Latest right-wing-lunatic smear about Obama: Dijongate
By John Amato Thursday May 07, 2009 3:00pm
If the Republican Party wants to go on a listening tour to figure out what they need to do, they may start turning off their radios and televisions too. Every day we post about the absurdity that is the Republican Party and every day a completely new mind-numbing smear comes out.
I understand what they are doing. They feel if they keep chipping away at President Obama with nonsensical complaints, it will slowly erode his popularity. The problem they face is that they look like loons doing it, and all the polls point to the same conclusion. It's good for ratings on FOX, because those uber-loons are watching the little horde of Republican lunatics in action with a fervent glee, but mainstream America is laughing at them.
The new one is that Obama had the nerve, the nerve I tell you! of ordering Dijon mustard with his overcooked burger, and the media is covering up that fact.
As usual, Sean Hannity and the right wingnutosphere are all over it like Dijon on fries.
Following President Obama's May 5 visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Rush Limbaugh Show guest host Mark Steyn criticized Obama as an elitist because he ordered a burger with "spicy mustard" or "Dijon mustard." Hannity claimed that Obama ordered a "fancy burger" with a "very special condiment," while Steyn asserted Obama is trying "to enlighten us" through his order. Ingraham asked of Obama: "What kind of man orders a cheeseburger without ketchup but Dijon mustard? ... The guy orders a cheeseburger without ketchup? What is that?" In their discussions of Obama's burger order, Hannity, Ingraham, and Steyn all referenced a Grey Poupon commercial featuring actors portraying wealthy British men expressing desire for the mustard.
I happen to like the spicy taste of Dijon too. Hey. I noticed there's a Hate Hannity Hotline. I hope I make it there sometimes. He's too cowardly to have me on his show, so I'd really like to make the Hotline.
TIME magazine rips the Republican Party apart as Rep. Patrick McHenry says that Reaganism is dead.
Time Magazine's new analysis of the state of the Republican Party is absolutely devastating. It stops just short of pronouncing the still twitching corpse dead. And it isn't just mainstream conservatives like Arlen Specter fleeing in droves; even the target demo-- Know Nothing nitwits like Joe the Plumber are leaving too! And the North Carolina pip-squeak congressman who once bragged he would be the model of ultimate right-wing obstructionism, Patrick McHenry, is now declaring Reaganism over.
How many nanoseconds will it take for McHenry to apologize to Rush Limbaugh?
David Schmader writes more on the mustard smear:
No doubt the majority of you are wondering, "This is news?" But for the wingnut right, the question is "Why isn't there MORE news about this?!?!"
God bless America.
UPDATE: Gold-star comment from Max Solomon: "BTW, mayonnaise is a French word, too." (And a much Frenchier word than "Dijon," if you ask me.)
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Dijon Mustard !!
O! The Arugalance !!
but dijon,,?,,the elitist sumbitch!!!!!
LOLOLOLOLOL! Thats too good!
Was it White English King George V Cheddar or Patriotic American Colonial Yellow Cheddar?
LOLOL!!
I love my Progressives!!
Y'all knowhatimean . . . nuff said.
Grey Poupon is now owned by French's, that hideous yellow American mustard!
WTF this is so like the W mustard vs Heinz in '04!
You've got to be kidding.
I'll repeat what I said on the Law Professor's blog:
What does it say about how conservatives view ordinary Americans that they think MSNBC edited out the request for Dijon mustard in order to spare Obama the wrath and indignation of ordinary, "real" Americans who'd be outraged to learn that the President isn't a backward, provincial retard who's scared to eat forrin' sounding foods that are actually manufactured by Hellmans in Dubuque?
Hint: hey, Joe Sixpack... conservatives actually think you're stupid.
Both are/were French, too! Should we give up the Statue of Liberty? Edit out textbook references to how La Fayette was a Revolutionary War general for the colonial revolutionaries who met with Washington at Valley Forge?
It's all an insane, orchestrated attempt to keep the hate up against the French, who have a semi-socialist government that in many ways works and works well. The rich capitalists who have run this country into the ground are quaking in their boots that their free ride milking poor taxpayers could be ending, and soon.
But Dijon mustard? That's a major stretch.
Would be galled to learn that Washington viewed la Fayette as a sort of son he never had. And it just might push them over the edge if they learn that he was granted honorary citizenship.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!
But I have to admit, that video cracked me up. Obama orders a burger like he's negotiating a treaty with North Korea. Haha.
Could he have been guarded in what he ordered because the press was recording every single word... and it still turned into a fiasco.
LOL exactly!!
That was it?
President Obama and Vise President Biden are mingling with every day people for lunch while Fox-BushCo is dishing out sour grapes.
FOX would have to re-tool if their children were to recognise the truth outside their TV sets.
HE ORDERED A BURGER WITH FRENCH MUSTARD!!!!
Can't you see the implications of this? What's next, vinegar on fries? A flat bread covered with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni? A sausage slow cooked in sauerkraut? Chicken mixed with rice and soy sauce in a tin foil take out container?
My God people, how can we be just brushing this off???!!! This makes Obama look weak. Next thing you know the French will attack us with escargot dipped in Grey Poupon.
Focus on the big picture folks.
Can't you see the implications of this? What's next, vinegar on fries? A flat bread covered with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni? A sausage slow cooked in sauerkraut? Chicken mixed with rice and soy sauce in a tin foil take out container?
The horror...the horror...
french mustard or "French's" american mustard?
The McCains have 7 houses, 13 cars and a private jet.
Obama likes Dijon mustard on his hamburger.
I like a little horse raddish sometimes... I'm not sure where that puts me.
Bill O squirts mayonnaise on his falafel. Stay away from that.
Not without his Viagra he doesn't.
Friggen elitist. Horseradish on a burger? Why don't say you're a socialist. Horseradish, as every real American knows, is to be used for cocktail sauce to dip $17.99 a pound gulf water shrimp. NOT ON A BURGER!
Yeah but McCain serves up steak at his barbecues so he must be a REAL man!
LOLOLOL! Omg!
Obama is glad he's NOT an Oscar Meyer weiner!
Hannity's diet must consist of Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks and grilled cheese. Knowing what a great American he is he never eats Chinese, Italian or French cuisine? Why would a multimillionaire want that crap?
How sad is it when you have to criticize a condiment a person puts on a burger. Very sad Hannity. I wonder what kind of sneakers Obama wears? Better not be Reebok.
Sean Hannity is after yer' Lucky Charms, that Irish Bastard!
Oh, but Irish people are All American these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFgpAxom-eg
I love the spicy mustard on my corned beef and lemme tell you we went through many bottles of it with the 30 lbs. of corned beef I cooked this past St. Patrick's day! Had a full recycling pail!
OH MY GOD!!! You recycle??? What if they found Obama recycling?
In Sean's book you're not a true American if you're not. You get the double whammy if you're black folk ordering a french condiment on a burger. Little does Sean know that most mustards are Roman and not French. The French just spiced it up a bit more.
There's a lot of genetic evidence pointing to African origins of the original settlers of Ireland, via northeastern Iberia and southwestern France. The genetic haplotype that links to Africa is found in higher percentages in the Black Irish, those with dark, coarse hair, dark eyes and pale skin. The Celts, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings came later, and stirred the gene pool a bit.
That's way to much info for a funny blog post. How about something from a movie like Christopher Walken in True Romance talking about Sicilians are descendants from blacks. It's be much more easier on brain.
The Africans who briefly held power in Sicily were Muslim North Africans, who were very likely genetically descended from the Carthaginians (so, earlier, the Phoenicians) and Berbers, neither of whom are all that distinct from any other peoples who lived around the Mediterranean.
It isn't like Tarantino did any research when he wrote that line (spoken by Dennis Hopper, not Walken)- he just made the mistake of suggesting that all Africans look like Sub-Saharan Africans, which is not necessarily true. All for the sake of an insult in a fictional film.
Don't buy it when Tarantino's new film leads you to believe that a band of Jewish-American soldiers in WWII killed Hitler. It might be entertaining, but...
LOL!
Now I gotta look that shit up dammit!
Dijon bitching is all they have left.
I would bet a years supply of Rush's Oxycontin that neither of the guys in those cars are Democrats.
Both of those guys are pretty well known British actors who starred in a few political type TV series on "The Beeb".
Paul Eddington (the one presumably with the Grey Poupon) was in two very funny political satire series, "Yes, Minister, where he played a bumbling cabinet minister (in the fictional "Ministry of Administrative Affairs") and the later "Yes, Prime Minister where he portrays the same character as Prime Minister. Ian Richardson, the other "toff", played Francis Urquhart in the sinister-yet-hilarious trilogy of BBC miniseries, "House Of Cards", "To Play the King" and "The Final Cut". Both received knighthoods for their work and both, sadly, are deceased.
Was great in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Someone's got the entire mini-series up at YouTube- I took 5 or 6 hours to watch it a few weeks ago.
I grew up watching "Yes Minister" and "Yes Primeminister". Plus dozens of other excellent British comedy sitcoms.
By the way, American mustard is probably good if you have a sugar addiction. And I would love to sneak some "Hot English Mustard" into Hannity's burger.
Dinner for me is an elitist feast of tortilla chips and 3 different kinds of spicy mustard from Aldi, a discount grocery store. Each squeeze bottle cost just $1.09, yet I feel like a king thanks to multi-millionaire Sean Hannity.
If I had a hot dog, it would be even better!
I have an Aldi's, they don't even give you a bag to put your groceries in. Thank god for us elitist we have green Hemp sacks to lug our shit around in.
Yes, but don't tell Sean that Aldi's a German company!
And the same company owns Trader Joes!
Or that the sauerkraut on his hotdog is also German.
They're trying to make the Left laugh itself to death!!
I think I just had a mild stroke from laughing so hard.
Me too!!!!
That's the best they can do, pick at Obama because he happens to like a spicy mustard over the wimpy yellow crap?
If it was me, I'd have asked for Pilsudski's Polish Mustard with horseradish mixed in it.
Hannity, you have officially reached the bottom of the barrel. Climb in and mail yourself to hell.
or the coarse English pub stuff, or, what's the german one, hot & spicy? Fuck the ketchup, go with a ripe tomato.... I mean Hannity is the large-scale equivalent of dandruff, and he has about the same intellectual acuity...Who gives a fk what Obama has on his cheeseburger???
Down here they have a FANTASTIC Jewish deli mustard, called Ba' Taampte or somethin like that...that stuff is the best I've had in years!
Here we go
http://www.batampte.com/
I have to conclude that Fox is indeed a parody "News" network. They're trying to out-Colbert Colbert, and it's the best kept secret in the entertainment industry. That has to be it! Guys like Hannity, Beck, O'Reilly - they're all, in actuality, performance artists who are laughing all the way to the bank. They just can't be serious with this shit. Either that, or Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes gauge Americans' intelligence to be at a level so low as to appall even me.
Isn't a falafel middle eastern?
Bill O the Clown's an America hating terrorist sympathizer!
Anyone who uses ketchup instead of catsup is a country club fat cat as far as I'm concerned.
which is more patriotic, ketchup or catsup?
This "middle class working all my life stiff" always uses Dijon and hates catsup. The wingnuts have hit bottom and that's where they belong.
Considering Hannity has his millions made through traditional media outlets, maybe he shouldn't be the guy to talk about "elitism".
Circle gets the square :-)
I love dijon mustard! So fuck you Sean Hannity, you ignorant punk!
And I love baklava too. Does that make me a turrist' lover? What a moron.
don't put mustard on your burger..."Poupon" it!
of course...
definitely.....
I'd like to know what the hell Hannity eats -- and by the looks of him lately he isn't going for the grilled fish, salad with fat-free dressing on the side.
STFU you fat bastard!
More proof the right has nothing to offer. Actually, this is quite entertaining... watching the right wing shrink in relevance to that of one ant at an extended family picnic.
Let me guess. Hannity puts catsup on his rib eye steak.
Or it could be Ketchup.
Of course they prefer Ketchup. It was Ronnie's favorite vegetable. He was a god to these vegetables. And a bit of one himself.
And a bit of one himself.
Which is it? He was a god or a vegetable?
I didn't know they served rib eye steak at Chuck E Cheese! I figured Hannity to be a chicken fingers and french fries kind of guy!
..freedom fries
With vinegar on them... mmmmm (You can keep the ketchup/catsup.)
and fried crispy with a bit of Everglades Seasoning on them for me to truly enjoy the malt vinegar style...and THEN I put ketchup on them HA!!!
http://www.evergladesseasoning.com/
I'm sure Hannity's the guy with the smelly tuna fish sandwich for lunch -- NOT!
Je suis outragé.
Palling around with terryaki?
Caught with pigs in a blanket?
The horror...
Why am I picturing real pigs in real blankets?
Glenn Beck finds a terrorist in his Happy Meal!
When I was 14, I'd go to the Dairy Delight and order a cheeseburger with FRENCH fries and I'd always have both ketchup AND regular old French's mustard for the fries.
Never mind the mustard!
You would have NEVER seen Bush/Cheney running out for a burger and mingling with the masses!!!!
Without their TASTERS in tow.
Hannity, Coulter, Limbaugh, Republicans....
Assholes all.
And make no mistake, a huge percentage of people watching these lunatics are us. We watch to laugh and cringe (at their lunacy) to see what they are up to and get a little comedy in our lives. It would be a lot funnier if it were not so serious and dangerous and treasonous. Seriously treasonous.
Their bullshit is even too much for their 21%ers who don't make $1,000,000 a year. Do you think that Joe Sixpack and Betty Winebox take this seriously? Do you think that they don't get to the point where they think this crap is stupid?
This cracked me up for a personal reason. I am the most boring eater you will ever find. I am definitely a steak-and-potatoes type of person. But even *I* prefer Dijon mustard over French's. For the loons to make a big deal out of this is hysterical to me.
... after all he just signed a 5 year contract for a meager $100 million.
You can tell that Seanny boy loves his burgers too. And I just bet he likes them his way too. Lots of grease and cheese so that he's all blocked up. He's so full of poison! That's the reason he spits out crap out of his mouth! >^..^<
"Freedom fries", anyone??? Good grief...what a bunch of imbeciles.
Just when you start to think that these clowns cannot possibly sink any lower, they prove you wrong. However, at least in my opinion, two more things which this proves is how incredibly pathetic the far-right has become and how desperate they are to find something, anything -- no matter how ridiculous and superficial it might be -- to use as an excuse to criticize Obama. It also proves how arrogant and intolerant they are, since they clearly think that anyone who differs from them on eve the slightest point -- even something so trivial as what someone puts on a hamburger, for crying out loud -- couldn't possibly be a real American. So what if Obama likes spicy mustard on a hamburger?? I happen to like Dijon mustard myself -- and even though I've never tried it on a hamburger, I imagine that it's probably quite tasty. I myself happen to like bleu cheese on a burger -- so I guess that means I'm not a real American either. Puh-leeeze...give me a freakin' break already!
Elitist!!
rich!
I have a recipe from Heinz, for stuffed bleu cheese burger melts. Heinz must have gone commie/socialist/French (all the same thing, right?)
Try lamb burgers with real mint sauce (not jelly) you, you epicurian (which we all know is code for islamo-fascist-killing-machine.)
A local chain here by the name of Gilligan's makes a burger I'm sure you'd like: The Bleu Western. Bleu cheese, grilled peppers and onions top the meat, and the whole thing's served on a garlic baguette. I can testify that it's damned good, even if eating all that Frenchie stuff in one sitting turns you into a commie fag junkie, or it would according to these fucking throwbacks.
And I hate ketchup. Jam that up your ass, Herr Steyn.
I never ruin any food with ketchup. Ever.
ditto. Except I like a wiggly line of it on top of a homemade meatloaf.
scrambled eggs, home fries and corned beef hash...oh yeah...
burgers. Sheesh!
and veggie dippins...not for burgers or steaks...yuk!
Did George Bush ever leave the White House to grab a bite to eat? Did he ever mingle with the masses to find out what the man in the street was thinking without anybody who might disagree with him locked in pens 1/4 mile away where Bush would never see them? I just think it's great to have real people in the White House who are somewhat normal. Something that Hannity could never understand. I don't like Dijon mustard but then again I like mayo on my fries, European style.
and ranch dressing.
Communist! SOCIAAAAAAALIST!!!
ranch dressing is nasty!!!
Mayo on fries is SACRILEGE!!! You're makin LBJ, (little baby jebus) cry by doin that!
to suck your d*ck?
Put some ranch dressing on it.
I hadn't known this until you mentioned it, but not only do I now know that I have been enjoying my fries European style all this time without knowing it, but I am also growing my own arugula!
What Would Bush Eat
he was able to convince half of the country that a recovering alcoholic, like Bush, was an ideal drinking partner.
I always thought that Bush and the rightwingers deserved each other. One Bush for trying to pretend something he is not: a regular guy who you can have a beer with. And the right wingers for thinking that it is a swell idea to go out drinking with a person who admitted his life long struggle with alcoholism.
Geez.
Good point.
With all his money, I'm sure Hannity has eaten at all the top restraurants and I'll bet you he has no idea of all the "condiments" the cooks applied to his meals over the years. Next time you see ole Sean eating out, just smile and give him a big thumbs up!
I'll give him the middle finger up.
Love my burger with mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles. No cheese! Lactose intolerance you know, you dumb as wingnuts!
Have you ever seen how catsup is made. It would gross you out, and there is a tolerance level for the amount of insects and other contaminants.
Oh, and love mustard on my fries!
At least I know what's in it...
After 7 months. All they can come up with is mustard?
Me, I like the garlic pepper sauce. yumm.
Mixed in with a little ketchup and some A1 sauce. Oh, and with some Tabasco sauce too.
No mayo. Too much salad oil.
if i knowd he used dat kinda mustard i nevree,nevre, nurver, voted for him
With jalapenos, or soranos. Habeneros if you're feeling brave.
Some chopped onions. With the garlic pepper sauce too.:)
LOL
Why you elitist! :P Everybody knows that the Joe Six-Packs of the world choose Tapatio! ;)
Works for me too.:)
Have you ever had the pancake syrup made from blue agave?
Yep, the same one that they make cactus juice out of.
It's good.
Sounds good though, something different to go with the panackes!
Not as sweet as maple or regular syrups.
No alcohol in it. It's really good. I only eat pancakes 1or2 times a year. And usually when I'm in Mexico. There's this little art gallery that happens to sell this stuff. It's a nice novelty thing.
Makes a great gift.
For those who don't want the cactus juice.
http://www.briefing.com/Common/Images/Content...
want to be on Hannity's show?
Is that why you keep featuring his mug every day?
We should lead the change of French's Mustard to Freedom Mustard!!!!!
Where's the Daily Show clip of Dubya fantasizing about all sorts of different foods (e.g. obsessing about the pig)?
Don't these clowns have anything better to slime Obama with? People are losing their jobs, their houses and their hope........and all the Faux bozos can come up with is what kind of freakin' mustard Obama likes? My biggest problem is that I would have ordered ketchup..........mustard only belongs on hot dogs and reubens!
powerless to change the situation, no matter how informed they try to become. I think most realize that the democratic system is a sham and that the government has been co opted by the financial system, but they don't know how to undo this situation.
The other white meat!
how to bleed an empire until it is "white".
Then he must be covered in Grey Poupon because he still hasn't accepted Olbermann's challenge to be waterboarded for charity.
To be fair, the Secret Service probably tries to protect the President inside and out, and ask him to get more cooked burgers when going out.
I say we all send him a jar of Grey Poupon. that way he'll know how wonderful it really is. He can keep it in his pantry with his imported Hungarian smoked paprika and marinated capers.
This is clear evidence that Obama should have gone for the baconnaise.
(I like my burgers with fried onions, cheese, and some barbeque sauce, myself. Then again, I've already accepted the fact that I'm an elitist.)
I find it very annoying that the Rethugs are so intellectually bankrupt that they feel the need to attack what President Obama eats for fuck's sake!
Not to put ideas into their tiny heads, but I guess now I expect them to attack VP Biden for eating a burger with Swiss cheese (will advocate neutral foreign policy) and jalepenos (open borders).
Btw, I just told my mother about this, and she (who has been poor all her life, including having worked a migrant farmworker) pointed out that *she* loves Dijon mustard.
This is not the double post you're looking for.
We all know Sean Hannity's favorite mustard; YELLOW.
The origins of Ketchup go way back to ancient times. The Chinese were probably the first to prepare a sauce called
ke-tsiap used as a marinade for fish and shellfish.
At the end of the 17th century this sauce was introduced into Europe by the British, who had come across it in Malaysia, and adapted it to the ingredients available in Britain.
Long distance navigators from Maine took it to the United States by, but tomatoes were not introduced to the recipe until the 1790s.
This means that Ketchup isn't even originally American.
But don't explain that to Hannity. He's only interested is promoting his insane White Supremacist propaganda.
I will also note that America is the largest consumer of mustard in the world.
Unfortunately
In fact, most countries buy their mustard seed from America or Canada.
But once again, Hannity won't be interested.
I wonder when he's going to bring on his next neo-nazi guest?
He seems to just love those Nazis.
Sorry to burst your bubble... but Ketchup is an all American condiment in all its unhealthy, gross, and somewhat disgusting glory.
America is the largest consumer of mustard in the world - but it's not our most popular condiment.
I'm hoping that Hannity would be horrified to know that the most popular condiment is salsa. Damn it, close the borders, fast!
lettuce, pickles, tomato, and jalepenos. Also known as a San Joaquin Special here. And I hate mustard, btw.
I would love to find out if the village idiots can call me an elitist over something in that ingredient list!
red peppers ain't good enough fer ya??
:-)
What, you rich or somethin? Eatin pickles, all willy-nilly like that while the rest of the world has to eat RELISH!!!
...as to JUST HOW F*CKING STUPID these morons on the propaganda network are? I mean, Jesus would be spitting bullets by now.
This is totally absurd. This disgusting seditious prick hats are asking for a showdown.
rather then outdoors over a fire.
I'd like to say something like "a multimillionaire calling someone elitist for their choice of condiments?!"
or, "If this is the worst criticism of Obama they can hawk we're doing okay."...
I think I'll just stick with:
"WHAT A DICK!"
Yep...that feels right.
What kind of man orders dijon instead of ketchup?
A REAL MAN!
A man who is NOT afraid to have different tastes or to be different in any way!
Repuke just cannot STAND the idea of a President who expresses his individuality instead of toeing the party line.
The nerve!
yellow mustard is for people too afraid to embrace the mystery of life and learn something. that's why they eat shitty mustard, and like it.
I get them med. well, with pepperjack cheese, bacon...lots of tasty, crispy bacon, and Emerils fancy schmancy mustard with white wine and horseradish!
I MUST be an elitist bastard!
I think maybe these guys are laughing at the left with these stories, no? Such non sense does not deserve our attention, come on people, Come on C&L :roll:
Lighten the hell up, son.
We need this, to remind us again we're the sane ones. Indeed we are; no doubts.
Really, is this all they've got? Fist bumps and bows and smiling too broadly at Hugo Chavez and no lapel pin and he uses the teleprompter and he's too jovial or he's too somber. Jesus H. Christ!!! It reminds me of Col. Jessup on the stand in "A Few Good Men":
"Now are these really the
questions I was called here to answer?
Phone calls and footlockers? Please tell
me you've got something more, Lieutenant.
Please tell me there's an ace up your
sleeve. These two marines are on trial
for their lives. Please tell me their
lawyer hasn't pinned their hopes to a
phone bill."
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