The left has gotten a lot of "giggles" over the term "teabaggers" in describing Americans who attend the tea parties. For those of you who don't know, teabagging is a perverse sexual term. It is interesting to me that the left not only knew the term, but seemed very comfortable using it. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised.
Those having the most fun have been CNN's Anderson Cooper, Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and frequent guest pundit Ana Marie Cox. Last week I posted about tweeting with Ana marie Cox where she promised me she would stop using the term if I donated to a charity she was sponsoring for research in colon cancer in memory of Tony Snow. I donated $100 and was her top contributor. She thanked me and promised she would stop. She even asked if "teabaggist" would be cheating, and I said yes it would be.
Well, it didn't take a week for her to break her promise. I'm not sure why I trusted the word of a lefty, but I take comfort in the fact that my money did go to a good cause.
I actually think in the video she was trying to find a way to get out of saying "teabagger" and just go with teabaggist so that her crowd wouldn't make fun of her for agreeing to not say it. Heaven forbid she tell Maddow (the cool kid in their high school of punditry) that she had promised a conservative not to slur good people with that term anymore. She might be ostracized by the popular kids at Lefty High!! It's clear she is being snarky there, but who knows? Maybe she won't actually use the term anymore. If she doesn't, I will give her kudos.
I expect this kind of immature name calling from the blogosphere, and now it doesn't even surprise me with the mainstream media on air talent. But I have to admit my jaw dropped when the President of the United States used this sexual slur, AND a former President of the United States as well.
From The New York Times:
Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens's election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, "Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit" Democratic voters "and it will encourage the extremists."
From Politico's Politico 44 blog:
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Clinton described the ongoing tea party protests against the Democratic agenda as a sign their party was making progress.Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning."
Both statements are completely without class.
I can't remember a time in Presidential history when a President has slurred so many of the American people in such a way. Even on his worst day, President Bush would never have used such a term about the anti war protesters, much less just those that disagreed with him politically.
Of course one might expect such a thing from Clinton, a man know for his sexual perverse ways, but I must say I am shocked at President Obama. I may disagree with him politically, but I never thought he would ever say such a thing.
Shame on both of them.
—Kathleen McKinley is a blogger whose posts appear at Rightwing Sparkle.
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I'm also suprised Obama
November 12, 2009 - 09:22 ET by Radical1979I'm also suprised Obama would use such a slur. Only because he has always had others do his dirty work in the past while allowing himself to stay above the fray.
Case in point his opponent Jack Ryan in the 2004 Senate race.
Jack Ryan
November 12, 2009 - 09:51 ET by Gat New YorkThe only reason Obama won that election is that he had his surrogates in the news media sue to force sealed divorce records to be opened. They were sealed to protect their children.
That should not have been a surprise from Obama, since he did the same thing in the primaries to the leading opponent Blair Hull.
In both cases, Obam's opponent was leading until the marital issues suddenly surfaced which allowed Obama to surge into the lead in each case.
Obama is nothing more than a thug and is a blemish in the White House.
Gat you got it. But Obama
November 12, 2009 - 17:14 ET by Radical1979Gat you got it. But Obama publicly said something to the affect that people's personal lives should have nothing to do with the election. Meanwhile he was instructing his people to get those records unsealed and publicized. Obama doesn't usually do the dirty work, he just tells others to do it.
God help us until 2012. I hope there's something left.
And especially cute that
November 12, 2009 - 09:22 ET by motherbeltAnd especially cute that she used the term in the context of telling Maddow, who didn't say it, to not use the term.
No class. All A$$ - My mother
But you are right; the fact that two Presidents, one former and the current one, see fit to use the term, shows just how debased liberal attacks have become.
I don't know about Clinton, but I'm sure with Obama, it will just be considered part of his "swagga."
You know, like "all wee-wee'd up."
Shame on both of them.
November 12, 2009 - 09:24 ET by HuapakechiDoesn't anybody realize by now that libs have no shame?
Is not is not not is is it?
Obama is an ignorant
November 12, 2009 - 09:29 ET by mattmObama is an ignorant marionette whose strings are pulled by marxists behind the scenes. But he dresses well and knows how to act cool....
CLUELESS...
November 12, 2009 - 13:04 ET by danybhoyHe also has no class, plus he does'nt understand what the constitutional restraints & duties of being the President are either.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
what a shame
November 12, 2009 - 09:30 ET by rowdygirlObama has contempt for anyone that disagrees with him or his agenda. It's obvious he has little respect for America in general, and none at all for anyone opposed to his radical plans.
I wonder if his darling daughters speak this way?
Jackass
November 12, 2009 - 10:18 ET by miss911ninjaIf a friend is rude, the girls probably wouldn't hesitate to use the word "jackass," following Daddy's example. Kanye West deserved that for his behavior at the MTV Awards, but it was very unpresidential for BHO to use that term in public. I wasn't surprised though, because I had no illusions about him having any class whatsoever to begin with.
Teleprompter
November 12, 2009 - 10:27 ET by Jerry MackHe is a speech flounderer without his teleprompter.
Obama is left of left
November 12, 2009 - 09:38 ET by holeinthehullHoleinthehull
Nothing surprises me about the left and especially Obama. The words and phrases that "slip" out of his heart and through his mouth is not surprising. The steam and pressure that is constantly building inside him from his radicalism is immeasurable.
What kills Obama is that he can't say what he really believes, especially being the most powerful man in the world. Obama would never say this but he is the leader of just the Americans who voted for him. The rest he relegates to a slur. Never before has any POTUS slurred and demeaned a group of people in the US on a recurring basis as Obama has.
Because he governs for less than half the population in this country is the very reason he will have only 1 term and will go down as the most disastrous 4 years of any President to date.
His inability to connect with Americans because of his radicalism over the last 32 years of his life defines his very nature and character.
This is a very dangerous administration, especially with both houses of congress in his backpocket.
Obama---
November 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by matthewdeanhith:
Many times a day these thoughts cross my mind---
I cannot believe this pos got elected.
SOB ain't my President.
I cannot believe this inexperienced dork got elected.
Supposed to respect the "Office" of the POTUS. Supposed to.
I cannot believe this a**munch got elected.
Okay, I'll respect the "Office" once again (once LOTUS is gone). Maybe. Or just maybe, I'll never trust OR respect any politician, period, ever again.
I cannot believe this fool fooled enough fools to get elected.
I not only don't like him, I actively dislike him.
I don't like his wife, either.
He is oily smarmy, she appears to be sourass mean.
If only the man had measured up, even part of the way, to what his cult followers thought he was going to represent.
Even if the man at least tried to occasionally govern from somewhere near the middle, from whence he campaigned.
Of course, those of us who have not assumed room temperature know that the majority of Lib leftists campaign as though they are middle of the road centrists.
NOTE: For a leftist, the phrase "middle of the road centrist" is a valid word combination.
Of course, that is one of the Countrys' major problems right now. The TOTUS has not governed (and probably will not) at all. But he is certainly in hell-on-wheels full tilt campaign mode at all times.
Here is what I believe to be the most utterly sad comment I can make about Obama:
Had this individual possessed, even minimally, the traits of a statesman or true diplomat, he could indeed have done away with so much of our collective racial angst.
While not the "great" orator he is proclaimed to be, his communication skills would have set him up so that future generations would consider Obama to have been a President for the ages.
Instead, we are stuck with a lying piece of crap from the cesspool of Chicago Democratic politics.
Damn.
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
First question in an interview.
November 12, 2009 - 09:37 ET by Kingfish17I think this should be the first question in an interview, or even just shouted out at a press conference or photo op:
"Mr. President, why are you using the perjorative term 'teabagger' when referring to people who attend tea-party protests?"
His oppenent in the 2012 Presidential Debate should also bring it up.
That's not the worst of it
November 12, 2009 - 10:28 ET by BlondeWhile I object to him using "tea baggers" as a perjorative to describe those of us who oppose his stupid policies, I am incensed by his calling us "extremists" because we don't want Obamacare.
The POTUS is terrorizing the citizenry of this once great nation. Someone needs to tell him to STFU.
I hope he fails, too.
Use of vulgar language
November 12, 2009 - 09:47 ET by philhoeyGee what a surprise. I thought they were paying us a complement. LOL
My Daddy taught me that someone who requires the use of vulgar and profane language to express themselves are generally of low intelligence. That certainly applies to Obama and Clinton.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” – Marcus Aurelius
I was under the impression
November 12, 2009 - 09:44 ET by kbloxomI was under the impression that Anderson Cooper was gay and thereby allowed to use the term teabagging from experience and not necessarily using it in a derogatory sense toward the tea parth people.
So calling you a NAZI is not
November 12, 2009 - 10:17 ET by Dan The Man 2So calling you a NAZI is not deroggatory or any other name either? It has been determined to be a deroggatory term not used in open coversation, well any conversation for that matter.
I'm OK, you're OK.
November 12, 2009 - 09:45 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsObama 'shouts out' slurs, it's OK, I heard the phrase 'cracker honky racist' while flipping through prime time TV, along with a laugh track, and that's OK, a certain religion (which shall remain unnamed) allows a 'grand prize' of sorts (72 virgins for your pleasure) for murdering non-believers, and that's OK, a certain group of armed racist militants (also remaining unnamed) stands outside polling stations shouting 'Now you'll know what it's like to be ruled by the black man!' and that's OK but please, oh please, never criticize this administration, that is NOT OK and constitutes domestic terrorism.
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Kathleen - The obvious question is if Ana Marie Cox broke her
November 12, 2009 - 09:47 ET by Rush Fanpromise regarding not using the pejorative word "teabagger", why are you so certain that the donation you gave her for a charity she was sponsoring for research in colon cancer in memory of Tony Snow will be used for that purpose? Perhaps the donation will go directly to a liberal cause or a democrat politician.
Now let's be clear. I'm not saying that liberals like Ana Marie Cox lie. I will say that liberals like Ana Marie Cox handle the truth recklessly quite often.
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further evidence
November 12, 2009 - 09:53 ET by spepperit's further evidence that from the President on down, in their party et.al., when they cannot come up with a single shred of logic or intelligent response to those who oppose their policies and viewpoints, they almost without fail, resort to slurs, bashings, and personal attacks-- reminds me of the old "scorpion on the otter" fable-- the scorpion is stuck at a river crossing, and the otter, after a discussion with the scorpion in which the scorpion promises not to sting the otter to death, offers the scorpion a ride to the other side-- at about the halfway point, the scorpion eventually stings the otter-- and in his dying breath, before they both sink and drown, the otter asks, "Why did you sting me, after you promised you wouldn't?", and the scorpion responds, "I could not help myself-- it's in my NATURE--"
Why be suprised?
November 12, 2009 - 09:55 ET by katiejaneIt is interesting to me that the left not only knew the term, but seemed very comfortable using it.
Given that so many on the Left were quite familiar with the term one might wonder if it is their preferred mode of sexual expression. Perhaps the Right should start referring to the Obamabots conduct as being on the "down-low" . I imagine they and Obama are quite familiar with that term also.
Double standard
November 12, 2009 - 09:59 ET by KC MulvilleThe reason why they get away with it is that the media, on their side, is eager to accuse Republicans of being uncivil, and blow the slightest "incivility" out of proportion. Remember ...
These were capital crimes, according to the media. And yet, Democrats can call the CIA liars (Pelosi), can label conservatives "teabaggers" (Clinton), can proclaim wars lost (Reid), can accuse our soldiers of midnight atrocities (Kerry), can accuse us of running a Gestapo camp (Durbin) ... and these are just the examples that leap to mind.
So, if that's the way they're going to play, I recommend we simply ignore their ridiculous indignation. Why give into the tears from such whiny crybabies?
Kathleen, what would ...
November 12, 2009 - 10:10 ET by SentryDanKathleen, what would expect from those who have no honor? Remember, obama is a man who has nothing but disgust for America and "We the People".
They liberals want to remake America in their own graven image, a utopia. "We the People", the majority, know that can never happen because the only ones that would live in the utopian world would be the elite while the rest of us would be reduced to slavery. The liberals want government control of our lives.
I, and millions upon millions of my brothers and sisters did not fight for this country only to see it destroyed by dishonorable, dishonest people like, obama, pelosi, reid, dodd, murtha, kerry and the rest. And yes kerry and murtha may have put on the uniform of the US Military, but is was for self-serving reasons and not because they felt they owed the country something.
My duty as an American citizen is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies both foreign and domestic and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
I find Cox's Kennedy haircut very attractive (gak)
November 12, 2009 - 10:11 ET by SickofLibsI could barely repress the gag reflex watching these two smug whatevers feed off each other's schtick.
To Barack Hussein Obama,
November 12, 2009 - 10:13 ET by donaldborschjrTo Barack Hussein Obama, mmm-mmm-mmm,
Since you seem to disagree with Free Speech so much, and since I am unafraid of you or your limp-wristed thugs, allow me to show you what real Free Speech is:
You suck. You are a liar. You are a baby-killer. You are nothing more than a Black Liberation theology puppet with a smattering of Islamofascist rhetoric mixed in. You have all the charm of a wet washcloth. You have been pushed through the system because of your heritage.
The Democrats are playing you like a cheap trombone, and the real power behind you, Soros, is using you like a three-dollar whore. You are, ultimately, a useful idiot. ACORN rigged your election and no one really believes you are fit to be our President. Actually, no one really likes you. You will go down in history as the most worthless of any President that America has ever had. Have your MSM take as many polls as possible using the mindless sycophants you find on the streets, but the Truth is simply that you suck. Worthless, absolutely worthless as President.
You whine like a baby when crossed, due to your entiltlement mentality that was groomed into you by your leftist race-baiters, and you have no backbone when facing our enemies, unless of course it is someone you can throw stones at from the comfortable securtiy of the White House protective barrier. You have surrounded yourself with criminals, Communists, Fascists, Marxists, and liberal America- haters.
I cannot wait until you are booted out of office. I will celebrate and jump for joy. I detest the things YOU and YOUR Congress are doing to my country. You are all guilty of treason as far as I am concerned and should be dealt with as hostile enemies of The Constitution.
I am a Free man. I speak freely and without reservation. I am but one of millions who think this way. You don't have enough MSM mouthpieces to silence all of us. There will always be a remnant.
God Bless America,
Donald Borsch Jr.
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Ok Donald...
November 12, 2009 - 10:38 ET by CCsteelcityTell me what you REALLY think... and I don't want you to sugarcoat it!
Great stuff. I just wish more people would stand up and say this to the media to show across the country. But it would get edited out.
"The bottom line is that the idea that government bureaucrats have enough knowledge to manage an economy well is the height of conceit." - Friedrich Hayek
BHO---
November 12, 2009 - 11:53 ET by matthewdeanDBJr:
Outstanding !!!
MD
Right on...
November 12, 2009 - 14:55 ET by talkradio55For the sake of this man, he needs someone to tell him what a self-absorbed, vapid, half-witted, Communist, terrorist-sympathing, narcissistic, America-hating Fascist. His biggest problem is that he surrounds himself with apple polishers who shield him from the truth, which is a deeply dangerous character flaw which can bring us as a nation to its knees.
Liberalism is a lie unto itself.
Is this the type of education-
November 12, 2009 - 10:14 ET by JIMMY1660one gets from Harvard?
POTUS is a street thug, no style points.Its that simple.
BHO-and Bill Clinton may be brothers.Both scum bags, not worthy to be POTUS
Who knows
November 12, 2009 - 10:20 ET by StarAZWho knows what education he got from Harvard--no records made available.
While it is certainly
November 12, 2009 - 10:14 ET by robert108While it is certainly disgusting that a President would use a vulgar sexual reference to smear those who disagree with his policies, I'm far more worried by his description of Americans exercising their First Amendment right to petition their govt for their grievances as "extremists". This smear is often a prelude to violence and repression.
Oh come out and say it
November 12, 2009 - 10:19 ET by StarAZOur "leaders" might as well call us douchebags and get it over with. We know they think we are a bunch of whining clingers, wanting our rights, choices, good health, and jobs. Losers all around. What would we DO without THEM?
He's a Bum!
November 12, 2009 - 10:15 ET by slickwillie2001The Bamster and his fright of a wife are no-class bums, and more Americans and people around the world see that every day. Among his hardcore league of worshipppers however I suspect that his a-hole behavior will simply be emulated as the latest cool thing.
The upside –President George W. Bush and his wonderful First Lady look better every day. Look at this from Hillbuzz, a Hillary-fan site:
Thank You Former President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush: http://hillbuzz.org
"Well, we told you before how much the current president, Dr. Utopia, made us realize just how wrong we were about Bush. We shudder to think what Dr. Utopia would have done post-9/11. He would have not gone there with a bullhorn and struck that right tone. More likely than not, he would have been his usual fey, apologetic self and waxed professorially about how evil America is and how justified Muslims are for attacking us, with a sidebar on how good the attacks were because they would humble us."
Humble us--and don't forget
November 12, 2009 - 10:41 ET by StarAZ"Provide a sober reminder."
Simply Amazing
November 12, 2009 - 10:47 ET by NoMoreClintonsEveryone should read the post at HillBuzz mentioned above. It seems that Dems who aren't drinking the kool-aid are gradually seeing what a great president (and great guy) W was/is. It may seem shocking to think that this could happen, but happening it is. I guess when you have the current POTUS to use as a comparison, there is none.
Why are you paying for them
November 12, 2009 - 10:17 ET by optimistWhy are you paying Ana Marie Cox to stop using the term? If anything I hope more people on the left keep using it. It's hurting them in the long run.
Identifier
November 12, 2009 - 10:30 ET by Jerry MackYou are correct optimist. This term gives instant identifacation to the user.
Why are you paying Ana Marie Cox to stop using the term?
November 12, 2009 - 12:42 ET by Tugboat PhilI'm pretty sure she doesn't do anything without being paid first. As for Maddow using the term, what do you expect from a dude?
Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.
cute couple
November 12, 2009 - 10:21 ET by tomolson3What a cute couple these two are!!!!!! only one question, which one of these men is the female in the relashenship? Any one..any one??
Top or Bottom
November 12, 2009 - 10:41 ET by CCsteelcityI'm pretty sure Clinton catches... but they may trade off.
"The bottom line is that the idea that government bureaucrats have enough knowledge to manage an economy well is the height of conceit." - Friedrich Hayek
I don't know why you'd expect....
November 12, 2009 - 10:27 ET by stage9...a group of people who don't hold to absolute moral values to hold to absolute moral values in anything they say or do.
Liberals are relativists. That means that what you believe to be a broken promise, they believe to be the moral equivelant of saving a bunch of children from a burning bus.
Lying is on par with charity in their minds. Devaluing life in the womb is on par with valuing domestic terrorists. It's all relative within their twisted worldview. There is no line of demarcation between moral "right" and moral "wrong".
Welcome to the world of inteligencia where logic and conscience seldom meet.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."
— Malcolm Muggeridge
You made a bargain about the "teabag" term with a pundit named
November 12, 2009 - 10:42 ET by CO2Maker"cox"? That's got to be the height [if you'll excuse the pun] of irony!
Would O'Bama refer to entertainers on BET as n---ahs? Doubt it. How would Anderson react if you asked him if the president was still smoking fags? Does Anderson ever feel fagged out after a long stretch on the anchor chair? Would you ask Rachel Madcow to visit and report on the dikes in New Orleans?
No, I don't think so. Most people in public life make sure they steer clear of ambiguous statements—and not just in something like the "malacca" fiasco. Remember the trouble the the word "niggardly" raised in two separate instances?
John Derbyshire had a good piece about it and other offensive words in the National Review in 2002.
John Derbyshire on "Niggardly" on National Review Online
Kathleen
November 12, 2009 - 11:01 ET by Tom BlumerOutstanding post.
It's on the record, and I will certainly not forget it.
Thanks also for exposing Ana Marie Cox's utter lack of integrity. Her career is sadly built on that lack-of-character trait.
What a surprise
November 12, 2009 - 11:19 ET by Thinking.ManTwo left wing manish lesbians comparing butch haircuts and making fun of the breeders.
MSLSD is the new home to every deviant on the planet, good luck to them
2012 Election Ad
November 12, 2009 - 11:40 ET by flyfisherI want to see something like this in a 2012 election television ad:
"President Obama used a vulgar, sexual slur to describe those who disagreed with him. Is that Presidential?"
However, the Republicans are a bunch of whimps and probably would not do it.
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw...
"The Trees" by Rush
Excellent idea for a commercial
November 12, 2009 - 13:52 ET by TexasMom0517Vulgar and smutty aspersions cast by two men whose primary employment has been at the public trough. Poseurs, both. You can take the boy out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the boy.
→ Ana Marie Cox
November 12, 2009 - 11:54 ET by Cool Arrow"if you donate to fight colorectal cancer, I'll never use it ("teabagger") again."
MS. Cox? Did you ever see "Ghostbusters"?
Does it bother you that you may have named your own Sta-Puf Marshmallow Man?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
MSDNC calls US teabaggers!? good one...
November 12, 2009 - 13:13 ET by gopseanIt's funny how the 'gay loving' left loves to throw this gay slur at us at nearly every opportunity. So we're "tea-baggers".. because we have 'tea parties to protest taxes'... wow.. brilliant connection there. When it comes to name-calling I got a million other gay slurs I can ACCURATELY use to insult just about every host on MSNBC. The women on there have the collective physical attractiveness of a pine tree and the men on there are about as masculine as... well.. Richard Wolfe / Joe Klein/ The 'ginger' on Maddow's show that isn't funny / David Shuster / Eugene Robinson, etc. I'd be shocked to see any of those guys talking confidently with a straight woman... If there is a 'tea-bagging bunch... it's surely those guys.
www.twitter.com/gops...
What do you expect?
November 12, 2009 - 14:45 ET by jacktheripperFrom our (your) Affirmative Action President? and Kathleen, girl you got played BIG TIME cancel that check quickly and donate the 100 bucks to the Wounded Warriors Foundation
Proud HillBilly from NNY
Breaking News
November 12, 2009 - 14:24 ET by slickwillie2001This just in: a bag lady dressed in a bathrobe snuck into an official government Veteran's Day memorial ceremony:
What's Wrong With This Picture: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog
Most fashionable evah....
Oooooo, myyyy.....LOL Who
November 12, 2009 - 14:37 ET by motherbeltOooooo, myyyy.....LOL
Who the hell wears an actual COAT with a BELT over it???
Oh, wait a minute!! I've seen that belt before!!
However, I like the Hillbuzz posting that the americanthinker thing got it from even better.
Read the whole thing. It's hilarious.
MB: that's front page at mrs-o.org
November 12, 2009 - 14:43 ET by SickofLibs"In honor of Veterans Day, First Lady Mrs. O has joined the Bidens and President O for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. O is wearing a blue tweed overcoat from J.Crew, last seen in January 2009, belted at the waist for this occasion. We are intrigued by the dress underneath. Might it be the teal Maria Pinto dress worn for the DNC in August 2008?"
"Look closely. Does anyone see what I see? I see the military in her outfit. Check out the officer holding the umbrella for her. His coat. His belt. His boots. All fantastically mirrored in Mrs. O's outfit. She just jazzed it with color and femininity. She has an uncanny ability to express through clothes. And to those of us who get it, it is an absolute thrill!"
Yeah, that's the place to
November 12, 2009 - 14:56 ET by motherbeltYeah, that's the place to "jazz it up"...at Arlington cemetery.
I'm sure that's what she had in mind.
She has a staff of 20 plus, and no one has a clue about what's appropriate and what isn't?
Jeez...she either goes overboard in one direction, as the Kennedy funeral (is she thinking of becoming a nun?) or shows a complete lack of class similar to the Arlingon outfit at a Medal of Honor Ceremony.
She has an uncanny ability to express through clothes.
Yes, she does, and what she expresses is: Solemnity my foot! Look at ME!
Drkate at Hillbuzz mirrored my thoughts exactly: classless and clueless.
Carpet Underlay
November 12, 2009 - 15:10 ET by slickwillie2001A poster at WZ said that the coat looks like it is made of that splotchy blue carpet underlay foam. I can see it.
LOL, mb...we've been out fashion policed!
November 12, 2009 - 15:37 ET by BlondeFrom one of your links:
They failed to mention that the "Klingon Death Belt" should not, repeat, not be worn under the boobs. Perhaps MO believes this makes her junk in the trunk look smaller? Que'lle icon. Not!
I hope he fails, too.
Bomber Belt
November 12, 2009 - 15:43 ET by miss911ninjaThat is the same belt! It's very strange because it doesn't even look like leather, it looks more like it's made of hard plastic. It reminds me of a suicide bomber belt!
holy......
November 12, 2009 - 14:36 ET by jon_torlinOh my lord, that's horrible. That is REALLY horrible. She's made a few faux paus before but holy crap, dude......
-Jon
What the
November 12, 2009 - 14:48 ET by jacktheripperHell is it with her and Belts??? and a BLUE COAT??? HAS SHE NO SENSE OF HONOR FOR OUR WAR DEAD!!!!????
Proud HillBilly from NNY
jon...it's not a faux-pas
November 12, 2009 - 15:02 ET by motherbeltSomeone had to know this was inappropriate.
IMO this is a complete disregard for the solemnity of either occasion (this one and the MOH one I linked to above) coupled with a desire to attract attention.
She gets raves all the time for pushing the envelope and making her own mark on First Lady fashion....
What she's blissfully unaware of is that outside the world of haute couture, that mark is a dirty smudge.
I guess the real question is
November 12, 2009 - 14:57 ET by Dan The Man 2I guess the real question is what have presitgous First Ladies worn to these auspicous occasions in the past? In other words are there preceedents for this IMO awful dress? What is the proper attire for a head of state in this matter?
She's not a First Lady, but
November 12, 2009 - 15:11 ET by motherbeltShe's not a First Lady, but take a look at Jill Biden in the Arlington photo.
You don't dress in a springy turquoise blue outfit to Arlington Cemetery in November.
Here's Laura Bush on Veterans Day 2002
You don't dress in a
November 12, 2009 - 18:48 ET by Dan The Man 2You don't dress in a springy turquoise blue outfit to Arlington Cemetery in November
I know I wouldn't, but I don't wear dresses. I was just wondering if there were any precedent for this gaudy dress on such a solemn occasion? To me it is merely indicative of the woman who said "For The First Time In My Life I’m Proud of My Country"
Actually, It Is You Who Should Be Ashamed...
November 12, 2009 - 23:11 ET by The7SticksYou have all decided to play the liberal card by buying into the "do-something" disease mentality, and have decided the only effective way of combating Democrats and President Obama is to out-do the anti-war protesters of the Left. What self-respecting man dresses up like Patrick Henry, who happened to be a slave owner, and wears tri-corner hats and rings their bells saying "Here Ye, Here Ye!"? I mean, for Chrissake, it's right out of a Paddy Chayefsky play. I have tried to be as respectful as I possibly could to these TEA Party participants, but there is a breaking point, just as there was with the anti-war luntics, that enough is enough, and you have to quote the legendary rap group N.W.A. as to what you have to say: "F**k the Teabaggers!"
Sorry I have to use such rough language, but I am about as sympathetic towards those tri-corner-wearing circus freaks as I am to those CODE PINK anti-war circus freaks. They can both go to Hell for all I care, and I'll just be busy living in the real world.
Get a Clue, 7
November 12, 2009 - 23:24 ET by BlondeDon't you dare come here and try this schtick.
Have you no sense of history? "Don't Tread on Me" is an historic motto....but of course, it may be lost on someone of your intellectual capability.
Since you say you care neither about tri-cornered hat wearers nor Code Pinkos....why don't you just do us all a favor and go away, before your posts become any more absurd?
Take your own advice....(you know, where you use all the foul words).
We need a better class of troll, here. ©
I hope he fails, too.
Sticks u are brain dead if
November 12, 2009 - 23:29 ET by Dan The Man 2Sticks u are brain dead if you don't get the dufference in the Tea Parties and Code Pink wackos. Tea Partiers are 1000 times more numerous fir one thing and they are much more representive of the American people and their wishes. We are not some fringe group. We are the people as evidenced by NY23.
Sticks needs to be shown the red card, and soon
November 12, 2009 - 23:48 ET by SickofLibsIt's not "those", it's "us", moron.
Get a clue: you ARE amongst "us"; how much slack do you think you're entitled to?
And don't play the "Don't blame me, I'm just a secular Jew" card which has been your MO in the past when you go on one of your infamous Catholic bashing diatribes.
This may be shocking, but nobody here really gives a crap what you say.
Said the Teabagee
November 13, 2009 - 00:12 ET by RESTLESS 1"F**k the Teabaggers!" said the teabagee.
I, for one, am a proud teabagger. We teabaggers have been teabagging the hell out of you lefties for months now, and you come back for more. Oh sure, you occasionally turn your head, and mildly protest, but in the end, you all do what all liberals do, open wide and take it with a smile.
So, stfu, will you.
"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest
Ms. McKinley...
November 12, 2009 - 23:33 ET by JerYou honestly believe that the mere use by President Obama of the word "tea bag"--a symbol of protest explicitly adopted by many in the Tea Party movement--is naturally assumed to be intended by him as a vile sexual slur. I find that absurd.
Jer
They wish!
November 14, 2009 - 15:48 ET by thedailyzingwww.thedailyzing.com is gonna teabagg all those libs! ZING!! Well I guess its not really a zing cause they would enjoy it so much!