Mediaite’s Jon Bershad points out that this isn’t the first time C-SPAN’s Bill Scanlan’s had to sit through a hateful diatribe, noting that, “In January he got to have a discussion with a caller who wanted less Jews on the air.” On that occasion, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg didn’t care much for Scanlan’s noncommittal approach to taking the call, assailing him for not doing anything to challenge the caller or cut him off.

Let me better make the point for ‘Bill from North Carolina’….

As black people vote 90-95% for Democrats, for some to call in to C-SPAN on the Republican line and then praise Barack Obama is the epitome of disingenuous. If anything, Bill Scanlan should have cut those black callers off because they misrepresentation who they were. To call both Bills asleep at the wheel and racist is what we’ve come to expect from the left.

C-SPAN’s subsequent apology for the call was spineless.

Obama’s “read my lips” moment, complete with Jon Stewart’s ‘negro dialect’ interpretation.

“There has never been a more open process for any legislation.”
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), press conference, 1/5/10

The healthcare bill had been “subjected to unprecedented level of public scrutiny. We don’t even know if there’s going to be a conference committee.”
— Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), assistant to the Speaker, alluding to the likelihood that Democrats will reconcile the two bills behind closed doors

Remember this the next time a Democrat promises “transparency” and allowing C-SPAN to cover all negotiations.

Oh, and for you young people who voted for Obama because health care was (all of a sudden) so important to you,

Health Care Countdown: Young People Could Bear Brunt of Insurance Mandate
Be careful what you ask for because you just may get it.

That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.
— Senator Barack Obama, presidential primary debate, Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 2008

Let’s see how those transparent Democrats weasel out of this.

That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.
— Senator Barack Obama, presidential primary debate, Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 2008

Let’s see how those transparent Democrats weasel out of this.

That’s what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are.
— Senator Barack Obama, presidential primary debate, Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 2008

Let’s see how those transparent Democrats weasel out of this.