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Almost a year after Fox called Michelle and Barack’s “pound” and terrorist fist bump, CNBC host Larry Ludlow called the handshake that Barack Obama gave Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez a “Boyz in the Hood style handshake.” Is he trying to equate two heads of state with gangsta-rappers? Some are saying there is a racial component to his criticism, in his referring to an African American and a Latino as “Boyz in the Hood.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SenorCafeDa2nd/ SenorCafeDa2nd

    That was a cool picture that with a handshake anyone from the hood could relate to.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TomSlick04/ TomSlick04

    Yeah, the handshake was cool, but they’re trying to intertwine race with class as always. I’m not one to holler racism, but this reeks of prejudice. U don’t have to be from the hood or even black or brown to greet friends in this way. U just have to be hip or cultured. These stations are losing more and more credibility everyday. I used to think it was only Fox (the worst by far) but more and more news stations are putting these subtly suggestive comments about race, class, and cultures that aren’t in line with the dominant culture. What will they think of next?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PuertoRikingHustla/ PuertoRikingHustla

    I feel Larry Ludlow is an “up-tight” prejudice white man trying to seperate Hispanics and African Americans from being anything “American” by the way Obama and Chavez shook hands? I feel that is an outrage against peoples of color and different backgrounds, Larry should definitely apologize.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackTomCruise2/ BlackTomCruise2

    f**k dat!…nothin wrong with havin a “hip” president!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M0M0_S0_PURDI/ M0M0_S0_PURDI

    if BUSH or some damn body wouldve done that they wouldve laughed and called him “hip” but since someone who is NATURALLY hip like that does it, its “GANGSTA”? WTF!!!! get off it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    If people look at Obama all thru the election from start to finish that’s just how he shakes hands… I know I watched every chance I got!

    As far as ol’ white dudes other questions… well that’s what “private diplomatic talks” are about and what they should entail!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kelly224/ kelly224

    Can we talk about the world food crisis, or the faulty global economy. I mean, who the hell is this guy anyway?….

    There are more detrimental issues in the world. It goes to show you that no matter how ignorant you may think you are compared to IVY league folks, and the self proclaimed “moral majority” that they are more idiotic than you coud ever imagine.

    Imagine the conversations that go on in his houme, or people like him…..Is it worth even giving an afterthought?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_VanityBonet_/ _VanityBonet_

    well hispanics have never really liked negroids
    u dumb uneducated apes

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/-HatedOnMostly-/ -HatedOnMostly-

    i’m not an expert political analyst or anything…but did the critics ever stop and think that maybe the reason other countries are our enemies is because of the way we’ve treated them in the past? maybe they should just shut up and see what happens… if the man’s willing to shake obama’s hand back, maybe that’s a good thing? give him a damn chance.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/9thWonderNJ/ 9thWonderNJ

    Who really cares…the white man still upset the black man is the president…things will never change…seems any way they can target and publicize anything racist or stereotypical, they do with a passion. How bout u target some rock stars or something…or a KKK/Neo Nazi organization…or better yet…focus on something a little more important…global warming and the treatment of cats in america…grab a tissue b***h, stop crying and hating…its a new day whether u like it or not

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iLLUSION00AB/ iLLUSION00AB

    I typically hesitate to jump on the racist band wagon however the indignation in which he phrased his argument shows a blatant antipathy for men of color in power. “Boys in the hood” are you kidding me. The fact is Obama is a brown skinned man being diplomatic with another brown skinned man whom white men have refused to speak with in the past, not only does this show direct shift in policy but moreover in ideology and control…which for older white men is f**kin infuriating and horrifying!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lonyae/ Lonyae

    Its funny how some “Euro” americans view anything not of the “the boys club”………

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jaahson1/ Jaahson1

    @iLLUSION00AB, I couldn’t agree more. Nuff said!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/yummyumm70/ yummyumm70

    shut the f**k up KKK b***h while u white motherf**kers still talkin we are still movin on b***h go an buy some dick off the streets.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shoujoboy/ Shoujoboy

    While I don’t see it as racist, I do wonder why he couldn’t choose a different way to describe the hand shake.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ShesSuchALovelyLady/ ShesSuchALovelyLady

    I dont’t see it racist but people love to put down a hard working black man & not just President Obama! This makes me sick! He can shake the man hand however he wants!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A_Diva_Soul/ A_Diva_Soul

    That damn Obama, always grabbing somebody by the thumb, or hitting somebodies fist, LOL!!!! We have to stop listening to these people and just let it play out.

    Folks will start losing their jobs and rating will be affected.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YungGood005/ YungGood005

    Obviously, This man is a complete JACKASS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lil_lilo04/ lil_lilo04

    i dont think what he said was racist, but he coulda used a different phrase or somethin!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DAHLIAM_/ DAHLIAM_

    WHY DO WE HAVE THESE DUMB ASS PEOPLE RUNNING THE MEDIA AIR WAVES!!! THEY ARE THE MOST IGNORANT,CANCEROUS,BEINGS ON THIS PLANET. DONT THEY HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THEN FEED THEIR RACIST EGOS… DAAAAAAAAAAAMN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/In_Deep_Reflection/ In_Deep_Reflection

    Who gives a s**t how they shook hands… they just hatin cuz Obama in office doin the damn thing….. F**k Larry

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MzKeeKee318/ MzKeeKee318

    Im so tired of people saying everything is wrong with something do these people have a life. Who cares how they give each other a handshake.
    “Boyz In the Hood Handshake” OMG!!! Get a Life!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/superslimm9thwd/ superslimm9thwd

    who gives a fu5k.lol…obama is the man…lol…so stop hating on stupid sh1t.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Alyssa_Keys/ Alyssa_Keys

    OOOO my goodness, that is going to add to the reasons why i dont watch his show… is he a body language expert no!!! does he know what the culture down there expects in a hand shake no!!! different cultures have different ways of hand shaking and showing firm confidence when doing so, I have visited several places where is thought to be rude not to shake hands and grasp the other persons elbow or upper arm, thats just the way the greeting is… just like shaking hands isnt a greeting in some countries but bowing is….dumb asses, they make way to much money to be reporting on little stupid sh*t like this

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stupidfatandugly/ stupidfatandugly

    i would of preferred a fresh prince and jazz handshake

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stardune/ Stardune

    Not everybody has the hatefuliness of Ex Bush and his dad, I want to thank Obama for trying to do the right thing even if doesnot pan put at least he try to be a man that stands by his words, a change is coming.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo/ Blue_AKA_LisaJsawoo

    They hate on the Obamas because they’re real and not all stuff tight asses like former presidents and first ladies

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tallyp/ tallyp

    lmao, these white people and they slick comments… They crack me up

    chill out and let the man do his job…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/thick_n_mixed87/ thick_n_mixed87

    lol he’s just mad cuz his racist ass probably voted for McCain lol.And wanted to find anything possible to find “hood” about Obama.Wtf!? Old Ass Lame…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/A_Champ/ A_Champ

    Outrage? Or progress…The world leader are tired of seeing one sided…blind…illfated white presidents.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jaehood2020/ jaehood2020

    its a lot of white prejudice people out here some body need to slap that (white) guy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DEEPNTWEETY/ DEEPNTWEETY

    see exactly what im talking about. why can’t you worry about something more important than a handshake damn. see certain people have a stereotype about how black families live and when they see that the obamas just live their lives like everyday ppl then they tend to want to find something negative doesnt matter how small just as long as it is negative to put out there. at the end of the day worry about yourself and get yourself right before running of at the mouth about others. holla

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xFukC_aLL_Yax/ xFukC_aLL_Yax

    why are white people always hating? oooo a handshake OH NO the world is going to end….ugh dumb asses.

    morena.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BP_SportsFreaks/ BP_SportsFreaks

    The President was being cordial. That’s how he is. He might want to watch the smile and the pat on the back business though.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/C4pricorn/ C4pricorn

    lmao@white people mad cuz Obama aint sellin out his black side……yet anyway.

    keep that 3rd eye peeled

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Majid070/ Majid070

    White people love to nit-pick. It’s in their nature. If the president ties his shoes in a different way they’ll find some racist bulls**t to say about it. Having slick and “devilish” thoughts and comments towards non-whites is just something they cant help.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_Chi_Type/ Da_Chi_Type

    1st its a terrorist fist bump wit his wife now its a boyz in the hood handshake wit another president but when bush did his chest bump they didnt categorize it as more than a chest bump

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Madd_Honey/ Madd_Honey

    I just wish thet would focus on the more positive things this man is trying to do or has done instead of making dumb comments!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jdahotboy/ jdahotboy

    these white politicians forgot that Obama has white in him aswell as black so if they call him ignorant then they are too

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BUZI_MAXWELL/ BUZI_MAXWELL

    These news reporters can’t help but be idiots. They don’t like Obama & never will so they will say anything to discredit him. Well you have 8yrs of him so except it!! LMAO!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zumbipalmares/ zumbipalmares

    Buenas noches Presidente Chavez is Mulatto and President Obama is Mulattoso evidently they Had Black African Soul to the handshake.{Presidente Chavez says one of his parents is or was a Mulatto so he’s probaly a quadroon according to different cultures classifications on race-mixing.Sad that this planet has so many hangups on ethnicity and race.{the clown on cnbc needes to go to hell,can only imagine the idiots at fox so-called news!}

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IAMPOETRY/ IAMPOETRY

    it’s not a black or white thing yet many people are trying to make it that way so they pick on president obama due to his ability to speak well yet be on common ground with politicians and middle class people. America is afraid of change and that is exactly what is happening CHANGE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soufsidestl/ soufsidestl

    Ok everyone know that FOX is a republican supporting channel so who is really surprised at these comments?? There is racism around the globe and I’m tired of hearing every single racist comment people say about Barack. There are countless ignorant white people out here so its either something we can choose to deal with and overcome to make them look stupid in the end or waste our energy being upset about it. When we stoop to their level it just gives them what they want…ATTENTION!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nneka7/ Nneka7

    WHAT? See, this is the first president that the black community sees as black, has black kids, and acts like a reputable black man. Our culture is different. When his handshake was referenced as a “Boys in the Hood” handshake, that lets us know that some members of the white community have little knowledge about nuances of the black culture…they associate them with the only things “black” they are familiar with – like a blockbuster black movie from over a decade ago.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/susplicious/ susplicious

    For the sake of all mankind..y is everything that OBAMA does such a bother to everybody..Isnt he a human being just like all of us? Yes he has a more greater status but gosh man..get over it already!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RTJ10482/ RTJ10482

    Once again another ignorant statement made by a foolish media representative. President Obama can’t sneeze without being chastised. Sometimes some things need to be left unsaid.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/singledad1313/ singledad1313

    I SAY FUK CNBC SINCE HE WAS ELECTED THESE PEOPLE BEEN ON HIS BACK …SO WHAT HE GAVE HIM A POUND SO WHAT THE HAND SHAKE IS NOT WHAT YOU PEOPLE CALL THE NORM….AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS SITE REPORT ON NUTHING BUT BULLS**T….I WONDER WHO OWNS THIS SITE…RESEARCH IT AND ILL BET THEY ARE NOT BLACK PEOPLE..THAT SHOULD TELL U SOMETHING…..BLACKPLANET ISNT SO BLACK AFTER ALL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackEagleScout/ BlackEagleScout

    The picture of the handshake is not a big deal. For all we know, Barack was whispering in his ear “I am gonna kick your ass, Chump!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Woomee/ Woomee

    Yes and? Obama has class and he knows what he’s doing. As they say, keep your friends close but your enemies closer.Unlike Bush this man knows the meaning of being a diplomat. A handshake does NOT mean that Chavez will come at the White House next week for a slumber party!!! C’mon now!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Angelic_777/ Angelic_777

    GROW THE FUK UP AMERICA…I’M TIRED OF OLD WHITE MEN, ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS, ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT OBAMA IS DOING…GO SUCK A FAT ONE, HE’S YOUR PRESIDENT AND IF HE WANTS TO SHAKE A HAND THAT WAY, THEN SO BE IT AZZHOLES..THE UNITED STATES WILL NEVER CHANGE..ALWAYS COMPLAINING OVER S**T THAT AIN’T THE WAY THE “WHITE” MAN THINKS THINGS SHOULD BE DONE..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ms_playgirl77/ ms_playgirl77

    damn its jus a f**kin hand shake i swear u people so can take s**t over board yall wasnt sayin s**t when bush f**ked us up for 8years stop hating saltines

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SWANKness/ SWANKness

    would it be better if he dapped tha nigga? i mean damn, it’s a handshake, yea it has a big political meaning, but other then that..our president was being gracious…keep yo friends closer and yo enemies at yo hip yaddamean?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettymissv76/ prettymissv76

    I thought it was a beautiful thing! What makes Chavez such a bad person? Because he talked shyte about Bush? Give me a break. I hope President Obama doesn’t shun him just to save face w/ White America.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wizdom63/ wizdom63

    There only wilin cause its obama if it was bush no one woulda said s**t /…..there is so much going on right now to worry about a dumb hand shake ….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ZULUX12/ ZULUX12

    boys in the hood?…..lol….omg they shook hands….!! the world is coming to an end…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    HUMAN RIGHT? WHITE AMERICA VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHT ALL THE TYME!WHAT ABOUT THE AMERICAN INDIANS AND MEXICANS THAT “THEY” ARE CALLIN “ILLEGAL ALIENS?” WERENT THEY HERE FIRST? OH I FORGOT, THEY DONT KNOW THAT WE KNOW!LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/goldmember7776/ goldmember7776

    ITS FUNNY LOL…..EVEN THOUGH OBAMA IS JUST ANOTHER ILLUMINATI PUPPET IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE FOLKS ARE STILL PERINOID TO SEE US COME TOGETHER IN ANY FORM. THATS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SCARED REDNECKS WHO FEAR POWERFULL MEN OF COLOR COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO RULE OVER US BY KEEPING US DEVIDED AND POWERLESS. SO, IT SCARES THEM TO SEE HIM SHAKING HANDS WITH CHAVEZ BECAUSE CHAVEZ IS BASICALLY BLACK ALSO.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sportyone_64/ sportyone_64

    YALL ARE MISSIN THE POINT ITS NOT ABOUT THE HANDSHAKE. OBAMA IS FINE FOR REACHING OUT TO CHAVEZ. BUT CHAVEZ IS A DICTATOR WHO CONTROLS HIS COUNTRY WITH TERROR. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD OF WANTED TO SEE OBAMA DO. I VOTED FOR OBAMA.

    SPORTY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cheetara82/ Cheetara82

    Racism at its finest.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/such_a_fn_lady/ such_a_fn_lady

    Mason handshakes: Obamas hand in the apprentice position in pic #1. Pic #3 the white dudes hand is in the apprentice position. Asian dude in pic #6 is subordinate to Obama, Obama is subordinate to McCain in pic 7 cause McCains been a Mason longer and hes a white supremacist-Im defining all this by the position of the hands in the handshake-the perspn whos hand is Inside being held is the understudy or subordinate-the other is superior to him.

    Pic #8-they’re looking @ each other like secret lovers who spent time running thru the forests naked together @ Bohemian Grove this past July in San Fransisco and the fist bumps in the last 2 pics are corney. The End.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    I WOULD’VE DID THE “GD” HANDSHAKE WIT HIM!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    TO-such_a_fn_lady, GOOD LOOKIN OUT MA! THATS “MY FRIEND” YALL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/such_a_fn_lady/ such_a_fn_lady

    Oh and I know for sure now that Obama is bi-sexual cause hes in a Mason hand shake with that gay ass priest in pic #1. Anyone with inside knowledge already know what thats about. SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    HOM-OBAMA!LOL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/allwayslooking/ allwayslooking

    ooh,we are looking at handshakes now? WOW!!!are there not more critical problems going on in the world? but we are looking at handshakes……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LokiRein18/ LokiRein18

    dats ma boy!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/realwomen08/ realwomen08

    You know what since Obama been in the white house its been nothing but people talking s**t face the damn facts the man is BLACK and people just don`t like it because of that but in the end its not about him being white or black its about a man trying to do the right thing by everyone but people need to just let this man do his job we voted people got what they wanted well some did now be happy don`t you think Bush f**ked up enough s**t as is so let Obama do what needs to be done and leave it at that so everyone can get jobs and people can stop killing so much f**k the handshake deal with the real problem at hand like why is the USA goin down hill but people worried about a damn handshake get over it and deal with BIGGER things

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/such_a_fn_lady/ such_a_fn_lady

    @allwayslooking If you know how to read Mason handshakes-you can tell what political position that countries representative is in-hence the country itself.

    But if you dont know or care to know about politics and how another countries political position affects your economic well being-then this thread serves no purpose 4 u or anyone like u. It was informative for me though-very. Theres more to a hand shake in poli-tricks.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    POLI-TRICKS! L.M.MAYORIAL A.O.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dliggins3/ dliggins3

    white man always trying to bring a brotha down…even though obama is in the white house the black is still in him and that handshake is between two colored races that the white man do not understand and has labeled gang affiliation cause its a black thang and they do not understand.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kirkwood-Black/ Kirkwood-Black

    Well BLACK FOLKS CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!

    The Host of that show did make a valid point. But Obama tryin to change America’s Image………

    FDR was an ally of Joseph Stalin…….. A very cruel dictator of Russia following WW2………………………

    Obama is open to talk to any country that wants to talk to us…………

    The world is in a ression and Obama tryin to save it……. He’s gonna take some heat for this dumb *ss picture and soul brotha move he pulled……

    DAMN wheres the fried chicken….

    But yeah Hugo hated BUSH like Irans president hates him…..

    Obama is new leadership……… but its a shame some people dont get that…….

    My presidents Black………..

    My bud from Mars…………..

    And I’ll be Gotdamn If i don’t float wit da stars……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pbs205/ pbs205

    they got him under a serious microscope

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RememberThatTime/ RememberThatTime

    Damn he can’t even give daps without being caught up in media! ridiculous, we have far more important matters to handle than to worry about the angle of a handshake and if it’s gangsta.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rajarabbit/ rajarabbit

    It’s probably only white people that are pissed. Check it Chavez said something that nobody had the balls to say about fagot ass Bush. That he is a coward, John Wayne wanna be and the DEVIL. I dont know about you, but that is an accurate description to me.

    The USA is so hypocritical we so called dont want to deal with communist countries and condemn it, but we f**k with China with everything.

    And no s**t they are boyz n tha hood because they are minorities and thats how corny ass white people view us. S**t like this pisses me off

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FlyBoySykes/ FlyBoySykes

    ok wtf is a handshake they didnt go all crazy when bush stuck up his middle finger they thought dat iish was funny and dude got the nerve to say he’s disgusted “burn in hell guy”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Young_Tewnes/ Young_Tewnes

    FUNNY think of this saddam huseein before we went into iraq and took over they’re country we made sure he was put on trial for war crimes, but if i remember correctly iraq was our ally for 10 years while they invaded iran. until iran switched sides and became our ally did we call to go to war with him. so now we actin like we dont deal with communist governments. come on lets get real. kudlow the most u can do is report on your presidents handshakes. where were u with the weapons of mass destruction were never found? im pretty sure bush redneck tail gave a few good ol boy hand shakes and salutes in his 8 year tenure but i didnt see not one of those being highlighted

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shawnfootball79/ shawnfootball79

    wtf i mean he cant shake a man’s had without the tv crew getting all over it every little thing he do they all over it makeing a big deal out of nothing so for the whoever this dude is saying this that he was pissed off get over it bc u r talk about your president smart guy its so sad the way you hating on him like that that wrong n stupid let the man do his job n u just keep ya comments 2yaself

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LIQUIDSENSATIONS662/ LIQUIDSENSATIONS662

    LOL, THEY GOTTA FIND SOMETHING TO F**K WITH HIM ABOUT. DAMN HE GOT SOUL, AND A LOT OF WHITE PEEPS DON’T LIKE THAT. EVERY LITTLE THING HE DO, THEY ARE GOING TO FIND SOMETHING TO CRITICIZE HIM ABOUT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS…THEY SOME HATERS, THEY PROBABLY SITTING BACK WONDERING, DAMN WHY BUSH PUNK AZZ DID’NT DO THAT, OBAMA GOT SWAG AND THEY MONKEYS ASSES HATE THAT SH*T. THEY NEED TO GET OFF THAT MAN NUTS, CAUSE BABY HE’S IN THERE…AND HE AIN’T GOING NO WHERE, SO DEAL WITH IT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Haitian_Sausage/ Haitian_Sausage

    Obama is a smart man. He doesnt rattle his mouth on his plan. Does the somali pirate give you any indication. He is a behind close door type of guy..

    It’s not even six month yet. I cant really judge him.

    Tea party remind me of people in Haiti and Aristide. Fortunately, we are in a country that has the utmost understanding and really try to work together.

    Oh, also remember social security was a socialist idea now it’s the backbone of what America identify themselves with hmm go figure.

    Anywho… it’s just a wait and see

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MadamLuvJonez/ MadamLuvJonez

    CNBC, FOX News, CNN, Rush Limbaugh, They are all haters. For once I want this azzes to realize that this in George Bush. Pres. Obama has untouchable swagga that they can not get. A handshake, is that all Larry Ludlow could come up with. They haven’t said anything about how the economy is on an upward climb, or anything else good that is going on. If Ludlow can figure out away to straighten up the economy, keep people from getting laid off, banks from closing, keep the price of gas down, and make life easier for America, and get me some health insurance then he can say all he wants. But a frickin handshake, sad just sad. They all thought it was cute and funny when GWB belly bumped that grad. If anything that was ghetto as hell. Larry Ludlow needs to grow the hell up

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettynsweet757/ prettynsweet757

    omg it’s a damn handshake they just mad they didnt think of it first and really mad that obama got swag (KISS HIS ASS NOW)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TATIANNA_01/ TATIANNA_01

    SHUT THE F**K UP RACIST B***H…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/uptnofinest1/ uptnofinest1

    THAT’S MY PRES!!!!!! THE MASS MEDIA ONLY CALLS HIM PRES WHEN HE IS DOING SOMETHING THEY THINK IS WRONG. THEY CAN’T SHAKE MY PRES, HE IS TO FRESH AND TO CLEAN. TOO MUCH PIMP JUICE. HOLLA

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rs0865/ rs0865

    This childish comment made by CNBC is just a indication of how scared white America really is!

    They should learn to humble themselves – it’s own turn now! :-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CoreyLDouglas/ CoreyLDouglas

    I seen George Bush give a handshkae one time that was straight up some gangsta s**t and no reptile demon said anything about it. Leave President Obama alone, you are dealing with the works of our creator.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anezka/ Anezka

    Yea they really do need to stop hating on obama. I’m so sick of hearing obama this and obama did that give the brother a chance and stop hating on the man. It’s really pissing me off that i have to listen this bulls**t everyday. Just get over it he won the election its time to move on.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIG_BLOCK_HEMI/ BIG_BLOCK_HEMI

    CNBC Host Says Obama and Chavez Had “Boyz in the Hood” Handshake-DAT SOUND SO DUMB

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shabazzw/ shabazzw

    Ludlow is sorry because his sponsors cant steal oil from Venezuela anymore and cant pay him million dollars to say bulls**t on tv.
    I am telling you guys: I’m italian and that’s the first time Italians love an american president.
    Bring it on, Baracky!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoDelicious09/ SoDelicious09

    I agree with comments directly under me. BOYZ N THE HOOD HANDSHAKE all in itslef sounds like its something dumb and it was. Some bullsh*t. Leave the damn man alone and stop tryna make him the center of every problem, every scam, and all dumb ass situations.. This is so lame

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/german_cutie_13/ german_cutie_13

    Wow, again. Guess we all should have known that once Obama made it there was gonna be racial comments all the time. I guess this way ppls true personalities come out. At the inaugural ball held by MTV Kanye was being asked what hed hope would come out of Obama presidency and he said: he hopes that theres gonna be less violence in the world. I think it fits Obamas step perfectly.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EsotericEnigma/ EsotericEnigma

    Chavez is no joke..white america is so scared of this brotha ….Chavez voices his strong dislike for american policies..this man is not going to let America bully him …they want us to think he is the enemy but the only enemy for black americans is white Racist America ……Obama is getting respect from many world leaders that the other president could not receive..the world is so glad that America has a black leader…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shoegal8/ shoegal8

    ok first of all it is PRESIDENT OBAMA not Mr Obama. People need to come to terms with that. I didnt see anyone calling the last president MR.

    Second who cares how they shake hands. Maybe Chaves is the one that initiated it. There are alot more importnant things going on in the world than how a President shakes hands. GROW UP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lampkinc/ lampkinc

    I have always said that America was ruined but middle age white men(since dudeis trying to make it racial). The economy is jacked up, Why? middle age white men. Chavez hated America, Castro hate America, now that we have a Black man in the Black House, these people are coming around. I say this and mean it….LEAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA ALONE! YOU IDIOTS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Casualty/ Casualty

    he said he pissed off but who can his old ass beat up? people nowadays don’t realize you can only talk what yo ass can handle. if he feel so strongly against all the issues with president chavez, why don’t he get a one on one and either talk about it or fight it out? that’s how personal business go right?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/classieladie/ classieladie

    I’m and sick and tired of these stories that are purposely put out to distract us from the real issues going on and the lack of solutions to the problems. I rarely even watch these news programs anymore due to the lack of news and sheer gossip they have created. Who cares about handshakes lets get people working and make these companies and CEOs accountable for all of the damage that has already been done. Don’t fall for it people stay focused on the real issues.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KingofSigns/ KingofSigns

    Think real hard about this. What’s the big deal? The Media is concentrated on a hand shake between two men…WOW!! There are more very pressing issues to worry about. Did we ever stereotype George Bush as an “I am Sam” character when he did something idiotic? Think about it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ice_Tea30/ Ice_Tea30

    1st off if you have any kind of education and know anything about other cultures you would know that the hand shake showed understanding and respect.2nd off any a*****e who calls the president MR. doesnt deserve any respect,he just basically said that he’s a racist.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackdiamond184/ blackdiamond184

    The people who come up with these garbage articles need to be replaced. It is a different style handshake get your minds out of the hood

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/flexdb/ flexdb

    Gangster Rapper? Who says that? Are they serious. That line right there let’s me know that they have no idea what they are talking about. The only people that say “Gangster Rapper” are ignorant, prejudice, lames.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/chelle009/ chelle009

    You’ll don’t have anything better to do other than to hate on President Obama,It’s ashame.We have to many ignorant and stupid people in this world.News media hate on you stupid dummies trying to start something about a handshake.You all are pathetic.All you hear now in the news is trash about President Obama but never hear the good things he’s done.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/budder/ budder

    Who cares about cnbc ? News One is a fraud.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doggboy21holla/ doggboy21holla

    http://www.myspace.com/ricodadon2680
    OBAMA IS DA MAN FUKK IT WHAT EVER HE DOES IS ON HIM ………….CHECK OUT MY MUSIC

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_JONES069/ MR_JONES069

    who iz the c********r talkin anyway. that dude iz totally irrelevant to what iz goin on. somebody tell these dumb ass white folks on cnn to get a f**kin life of their own. he said it bothered him all weekend, thys b***h let a handshake bother him 4 a whole weekend, he needs a life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prettyful09/ prettyful09

    Our president is BLACK, so to them everything he does is wrong, everything he says is taken out of context and he’s being put on an impossible time slot to fix all of America’s problems because of his color. They want to see him fail.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Adrenaline-Rush/ Adrenaline-Rush

    what the f uck does he know about the hood..

    ..it doesn’t make any sense to me..bush did a lot worst than that..over a f ucking handshake, come on now… what’s the use of tearing him down.. SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Heart_Mender67/ Heart_Mender67

    Whats in a handshake? Even enemies shake hands (not saying that they are). A handshake is nothing but a greeting.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLKNMLD2000/ BLKNMLD2000

    JUST LET THE MAN BE HIMSELF!…. THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH A HAND SHAKE….I BET YOU NONE OF THOSE REPORTERS CAN TELL US WHAT THE HAND SHAKE RESEMBLED….EVERY 1 GIVES A HANDSHAKE OF RESPECT!….DAMN.SMMFH…SMMFH AGAIN….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jus-2_chill/ jus-2_chill

    fact of the matter is, don’t nobody f**king know whats going on. ever since there has been a such thing as the news, muthaphuckaz aint never told the truth about s**t. but i do know that “white” folks are afraid because they are slowly but surely being defeated by the f**ked up economy and the fact that all the real natives of this land are comming back to claim it. we are getting ready to run dem crazie bastards outta town. “black” and “brown” power united! that will really shribble their lil dicks up

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLKNMLD2000/ BLKNMLD2000

    I COULDNT HAD SAID IT BETTER MYSELF BRO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DITTTY2004/ DITTTY2004

    YO OBAMA IS DOING HIM, AND HE IS A UNIVERSAL PRESIDENT, HE HOLDS NO HATE FOR THOSE DIFFERENT FROM HIM, HE EMBRACES OTHER CULTURES, WHICH REFLECTS THE “HOOD”, CUZ WE QUICK TO LET SOMEONE WHO 10 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR HEAD KNOCKED OFF THEIR SHOULDERS COME THROUGH THE HOOD AND GET LUV, AND THAT’S WHO WE ARE WE LUV EVERYONE EXCEPT OUT OWN, F**K WHAT DUD SAYS HE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE HOOD EXCEPT WHAT HE REPORTS SO HE CAN KICK ROCKS, FOLKS DON’T TAKE IT AS A SLIGHT TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT, TURN NEGATIVE INTO POSITIVE, THEN OUR ENEMIES HAVE NO AMMUNITION

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TAmour/ TAmour

    Weeze can’t handshake?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pghboi008/ pghboi008

    ha ha ha ha he’s f**kin mad get over it i don”t think it was that serious come on now a handshake wow

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrakins85/ mrakins85

    IS THAT THE BEST COVER UP HE CAN COME UP WITH FOR BEING MAD THAT THE U.S HAS A BLACK PRESIDENT?? BOYZ IN THE HOOD..RACISM STILL ALIVE!THAT WAS IGNORANT..THESE BLACK PRESIDENT JOKES ARE GOIN WAY TOOOO FAR! LET THE MAN DO HIS JOB! THINK ABOUT IT..CHAVEZ HATES AMERICA BECAUSE OF PPL LIKE THE HOST OF CNBC!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/j_kiss_08/ j_kiss_08

    whats pissing me off more than them getting mad over the handshake is that he keeps referring to him as mr. obama… HE’S THE PRESIDENT AND OLD DUDE NEEDS TO RESPECT THAT!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sexybrown209/ Sexybrown209

    Why are they making a big deal outta everything President Obama does when he respected theother man and bowed to him they were saying it was a sign of weakness and a president shouldnt bow to no one and he is leader thats not weakness thats called respect now they are making a big deal outta his handshake if they were watching bush the way they watching obama we would have never been at war with almost every country in the us Damn stop making a big deal outta of it its just a damn handshake dud or doug whatever his name is OBAMA IS PRESIDENT AND HERE TO STAY SO GET USE TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MorBucks13/ MorBucks13

    Yo why are ppl still hating on the boy Obama I mean do they or do they not see that he’s black enough said I bet if George Bush did that @#$% every white person would of been praising him.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/makai43/ makai43

    Everything BOB (BarackOBama) does is subject to scrunity, afterall he is the 1st African American President of the United States. Unfortuantely this country really wasn’t ready for a blackman in it’s highest office, but we couldn’t wait for them to get ready, that would’ve been another 40 or so years. So everything he does will be under the spotlight. Forget about the fact that he’s done more in his first couple of months in office then his predecessor did for two terms, none of that means snything for the haters.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lequain/ Lequain

    I don’t understand why people are mad that Obama is trying to make peace with other world leaders. Isn’t that what we want (world peace). I guess not, the devil is alive and strong!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AnastaciaB/ AnastaciaB

    ..are u serious? that is a racist remark..that is so lame.worry bout children comin up missing instead of how president obama shakes hands..dang whats next? why is obama not on BET then CNN or MTV or FOX or SNL???move on ppl

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/poetic_mc/ poetic_mc

    I think everyone hit the nail on the head when they said how President Obama’s every move is being scrutinized heavily. The handshake should be a non-issue and if Barack can get the rest of the world to stop hating us I’m all for it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    dont get caught up in being EMOTIONAL about this…..so Obama shook hands with Chavez & bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia…..he’s still touchin his toes for Isreal…..Obama is a puppet for ZBIGNIEW BREZINSKI but most n*ggas caught up in the emotional high of having a president who LOOKS like us, even though he really aint FOR us…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Raahtid/ Raahtid

    OMG these white people need to relax, They interrupt his every move as threatening.Damn give the man a break ! He just clean up all of Bush s**t and trying to make peace with the rest of the world!Damn

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweet_hospitality/ sweet_hospitality

    WTFG (what the father God) These mofo’s is trippin, why don’t we take him to the hood, so they can show him a REAL thugged out ganstas paradise handshake, then drop him off in the rival hood and let him try it out!!! LMBO!!!! But on a serious politically correct note: this is ridiculous!!! Obama is just showing that he’s down to earth and can communicate and make people love him universally. So just because he’s not stiff collared and “untouchable” don’t disrespect him. He’s done more in 100 days than Bush along with his whole administration did in 8 years.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kazual41/ kazual41

    how do you know he aint for us how do you know who he really works for are you with some govermental intelligence commitee you know just as much as i know and i dont trust the government either and that is nothing im tired of cats saying man obama aint for us he a patsy let the man do his job and if he starts f**kin up then you can say that i mean what our president if he’s gonna be black gotta be some hood nigga? is that what you want as aprez oh how about this a real miltant ass brotha who is just about our people and no one else in this piece be a flat out race war up in here and nobody is gonna win. here is a man who got up off his ass educated himself on how to PLAY THE WHITE MANS GAME and won what are you doing besides sitting at the crib be a conspiracy nut. my self i watch the gubment too but im willing to give him a chance first to see what “he gone do” im proud to say he’s my prez chavez is feelin him he couldnt stand bush and he’s getting hate for a hand shake? ridiculous so who ever wrote that statement with ZBIGNIEW BREZINSKI’s name in it you really need to get this as a fact prove it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    Hugo Chavez is a great man. That idiot Kudlow is a chearleader for the greedy captialists. Anyone who dissents to their trickle-down, warmonging, Bush butt kissing, hateful ideology will always be deemed an enemey of the United States, especially a leader like Chavez who is of color. Uribe in Columbia wants free trade, but he also wants to continue the color coding of opportunity in Columbia. Only white people get opportunity in Columbia. The socialists in Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, El Savador and Honduras believe in equal rights for all races. NO FREE TRADE for Columbia. Uribe is a greedy capitalist butt kisser and a racist. Chavez is a great leader and he has oil. That idiot Kudlow did not say anything about the fact that we get 63 perent of our oil from the Saudis who sent 15 of the 19 terrorist in planes that killed 3000 Americans. Down with the greedy capitalists and the monarchies. Long live Socialism.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Monte_Brown/ Monte_Brown

    Obama needs to embrace the ideology of compassion wholeheartedly. Screw the greedy capitalists. They screwed up the country. Everyone should have the opportunity to reached their full potential. The greedy capitalists just want the poor and the middle class to pay high prices so that opportunity can be halted. That is why Chavez nationalized many businesses in Venezuela. The greey capitalist will not exploit the poor in his patria. We as a people must stay to the left an open up the windows of compassion when it gets stuffy in our house. Long live socialism; the ideology of compassion.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Realest1Eva/ Realest1Eva

    that is a racist comment.no rules on what kind of handshake you should to.he wouldnt have said anything if it was a different kind of handshake…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/redeemed5/ redeemed5

    obama is the best thing that have happened to american and the world at a whole so whatever handshae it is he just trying to be a good and free man what about you come to nigeria where i am @ and give you all some of my affiliated ganag handhsake eye connfraternity clawing Lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EbonyBishop/ EbonyBishop

    who is Fox to dictate what a hand shake is. Seriously – They need to stop acting like the entire world started in Europe, The Japanese don’t even shake hands – to them that s**t is nasty – This Dude should be fired so he can go shake hands with an pink slip.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Latitiablunted/ Latitiablunted

    saying anything against obama is racist

    your all fags

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Baralan/ Baralan

    I love it!!! These kind of newscasts have been going on forever. I honestly believe that this is President Obama’s greatest contribution. More black people are into politics and criticizing these stupid newscasts. And watching these idiot news people who will say anything outrageous to get attention.

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