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The Obama family has expanded with a new adorable pet named Bo Diddley Obama. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama promised their beautiful daughters Sasha and Malia that they could get a first puppy after they were settled in the White House. The world was anxious about the selection of the dog with many people offering advice and suggestions on the type of first dog Barack Obama and his family should get.

It’s official: Bo is indeed living with the Obamas. The White House blog has published official first puppy photographs.

Original posting | 10:24 a.m. President Obama might have initially expressed interest in selecting a mutt to serve as the nation’s first dog, but when it came down to it, a puppy with Kennedy connections reportedly got the nod.

The first photos of the dog were published on the official White House website.

The Post described the dog as “a handsome little guy” with “tuxedo-black fur … a white chest, white paws and a rakish white goatee.”

A Web site called firstdogcharlie.com posted a picture of a Portuguese water dog on Saturday morning, saying its original name was Charlie, The Post wrote. TMZ.com linked to the picture, and eventually The Post received its tip from an anonymous source inside the White House. Soon thereafter, the blogosphere was abuzz with clever (and not-so-clever) plays on words.

Before deciding to give the dog a home, the Obamas arranged a meeting between Bo and the girls, The Post reported:

Bo charmed the first family, a source who was there said. He sat when the girls sat, stood when the girls stood. He made no toileting errors and did not gnaw on the furniture. Bo has, after all, been receiving lessons in good behavior from the Kennedys’ dog trainers. These lessons have been taking place at a secret, undisclosed location outside Washington.

Bo, though he was raised elsewhere, already has a keen sense of who’s in charge inside the Beltway. When the president walked across the room during the visit, Bo followed obediently.

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News has leaked that the girl's have gotten their wish with the arrival of Bo. The Obama puppy is a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy to the Obama family. Isn't Bo cute!!  Last fall President Barack Obama  and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama spoke on Barbara Walters Special about their decision to get a dog for their daughters. Barbara Walters offered advice about her breed of dog to the first couple on her post election "Barbara Walters Special". The dog talk starts at the 5:02 min mark.

The Washington Post, who has been hot on the trail of this all-important story got the poop on the pup:
The little guy is a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by that Portuguese water dog-lovin' senator himself, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The girls named it Bo — and let it be noted that you learned that here first. Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo . . . Diddley?)

Bo's a handsome little guy. Well suited for formal occasions at the White House, he's got tuxedo-black fur, with a white chest, white paws and a rakish white goatee.

President Barack Obama and the first Lady have been barraged with questions about the pooch ever since it became known that the girls were promised a dog if Mr. Obama won the election.

Although having a pet is a first for the first family, the Obamas are Bo's second family. When the puppy's original family couldn't take care of him, none other than Senator Ted  Kennedy (who owns two Water dogs) found a new home for the pup with the Obamas.

Despite the fact that this news came out a few days before it was scheduled to be formally announced, when Michelle Obama spoke to People in February, she said that April would be the month that her daughters would get their pet.

Here's a sample of a typical family conversation on the matter: "So Sasha says, 'April 1st.' I said, 'April.' She says, 'April 1st.' It's, like, April!," Mrs. Obama recalls. "Got to do it after spring break. You can't get a new dog and then go away for a week."[LA TIMES]

OBAMA IN TURKEY US IS NOT AT WAR WITH MUSLIMS AND ISLAM VIDEO

President Barack Obama stressed the importance of Turkey in US foreign policy and explained that the United States is not at war with Islam or the Muslim world.

Obama: Turkey is very important

Declaring the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam," President Barack Obama worked Monday to mend frayed ties with NATO ally Turkey and improve relations with the larger Muslim world.

Obama acknowledged still-raw tensions over the Iraq war but said Muslims worldwide have little in common with terrorists such as al-Qaida and have much to gain in opposing them. Reaching out, he also spoke of Muslim connections in his own background.

"We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect," Obama said in a speech to Turkey's Parliament.

It was his first visit to a predominantly Islamic nation as president, and he struck a balance between extending a hand to Muslims in general and discussing Turkey's central role in helping to bring stability to a post-war Iraq and the wider Middle East.

"Our partnership with the Muslim world is critical, not just in rolling back the violent ideologies that people of all faiths reject but also to strengthen opportunity for all its people," he said. He portrayed terrorist groups such as al-Qaida as extremists far removed from the vast majority of Muslims.

Turkey has NATO's largest Army after the U.S., but relations between the two countries soured after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which the Turks opposed. Turkey barred U.S. forces from going through its country to attack Iraq.

Now, however, since Obama is withdrawing troops, Turkey has become more cooperative.

Sharing parts of its southern border with Iraq, Turkey's role in maintaining security will be pivotal after U.S. combat troops are gone, despite the Turks' lingering problems with Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. Turkey also has important leverage with both Afghanistan and Pakistan and has served as a broker between Israel and several Arab states.

"Turkey's greatness lies in your ability to be at the center of things. This is not where East and West divide — this is where they come together," Obama said.

He acknowledged hard feelings over Iraq. "I know that strain is shared in many places where the Muslim faith is practiced. So let me say this as clearly as I can: The United States is not and will never be at war with Islam."

Obama's visit was closely watched by an Islamic world that harbored deep distrust of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, two of the biggest Arabic satellite channels, carried his remarks live.

The president invoked his own heritage: "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their family, or have lived in a Muslim-majority country. I know, because I am one of them."

Obama's Kenyan father and grandfather were Muslims, and he spent time as a child in Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population. [YAHOO]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN PRAGUE FULL SPEECH VIDEO

President Barack Obama was cheered on by a crowd of 20,000 thousand people during his speech in Prague. Watch the full speech video on the BBC website and read more...

AP First Person: Obama in Prague

President Obama set out his vision for a world free of nuclear weapons today, promising to push all states with atomic capabilities to reduce their arsenals.

In an open-air speech in front of a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 in Prague, the US President said that if the nuclear threat from Iran were eliminated, the driving force for building anti-missile defences would be removed.

In the final stage of a one-week trip marking his presidential debut on the world stage, Mr Obama committed himself to reducing the US nuclear arsenal, bringing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty into force and seeking tough penalties for countries that broke the rules on non-proliferation.

“The United States will take concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons,” he told a cheering crowd.

He said that North Korea had broken the rules with a rocket launch earlier today and called on Pyongyang to abandon its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.

North Korea said the launch was intended purely to put a satellite in orbit. Its action will be discussed at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council later today.

The Czech Republic is one of two sites in eastern Europe for a planned US missile shield that has angered Russia. Washington says the shield is necessary to counter threats from what it calls rogue states such as Iran.

“As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with the missile system,” Mr Obama said. “If the Iranian threat is eliminated, we will have a stronger basis for security, and the driving force for missile construction in Europe will be removed.”

Thousands of Czechs and foreign tourists crowded into Hradcanske Square outside the medieval Prague Castle to hear Mr Obama speak.

Aides said that Mr Obama hoped that calling for a nuclear-free world would lend credibility to Washington’s efforts to resolve atomic disputes with countries such as Iran and North Korea. [TIMES UK]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PLANS ROMANTIC DATE NIGHT WITH MICHELLE OBAMA IN PRAGUE

Here is more proof that President Barack Obama is the ideal man. The President has set aside time to plan an intimate date night for himself and his beautiful First Lady Michelle Obama in Prague. You go Michelle. Isn't Michelle Obama a lucky woman? President Barack Obama is handsome, smart and so romantic.  How many woman can say their hubby is willing to brush off dignitaries to have alone time with them?

President Obama will land in Czech capital Prague this evening but rather than meeting his hosts, he is spending an intimate night with Michelle.

'He requested a romantic dinner with a view of Prague, where they can eat the best Czech food. They have spent days trying to decide on the right restaurant,' a source told The Times.

It is thought the First Couple have chosen Hergetova Cihelna, or The Brick House, on the banks of the River Vlatava. The restaurant has views of Prague's most famous landmark, the Charles Bridge, for their romantic dinner.

Obama and his wife will be able to sample some typical Czech cuisine. Local dishes include goulash - a kind of thick beef stew - and stodgy pork dumplings.

'Traditional Czech food is not exactly what one would call dietary,' says a Prague information website.

The president is visiting Prague because the Czech Republic currently holds the presidency of the European Union, which rotates every six months. [DAILY MAIL UK]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN FRANCE NATO SUMMIT PICS VIDEO

President Barack Obama wrapped up his attendance at the G20 summit and was greeted in France by President Nicolas Sarkozy. President Obama was showered with applaud and kisses up his arrival in France. The President spoke about the importance of NATO and hails a NATO alliance in France.

Reporting from Strasbourg, France -- President Obama traveled to France today for the start of a two-day summit of 26 leaders of NATO countries as members of the World War II-era alliance commemorate the past and contemplate the future of their mutual defense pact.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed Obama and, in a symbolic gesture of support for the new U.S. leader, said his country would accept one of the detainees from the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in an effort to help shut it down. [LA TIMES]

Read a BBC recap of press reaction to the G20 summit.

Raw Video: Obamas Greeted by President Sarkozy

Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama told a European audience on Friday that he is setting a dramatic goal of "a world without nuclear weapons." The new American president opened a town-hall style gathering with the declaration, saying he would outline details in Prague in the coming days. "Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet," Obama said, previewing a planned speech. In office just over two months, Obama was in the midst of his first European trip as president as he sought to strengthen the United States' standing in the world while working with foreign counterparts to right the troubled global economy. Obama said the United States shares blame for the crisis, but that "every nation bears responsibility for what lies ahead — especially now." Back home, his administration was trying to weather the fallout of another dismal monthly jobs report that was announced as Obama spoke in France. The jobless rate jumped to 8.5 percent, the highest since late 1983, as a wide range of employers eliminated a net total of 663,000 jobs in March.

Obama opened the overseas appearance — in a sports arena and before a French and German audience heavily made up of students — with 25 minutes of prepared remarks read from a Teleprompter. Inviting questions later, Obama acknowledged "my French and German are terrible" but noted that translators were on hand. But his first questioner turned out to be an American. Seeming surprised, Obama was quick to note: "I did not call on an American on purpose." Much like during his presidential campaign, Obama paced the stage with a microphone like a talk show host and responded to the woman's question about what he wanted his legacy to be. "After only two months, that's kind of a big question. You aim high knowing you'll make mistakes," Obama said. But he said job No. 1 is restoring America's battered economy. Obama also sounded an upbeat message of globalization, saying history shows why nations must work together. "We are most vulnerable to war and conflict when people are desperate economically," Obama said. "Nobody knows that history more than Europe." [YAHOO]

First Lady Michelle Obama and Carla Sarkozy are now the beautiful First Ladies of Fashion. Read the Guardian UK for more on the fashion face-off.

Never mind the economic crisis.

As foreign leaders and their spouses descend on London this week for the G20 summit, fashionistas and photographers are focusing on two first ladies -- Michelle Obama and France's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Obama's attendance at the economic meeting marks her debut in Europe as America's first lady -- and her fashion choices are under scrutiny as she mingles with leaders of the world's largest economies and their partners, including Britain's Sarah Brown, Russia's Svetlana Medvedev and Brazil's Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva.

But fashion enthusiasts are narrowing their focus to Obama's attire and that of her French counterpart,  Bruni-Sarkozy, the Italian-born former model and singer-songwriter and recent bride of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

"There's no doubt that they're both style powerhouses. The difference is their backgrounds," Katie Connor, fashion features editor at Marie Claire magazine, told FOXNews.com.

"Both of these first ladies ushered in this new era of glamour," Connor said. [FOX]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA G20 LONDON VISIT OBAMA MEETS THE QUEEN

President Barack Obama and his beautiful First Lady Michelle Obama visited Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. President Obama also paid a visit to the Queen at Buckingham Palace and gave her an ipod as a gift. The Queen returned the favor by giving Barack Obama a picture of herself.

U.S. President Barack Obama and his family gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod when they arrived Wednesday at London's Buckingham Palace.

The New York Times reported that a White House aide said the first family gave the queen an iPod loaded with video and photos of her 2007 trip to the United States, as well as Broadway show tunes.

The Obamas also gave the queen a rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers, of Rodgers and Hammerstein, the newspaper reported.

In exchange, the queen gave the Obamas a silver-framed signed photograph, a gift she gives to all visiting dignitaries. [UPI]

Can you believe that Barack Obama can honestly say I gave the Queen a cool ipod and all I got was a picture? Dang O you got bamboozled! Barack Obama's ipod gift included 40 Broadway show tunes.

President Barack Obama kept trying to wrap it up, get out of there and get on with it all.

Raw Video: Obama's Meet With Queen

"All right?" he said conclusively after dealing with the same question about global markets for the umpteenth time. His impeccably frozen listening position had held out a good 45 minutes of the press conference with Gordon Brown, as had his eloquent gestures and language. But the world's most popular man was getting fidgety beneath this heavily gilded Foreign Office ceiling.

Prime minister Brown, though, was having none of it. "George?" he hailed another of "my friends in the British media". George asked whether President Obama had a message for the England football team before its World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

Resigned to further delay, Obama replied: "I'm having enough trouble back home picking ... the college basketball. The last thing I'm going to do is wade into European football."

Obama's arrival in London was set against a double backdrop: of his global super-stardom, and of a sour taste left on the British diplomatic palate by Brown's visit to Washington when the honour of being the first European leader to be hosted by Obama was tempered by the relegation of the "special relationship" to "partnership".

This has not only to do with affection between Labour and George Bush. Anyone who has read his books knows that Obama does not feel benign towards the UK in the same way that Ronald Reagan or the Bushes did, for reasons of heritage in the US and in Kenya.

But yesterday Obama appeared eager to put any pique to rest. After standing as still as a statue throughout Brown's desperately effusive welcome, Obama highlighted "the special relationship", which relaxed into "the United States as a peer of these other guys" in the G20.

This was not to be mistaken, however for the much-trumpeted "end of American hegemony" on which foreign secretary David Miliband briefs, about which Obama was asked. America, he said, had a "system of values" to which the world would always look, and "cannot miss the opportunity to lead".

If Brown's delight at the visit was sad in its way, the public's was effervescent. Among the crowds greeting Obama with American flags were many black Britons, including Rose Ellis, a nurse who had taken the day off with her boyfriend, Lucas. "He's my favourite person in the world," said Rose. "He's exciting, he's a leader of all people of colour and, well, he's cool, I mean he's HOT!" Lucas, a little less enthusiastically, added: "Yeah, he is."[Guardian UK]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO TALKS ABOUT AIG BONUS SCANDAL

President Barack Obama addressed the nation and deficit critics in his televised address to talk about the need for more authority in dealing with the AIG bonus scandal. AIG changed it's name to AIU Holdings in an attempt to prevent more outrage over the millions of dollars in bonuses they gave out to CEO's after taxpayers bailed them out.

The President also answered a question about race being a factor in his role the first African-American elected to be the Commander-In Chief of the United States of America. President Obama responded that the focus on race only lasted "about a day" after he took office.

President Barack Obama showed a rare glimpse of anger during a nationally televised press conference at the White House last night when he was pressed over his slow response in the row over million-dollar bonuses to executives.

Obama told the journalists that the country and the world is going through an "extraordinary crisis" and appealed for patience as it would take time to turn around the ocean liner that is the US.

The president held the second prime-time press conference of his presidency after a difficult 10 days in which he has been forced on the defensive for apparently failing to anticipate the public backlash over the bonuses paid out at the insurance giant AIG.

In a press conference dominated by his handling of the recession, Obama was asked why, after being informed of the bonuses, he had waited several days to inform the public.

The CNN White House correspondent, Ed Henry, who asked the question, also suggested that the New York attorney-general, Andrew Cuomo, was doing a better job of dealing with AIG than the White House.

Obama gave a general answer and Henry again asked why he had taken a few days to tell the public. The normally cool and controlled president replied sharply: "It took us a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."

The exchange was unusual, both because it is rare to hear US journalists ask Obama hard questions and rare to see Obama in a testy mood. Much of the rest of the press conference was so carefully choreographed, with a long opening statement, it seemed at times like an extended political broadcast.

Obama was taking a risk in holding a prime-time press conference amid mutterings of overexposure. It comes only two days after a 60-minute television interview with CBS and after days of campaigning on the road.

Added to this was a danger of alienating people resentful that American Idol, one of the most popular shows in the country, with an audience of 23 million, had to be postponed.

The aim of the press conference and his return to the campaign trail, is to reduce the damage caused by the AIG row and to sell his big-spending budget to the American people. Democrats and Republicans are lining up in Congress to cut back his $3.6 trillion spending budget. The longer he can hang on to his popularity, the harder it is for Congress to chop into his budget.

He acknowledged the public anger caused by the AIG row, saying "there was a lot of rage and fingerpointing last week and I was as angry as anyone.[GUARDIAN]

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW VIDEO

President Barack Obama scored high ratings during his appearance on 60 minutes. 

Barack Obama spoke about the AIG bonus scandal and responded to former VP Dick Cheney  who said that closing Guantanamo detention center will make the United States a less safer place. Read more...

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In a lengthy interview broadcast Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes, President Barack Obama talked about the ongoing financial crisis, the situation in Afghanistan and his frustrations. • The president said the most difficult decision he's had to make in his 2-month-old presidency was to send more troops to Afghanistan, which he decided before completion of a strategic review on the region.

• The financial system could still implode if a large bank fails, and "big problems" could result if the government does not try to lessen the risk, he said.

• He had not expected to see such a sharp economic decline, particularly in job losses, when he took office.

• Legislation that slaps a punitive 90 percent tax on bonuses to big earners at financial institutions already deeply in hock to taxpayers would be unconstitutional, and he will not "govern out of anger," he said.

• A comprehensive strategy in Afghanistan – including an exit plan – is key to America's "No. 1 mission" of preventing an attack on the U.S., its interests or its allies, he said.

• When asked about the most frustrating part of his job, Obama took a jab at President George W. Bush. "You are often confronted with bad choices that flow from less than optimal decisions made a year ago, two years ago, five years ago, when you weren't here," Obama said. "A lot of times, when things land at my desk, it's a choice between bad and worse." source

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON TONIGHT SHOW FULL INTERVIEW VIDEO

President Barack Obama made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on the anniversary of the "shock and awe" airstrikes campaign in Iraq. The President spoke about his first days in office and compared the political climate in Washington to American Idol where alot of people act like Simon Cowell. Obama addresses the AIG bonuses scandal and vowed to get the money back to tax payers. During the interview Obama made a Special Olympics gaffe when talking about his lack of bowling skills. Unfortunately, the 30 second gaffe was the main part of the interview which received the most news coverage. President Obama apologized for the comment which was accepted by Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver. Click here to read the transcript. President Barack Obama's appearance on The Tonight Show scored high Nielsen ratings in the late night time slot. We thought the President did a great job.  Barack Obama is a handsome, intelligent and charming Chief Executive Commander-in- Chief.  

Nielsen is giving high approval ratings to President Barack Obama's appearance on NBC's "Tonight Show."

Obama's visit with Jay Leno, the first by a sitting president, scored an 11.2 rating in metered-market households. That's the highest number since January 2005, when "Tonight" paid tribute to the late Johnny Carson. The last time "Tonight" logged a higher rating was following the "Seinfeld" finale in May 1998.

Thursday's telecast nearly tripled the show's season-average 3.9 household rating.

These preliminary numbers measure Nielsen households in 56 U.S. markets. [AP]

President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities.

Appearing on "The Tonight Show" Thursday, the president told host Jay Leno he'd been practicing at the White House's bowling alley but wasn't happy with his score of 129. Then he remarked: "It was like the Special Olympics or something."

The audience laughed, but the White House quickly recognized the blunder. The Special Olympics, founded in 1968, is a global nonprofit organization serving 200 million individuals with intellectual disabilities.

On his way back to Washington on Air Force One, Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry — even before the taped program aired late Thursday night.

"He expressed his disappointment and he apologized in a way that was very moving. He expressed that he did not intend to humiliate this population," Shriver said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America." Obama, Shriver said, wants to have some Special Olympic athletes visit the White House to bowl or play basketball. [STAR TRIBUNE]

When late-night television features a sitting president, it's usually as material for a stand-up routine. But on Thursday, President Obama toppled another barrier when he tried to sell Jay Leno on his economic recovery plan.

Obama held his own with the comedian, countering Leno's thrusts about the executive bonuses at the American International Group by saying that "the only place where I think this might work is Hollywood."

"The Tonight Show" host asked Obama what he thought when his staff first advised him of the bonuses, many made to traders in the division that brought American International Group to ruin.

"'Stunned' is the word," Obama replied in a taped appearance. He said the payments raised moral and ethical problems -- and vowed again to try to recoup the cash for taxpayers.

"We're going to do everything we can to get these bonuses back," he said. [STAR TRIBUNE]

JACKIE MASON MAKES RACIAL SLUR COMMENT ABOUT BARACK OBAMA?

Jackie Mason Video Blog 3 "On Obama"

Comedian Jackie Mason has denied making a racial slur comment when he called President Barack Obama a "schwartza".  Here is a definition of the offensive term according to the urban dictionary.

schwartza

A Yiddish term that American Jews use to call a black person a "nigger" without them knowing. It is extremely derogatory

Dad, why did you call Kobe Bryant a dumb schwartza when he hit the winning shot against us?  [URBAN DICTIONARY]

Watch Jackie Mason's pre-election video blog where he complains that Barack Obama is unqualified and will only get the job to be President of the United States because he is Black.  Jackie Mason continues to talk about Barack Obama's qualifications while joking about African-American's historic struggle for employment equality after years of being stuck in menial service jobs. Affirmative action promoted diversity in the workforce and educational institutions. Jackie Mason also says the following about Barack Obama in the clip:

"Maybe you should be a waiter in a restaurant. Maybe you should be a doorman. Don't try to take a job you know nothing about..." 

Comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.

During a performance at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in NYC, Mason referred to Obama as a "schwartza" -- some say it's equivalent to the "N" word -- others say it's just part of the Yiddish culture and a literal translation of the word "Black."

We're told one person walked out fuming, "He's more offensive to the Jews than Madoff tonight."

We spoke with Mason by phone a few minutes ago, and he was outraged at the criticism, saying, "I'm not going to defend myself. Chris Rock has told a lot more jokes about whites than I have against Blacks. What about the demeaning words Blacks say about Jews?"

Mason added, "If it's a racist society, the white people are the ones being persecuted because they have to defend themselves." Mason called people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson "professional racists."

Mason added, "I'm an old Jew. I was raised in a Jewish family where 'schwartza' was used. It's not a demeaning word and I'm not going to defend myself."

And there was this parting shot: "I'm more talented than Oprah Winfrey and look at how much she makes. I can't even make a living."

UPDATE: Rev. Al Sharpton just sent us this statement:

"At this stage in Jackie's life and career he should get our prayers more than our responses. It is sad that maybe he forgot he used the same term against Mayor David Dinkins when he was elected the first African-American Mayor of New York City and got in trouble for it. As for him attacking me, maybe he forgot that he has had me on his TV show and has taken me to dinner and commended me for forgiving a white male who tried to kill me by stabbing me while I was leading a non-violent march. I'm sure Jackie just forgot." [TMZ]