Fox News recently picked up on a piece by the National Post’s Jonathan Kay which takes on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) because one of its columnists, Heather Mallick, recently included incendiary comments in her September 5 column, on CBC's Web site, "A Mighty Wind blows through Republican convention," about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, contending that Palin has the "toned-down version of the porn actress look," and attacking people in small towns as she charged that Palin "added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn't already have sewn up, the white trash vote, the demographic that sullies America's name inside and outside its borders yet has such a curious appeal for the right."
Mallick defined "white trash" as "rural, loud, proudly unlettered (like Bush himself), suspicious of the urban, frankly disbelieving of the foreign, and a fan of the American cliché of authenticity. The semiotics are pure Palin: a sturdy body, clothes that are clinging yet boxy and a voice that could peel the plastic seal off your new microwave." And as to why people in rural areas vote for Republicans, Mallick explained her view that "red states vote Republican on social issues to give themselves the only self-esteem available to their broken, economically abused existence."
In a second column she wrote for the British newspaper, "The Guardian," which also ran on September 5, Mallick revealed herself to have lived in rural areas herself until she turned 18 when she "fled." Contending that Palin cannot "out-hick me," she explained that "small towns are places that smart people escape from, for privacy, for variety, for intellect, for survival. Palin should have stayed home."
She also tagged Alaska as Canada’s "redneck cousin" that is "full of drunks and crazy people." Mallick: "We share a 1,500-mile border with a frontier state full of drunks and crazy people, of the blight that cheap-built structures bring to a glorious landscape. ... Alaska is our redneck cousin, our Yukon territory forms a blessed buffer zone, and thank God he never visits. Alaska is the end of the line."




















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LOL
September 19, 2008 - 16:03 ET by TangoUniformYou have to laugh at this. When nut cases like this start spewing their hatred and venom, we all know that they are losing it. This sounds more like a blog from some middle school misfit rather than a so called "professional." What is really troubling is that the editors saw it fit enough to print. The only sane rational is that they are trying to put so much hatred and garbage out their that Mac or someone will lose it....and thus their goal is met. "See, he can't control his temper".
and they can't understand
September 19, 2008 - 16:09 ET by TruthMongerand they can't understand the "elitist" label for some strange reason...
Journalism is the opium of the liberals
It's gettting absolutely
September 19, 2008 - 16:17 ET by mastersofdeceitIt's gettting absolutely insane alright.
Have you seen this vid clip
"anchor who LOOKS like Palin getting hate mail"
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/09/19/consiglio.palin.lookalike.wvii
What was that about the "reality based community"?
And it was other women saying it!
September 19, 2008 - 16:25 ET by HeavyChevyWhat the hell is wrong with this people get a life!
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
he has lost
September 19, 2008 - 18:03 ET by docbhis cool...He insulted the American voter by not vetting his running mate...He sold his soul to the right wing nuts like Dobson for the very same reason.
They are making appearances and campaigning with the low information voter and playing to their lack of information and exposure.. Look where they go together
This is more about CLASS...they have none and are counting on their voters not to either..
If McCain "insulted" the
September 19, 2008 - 18:27 ET by JerryIf McCain "insulted" the voters by not vetting a VP candidate, then the Democrat party pee'ed in America's punch bowl by not vetting their PRESIDENTIAL candidate.
If McCain sold his soul to "nuts" like Dobson, Obama has given his soul freely to the racist, hate-mongering, venomous, anti-American Jerimiah Wright.
You say McCain is appealling to the "low class" voter when it is the Democrats who rely on the prison vote, Jerry Springer vote, Oprah Winfrey vote, un-educated teenie-bopper vote, the MTV vote, the Rapper Vote-or-die vote, the welfare vote, the inner city slum vote, etc... EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.
Doob....er... Dweeb... I mean... docb, you are a complete joke.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Actually, the media didn't
September 20, 2008 - 00:51 ET by tomnkikiActually, the media didn't get to "vet" Sarah Palin, and were up in arms about it. Well, that's McCain's job, not the media's. And, while we're at it, could they start "vetting" their candidate, Obama? It seems we don't know diddly-squat(not a rapper, BTW) about him.
Wow! Oh, Wow! Talk
September 20, 2008 - 01:22 ET by tomnkikiWow! Oh, Wow! Talk about the pot calling the kettle "disabled". Charlie Rangel, SHAME ON YOU!! And, why isn't this being covered by the LSM? Charlie who doesn't seem to know that it's "patriotic" to pay his taxes is calling Sarah Palin, "disabled"?
http://www.breitbart...
"Political Shock: Rep. Rangel Mocks Sarah Palin as ‘Disabled’ in ‘Astonishing’ Interview"
Now now, don't go getting
September 20, 2008 - 01:52 ET by mastersofdeceitNow now, don't go getting out your "jump to conclusion" mat.
Rangel will be along any moment to tell us all "ya see here's where it gets nuanced".// (see sandra barnyard)
Absolute drivel
September 19, 2008 - 16:14 ET by IamTinmanAbsolute drivel from the intellectually challenged cousin of the BBC. (often called the Corrupt Broadcasting Company)
Canada is made up of small towns and many if not most trace their ancestry back to their "redneck cousin" and they still have relatives here in the U.S..
My canadian relatives tell me that Heather is a horse faced liberal harridan, sort of a provincial version of Maureen Dowd, whose column is best used as bird cage lining and I've seen no reason to argue based on this column which hopefully is the last of hers I will ever read.
Glad you have this here
September 19, 2008 - 16:15 ET by bigtimerGlad you have this here Brad...I was furious when I saw an interview yesterday with a fellow journalist on Fox yesterday morning with Megan Kelly...I also posted the link elsewhere a few places.
these women are the type of women, women like me have been fighting since I have been in my early teens...
They make me ill...and they are all coming unglued...not a pretty site, inside or out in most cases.
Palin Power is killin' 'em....thank God!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Lebowski's response to this Canadian elite?
September 19, 2008 - 16:15 ET by jefflebowskiI say it loud, I'm white trash and proud!
Go Palin!
Jeff Lebowski
www.angrywhitedude.c...
Just another one....
September 19, 2008 - 16:15 ET by AZTech2020Just another Canadian "Left-Hole"!!! Those morons up North just can't keep their ignorant mouths shut when it's really none of their socialist business!! The People's Republic of Canada is no friend of the USA!
This is how they think
September 19, 2008 - 16:27 ET by exLibAccording to some guy on Greta last night, from Canada, this is how many journalist think but "hide behind a wall of impartiality". He said he heard many from both canada and US talk like this woman in bars.
Also according to this guy, the stuff she spews is leftist and "protected and payed for by the government" In the meantime conservatism is being made illegal. Fewer are willing to speak out since the ones who do are hauled into court and brought up on charges of "Insensitivty and such" which are laws up in Canada. Coming to a town near you soon enough. And they call US facists?
This is typical leftist speak, total projection.
I always thought Canada was a big repository for backwoods people, people who liked hunting fishing and the "great white north!"
Come on, you hosers, take off, eh
PS - what is ruining small towns is that the liberals are leaving the big cities and coming to small towns and suing the city to remove anything spritual from the public square and infiltrating the public schools with typical PC garbage.
exlib, I also saw that
September 19, 2008 - 20:07 ET by maggieqpublicexlib, I also saw that interview on Greta last night.... and I could swear that our Greta called Mallick a 'pig' at least twice in the course of the interview. Did I really hear Greta name-calling??!!
Can we see that column in French?
September 19, 2008 - 16:34 ET by SickofLibsThat's a porn actress look? Then I gotta upgrade.
"Rural, loud, suspicious of the urban, frankly disbelieving of the foreign, and a fan of the American cliché of authenticity."
Hey Mallick, you just described my fave ambassadors of Canadian culture, Wayne and Garth!
mallick's canadian ...
September 19, 2008 - 16:36 ET by pmohbuckit completely explains her ignorance ... and jealousy.
Hmmm...
September 19, 2008 - 16:42 ET by LincolnI thought leftists were the ones who were the picture of tolerance and love, embracing people irrespective of their backgrounds. My whole world has been turned upside down. *sniffle*
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Pretty Smart
September 19, 2008 - 16:53 ET by ent"small towns are places that smart people escape from" According to Mallick, then, Palin must be pretty smart. After all, she moved to Juneau and will soon be moving to the even bigger city of Washington.
In the words of John
September 19, 2008 - 16:58 ET by mandrakeIn the words of John McEnroe...you cannot be serious. Heather Mallick was fired from the Toronto Globe and Mail years ago for being such a nutcase. I thought she had disappeared..now I find she reappeared on CBC..she's like a virus..and you're posting about her???
As the CBC IS a crown corporation
September 19, 2008 - 17:50 ET by UnsaneJust think, mandrake...you as a Canadian taxpayer are paying her salary. At least when she was with the Globe and Mail you could NOT pay her salary by merely not buying the paper! Now you have no choice!
Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief. Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.
"red states vote Republican
September 19, 2008 - 17:26 ET by motherbelt"red states vote Republican on social issues to give themselves the
only self-esteem available to their broken, economically abused
existence."
Senator Obama, call your office.....
Isn't pretty much what he "corrected" his insult to? That small town Americans vote on religion or guns because that's all they have, no jobs, no prospects, nothing?
This, apparently is a common belief in leftist circles, both here and in Canada. She should come down and work for the Obama campaign.
Anyone from small towns in
September 19, 2008 - 17:44 ET by kgAnyone from small towns in the U.S. who watch ABC, NBC or CBS has to be a downright fool.
Anyone from small towns in the U.S. who vote for Obama also has to be a downright fool.
Both the MSM and Obama have been insulting most of the U.S. and small towns in particular this whole campaign cycle. They really have a low opinion of Americans and are showing it !!!
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
The Socialist Mallick
September 19, 2008 - 17:46 ET by Unsane...and why should we be emulating Canada? Because we WANT to go nowhere as a nation?
That's like demanding the New England Patriots play more like the Tennessee Titans or the Chicago Bears.
I got exposed to Mallick in an edition of Macleans that had an article that in part blasted her Socialistic attack on the evil Wal Mart. This ingrate is a Socialist elitist of the highest order.
Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief. Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.
So anyone that looks
September 19, 2008 - 17:49 ET by mostlymoderateSo anyone that looks sophisticated and sexy at the same time looks like a "porn actress". Gotcha.
This is the stupidest thing I have read all week.
Amazing. All that vitriol
September 19, 2008 - 18:12 ET by HockeyKidAmazing. All that vitriol from a member of the "fairer sex"? What could be the source of such hatred?
Got it.
1. She's from a small town in northern Ontario (about the same size as Wasilla, AK) and left at age 18, presumably to make something of herself. Sadly, she only managed two degrees in English Lit.--both from Canadian schools.
2. She's last on the list of famous folk from the same small town, including:
* James Cameron, motion picture director
* Rayanne Dupuis, opera singer
* Roy Dupuis, actor
* Kirk McCaskill, Major League Baseball pitcher
* Kelly Vanderbeek, alpine ski racer
3. She has a look resembling Jackie Coogan in pearls and a wig.
I wouldn't go so far as to assert that the fact she's a Muslim of Pakistani descent has anything to do with her world view. That would be unfair.
Mallick is well known for
September 19, 2008 - 18:30 ET by celatorMallick is well known for being a nutjob of the first magnitude. She fled "small towns" because people tend to know everyone in a small town, and she didn't have the character to pass muster.
The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?
As stupid as some of these
September 19, 2008 - 18:52 ET by Clear thinkerAs stupid as some of these people are, they sure give me an endless supply of material. And being the nice guy that I am, I post their comments as often as possible. At this rate, the left, and the liberal media will soon piss off every common-sense voter we have in this country, so I say let them continue to show us how stupid they are. Obama will be proud of them. Unless he loses in Nov!
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I've been called white trash
September 19, 2008 - 19:07 ET by cocodrieI've been called white trash by better people than Mallick, and I am also unlettered. I am sure that she is lettered with the AKC. If I had her address I would send her a can of Alpo for Christmas.
coco.. LMAO... I'll
September 19, 2008 - 19:16 ET by bigtimercoco..
LMAO...
I'll chip in and throw in a dog collar...
Oops... on the other hand she may enjoy that type of thing...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Please
September 19, 2008 - 19:19 ET by cocodrieBe sure to get the flea killer kind. She needs it bad.
Heather Mallick
September 19, 2008 - 20:09 ET by KTHeather Mallick sounds like a real jealous, bitter bitch. Would any of the kind NewsBusters posters explain Canada in our North American Family?
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.- George Santayana
Wow...
September 19, 2008 - 21:49 ET by m4ster chief...the harsher and more vitriolic the insults, the brighter would be the shade of green that obviously covers this jealous woman from head to toe. I'd wager she's uglier than a whole herd of Canadian meese.
Having lived in several small towns, I can add a couple of reasons why an eighteen year-old girl like Mallick might leave:
1. She is pregnant, and the daddy's identity is being guessed on bathroom stall walls in bars all over the county.
2. Her "boyfriend since we were 12 years old" breaks off their engagement and is now going to marry a local high school cheerleader.
3. In a local newspaper "student profile" article, she firmly states that she intends to join the U. S. Air Force for pilot training, then is subsequently rejected for failing the basic entrance exam and for being very overweight.
4. She is caught shoplifting, and is sentenced to fifty hours community service by picking up litter along the main street in town.
5. She was caught sleeping
September 19, 2008 - 22:01 ET by Clear thinker5. She was caught sleeping with the Preachers daughter!
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uh oh
September 20, 2008 - 00:48 ET by WesenChange Sarah's name to Long Dong Obama, Rural America to Inner City and drinks to Malt Liquor and witness Afro Americans howl like jackels.
Oh, Great 0bama, Our Savior!!!
September 20, 2008 - 03:12 ET by DoktorFrankenSave us from these small town, religious, gun-toting, family orientated, Bush loving, IslamoFacist hating, hard working, community centric war mongers! How will we ever survive if you, O Messiah, are not victorious at the polls? We kneel to the pagan Brothers of ACORN (and the Daley Machine) to deliver us through this using their many voter registrations. We hope beyond hope that, once you are declared The One and Only, you will vanquish our enemy Republicans through many investigations and trials until each and every Conservative is locked safely away - forever and ever.
We will then, patriotically, pay you homage with increase taxes so that, in the fine Socialist tradition, everyone can suffer equally.