Comedy central cheers and applause larry thank you very much. Please, please, thank you. Oh no, no. Thank you. Welcome okay. No i really appreciate it. Welcome. Welcome to the nightly show. I am your host larry wilmore. cheers and applause thank you. I appreciate it. Very nice. Now, that really means that really means a lot to me but i gotta quiet down to business here because last night our country gathered together to hear from one of the most important black voices in american history. Thanks for watching, everyone. applause laughter yeah i thought our show last night was baller are you just going to leave me hanging . Okay. So what else happened . Oh, yeah, the leadin to our show was the president s state of the union speech. But what i want to focus on tonight is the state of obama, okay. Now, before we get in too deep on this, i need to be clear about something. I voted for obama because hes wrack black. laughter applause im clearing it up. People always ask me, but, larry this is true. This is not this is not an imagined conversation, you guys. laughter oh its two larrys. But but, larry, do you agree with obamas policies . And heres the truth i agree with the policy that hes black. applause and which and then they say, but shouldnt you vote based on principle . Thats correct. And my guiding principle is that as long as hes still black applause he and i agree on principle. Were good. Were good. Yes. Exactly. All right. I just wanted to lay the groundwork for whats about to come, okay. Okay back to the state of the union. So lets economic in and see how hes doing. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for america our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Larry okay, all right. Well my first gut instinct on on this syeah, hes still black, so its all good. midnight is up next. Good night, everybody oh, we have to keep going. Oh okay. Of course. What else . The economy is in good shape. Okay thats a bonus. What else did the president have to say . Last month we launched a new spacecraft as part a reenjerzed Space Program and send astronauts to mars. And condemn persecution of women, minorities, or people who are gay, transsexual, gairks. Larry man, those are powerful words. Sticking up for the l. G. B. T. Wait a minute. Did you say we were going to mars . Man, thats dreaming big. That sound like the old obama. You know, all awe caishes and hopey. Weve seen the fastest Economic Growth in over a decade, our deficits cut by tothirds, a stock market that has doubled and Health Care Inflation at its lowest rate in 50 years. applause this is good news, people. laughter applause laughter . Larry wait wait. Did we just wink . Lets see that again in slow motion. cheers and applause wait, wait a second. Hold on a second. Doesnt he realize he just lost an historic election . I mean both houses by historic margins. Even his own party was deserting him. Doesnt obama know he wont be able to get anything done in his last two years . Oh he doesnt give a bleep . cheers and applause no yes no wonder hes throwing mars at us man. bleep . Why not jupiter, obama, right . Jupiters got more moves, man. Yes oh man. And its got you know some bleep going down on that right . Aint no party like a spot party because a spot party dont stop. applause unless you reverse the letters and then technically it does stop. Obama, he just doesnt care. He doesnt care what people think anymore. Look, check out the aw snap moment of the night. Okay . I have no more campaigns to run. applause my only agenda laughter i know because i won both of them. cheers and applause larry oooooooh oh man. That is amazing. Calm down, maxine waters. Youre not watching a world star video. laughter though i have to agree with you maxine, hes got his groove back. If you truly believe you can work full time and support a family on less than 15,000 a year, try it. Its not. Vote to give the hardest working people in america a raise. cheers and applause larry oh my god this is amazing. He got back his 04 oratory with six years of executive experience. This is the guy weve been waiting for finally applause someone who is not interested in polls or what people think. Someone whos just going to have a vision for something and stick to it. This is the worst part in two years his lease is up. laughter applause well, look, he may not get anything done in the next two years, but at least hell still be black. cheers and applause well be right back. And do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband . To have and to hold. For better or worse, in sickness and in health. I cant what . Lisa wait ahh god taxes are your year, only much simpler. You can handle simpler. Intuit turbotax. Its amazing what youre capable of. Sorry. Your morning could use a hand. Taco bells steak and egg a. M. Crunchwrap with a hash brown inside. A whole breakfast in one hand. Coughequence 5. The sleepless night. Sorry. Robitussin dm max nighttimes dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers fast, powerful cough relief. Robitussin. Dont suffer the coughequences. cheers and applause larry thank you. Welcome back to the show. Joining our panel tonight is the editor of the new yorker, david remnick. applause and former obama speechwriter jon lovett. applause the news anchor for the blaze, home. Amy holmes, and comedian godfrey. Okay. So, were talking about the state of obama, where he is. Now i noticed when obama when he first ran in 2008 i felt a lot of people were projecting what they wanted to see in him. I felt like the right demonized him, and the left defied him. On the right he was a devil, on the left he was a black jesus, right . David, you spent a lot of time talking to obama. Actually that does matter. We claimed him as one of our own. As you should. Up to a point. Larry but i wanted to know because you spent an enormous amount of time with obama. If you had a girl you wanted to introduce to obama now, michelle, take it easy if youre watching. Its just hypothetical. Where is this going . Larry no, youre good. How would you describe to her who obama is, like, in real simple, human terms. How would you describe him . Heres my friend barry and hes cool as a cucumber. Larry cool as a cucumber. Thats what you would say . Yes, the personality some people say is disengaged, dissident, a writers personality. Larry youre saying he might ignore you at first. In a very cool way. Larry jon, huet different experience. Writing for obama you got a little closer. You didnt have that reporter with obama smoking the nicorette version. You had the cigarette. What is your take on obama . Who is he in the secret way not the secret way but you know what i mean. The thing is, you meet politicians in d. C. Were you going to say boring . No, hes not boring. Everybodys kind of boring. No but the you know you meet people in d. C. , politicians, and they put one face out to the public and behind the scenes theyre devious lunatics and head cases and broken garbage people. laughter applause they are. Theyre that describes every politician, as far as im concerned. You know, shortsighted, venable cowardly, like, some of that. House of cards, exactly. The truth si think what david said is right. That i think one of the reasons people did project so much on to him what you see is what you get. He is as mildmannered, you know progressive democrat who has a list of its that simple. Its very simple. Larry right i get it. applause theres one part of that, that is complex and thats the part that has to do with race. He is the first African American president , and he cannot say everything that he wants to say at every given moment. When you become president , double consciousness becomes quadrupled you can only keep it about 20 real. Larry i joked about race being a factor for me. Was that a factor for you . Yeah. Since its close to black History Month thats how i talk during february. Thats how i speak. Were not even in february yet im warming up. Larry how much did it mean to you on a personal level . Was your family were they like they were because hes im nigerian, so hes a halfrican. Hes kenyan, so the africans were like that meant a lot to us. But i vote just like you, it was a black thing to me. I didnt care about policies. It was the easiest vote ever. Larry, i didnt im with you when i voted i didnt slide the curtain. I kept it open. I know. They asked me do you want privacy . No, you know why im here. Larry okay hold it, amy, i have to ask you, as a conservative, ill assume you votedded on your principles okay . Years from now, like your kids or grand kids or whatever if say they, grandma, what was it like voting for the first black president . And you didnt, would you feel like applause what would you say . Youre asking me if hypothetically i did not vote for barack obama. Larry you did not. I would tell them 2008 was a transformative moment for america that i was really proud of actually. Half of my family voted for obama, and half didnt. But we all felt that it was it was a moment it was a moment that i think so a lot of americans were proud of, whom ever they voted for, in the hopes it was going to move our country forward. But get back to your question about who is president obama . He himself has said hes a rohrshach test, that People Project their hopes, their dreams their angers, their resentments on to obama. Im sorry, what you see is not what you get. He campaignedaise centrist pragmatist, not as a leftleaning progressives and i think that surprised a lot of american voters. I think he campaigned as somebody who gives great speeches, to be honest with you. Thats right. applause . Obama was like yeah this, yeah this. Oh hey, hillary follow this. When people now, you get a lot of criticism of obama right now because now we have some information, you know. Hes done some things. We have some information. It has been six years. Larry we have some information right. We have data right. But it seems to me the criticism from the right they always used the word incompetent. That bugged me a little bit. Well, you didnt make a mistake but incompetent. I could be wrong about this but that feels like it has a tinge of racism. A tinge . Its racist period. Like i said, its all to me looking at it from, im not all politically savvy like you guys. I dont care. Its all about about black to me. I dont give a damn. The only reason i watch the speeches is because its a black dude talking. I even watched it at starbucks on purpose to tell everybody to shut up and drink your lattes. You know what i mean . Larry david, david, from your perspective as a reporter, do you sense that out there or is that just bull bleep . That people think hes incompetent . Larry no, that the criticism of incompetent has racism attached to it. I think is there some racism involved in the critique of obama with some people . Yeah. You bet there is. Most but do i think its across the board . No. That would be insulting to people who have critical minds that would be insulting to actual racists david. Hey hey hey. You get your own hate. I got mine. The idea that president obama hasnt been exactly what he said he would do i mean, theres nothing about the previous six years that should be a surprise to anybody. What has been a surprise. There was a story that he came into the oval office with a list of all the things he wanted to do after 2012, and his own Campaign Adviser said we cant say that. Youre not going to get reelected if you campaign on what you truly want to get done. First of all, you can say that a couple of things whatever. There are examples obama even said it i won twice, man larry well be right back, well be right back with keep it 100. When you feel good no one is immune. With antioxidants, electrolytes, and b vitamins plus more vitamin c than ten oranges. Emergenc transforms more than just water. Emergenc. Let your awesome out. [ male announcer ] 5 gum. Choose your experience. Choose your flavor. [ humming ] a tingling spearmint. [ ice crackling ] a cooling peppermint. 5 gum. Stimulate your senses. cheers and applause larry another now its time for a segment we like to call keep it 100. Keep it 100 means you have to tell the absolute truth. Were going to start with jon. All right, jon. Im not expecting you to tell me what this is, okay but do you know manage about obama that you cant tell us because it would damage his reputation . Oooh yeah larry you think about this too long youre not keeping it 100. I wish i did because it would make me look better. You know what no . Dont boo me. I wish i knew. I dont care. Honestly, fiknew i would tell you. Im a comedy writer now. I dont care. I dont, i dont. I mean what . You know what . Thats fine, thats fine. Terrific. Larry he may be contingent the truth. David remnick. I dont want the tea. Larry just keep it 100, thats all you have to do. Or you can also keep it 100. In all your interviews with obama, okay, did you ever have a moment where you thought this guys an bleep . Yes okay keep it 100. Keep it 100 keep it 100 cheers and applause . When he told me about isis, just because you have a laker jersey doesnt mean youre kobe bryant. I wouldnt say that was a bleep moment but disingenuous to the highest degree. Larry i would love you if you told me at that moment you thought he was a bleep . Thats how it works, my friend. Thats how it works. laughter larry okay amy last night, no republicans stood up for equal pay for women last night okay. Now lets imagine youre sitting there at the state of the union, right on camera, like boehner, thats where youre sitting. Behind the president. Larry exactly wherever, youre on camera. As a woman would you youre a republican okay as a woman, do you stand up . No. Larry thees keeping it 100. Thats keeping it a hundred. The audience is supposed to cheer for me being honest. They did. They did. applause well theyre noscheering for your position. Larry here we go, youre on your way to vote in 2008. Remember how happy you were, you walk bot booth and you see barack obama killing somebody, okay. This is your guy. Yeah. Larry im voting for the brother. Oh, bleep . You see him killing somebody in a dark alley. I dont know the circumstances. Maybe he was justified. But, do you vote for the murderer or the white guy . The murderer. cheers and applause i dont care how it happens. Hes black and i want him to win. Were all about that. 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For a limited time carry out a large two topping pizza with the 7. 99 flavored up favorites deal. The flavor of now menu only at pizza hut. cheers and applause larry okay, thats all thank you. Thats all the time we have for tonight. I want to thank our panelists david remnick, jon lovett amy holmes, and godfrey. Thank you guys. Finally last night i asked you to help me keep it 100 on twitter and you did. The questions have poured in. Remember i dont get a chance to see this question until right now. Okay, all right. Give meet question. Okay, tonights question comes from jellykidlives. Do you think someone else would have made a better first black president . Uh um. I was going to say jesse but thats a different black president. No. I think barack obama is the perfect first black president. I do. cheers and applause i do. Okay. Kept it 100. That was easy. Hey, you guys have to give me some harder ones. That was too easy. Tomorrow night were going to be talking about cube a, so ask me your best keep it 100 question about cuba and dont forget the hashtag. Until then, good night everybody. cheers and applause captioning sponsored by Comedy Central captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org captioning sponsored by Comedy Central its 11 59 and 59 seconds this happened on youtube today. I have no more campaigns to run. My only agenda i know cuz i won both of them. That is president obama going off script a little bit to address some hecklers in the state of the union to deliver the sic executive burn that lit up social media and was best summed up on vine by funny or die. I know cuz i won both of them