Fox News Calls Michelle Obama: 'Obama's Baby Mama'

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Lifer
Oct 24, 2005
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Originally posted by: RightIsWrong
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Thump553
I guess Fox News is worried about John McCain's pledge to run a clean campaign so they will dirty it up as much as they can on thier own. And to think this comes from the same people who are always whining that CBS, etc. is biased.

MSNBC's David Shuster accused the Clinton's of "Pimping Out" Chelsea on-air and was later suspended -link. It isn't just Fox. It is every news organization/individual that decides to inject modern slang into their reporting while trying to be witty or hip. I still cringe when I hear 'pwned' on Sportscenter.

Wait, MSNBC's anchor says something that is slang and inappropriate (despite becoming more and more mainstream) and is suspended and Fox's anchor does it and gets to apologize (E.D. re: Terrorist fist pump) and then comes back less than a week later and is in the middle of another incident along the same lines?

I'm guessing that she will get a raise from Murdoch.

The Foxnews anchor said no much thing. It was just text on the screen. Look MSNBC is racist :roll:
 

palehorse

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Originally posted by: aka1nas
Originally posted by: palehorse
Didn't Mrs. Obama herself refer to Barrack using the slang term "My Baby's Daddy"?

yes... she did. this is stupid.

/thread

"My Baby's Daddy" isn't slang, "Baby-Daddy" is. You're being willfully obtuse if you don't see a difference between those two statements.

That doesn't make this thread, this issue, and those who were so easily offended, any less retarded.
 

mxyzptlk

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Originally posted by: palehorse
Originally posted by: aka1nas
Originally posted by: palehorse
Didn't Mrs. Obama herself refer to Barrack using the slang term "My Baby's Daddy"?

yes... she did. this is stupid.

/thread

"My Baby's Daddy" isn't slang, "Baby-Daddy" is. You're being willfully obtuse if you don't see a difference between those two statements.

That doesn't make this thread, this issue, and those who were so easily offended, any less retarded.

I'm not offended by the phrase itself. If it had been used on The Daily Show, I would certainly have laughed. If I were watching fox news when it aired, I probably would have laughed then too. I'm offended that fox news continues to pretend that it is a news organization that holds any sort of journalistic standards.
 

SSSnail

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You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?
 

sandorski

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?

go ahead, show us the "racism".
 

umbrella39

Lifer
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Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: loki8481
this is an issue? really? who gives a shit. are we not allowed to make jokes concerning Obama now?

I know that sometimes it's easy to forget, but remember that FOX is supposed to be a 'news' organization.

But, but, but, there are still those posting here that insist that FOX is the same as say, Comedy Central. If John Stewart can bash Bush or McCain, then ffs so can FOX and it equals out. The major flaw with this argument being that one is a supposed news organization and the other is a channel that runs cartoons.
 

JohnnyGage

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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--he didn't have to go that far.
 

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--he didn't have to go that far.


You're right, McCain shouldn't have went that far.
 

JohnnyGage

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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--Red didn't have to go that far.


You're right, McCain shouldn't have went that far.

That's funny. Fixed.
 

mxyzptlk

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Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--Red didn't have to go that far.


You're right, McCain shouldn't have went that far.

That's funny. Fixed.

what the hell? By your own crappy standards, you should be offended by your own "use" of this dreaded 'c-word'.. it's in part of the text that you quoted and have repeated three times now..


STOP SPREADING SUCH FILTH YOU NASTY, NASTY BOY! (girl?)
 

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--Red didn't have to go that far.


You're right, McCain shouldn't have went that far.

That's funny. Fixed.

Red just quoted, he didn't go "far" at all.
 

Dari

Lifer
Oct 25, 2002
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This is not the kind of country I want to raise my kids in. This nation is heading into the gutter. Time for a reversal.
 

JohnnyGage

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Originally posted by: mxyzptlk
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Queasy
It was a silly thing for Fox to do. Trying to be to coy or hip or whatever. However, the likely cause of this is Michelle calling Barack her baby's daddy.

CNN Transcript

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!

Someone at Fox got too cute for their britches.

I wonder if Fox is going to label Cindy McCain "John's wise and beautiful woman wife" because he called her a wise and beautiful woman?

Wow--tasteful rebuttal

Fits the Fox MO. Seems like a legit rebuttal.

Show me anywhere Fox News has said the same type of thing? The c word is the offense here--Red didn't have to go that far.


You're right, McCain shouldn't have went that far.

That's funny. Fixed.

what the hell? By your own crappy standards, you should be offended by your own "use" of this dreaded 'c-word'.. it's in part of the text that you quoted and have repeated three times now..


STOP SPREADING SUCH FILTH YOU NASTY, NASTY BOY! (girl?)

Oh stop. I can find sandorskis reply funny which it was. I was just trying to make the point that calling someone a baby mama and the reply is calling the oppositions wife a wise and beautiful woman is not even close to the same ball park. It's kind of like comparing sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies and a foot rub--if you get the reference.
 

mxyzptlk

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Originally posted by: JohnnyGage
Oh stop. I can find sandorskis reply funny which it was. I was just trying to make the point that calling someone a baby mama and the reply is calling the oppositions wife a wise and beautiful woman is not even close to the same ball park. It's kind of like comparing sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies and a foot rub--if you get the reference.

Meh, I'd expect neither from a reputable news source and both from faux news.. v:laugh:v

 

trenchfoot

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Aug 5, 2000
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The only thing that scares me about the kind of deceptive and suggestive word games Fox likes to play to smear its "enemies" with is the idea that 30% of the population will eat this smelly foul crap up and consider it gourmet dining for all to partake in.

There's this perception hanging in the air that the repubs are going to get beat badly this election cycle with 2006 being the bellwether of doom for them. When comparing the mood of the '00 and '04 elections with the current one, it's easy to see why there is a significant difference in how Fox is operating its propaganda machine this time around.

They perceive themselves as being behind the eight ball in the middle of the table, and justifiably so, with such a formidable foe to fight and with their champion being someone they actively campaigned against in the primaries. That's a tough place to put up a good fight, especially when Fox has little confidence in the candidate they must promote.

Fox can't say much of anything in McCain's behalf as McCain hasn't that much to offer. They also can't nail Obama on any one thing that they consider the silver bullet that puts Obama the vampire to rest. So all they're left with are peashooters and powderpuff "girlie-man" slaps: innane, weak and silly diatribes that if anything, makes them look pitifully desperate and incompetent.

I wonder if they're actually taking a good hard look at themselves because they really should.

Between Fox trying too hard and McCain not being able to try hard enough it's going to be a hard sell on their part.
 

jjzelinski

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Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Robor
Originally posted by: loki8481

I can't disagree emphatically enough. I really don't see the racial connotations in the original segment, and the word has moved well into the mainstream and beyond its roots to the point where it's used in at least tabloid journalism on a regular basis and everyday conversations with no racial intentions.

Oh come on... Would you seriously consider using the term 'baby momma' with a professional female coworker that you weren't on a friendly relationship with?

I wouldn't use it because it's slang, not because it's somehow racist.

If you haven't seen it already you should watch the movie Clerks 2. In it the protagonist decides the term "porch monkey" is not a racial slur but a term that's been unfairly interpreted as racist.

You can't decide a term means something entirely different then the rest of the planet; language doesn't really work that way very well. However if you're truly convinced "baby moma" is an innocuous term, why not run it by your black friends in a way that involves their mothers?
 

CorCentral

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Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?



Yes and YES!

If you Obamabots are so ignorant to not think that staying at a church for 20 years while hearing mostly hate speach about your own country and how the USA developed AIDS to kill off blacks, you've got your head so far up your ass.........you deserve to be called WHITEY by MoShell Ohbamma!!!!

O.B. for Prez! :thumbsdown:





 

sandorski

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?



Yes and YES!

If you Obamabots are so ignorant to not think that staying at a church for 20 years while hearing mostly hate speach about your own country and how the USA developed AIDS to kill off blacks, you've got your head so far up your ass.........you deserve to be called WHITEY by MoShell Ohbamma!!!!

O.B. for Prez! :thumbsdown:

Again, do it! Y'all won't because you know it's not true.
 

CorCentral

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Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?



Yes and YES!

If you Obamabots are so ignorant to not think that staying at a church for 20 years while hearing mostly hate speach about your own country and how the USA developed AIDS to kill off blacks, you've got your head so far up your ass.........you deserve to be called WHITEY by MoShell Ohbamma!!!!

O.B. for Prez! :thumbsdown:


Again, do it! Y'all won't because you know it's not true.



Sandorski...... Are you Canadian or Polish? (polish canadian?)
Either way, you cannot vote FTL!

 

RichardE

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Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Lemon law
Originally posted by: loki8481
this is an issue? really? who gives a shit. are we not allowed to make jokes concerning Obama now?

If you wish to have a racist, sick, and perverted sense of humor, do not be surprised if you are judged at face value.

it was a stupid throw-away comment.

if you're reading into it as racist, sick, and perverted, you need to take a step back.

I guess if CNN called McCain "That old man" no one would care? Or how about "That old Geyser" or maybe "that old cracka" would that work as well?
 

jjzelinski

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Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?



MoShell Ohbamma!!!!

I'm curious what this means.
 

CorCentral

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Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: Lemon law
Originally posted by: loki8481
this is an issue? really? who gives a shit. are we not allowed to make jokes concerning Obama now?

If you wish to have a racist, sick, and perverted sense of humor, do not be surprised if you are judged at face value.

it was a stupid throw-away comment.

if you're reading into it as racist, sick, and perverted, you need to take a step back.

I guess if CNN called McCain "That old man" no one would care? Or how about "That old Geyser" or maybe "that old cracka" would that work as well?

The last comment ...... MAYBE!









 

CorCentral

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Originally posted by: jjzelinski
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: SSSnail
You guys are a bunch of idiots if you really think that this is an issue. Pull your heads out of Oblahma's ass, and go watch MTV or something... Racist? Give me a fugging break.

Do you want me to bring the Reverend back into this conversation, or the 20 years of racist preaching to his whole family?



MoShell Ohbamma!!!!

I'm curious what this means.



Just a play on words.
Oh, you cannot vote either, BYE! :laugh:

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he wonders why the people go through so much trouble just to try and be like him
he doesn't understand it takes a lady's hand to make a heart feel so sublime
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