Tyson -- All Ears For Obama

1. Yeah, this is good for Obamas image. Obama, come clean on your first scandal. You and Blago have to tell all before more comes out!!

Posted at 10:46AM on Jan 17th 2009 by tkennedy

2. You rednecks need to get over it. There will be a black man living in the White House on Tuesday.

Posted at 10:53AM on Jan 17th 2009 by chriscam38

3. TMZ, you need to get some class about yourself. This was a rude and totally uncalled for assault on this man. Let the man live. You guys are supposed to be entertaining....not insulting. Keep it up and you will lose a loyal fan. It's not funny, appreciated or becoming. This truly leaves a bad taste in my mouth regarding TMZ. Many people have called you racist and slanted. I've always defended you for the sake of entertainment.....but I'm starting to wonder now. Mike Tyson keeps a pretty low profile and has for a while. Why is it necessary for you to insult and degrade him? Like I said, get some class.

Posted at 10:58AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Gigi

4. Let's see-- SNL writer A. Whitney Brown was a drug dealer. Yet NBC hired him, and no one calls him a "thug." Robert Downey,Jr. is jailed repeatedly for drug offenses, yet no one calls him a "thug." Robert Blake gets acquitted of murdering his grifter ex-wife, yet no one calls him a thug. Phil Spector blows a poor woman's head apart, yet uses his lawyers and money to stonewall the justice he's got coming. He neglected his adopted son, who contracted AIDS and was homeless. Yet, Spector's not called a "thug."

I wanna know why Mike Tyson's juvenile record somehow taints his whole life, while the adults I've described get off without the smear--and the undeniable whiff of racism that accompanies it.

You disappoint me, TMZ.

Posted at 11:03AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Carolyn A-B

5. Mike Tyson raped a woman so rapist is the proper term. I don't know, Carolyn A-B, you bring up good points. Saying "racism" though shuts up almost every white person's ears. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I was glad Blake got off as I found his wife trashy. I didn't really know much about Spector. And, yes, Downey lost several years with his son due to his drug use. I think with Tyson, though, the rape, abuse of Robin Givens, and biting off of Holyfield's ear definitely qualifies him for "thug" or at least "former thug". He's served his time, and hopefully he can make the second half of his life better than the first half.

Posted at 11:10AM on Jan 17th 2009 by rainbow68

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@rainblow68: OMG, really? REALLY? You should be ashamed to open your mouth-hole. **SIGH** Another braindead moron poster on TMZ.

Posted at 11:17AM on Jan 17th 2009 by 3rdSideOfTheStory

7. what's next? calling muhammad ali a monkey?
the guy's one of the best boxers the world has ever seen and you call him a "thug." this is so tasteless, but expected from such a low-class group of idiots like tmz. i'd love to watch mike go looney tunes on one of your douche cameramen.

Posted at 10:17PM on Jan 17th 2009 by Mike Tyson

8. but where was he before this?

Posted at 11:31AM on Jan 17th 2009 by just me

9. Thank you "GiGi" -My sediments excatly to what you wrote. Thank you

Posted at 11:35AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Killa Klan Kaze

10. I think Gigi's observation is spot on.

Posted at 11:40AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Live by your Rep

11. "His handlers are hopeful they can explain to Mike what an inauguration is prior to the ceremony." Good luck to them; they've got a Herculean task ahead of them. His IQ is no doubt lower than Britney's and Lindsay Lohan's COMBINED.

Posted at 11:45AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Litzie

12. Good thing Obama doesn't let his white side out of the closet as much or else 70% of this inauguration crowd would pack up and go home. Its a shame the majority of the black vote went to Obam just because he is half black. Yes, this is a historic moment, this is the first mixed race president not the first black president as so many would like to label as such.

Posted at 11:47AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Uh-Huh

13. To poster number 2. I hardly think Obama is a black man, being of mixed race. You liberals try to shut down people ability to critize Obama by using the race card. IT'S OLD AND BORING. He's not explained all about his first scandal, trying to push it under the rug, he's from the dirty politics of Chicago and his day in court will come.

Posted at 11:52AM on Jan 17th 2009 by tkennedy

14. Handlers...yea handlers is a good word. He should be in a cage for God's sake.

Posted at 11:58AM on Jan 17th 2009 by Eileen Gatti

15. it's a shame African Americans voted for Obama? When was the last time you say a Republican politician help a minority? Fr that matter, has anyone ever seen a minority at the Repubican National Covention? The only thing that separates it from a Klan meeting is the pointy hats and bedsheets. LOL

Posted at 12:02PM on Jan 17th 2009 by Dan