Gaffe Video: FNC's Rivera Confuses Most-wanted Terrorist with Commander-in-Chief

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No bias, just a Joe Biden moment.

FNC's Geraldo Rivera inadvertently called Barack Obama "President Osama bin Laden" on the October 30 "Fox & Friends" program. 

The video's embedded below the page break. Enjoy (h/t NB commenter Blonde):

 

 



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Wow

Fox's resident racist made a slip.Not the first or the last from this racist scum sucker.Make he can go spit on a women to make up for looking so stupid.Naw he would probably get his butt kicked.

"inadvertently" --

"inadvertently" -- "President Osama bin Laden"

Noone is that Biden. Not even Rivera is that Biden.

Is FNC's resident libtard weirdo trying to make Fox look bad?

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Perhaps there is hope for

Perhaps there is hope for Jerry after all?  Its those fruedian slips of the tongue taht gives us insight to what a person truely believes.

I can understand it.

 

Both osama and obam are Arabs.

Just one of them understands the concept of a bath and a shave.

http://gjresult.com

 

Obama is an Arab? .....

At the risk of offending the usual suspects, let me help out with a fact. Obama is not now, nor has he ever been, an Arab.

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If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.

I'm sure he meant an "Arab at heart!"

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

That would make him...

...even more wrong. Get with the program. Obama is a COMMUNIST.  Don't you watch Glenn Beck????

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If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.

I think Beck said he "hires" communists.

But you have to actually watch Beck to know what Beck says. 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Connect The Dots

Beck has identified the communists and radicals Obama has chosen to surround himself with, and asks us to question what this means. He has said that Obama is a radical, and Beck has played audio of Obama stating that in college he sought out Marxist professors. I haven't seen every minute of his TV show or heard every minute of his radio program, but I believe he's fallen short of actually calling B.O. a communist. Beck is, however, inviting us to connect the dots.  

Fair enough..

...but it brings me back to the original question. WTF does any of that have to do with Obama being an 'Arab'? or thinking like one. 

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If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.

Uh... YOU used the word COMMUNIST first!

And by the way he may not be an Arab he just bows down to Arabs! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Fair enough...

 ...I did, and he does.

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If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.

P.S.

I should have added in my "Connect The Dots" post that Glenn has convinced me that Obama is communist to the bone. 

Tt

how right you are!

No, he meant Arab.  Willis

No, he meant Arab.  Willis has a long history of proclaiming Obama to be Arab.

Did you miss the class on paying attention?

 

The senior mr obama was born in Kenya to  ARAB father and a woman that was half Arab and half Negro.

That would make the senior mr. obama 3/4 ARAB and 1/2 Negro.

Since the younger mr obama had a Caucasian mother, that would make the younger mr obama 4/8th caucasian, 3/8ths ARAB, and 1/8th Negro.

That is not secret material.

http://gjresult.com

(edit) the younger mr obama goes to great lengths to not acknowledge his caucasian half.  And even greater lengths to pretend that he has ties to the descendants of slaves in this country.

In all actuality, his ancestors from his African side were slave owners and slave traders.

But it still makes someone

But it still makes someone in this day and age who uses the word negro to be 100% clueless.

You also might check that math again.  I'm not sure 1/2 and 3/4 = 1 human being. 

poor little feller.

 

Does the actual name of the RACE of people offend you?

Here's a clue fool.

Black is NOT a race.

Negro is the PROPER name for a very large percentage of Peoples native to Africa.

http://gjresult.com

 

Funny, because every

Funny, because every definition I can find begins with "sometimes offensive" or "dated often offensive" or "no longer in technical use."  Either way, you're still clueless, as you'll note no one on this site refers to individuals as negro.

Sorry for the double post.

 

So, nothing of value

to whine about today ted?

Yer suffering from a serious case of political correctness.

It's not fatal, just funny to the rest of us.

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Willis, using your

Willis, using your rationale, what does that make you?  Obviously not American, unless you were born to American Indians.  So share with us, what are you REALLY???

"Funny, because every

"Funny, because every definition I can find begins with "sometimes
offensive" or "dated often offensive" or "no longer in technical use."

Is there anything black-related that some PC puss hasn't labeled as offensive in some way?

"Either way, you're still clueless, as you'll note no one on this site refers to individuals as negro."

Cool...so then, since folks on the site HAVE referred to Obama as a liar, Communist, Socialist, etc, that means they are correct. See how that works? 

It's ok adhd Kennedy, you can leave your white guilt at the door.....there's no requirement for it here.

Anthropologically Correct

You are correct sir. Technically, I think most anthropologists would agree that the preferred term is "Negroid," but Negro is widely accepted.

I wuz jest trollin'

for a troll.

ted jumped out from under his bridge.

 Life is GOOD!!!

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Willis

Maybe Ted should complain to the United Negro College Fund for using the same word? However it looks like they have gone the way of KFC (still means Kentucky "Fried" Chicken!)

<edit> OMG! Did I just make a racist statement!? I can't keep track now days!

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Yay! Ignorance and racism

Yay! Ignorance and racism win again!  Congrats.

I would agree...

...provided the ignorance you are talking about is political correctness! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Fine, the 3 of you can have

Fine, the 3 of you can have your word negro, while the rest of Newsbusters and the informed world will continue to use the more commonly known and less offensive African American, or simply black.

You mean the 4 of us...

You forgot the United Negro College Fund! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Mouth, how many of your

Mouth, how many of your posts have you referred to blacks as negroes?  You're defending ignorance on your quest do defend racism? 

Uh..no

I am defending my right not to allow you to define political correctness to ME! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

So you have no response to

So you have no response to my question? 

All Those Kennedys

No, PC-run-amok nitwit, that post WAS the answer, and it was a perfect one. You still want to be a knucklehead? Now move on. Dot org.

 

Ok, the answer is 2! Happy?

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

I like this little

I like this little tirade:

http://newsbusters.org/node/12736#comment-339563 

OCNBA

Obsessive Compulsive NewsBusters Archiver

When libs (and some conservies) start to lose it, they transform into OCNBA'ers.

 

And for my one and only

And for my one and only response to you today, here's how it works:

See that little search tool at the top of the Newsbusters page?  Now click on that, and type in "MightyMouth" and "black." Or is that what you meant by archiving?  Never mind, I'm not planning on engaging you in conversation anymore anyway.

The Moron Who Doesn't Know When To Quit

"Never mind, I'm not planning on engaging you in conversation anymore anyway."

You just made my day with that one.

 

Well, it's easy to tell when his brain melted....

And, after all the whinning and gnashing of his tooth, the fact still remains that obama keeps trying to deny 7/8ths of his genetic makeup to make himself look like he has some connection to the American descendants of the slave trade.

He actively hides his Caucasian parentage.  He, and lackeys such as ted go to great lengths to 'not acknowledge' his Arab parentage while pushing that piddly little 1/8th NEGRO portion out as his total makeup.

ted attacks the messenger in hopes of distracting people from the message.

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Willlllllllis...you're

Willlllllllis...you're avoiding the question:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/10/30/gaffe-video-fncs-rivera-confuses-most-wanted-terrorist-commander-chief#comment-1073224 

AHHH, the sound of music

 

A troll screeching at the top of its lungs.

http://gjresult.com

 

I don't know why I'm messing

I don't know why I'm messing around with someone who isn't even a real American...by his own standards, of course.

Ok, I've gotta ask.....

..."What you talkin 'bout, Willis?" 

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If I don't see you in the future, I'll see you in the pasture.

What can I say?

I'm an idea man! You should get some of your own instead of defending every feckless liberal idea that comes down from on high.

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Political C--

Pow, right in the kisser!

MM shoots, scores, AND wins.

ADK then slinks away.

MD

"I may not agree with what your bumper sticker says, but I will defend to the death your right to stick it." (Unknown, but derived from Voltaire)

3 Kennedy's

You're such a classic, hopeless, hyper-PC person, Ted. You really expend way to much negative/finger-pointing energy on too much nonsense.

I'm from NYC, and honestly I never know what to refer to any race that's deemed "acceptable" or not. So really, the "n-" word for blacks (oops, is "black" wrong?) and known bad ones for other ethnic groups aside, it's all subjective.

Nice job, though, with the hyperbole and fabricated outrage, calling Willis racist and ignorant, but that's par for the course with you.

EDIT: Not all "blacks" like "black", nor do they all like "African American" nor... well, Negro, I'm sure, in the elite/coastal/urban areas, I'm sure, but it's all a mess and as long as you're not using the OBVIOUS one, people use what they're used to using/hearing.

I was talking to a "person of color" earlier this summer, and wanted to point out someone who was a "person of color" and even I had to hesitate on what to refer that "person of color" as.... I said "black", but was nervous....

Anyway, the point we're all making is, it's all PC crap, and if someone of some color is offended by a certain word, fine. You just deal with it case by case. You, Mr. Righteous Ted, are not the Decider on what is correct and what is not for everyone of every color. 

 

As usual, when the libs are

As usual, when the libs are losing the argument they go to playing the race card.  The assumption of thinking someone is racist because you don't agree with their views is indeed more racist.  Therefore, the racist is you and it ain't even close.

As a black man, I have no problem with the word "negro."  You libs have said worse about people like me when we don't blindly follow your left wingbat politics.

You do a great job posting like an uneducated moron.  Keep up the good work as we would expect nothing less from a liberal.

Interesting.  You're saying

Interesting.  You're saying I'm losing the argument by playing the race card?  Did you bother reading this thread?  I started with the race card.  You're funny.

And thanks.  You've actually reaffirmed what you conservatives do all the time.  When someone calls them out for being racist, your only argument is NO, YOU'RE RACIST!   

As usual, liberals playing

As usual, liberals playing the race card is someone else's fault.  Did mom find you on the computer again?

And yes, I confirm that you are racist for sure.  Trust me, I know racism and you are definitely someone who fits the bill more than any white person I've ever met, regardless of your actual race.

The Study of Man

If it's racism to use the proper term "Negro" or "Negroid" to describe a black person, then it would also be racist to describe a white person by the term for the white race, "Caucasian." Keep in mind, A.D.Kennedy, that there is no consensus among "blacks" about the term which should be used. Some do prefer "black", others prefer "African-American," others prefer "person of color." The bottom line is that when you're describing the black race, "Negroid" is the correct term, and you will find it in any anthropology text book. (FYI: Anthropology means "the study of man.")

There isn't any code term

There isn't any code term for blacks and we call each other negro all the time.  Yes, if you say any racial term in a bad way, then it's questionable.  What ADHD Kennedy is trying to do is use the race card because he lost the argument before it began but is way too short sighted to realize it. 

There's no cure for purposeful ignorance just to try to be right instead of intellectually honest.

In addition, there's two

In addition, there's two kinds of racist in my experience.  One comes out and proudly campaigns as a separatist like the FOI, KKK, etc.  Others, like the majority of liberals, hide behind prejoratives such as PC friendly, hate crime legislation, and the like.  In their heart of hearts they think that certain races are less to their race and need assistance, as well as can't think on their own.  So when they see words like "negro," they feel guilt because they think that such a word could be demeaning without any evidence.  Kind of like calling Obama an Arab.  What's so bad about that? At least the openly proud racists (however so warped) admit who they are in lieu of hiding behind some false rhetoric and childish emotions.

Also, why do most of these shills in the media refuse to recognize themselves and their dear politcal leaders as liberal?  Because they are ashamed about who they are.  It's very similar to someone getting caught doing a perverted act.  They like it but they want no one else to know about it.  That's why liberals make such good actors because everything about them is truly fabricated.

gmaniac1...

Mr. Kennedy's most likely reply will be that you are talking to yourself! When he can't counter the message he attacks the messenger.

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Ya know what I'd call ya?

 
An American. Period! Bless you! : )

Gary

 

POLITICS: poly (many) + ticks (blood sucking parasites)

 

Nice find there Blonde..

Geraldo's mouth is going get someone hurt. For example, look at what he caused last week; someone to shoot at Lou Dobbs and his wife. Now, we could end up with a predator drone thinking that Osama is located in the White House.

(;~/ gary

Here we go again

I'm betting the shooter was a liberal supporter.

CONSERVATIVES do not go around shooting people or their houses, or their schools, or their shopping malls, or their.....

Even the union nutjobs are caught faking attacks on themselves hoping for pity and sympathy. A seiu member had some friends trash his car in the parking lot and tried to blame it on them nasty 'tea party' types.

 

 

http://gjresult.com

 

the shooter was certainly a

the shooter was certainly a leftist, or at least someone who believes the leftist race-baiting, that they use to try and silence any criticism.

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CONSERVATIVES do not go

CONSERVATIVES do not go around shooting people or their houses, or their schools, or their shopping malls, or their.....

Abortion doctors? 

Your point is?

Would you care to compare the number of violent activities by left wing nutcases and union members against the total number of violent episodes instigated by anyone from the conservative, intelligent, responsible sector of society?

 

http://gjresult.com

 

My point is that your

My point is that your statement is either pure ignorance, or completely made up to prove your point.  

A point was certainly made, but not the one you were going for. 

No problem ted

 

I'm just glad I had the chance to jump up and down on your bridge in the middle of the day and wake you up.

You brain will melt in 5...4...3...2...1...POOF!

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Whatchu talking abou... ah,

Whatchu talking abou... ah, forget it.

Attention, A.D. Kennedy!

You missed Willis' original point, which is that left wingers often commit violent acts of vandalism against their own, trying to make it appear that they were victimized by the right. A case in point: Last August, a 24-year-old leftist, Maurice Schwenkler, was charged with smashing 11 windows at the Democratic Party national headquarters in Colorado. You can google that for confirmation.

And for the record, in the few cases where an abortion doctor or clinic has been targeted, the right has immediately responded with condemnation of the act. I've never heard the same from the left.  

Conservatives do not go---

The words Abortion and Doctor used adjacently comprise an oxymoron.

MD

In my book missing targets,

In my book missing targets, whether with rounds or logic, tends to suggest a liberal.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

White House Guest

Maybe Osama is there, and that's why he can't be found elsewhere!

(just kidding!) 

Could be

Has anyone checked the Lincoln Bedroom lately?

Chai

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” —H.L. Mencken

Hiding

Maybe check under the bed?

Well, 'birds of a feather'....

Maybe oSama is hanging out with the ayers family just down the street from the oSama residence.

They barely know each other.

Which brings up the unrelated question....

WHY did oBama have a complete stranger writhe his first book when he enver talked to him about anything and barely knew the guy from the neighborhood?

 

http://gjresult.com

 

Hey Willis!

You should go to the website AmericanThinker.com, and check out the archives for the writings of Jack Cashill. (You can search the archives by author.) Cashill has done a lot of research and writing on the Obama/Bill Ayers connection. A very close connection.

Good Link

 

Thank YOU for posting that, now everybody has access to more VALUABLE information.

http://gjresult.com

 

Good Link

 

Thank YOU for posting that, now everybody has access to more VALUABLE information.

http://gjresult.com

 

Understandable error.

Understandable error---

XLNT.

Great way to start my day.

MD

Geraldo's not the first

Ted Kennedy stumbled all over The One's name a year or 2 ago.  "Just ask Osama Bin Laden.  Err, uh, Osama Obama..."

 

Edit -- Wow, it was actually Jan 2005, address to the National Press Club.  Full quote in context:

MODERATOR: This person asks, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was elected with over 80 percent of the vote, and over a million of those voters were also President Bush voters. What did Senator Obama do that Senator Kerry and other Democrats not do?

 

And do you think the Democrats need to move toward the center to recapture the majority position?

 

And finally, If a Democrat wins the next presidential election, what are the most difficult problems he or she will face in 2008?

 

KENNEDY: There you go.

 

Why don't we just ask Osama bin -- Osama Obama -- Obama what -- since he won by such a big amount. Seriously, Senator Obama is really unique and special.

 

 

He was a community activist. He was out there on the streets pulling different groups together in Chicago. He was working with families out there about family needs and he rang the bell in Illinois.

 

He talked about that, but he also talked about bringing people together. You'll all have a good chance to hear him, I'm sure, often.

Last sentence - prior post

"You'll  all have a good chance to hear him, I'm sure, often."

God, what a brutally accurate prediction that was.

MD

 

President Osama bin Laden

Oh my God I've wet my panties LAUGHING!!!!

TRUTH IS HARD TO HIDE!

Ha ha ha! Geraldo Face Palm

Geraldo is such a doofus.

He walked out, shook Alyson Camerotta's hand, sat next to Steeve Doocey, hugged him and then kissed him on the cheek!  Hello!

Then he blurted out a spectacular Mrs. Mollyprop (that's what I call my mom when she does it) moment.  With a lovely *double facepalm* to wrap it all up! 

Sweet.  And thanks for the h/t Ken. 

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Blonde,I guess Rivera

Blonde,

I guess Rivera is just so happy to be there - so happy that Fox still puts up with him - why - I don't know. Camerotto and Doocey probably have to pretend to be happy to see him, while the audience at home groans in dread like I do everytime I hear him introduced. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

I know Chris

He was carrying on like he was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. 

Que'lle blowhard.

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

He really is a buffoon -

He really is a buffoon - and he thinks he's such a star. He'd have to be considered a leading contender for the Ted Baxter Award in the Media Hall of Shame - or maybe he's passed that and there's actually a Geraldo Rivera Award for other media buffoons. 

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

Hello Ken!!!!

Another brilliant idea on the NB Boards.

MRC, are you listening? 

Whenever he comes on, my mom just goes bonkers....Al Capone's vault you idiot!

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

I will NEVER forgive that

I will NEVER forgive that idiot for wasting my time as I watched him look for Al Capones beer bottle!

 

 

 

"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville

Mrs. Mollyprop

Malapropism! I get it! Very cute.

Feel free to use it.

My mom is 87 and lives with us now....but she's been doing it for years and years, usually I'll reply with a "thank you Mrs. Mollyprop"....and we crack up.  She's a riot.

I hope he fails, too.

 

 

Latest from the official Fox clown...

Sigh!

So, how that hunt for Osama going Obama?

Talking Osama -- funny, you never hear much about Obama's relentless hunt for him these days. 

I only ask because of this blowhard broken promise from the (not so) tough guy...

I guess Obama's top priority has changed from Osama to GOLF.

Obama: US must capture or kill Osama bin Laden
Jenny Booth
Times Online
November 17, 2008

Catching or killing Osama bin Laden will be one of the key targets of Barack Obama’s administration as it is “critical” to American national security, the US president-elect confirmed last night.


In his first televised interview since his historic election, Mr Obama made good on his rhetoric from the campaign trail that the hunt for bin Laden would remain top priority for the US.

He told CBS that “it is a top priority for us to stamp out Al-Qaeda once and for all” and that killing or capturing the group’s mastermind Osama bin Laden was “critical” to the US.

Don't forget... you can't spell OBAMA without the support of A MOB 

I bet Jack Bauer could find

I bet Jack Bauer could find Osama by the end of the day.

Obama Bin Biden

could find him in a healthcare heart beat if only it were a "CRISIS"

 

 

 

 

"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville

I doubt (you as a liberal) would want Jack Bauer to find him!

I ,as a conservative, would prefer Dexter found him! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

That would be a fitting end

That would be a fitting end to that diseased monster bin Laden. 

Don't forget... you can't spell OBAMA without the support of A MOB 

Gerald Rivers

              

Enough.

Dump him. 

"Look Ma.....I'm King of the World"  B. H. Obama

Jerry Rivers

Yes, that's exactly what he called himself back in the 70's, at least when you called his business office in NY.  My first wife was Puerto Rican.  We were watching him on a Jerry Lewis telethon as he spoke to some Hispanic community leaders.  She began to laugh as we watched the confused looks on their faces.  I asked was so funny, and she told me that they could barely understand his Spanish, it was so bad.  Yup, that's our Jerry, er, Geraldo.  Excuse me.

Edd B.

A fair and balanced, and

A fair and balanced, and right on the money, remark if I ever heard one.