I have the clip in which he said it. And he said it not at all hatefully. And I agreed with him 100%, but like Beck, I don't hate President Obama, don't speak of him hatefully, and disapprove of people who do. If you consider correct perceptions and honest criticism as 'hate' just because it is somebody you like, then everybody in the world is going to be a hate mongerer sooner or later.
And here is the so-called 'apology' IN CONTEXT in the Fox News Sunday segment in which it was said:
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And here is the so-called 'apology' IN CONTEXT in the Fox News Sunday segment in which it was said:
Wallace: "Do you regret having called [Obama] a racist and saying he had a deep seated hatred for white people?"
Beck: "Of course I do. I don't want to retract the, um ... I want to amend that I think it is much more of a theological question, that he is a guy who understands the world through liberation theology, which is oppressor-and-victim. 'Racist,' first of all, it shouldn't have been said. It was poorly said. I have a big fat mouth sometimes and I say things. That's just not the way people should behave. And it was not accurate. It is liberation theology that has shaped his world view."
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