Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's Baby Mama"

[Limelight]

Source: Salon.com

un. 12, 2008 | An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about something he'd spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described the former as "Obama's baby mama."

I checked, and sure enough, as you can see below, our e-mailer was right. In fact, that description was displayed on screen several times during the segment, which featured anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, an FNC contributor.



Read more: http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/11/fox_obama/print.html

---

Sons of bitches. Could this be any more blatantly bigoted and racist? A "Baby Mama" is someone that has a child outside of a committed relationship. How long have the Obamas been MARRIED? And for anyone who wants to dismiss this, do you really think they'd ever call Cindy "McCain's Baby Mama"?

Un-F*cking-belieable.

[LordJFT]

1. Fox should be sued for libel, they're becoming more and more outrageous ever day

[katerinasmommy]

131. Joe Scarborough Mentioned It This Morning

And roundly criticized it, saying the person responsible should be fired by the end of the day. Every once in awhile, he surprises you.

[knight_of_the_star]

255. Demonstration of reichwing CYA

Ultimately they care about themselves first before anything else, Scarborough knows if he stood with it he might be next on the chopping block.

[axollot]

147. not libel, but slander - it is rather slanderous. n/t

[harun]

155. The stuff they have pulled over the last week is even outrageous for batsh*t crazy fox news (n/t)

[SemperEadem]

216. they'd have to prove actual malice

because the Obamas are public figures... and fux can always say "we were just joking... like we joke about everything else repugnant that we put on the air and get our nipps caught in the wringer over".

I hope Olberman calls them on this isht tonight.

If they want to play like that, then perhaps it's time to write the companies which bought ad time on that show and tell them that their company and products are now personna non grata.

[ElboRuum]

229. The argument...

It's Fox News, your honor. They've built an entire network on malice.

[MadMaddie]

244. They have been waiting to pull out the demaning racist card...

and they have done it....they are pathetic.

[slm425]

264. Tired of Michelle-bashing

I agree. Fox is out of control. I ran across a wonderful article that made me feel vindicated, and these articles seem few and far between. http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-2567-the-trashing-of-michelle.html. For anyone who wants to read something eloquent that addresses the "baby mama" and the "terrorist fist jab" for the ludicrousness (is that a word?) that it is.

[rpannier]

2. Fox news, they Chinese Government of news services.

They will make any outrageous claim, do anything so repugnant and then blame some low or mid-level flunkie for the mess. Claim he/she has been dealt with and move on.

[liberal N proud]

54. That is how propaganda works

And it just get worse until the people finally overthrow the system.

Glad I deleted FAUX channel off all my Televisions, I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to that trash. They are smarter than that anyway.

[SOS]

166. They've studied the art. no question

"Propaganda must facilitate the displacement of aggression by specifying the targets for hatred."

-Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister, from "Principles of Propaganda"

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Par for the course for FAUX, though, eh? They have _no_ shame

[my2sense]

4. This is unbelievable even for Faux

Here's the contact info:

Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

[Bennyboy]

17. I just sent an email......

everyone should.

[Kber]

74. Thanks for the link

Dear fox “news”,

Michelle Obama is Senator Obama’s WIFE. To refer to her as his Baby Mama as you did in the link below is incredibly insulting, misleading and demeaning. If it had come out of my 11 year old son’s mouth, I’d have washed it out with soap.

You need to apologize to the Senator and his family (again) or lose whatever shred of credibility you have left.

Sincerely,

Kristin
Image

[katerinasmommy]

215. You sure they still have some? n/t

[primavera]

253. I was going to say...

... if Faux News cared at all about intgrity, they wouldn't be Faux News.

[distantearlywarning]

81. Thanks. I just sent an email of my own. n/t

[TexasLady]

Here's mine

I just woke up, and wasn't in the mood to parse my words..

I know! Let's talk about a terrorist Fist Bump from Obama's Baby Mama!!! That ought to seal your stupidity on the filth your network spews. Thanks to the internet, I didn't have to tune your crap in on my television. And trust me, even the most conservative conservatives in my family tune you twits out. Way to make your 'news' channel look more like 'The Globe".

A new record low set by Fox; I didn't think it was possible.

[w8liftinglady]

138. my email

Dear Fox News:
I recently saw a news segment on your network while I was getting my oil changed.In it,you referred to Michelle Obama as Barack's "Baby Momma".Your racist tone in that remark was HIGHLY offense.Barack and Michelle have been happily married for years and have two beautiful children that were conceived in wedlock.How offensive.Are you going to refer to Cindy McCain as the whore who dated John while he was still married to his first wife(who was crippled by a car accident while he was a POW)?I didn't think so.I will be writing your sponsors next.How Un-American...you rival Joseph Goebbels when it comes to hate speech and propaganda.

[mnhtnbb]

141. Ouch! That's great.

[lisainmilo]

143. That is outstanding....Great job! n/t

[w8liftinglady]

149. thanks-I wanted to make sure they new I wouldn't ordinarly watch their network

[Dollface]

158. Not to be picky but John is the whore, being that he's in it for the money while Cindy is merely a

slut. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) They are both, however, adulterers. Basic Republican values at work.

That being said, I like your email. I think I may CC the cable provider.

[w8liftinglady]

162. lol...my bad!

[Pyrzqxgl]

218. Also John's The Guy with the shit eating phony smile.

I ain't his friend.

[Dollface]

227. Kind of reminds me of Rev. Henry Kane in Poltergeist 2 (played by Julian Beck)

He was power hungry and wanted to control the souls of his followers.

[CottonBear]

177. Excellent! n/t

[peacebird]

245. Bravo! May I please paraphrase you in my letter?

[beac]

191. I called and left a message on their "complaint" voice mail.

I could barely get the words out because I was shaking with anger.

[beac]

198. And don't forget to call your local affiliate!

You can make a greater impact by putting the heat on your local station and calling LOCAL Fox advertisers to alert them to what their ad dollars are putting on the air.

[beac]

199. Oh, and by the way, when I called my

local Fox station, they tried to distance themsleves by claiming they are "just an affiliate" and that the slur was on the CABLE channel.

Oh... OK... You are just buying programming from racists, but your not racists yourselves.... good to know!

:puke:

[my2sense]

201. Great Point!

[DaveJ]

246. 1st time I ever wrote a network, thanks!

Totally unbelievable. Racism has no place in the U.S.

[Political Tiger]

5. Outrageous!

Pure, absolute bigotry. Would they ever call Cindy McCain "McCAIN'S BABY MAMA" I think we all know the answer to that!

[Ken Burch]

36. Wasn't McCain way too old to father kids by the time he and Cindy hooked up?

n/t.

[Alcibiades]

86. No

I think they had kids together. I think they hooked up around 1980. A man can father children on his deathbed--whether he should, of course, is a good question.

[Ken Burch]

126. And that would start a new genre of porn that you'd think nobody wanted to see

yet somebody probably does.

:puke:

I do realize that men can father kids when they're insanely old(look at Strom Thurmond-on second thought, don't actually LOOK at him, just...well y'know what I mean...)

[Afrodite21]

148. "FAUX NEWS ONCE AGAIN PROVING WHY THEY ARE THE SKID MARKS ON THE UNDERPANTS OF SOCIETY"

So what should they call McCain's Wife?

"John's Med addicted, charity stealin, plastic surgery addicted trollop?" (McCain called Cindy a trollop his damn self)


This is really crazy considering how long the Obama's have been married...
and even more ridiculous when you think about the horror that is McCain's marriage...everything from the way it started to the fact the he called her the "c" word in public.


I also wanted you all to read a letter (that i saw over at jackandjillpolitics.com) to the supposed "Pro- feminist Hillary supporters. Meaning those who are threatening to vote for Mcsame in Nov. over Barack. It's from Tim Wise, one of my favorite political/social activist and writers.

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/06/tim-wise-stirring-pot.html

[AspenRose]

Welcome

Tim Wise has a fan following here :hi:

[rebel with a cause]

165. the article is great and if I could

I would give your post a recommendation. :thumbsup:

[Raineyb]

207. Read the article a few days ago.

It was indeed an excellent piece. Unfortunately, it's too hot for some folks to handle.

Regards

[populistdriven]

6. This is unimagnably cheap and racist. FUCK FOX NEWS.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. You know what this demonstrates?

Obama is scaring the living shit out of these handjobs.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. WHAT DICKHEADS

[KingOfLostSouls]

9. is that michelle malkin??

did they give her a job back after firing her for stalking 12 year old graeme frost?

[pnorman]

45. Graeme Frost ??? I had almost forgotten that "incident"!

Here's the story:

Graeme Frost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Frost
and
The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1670210,00.html
and
Sliming Graeme Frost: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=3&oref=slogin
and: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=3&oref=slogin
Graeme Frost: What Would You Do If This Was Snooping Around Your House? (Updated): http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/09/graeme-foster-what-would-you-do-if-this-was-snooping-around-your-house/

For "balance", here's from the original slime-attack: http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/08/graeme-frost-and-the-perils-of-democrat-poster-child-abuse/

Thanks for remind us all how SCUMMY those right Wing Talking Rectums can be! But fortunately,we now have a Candidate (and "presumptive" First Lady) who will cram such shit down the throat of the first CREEP who tries that!

pnorman

[KingOfLostSouls]

90. I hadn't forgot

I thought that was one of the slimeliest possible things republicans have pulled yet.

stalking a 12 year old kid. anytime conservatives bring up family values, at least democrats aren't a party full of child stalkers like michelle malkin or pedophiles like mark foley.

[pnorman]

105. Agreed, but my memory for names isn't what it used to be.

That's why I had to Google (and perhaps spare others the nauseating search).

And to put to good use an old stereotypical epithet: "That UPPITY Presidential Candidate as well as his equally UPPITY presumptive First Lady, will cram that shit down the first Malkin-wannabe who tries to get cute!"

pnorman

[bitchkitty]

144. Right Wing Talking Rectums -

This brought to mind an old animated GIF that I've kept all these years:



I think it illustrates your RWTR phrase nicely!

[pnorman]

176. THANKS for that .GIF!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

As far as I know, it's a pnorman original. And I've been using that phrase at regular intervals, for the past 10 years or so. But now thanks to you, I have the perfect illustration to accompany it! Once again, THANKS!

pnorman

[bitchkitty]

179. I don't remember where I got it or from whom,

but it was around the same time that Robert Dente (God love him) made this little gem:



Share the love! ;)

[Pyrzqxgl]

221. Now if someone could animate McCain's smile onto that ass it'd be perfect!

[caseycoon]

239. Are we allowed to have pics of republicans on here?

:rofl:
Priceless!
:D

[Afrodite21]

150. She wish she was white so badly...

She does shuff like this...not even realizing to any red neck racist...any person of color is one and the same. The sadest part is that she's from Philly, went to Oberlin (one of the most liberal schools in the US) and is a token over at Faux...

[Wednesdays]

232. Oberlin is that liberal?

I take it you attended, then.

[defendandprotect]

10. Anyone bothering to protest to FAUX news ???

I looked for a "contact" and couldn't see one --- ???

[riverwalker]

122. contact info here

Fox News Channel
1211 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

[jgraz]

11. Am I the only one who hopes they keep this up?

This, along with their "terrorist fist-jab" insanity is just making them look like total racist Rethug shills. Even the so-called "moderate" Faux fans are being turned off.

Just keep it coming... within a few years the Faux audience will consist of three guys in a VFW hall in Boise.

[Alcibiades]

87. They should bring it on

They are making the old Soviet news apparatus look credible in comparison. The naked propaganda is great--I worry about the more sphisticated propaganda.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

112. I just had to hear some right winger say yesterday.....

...."It still doesn't make up for the fact the LIBRULS own every other news outlet!"

Asshole.

[BearSquirrel2]

163. No, just snowballed ...

During the 90s, the news networks owned and operated by conservatives were falling over each other people how liberal they are.

Yes, the owners and editors are all conservatives. They're the people who control the media outlet. But more worker bee reporters voted for Clinton, therefore the media must be liberal. If you believe this, how can you possibly convince someone to the contrary.

[w8liftinglady]

140. as long as there continues to be an outraged outcry...and not indoctrination

[Swagman]

142. no-I agree. It won't change the brainless but must make some sick

to their stomachs. I'd rather they kept up this gutter rubbish as it will eventually turn people off..others who say far more sophisticated propoganda is more dangerous, are right.

even so-it's stomach churning !

[noiretextatique]

213. i hope they keep it up too

shows their true colors :thumbsup: smacks of desperation :thumbsup:

[Iwillnevergiveup]

12. It's probably safe to assume

this characterization offended even some of Fox's steady viewers. It's that over the top.

:grr:

[chill_wind]

29. Agree. And wonder of wonders-- E.D. Hill actually lost her show

for the "terrorist fist jab" lunacy.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/328475

[beac]

37. Good! Sadly, it looks like she's being replaced by Laura Ingraham.

Anyone want to take bets on how many milliseconds she'll be on air before saying something equally offensive, if not more so? She'll probably show up for her first broadcast in a hood.

Fox makes me :puke: .

[mwb970]

62. Ingraham's voice is the worst of all of them.

How in the world did this shrill, strident piece of crap get a radio show with that awful voice? It sets my teeth on edge just to listen to her. So I don't! Like many other right-wing wackos, Ingraham is simply not allowed on my radio or TV screen.

[peacetalksforall]

77. She is totally predictable - so noone misses anything by not watching or listening.

[mwb970]

222. A lot of them are like that! /nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. They also actively promoted the Iraq war, so this the kind of shit

we have come to expect.

[jeff30997]

14. I'm starting to believe that...

If someone wants to work for Fox they have to go through a mandatory lobotomy.

[Plaid Adder]

15. It's just going to make it that much sweeter

when the jerks in the production room have to try to come up with some equally embarrassing way to avoid referring to her as 'the first lady.'

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[yurbud]

16. yep. success is the best revenge--but stripping Rupert Murdoch of a big chunk of his

American holdings would be a very close second.

[chill_wind]

21. So true! And I dream of that day when a Dem controlled government

might be able to turn their legislative guns on this garbage by instituting major media reform.

[Pyrzqxgl]

223. Bring back THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE & equal time rules for sure.

[Hissyspit]

18. Fox News is filth.

[Sodbuster]

19. They wouldn't but I believe they could call her the woman he was screwing

before he dumped his previous wife. If I remember correctly his former wife had an accident while he was in Viet Nam and when he returned, she didn't look like she did before he left. They stayed together for a while but he dumped for his current wife who he married shortly after the divorce was final.
So much for "Family Values".

Here is a link with more info
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/john-mccains-first-wife-s_n_106021.html

[Epiphany4z]

52. gee I can't help but

wonder if they will make a big deal about McCain marring up..like they did Kerry in 2004.

[lisa58]

64. I am soooo glad Huffington Post picked that up...

...now I expect it to hit the cable shows and from there - who knows.

[rebel with a cause]

175. OH NO!!

The cable news can't do that. mccain is a war hero, you can't say anything negative about him. Didn't you hear about his time in the Vietnam prison camp. Don't you know he served and.........:sarcasm: Morning Joe this morning going off on the Obama camp for pointing out mccain's confusion about the Iraq war. How dare they say anything about this man. On and on until I changed the channel. and to give the devil his dues, Harold Ford Jr. was doing his best to defend the Democrats. (I know, I don't like him much either.)

[connecticut yankee]

65. "They" ought to circulate this story

Huffington's a good start.

If McCain was a Dem, this would be circulated far and wide by the Repuke slime machine.

[happygoluckytoyou]

76. you know those republicans... dump the short broad with the limp... else what would the guys say

[Alcibiades]

88. He married Cindy a month after his divorce

So I'm sure there was some overlap.

[tblue37]

91. Not just that--but he publicly chased Cindy all over the country while

courting her--while still married to his wife.

[Patchuli]

170. Yeah, McSame waited a month

to marry his trophy wife. Nice guy...

[raystorm7]

20. FOX News will forever fail at being up to date =/

[Frisbee]

22. When I was a little boy...

...my grandma told me I should never say I hate someone. With all due respect, grammy, you were wrong. I hate the sons of bitches at Faux as well as the whole damn * administration. Hate 'em, hate 'em, hate 'em! They are all scum, and worthy of hatred. And since grammy idolizes FDR, even though she's pretty much out of it these days, I'm guessing she'd feel the same way if she was aware of all of the crap going on.

[superconnected]

23. Republicans hate blacks. Thats what the racial slur is about.

[rebel with a cause]

178. I wouldn't say they hated them.

They like them when they can use them for their own purposes. :puke: The truth is that they don't respect them or any other minority group. They also don't respect poor whites or any one that is not a member of the true elite. Republicans are a group of elitest as far as wealth is concerned, who stage speechs with rolls of poor white people used for background with a sprinkling of minorities in the crowd to point the cameras at in an attempt to show diversity. Look at any of their rallies. :grr:

[Dangerously Amused]

24. Absolutely revolting.

[Psyop Samurai]

25. I thought I had seen it all... but that is jaw-dropping.

Murderous, filthy, disgusting pig liars.

Enemies of humanity.

[bliss_eternal]

26. I don't understand...

...why anyone is surprised. It's hardly the first bigoted, sexist or insensitive statement made by that network--and I sincerely doubt it will be the last.

Fox seems to exist to appeal to the intolerant. :shrug:

[Name removed]

27. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Divine Discontent]

28. Time for libel! they are utter filth and the dirtiest type of do-anything-for-power-&-money scum!

McCain's Baby Mama - exactly - they'd NEVER say that...

I want them investigated for not giving the Obama campaign EQUAL TIME for commercials for their attacks on him, on the behalf of the Repuglican John McSame...


NEW OBAMA ITEMS WEEKLY!
www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[6000eliot]

30. Look for Fox to feature all of the racism that the McCain camp can't.

[LibDemAlways]

33. I think by the time fall rolls around McCain will be

blatently playing the race card. It's all he has. Expect a bunch of Willie Horton type (blacks are scary) ads. I don't think anything is too low or vile for a repuke campaign.

And expect to never see the daughter McCain adopted from Bangladesh. No way will his handlers let her anywhere near a camera. Only blondes need be present.

[Divine Discontent]

31. write the FCC

http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

not sure if it will do anything, but it's worth a try.

calling his wife baby mama is so gutterish, that even I'm a bit taken aback by their actions - because it's PLANNED, it's not like that shrill Fox woman saying Obama instead of Osama like she "meant" to say on there regarding assassination, this was a graphic they kept putting up.

[beac]

38. Exactly!

Someone wrote it, another person approved it, a third typed that phrase in, yet another cued it up, the anchors read it--- and NOT ONE of them along the way said "Hey, wait a minute..."

Sickening.

[reggie the dog]

55. not fox, LIBERALS

it is not FOX who said baby momma, according to Fox it was the LIBERALS who said to leave Obama's baby momma alone. See the LIBERALS are the racists and fox is just reporting it......

[beac]

189. Ah yes, those pesky lib'ruls...

always tossing out the racist remarks and forcing the good people of FOX to shame themselves by reporting it.

Good grief, they really have NO shame, do they?

[nuxvomica]

84. Next year, when Obama's busy rolling back Bushworld...

There should be a grassroots effort to get Fox's broadcast network license pulled. That's easier to do than directly attacking the cable network cuz the FCC has more oversight with the broadcast side. No need to worry about The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, House, etc. They'll find a home.

[LibDemAlways]

32. One thing you have to admit about FAUX:

they certainly know (and pander to) their audience - the creeps who'll vote McCain for no other reason than he's the white guy.

[beac]

40. Fox's new slogan: Fair and BLANCHED.

[LibDemAlways]

114. You've nailed it. n/t

[Pyrzqxgl]

225. Or is that Bleached?

[orleans]

34. oh, flox--they're soooo funny..

assholes!

[chknltl]

35. Hooray for Faux Noise!

HOLD THE FLAMES fer a second...there is a reason I gave them that hooray:
I heard on the radio today that the WORST possible thing the republican media could do would be to go after Michelle Obama. If they did, it would be an incredibly stupid thing for them to do politically! The person who made this statement was a Washington insider talking to Ed Shultz. He claimed that if the republican media, (rush, hannity, medved, o-liely, faux noise and etc.), went after Michelle Obama it would actually anger women voters and likely bring in quite a few more votes to Senator Obama's camp.

I think that this person may be right. We can see what a strong woman Michelle Obama is, she won't be too bothered I suspect, by the racist blatherings of these asshats...I suspect she and her husband will be smiling all the way to the White House.-(a thought which now has me smiling!) I think that America is starting to see the repuke media as the propaganda spewers that they truly are. I think it may benefit us all in the long run when We The People get to see the right wing screamers blatantly spewing such obvious filth. Let the Nazi's hoist themselves on their own petard publically. I ain't sayin we shouldn't take action against them when they do this, (call yer congressmen!), but I am pointing out that these storm clouds may indeed have a silver lining.

On a sorta' related note:
Did anyone notice how Bill O'liely made it atop Kieth Olberman's 'BEST Person in the World' list the other night? Because of O'liely's rants about Olberman and MSNBC, Countdown with K.O.'s ratings have recently edged out the Oliely's own ratings. That bit of irony was not lost on Olberman, which was why O'liely got the dubious accolade.

[Window]

69. Please send this to Keith.

[defendandprotect]

186. Yes -- this would be a great story for KO to do . . . get their hatred out in the sunlight ---

[Skittles]

39. disgusting and demeaning

completely unacceptable

[Quantess]

41. Racist beyond belief.

As though, a Black/ African American couple with children couldn't ever conceivably be faithful, whose children have matching DNA.

[oyvind]

42. Sheesh, FOX hits a new low. Again! (eom)

[hokies4ever]

43. They might as well close up shop when Obama is elected

because Fixed Noise won't be getting any White House access. Every week it's a new smear. This week, 'baby mama'. Last week was the 'terrorist fist jab'. Oh Lordy, what does the good news network have in store for us next week. :eyes:

[rebel with a cause]

181. What will they "have in store for us next week"?

I know but can't say because I don't want to give them any ideas in case they haven't came up with it yet. :rofl:

[lostnfound]

44. Michelle Malkin: sleepwalking through the 17th century.

Same old scum at FOX reach new low.

[The Wizard]

46. Pox (deliberate typo) News

the propaganda arm of the vomit bag of American politics, the Republican Party. Scumbags, douche bags, hose bags and general low life get their brains washed by the likes of Pox News.
These fuckers could use a dump truck full of animal waste dropped at the front door of their headquarters. Some folks just need a good beating.

[Pyrzqxgl]

226. Send A Cowpie To Fox!

Just pack a hot steaming one in a shoebox & send it to them. They know what to do with bullshit.

[rambler_american]

47. C'mon!

That was a typo.
Just like calling Obama "Osama."
They meant to say "Osama's Bitch, Yo."

[Vinca]

48. Sometimes you think Fox can't sink any lower and then . . .

they exceed our expectations.

[Nay]

49. Not only is it racist, it is written in such a way as to suggest that LIBERALS

said it that way! Honestly, I never watch network news (and I have NEVER seen Fux News) and this is why. Unbelievable. I would never have thought that in my lifetime I would have seen such gross dereliction of duty and such disgusting shit as this.

[lynnertic]

50. They've got to get their ratings one way or another,and you people keep

watching them and sending more folks over to their channel.

For the love of God and Country, TURN IT OFF.

[tblue37]

95. Every single person on this board could watch FOX all day long and never impact their

ratings. Ratings are counted by way of those who have a Nielson box in their home. Unless the DU folks watching FOX are doing so with a Nielson box attached to their TV, they are not doing anything to help FOX's ratings.

We do need to keep track of what the enemy is doing, so we can counter it as much as possible. I personally could never bear to watch FOX news, but I am grateful for those who subject themselves to it in order to alert us to outrages like this one so we can make suitable noise about it.

One reason the Republicans have had so much success in changing the public perception and mood is that they watch everything that one of our people says and scream as loudly as possible when it doesn't please them. We have to make it as hot for media mouthpieces as they do, or else the media mouths will always obey their demands, not ours.

[lynnertic]

200. You don't think Cable and Dish companies monitor TV use?

[skip fox]

51. Only the beginning.

Yeserday the excuse for attacking her was to discuss how attacks on her personally will hurt the attackers.

Therefore it was, in Faux's "mind," a legit story and they could trot out all the attacks and say how midguided such tactics are. Then they get their viewers to see the attack HILE they're saying how bad they are. They are clean. Journalist. "We distort, you decide."

[Zachstar]

53. Fuck Fox News!

Looking forward to the lawsuit.

[KG]

56. not surprising, you had to know the right was going to openly show what racist fucks they truly are.

[distantearlywarning]

57. Wow. That's a new low, even for Faux News.

She's not his "baby mama", she's his WIFE.

:grr:

[TransitJohn]

58. Defamation of character.

Sue their ass.

[Robb]

92. It clearly hits the libel mark

Which in this country means there was intent to damage character. The best libel defense is the truth, but I don't see how that could possibly apply here. :shrug:

[lisa58]

59. Assholes - I hope this is the year that...

...the RW echo chamber IMPLODES!

[groovedaddy]

60. Why would they change now? This right wing propaganda machine

is doing exactly what its supposed to do: disparage Democrats and anyone else who stands up to challenge the Fascist agenda. We've known for years what FOX was about and this is not really a shocker. Sue the shit out of them.

[pwb]

61. Well this makes home wrecker Cindy McCain fair game..

She did know that john was married.

[happygoluckytoyou]

63. LET'S TALK MCCAIN AND MARRIAGE....

if i remember correctly (and i do) John "THE BUSH REPUBLICAN" McCain left his first wife after she was in an accident which left her in pain, going through several operations which left her 4 inches shorter, plumper from lack of exercise during that time period, and of course older....

he traded HER in for the newer, cuter, WEALTHIER, beer bitch he has now... you know the one... the one who won't disclose her taxes for the past several years "for the sake of the children".... and YET would be the next FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

............SORRY GOP.........When it comes to family values........CERTAINLY FOR 2008........
YOU GUYS SUCK SO GOOD I bet you can suck a golf ball through a garden hose"

and for the record..... to those who live in glass houses... YES WE ARE KEEPING SCORE.....

Republican presidential campaign official Matthew Joseph Elliott was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.
Republican Party Chairman Donald Fleischman was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.
Republican prosecutor John David Roy Atchison was arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an “assistant U.S. attorney” appointed by President Bush’s attorney general.
Republican city councilman John Bryan killed himself after police began investigating allegations that he had molested three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15.
Republican legislator Ted Klaudt was charged with raping girls under the age of 16.
Republican city councilman Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls.
Republican congressional aide Jeffrey Nielsen was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.
Republican County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.
Republican prosecutor Larry Corrigan was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.
Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced to 275 days in jail for molesting two boys — ages ten and 12 — during a six-year period.
Republican County Board Candidate Brent Schepp was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.
Republican Congressman Mark Foley abruptly resigned from Congress after “sexually explicit” emails surfaced showing him flirting with a 16-year old boy.
Republican executive Randall Casseday of the conservative Washington Times newspaper pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.
Republican chairman of the Oregon Christian Coalition Lou Beres confessed to molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican petition drive manager Tom Randall pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 14, one of them the daughter of an associate in the petition business.
Republican County Chairman Armando Tebano pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor Tom Adams was arrested for distributing child pornography over the internet.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtin was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting two 8-year old girls, one of whom appeared in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Republican fundraiser Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican campaign chairman Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child and was arrested again five years later on the same charge.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced prison after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican legislator Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican campaign worker, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend Steve Aiken was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency. See excerpt of one prisoner’s report here and his full report here.

[lisa58]

67. wow - impressive list

[happygoluckytoyou]

75. THANKS.... easier than collecting Presidential Dollars lol

[reclinerhead]

113. Seriously!

The GOP should issue some collector plates or something to help raise some of that missing money that keeps getting stolen from their coffers.

I'd buy the set!

[BrklynLib at work]

70. and let's not overlook the "family values" of such multi-married repukes as Giuliani, Newt Ginrich,

Bob Barr, Bob Dole, Rep. Hyde..and others..who never bothered to end their marriages before embarking on affairs with other women.
The list of repuke hypocrites is miles long.

[LibDemAlways]

123. Wow, that's some list....and quite restrained.

You limited yourself to repukes who molested children. You didn't even mention the likes of hypocrites like Sen. Larry "Let's play footsie" Craig and Sen. David "How much do I owe you?" Vitter - both of whom were not hounded out by their leadership and the media as a Dem in their shoes would have been. Disgusting.

[DailyGrind51]

66. "We" know what FOX is

and they are doing us a favor by proving it each time they broadcast this bile.

[KeepItReal]

68. Willfull, blatant, and premeditated SLANDER.

And this is only June.

This "news network" is not, has not, and never will be watched in my house.

[iamahaingttta]

71. I didn't realize that...

"A 'Baby Mama' is someone that has a child outside of a committed relationship."

When I first saw that I thought it was kinda cute, if not more than a little dumb. I wondered what the outrage was about. I had never heard that definition before. Frankly, I had never heard that phrase before. OK, so now I get it.

I have a feeling that whoever said it/phrased it for the video crawler had never heard that definition either. It might just be dumb, not nefarious. Although it's Fox, so it's probably both.

[tblue37]

99. The main point, I think, is to remind the typical FOX viewer that

the Obamas are (gasp!) Black.

[Mike Daniels]

104. Yet most people are probably familiar with the term through the recent movie

which featured on two white women.

I've heard the term used in reference to Brittney Spears and K. Fed, Nicole Richie and her SO, so it's a race-neutral term pretty much as of present day.

[Ken Burch]

265. You mean "the Obamas are OPENLY Black"!!!!

n/t.

[Igel]

235. Same here.

And you're not the only one.

Apparently in the black community, as well as in Jamaica, the word still has all its negative connotations (or slutty connotations) since the "unwedded" bit is still present in the meaning.

Outside those communities, the word, and it's male analog, apparently shifted meanings to just mean "mother of one's kids" (|| father of one's kids). So Federline was Britney Spear's baby-daddy, even though they were married at conception and birth.

[JerseygirlCT]

72. Let's see: committed, long-term marriage with two kids, vs.

dump the first wife b/c she's no longer pretty enough, leave the kids, and marry a much younger, prettier, and gee-what-a-surprise, really rich trophy wife.

[peacetalksforall]

73. Was that link supposed to be a video or just a snapshot of the words at

the bottom of the screen?

In any case, if you pass the cursor over the section with Michelle Obama, the words 'war room' pops up;

I'm calling Fox - anyone have the number handy?

[ObamaTime2008]

78. Isn't that statement

as bad as "nappy headed ho?"

[jcg996]

79. Alert readers are my heroes

I mean, watching FOX to catch something inappropriate? That's like diving on a grenade... all day long.

[Doctor_J]

80. We should start calling Cindy McSame John's "Sugar Mama"

since the shoe fits.

[Blaq Dem]

135. Cindy reminds me of a 'Stepford Wife'. (see photos)

Stepford Wives -

Cindy -

[Mad_Dem_X]

82. OMFG!

How disrespectful can this so-called "news organization" get? Holy shit!

[The Backlash Cometh]

83. We can title this, when conservatives try to wax poetry.

Seems more like a Freudian test of free association, and we know now, what they're thinking.

[Mike Daniels]

85. Say what you want about "Morning Joe" on MSNBC

but all three hosts ripped into FOX over this and E.D. Hill's reference to a "terrorist fist jab" when that happened earlier.

[missTheBigDog]

89. I posted this on my school's general discussion board...

I would 80% of the people there at Repubs. They said that when Obama won his Senate seat, Michelle introduced him as her 'Baby's Daddy'. They were like, nice try though. Anybody know if this is true??

And another poster said that the way the thing is worded, it's the outraged liberals who are saying 'stop picking on my baby mama', meaning it's their quote.

[Robb]

96. Interestingly enough, yes

Here's the CNN copy of the transcript, November 2, 2004:

BLITZER: Barack Obama, a lot of Democrats have a lot of hope in this young man.

GREENFIELD: Well, I must say that, you know, in an era when conventions are scripted to the nines and you go to conventions because you sort of have to go, every once in a while somebody gets up and does something that absolutely blows the place apart.

And I think when Obama began to speak the sign for me of a really great speaker, as a retired speech writer, is not when people jump up and yell. They always do that. They'll jump up and yell for the phone book. When he quieted the crowd down as he told his story and the story of America this guy is a compelling figure.

BLITZER: Was he the first president of the Harvard Law Review?

WATSON: First African American president of the Harvard Law Review.

BLITZER: That's what I meant.

KING: He's made it. I think he's coming.

WATSON: He's coming up.

BLITZER: We can take a look. Maybe he will and maybe he won't but she looks like she's about to introduce him. Let's listen in.

MICHELLE OBAMA, WIFE OF BARACK OBAMA: My baby's daddy Barack Obama. Yeah!

BARACK OBAMA, SENATOR-ELECT, ILLINOIS: Thank you, Illinois. Thank you. Thank you, Illinois. I don't know about you but I'm still fired up. I am fired up. Look at this crowd. Thank you, Illinois.

[Tarc]

100. Well, that pretty much invalidates all of this thread's faux outrage

If Michelle uses the term, that kinda opens the door for others to mock it.

[StatGirl]

217. There's a world of difference between "my babies' daddy" and "my baby daddy". NT

[a la izquierda]

98. I think there is a problem of

context. For one Michelle Obama to introduce her husband as her "babies' daddy" if true, is it not?" There's a cuteness factor to that-I can almost picture her saying it with that beautiful smile of hers. I actually have no clue if she made this comment or not, but am simply stating I see no problem with this statement...

However, with Fox's comment, they are purposely using nefarious language AND that damned bitch Malkin (I refuse to use her first name, as she shares the same one as me), I might add. Anyone with half a brain knows that there is not a shred of "cuteness" to it at all, but that the racist connotations are obviously there.

[noamnety]

234. You lose some credibility

when you use gender slurs to express your outrage at those using racist slurs.

[a la izquierda]

258. I'm a woman, fyi.

Michelle Malkin is a bitch, a racist, crass bitch. She is an embarrassment to the female half of the human race. She is a disgusting human being who should crawl back under the rock from whence she came.

I also study women's history. I've been called every name under the sun, by men and women. Take your hypersensitivity and go bother someone else. Or put me on ignore. Meh.

[noamnety]

259. I rather gathered you were a woman from your username.

I think you missed some key points in your women's history studies.

Did your teacher there recommend using misogynistic slurs and calling women who complained about sexism "hypersensitive"?

[a la izquierda]

260. I didn't call "women" hypersensitive.

I called YOU hypersensitive.
It's called reading.
Uh oh, now I'm being a bitch. Oops, I'm being sexist against myself.:cry: I better stop before you accuse me of really being a French man named Michel or something.

Michelle Malkin is disgusting, I will say it again. She and the other cretin beings like her (Dr. Laura and Ann Coulter quickly come to mind) will trash talk anyone under the sun and you want to nitpick ME because I called her a bitch? I think you missed the point.

And no, FYI, no teacher I ever had suggested using what you call misogynistic terms (or what others call the adoption of the language of the oppressor, which I tend to prefer). So, you can relax before jumping to the insane conclusion that all of my teachers were horrible. Chill out.

Edit: Now, enough of this. You can have the last word if you want it, so long as you don't anonymously assassinate my character. I'm tired of arguing with someone I don't even know.

[noamnety]

263. "chill out"

I think you forgot "can't you take a joke?"

Why not avoid slurs based on gender/race/orientation altogether? That way you can avoid people pointing it when you use racist/sexist/bigoted language since it seems to make you uncomfortable to be called out for it.

[roseBudd]

262. Then Malkin is a prick, since bitch is off limits

[NC_Nurse]

93. assholes...

[missTheBigDog]

94. Looks like it may be true...

BLITZER: We can take a look. Maybe he will and maybe he won't but she looks like she's about to introduce him. Let's listen in.

MICHELLE OBAMA, WIFE OF BARACK OBAMA: My baby's daddy Barack Obama. Yeah!

BARACK OBAMA, SENATOR-ELECT, ILLINOIS: Thank you, Illinois. Thank you. Thank you, Illinois. I don't know about you but I'm still fired up. I am fired up. Look at this crowd. Thank you, Illinois.

Let me begin by thanking all the people who have been involved in this effort from down state to upstate, city, suburb, from every community throughout the state. Let me say how grateful I am to all of you for the extraordinary privilege of standing here this evening.

Let me thank, because I will forget later on, it's a thankless task, let me thank right now the best political staff that has been put together in this state. They are wonderful. You know who you are. You guys have been outstanding. I appreciate all of you.

Let me thank my pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (ph) of Trinity United Church of Christ, fellow Trinitarians out there. Let me thank all the elected officials who have stood by me through thick and through thin but most of all let me thank my family.

I am so grateful to my nephew Aber (ph), my niece Leslie (ph), my mother-in-law Marian (ph), my brother-in-law Craig Robinson, his wonderful girlfriend Kelly (ph), my sister Maya (ph), my new niece Zuhayla (ph) right there, my brother-in-law Conrad and most of all, most of all, my two precious daughters Malia (ph) Obama and Sasha (ph) Obama and the biggest star in the Obama family until the two girls grow up the love of my life Michelle Obama, give it up for Michelle. Give it up.

[MaryEllen71]

97. I wonder

when one of these right wing "commentators" is going to say or call Obama the n-word?

[MNDemNY]

102. You mean like you just did?

[MaryEllen71]

103. no I didn't

I just wondered when someone on Fox is going to?

[MNDemNY]

107. okayyyy.

[MaryEllen71]

111. If you are accusing me of being a racist

why don't come out and say it..If I'm such a racist..how come I've backed Obama since the beginning?

[MNDemNY]

118. Whatever.

[EOTE]

134. Hi Mary Ellen! Welcome to the DU.

Sorry about the uptight attitude here, it's just that there have been a lot of terrible comments coming from the MSM lately. We've all been a bit on edge. :hi:

[MaryEllen71]

193. Thanks

I am so glad for this site. I don't feel alone anymore.

[ElboRuum]

230. Uh, wha? I must be missing it.

Where did this happen?

[Politicalboi]

238. I think

Johnny will beat them to it. I hope it's on live TV.

[ismnotwasm]

101. Not surprised

To see that disgusting comment side by side with the disgusting Michelle Malkin.

I've also sent an email in protest. I want to say "unbelievable" or something like, but unfortunately I expect to see more of this type of shit

[Rufus T. Firefly]

106. Stay classy, Fox.

Boy, Fox News is going to have FUN for the next 8 years...

[maxrandb]

108. Hey all you woman voters out there in America

This is what the "effing" conservative movement and John McCain thinks of you

This ought to surely help the Republicans with the "Women's Vote".

I'm so "effing" pissed I can't see straight!

Faux should lose their license for this crap!

[Mad_Dem_X]

196. That's what I want to say to Dem women

who want to vote for McCain over Obama: "This is what the "effing" conservative movement and John McCain thinks of you"

Conservatives doesn't give two shits about women or their rights.

[ryanmuegge]

109. LOL. Well, the egregious part of this is that it wasn't even an "partisan editorializer" like Malkin

who said it. It was supposed to be the "neutral" caption display that "objectively" sums up the facts of the news story.

I'm not too offended or shocked, though. I knew that as soon as a black person became the nominee, FOX and the right-wing would try to create and exploit racial tension.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

110. We've only just begun......

....the sewerage has only started to bubble to the surface......wait until Ann Coulter rises from the depths.

I won't be shocked to see the N-word dropped on FAUX News by August.

[ryanmuegge]

128. Wouldn't surprise me a bit. Those people on FOX and Friends are out of control.

Lately, they've been the most offensive, explicitly political people on FOX, which is odd for a morning show.

That Steve Doocy needs to have his face smashed with a brick.

[MaryEllen71]

137. I remember

One morning I was getting ready for class and was flipping channels..I stopped on Fox and friends long enough (this was the morning after the americans airlines crash in queens that happened 2 months after 9/11) and the female host said that pakistan and afghanistan should be nuked over it. I flipped the channel and have never watched fox since.

[Haole Girl]

115. This is the era we live in

It sucks.

:-(

[bhal123]

117. Do something about it then.

https://esupport.fcc.gov/sform2000/formE!input.action?form_page=2000E

[Haole Girl]

124. Thanks for the form

:hi:

[NikolaC]

116. Nope, Quite Believable

We are looking at one of the strategies for this election cycle. They are going to push the "subtle" racist talking points loud and often. It has only just begun.

BTW, yes they are lower than feces in my book, typical FNC.

[MrScorpio]

119. That's how you can tell a "Conservative":

Not only their racism, but their hypocrisy as well

[derby378]

120. Next up: FOX News pats Michelle Obama on the head and tells her to pick cotton "like a good n****r"

I'm feeling a little ill right now. :mad:

[smiley_glad_hands]

121. They are so out of touch it isn't funny anymore.

[montanto]

125. Sick fucks.

[LibraLiz1973]

127. Every time you think they have gone as low as they can go, they prove you wrong

Now THAT is some tacky shit.

[jaysunb]

129. In the words of Dick Cheney....

Fox is in it's final throes. Dead enders. :evilfrown:

[w8liftinglady]

130. I hope KO covers this tonight.What a bunch of pure unadulterated shit

[Froward69]

132. Faux cannot accuse Obama

of having a Black child... they are grasping at straws... the sad thing is amung a portion of the population this stuff works.

[yardwork]

133. Two weeks ago a commentator on Fox News called for Obama's assissination

and nothing was done. Now this.

[defendandprotect]

192. Who/when was that . . . ?

[yardwork]

195. You must have missed it. Liz Trotta.

Link here

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-feldman/fox-pundit-wishes-for-oba_b_103500.html

[defendandprotect]

197. Right -- forgot abut that one --- also artful --- thank you !!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

136. My cable company just bumped C-Span 2 from its basic package.

Oh, how I hoped against hope that it would have been Fox News, instead.

[defendandprotect]

194. They did that to us more than a year ago . .. because it was so essential

that C-span II be carried in "high definition."

In reality, it suits their purposes that the less people know about what's going on in government the better for them--!!!

I watch now and then via the internet, but it's not as convenient ---
You miss a lot ---

Comcast --- our carrier --- actually changed all of our channels just days before the 04 election!!!

Actually, C-span is one reason that I continue to subscribe to their TV services ---

Maybe I'll get a lap top and with two computers we could let the TV go --- ???

Soon, I hope!!!

[mnhtnbb]

139. FAUX stoops to new lows. Why are we surprised? Obama should

see that the FCC pulls their license once he is POTUS.

[Bleacher Creature]

145. Is this "it"? Is there an "it"?

I keep thinking that, at some point, they will push the envelope (and their bias) too far and create a backlash that has the effect of taking the network down -- or at least marginalizing it to the degree it deserves. Could this be that episode, or am I dreaming?

[Limelight]

146. I don't care if "Michelle said it first!"....

For all the "She's the one who said it, why can't they say it?" crowd which, thankfully, there doesn't seem to be too many... Did Michelle refer Barack as "My baby daddy"? Yeah, it appears that she did. In jest, with no intent to be insulting to him or herself.

People, people, people... Do I have to go through the list of things black folks can say to/about each other that other folks are not allowed to say--or, more accurately, stuff that, if other folks do say it as they have a clear constitutional right to, might still get them cracked in the mouth regardless of granted constitutional privilege?

Naw, I won't go that route as it'll seem it's a double standard (which it is that you violate at your own peril). Let me put it like this. Sometimes when I forget stuff I say to myself "You're such a moron". If I'm with friends on occasion when I get annoyed with myself they'll sometimes jokingly agree, "Yeah, you are kind of a dumbass". I chuckle at them and tell them to shut the hell up and move on with my day.

Here's the thing. Could you imagine what my response would be if some prick I don't know just randomly decides to call me a name or insult me? My first comment would likely be "Excuse you?" as I like to do sometimes and then it's likely our conversation would be all down hill, though terribly "colorful", from there. Why? One, they're not trying to be funny, they are actually trying to demean me. Two, they don't know me like that and they're out of line for sticking their nose in.

I don't care if Michelle said it. Michelle was making a joke. Michelle was trying to be funny (and it kinda was). Michelle was in no way trying to demean herself or her husband. Their supporters were a crowd that perceived it as being "cute" because they had no desire to insult or demean them either.

There is no doubt that Fox News thought it was being funny here, the question is who were they trying to amuse and what kind of mentality and way of thinking were they trying to appeal to with this joke? By the by, if this little graphic was a simple reference to a comment Michelle had made of course they explained the context of their joke, letting everyone know why they decided to call her that as opposed to just throwing that out there for kicks... Right?

[Dollface]

161. She was saying it with affection and humor.

[ccountz]

187. Maybe I was over-reading it....

but there is a big difference between calling him, "My Baby Daddy", and "My Baby's Daddy". The first is a slang comment, much like what Faux News did. Calling him "My Baby's Daddy" (which is the way I read the transcript) refers to a truth...that Obama is their childrens daddy. So those who say that she started that is incorrect. Which is really irrelevant anyway, since a reputable "news" source should never stoop to this level of speaking and pass it off as "reporting". Upon seeing the video, I thought I was seeing the E!!!! network.

[bigdiggy99]

257. Nonsense

I don't want to hear this level of slang from either party, Michelle Obama included. She opened this door by using that phrase publicly. Keep it out of politics, keep it off of cable news.

[LiberalLovinLug]

190. She said "My baby's daddy"

NOT "My baby daddy"

Huge difference in that small detail.
Otherwise I agree

[Igel]

236. Open your mind.

Language change happens. And once it happens, scrap the etymological fallacy.

I'm not ruling out a shift in meaning as the term crossed dialects, but a modicum of sanity and good will teaches us to be on the look-out for semantic changes. There have been a fair number of words that changed meaning as they left AAEV and entered NBC English and vice-versa.


==========================================
http://www.slate.com/id/2141083/
The Oxford English Dictionary defines baby-daddy as "the father of a woman's child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner." The baby-mama entry follows the same template with the genders reversed. But some gossip writers have been adopting the first part of the definition and ignoring the second. Salon recently called Tom Cruise "Katie Holmes' baby-daddy," even though the couple is engaged. And Gawker refers to Keven Federline as "Britney Spears' baby-daddy," even though the couple has been married for more than a year. ...

These days, the terms no longer seem "chiefly African-American"—they're everywhere, the latest bits of hip-hop lingo to gain widespread use. Baby-daddy is the new bling. Online, you can buy "Jesus is my baby-daddy" magnets, tote bags, and beer steins. There is a drink called the "babymama." Scott Hoffman, the bassist for the glam rock band the Scissors Sisters, goes by the stage name "Babydaddy." Some of this cultural paraphernalia retains the old, loaded sense of the term: You can, for example, download a "Salty Baby Mama" ringtone so that when people call, your phone will jangle and thrum while a woman's voice says, "Baby, I know you hear this damn phone ringing. I'm going to beat your ass, as soon as I see you." But just as often, the connotations are strictly biological. Baby-mama has even made inroads in Japan, where it's being used on a Web site that appears to sell strollers.

Who knows why these terms became catchphrases? Perhaps it's just that they're metrically pleasing: Baby-mama and baby-daddy are undeniably fun to say. But it's the novelty factor that explains how the words lost their negative connotations. Sure, there are many gossip writers who still use the terms in their original senses (calling dancer Carlos Leon "Madonna's baby-daddy," for example) because they're useful, reducing a complex chain of possessives—Madonna's daughter's father—to a nice, comprehensible noun. But it seems there are also plenty of writers who just like the way the words sound and don't care much about the stigma once attached to babydaddyhood. When news came last week that Anna Nicole Smith may be pregnant, it was no surprise that bloggers immediately began speculating about the identity of the "baby daddy." It may be a long time before you hear a quaint, old-fashioned "Who's the dad?"

[progressoid]

151. Un-Fucking-believable is right.

[MasonJar]

152. E-mailed them. Their license should be revoked.

[Barack_America]

153. Mmm, I love the smell of coffee and Republican desperation in the morning!

And right now I'm enjoying both!

[Jefferson23]

154. This is the kind of crap they have, because they have NOTHING of substance.

[Catherine Vincent]

156. As always....

FOX NEWS SUCKS!!!!!

[Indenturedebtor]

157. Racist sacks of crap n/t

[That Is Quite Enough]

159. Sent my email.

I'll start going after sponsors later, as well.

[road2000]

160. Proven racism.

Just to compare apples to apples here... can you see them calling the following people "baby mamas"?

Elizabeth Edwards
Tipper Gore
Hillary Clinton
Theresa Kerry
Hadassah Lieberman
Jacqueline Kennedy
Rosalynn Carter
Judith Dean

No matter what you might think of any of these women personally, Faux News would never consider using such an epithet.

And we all know why.

[npincus]

164. That's a F*CKING OUTRAGE...

He's black! He's black! He's black! Let's throw our best Ebonics at him to remind OUR PEOPLE he's NOT one of us!!!! F*cking outrage, racit bullshit!!!!! I say BOYCOTT their advertisers, NOW.

[Afrodite21]

168. "FAUX NEWS ONCE AGAIN PROVING WHY THEY ARE THE SKID MARKS ON THE UNDERPANTS OF SOCIETY"

So what should they call McCain's Wife?

"John's Med addicted, charity stealin, plastic surgery addicted trollop?" (McCain called Cindy a trollop his damn self)


This is really crazy considering how long the Obama's have been married...
and even more ridiculous when you think about the horror that is McCain's marriage...everything from the way it started to the fact the he called her the "c" word in public.


I also wanted you all to read a letter (that i saw over at jackandjillpolitics.com) to the supposed "Pro- feminist Hillary supporters. Meaning those who are threatening to vote for Mcsame in Nov. over Barack. It's from Tim Wise, one of my favorite political/social activist and writers.

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/06/tim-wise-stirring-pot.html


THIS ALSO MAKES ME CRINGE...The GOP (good ol' phuck ups)is at it again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/11/gop-operative-releases-ob_n_106469.html

[Jack Rabbit]

167. FoxNews is racist

No one should be surprised.

[NoodleyAppendage]

169. I'm fully expecting that by October we will be hearing that "Obama will RAPE your white women."

All of this racist bullshit from the rightwing is heartening to me. It means that they have NOTHING on Obama and must resort to blatant racism, which makes them look bad to a large segmented of the voting population.

J

[Catherina]

172. Coming soon to a city near you

Rape, riots, and half-breed kids if we allow that radical Muslim Barry Hussein into office :sarcasm:

Makes you sick doesn't it?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

171. Not surprising considering the source

This type of sliming is what they do on a daily basis. The majority of their viewers enjoy the idea of their saying insane over the top BS about Democrats. They just chuckle and go, "ha! That's going to burn their asses like a three foot flame."

[KansDem]

173. I'm not sure I understand the humor of this...

Does FOX think this is funny? :shrug:

[Deliphus]

174. Expected tactic

Well WHO didn't see this coming?

One of their main tactics will be to make the Obamas look as BLACK as possible, to scare off those of limited intellect (you know, the ones who hate because of race). I've often seen comments from conservatives such as "Voters will face the choice between a black man and a white man." This is how they'd like to frame the race, since they cannot win by promoting the attributes of McCain.

This is why they made such a big deal out of the "terrorist fist jab," because they see it as a way to make the Obamas into gangstas or something.

More will surely follow. You can bet on it.

[MaryEllen71]

180. my mother in law watches and believes a lot of their crap

thank god she does not vote. I already told my husband that I will not be going over there because of the racist crap they will spew about Obama. They have the right to their opinions but that doesn't mean it is right or that I have to hear it.

[defendandprotect]

185. She doesn't care about Social Security or Medicare . . . ???

[MaryEllen71]

188. she doesn't like any politicians

she doesn't like mccain either. I know for a fact she doesn't like Obama because of his race and if he gets elected Al, Louis,and Jesse will take over, according to her and my father in law. They have been nice to me but their opinions are looney.

[Hamlette]

182. Michelle Malkin defends it at her site, someone needs to ask her if we can call Cindy that

or would she consider it to be disrespectful.

If we were to even MENTION Cindy's past drug addiction on a major news show they would be outraged.

Problem with Cindy is she's not squeaky clean like Laura appeared to be. I think they are of a mixed mind about defending her. Or even John for that matter.

[Diane R]

210. Well, if they want to be fair, they'll start referring to Cindy with some slang for, 'drug addict'.

[Deliphus]

220. Re: referring to Cindy with some slang

I vote for "drug ho."

Speaking of which, she also stole drugs from a charity to feed her habit. So she's a thief, too.

Someone needs to write a C&W song called "That drug-dealin' chemical-peelin' husband-stealing Cindy McCain."

[pnorman]

183. Subtle racism? Perhaps not, but it was certainly intended with vicious malice! .

I had never herd that phrase until now (I'm TV-free), but here's the Wiki on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Mama_(film) Fortunately, we now have an "UPPITY" candidate, who'll respond appropriately and timely.

pnorman

[defendandprotect]

184. Thanks for the links -- I sent a message ---

Presume that Michelle Malkin is African-American and therefore these comments can't be considered racist . . . ??? Oh, yeah?

[Afrodite21]

202. Michelle is Filipino

and that's exactly the point...fox used it's token non-white non-blond anchorwoman to put their ugly racist crap out there...she's just a face so that ignorant people will say "oh it's coming from a person of color so it can't be racist!" Uhmm why do you think every mainstream news station has at least one brown face on the payroll?

[montanto]

206. Filipina?

[mainer]

228. Asians everywhere are embarrassed by her, too

What a horrible example!

[KamaAina]

203. Hey Faux!

YO' MAMA!!!! :grr:

[John Kerry VonErich]

204. I think it was more of a reference to Michelle's "My baby's daddy" intro

nt

[27inCali]

205. SOOOO going to backfire on them

do they not realize that with these condenscending, out of touch comments and references to Black cultural are going to turn off every single not-racist person in America? (And that's kinda a lot of us).
Fox will turn into a regional news channel that only shows in the Appalacia market. haha

[Cal Carpenter]

219. So you follow your condemnation of Fox's cultural stereotyping

with a stereotype about people in Appalachia?

Umm... :crazy:

[Lucky 13]

208. Fucking racist assholes.

Their stereotypes are SO awful and SO transparent. This MUST backfire on them... RIGHT?

These racist shitheads need to be taken down.

[shireen]

209. is someone making a web list of all these outrageous fox comments?

it deserves a special place in the internets, and i'm sure Keith will be happy to use it as a source of information for his "worst persons" segments.

[Xenotime]

211. This goes beyond "Freedom of the Press" This is slander and should be sued.

[Sultana]

212. Disgusting

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Name removed]

214. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Miss Chybil]

224. Of all the gall. Desperate, evil, racist pigs. nt

[mzmolly]

231. McBush has a couple of "baby mama's" doesn't he? Disgusting.

You said it "Un-F*cking-believable."

[marshall]

233. It's lifted from a Babyface song

Somebody trying to be hip.

[polmaven]

237. They've got a twofer going there!

Blatently racist and outright sexist!

[nachoproblem]

240. You only had to mention Michelle Malkin

and it immediately makes sense. She's the most racist person on TV than I know of.

[bamacrat]

241. Oh but that's not racist it is a fact.

What a bunch of fuckwads, they'll flip out and scream ageist the first time someone calls Mcsame old or "having senior moments".

[and-justice-for-all]

242. Faux Noise, makling shit up again.....fuckwads!

Malkin is such a tramp.

[GOPBasher]

243. Un-fucking believable. n/t

[HughMoran]

247. All the Repukes are getting very desperate - all over TV acting like ass holes

God do I despise those mother fuckers.

[Generator]

248. She'll be a ho by August

or something similar. They have no morals, no shame and in the end, like Malkin-not only despise everyone else but themselves too.

[Infomaniac]

249. My email

My word! It's been a busy couple of weeks for your network's inexcusable behavior. First, the "joking" about assassinating a presidential candidate; which is completely out of line for professionals on a news network. Second, E.D. Hill's tasteless comment about a greeting used by athletes the world over as a "terrorist fist bump" to describe an interaction between Michelle and Barack Obama. Now this banner on your network:

"Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking on Obama's Baby Mama"

Here's some news. Decent people of every political stripe find your endless racially-tinged and derogatory commentary about Barack Obama and his family to be completely outside the realm of civilized behavior. It's more in keeping with the kinds of comments one would hear at a Klan rally. Therefore, give up the pretense of being "fair and balanced" and dress your anchors in their bedsheets so they can scream "White Power" while dancing around a burning cross. Since wearing bedsheets and dancing around a burning cross is not advisable anywhere near Fox headquarters in New York City, I suggest you load up your beamers with your newly-acquired Confederate flag and Swastika emblems and head off for whatever trailer park is currently hosting the latest KKK and Aryan Nation festival.

I will be sure to alert the corporate sponsors on your news cable shows that I will not patronize or buy products from companies that advertise on Fox. Enough.

[rhett o rick]

250. I am betting that Fake News will be using the n-word by October.

Of course they will be only be reporting that someone else said it, like Michael Savage, and they will just report it like the good journalist they are.

[Divine Discontent]

251. exactly!

they will claim, "middle America is afraid to say it - but most white people are admitting they think the N-word when they see Barack or Michelle Obama, and we're going to discuss that tonight on Fox & Friends!"


BLECK! they shouldn't even be on tv, nor get to use the name, "news". They lie.


New Obama & Anti-McSame Items Weekly!
www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[Paranoid Pessimist]

252. Good! Let them! Show all the fencesitters how petty, bigoted and scared they are!

[adolphson]

254. Wow

Gotta give it to them, thats fox...
Ok here goes, im sure ill suffer this in the future here. Im a republican, maybe not for the reasons most people would think but, this is shit, this is Fox, and ive watched their programming before, I dont think ive ever seen a more unprofessional group of people on a public network before. Ive personally met some of their ex-staff and ive heard even wilder stories, but please dont think that the majority of Rep's are this way. They must be ethically challenged for one, but, agh god. Thanks Fox... Smeared shit on your face again.

[depakid]

256. Fox: Poster child for media divestment and re-regulation

Actually, all of them are poster children....

[Ellen Forradalom]

261. Utterly vile.

The sexism didn't stop with Sen. Clinton. Next target? Michelle Obama. It won't stop until we MAKE it stop.

And the racism? They're just gearing up for the onslaught!

It's gonna get worse before it gets better.