Black Conservative Town Hall Meeting On Glenn Beck's Show: Bookerista Response, Part 2

The "Time To Be Heard" special show featuring a black conservative audience aired yesterday on FOX News Channel, and you can watch it here (and here for the last 1/3 or so of the show). Yesterday, Booker Rising posted reaction to the show. More reaction:

Ali Butts: "I Was There - Here's The Backstory"

The libertarian in Washington, D.C. writes on Booker Rising's Facebook page: "There was so many topics and discussion that we had during the show and heated debates during the commercial break that you all didn't get a chance to see or hear. And that is why we are having another show on this topic because we didn't get a chance to discuss other topics more in lengths. Beck said maybe 2 or 3 part series on this which we will do again soon. This show format is called 'a town hall meeting style show' and that's what you saw."

Mr. Butts discusses what didn't get broadcast on the show: "And actually 'we' the audience wasn't [sic] split as far as who voted for Obama. All the way up to when the mayor [Gordon Jenkins, mayor of Monticello, N.Y.) was speaking we were reacting to the special guest panels (which was in a negative way) when they said they voted [for] Obama. We were shouting out when they said they voted [for] Obama especial[ly] me but it was edited. That mayor caught a lot of heat from us especially from me during the show and breaks when I kept yelling 'no politicians here' but of course it was edited. After the mayor segment, [B]eck said 'American[s] you['re] not even going to need me, I'm just gonna let them go' that's when you saw the regular audience speaking and coming to stage towards the end and that's when the show in my opinion got much better. But there was [sic] too many topic[s] and little time to cover everything thus we will be doing this again and I'm sorry that you didn't like the show that you saw need fit [sic]. But I promise you if you would have heard the heated discussion during the breaks and what was said you might have a different perspective of the show."

He adds: "The show had a little bit of everyone from conservatives from both parties and libertarian people like myself, independents and others on the show and there were many other people who didn't voice their opinion. I didn't say anything because to be honest I didn't have anything to say. But overall the audience was against Obama and [the] liberal agenda."

R.J. Jones: "Where Was The Focus On Solutions & Black Economic Progress?"

The center-right resident of Detroit, Mich. responds to a commenter on Booker Rising's Facebook page: "Shwana, I also 'lost the point of the show' and was especially disappointed when talk of solutions was reduced to last words. Moreover, I feel that the whole discussion about whether they should be described as Black or hyphenated as African-Americans was a waste of time. Whether or not we think of ourselves, or are thought of, as an ethnic group per se, my preeminent concern is to ensure that we think of ourselves as capable economic agents who should have equal protection under the law and the freedom requisite to full participation in the free market. We need to quit worrying so much about what folk call us -- and thus curbing free speech! -- and start worrying much more about what it's going to cost us to get off and stay off the road back to serfdom and slavery."

Tyrone: "Too Many Pseudo-Conservatives On The Show & Too Much Emphasis On Racial Issues"

The conservative Republican blogger in Baltimore, Md., opines: "In the first segment, Glenn Beck and Fox Business reporter and commentator Charles Payne toured the neighborhood where Charles grew up. The segment was enlightening about what Charles had to endore simply for doing the right thing. This is what bugged m[e] about Charles and some of the black so-called conservatives though. They admitted voting for Barack Obama. Now that I think about it, it was a good thing I wasn't in attendance. People know that [I] sniff out a hypocrites [sic] a mile away. Black so-called conservatives who pulled the lever for Barack Obama and are now criticizing him lack a lot of credibility to even call themselves conservatives."

He continues: "The only thing that separated Obama from other hard left liberals was the color of his skin. As the election drew near, more and more details on the upbringing and radical associations of Obama came to light. These black conservatives as well as I knew this. They can't say that they went into the voting booth not knowing who Barack Obama truly was and what his intentions as president was going to be if he won. So when these same black conservatives criticize Obama, I have to give a sarcastic stare. I knew how Obama was going to govern, because I knew about his background and ideological views. I wasn't going to be two-faced by voting for Barack Obama and then critici[z]e him on how he's governing. I didn't check my conservatism outside of the voting booth on November 4th."

More from Tyrone: "Glenn's show 'Time to Be Heard was predominately [sic] about 'race' as it pertains to black conservatives. Conservatism among ethnic conservatives in America will not grow unless it is displayed on 'multiple topics' not just every time an issue of race surfaces. I would like to hear conservatives of different races on the issues of limited government, taxation, foreign policy, domestic issues, the economy and border security."