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Fox News Swiftboats Barack Obama

Submitted by _kungfoo_

Edited by legionnaire

Tags: obama, fox news, swiftboat, media

Sen. Barack Obama is an Illinois Democrat making a run for President. Or is he really an undercover muslim that was taught as a young boy to hate America and would send terrorists to live with you in your homes if elected. Fox News, fair and balanced, would certainly like you to at least consider the later.

Via ThinkProgress.org...

This morning, Fox News featured a segment highlighting a right-wing report that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) attended an Islamic “madrassa” school as a 6-year-old child.

Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy pointed out that madrassas are “financed by Saudis” and “teach this Wahhabism which pretty much hates us,” then declared, “The big question is: was that on the curriculum back then?” Later, a caller to the show questioned whether Obama’s schooling means that “maybe he doesn’t consider terrorists the enemy.” Fox anchor Brian Kilmeade responded, “Well, we’ll see about that.”

The Fox hosts failed to correct the false claim that Obama is Muslim [Obama is Christian, a member of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ since 1988]. One caller, referring to Obama, said, “I think a Muslim would be fine in the presidency, better than Hillary. At least you know what the Muslims are up to.” Anchor Gretchen Carlson responded, “We want to be clear, too, that this isn’t all Muslims, of course, we would only be concerned about the kind that want to blow us up.”


Now Fox News isn't outright saying here that Obama is an undercover, hypnotized muslim-facist sent here by the Saudis to destroy America. But they sure are saying, "Hey, it's a possibility". Also as likely, my dog is really a robot sent back in time to kill the evil secret robo-cat overlords. This is a common Fox News tactic used against it's political adversaries. John Kerry-Swiftboat ring a bell? Example, Fox's Steve Doocy even wanted to point out, maybe it's possible Obama's father was a huge Saddam Hussein fan (nevermind the fact that Obama was born in 1961, long before Saddam came to power as president of Iraq in 1979):

Transcript:
DOOCY: We should also point out that Barack Obama’s father is the one who gave him the middle name of Hussein...


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Signon

Signon

Austin, TX
June 2005

JAN 22, 2007 11:00 PM

BGage said:

England is in many ways as conservative a place as the US, but they elected Thatcher, what 25 years ago? 30?



To be fair, I've heard that some women have rejected Thatcher as anything remotely female.

PRockGirlScout

PRockGirlScout

Portland, OR
October 2005

JAN 22, 2007 11:37 PM

KUNGFOO said:
Now Fox News isn't outright saying here that Obama is an undercover, hypnotized muslim-facist sent here by the Saudis to destroy America. But they sure are saying, "Hey, it's a possibility". Also as likely, my dog is really a robot sent back in time to kill the evil secret robo-cat overlords.



He is pretty good looking.


emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

JAN 23, 2007 12:59 AM

Synthiviper said:

FridgeMagnet said:
If the American people fall for this shit, they deserve what they get.



But what about people like us who have a firm grasp on reality? How is it fair to us if we get fucked over come '08 because the majority of our country is populated by a bunch of retards?



it's called retardocracy...

NickFaust

NickFaust

USA
April 2004

JAN 23, 2007 05:04 AM

KUNGFOO said:

MistressMissy said:
People actually watch Fox & Friends?



You know what's really scary? Out of the three major US cable news channels:

CNN International is almost a completely different news channel that is broadcast to the rest of the world. It is closer to BBC News than it's American sibling.

MSNBC is rarely shown overseas. It is sometime broadcast during off hours on International CNBC.

CNN and MSNBC aren't the greatest examples of modern news broadcasts, but they shine in comparison to Fox News. The problem is...

Fox News is broadcast, live, and unedited, same version we get here in the States, to the rest of the world. Bill O'No Spin Zone, Hannity and Pussy McDemocrat, Ann Skelletor Coulter. This is how America is broadcast to the world. No wonder everybody in the world thinks every single American is a total fucking idiot.



Well, there's that and the fact that we re-elected a drooling wannabe cowboy and his Darth Vader pupper master as our country's leaders.

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JAN 23, 2007 08:39 AM

NickFaust said:

KUNGFOO said:

MistressMissy said:
People actually watch Fox & Friends?



You know what's really scary? Out of the three major US cable news channels:

CNN International is almost a completely different news channel that is broadcast to the rest of the world. It is closer to BBC News than it's American sibling.

MSNBC is rarely shown overseas. It is sometime broadcast during off hours on International CNBC.

CNN and MSNBC aren't the greatest examples of modern news broadcasts, but they shine in comparison to Fox News. The problem is...

Fox News is broadcast, live, and unedited, same version we get here in the States, to the rest of the world. Bill O'No Spin Zone, Hannity and Pussy McDemocrat, Ann Skelletor Coulter. This is how America is broadcast to the world. No wonder everybody in the world thinks every single American is a total fucking idiot.



Well, there's that and the fact that we re-elected a drooling wannabe cowboy and his Darth Vader pupper master as our country's leaders.



Yeah, but I was hoping that the rest of the world wouldn't think 49.7% percent of us weren't total fucking idiots....

But maybe you're right. Sigh...

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

JAN 23, 2007 09:01 AM

PRockGooseScout said:

KUNGFOO said:
Now Fox News isn't outright saying here that Obama is an undercover, hypnotized muslim-facist sent here by the Saudis to destroy America. But they sure are saying, "Hey, it's a possibility". Also as likely, my dog is really a robot sent back in time to kill the evil secret robo-cat overlords.



He is pretty good looking.




no.

he's really, really, really, incredibly good looking.

d20

d20

San Francisco, CA
September 2003

JAN 23, 2007 10:17 AM

what the fuck? i don't even remember posting that... christ. i need to not turn my laptop on when i first wake up. it leads to me fucking up zoolander quotes.

scorp17yh

scorp17yh

Brookings, OR
November 2004

JAN 23, 2007 10:30 AM

Unfortunately at least 50% of the United States voting population is composed of ignorant, arrogant, religious fundamentalists. After all Dubya is in his second term.
Please note I did not say he was 'elected' twice

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

JAN 23, 2007 04:01 PM

BGage said:

England is in many ways as conservative a place as the US, but they elected Thatcher, what 25 years ago? 30?



1979. Not a good year.

Bear in mind, she is the most right-wing PM Britain has elected since 1945. To say that she was elected as a non-conservative makes no sense, in a British context. (Neocon-before-her-time, maybe.)

jrein100

jrein100

Melrose Park, IL
December 2006

JAN 27, 2007 03:31 PM

CNN basically came out and called Fox news bunch of liars for making these statements.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html

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