Randy Newman: “I’m dreaming of a white president”

Randy Newman: “I’m dreaming of a white president.” Another self-righteous entertainment industry hack plays the race card. One of the commenters gave the perfect retort: “I’m dreaming of a president who isn’t a douchebag.”

This post was last modified on July 21, 2021

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  • Short People and I Love L.A. are the two songs I feel confident he performed. He's been around a long, long time. And now I have even less use for his crap than before.

  • His only other claim to fame was the song "I Love L.A."...really? you ever take a close look at that shithole Randy? He reminds me to Tattoo from Fantasy Island..."Look Boss, de plane, de plane"......Only Tattoo dressed better

    • They were lame because they were not edgy & pushing the boundries of taste. Newman is a racist idiot, but I do think he does represent a very small faction of people who think Obama & many blacks get by on affirmative action. However, Obama's apologists in the MSM are the people who obsess about race constantly, & I think that some who think that Newman is making a good point are sick the MSM calling everybody a racist for questioning Obama in any way, shape, or form.

      • Obama DOES get by on affirmative action. He's one of the minority people that it was designed for. Lowering standards, giving preference. Then there are the minority people who can make it on their own, and live up to the standards the rest of us live up to.

        I don't necessarily want a white president. I want one that can do the job.

  • Vote for Obama, you're cool.
    Vote for Romney, you're racist.

    Thanks for clearing that up Randy.

    Me? I'm dreaming of a President who's competent, understands economics and loves America and Americans. So I'll vote for the white guy.

    • You know, the concept that anyone with a SOuthern accent has an IQ less than their hat soze has come back over and over again to bite people in the ass. They southerners are routinely underestimated because of their accent, while Northeast accents routinely give a legf up in "educated, sophisticated" world. Will they NEVER learn? More people sound southern than Northeasterm so maybe THEY talk funny!

  • I am convinced that the only reason liberals think racism is the biggest problem in the country is because THEY are racists. Especially these Hollywood idiots. The rest of us couldn't care less about the color of someone's skin, but liberals live in a la-la wonder world where reality comes in second to their personal fears and prejudices. Then they project their personal issues on to the rest of us, call it a problem, and offer to solve it.

    • Randy Newmna isnt a Hollywood idiot. Its worse. He's aNew York Idiot. You know,m the ones that think the US has a boundary at the New York State line and doesn't pick up again until LA? He is a prolific songwriter, and has been working all along the last 30 years. His politics suck.

    • **Note to JPTravis: Liberals are the ONLY ones who count (1,2,3..4,5,6...) minorities...THEY notice skin color every second of every day. Period.

    • Racism is a bi-partisan issue. In terms of one party scoring points on the other, it should be a wash, and we should move on to economics. Pipe dream....

  • It is getting bad. I'm starting to take my level of contempt for liberals to a whole new level. Newman is a total and utter piece of crap.

  • Randy Newman has finally found a way to make amends for pissing off everyone that is less than 6' tall with his "Short People" song.
    Trying to become relevant 30+ years later.

  • If having some black ancestry make you black, weren’t Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Harding and Coolidge black too?