October 12, 2008

James T. Harris On Death Threats: Pray For Me And My Family

By Tim | October 12, 2008 | Tags: , Northern America |

Talk show host James T. Harris was just on CNN talking about the hate mail he has received since America watched him beg John McCain to take it to Barack Obama.

James T. Harris

James T. Harris

James T. Harris told CNN about being called the “N” word. He spoke of the death threats that he has received as a result of his support for John McCain.

James T. Harris is a conservative black man living in a “free” America with “free” Americans wanting to lynch him.

Sick.

James T. Harris asked that we pray for him and his family. So, pray. I have no doubt about the seriousness of the threats against him and his family.

Another man that I’m certain can identify with him is Allen West. Allen West is a conservative black man running against Rep. Ron Klein in Florida’s 22nd congressional district.

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39 Comments

  • BAG says:

    James, you really shamed us… I couldn’t believe what you did … now you have
    to live with it and it will be passed on in your bloodline for generations to come.
    hope is was worth it to you…

  • saul meshach says:

    I never really had a feeling of wanting to do harm to a person who said something on television before. Every one has a right to vote for whom they please. But Mr. Harris you crossed the line when you repeat socialist remarks and repeat GOP KKK rhetoric that has been proven to be questionable by most of the civilized world. You are a disgrace and I dont know how you can look at your self in the mirror.

  • Mari K says:

    I do not understand what this man had in mind, but evidently he does not know his history enough not to be surprised by the outcome of his knee plea to McCain to stick it to Obama. I don’t wish harm to come to him, many are right, he does have the right to support the red team, but he does not have the right to encourage unfair harm on someone else. He deserves to be torn from the bosom of the family for that.

  • “We can’t take money from hard-working people and give it away. This isn’t a tax-cut, it’s welfare.”–John McCain.

    The statement above recieved thunderous applause at a recent John McKKKlan rally.

    John McCain and Sarah Palin are subtly trying to appeal to the instincts of the most loyal constituents of the Republican party; the illiterate rednecks and hill-billys of the Southern and Appalachian regions of the U.S., and the “Igloo-Park trash” living in Alaska.

    Throughout, American history, the poor, illiterate whites have always been convinced by those with real power that the NEGRO was at the root of ALL of their problems. You “black BUCKS” craved his pale women. Your lack of fear for God destined you for hell, and justified your transition from the plantation to the sharecropper huts, from the sharecropper huts to the chicken farms. From the chicken farms to the rat and roach infested housing “projects” of the North, and the rotting ghettos of the South.

    I live in the “belly of the beast”, and I’ve studied the cracker in his/her natural habitat. They’re still bitter about losing the Civil War (I know, you think that’s a joke). In fact, a statue of Robert E. Lee stands in front of the Courthouse in my hometown. During each year’s Christmas parade, the Sons of Confederate Veterans ride by on a tracktor-pulled wagon, salute this statue, then SHOOT FAKE MUSKETS TOWARDS THE SKY TO “HONOR” General Lee! Then, Negro children subsequently ask their parents “why were those men shooting?” “Why do they like people who fought for the south in the Civil War?”

    So, the next time you see Caucasions discussing election dynamics on television, if they DON’T MENTION THE MASS MENTAL ILLNESS called “bigotry”, think about that scenario. These aren’t just people who can be dismissed, as the lying liars on Fox News would have you believe. The members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans are local politicians, cops, high school and college students, plant supervisors, and teachers. As a matter of fact, the S.O.C.V. are granted permission by the POLICE DEPARTMENT to discharge their toys during the Christmas parades.

    What does any of this have to do with election dynamics?

    Well, if you’re as socially blind, deaf, and dumb as James Harris, you’ll probably dismiss this information as irrelevant. Black conservatives, please listen up; STOP ACTING AS IF THIS ELECTION IS “BUSINESS AS USUAL”, fools! I’ll never understand how any conservative coon can fail to discern the magnitude of this moment in history. In 1998, JUST TEN YEARS AGO, COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CHARLESTON, SC WERE BURNING DOWN PRICELESS CHURCHES THAT HAD BEEN BUILT BY SLAVES TWO AND THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

    Do the research, and make me out to be a liar!

    And now, just TEN years later, a NEGRO HAS A REAL SHOT AT BEING PRESIDENT. Hell, less than 70 years ago, BLACK BLOOD DECORATED MANY SIDEWALKS JUST BECAUSE SOME NEGRO HAD THE NERVE TO VOTE. Or REGISTER Negros to vote (REST IN PEACE BROTHER MEDGAR EVERS). And ironically, the cracker they voted for was usually the lesser of two evil demons.

    Unfortunately, despite what James Harris and other useful idiots of Color believe, today’s poor whites STILL vote for Republicans because they think that “lazy Negros” live off welfare and food stamps. And trailer park trash like Sarah Palin are ACTIVELY aware of this, and they’re feeding this fear and ignorance on a daily basis.

    THIS IS WHY THEY TRIED TO MAKE THAT FAKE PLUMBER OUT TO BE “EVERY MAN.” He sure did have “the look”, didn’t he? Then, when Caribou Barbie reaches out to “HOCKEY MOMS” AND “JOE SIX-PACKS”, do you Negro Coon, foot shuffling, conservative Jackasses think she has you on her mind? Or do you think she and Johnny boy are re-assuring all of the other “Plumber Joes” (who make $250,000 each year) that WHITE SKIN WILL STILL HAVE IT’S ADVANTAGES IF SHE AND SNOWMAN McKKKlan win this election?

    So, our only hope is that, at this late age in History, there are just enough whites to look past their prejudices, and vote in their best interests for a change. Don’t allow these polls to get you excited. The white man’s history is littered with lies, so these Independents that are supposedly “leaning towards Barack” may “flip the script” in the privacy of the voting booth, where they’ll be alone with that mental disorder that’s deranged their minds for thousands of years.

    George Malik Abdul-Mahdi
    http://undergroundrailroadtribalalliance.blogspot.com/

  • kAI says:

    BLOGGER #33. GHENGHIS KHAN may we ask where did you dig up that name.(Laughable) Me thinks thou doth protest too much WHITE MAN.

    The content of your message and the style of your writing, along with that fictitious name you dug up says it all. Why even bother as so many you idiots do. Just be honest for once in your life and “Admit that you are White”

    The fact that you say you “Hope Obama Screws Up” tell us that you are WHITE! The fact that you have to make a point of saying you are Black tells us that you’re obviously not.

    Why is it that some whites insist perpetrating a fraud and disguising theirselves as Blacks on these websites just to infuse their racial hatred and to push their self-serving racist ideas.

    As Far as this Harris guy, if he is being bombarded with hate mail, its more than likely that 95% of his hate mail is coming from those same barbaric, angry out of control folks at the McCain rally he was foolish enough to allow himself to be “Planted” at.

    James T. Harris probably looks back now and thinks the price wasn’t worth playing the step-in-fetch-it, beg/grovel, kiss my massa’s feet role.

  • MrMarques72 says:

    When I first saw this clip on CNN I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I respect the idea of African-Americans being able to follow their own path;
    that is what makes us individuals. 50 years ago we fought to not be seen by society as all the same.
    That means we have the right to be Democrats or Republicans, watch Seinfeld or Martin, and listen to Jay-Z or Dave Matthews. The problem I have with Harris’s statements were not his choice to support McCain; that’s his choice. My problem was the Uncle Tommish manner in which he did it. It’s not necessary to BEG and PLEAD. Even being conservative, I couldn’t imagine Armstrong Williams or Shelby Steele begging or pleading. Harris may object to the Uncle Tom label, but that’s what came to my mind and obviously thousands, or millions of other black folk. McCain even saw it. McCain responded by telling Harris that his reward would be in heaven, exactly what the slave masters told their slaves during the slave era. I don’t know how any black Americans could be a single black face (hmmm, nice choice, “blackface”) at one of McCain’s lynch mob styled rallies. Harris had better watch his back in an audience where people are liable to yell “kill him” in reference to a black man.
    I hope the next time he’s at a McCain rally, he makes sure there are no trees anywhere near! One last thing; Harris might want to consider auditioning if Spike Lee needs a lead for “Bamboozled Part 2″!

    http://www.afrobrasilamerica.com

  • Dave says:

    James, how did you get to this point in your life to feel that you have to beg people. Do you know your history. Study the teachings of Martin King Luther King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and Frederick Douglas. Internationally check out Gandhi and Mandela. These are people that sacrificed for your human rights with courageous words and action. Take some time off, pray and research these leaders, real men not beggars. You’ve been misguided. Do you teach your children to beg thier way up the ladder of success? This is the twenty first century. Slaves had to beg for survival.Their is no reason for that type of behavior today. You took a step backward.

  • McCain says:

    Why is everyone upset with James. He reminds us of Benedict Arnold. Obviously Uncle Tom is mentally ill.

  • JMT says:

    Seriously! His wife MUST know he’s GAY! Two earrings and he looked mesmerized when McCain reached out to hug him. Bet he enjoyed that! Gay [edited]!

  • Texas for Obama says:

    My only question to you is “Why?” Why did you find it necessary to speak up and be the voice of the people? I am certain that you stuck out at the rally like a sore thumb. Everyone there knew that you were obviously the “token” black. So, why did you have to beg and plead the way you did?

    At the end of the day, you will always be considered no more than the “token” black man that “stood up to his race,” as stated by the Louisiana Mom. You allowed yourself to be used selfishly to promote an agenda that might lead to your very own demise. You should know as well as any other black person in America, that no matter what you do or who you are suppose to be, you will never be viewed as anything other that some black man. I am sure if you walked the downtown streets of any major city in America, you will hear doors lock because you are standing too close. I am certain, when you are pulled over by a police officer, the first thing that runs through your mind is I am being ticketed for being a black man in a nice vehicle. Don’t be made a fool of just to help someone else who have no idea what it is really like to be black in America.

    So for those who believe the comments made against you were not as dignified as those from the people who support your choice to speak out,I would kindly like to add this: “When massah gets tired of you passin out his tea and foldin his clothes, hes gone throw you out in da fields with the rest of da cotton pickin niggas, jus to remin you dat you still a nigga.”

  • kool says:

    I am a Chinese. Even I cringed at Mr. Harris’s exaggerated speech. “I Beg you” to do something/anything to another person is IMHO begging to be “spanked”.

  • [...] October 13th, 2008 at 5:19 pm – Go President Obama wrote:   John McCain, has been looking for a black fool to hug on ever since the last debate. He’s found one his name is James Harris. And to all of you little Similac babies who don’t know your history. Do some research on the Bradley factor. There are folks that won’t vote for Obama just because he’s black. Let face it this is America and its always about race. Don’t be fooled. [...]

  • Where do I begin? Unfortunately for Mr. Harris, jumping-to-conclusions is an American past time, not just a problem endemic to the Black community like so many implicitly assert. Although my visceral reaction to the statements he made at the McCain-Palin rally conjured the fervent, negative emotions I associate with the likes of Clarence Thomas, I so hate succumbing to my emotion that I’ve been combing the internet for 3 days for any evidence that could exonerate the brother. However, anyone who possesses and iota of general and emotional intelligence could’ve have foreseen his impending infamy. Reality is: Perception is reality and his statement seemed facilitated. As a 25 year old Black man, I don’t seek to vilify any of my brethren simply because they hold a dissenting political ideology. In fact, I have many close friends whose world views and social situations are diametrically opposed to mine. I believe as long as one’s views can be empirically substantiated, they’re entitled to them. Mr. Harris incited the ire of Black folks because, in addition to appearing as a plant, his charge to McCain was to beef-up ad hominem political attacks in-lieu of bolstering his platform on substantive issues. Given the historic ramifications of Barak Obama’s candidacy, it’s not hard to see why so many Black people “dislike” him. After much contemplation and research, I still don’t care for his views much, because I can’t believe any intelligent being supporting a ticket that could possibly make Sarah Palin the President of the Free World…forget about my ambivalence towards Sen. McCain. I say all this to say, that the “Black response” to Mr. Harris’ provocative call-to-arms is much more nuanced and dynamic than the media would like to admit. We don’t all get behind a candidate because he looks like us, and issue charges of being a sell-out at our convenience. So, please don’t relegate the treatment of Mr. Harris to the same trivial, thoughtless process.

  • Afro-Latino says:

    Hey Santiago , I do know that you are longing to be a white man. Soo Sambo I will send a gallon a paint to help you out.

  • Lori says:

    it is fine that James Harris choose to vote for McCain; that is his perrogative. However,it is how he said it and where he said what he said is the problem. You just don’t do that in the Black community.You just don’t do that. This is the first Black man that could be in the white house. We never i our lives ever ever thought this could ever happen in America…and we are so close to it that we can taste it…for another Black man to say what he says to a predominantly white hate almost KKK like crowd was uncalled for and a nuisance. You are an Uncle Tom James, admit it! you said that your wife was in the audience next to you….i know i did not see a black woman in the audience…so it is obvious that you are married to a white woman…were you trying to please your white family…Do you truly believe that you are white? Have you looked in the mirror James…you are Black and will always be Black…so those white pple that you see fit to put Obama down for will never accept you as one of them. Vote for who you will but just don’t put down Obama to bring attention to McCain.

  • James says:

    It would appear that a good many Obama supporters have no problem badmouthing or threatening the life of someone who is African-American and supporting Mr. McCain. Referring to him as am Uncle Tom, Traitor, Sellout, and some even nastier names. Mr. Harris is only publicly supporting his choice for President. Seeing all that has happened in the last few days to Mr. Harris, I believe Barack Obama ought to publicly declare that he has a problem, as I do, with some of his supporters voicing such ugly things about Mr. Harris or anyone else who supports Mr. McCain and ought to stop it at once. My opinion, if it turns out that Mr. Obama has no problem with these individuals voicing such things about Mr. Harris, then I firmly believe everyone in this country, and I mean everyone ought to have a really big problem with Mr. Obama becoming our next President. If Mr. Obama expresses no opinion of disaproval about this, he does not deserve to be our next president.

  • Titi says:

    James you can believe what you want to believe,but you do not have to be a Uncle Tom telling Mc.Cain to go and stick it to Obama.You are a traitor,sell-out and a disgrace to our race.This is finally a time for a black man to have a chance to get in the White House,and for you to say stick it to him made so many African-Americans disgusted,and how you acted like an Uncle Tom in front of national TV.Did you know that us as African-Americans had suffered for a long time as slaves, then fighting for our rights to have our freedom?,and then you came along to embarass us when the Mc.Cain and Palin supporters,saying racial slurs to Obama,and talking about killing him,how does that make you feel as a black man when you hear all that stuff in the rallies? You need to open up your eyes and ears,quit wearing rose colored glasses and know about your history,instead of being a dumba**,kissing Mc.Cain’s a**.I hope you have fun with that tap dance that you’re doing for the rally,and I hope that glass of lemonade is worth the threats that you’ve been having,because you set those death threats on yourself,and you are going to put us right back into slavery days.May God Bless you and your families soul.

  • vpill says:

    Yyou ask for people to pray for you. You will definitley be in my prayers. So you say you are a conservative yet you are begging mccain to stick it to Obama where it hurts. Does the word of god say stick it to your enemeis where it hurts. It says vegence is his. Are you that angry with your race that you will beg a man of another race to stick it to someone of your own race? You probably did this for people to recognize you, but you will be the most infamous black man alive. You were rightthere at the rally hearing people making racial slurs about Obama,yet you beg, yes beg, McCain to stick it where it hurts. Even if you do not like Obama your color will not change, you will still be black in our eyes.
    Your conservative views has blinded you from the real world. I am conservative also, but not only can I see, but I can feel what the last 8 years has done.

    Another white woman.

  • Go President Obama says:

    John McCain, has been looking for a black fool to hug on ever since the last debate. He’s found one his name is James Harris. And to all of you little Similac babies who don’t know your history. Do some research on the Bradley factor. There are folks that won’t vote for Obama just because he’s black. Let face it this is America and its always about race. Don’t be fooled.

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