Fox contributor Judy Miller calls investigation of Russian hacking Obama's tar baby gift to Trump

[Miles Archer]

Fox contributor Judy Miller calls investigation of Russian hacking Obama’s ‘tar baby’ gift to Trump

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/fox-contributor-judy-miller-calls-investigation-of-russian-hacking-obamas-tar-baby-gift-to-trump/



In a discussion about the investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 election, former New York Times writer Judith Miller warned against Trump involving himself in the mess, saying it could be a “tar baby” for his nascent administration.

“As Sen. McCain said, it’s pretty clear that the Russians did something,” said Miller. “And it’s pretty clear — according to 17 U.S intelligence agencies — what what they did helped Donald Trump.”

As much as Trump might want all discussion of the matter to cease, she continued, “it’s not going away.”

“Pres. Obama isn’t going to let it go away because his full intelligence review guarantees that this tar baby is going to be delivered to Mr. Trump as a ‘welcome’ present to the White House before inauguration on Jan. 20,” she said.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Amazing how a questionable so called Reporter

is speaking ill of a Fox News Promoted Candidate. Something is amiss.

[rzemanfl]

3. Amazing she'd say "tar baby." Wasn't there a big stink about using that

Uncle Remus line some years back?

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Miller has zero

credibility after Libby and Cheney made a fool out of her.

[MFM008]

11. Thank you!!!

.......

[jberryhill]

2. Cue the distractive discussion of the things that "tar baby" means to different people

While actually originating in an African folk tale involving a sticky trap, the phrase "tar baby" has fallen into the basket with "niggardly" in the Jeopardy category of "Words people don't know the meanings or origins of".

In the last go-round of this one, the general outcome was that it appeared to be a regional thing.

[rzemanfl]

7. This one?

http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/01/congressman-calls-obama-a-tar-baby/

[Drahthaardogs]

15. In the story it was not just a sticky situation

But a trap laid for the rabbit.

I did not know it had become a racial slur.

[jberryhill]

17. "I did not know it had become a racial slur."

It comes as a surprise to a lot of folks, particularly given its origin in West African folklore, which was the source of the "Uncle Remus" stories brought to the US and handed down among slaves.

Given its usefulness as a reference to its original meaning, it is something of a land mine among speakers who are unaware of how it is perceived by those who are more familiar with a later meaning that was applied to it.

The first time I became aware of its use as a slur was in this SNL sketch with Chevy Chase and and Richard Pryor exchanging epithets:

https://m.

[uponit7771]

20. +1

[Xipe Totec]

4. Poor choice of words, to be magnanimous. nt

[deminks]

5. Judy, Judy, Judy

Trumps mention of the WMD's in Iraq got you all excited, I know.

[lpbk2713]

8. That's really reaching for an analogy.

But then ... it's Faux and she's playing to the crowd.

[mercuryblues]

9. Wow

She really likes those fleas. Outed Valerie Plame and gave the heads up to the Holy Land Foundation that they were about to be searched. Now she uses known racial smears to support the traitor.

Just another true Ameriklan.

[hatrack]

10. Oh, yeah, THAT Judy Miller!

The tool, the liar, the piece of shit.

[tenderfoot]

12. The queen of fake news says what?

eom

[marylandblue]

13. Let's not shoot the messenger even if she deserves to be shot

She has a point.

[FarCenter]

14. I'm convinced - it wasn't a pimply-faced kid in a basement in New Jersey. He was in Tiraspol.

It sounds so much better to claim that you were hacked by elite Russian cyber forces than by some out-of-work computer geeks in the Balkans.

But how hard is it to send Podesta a phishing email and get him to click a link to a fake Gmail page that asks him to reset his password?

[marylandblue]

16. hillaryclinton.com seems like the only server that WASN'T hacked

[BeyondGeography]

18. Oh for the love of Ahmed Chalabi

[WhiteTara]

19. There she is again.

I guess the aspens didn't quake enough and she wants to get in on the next war too. I look for her to be adding her two cents to the discussion and helping to foment another war.