS DOWN TO $2.50 A GALLON, YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS, THE EASTER BUNNY & THE TOOTH FAIRY. WHERE WAS THE $2.50 GAS WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE, OH YEAH, THE PRICE OF GAS SKY ROCKETED WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE & CAUSED PANIC & MAYHEM AT THE PUMPS. Pres. Obama knew he had walked into a firestorm, but he was willing to do what he can to help not Blacks, Whites, Hispanics,but the WORKING CLASS. I have health insurance, but YES it needs to be reformed. It’s just a matter of common sense which shows me ANYONE voting Republican doesn’t seem to have it. Why would you put a party back in office that got us in this mess from the start? Clinton had us with a surplus. All these Republicans want to do Local, State, County & Federal want to do is make their pockets fatter. They don’t care about YOU, ME, YOUR FAMILY, MY FAMILY, ETC. But you people are too stupid to realize it. How PATHETIC.
Not Surprised of IDIOTIC STATEMENTS
March 20th, 2012
11:18 am
@Sassy, I didn’t vote for Obama because he is Black, I voted for him because I KNOW he was the best candidate. I am sure some voted for the Republican candidate because he was white, so where are you going with this?
@BOB ODANGSKI
March 20th, 2012
11:20 am
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL. GET A LIFE!!
kgray
March 20th, 2012
11:39 am
Cee-Lo shouldn’t have said those words at the fundraiser, it was in very poor taste. Most of these blogs listen to Hank Williams Jr. and don’t support President Obama anyway. It wasn’t about Cee-Lo, it was about rasising money for the President’s re-election and the President didn’t hear his song or him making a gesture with his finger. Go Obama 2012!
Larry
March 20th, 2012
11:40 am
Just take a look at this fat glob of goo and tell me anyone is surprised? One can only imagine what he does behind close doors…and with whom!
Sadly, it is this cesspool of electorate nation wide that will get the worst President–since Carter–relected.
And I am a democratic supporter!
Gloria
March 20th, 2012
11:49 am
Extremely poor taste.
Ralph T
March 20th, 2012
12:11 pm
Ceelo is know better than the Senator who call our president a lier on the House Floor. Disrespect
flip
March 20th, 2012
12:20 pm
NO CLASS
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carla roqs
March 20th, 2012
2:33 pm
cee lo, an apology is warranted. jennifer– enough of this hatred, dag.
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Shanita
March 20th, 2012
6:04 pm
It was probably a normal word for him to use, probably the first or 2nd word he learned as a child.
Expecting his type to have class says a lot about whoever approved of inviting him.
carla roqs
March 21st, 2012
10:02 am
HYT2 , March 21st, 2012, 8:38 am– ROTFLMBO
TheszEyz
March 22nd, 2012
2:55 pm
Cee-Lo….just made himself irrelevant in my world. There is a time and place for his type of madness, neither of which was at this event. Respect begins with ’self’.
Vampire Bill
March 23rd, 2012
8:31 am
You can tell how ignorant he is by watching the Voice. Foul mouthed loser
euphrates
March 23rd, 2012
1:20 pm
Cee- Lo is from Goodie Mob which was a socially conscious rap group…obviously there is no money in that. It is really sad that this was one of the only things that made the news about our president coming to Atlanta. It was poor taste to do the song unlesss he changed it to tea party f- you but he did not so he shouldve cooled it. Racism is alive and well in the US and on this message board. The one thing that kills me is that the conservatives never take into account how Bush ran the country into the ground and walked away and left a BLACK man to clean it up! God Bless America!