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Long Island, NY - Rep. King: What Are We Glorifying Jackson? He Was A Low Life

Published on:   Jul 06, 2009 at 06:41 AM
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The Michael Jackson memorial will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
The Michael Jackson memorial will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
Long Island, NY - Rep. Peter King Sunday said people clamoring about Michael Jackson's death should just beat it.

The Seaford Republican posted a two-minute YouTube video Sunday blasting the late King of Pop as "some pervert" and blaming political correctness in the media for the wall-to-wall coverage of Jackson's death.

"Let's knock out the psychobabble," King said in the video, which was posted by his campaign. "He was a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country? I just think we're too politically correct."

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Standing in front of the Wantagh American Legion Hall, King said "there's nothing good about" Jackson.

"No one wants to stand up and say we don't need Michael Jackson. He died, he had some talent, fine," he said. "He may have been a good singer, he did some dancing. Bottom line is, would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room with Michael Jackson? What are we glorifying him for?"

In an interview Sunday night, King said he made the video to highlight efforts made by teachers, police officers and firefighters that he said go unrecognized by celebrity-obsessed media.

"I've seen so many good people the last few days, who aren't going to get credit for anything," he said, "and then I see this guy, who's really a lowlife, and he's being treated like a hero of civilization."


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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:08 AM Anonymous Says:

Finally somone with the guts to speak the truth! THis morning people were actually crying with joy that the merited to win a ticket to the funneral!
Mr. King is a stand up guy, never afraid to speak the truth!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:08 AM Anonymous Says:

This is why this guy should run for President. He says it how it is & doesn't care for political or social pandering. Contrast his remarks with the somber, deep-timbered, on-the-verge-of-tears accolades Obama gave to this creepy, freaky, sicko.

Go, Mr. King! You got my vote!!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:05 AM yankel Says:

He's 100% correct

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:05 AM Anonymous Says:

Peter King is a mentch. He always says and does the right thing. Those folks in Long Island are indeed lucky, he would never survive here in New Jersey.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:02 AM Anonymous Says:

Finally somebody's talking sense.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:38 AM Anonymous Says:

I'm impressed to see soemone had the guts to finally speak out against him. I just wondered what took so long.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:12 AM maskim Says:

maskim you r so right

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:17 AM missed something? Says:

what evidence other than him being "weird" is there to prove he was a pervert?

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:55 AM proof Says:

Reply to #8  
missed something? Says:

what evidence other than him being "weird" is there to prove he was a pervert?

he admitted on live tv in his own word he said those poor children need to be loved that is why I sleep with them. these words came out of his mouth

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:59 AM Anonymous Says:

The funny part is: Jackson changed his skin color cuz he was embarrassed to be black and now all the african american people are talking of him as a hero! I admire peter for coming out and speaking what is sensible.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:26 AM Anonymous Says:

"The funny part is: Jackson changed his skin color cuz he was embarrassed to be black"

Even if that is true, is that a crime? Are you sure he didn't have vitiligo? I watched a number of tv shows in which those who knew him were interviewed. Just about everyone inverviewed criticized his unusual behavior. There is no proof that any of it was criminal though, except perhaps his abuse of prescription drugs. He supported many charities. His life was tragic, as was his death.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:03 AM Anonymous Says:

he was a great composer now he's a great decomposer .

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:56 AM Anonymous Says:

sometimes a wacko pervert is just a wacko pervert

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:51 AM Good luck to all Says:

finally someone said it jackson was a low life. vin-news shouldnt report on him, you should be on a higher Medragah!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:45 AM Anonymous Says:

He is a microcosm of a the freak show that is America today.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:15 AM Rachel Says:

Finally somebody dares to say it like it is. If you agree with Rep. Pete King, send him a quick email and let him know he's the voice of reason in a society that has lost its priorities:
http://peteking.house.gov/email.shtml

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:16 AM anonymous Says:

He was everything which should be shunned and represented the low end of so called "culture".. Bravo to Mr. King

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:06 AM Missed something?? Says:

"he admitted on live tv in his own word he said those poor children need to be loved that is why I sleep with them. these words came out of his mouth"

What he said on live TV is that he has in the past watched movies with and gone to sleep with children but that it was nothing sexual. He said he would slit his wrists before harming a child. He said Mccaully Culkin (child actor) was one of the children he slept with but that nothing inappropriate happened. Also, now that Mccaully Culkin has grown up they remained friends. MIchael Was found not guilty of the charges of sexually abusing children.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:33 AM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #10  
Anonymous Says:

The funny part is: Jackson changed his skin color cuz he was embarrassed to be black and now all the african american people are talking of him as a hero! I admire peter for coming out and speaking what is sensible.

Michael Jackson admitted long time ago in the media that he had a skin disease that changed his skin color.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:31 AM Rachel Says:

"what evidence other than him being "weird" is there to prove he was a pervert?"

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/06/michael-jackson-is-gone-but-the-sad-facts-remain.html

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:35 AM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #19  
Anonymous Says:

Michael Jackson admitted long time ago in the media that he had a skin disease that changed his skin color.

Dont be a fool...... Have you ever ever in your life saw met or even heard of any black guy whos skin changed color on its own to white. Im not saying such a disease doesnt exist. But isnt it more likely that a guy whos already had 10 nose jobs (yes count em believe it or not 10!) plus cheek bone lifts and for heavens sake even a scalpel induced cleft (egads) is buying bleaching cream by the truckoad.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:33 AM anonymous Says:

an unofficial poll shows that 81% of those which responded to the poll agree with Congressman King

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:39 AM missed something?? Says:

Rachel: IN regard to The MJ case, it's very possible Vanity Fair was plain wrong. VanityFair was found guilty of libel before.

"In 2005, Vanity Fair was found liable in a lawsuit brought in the UK by film director Roman Polanski, who claimed the magazine had libelled him in an article published in 2002, accusing him of boorish behavior and child molestation following the murder of his wife Sharon Tate in 1969" Source: wikipedia.org although I'm sure you can find this information from a more authoritative resource.

Just becuase it's in print doesn't make it True

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:37 AM Anonymous Says:

Wow. mr King, you got a vote here!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 11:08 AM truth Says:

Reply to #1  
Anonymous Says:

Finally somone with the guts to speak the truth! THis morning people were actually crying with joy that the merited to win a ticket to the funneral!
Mr. King is a stand up guy, never afraid to speak the truth!

King wants to shore up voted with the radical right so he will say anything to get publicity.
the truth remains that jackson was on message about so many great things and causes.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 11:07 AM the truth Says:

Michael Jackson was not about schmutz, not by any means. None of his songs were like other singers of today who only sing about schmutz.
All of michaels songs were themed, and on message, about improving the world and improving oneself. thats why he was and is so well liked. he didnt sing about love and relationships, he sung about real issues. There are frum entertainers who are more shmuitzy than michael jackson could have ever been.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 11:26 AM NJ Guy Says:

M'dvar sheker Tirchak! He was a strange person no doubt but he was not convicted of being a pedophile. We do not make up stories about people because they sound good.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 11:13 AM berel Says:

#18 ..'.paysee yamin lechol dovor'

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:57 AM Heimish Yid Says:

ok, so now he had a disease where his skin turned white. How about his White Wife and White children huh????????? Why doesnt anyone comment on that? If he was so proud of his heritage why didnt he have Black Children? and a Black wife??

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 12:03 PM Avrohom Abba Says:

Because of Michael Jackson, we have two more Jewish children on this world. Those children are the result of in vitro fertilization when Debbie Rowe (a Jewish person) was impregnated with the seed of her dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein (also Jewish). She was paid one million dollars by Michael (whose music I love). Even though a child born from a Jewish woman is Jewish, these two children (of the three) have both a Jewish mother AND a Jewish father.
Also, Michael Jackson went to shul in Manhattan and attended Shabbos dovening at the Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach a"h shul.
B"H we have two more Jewish people because of Michael Jackson who wanted good, healthy, smart children!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 01:08 PM anonymous Says:

"REv." Al Sharpton wants to elevate Michael Jackson's culture to high class American culture which it is not. Regarding 2 Jewish children they will not have even a marginal Jewish identity

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 12:57 PM JJ Says:

#30 is rediculess

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 01:57 PM disgusted rabbi Says:

The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp, though this shows HaShem's wisdom in that rule, since after several allegations not one has ever been proven to have any truth behind it and in fact most who followed these stories later said it was overwhelmingly clear that the kids (actually really their money-grubby parents) were just lying and Mr. Jackson did nothing wrong at all.

This is a man who was abused as a child and spent a fortune, some would even say squandered his fortune, on charities (most done anonymously) and trying to make life better for other kids. What have any of you done for the world today? Oh yea, you baselessly engaged in lashon hara against a man you've never met and don't know who was already proven innocent of everything that he was charged with by people that were extorting money out of him.

For the ignorant masses posting here, vitaligo is not uncommon, Jackson was diagnosed with it over 20 years ago, and as someone who knows more than one person with it, you can let it make you very blotchy (looked at by most as a freak, not very good for a performer) or you can either try to fill in the areas that lose pigment with dark pigment or you can drain the remaining dark areas to match the light ones. Since Jackson was so abused and belittled by his evil dad as a kid about how black his skin was, and since filling in the light patches with dark is a never ending process (whitening is permanent by contrast), what do you expect he'd choose? For #29, other than defending his skin change problem, I'm not aware that Mr. Jackson ever really said he was proud of his black heritage, if anything he disdained it.

I hope you all expect Hashem to show you the same compassion and understanding when you are judged as you show a man here that you have never met, who never did anything to you, and clearly know nothing about. #15, the real microcosm here that is relevant is your post and those like yours that are a microcosm of not only America, but unfortunately of unG-dly Jewish America, on this site and elsewhere. No wonder the coming days of Moshiach, may they be soon, will be entered into with only a remnant of our people left.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 02:48 PM ahron Says:

Reply to #33  
disgusted rabbi Says:

The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp, though this shows HaShem's wisdom in that rule, since after several allegations not one has ever been proven to have any truth behind it and in fact most who followed these stories later said it was overwhelmingly clear that the kids (actually really their money-grubby parents) were just lying and Mr. Jackson did nothing wrong at all.

This is a man who was abused as a child and spent a fortune, some would even say squandered his fortune, on charities (most done anonymously) and trying to make life better for other kids. What have any of you done for the world today? Oh yea, you baselessly engaged in lashon hara against a man you've never met and don't know who was already proven innocent of everything that he was charged with by people that were extorting money out of him.

For the ignorant masses posting here, vitaligo is not uncommon, Jackson was diagnosed with it over 20 years ago, and as someone who knows more than one person with it, you can let it make you very blotchy (looked at by most as a freak, not very good for a performer) or you can either try to fill in the areas that lose pigment with dark pigment or you can drain the remaining dark areas to match the light ones. Since Jackson was so abused and belittled by his evil dad as a kid about how black his skin was, and since filling in the light patches with dark is a never ending process (whitening is permanent by contrast), what do you expect he'd choose? For #29, other than defending his skin change problem, I'm not aware that Mr. Jackson ever really said he was proud of his black heritage, if anything he disdained it.

I hope you all expect Hashem to show you the same compassion and understanding when you are judged as you show a man here that you have never met, who never did anything to you, and clearly know nothing about. #15, the real microcosm here that is relevant is your post and those like yours that are a microcosm of not only America, but unfortunately of unG-dly Jewish America, on this site and elsewhere. No wonder the coming days of Moshiach, may they be soon, will be entered into with only a remnant of our people left.

bottem line would you leave your son alone with him for one night?

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 03:24 PM Mordy Says:

Yes, Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges. Howeve, he did make a payout of over $20,000,000 to the parents of a child whom he was accused of abusing. Where there's smoke, there's fire. If Jackson was innocent, he would NEVER have made such a payment. Just the fact that children slept with him in the same bed overnight (WHAT WERE THE PARENTS THINKING?) is enough to condemn Jackson as a pervert. Normal grown adult males would never DREAM of sleeping with young boys. King was right on the money with this one. It's NOT lashon hora to say Jackson's behaviour with children, from what we do know, was despicable.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 03:23 PM your no rabbi Says:

Reply to #33  
disgusted rabbi Says:

The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp, though this shows HaShem's wisdom in that rule, since after several allegations not one has ever been proven to have any truth behind it and in fact most who followed these stories later said it was overwhelmingly clear that the kids (actually really their money-grubby parents) were just lying and Mr. Jackson did nothing wrong at all.

This is a man who was abused as a child and spent a fortune, some would even say squandered his fortune, on charities (most done anonymously) and trying to make life better for other kids. What have any of you done for the world today? Oh yea, you baselessly engaged in lashon hara against a man you've never met and don't know who was already proven innocent of everything that he was charged with by people that were extorting money out of him.

For the ignorant masses posting here, vitaligo is not uncommon, Jackson was diagnosed with it over 20 years ago, and as someone who knows more than one person with it, you can let it make you very blotchy (looked at by most as a freak, not very good for a performer) or you can either try to fill in the areas that lose pigment with dark pigment or you can drain the remaining dark areas to match the light ones. Since Jackson was so abused and belittled by his evil dad as a kid about how black his skin was, and since filling in the light patches with dark is a never ending process (whitening is permanent by contrast), what do you expect he'd choose? For #29, other than defending his skin change problem, I'm not aware that Mr. Jackson ever really said he was proud of his black heritage, if anything he disdained it.

I hope you all expect Hashem to show you the same compassion and understanding when you are judged as you show a man here that you have never met, who never did anything to you, and clearly know nothing about. #15, the real microcosm here that is relevant is your post and those like yours that are a microcosm of not only America, but unfortunately of unG-dly Jewish America, on this site and elsewhere. No wonder the coming days of Moshiach, may they be soon, will be entered into with only a remnant of our people left.

how dare you call yourself a rabbi. you are probably a child molester and pedophile yourself. for G-ds sake he slept with little boys in his bed who were not his children! a young child witness in one of the lawsuits against him correctly identified simanim on or near his private area! just because he was found innocent by a stupid jury who two members later said they made a mistake in their decision does not mean hes innocent! do you think oj simpson was innocent?! if you think our judicial system is foolproof your out of your cotton pickin mind! you sicken many of the readers here with your sick, disgusting, demented anti torah compassion and endorsement of a sicko who was rightfully nicknamed WACKO JACKO. i hope you and anyone who agrees with you will burn in hell with michael jackson and kolko and the rest of the perverts out there.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 02:32 PM Anonymous Says:

peter king is to be strongly admired.I cannot fathom how just because he has died he now becomes this superhero is sick,how quickly people forget what he became - a sad lonely peodo.The fact that there are now 2 jewish children who have no connection with real Judaism is tragic sign of the times.Americans are so easily bought by media hype (obama) its very scary

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 04:11 PM Yossi Says:

Maybe King is right with his remarks but NOT when the Lowlife is still in the freezer..

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 03:56 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #33  
disgusted rabbi Says:

The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp, though this shows HaShem's wisdom in that rule, since after several allegations not one has ever been proven to have any truth behind it and in fact most who followed these stories later said it was overwhelmingly clear that the kids (actually really their money-grubby parents) were just lying and Mr. Jackson did nothing wrong at all.

This is a man who was abused as a child and spent a fortune, some would even say squandered his fortune, on charities (most done anonymously) and trying to make life better for other kids. What have any of you done for the world today? Oh yea, you baselessly engaged in lashon hara against a man you've never met and don't know who was already proven innocent of everything that he was charged with by people that were extorting money out of him.

For the ignorant masses posting here, vitaligo is not uncommon, Jackson was diagnosed with it over 20 years ago, and as someone who knows more than one person with it, you can let it make you very blotchy (looked at by most as a freak, not very good for a performer) or you can either try to fill in the areas that lose pigment with dark pigment or you can drain the remaining dark areas to match the light ones. Since Jackson was so abused and belittled by his evil dad as a kid about how black his skin was, and since filling in the light patches with dark is a never ending process (whitening is permanent by contrast), what do you expect he'd choose? For #29, other than defending his skin change problem, I'm not aware that Mr. Jackson ever really said he was proud of his black heritage, if anything he disdained it.

I hope you all expect Hashem to show you the same compassion and understanding when you are judged as you show a man here that you have never met, who never did anything to you, and clearly know nothing about. #15, the real microcosm here that is relevant is your post and those like yours that are a microcosm of not only America, but unfortunately of unG-dly Jewish America, on this site and elsewhere. No wonder the coming days of Moshiach, may they be soon, will be entered into with only a remnant of our people left.

"The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp"

Instead of calling yourself "disgusted Rabbi", how about "Am Horetz (Ignorant) Rabbi"?

There is no loshan hora against a goy. Every child knows that. Same deal about 2 witnesses. Did you ever hear the word "Amecha"? (Perhaps you are disgusted that is what the Torah says but that's your problem). Please don't misrepresent the facts.

Same deal with being "dan lkaf zchus". Sorry to tell you it doesn't apply to a goy.

You don't have to believe me, just read the Rambam & Chofetz Chaim on Loshon Hora.

By the way, Jackson actually does me personal harm. His "hashchosa has permeated our society to the extent that the whole country deifies him. I suggest you channel your anger to that. Lmaan Hashem! May we all be zocheh to Moshiach ASAP!!!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 04:57 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #1  
Anonymous Says:

Finally somone with the guts to speak the truth! THis morning people were actually crying with joy that the merited to win a ticket to the funneral!
Mr. King is a stand up guy, never afraid to speak the truth!

How do you know why they cried maybe they had joy that he died and there is a funeral?

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:44 PM FVNMS Says:

Reply to #15  
Anonymous Says:

He is a microcosm of a the freak show that is America today.

Still the greatest country in the world (until BHO destroys it, that is).

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:43 PM FVNMS Says:

Reply to #12  
Anonymous Says:

he was a great composer now he's a great decomposer .

Don't you think that's a bit insensitive to all people who've lost someone? You aren't any less a loonytoon than MJ.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:41 PM HA! Says:

Reply to #26  
the truth Says:

Michael Jackson was not about schmutz, not by any means. None of his songs were like other singers of today who only sing about schmutz.
All of michaels songs were themed, and on message, about improving the world and improving oneself. thats why he was and is so well liked. he didnt sing about love and relationships, he sung about real issues. There are frum entertainers who are more shmuitzy than michael jackson could have ever been.

no he wasnt about shmuts but he loved grabbing his beitzim everytime he danced

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:36 PM stop bluffing Says:

Reply to #8  
missed something? Says:

what evidence other than him being "weird" is there to prove he was a pervert?

"NO EVIDENCE"!?
c'mon. screw the court system.
every single living person on this earth knows without a doubt that there are 2 100% guilty people that were found not guilty by the courts; MJ & OJ. 'nough said!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:21 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #33  
disgusted rabbi Says:

The only "low life" here is Peter King and those of you that clamor onto this baseless lashon hara bandwagon. I guess the Torah rule about having at least two witnesses to convict someone is beyond your grasp, though this shows HaShem's wisdom in that rule, since after several allegations not one has ever been proven to have any truth behind it and in fact most who followed these stories later said it was overwhelmingly clear that the kids (actually really their money-grubby parents) were just lying and Mr. Jackson did nothing wrong at all.

This is a man who was abused as a child and spent a fortune, some would even say squandered his fortune, on charities (most done anonymously) and trying to make life better for other kids. What have any of you done for the world today? Oh yea, you baselessly engaged in lashon hara against a man you've never met and don't know who was already proven innocent of everything that he was charged with by people that were extorting money out of him.

For the ignorant masses posting here, vitaligo is not uncommon, Jackson was diagnosed with it over 20 years ago, and as someone who knows more than one person with it, you can let it make you very blotchy (looked at by most as a freak, not very good for a performer) or you can either try to fill in the areas that lose pigment with dark pigment or you can drain the remaining dark areas to match the light ones. Since Jackson was so abused and belittled by his evil dad as a kid about how black his skin was, and since filling in the light patches with dark is a never ending process (whitening is permanent by contrast), what do you expect he'd choose? For #29, other than defending his skin change problem, I'm not aware that Mr. Jackson ever really said he was proud of his black heritage, if anything he disdained it.

I hope you all expect Hashem to show you the same compassion and understanding when you are judged as you show a man here that you have never met, who never did anything to you, and clearly know nothing about. #15, the real microcosm here that is relevant is your post and those like yours that are a microcosm of not only America, but unfortunately of unG-dly Jewish America, on this site and elsewhere. No wonder the coming days of Moshiach, may they be soon, will be entered into with only a remnant of our people left.

After 120 when I hear I am being punished because I believe that MJ is a child molester I will know that I am finish with paying for all the other sins, at the same time I might see you sitting next to me, them I will asked you, why you there.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 05:46 PM FVNMS Says:

Reply to #25  
truth Says:

King wants to shore up voted with the radical right so he will say anything to get publicity.
the truth remains that jackson was on message about so many great things and causes.

The majority of peeople with common sense are not quite the radical right. You wackjobs on the left scare the #*@! outta me.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 06:49 PM dan lkaff zechus Says:

how strange! when it comes to a jewish frum so called molester, everyone of you people are acusing him! but, when it comes to MJ, most of you are defending him! how strange..

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 07:26 PM Anonymous Says:

why is uncle al so involved b/c he has nothing else to do-he is hoping he gets some money

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:40 PM A dank Mr King Says:

I am glad to see that there are still some erliche goyim in the Republican Party.

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 08:12 PM tema Says:

Michael Jackson was a brilliant musician. But I believe that Mr, King is absolutely correct! Look behind all the trials, the settlements, drug use, etc and MJ was not a brilliant person. He was an accused pedophile, a black child who became a white man (his color change could be a disease but changing his features was his choice). How many days does he deserve to be idolized? Why is he idolized? What about all our soldiers - do they get that kind of respect from the news media. They deserve it for giving their lives for our freedom. But they are just a blurb on a page. There are so many major things going on in the world right now and the death of a singer is not one of them. Go Peter King - run to Senate - run for President - I pledge you my vote!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 09:24 PM czyrankevic Says:

there is nothing to add i wish he would come out as openly on other prblems & subjects that i know that he shares with the majority of us

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:36 PM chief doofis Says:

Just remember Michael's choice of the word Jew to mean a cheat. His apology to Shmuely Boteach notwithstanding, he still referred to us that way. If I were to use the N word, or if a popular white performer were to do so, what a backlash would ensue!

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 06:25 AM FAL Says:

Reply to #31  
anonymous Says:

"REv." Al Sharpton wants to elevate Michael Jackson's culture to high class American culture which it is not. Regarding 2 Jewish children they will not have even a marginal Jewish identity

Is this the same Al Sharpton who belonged in prison years ago along with Tawana Brawley(sp) for their pack of lies that brought about a suicide to an innocent man and caused such havoc to the people of New York?

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 07:40 AM Anonymous Says:

I agree with you Mr King. They are making more of him that they did when Martin Luther King was assassinated!

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 Jul 06, 2009 at 10:44 PM To all the Solomons out there: Stop avoiding Jury Duty Says:

I don't know for sure if Michael Jackson was really pervert or not. Although, going to bed with children and making them your "friends" looks highly suspicious, it does not qualify as proof of child molestation. Neither does settling for 20 million when at the time he had 1 billion. Also, children he slept with have grown up to say nothing sexual happened. Regardless, Michael is guilty of violating social mores. violating social mores does not always mean you have been unethical.

Look at Turkey, in that country it is acceptable for heterosexual male friends to hold hands in public! In this country if any heterosexual guy did that he would be violating the social mores of this country and would be labeled homosexual.

I don't consider myself qualified to judge this case but to everyone else who does, I hope you have not been avoiding Jury Duty


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 Jul 07, 2009 at 12:48 PM PMO Says:

Reply to #34  
ahron Says:

bottem line would you leave your son alone with him for one night?

I wouldn't leave my children alone for even one night with ANYONE that I did not know VERY well in advance. That is a foolish argument.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 12:51 PM PMO Says:

Reply to #36  
your no rabbi Says:

how dare you call yourself a rabbi. you are probably a child molester and pedophile yourself. for G-ds sake he slept with little boys in his bed who were not his children! a young child witness in one of the lawsuits against him correctly identified simanim on or near his private area! just because he was found innocent by a stupid jury who two members later said they made a mistake in their decision does not mean hes innocent! do you think oj simpson was innocent?! if you think our judicial system is foolproof your out of your cotton pickin mind! you sicken many of the readers here with your sick, disgusting, demented anti torah compassion and endorsement of a sicko who was rightfully nicknamed WACKO JACKO. i hope you and anyone who agrees with you will burn in hell with michael jackson and kolko and the rest of the perverts out there.

Actually, the identification of specifics of his genitals involved a small birthmark which the boy could not say where it was exactly. It was not a big deal at all. There was nothing terribly unique there that did not describe nearly half the men in this country. That's why the evidence did not matter and never came to light in any courtroom.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 12:56 PM PMO Says:

Reply to #52  
chief doofis Says:

Just remember Michael's choice of the word Jew to mean a cheat. His apology to Shmuely Boteach notwithstanding, he still referred to us that way. If I were to use the N word, or if a popular white performer were to do so, what a backlash would ensue!

Any idiot knows that he was not talking about "us". He was referring to a group of people who happened to be Jews, that cheated him out of millions of dollars in a business deal. When people refer to foul language as "loshon shvartz", do they really mean that all African Americans use that kind of language? Are they referring to ALL of them? Of course not. Michael Jackson was no antisemite.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 01:27 PM PMO Says:

Reply to #13  
Anonymous Says:

sometimes a wacko pervert is just a wacko pervert

Can you PROVE with actual FACTS that he is a pervert, or are you just repeating the words in the tabloids?

Was Michael Jackson weird? Yes... of course.
Was his behavior sometimes bizarre? Yes.... of course.
Was he a child molester? I don't know.... and neither do any of you.
Was there any substantial evidence that he was a child molester? No.
Were the parents in the 2nd case both proven liars, fraudsters and extortionists? Yes.

This leaves me saying "I don't know". None of us ever will, so why spit all over him in his death?

What I do know is this:
1. Michael Jackson was one of the biggest balei tzedokoh the world has ever seen. The current estimate is at almost $200,000,000 for starving children and other charities (including Jewish charities).
2. Michael Jackson wrote and performed beautiful music... and he didn't have to write explicit lyrics or write about subjects that would be improper for children... unlike most of the explicit garbage that children hear today.
3. (most important) There are 3 grieving children who have lost the only parent they have ever really known. How painful for them to see and hear things like this about their father who is no longer with them. How dare a public servant intentionally try to cause so much pain to these children and their family. I can only hope that when this man dies there are plenty of public figures out there to spit on him too and amplify the pain and anguish that his children feel. What goes around, comes around.

Someone here said "where there's smoke, there's fire". Really? So we should all assume that Rubashkin MUST have known about all the criminal activity at the plant? We should just assume that the boys in Japan MUST have known about the drugs in their bags because obviously "where there's smoke, there's fire".

I don't care if someone is Jewish or not. Throwing around wild speculation (not FACTS) about someone who has died is a disgusting and vile practice and only makes the one spewing the hatred look like a fool.

I sincerely hope that all of you (and I know a few of you) who lie to get welfare and other money don't find that as your legacy when you pass on. Hopefully nobody stands up in front of the media, and your children and says "who cares about his life... who cares what a baal tzedokoh he was... he was a thief who lived off the backs of his neighbors". In many cases, it would be FACT (as opposed to this speculation), but why would someone want to be that cruel? Think about it.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 01:16 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #11  
Anonymous Says:

"The funny part is: Jackson changed his skin color cuz he was embarrassed to be black"

Even if that is true, is that a crime? Are you sure he didn't have vitiligo? I watched a number of tv shows in which those who knew him were interviewed. Just about everyone inverviewed criticized his unusual behavior. There is no proof that any of it was criminal though, except perhaps his abuse of prescription drugs. He supported many charities. His life was tragic, as was his death.

It's amazing how much "truth" money can buy. How many parents of abused children are silently happy today because they still cannot speak out due to the disclosure agreements of their cash settlements. And you wonder why there is no "proof".

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 03:28 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #36  
your no rabbi Says:

how dare you call yourself a rabbi. you are probably a child molester and pedophile yourself. for G-ds sake he slept with little boys in his bed who were not his children! a young child witness in one of the lawsuits against him correctly identified simanim on or near his private area! just because he was found innocent by a stupid jury who two members later said they made a mistake in their decision does not mean hes innocent! do you think oj simpson was innocent?! if you think our judicial system is foolproof your out of your cotton pickin mind! you sicken many of the readers here with your sick, disgusting, demented anti torah compassion and endorsement of a sicko who was rightfully nicknamed WACKO JACKO. i hope you and anyone who agrees with you will burn in hell with michael jackson and kolko and the rest of the perverts out there.

You are right in everything you say, untill you send a jew to burn in hell.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 03:20 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #32  
JJ Says:

#30 is rediculess

You post ONE word and you can't spell it, ridiculous indeed.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 03:17 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #30  
Avrohom Abba Says:

Because of Michael Jackson, we have two more Jewish children on this world. Those children are the result of in vitro fertilization when Debbie Rowe (a Jewish person) was impregnated with the seed of her dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein (also Jewish). She was paid one million dollars by Michael (whose music I love). Even though a child born from a Jewish woman is Jewish, these two children (of the three) have both a Jewish mother AND a Jewish father.
Also, Michael Jackson went to shul in Manhattan and attended Shabbos dovening at the Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach a"h shul.
B"H we have two more Jewish people because of Michael Jackson who wanted good, healthy, smart children!

Debbie Rowe's jewishness has not been verified. Some say she was adopted.

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 03:09 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #18  
Missed something?? Says:

"he admitted on live tv in his own word he said those poor children need to be loved that is why I sleep with them. these words came out of his mouth"

What he said on live TV is that he has in the past watched movies with and gone to sleep with children but that it was nothing sexual. He said he would slit his wrists before harming a child. He said Mccaully Culkin (child actor) was one of the children he slept with but that nothing inappropriate happened. Also, now that Mccaully Culkin has grown up they remained friends. MIchael Was found not guilty of the charges of sexually abusing children.

Would you have allowed your kids to share a bed with him?

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 04:17 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #59  
PMO Says:

Can you PROVE with actual FACTS that he is a pervert, or are you just repeating the words in the tabloids?

Was Michael Jackson weird? Yes... of course.
Was his behavior sometimes bizarre? Yes.... of course.
Was he a child molester? I don't know.... and neither do any of you.
Was there any substantial evidence that he was a child molester? No.
Were the parents in the 2nd case both proven liars, fraudsters and extortionists? Yes.

This leaves me saying "I don't know". None of us ever will, so why spit all over him in his death?

What I do know is this:
1. Michael Jackson was one of the biggest balei tzedokoh the world has ever seen. The current estimate is at almost $200,000,000 for starving children and other charities (including Jewish charities).
2. Michael Jackson wrote and performed beautiful music... and he didn't have to write explicit lyrics or write about subjects that would be improper for children... unlike most of the explicit garbage that children hear today.
3. (most important) There are 3 grieving children who have lost the only parent they have ever really known. How painful for them to see and hear things like this about their father who is no longer with them. How dare a public servant intentionally try to cause so much pain to these children and their family. I can only hope that when this man dies there are plenty of public figures out there to spit on him too and amplify the pain and anguish that his children feel. What goes around, comes around.

Someone here said "where there's smoke, there's fire". Really? So we should all assume that Rubashkin MUST have known about all the criminal activity at the plant? We should just assume that the boys in Japan MUST have known about the drugs in their bags because obviously "where there's smoke, there's fire".

I don't care if someone is Jewish or not. Throwing around wild speculation (not FACTS) about someone who has died is a disgusting and vile practice and only makes the one spewing the hatred look like a fool.

I sincerely hope that all of you (and I know a few of you) who lie to get welfare and other money don't find that as your legacy when you pass on. Hopefully nobody stands up in front of the media, and your children and says "who cares about his life... who cares what a baal tzedokoh he was... he was a thief who lived off the backs of his neighbors". In many cases, it would be FACT (as opposed to this speculation), but why would someone want to be that cruel? Think about it.

PMO, good post. This is ironic.

"In a posting on her MySpace.com page one day after Jackson's death, Presley writes, "He knew: Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general. I can't recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my father's death... At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, 'I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did.' ..."

www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/lisa-marie-presley-jackson-knew-he-would-die-young_1107882

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 04:09 PM Anonymous Says:

Reply to #59  
PMO Says:

Can you PROVE with actual FACTS that he is a pervert, or are you just repeating the words in the tabloids?

Was Michael Jackson weird? Yes... of course.
Was his behavior sometimes bizarre? Yes.... of course.
Was he a child molester? I don't know.... and neither do any of you.
Was there any substantial evidence that he was a child molester? No.
Were the parents in the 2nd case both proven liars, fraudsters and extortionists? Yes.

This leaves me saying "I don't know". None of us ever will, so why spit all over him in his death?

What I do know is this:
1. Michael Jackson was one of the biggest balei tzedokoh the world has ever seen. The current estimate is at almost $200,000,000 for starving children and other charities (including Jewish charities).
2. Michael Jackson wrote and performed beautiful music... and he didn't have to write explicit lyrics or write about subjects that would be improper for children... unlike most of the explicit garbage that children hear today.
3. (most important) There are 3 grieving children who have lost the only parent they have ever really known. How painful for them to see and hear things like this about their father who is no longer with them. How dare a public servant intentionally try to cause so much pain to these children and their family. I can only hope that when this man dies there are plenty of public figures out there to spit on him too and amplify the pain and anguish that his children feel. What goes around, comes around.

Someone here said "where there's smoke, there's fire". Really? So we should all assume that Rubashkin MUST have known about all the criminal activity at the plant? We should just assume that the boys in Japan MUST have known about the drugs in their bags because obviously "where there's smoke, there's fire".

I don't care if someone is Jewish or not. Throwing around wild speculation (not FACTS) about someone who has died is a disgusting and vile practice and only makes the one spewing the hatred look like a fool.

I sincerely hope that all of you (and I know a few of you) who lie to get welfare and other money don't find that as your legacy when you pass on. Hopefully nobody stands up in front of the media, and your children and says "who cares about his life... who cares what a baal tzedokoh he was... he was a thief who lived off the backs of his neighbors". In many cases, it would be FACT (as opposed to this speculation), but why would someone want to be that cruel? Think about it.

You say these kids lost the only parent they ever knew. It's indeed very sad when children lose a parent, and klal jisroel has plenty jesomim Hashem jerachem. What I find the ultimate cruelty is, that these 3 kids were deprived of a mother, not by death, but by the decision of a madman. These are FACTS, not speculation. So this is reason enough to call him an evil man?

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 Jul 07, 2009 at 07:03 PM Allan Says:

Reply to #2  
Anonymous Says:

This is why this guy should run for President. He says it how it is & doesn't care for political or social pandering. Contrast his remarks with the somber, deep-timbered, on-the-verge-of-tears accolades Obama gave to this creepy, freaky, sicko.

Go, Mr. King! You got my vote!!

#1 and #2 posters..both great comments!

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