On Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Julie Chen made an important news announcement: "Well, the latest Obama paper dolls are out and we have got them right here to check them out." Chen went on to explain that the collectible books of paper cut outs of Barack and Michelle Obama: "...came out when -- during the whole campaign...And then now this is the inaugural."
Chen later asked: "Do we think that this looks like Barack and Michelle?" Co-host Maggie Rodriguez responded: "Absolutely not. Not even a little bit." Early Show medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton was also on set, and chimed in: "No, he [Obama] looks so much better in person." Rodriguez then added: "Not even a little bit, it's not their faces. Those are not their faces." Chen explained: "It's more Michelle than -- it's not Barack's face, but it's more Michelle. Because I think they have her eyebrows down."
After a detailed discussion of the dolls’ likeness to the Obamas, co-host Harry Smith proudly exclaimed: "Well, I'm very excited to get my collectible campaign edition, so."
Chen then turned back to Ashton and asked: "Did you ever play with paper dolls, Jennifer, when you were little?" Ashton replied: "I didn't. But, you know, I have a friend now, an adult friend, who has a six-foot cut-out of President Obama in her living room. And every time I walk in there I think it's really him." Rodriguez wondered: "Um, why?" Ashton explained: "She's a big fan."
Earlier in the show, Smith discussed the availability of ‘Plan B’ birth control pills to 17-year-olds over-the-counter with Ashton, who remarked: "In a country that has one of the largest teenage pregnancy rates in the western world, we need to do everything we can to attack that issue, so that's on the good end. I say why stop at 17? It's only -- not only 17-year-olds who get pregnant, so it possibly should be opened up to teenagers of all ages who need it."
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Does it come with
April 23, 2009 - 16:17 ET by Dan The Man 2Does it come with ciggies?
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Oh golly gee! I think I'll
April 23, 2009 - 16:27 ET by Fair Taxes for AllOh golly gee! I think I'll go pawn off my iPod right now to buy some.
oh my God
April 23, 2009 - 16:33 ET by Jnoblethis is an SNL parody, right? Right? Grown adults didn't actually do this on TV. Oh, good one Newsbusters! You really got me good!
(bangs head against desk)
Un F...ing believable!
April 23, 2009 - 16:33 ET by JTPThere is probably more substance to these paper dolls than there is on that entire news set.
"Now isnt the time for an on the job training president". joe biden
Substance
April 23, 2009 - 17:45 ET by RukusThere is more substance to these paper dolls than there is in the entire administration!
Gary
All the oil is in Texas and the dipsticks are in D.C.!
tells you all you need to know
April 23, 2009 - 16:33 ET by wizardjrIf this doesn't show you the infantile mentality of the libtards, I guess nothing will.
highest teenage pregnancy rate? oh REEEALY
April 23, 2009 - 16:44 ET by UndercoverConservativeso in all those nations, tribes and coalitions where they marry before they're ten, where many don't live much into their 30's but already have a half dozen children, in cultures where twenty is considered "old maid" territory, somehow America with it's declining native citizen population of less than 2 children per couple average, can be the top? Have these media tools ever actually bothered to *research* their assumption, or just talking out their @ss or accepting international propaganda statements (90% of mexican guns being American) as truth?
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Just like the real First Couple
April 23, 2009 - 16:52 ET by Kat Outta the BagFlimsy and shallow.
Those Paper Dolls take
April 23, 2009 - 17:08 ET by bigtimerThose Paper Dolls take trees to make....where are the eco-friendly protesters?
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Eco-friendly
April 23, 2009 - 17:17 ET by Kat Outta the BagMaybe they're made out of recycled toilet paper? Tres apropos!
Not the worst...
April 23, 2009 - 17:40 ET by Indiana JoeWhen will they get their "ChiaObamas?"
Just too friggin' unbelievable.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."-John Adams
Just great!
April 23, 2009 - 17:47 ET by RukusMonitor...
Meet Gatorade. : (
Sheesh!
Gary
All the oil is in Texas and the dipsticks are in D.C.!
CBS Early Show.
April 23, 2009 - 17:51 ET by blazermaniacAnd I thought all along, that the CBS Morning Show was celebrating, because they officially have 25 viewers!
we americans
April 23, 2009 - 18:23 ET by ronshould get down on our knees everynight and thank the good Lord that we have been blessed and given the opportunity to experience the obama presidency. we should also thank the media for helping put this genius in office because heaven know were were too dumb to do it ourselves. please excuse me now, i feel a little nauseous.
Paper Dolls
April 23, 2009 - 18:28 ET by sherylsimsDoes anyone here know ANYONE who even knew anyone who ever played with paper dolls? I can't imagine these being a very hot seller. I wonder if the publisher was owed a favor and got them to do a "story" on them to try to unload the warehouses full of these unwanted items. (Maybe they could wrap them up and send them to the White House for the Obamas to give as "gifts" when they have important guests).
And if it being paper dolls isn't bad enough, the 'journalists' reporting on this fascinating story even admitted that they don't look like the Obamas.
I wonder if they have the black widow spider dress as one of the options for Michelle. Of course all the JCrew cardigans are probably included.
And of course Barry in his swim trunks all bare chested. <bleah>
co-host Harry Smith
April 23, 2009 - 18:36 ET by MidAmericaco-host Harry Smith proudly exclaimed: "Well, I'm very excited to get my collectible campaign edition, so."
I can't imagine a grown man not being embarrassed at this. He must wear 'panties'.
I...
April 23, 2009 - 19:58 ET by katainkentuh.... people watch this crap? Willingly?
I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless ~Dennis Miller
Nothing funner than watching an old bald man playing with
April 23, 2009 - 20:15 ET by pahuberBHO paper dolls.
Show me... where did he touch you?
Will those work for Voodoo
April 23, 2009 - 21:19 ET by RR GOPWill those work for Voodoo and Santeria rituals?
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Yes, but you need the propper drivers.... lol use open GL
April 23, 2009 - 21:52 ET by pahuberdrivers ; P
Just kidding...sorry
While bambi, the first
April 23, 2009 - 22:38 ET by jdhawkWhile bambi, the first stupid liberal, and his minions in congress continue their dismantling of our free enterprise system in favor of socialism, the drool by press waxes eloquent about friggin paper dolls.
No wonder no one watches or reads what the drool by media has to say anymore.
Poor Harriet. He really,
April 24, 2009 - 07:06 ET by SickofLibsPoor Harriet. He really, truly does have no shame whatsoever. But I guess a paper cutout is a lot more convenient to discretely sneak into the men's room than a bulky magazine.
It takes so little
April 24, 2009 - 11:07 ET by Tom in NCIt takes so little to occupy the mind of a liberal, this is a prime example
The left REALLY must think
April 24, 2009 - 19:36 ET by rbosqueThe left REALLY must think we're stupid. This administration is running our country into the ground and they're trying to distract us with paper dolls of the man responsible.
Incredible.