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Republicans are a race now, according to Fox News's latest faux controversy

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  1. Oski2005

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    Fox News' Racial Sensitivity Lesson for President Obama

    Fox News has taken it upon itself to teach the nation's first African American president a thing or two about racially-sensitive rhetoric.

    It seems that in Rhode Island this week, 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.

    This is not the Obama of the 2008 race speech, nor the Obama who promised to improve the discourse in Washington, say Fox pundits. This is racial insensitivity at its worst.

    "When I looked at that, being foreign-born, I know the association that was bringing to the public mind," Varney said on Hannity last night. "A president starts labeling fellow Americans as enemies? That's just beyond the pale," Varney added.

    "When you're president, your words carry weight," former Bush administration spokesperson Dana Perino told Sean Hannity. "Either he doesn't know that, or he doesn't care."

    On Fox & Friends this morning, noted tolerance expert Brian Kilmeade was quick to add his two cents. "Sure this midterm election is a week away, but should the President be bringing up imagery of segregation into politics?" he said. "Or do you not see it in those words?"

    On Megyn Kelly's noon hour Fox News show today, Crowley appeared personally offended at Obama's words in Rhode Island. She called the speech "appalling." Twice. "'Riding in the back' certainly does have some Civil Rights — some racial overtones to it," she said. "And you can't tell me that the president of the United States was not aware of that."

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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.

    http://gawker.com/5675324/fox-news-racial-sensitivity-lesson-for-president-obama
     
    #1 Oski2005, Oct 28, 2010
  2. rocketsjudoka

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    I prefer looking at Dana Perino, Monica Crowley and Megyn Kelly than listening to them.
     
    #2 rocketsjudoka, Oct 28, 2010
  3. amaru

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    #3 amaru, Oct 28, 2010
  4. edwardc

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    Peolle that stupid should not speak how in the hell do they get racism out of that.
     
    #4 edwardc, Oct 28, 2010
  5. Depressio

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    #5 Depressio, Oct 28, 2010
  6. DonkeyMagic

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  7. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    You guys should lighten up. Do you know how hard it is to work within a preconceived narrative? Think about that, day after day, having to follow an angry and directive note from above and make some event from that day fit in.

    Incoming from the teletype!
    TODAY OBAMA HAS INSULTED FAT PEOPLE STOP END OF MESSAGE

    Fox news director 1: "WTF? He's meeting the president of Uruguay this morning and then attending a ribbon cutting of a new library for school kids. Then he's going to attend a world series game."

    Fox news director 2: "Let's see let's see. Is the president of Uruguay fat?"

    #1: Nope. Is he? Where's the fact check guy?
    #2: Fired him. Never used him anyway. Hired new hot chick.
    #1: I'm sure we could make the Uruguay dude look fat from certain angles.
    #2: Okay, how about the ribbon cutting? Could we splice in some audio of him saying something to a fat kid about "this is a library, not a cafeteria."
    #1: Our best bet is to find one glance during the baseball game, and edit in a view of the fattest player in the game. So he'll make his bitter face at the fat player.
    #2: Genius. Then we just turn it over to the talking heads and let it run.
     
    #7 B-Bob, Oct 28, 2010
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  8. Landlord Landry

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    3 things I can bet on in clutchfans D&D.

    1. a thread about Fox News
    2. a thread about Racism
    3. a thread about how everything wrong with Obama is actually Bush's fault.

    any wagers? anybody?
     
    #8 Landlord Landry, Oct 28, 2010
  9. mc mark

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    most normal people would get bored and MoveOn

    something to think about Landlord
     
    #9 mc mark, Oct 28, 2010
  10. JuanValdez

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    Pretty obvious what he meant, though I did get a Rosa Parks memory when I read the line. Could have avoided the dumb stuff by saying "Republicans gotta sit in the back seat."
     
    #10 JuanValdez, Oct 29, 2010
  11. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    one thing I can count on, Landlord landry criticizing people talking politics in a political forum. seriously dude we get it, you're tired of it. you don't have to post it in every thread
     
    #11 pgabriel, Oct 29, 2010
  12. BetterThanI

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    Truth hurts, huh?
     
    #12 BetterThanI, Oct 29, 2010
  13. Sweet Lou 4 2

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    Day by Day, I am more and more impressed by the stupidity of the right. Fox News is comical, because it's a mockery of the intelligence of it's viewers.

    Sometimes I wonder if the people at Fox secretly are trying to make fun of conservatives.
     
    #13 Sweet Lou 4 2, Oct 29, 2010
  14. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I had almost forgotten about the lipstick on a pig "contreversy
     
    #14 pgabriel, Oct 29, 2010
  15. Depressio

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    I'd be angry at you for being a racist Fox News supporter, but I realize that it's not your fault for being that way; it's Bush's fault.
     
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  16. Landlord Landry

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    talking politics?

    lol. fox news is dumb. republicans are racists. bush lied. endless loop.

    I think Obama has been a terrible President thus far. I'd love to tell you my reasons for thinking so....but I'm afraid I already know your rebuttal.

    fun discussion.
     
    #16 Landlord Landry, Oct 29, 2010
  17. Lil Pun

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    It sounds like you're on an endless loop as well. Not that I am in this forum very often but pgabs pointed out that you do a lot of complaining. Hypocritical? Yay or nay?

    Also, I'd be willing to be that a basso thread deriding Obama, Democrats, liberals, etc. is more often started than any of the threads you mentioned.

    Let's look at the percentages on the first page:

    basso has started 4 out of 20 threads so 20%.

    There is exactly 1 thread started going by your initial criteria posted on the front page so 5%.

    You lambaste the 1 thread yet say nothing about basso.


    Hmmmmm....
     
    #17 Lil Pun, Oct 29, 2010
  18. Landlord Landry

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    it's the D&D. everybody here complains. a lot.
     
    #18 Landlord Landry, Oct 29, 2010
  19. Major

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    Except some actually discuss too. Others just complain about how the forum sucks, yet for some reason stick around to read it.
     
    #19 Major, Oct 29, 2010
  20. Landlord Landry

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    biggtexx?
     
    #20 Landlord Landry, Oct 29, 2010
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