The STFU award is given to an individual who says something so ridiculous, so inane, so utterly stupid, there is only one rational response.
Today's award goes to Bob Johnson, founder of BET. In an interview with the Charlotte Observer, Johnson said this:
What is up with Bob Johnson??? In a week when Hillary Clinton finally got to attack Barack Obama on a topic where no one could call her racist, Bob Johnson comes dragging the shackles of race right back to her."What I believe Geraldine Ferraro meant is that if you take a freshman senator from Illinois called `Jerry Smith' and he says I'm going to run for president, would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?" Johnson said. "And the answer is, probably not... ."
"Geraldine Ferraro said it right. The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial ... it is almost impossible for anybody to say anything."
The Obama Campaign rightly pegged this as one in a long line of absurd comments from Robert Johnson. Long after everyone had forgotten Geraldine Ferraro, Robert Johnson brought her back up and said she was right.
Never mind that the substance of Johnson's quote is wrong: Barack Obama didn't start with 90 percent of the black vote. In fact, leading into the beginning of primary season, Hillary Clinton led Barack Obama by as much as 60 - 20 percent of the black vote.
But how else would you explain that sudden reversal? It couldn't be because of competence, talent or hard work. That's impossible. It has to be because of his race. And this from a black man.
Robert Johnson, for the most ridiculous, self loathing quote I have heard in a long time, you are the unworthy recipient of Peoples Pundit STFU Award.
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
