Thread: BET Founder Mocks Va. Gov. Candidate Deeds' Stuttering

BET Founder Mocks Deeds' Stuttering
Sheila Johnson was speaking at a fundraiser

Updated: Monday, 05 Oct 2009, 2:47 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 05 Oct 2009, 12:21 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. - The billionaire co-founder of the Black Entertainment Television mocked Democrat Creigh Deeds' occasional stuttering at a fundraiser she held for Deeds' Republican opponent in the governor's race, Bob McDonnell.

In a YouTube video, Sheila Johnson says Virginia needs a governor "who can really communicate, and Bob McDonnell can communicate."

Then she tells a small crowd of wealthy donors, "The other people I talk to, especially his op-op-op-o-opponent, di-di-did this all through my interview with him."

After muted laughter among the guests, she adds, "He could not articulate what needed to be done."

Jared Leopold, Creigh Deeds' press secretary, said a YouTube video depicting BET co-founder Sheila Johnson criticizing the candidate on his communication skills was a "divisive personal attack."

"This is a cheap shot and a new low for this race," Leopold told FOXNews.com in a statement. "Virginians deserve better than personal attacks like this.

"Creigh Deeds isn't the smoothest speaker in the race, but when he speaks he is authentic and means what he says. That's what people will respond to, not divisive personal attacks."


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BET Founder is ignorant.

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