DU Predictions turn out to be right...

[one_voice]

The right is not happy with the new Miss USA. Let the outrage begin...

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/17/right-rage-muslim-usa/


Right Wing Reacts With Rage To First Muslim American Miss USA: ‘An Odd Form Of Affirmative Action’


– Conservative radio host Debbie Schlussel blamed Fakih’s win on a supposed “politically correct, Islamo-pandering climate” in America and labeled her a “Lebanese Muslim Hezbollah supporter with relatives who are top terrorists.” <5/16/10>

– Right wing pundit and Fox contributor Michelle Malkin ranted that “Fakih’s cheerleaders are too busy tooting the identity politics horn to care what comes out of her mouth” and that “the Miss USA pageant didn’t want to risk the wrath of the open-borders mob.” <5/16/10>

– Conservative author Daniel Pipes, who was briefly appointed by former President George W. Bush to the U.S. Institute of Peace, opined that “this surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants makes me suspect an odd form of affirmative action.” <5/16/10>

– Fox News’s Gretchen Carlson complained that Woolard’s “informed opinion” may have cost her the crown, and said that Fakih may have won because we live in a “PC society.” <5/17/10>


Edit for spelling error.

[jaxx]

1. Imagine that!

Maybe they can start profiling her and try to drum her out of the winners circle. There is nothing uglier than seeing bigots at work.

[stray cat]

2. Theres always an idiot or two on either side and these are hopefully minority voices

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. Why is it whenever somebody posts some right wing idiocy...

...some people feel the urgent need to reply with "but both sides blah blah, either side yadda yadda..."

Photons go in, photons get out.

[closeupready]

3. Schlussel, Malkin and Carlson are all butt-ugly, so their bitchiness is predictable.

As well. :evilgrin:

[wtmusic]

17. Michelle Malkin ugly?

Run away! Run away! :scared:

[wtmusic]

4. The politically correct, Christo-pandering climate takes a hit nt

[ThatsMyBarack]

5. Wow! She's *gorgeous!*

:loveya:

[Renew Deal]

6. Schlussel thinks everyone she doesn't like is connected to terrorists

Particularly since 9/11.

[onehandle]

7. Gretchen Carlson is just jealous.

No comparison.

[Doctor_J]

11. What's that thing between Miss America and E Warren?

Looks sort of like a grown-up JonBenet Ramsey

[HughBeaumont]

16. That, folks, is bad 80s hair and Glamour Shots war paint.

She once labeled Ted Kennedy "A hostile enemy" of the U.S. because of his Iraquagmire opposition. Charming woman.

[Myrina]

8. "too busy tooting the identity politics horn to care what comes out of her mouth"

... as opposed to the birther-raving, anti-choice, anti-equality twits like the former Miss California that your side supports, Ms. Malkin?

[political_Dem]

9. I'm glad the standards of beauty are changing.

And those right-leaning ladies doing the snarking: they're jealous. It wasn't political correctness that caused Miss Michigan to win the crown.

Let this be a lesson those ladies will never forget.

[Barack_America]

10. These idiots, like many of the other Miss USA contestants, are boringly predictable.

Their phoniness and unoriginality simply meld into one another.

You tell me who stands out in this group.

[Javaman]

12. the right wing depends on our predictable outrage to keep their ball rolling.

don't you all get it?

If we just said, "meh, you're nuts" then leave it at that, the story would never ever get any traction, but alas, we always fall for it.

What have happened to that other halfwit right wing beauty contest winner? Big shrug, right? because it was a non story about a non issue regarding a non controversy.

They start this bullshit based on human's need to "always need to be right".

If we adopted more of the "who the fuck cares" and move on, type of attitude, the "outrage" by us that the right wing completely depends on would vanish and real issues would be dealt with, but alas, the plebes must have their gossip controversies to keep them thinking they are part of the "solution".

It's really exhausting.

[glitch]

13. It's how the spoiled kid wears out the parents.

It's been working for them ever since. And as long as it keeps working for them they'll keep doing it.

[AnArmyVeteran]

14. Conservatives are the perfect blend of ignorance and evil...