John McLaughlin calls Obama an "Oreo"

By GottaLaff

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John McLaughlin is in hot water. Maybe I should call him a hard-boiled egg:

Longtime Washington talk-show host John McLaughlin is facing fire Monday for referring to Barack Obama as an "Oreo" during a segment on his Sunday political program, "The McLaughlin Group.

Or maybe I should refer to him as John Imus. Either way, he was discussing the Jesse Jackson hot mic moment.

Referencing Jackson's comments, McLaughlin said Obama "fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo — a black on the outside, a white on the inside."

"Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that…an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?" McLaughlin asked his panelists.

The term "Oreo" is often viewed as a derogatory term toward some African-Americans who appear not to exhibit certain stereotypes of their race.

Panelist Peter Beinart, a senior fellow on the Council of Foreign Relations, immediately called that depiction of Obama "completely unfair."

Yeah, "unfair"... "derogatory"... demeaning... disdainful... offensive... pejorative... Oh, I could go on, but I'm sure there will be a lot more. After all, it's only July. I need to save up some adjectives for the next one, or 30.