It seems that in Rhode Island yesterday, President Obama made a slight addition to his now-ubiquitous "Republicans drove the economy into the ditch" metaphor. Here's how Fox News' own reporter on the ground recounted the moment:
He said Republicans had driven the economy into a ditch and then stood by and criticized while Democrats pulled it out. Now that progress has been made, he said, "we can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
Offended yet? No? For shame, said a string of Fox pundits ranging from Stuart Varney to Monica Crowley over the past day or so. Obama, they say, was clearly referring to "sending Republicans to the back of the
bus" (a word, it should be noted, Obama did not say), which as any Fox pundit knows, is an oblique reference to Rosa Parks and is therefore 100% offensive.
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At the White House press briefing yesterday, Robert Gibbs was asked about the "sit in the back" comment Obama made in Rhode Island. Here's his response, per Newsmax (which has also been all over Sit In The Back-gate):
"Gibbs portrayed it as part of the ongoing metaphor that the president has used to assert Republicans drove the economy into a ditch," the site reports. "The president said this weekend that the Republicans are going to ride in the back and the middle class will be in the passenger's seat," Gibbs said.
Rest of article here:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/fox-news-educates-obama-on-racial-tolerance-video.php?ref=fpa
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