MSNBC's Contessa Brewer Helps Spread False Rumor That Obama Gave 'the Finger'
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Contessa Brewer: On the campaign trail in Raleigh North Carolina yesterday Obama made an unfortunate gesture. [...] Some think it looks like a flip off.
There really is no excuse for anything posing as a news network to claim that 'the blogs are buzzing about this one" and promote it so when any cursory search on the internets would have found numerous examples of just how specious a charge it was -- like the video shot from the side here. As John Cole put it: "Notice something problematic? Like a few extra fingers? What a total joke."
As Media Matters notes, this is a story that made the rounds on sites like RedState and FoxNews.com but had already been thoroughly debunked before Contessa gave new life to the ridiculous lie. Speaking of offensive fingers, did I just miss the time any of the major news networks gave any attention at all to the only presidential candidate I can ever recall that actually gave anyone the finger with the video rolling?
The liberal media, indeed.
lol i love that bush video. that is certainly a person i would have a beer with.
obama should flip the bird sometime. i think it can be quite classily strong when used in the appropriate context.
Watch Jeremy Scahill goes to rural Pennsylvania from RealTime.
Also watch Bill Maher finish out his show with a discussion of bitterness and elitism.
It's just surreal how Obama's tiniest actions are being transformed into "scandals" by our corporate media. To see this in the environment of a McCain nomination-- a figure the media wouldn't ever criticize even *before* he was the Republican nominee, only makes their behavior stand out even more.
We've all seen the corporate media outlets play this game before, but I don't think I've ever seen it done so intensely or shamelessly.
Bush not only gave us the finger. He gave us the shaft.
whaaa???
she left out THE BEST PART!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kzXcNgCr0nk
I love the comparison that is no comparison.
Wow, 6 frames... half a second of scratching his face, is flipping someone off?
I was going to do my 10 page paper on Barack's racism speech and the reactions to it, but I'm quickly being convinced that the lack of substance in current news will be the subject. How sad.
All I can think is that the news organizations are so afraid of Obama and Hillary's policies that they'll do anything to prevent any kind of weakening of their corporate structure by continuously making silly claims.
I don't think the media is Liberal or Conservative at all. They are absolutely CAPITALIST though, which means they will throw support behind the candidate that gives them the best option to make money.
The only way I can see for the news to be free from this cycle is to somehow make news programs non-profit. Of course, I don't know how.
I love how right before he was talking about the media reporting on unimportant things. It shows that the media is not even listening to what Obama is saying.
Sachem @ 2:
I was going to mention those - I do think that most people are more attuned to Obama's message than the media wants us to be. (Bill Maher is so courageously honest, I wonder how much longer he'll last on corporate media.)
The MSM wouldn't pay attention to video footage of George W. Bush pulling down his pants and taking a dump on the side of the road... and they surely haven't cared about him taking a dump all over democracy.
It's a good thing Barack Obama is already follower of Jesus, because with all this unwarranted scrutiny he's under, his ability to turn the other cheek comes in handy.
Another non-story we must spend the week discussing because MSM does not want to discuss real issues.
This "story" isn't even worth the time it takes to print it, say it, or read it.
I love how she says, "They don't call it the silly season for nothing."
If it's so silly -- and it is -- why the fuck are you wasting air time with it?
"Contessa" is apparently a seriously goofy wingnut bitch.
Here we go with the straw man again. Some think, some people say and some are saying. These are straw man tactics. Yeah, some people say, think or whatever because the people in the media are saying or thinking it.
Ahh, your liberal media at it again....
I really just hope this is a sign of how scared and desperate the right-wing machine is...
Pathetic. These aren't even mccain's people pointing out these desperate falsehoods, the 'librul' media is doing the job for them.
The race to the gutter is on.
Did you notice Ms. Brewer swallowing hard at the end of her story?
What was she swallowing? Does it explain how she got her job at CNN? What do you think?
They don't say "the media sucks" for nothing.
dear Contessa and MSNBC;
How do hacks like you get to keep your jobs? This shit is beneath contempt. You are like a bunch of kids on the junior high school paper who got snubbed by the kids on the yearbook staff.
Give me a f*cking break. Is the media going to pick up on this "non story" now for the next three months??
What about the lapel pin thing? God, that was treasonous. And now he's even got mcbush and george-the-ass-kisser running around without pins.
Our media is f*cked beyond hope.
xoites defends Constitution @ 4:
Daytime MSNBC is filled with distractions....much more than usual.
I bet this "story" was followed by a high-speed chase in L.A. or a Hanna Montana report.
hee hee hee
they flew the bird
hee hee hee
I'm in the 3rd grade
hey contessa....i have an itch that needs to be scratched
liberal media my ass
good thing that cronkite aint dead yet, he would be spinning in his grave right about now
If you listed to watch and listen to her subtile comments, she always repeating, Palin, hannity and Limbaugh's ideological talking points. Today, she's been running the socialist propaganda; While all seriuos journalists and experienced political analysts including Republican agreed that Powell's endorsement is a highly positive for Obama, Contessa actually argues that this will push the so-called Bradley effect. Contessa, you should go sub for Limbaugh on right wing radio. If you think Obama is socialit, you must have to call Buffet, Gate, Bill and Hilary Clinton; John, Caroline and Ted Kennedy; Powell, Madona, Kieth Oberman, Chris Matthew, etc. Contessa, racists are not hiding anything, they are chanting "kill him" at Palin rallies! Why haven't you brought up the fact the Palins have taken memebership in the Alaska's independent party? Her abuse of power at Alaska's State house, her association with witchcrafts from Kenya? How about McCain SNL scandal; What about McCain's sister in-law who is voting for Obama? Is she socialist? On the tax issues, have you asked McCain how he will continue to pay for 10 Billion a month for wars and continue subsidies for AIG, Lehman's Executives and XOM, etc? Why are we in this mess if the politics of greed is the right policy? didn't we have all the tax breaks, WS greed, deregulation, you want under Bush? Imagine if all Social Security accounts of all Americans have been given to Wall Street?
xoites, i didn't mean to respond to your comment...obviously it doesnt make sense.
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Ronnyg,
Right on brother...that's exactly how she got/keeps her job.....
ronnyg @ 17:
I was watching when Contessa talked about this. My husband and I were flabbergasted. I feel like MSM is back in eighth grade during this election cycle...
"Ooo, did you see what he did.?" Then there's flag pins, the finger, asking about a parent's sex life....".
Too much air time to fill.
Contessa Brewer: What do you think?
I think you're an idiot and an embarrassment to your profession
If you are wondering about how these news "anchors" are chosen, it is my understanding that, because these networks want their broadcasts on in the waiting areas of airports, hospitals, etc., they chose these news readers based on whether they are nice looking or not.
I guess shallowness doesn't even surprise me anymore. When the media person who told me this explained it, I didn't even blink.
Anyone wonder why these pretty faces ask such stupid questions?
slow news day.
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Drop your cable T.V., America. Now!
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Corporate News Nonsense Worker1: Oh, those blogs. They have no journalistic integrity. They'll report anything!
Corporate News Nonsense Worker2: No kidding! They're not real news!
CNN Worker1: And they make it hard for us to disseminate the real stories.
CNN Worker2: Heh, look what they're just buzzing about now! That Obama's scratching his face might have been flipping the bird to Clinton!
CNN Worker1: Ooh! Let's report that one!
CNN Worker2: Yeah! But let's let the people make their own call on it.
CNN Worker1: Of course! What do you think we are? A blog?
It's called scraping the bottom of the barrel so hard that you break right through. Now if you'll excuse me, TMZ's on, and it looks like John Mayer just got a parking ticket. Scandalous!
When I was in my teens, I would be apalled when my father used his middle finger rather than the index to point something out on the page. For many people, it is more natural to use the longer digit to point or to scratch. It's obvious Obama is wiping something from his eye. Good Grief!!
whaaa???
she left out THE BEST PART!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kzXcNgCr0nk
Actually the best part is at 2.50 of this one.
whaaa???
she left out THE BEST PART!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kzXcNgCr0nk
And all the while the MSM is wondering why more and more people are getting their news from alternative sources. Go figure.
question , and this has been bugging me for some time , why do people refer to the news as liberal ? . Does that make billo a liberal , sorry billo does not report news bad example , does that make rupert m a liberial ? .
This is all they can come up with???? Well, it's not like he is a current Supreme Court Justice, who actually made an insulting gesture....right?
Maybe he was just booger flipping.
Ron @ 14:
Exactly. "Some people" are saying just about anything you can imagine. The story is that "some people" report it.
bravo! i applaud you MSMNBC, for not turning in the status quo, but stopping at nothig short of world-class journalism. it's broadcasts like this that make me truly proud to be an american.
Sure-- ya gonna believe the obama apologists or your lying eyes? I seen this countless times in high schools, so let flip you off with plausible deniability. Meanwhile, I'll brush birdshit opponents off my shoulders and be all cool for the in crowd that thinks i'm gonna legalize weed.
I tell ya, if Hillary would make the same subtle gesture and then hold for the pregnant pause like Obama did, leaving everybody guessing, she just might win the thing then.
Even I might consider voting for her if she did that.
Where do they find these utterly useless "talking heads" like Brewer?
Who's afraid of the stupid bitch, the stupid bitch, the stupid bitch?
Who's afraid of the stupid bitch, the stupid bitch hoorah!
Is this a Clintonian tactic or did this particular pathetic excuse for a media venue come up with it all on their own? Send in a drone please!
david N @ 36:
It was masterful memetic engineering. The Republicans started repeating "liberal media" decades ago, and it stuck. They then "played the ref" at every opportunity. Whenever the media questioned them on something, they argued that the question was simply biased against them, because the press has a liberal bias. Now, the press goes out of its way to avoid being labeled as liberal -- like a referee who wants to be liked by the players he's supposed to be holding to the rules.
14 Ron Says: Here we go with the straw man again. Some think, some people say and some are saying. These are straw man tactics. Yeah, some people say, think or whatever because the people in the media are saying or thinking it.
This isn't a straw man tactic (Argumetum Ad Reductio), but an Argumentum Ad Nauseum.
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42 dennis
The way people keep voting for candidates they want to have some drinks with, Hillary should win hands down, after downing a shot of whiskey in one gulp.
I guess we can say Hillary swallows, whereas Monica doesn't.
The media elitists had to smear Obama and the 35,000 in Philadelphia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QORZY11IHMo
People have been following this "professional"...
http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/search_results?qstring=%22Contessa...
Ms. Brewer also was right there in action at the site of the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contessa_Brewer
This is such a huge non story. If you want to get a real "bird", go to your nearest Target and ask an employee to point to something. Most of the time you will get the middle finger. Obama just knows how to scratch an itch.
He flipped her off--how cute, how smart. What a woos.
In just the latest sad chapter in the decline and fall of the American media, press outlets are claiming that Barack Obama gave Hillary Clinton the finger during a recent campaign event. Despite the obvious video evidence that Obama was inadvertently scratching his cheek as he spoke, Fox News, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post (just to name a few) all ran with stories raising the specter of Fingergate. Sadly, back in 1998, one of the presidential candidates did in fact figuratively flip the Clintons the bird. And John McCain is still paying no price for it.
For the details, see:
"Media Hype Faux Fingergate, Ignore McCain Flipping Off Clintons."
Contessa, another lying, Reslug whore, would love to sit on his finger.
Obama had better not blink, or they'll accuse him of winking at a pretty girl in the audience!
Why does Contessa hate America?
ysbaddaden@49
I guess we can say Hillary swallows, whereas Monica doesn’t.
If only she had, ysby. If only.
That one decision by her changed the course of history.
55 rewinn Says: Obama had better not blink, or they’ll accuse him of winking at a pretty girl in the audience!
That just might get my vote.
He's already copying so much of Bill's style.
Bullshit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM
The intellectual dishonesty is pathetic.
Oh to have a president who can multi-task again,
Get a hummer while taking important calls,
Instead of one who needs a penis shaker after he's done his dooty.
Yeah, reich-wingers really have the pulse of American: flag pins, middle names, middle fingers, cigarette smoking....
getalife @ 59:
At least you admit to your pathetic intellectual dishonesty. Congrats.
"At least you admit to your pathetic intellectual dishonesty. Congrats."
Yeah, don't believe your lying eyes and ears.
Geez.
Hey, Bush flipped us off more than once. Puleeze.
By the way, any truth to the rumor that once Obama wins his real persona will take effect and he will turn into a Muslim terrerista that will turn this country into a theocracy? Just a joke for those without a sense of humor. It's basically what the media is saying without using the words.
Oh, Contessa! I still remember you hysterically squawking on and on about how you thought your marriage was more elegant than that of "Tom and Katie." Well you're a half-witted, witch-faced, invidious hag and your marriage photos (which you showed us all to prove your point) look like a placeholder in a photo frame on sale at Walmart.
Ahh, what journalism.
Go home and revel in the grandiose 70s soap opera squalor that is your married life.
Dr. Biitter Hussein Matt @ 62:
I wouldn't get my hopes up. I honestly doubt that the troll knows what the term "intellectual dishonesty" means...
Now if he was to follow his handle name and get a life himself...
Has anyone considered his "finger" may've been a tactile mnemonic device to keep place in his speech?
getalife@59
Bullshit:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UoOFp-RDpvM
The intellectual dishonesty is pathetic.
Just accept it for what it is, getalife. Try asking Dr. Intellectual Honesty just above that if John McCain had made the same gesture, then held the pregnant pause so the crowd could appreciate it, if not every left-wing blog wouldn't be cackling like crazy over it the next day.
Ask him if HE wouldn't be cackling like a mother hen, seeing as how the video of the Bush finger-gesture was on the front of his blog because he was so offended by it. Or would the fuzzy sequential still photos be proof enough for him to make him pause before jumping to conclusions.
That's a tough one.
Its all over the internet and Media Matters is the only one with these pictures.
They gave him this pass but most know it bs.
I'm not exactly politically-correct, but all these declarations that Obama didn't give Hillary the finger are disappointing. I wish he had. It's the least of what she deserves for her nasty campaigning.
that, contessa, was a special message to you-from all of us. ain't communication great?!
I can't stand Don Imus but every single word he said about Contessa Brewer is true. She is a moron... dumber than a box of rocks. MSNBC daytime has gone to hell... because of the anchors.... I can't watch it, I have to pick and choose when I do. Contessa Brewer and Alex Witt
or is that wittless should both be FIRED!
ysby@67
Has anyone considered his “finger” may’ve been a tactile mnemonic device to keep place in his speech?
George Bush's gesture? Gee, I don't know, ysby. Maybe.
We'd need to see a side view to know for sure. If we wanted to be intellectually honest, that is.
Hey I'll show Contessa what it looks like to be flipped off for real... really! Then she won't ever mistake it again, the idiotic witch!
Nothing wrong with giving the finger to MSNBC. But for some reason, this reminds me of that Seinfeld nose-picking episode.
getalife @ 69:
Get a life indeed....
Giving someone the finger is like hitting on a joint
Going through the motion's not enough, you have to hold it for awhile.
Obama's fingers??!!! Jesus Christ! Most of these mainstream media retards wouldn't even qualify for a gig with any reputable high school newspaper.
Anyone candidate with the balls to give Clinton the finger to her face gets my vote.
here's a version with BOTH "the finger" and the "brush off"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cDt00k63E&NR=1
i didn't realize the two were so close together... no wonder they don't show
the "brush off" though... 'cause THAT was a classic!
and, this just may be adding fuel to the fire... but let's see...
i just can't stop grinning though...
is there a problem site mon.?
78 Gary Says: Anyone candidate with the balls to give Clinton the finger to her face gets my vote.
Shouldn't that be boosh's face?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR0Qhxgy85I&feature=related
what's the problem, site mon.?
I don't understand why people aren't outraged by the 'pinky' a minute before the 'finger' and the vile left handed 'index finger' a minute and change after. This deserves MASSIVE media coverage!
Seriously though, it's unreal that in a week where idiotic media was a main topic of conversation, this nonsense can get on air. They have no shame.
good thing Obie didn't scratch his nuts.
Concerned American @ 43:
They look for still-lost-in-Junior-high-school drama queens who auditioned for the part of one of the Heathers.
He gave her the finger. He gave me the finger. I'm a woman and I vote.
He can take his finger and Dick Cheney himself.
bitter hussein katy @ 82:
well, don't i look silly... please excuse...
for some reason (is that you, NSA?) my computer (mac on safari/or firefox) is
running horribly slow... the page wasn't refeshing on another tab... i didn't see
my comments showing up...
movin' on...
I realize wingnuts don't do the reading thing very well, but one would think they could at the least understand pictures.
But apparently some can't even understand that two or three (fingers) is not equal to one.
All right - they can have a field day with this one.
Yes - you need to be careful what you do with your fingers in public.
Not only are there numerous pictures available of Bush actually doing this (whereas Obama clearly is NOT) --- but there pictures AND VIDEO of George Bush picking his nose in public.
I hope someone puts together a montage for a television ad RIGHT AWAY - and they need to include the one of Dumbya picking his nose " ... and here's GW NOT giving anyone the finger for a change ..."
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Otay @ 85:
Forgot to add that famous disclaimer:
Trittydi @ 89:
You mean this one?
Yet more distraction from the best infotainment cheerleaders corporate money can buy. "If ya got an itch, I guess ya gotta scratch it". That line is damn near every bit as eloquent as anything spoken by George W while in office. Amazing.
I've pushed my glasses up with my middle finger before, not flipping anyone off. However, combined with what he had just said about Hillary and then the reaction of the crowd and his reaction to them, I have little doubt what it meant. I called my wife over to see the video and without telling her what was up she saw it plain as day. As a person who is finding it harder and harder to want to support the democratic nominee, whoever it is, I find it especially discouraging that Obama can take the high road, then lie about Clinton's healthcare plan, take the high road then call the Clinton's racists, take the high road and vote present 180 times.
The more he talks the more I sense a con.
All of the other "gotcha" hit pieces on Obama have been irritating...this one is downright revolting.
Now in America you can't scratch your face without in-depth analysis of which finger you used and who you may have been subconsciously giving an obscene gesture to. Anyone who watches this video and sincerely thinks Obama was "flipping a bird" is either retarded or insane.
What do I think? I think Contessa Brewer should be fired.
Obama freaks those rightwing corporate suits so much they're starting to have paranoid hallucinations about him. Lol.
What next? They're going to accuse him of dropping his pants and giving Hillary the moon?
From a picture, he's wiping his face. From the two videos out there, he's doing a little jiving and shucking - and giving her the finger. It's real cute. He finally gets hit in a debate and he folds and retaliates the next day on the campaign trail with a comedy routine. He's immature. You can have him.
You know, if Contessa needs a primer on what it looks like to be flipped off, I'll be happy to demonstrate for her. Two of 'em. A bouquet. One after the motherfucking other.
I'm serious: when is our news media going to get a goddamn clue?
jmac @ 86:
And you can take your phony outrage and jam it up your ass.
Look it's not just her , she wouldn't feel so comfortable making up such a manufactured , shameless story , if she wasn't told it was ok and first she framed the story as a fact , " he made an unfortunate gesture " then asked was he flipping off Hillary .
No Contessa , he was flipping YOU off ,for your authorized, shallow contrivances and your companies taking what's left of serious news in the country and pissing all over it .
You would THINK after George was busted at ABC " news" for HIS shameless act , they would grow up , but I guess when you have agendas and masters to placate , you can't stop .
jmac @ 98:
OK, I'll have him. For some strange reason, I don't find it immature for someone to scratch his face. But that's just me.
Contessa Brewer is pretty. That's why she's on TV.
When she's a little older, she'll be gone, and that's all you need to know about Contessa Brewer.
Funny you should mention John Cole and link his Friday post. What about the one the day before titled "Hillary was in her element" (explicitly referencing the comment that accompanied the gesture) showing the original video and with comments like this in the thread:
"BTW anybody see the big “fuck you, hillary” gesture he did when he said “Hillary looked like she was in her element” and then scratches his face with his middle finger. Check it out at 1:19. hahaha.. NICE!"
The story started Thursday and it wasn't until Friday that a still photo was produced and the video surfaces today. But you make it sound like lies were being spread.
what flavor is the kool-aid Nicole?
myiq2xu @ 104:
I don't drink Kool-Aid and you don't read bylines.
Slippery @100. You can call it phony outrage if you want but he needs women to win. The fact that he's finally not the coddled pampered candidate that he was - and he immediately shows he can't take it. He curled. He folded. He shriveled up. And the day after the debate he showed us his true colors. Which have been out there for a long time, they just weren't covered.
I know you love him but he needs more than his base to love him. And he needs a whole lot more level of maturity. I expect more than W. and right now W. makes him look mature.
Is Obama running for president of the United States ... or president of Animal House?
BAC
jmac @ 98:
"Jiving and shucking"? Niiiiiiiiice
Well, at least she admits it's "the silly season".
What a joke.
He WAS jiving. It was routine! And it went over great with his audience. They loved it. Especially the hand jester.
The Republicans have given us two failing wars, countless of innocents dead, record deficits, a broken Army, a large American city in ruins left to fend for itself, a scandal a week and a recession but the traditional corporate media is covering the Obama-supposedly-gave-the-finger-and-doesnt-wear-a-flag-pin-stories.
Obama invited the flag pin comments when he patiently explained to a reporter ON TAPE why he decided not to wear flag pins. I could care less if he wears one. But a lot of people do care about the reason you might not wear one. He lied in the debate when he said "I've never said I don't wear flag pins." It's on tape!
The Republicans have given us what 'Ruthless' says, but Obama has attacked Bill Clinton's record FROM THE BEGINNING. I don't know if O can do as well but this complaining about Hillary hitting him when he came out of the box saying he could get her votes and she couldn't get his, his ridiculous health care attack ad (now back up in Pa - that tells you something) - I could go on - Reagan economic advisors, Republican code words like social security in crisis. He lost me on policy, and this other stuff just adds to the pile.
Yes, the pile by the gesture/jester.
But C & L posted the same kind of post about Cheney's sunglasses, even though it was immediately identified as only being his hand. Blogging has enabled tabloid journalism on both sides.
As I said before, he's losing me too. He can't say he is above this and then engage in it.
In context, it was clear that he was flipping her off. (C-L-E-A-R) As for what flipping someone off looks like, I think he is smart enough to do it the way he did and not just stick his hand out at arms length and wave his middle finger around.
So, basically the message is screw you Hillary and by the way, nice plates you are throwing. Vulgar, hypocritical and sexist all in the same day.
Saul Alinsky had a lot more class than this!
Just a thought. How many folks posting here are Republicans enjoying and encouraging the fratricide?
jmac @ 86:
cool, vote yourself into the kitchen ok
Geezus, how desperate are they? They pulled this one DIRECTLY out of their ass.
He's winning by a mile, but they can't give him an inch.
The corporate media and the wrongwing (which is kinda the same thing) have thoroughly LOST IT.
jmac @ 86:
So you are Hillary, hum... interesting, interesting.
jmac @ 98:
Wow, "jiving and shucking"
Them Hillbots sure are coming unhinged.
If you're running for president, no itches or tickles allowed. It might mean you are human. M'kay??
I do, however, love this video playing at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc
Obama rocks.
Nicole Belle @ 105:
Both the John Cole post (posted 4-18-08 7:18 am et/ct?) and the video from whence the pictures came (posted 4-17-08) were online long before Contessa put that crap on-air (4-18-08 4:05pm et). That's why I chose to link to them both (although I could have a dozen or so others also posted at least several hrs before, except they were a bit too partisan and I'm trying as hard as I can to stay as neutral as I can, as all of us at C&L are trying very hard to do, and it's not easy. I'll be so glad when this primary season is over and a candidate is chosen), and no news org should have gone on air with a rumor so easily proven to be false, and even if he had scratched his cheek with one finger it still NEVER should have made it onto any show posing as a non-tabloid.
As to your point that I shouldn't link to a site because of its positions on other posts or even more ridiculous, a comment on one of them (Is that you Billo?), if I were to rule out linking to any site because of some content or position taken, especially not in the post I'm linking to, that I do not agree with, then I would never link to anything and there would never be anything to post about. Ever.
take this finger and shove it , I aint working here no more .
Contessa Brewer is very attractive woman and reads the news very well. That's all I wanted to write.
Good Sunday!
BTW, John Adams finale on HBO tonight, don't miss it!!!
jmac @ 98:
"jiving and shucking", huh? Who's being immature?
Contessa Brewer needs to lose her job.
I've a thought to pose to the CEO's of News Corp, GE, Disney/ABC, CBS Corp and Time-Warner:
Obama is going to be the next president. In spite of his past ties to corporate America, do you knucklehead really think that you are going to be allowed to continue getting away with your propagandizing and you ill-service to the American Public and still be able to use OUR airwaves and bandwidth to do it? As it is, you are lucky that your corporations aren't stripped of the lisences you currently hold. You assholes seriously need to cleanup your acts, because, when it's all said and done, you guys are entitled to exactly nothing. Nothing at all.
This is how Clinton and MSM will solve your problems people. They will distract you with a "soundbite of a person's finger" and they will use tools like Contessa not for a year, 4 or 8 years, but until the bottom lines of BCBS, Wall Street, ExxonMobil, MSNBC advertisers and every other corporation look good enough to put into motion a small movement, a pettit act of "mercy" for a common folk and let you have a slight hope that DC and MSM can finally focus on you and your problems. Since Contessa may very well read these comments since people like her rarely are seen on Vogue or Enquirer pages, as the commentators above I will also have to say that this is journalism at its lowest and an act of a media cu*t that can't be excused by the fact that it's merely reading from a teleprompter, should be excused but can't be.
Unbelievable ! Absolutely pathetic ! Welcome to "America the Beautiful " 2008 , land of the imbeciles ! Boy ! I am one proud American ! Aren't you ?
Too bad the entire video isn't shown with sound. That way you would hear the audience respond to that finger and see his response to the audience. He was clearly flipping her off. And no I'm not a Republican, just someone trying to give Obama a fair shake. What turns me away EVERY time is the reactions of his followers, more like a cult than a political party. This is getting creepy. We've already had too many years of a president who could never admit being wrong we don't need another one. This guy is not showing the maturity needed in this crazy time. I just saw him on C-Span and was really favorably impressed with his answers to the people. But he WAS rattled when he got hammered with tough questions during the 'debate'. That's the political game brought to you by the the Republican Revolution. You play into it by striking out so viciously against Hillary and anyone who questions his actions. You would further Obama's chances by being supportive of his views and policies not growling and snapping at anyone who criticizes him. And whether or not he intended to flip her off when he 'scratched' his cheek ( and I DO think he meant it) his response to the audience showed he was ready to take advantage of the situation and let them think that was what was happening. C'mon Barack you KNOW better!!!
John K @ 127:
No kidding. I thought that at the least we were not so far gone as a country that we could no longer count fingers.
Idiocracy, here we come!
This is outrageous. Email her bosses.
"The silly season" indeed.
jmac @ 86:
im legally blind and even i can see he's scratching his cheek. and flipping off involves one finger not two.
ozma10 @ 128:
you should no better in this era of more than one angle video shots
ozma10 @ 128:
Both the die-hard Clinton and the die-hard Obama supporters are making blogs a very unpleasant place to be. Anything not explicitly in their candidate favor is biased in favor of the other. The rants and accusations are exhausting.
You must be joking. You just want to give Obama a "fair shake," eh? Well, even if he engaged in an immature gesture, comparing him to George W. Bush is outlandish.
Please.
Not tough questions. Inappropriate questions.
As do the Clinton supporters, and we should all be coming together. Alas. Clinton's supporters should not act outraged by this. They should posit themselves as above it. And simply move on. It would show grace. Neither camp's supporters seem to understand this.
This just isn't that big of a deal. It's just not. You're engaging in the very kind of politics you're decrying.
The media misrepresents both Obama and Clinton constantly. Clinton's health care horror story was not a lie, and Obama was not being elitist and condescending. The two camps could actually come together if they wanted to to defend each other against these attacks, but instead would rather encourage the coverage of the other.
I am really appalled at the MSM thinking that we are that stupid. I know there are some really stupid and gullible people out there wanting to believe in every stupid thing that is thrown at them instead of debunking it or finding out the truth through a little research. I mean I can't stand McCain, but I want to make sure I am getting the truth on the old bastard first. I want to be an informed American not a sheep. There are too many "sheep" in this country.
You are not ‘missing’ anything. You are presenting the weakest evidence as though it were the only controversial element, and ignoring Obama’s clear crass behaviour. Whether or not Obama was slyly giving Clinton the finger is the most ambiguous and trivial part of this incident, but there was nothing subtle about his cocky arrogant grin as he stole a few moves from his new cultural tsar, Jay-I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one-Z, brushing the debate dirt off his shoulders. Now Obama has added to his collection. His spiritual advisor is the rabid racist bigot Wright, and his cultural advisor is the criminally violent misogynistic racist bigot, Jay-Z. Tell me, do you think Obama refers to his own wife as a bitch? Or do you think he prefers to call her a ho?
Karen,
You so easily excuse an immature and obscene gesture used as part of a political campaign. The reason I even wrote a response was the viciousness of the Obama supporters on this blog. You are making my point for me. And, I have not seen the type of vicious attacks on the part of the Clinton supporters that the Obama supporters seem to find OK. All the obscene referrals and hatred are so disgusting. Can you listen to a Democrat say they are concerned about someone acting out in such a manner in a public forum without getting defensive???? Can you listen and respond with something like telling them what you find so wonderful about this guy??? What part of his beliefs?? What plans and policies??? That you wish he would have used better judgment in that situation?? Clinton supporters should be outraged by this, however they should also be using it to promote the reasons they are for her. The questions in the 'debate' were inappropriate all the way around, and they will continue to be for both, but he was rattled. Also pointing out a seeming similarity to Bush is what political discussion is all about. So far he is trying to take the heat but his followers are not and they might want to get out of the kitchen.
Is that the best they can do? If Obama really did subliminally flip the bird on national television, I'd say that's a major coup and perhaps a good reason to vote him.
Contessa Brewer is so wrong. his scratching his facial cheek is preferable to having Contessa Brewer scratching between her lower cheeks and somewhat more forward.
it's the moaning that gives Contessa Brewer away as she scratches.
Jiving and shucking? Who said that? Oh' I get it... white people make a joke or humorously refer to a popular song (of any genre), but bi-racial men who look more Black than white jive & shuck or shuck & jive. Got it.
'dadams' - When Juanita Gonzales wrote: "Let me get this straight. The guy who surfed out of n0where into this Primary solely as the Anti-Clinton; whose entire “Clean Black” image derives from the “Dirty Bitch” caricature the media pissed on Hillary; the guy who is inhaling votes because of regular media dumps on the Woman, is the same Turd0 brushing his shoulders and talking Gotcha?! This guy breeds flees and lice faster than a homeless mongrel - and he is brushing dandruff off his jacket so he can get rutting jackals and jackasses to giggle and guffaw!?" I thought it was a bit over the top, but reading your comment has made me realize that the depth of the mindless cesspool of an Obama-bot has yet to be fathomed.
LDW @ 142:
Seriously, you need help. This festering inside will do you no good.
Here's my video response to this story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlDhI5sRld8
This about says it all about Clinton and many of the bloggers who are sewer rat Limabaugh ditto heads and Republicans to name a few of them . After All the Major PA Newspapers Shun Her, Clinton Boasts of Support by Richard Mellon Scaife's Conservative Pittsburgh Paper. Pathetic. "The New York senator famously built a relationship with former critic Rupert Murdoch, whose New York Post frequently blasted both Clintons. The Australian-born media baron even hosted a fundraiser for her during her second Senate run. But over the past few months, her presidential campaign has taken its apparent embrace of former media adversaries to a new level, sending reporters articles that praise Clinton and attack Barack Obama drawn from conservative outlets including the National Review and the American Spectator, and quotes from Republican pundits like Ed Rollins and Grover Norquist. And former President Bill Clinton made an appearance on talker Rush Limbaugh's show the day of the Texas and Ohio primaries - contests in which the conservative radio host had urged listeners to vote for Hillary Clinton as a means of sabotaging the Democratic nominating process.
"Whether or not Obama was slyly giving Clinton the finger is the most ambiguous and trivial part of this incident, but there was nothing subtle about his cocky arrogant grin as he stole a few moves from his new cultural tsar, Jay-I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one-Z, brushing the debate dirt off his shoulders".
That brushing-off-the-shoulders gesture was around long before Jay_Z used it in a song, and in fact has been around long before Jay-Z himself. He felt he was treated unfairly in the debate the previous night, and told the crowd that rather than let it get him down, he preferred to just brush it off, or "let it roll off your back", as they say. Isn't that a postive thing to do? But somehow, that is being protrayed as "proof" that he's...let's see...so far...elitist, racist, immature, sexist..I'm sure there are others I haven't read. Amazing that one gesture can say so much!:).
"Contessa Brewer needs to lose her job".
To be fair, I doubt that she wrote it, and doubt even more that she made the decision to air it. She just read it.
i change my radio with my middle finger .. good to see that i'm in good company. would love to elaborate ... :x
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