Caught Up in Own Hyperbole, MSNBC Host Says Obama Has 'The Worst, Most Clownish Enemies of All Time'
Remember the movie "Say Anything"? Same can be said for Cenk Uygur's approach to criticizing Republicans.
Chatting with his MSNBC colleague Rachel Maddow on her show Friday night, Uygur apparently forgot he was on the air and described President Obama's opponents in a way one might expect if the audience consisted solely of liberals. (Then again, it was MSNBC).
Here's what Uygur told Maddow about Republican efforts to retool Medicare before it spends itself broke, followed by his overwrought description of Obama's "enemies" (video below page break) --
I think that they're incredibly wrong, the polls show how wrong they are, I think the election in the 26th district showed how wrong they are, and I think that they might, you know, be handing Barack Obama and other Democrats an enormous gift in 2012, if the Democrats, of course, are willing to accept that gift. And I, Barack Obama has the great advantage of having the worst, most clownish enemies of all time.
Wow -- "the worst" and "the most clownish enemies" -- "of all time" to boot. Not a combo one sees often, especially once the entirety of time is brought into the mix. Reminds me of that old "Saturday Night Live" commercial for a product called Shimmer -- a floor wax and a dessert topping. ("Tastes great ... and just look at that shine!").
From Uygur's pre-adolescent worldview, Obama's enemies are worse than the architects of the Final Solution, worse than Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, worse than slave-traders and those who owned other human beings as property, worse than the countless sadists who lived for no purpose but to inflict pain, worse than the men who crucified Jesus Christ.
But they are also the "most clownish enemies of all time," at least as Uygur sees them -- which pretty much eliminates the aforementioned villains, all of whom were deadly serious about their business.
This nonsensical criticism says nothing about Obama's "enemies," nothing coherent anyway, but plenty about the person saying it. That he, for example, sees the world through cartoonish lenses and can be expected to work at a media outlet that shares this perspective.
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Obama
Submitted by Scott Trent on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:00pm.
America soundly REJECTED the Obama agenda in the mid terms last fall and this guy knows it. He`s just too big of a coward to admit it. The majority of Americans according to recent polling OPPOSE ObamaCare. They hate it. They also know Obama is shutting down coal fired power plants like the AEP annoncement last week who said because of Obama~s EPA they plan on shutting down 5 US coal fired power plants costing many jobs and the effect on their cosumers will be a 15 % to 35 % rate increase. Obama wants our power bills to match our gas costs. Obama is CLUELESS and so are these msnbc LAPDOGS for the Socialists. Journalism used to be about being watchdogs for the people. Today they are nothing more than lapdogs... Like this Cenk idiot.
"Goofy"
Submitted by Xpat48 on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:07pm.
Have any of you ever seen a more "Goofy" looking guy then this?
Well, maybe Weiner.
Clownish?
Submitted by KyWriter on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:10pm.
With a name like Cenk Uygur, a face to match, and all the intellect of a wet rock, this guy really shouldn't talk.
Sink Auger
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:22pm.
is calling other people clownish?
Seems like he should change his name to something more with a little more class. "Roto Rooter" comes to mind.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
C'mon now, that's not how it's pronounced
Submitted by Jack Coleman on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:34pm.
It's "Chunk Squeegee"
I thought it was pronounced
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:36pm.
Chunk Oilgar.
And that last comment was just mean. Please apologize to septic systems, which actually perform a useful purpose in society.
No No, it's
Submitted by bigdaddy on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 10:03pm.
Stink Fynger
Or Cyst
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 12:03am.
Or Cyst Carbunkle.............which is what this dumb looking Moooooooooooooooooooooooslem Turkish Turd looks like. Why doesn't he go back to Is-Tan-Bullsh*t and shut his stupid 'religion of peace' piehole.....................I'm sick of hearing these friggin' poser Americans telling us REAL Americans how things oughta be!!!
Blah blah blah MSDNC blah
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:29pm.
Blah blah blah MSDNC blah blah blah Obama dreamy blah blah Tea Party evil blah blah Palin Bush Cheney blah blah LAST PLACE RATINGS
The Turkish Bluto is obsessed with NY-26.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:27pm.
He can't make it thru a segment without bringing it up, whether it's his own show or if he's guest-whoring on another MSNBC show like Maddow's.
What he never brings up is that NY-26 was a special election, which always have a lower turnout.
Chris Lee (R) won in 2010 with 148,000 votes, 74% to 27%.
K. Hochul (D) won the special election with 45,000 votes, 48% to 42%.
But Bluto likes to paint NY-26 as an earth-shattering sea-change that is to viewed as a mandate for Obama and the harbinger of what's going to happen in 2012.
Turkish Bluto!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:42pm.
I'm going to be laughing about that one all night!
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!
Submitted by Jack Coleman on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 4:40pm.
Not according to the Turkish Bluto!
no logic
Submitted by right of way on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:34pm.
so one isolated election, 26th district, carries more weight than every election held in 2010 when obama's policies were rejected?
Alinsky Alert
Submitted by JPP on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:48pm.
Ridicule your enemys.....
I wonder if Chunk Urgoobers could ride a camel...
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:59pm.
...all the way back to Turkey?
It would at least be big fun to watch him try. :-)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Who's clownish?
Submitted by nkviking75 on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 3:58pm.
Clownish enemies? Obama's allies are far more clownish. Just a short list: Biden (ah, Biden, prince of clowns), Reid, Pelosi, Weiner, Alan Grayson, Wasserman-whatever, Emanuel, Howard Dean, Holder... I'm just getting started. This bunch frequently steps on rakes and gets smacked in the face with the handle. And don't forget the relevant signature line below.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
The Bad thing is
Submitted by KornKing on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 4:09pm.
Inspector Clousseau could put on a better circus
How apropos
Submitted by telecaster on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 4:10pm.
...........perfect for the worst most clownish president of all time.
As much as I dislike the Young Turd....
Submitted by dydx on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 5:32pm.
...and his friggin' rants (lol)...
...I find this criticism of him a little petty. It's post like these that make me hesitant to refer my liberal acquaintances to Newsbusters. I always refer conservatives to the site, though.
Yep---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 11:27pm.
Wouldn't want any liberals to find out that there are actually some conservatives extant who will call a spade a spade.
Liberals might then think badly of, and horrors, maybe even say bad things about conservatives for being so "petty".
MD
Oh jeez, MD..............I
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 12:13am.
Oh jeez, MD..............I got in trouble here once for 'calling a spade a spade'......so watch your back!! Of course, I've GOT your back on this one, because it's true. And if any 'open-minded' and 'tolerant' libs want to read what we have to say, and are shocked or surprised by the fact that we might actually say things that we believe in.................well, tough sh*t!! I know a lot of libs around here, and they KNOW damn well where I'm coming from..................but I keep myself optimistic and in good cheer most of the time, unless one of them crosses me with some stupid or false arguement or proclamation..............then it's KABOOM!!! Of course, by then, they DON'T want to engage in any more conversation, because they can't BACK UP whatever they just said!!!
Good to know, killa---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 12:32am.
that you have my six.
It is appreciated.
MD
You guys don't get it....
Submitted by dydx on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 1:41am.
....this is a very, VERY petty criticism. Almost childish. Uygur was speaking in a hyperbolic fashion, and people should be mature enough to realize this. Coleman stuck it in the headline even.
It's akin to Uygur saying he once waited a million hours for a taxi, and then someone from Newsbusters jumping all over him because that's an impossibility, and then devoting four paragraphs explaining that 1,000,000 divided by 24 divided by 365.25 is over a hundred years which pushes us back into the late 19th century and that even if Uygur was the oldest man on earth taxi cabs weren't even around back then. So he's a liar.
It's a petty thing to criticize him over, and makes it seem that if that's the only thing we could criticize over, then what he says the other times must not be that bad. Get it now?
So name your spades, and cover your backsides. The vast majority of the stuff of this website is great. I tell all my conservative customers about it, and even bookmark the site for them. I'm just calling Newsbusters on the times when it seems over the top petty, ticky-tacky, and trivial. This is one of those times. I'm hoping it's what sets us apart from the DU and Indymedia and Daily KOS.
Have more posts like these...and it won't.
How in the world, dydx---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 2:05am.
have I been able to survive this long in this mean old world without your wisdom, guidance, and selective criticism?
I think it extremely petty of you to take issue with those conservatives you disagree with by telling them they don't get it.
You referred to him as the "Young Turd" and to his speech as "friggin' rants" - and you claim some type of higher moral imperative?
How elitist of you.
Bite me.
Get it?
MD
There is difference...
Submitted by dydx on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 2:53am.
...between commenting on a post and the post itself. It would be unprofessional for someone from Newsbusters to refer to Uygar in a post as a "Young Turd." It's okay (to some extent) in the comment section. I didn't say "Young Fuckhead." You see, MD..."turd" and "turk" are similar. Like "Obama" and "Obummer."
And I was talking about the POST. Not the comments. It is not petty for me to bring up the petty-ness of posts. Someone should point these things out, IMHO. The "friggin" comment was a take on another petty post made weeks ago concerning Uygar. Dunno if it is considered an inside thing, but it was apparently lost on you. My pointing out petty-ness doesn't mean I'm taking a higher moral imperative. I was hoping that Coleman's post had more substance, but alas, it was only a rant about Uygar's hyperbole. Disappointing.
Hyperbole, by definition, is never to be taken literally. Coleman did.
So grow up, MD. It's obvious that you haven't been around long enough to garner much wisdom due to your immaturity and thin skin. Get some thick skin. We're on the same side.
Going to take my tired old bones to bed...if you want the last word, MD....go for it. If this is going to devolve into the two of us exchanging smart ass remarks to each other, then I yield the rest of my time to you. Goodnight.
The majority of your post, dydx---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 11:57pm.
was lost on me.
You spouted a bunch of what you apparently believe to be ameliorative twaddle.
It came across as self-righteous condescension from an elite pos who deigns to drop pearls of wisdom on the hoi polloi from the dizzying height of Mount Olympus.
I have accumulated enough common sense to know bullshit when I see it, and that was what you were peddling.
Only elitist asswipes utilize condescension and equate doing so to being brilliant.
"Turd" and "Turk" are similar; as are "Obama" and 'Obummer".
Really? What a blinding glimpse of the obvious.
Looks like "dydx" and "die, dicks" are similar, too.
We are on the same side?
In a pig's fat pink ass we are.
MD
Hey dydx..........you appear
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 3:02am.
Hey dydx..........you appear to be 'on the team', and, as MD pointed out, you laid some pretty heavy lines on the Turkish Turd yourself...............so I don't think you should be getting so uppity, you know???
This clown is CONSTANTLY flapping his Mooooooooooooooooooooslem gums - on national TV, no less - about what an intolerant and bad and crappy place the USA is, in his view, while he's over here making a good living and enjoying the freedom to tell all of us REAL Americans his dumb-ass, backward-ass, liberal-ass, communist-ass viewpoint of how we ought to be living!!!
Try going over to Turkey and see how far THAT will get you!!!!
I stand by everything I've said............and I'm sure that most of the other REAL Americans here on NB feel the same way.
Plus...........I generally wouldn't be poking fun at someones physical appearance, or agenda, or philosophy...........unless it was part of their aggresive attempt to foist their thoughts and opinions on me, and especially in a way that I would consider to be wrong, improper, unsolilcited, or just plain dumb. So when people like this dope are up there - in the public venue - laying this crap on me and millions other like me - then I'm NOT going to hold back on ANY critisism or differernce of opinion to them. Hell, they do it to me all the time................just watch the MSM!!!
Would I want to go into a dark alley with ANY of them??? Hell no!!! Would they want to go into a dark alley with me??? Hell yes!!! It's a simple as that. Of course...................I wouldn't take them with me, because they don't deserve it......................
60% of America, Clownish
Submitted by jm1656 on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 6:11pm.
60% of America, Clownish Enemy's
The Circus Ringmaster lives in 1600 Penn Avenue :-)
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 7:49pm.
...and his clowns (no ofense to clowns) perform from the NBC, MessNBC, CNN and CBS studios. It amazes me that these brain dead bubble heads so called journalists have jobs in this economy.
bluto uyger
Submitted by scarletandgold on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:36pm.
bluto...lol says it all...go back to your pics of wiener...and do what ever it is u do when your looking at them cenkkkk
The Endless Supply of Brain Dead Liberals
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 8:40pm.
Just when you think MSNBC has hit the bottom of their barrel of liberal buffoons they trot out another one. This guy is just another dopey liberal jackass with nothing of value to add to the conversation. They might as well just play reruns of Chris Matthews all day over there. It's all the same crap. Matthews and the wannabes.
More clownish than . . .
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 3:08am.
Sink "The Turk" Booger?
I hardly think so.
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
Clownish, he has a corner...
Submitted by dreamsincolor on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 12:33pm.
He calls the opposition clownish than then goes on to say they are wrong, because the polls prove it.
Really?
Stupid is not a strong enough word to describe what happens when his mouth moves.