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13 June 2008

Fox Forced To Apologize To Obama For Third Time In Two Weeks! →[More:]

Why is only a UK paper writing about this?

post by: Lipstick Thespian at: 14:46 | 14 comments

I saw it in the NY Times. And a good thing it is, too.

posted by BoringPostcards 13 June | 15:07

Cover of the Sun-Times today was about the "whitey" video. It's getting out there.

But seriously, what planet does Fox News live on where "baby momma" is appropriate caption for any real person? And wtf is a "terrorist fist jab?"

posted by me3dia 13 June | 15:22

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posted by bmarkey 13 June | 15:26

I think that the problem is that they really just want to say "ZOMG don't vote for him, don't you see, he's BLACK!" but they can't figure out how to say that without actually saying it and coming out as the racists they really are. I'm sure that they'll perfect their dog whistle by November so that they can make sure that their viewers won't accidentally vote for the black guy.

posted by octothorpe 13 June | 15:46

And wtf is a "terrorist fist jab?"

The same thing my friends have called "respect knuckles" since college. Or that I've seen call a fist pound.

Which means every single drunken college kid in Buffalo is a terrorist.

On preview: agreed to everything octothorpe said.

posted by kellydamnit 13 June | 16:00

From the NYT article linked by BP:

Her mea culpa followed that of former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas a week earlier after he made a similar crack at a gathering of the National Rifle Association.

In other news, Fox News Channel announced today that it was hiring Mr. Huckabee as a contributor.

!

posted by mdonley 13 June | 16:07

I think they got the fist jab mixed up with the terrorist chest bump.

posted by bmarkey 13 June | 16:15

We're going to start a viral thing of making the "terrorist fist jab" the International Symbol of Hope.

posted by Miko 13 June | 16:33

[That is LT's idea, and I am duly crediting him]

posted by Miko 13 June | 16:33

Hey, look who else knows the seekrit Terrist Fist Jab!

To Guantanamo with them!

posted by Miko 13 June | 16:38

I think that the problem is that they really just want to say "ZOMG don't vote for him, don't you see, he's BLACK!" but they can't figure out how to say that without actually saying it and coming out as the racists they really are.

Oh, totally. Every time they say "terrorist fist jab" or "Hussein" or "Pledge of Allegiance" or "Muslim" or whatever, parse the sentence and what comes out is "Don't vote for the darkie! I have a daughter!"

It's ugly to be racist. It's flat-out pathetic to be a racist who's too cowardly to be openly racist.

posted by middleclasstool 13 June | 21:34

This pro-Obama T-shirt graphically displays the two-fingered Terrorist Eye Poke:

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In this image, Obama gestures with the somewhat more subtle one-fingered Terrorist Eye Poke, but the message is unavoidable:

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I don't think we even need to comment on the terrorist connotations of this image:

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posted by taz 13 June | 22:53

Ah yes, the "up your butt with a coconut" terrorist gang sign. Like 9/11, it changed everything.

posted by middleclasstool 13 June | 22:58

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HIDDEN CAMERA REVEALS SECRET OBAMA STAFF TRAINING SESSION! THEY ARE OUT TO MAIM HARD-WORKING AMERICANS!

posted by bmarkey 13 June | 23:10

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