MSNBC's Bashir Superimposes Republican Candidates In Front Of Confederate Flag
By Mark Finkelstein | January 21, 2012 | 19:10
Given the abundance of options at the network, it's saying something to name Martin Bashir as the most noisome of MSNBC hosts. But so he is, in my book.
Witness the low stunt Bashir pulled to open his show today, on the afternoon of the South Carolina primary. Bashir superimposed photos of the Republican candidates in front of a Confederate flag image. Lest their be any doubt as to the message Bashir meant to send, the screen graphic read "Rebel Yell." Oh those racist Republicans. Video after the jump.
Why not Photoshop the Republicans around a burning cross next time, Martin, and be done with it?
Note: Bashir can't defend himself on the grounds that the Stars and Bars form part of the South Carolina state flag. They don't. See here.
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I'd like to superimpose Bashir's head
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:22pm.
sticking out a camel's anus.
Actually, I'd rather see his feet sticking out...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:41pm.
...of a camel's arse for-real as he is being loaded on a ship for his return trip to th U.K.
And if there is enough room left, maybe they can shove Fred Zakaria in there with him.
-Dave
Don't forget about Long
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 12:54am.
Don't forget about Long Walk/Short Piers Morgan - who is another imported idiot. I'm sick of these foreign posers - who were hired for their 'diversity' and their accents - trying to tell us THEIR version of America.................this British camel-jockey probably couldn't tell you enough about the civil war to even warrent having a conversation with him. Plus, he'd have a hard time speaking with his stupid ugly head shoved up the south end of a north-bound camel.
But tell us....
Submitted by Franksam on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:10pm.
How could we tell where one started and the other ended?
You mean it's not already
Submitted by LinTaylor on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 9:13pm.
You mean it's not already there?
Next they'll photoshop pointy white Klan hoodies on their heads.
Submitted by krendler on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:23pm.
FOX has its bias (about as much as CNN).
MS-NBC, on the other hand, is off-the-charts and a national embarrassment.
I wasn't aware that Michigan
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:24pm.
and Pennsylvania were confederate states. Romney was born in Michigan; Newt, Santorum and Paul all in Pennsylvania. Maybe Bashir was trying to show his support for these guys and mistook the British flag.
Only a RACIST would not vote for an incompetent Black man
Submitted by MCLANTIERE on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:25pm.
Only a RACIST would not vote for an incompetent Black man -- is that their point.
Have they NO OTHER POINT on which to campaign? Since they want to get Obama re-elected ... on WHAT POINTS do they run -- aside from hurling names like RACISTS! This is coming -- BTW -- from the very people who voted for Obama BECAUSE he's (half) Black -- certainly, they must have known he didn't actually HAVE ANY QUALIFICATIONS to be president!
mclantiere
It's great
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:37pm.
All this race nonsense is because there is nothing else. If there was a great Obamao record, wouldn't you think they'd be flying it on the highest flagpole possible? This is good stuff. Stupid, no doubt, and sad, but very telling.
We're told the candidate field is weak, that Romney is the best chance to win, that it's going to be a tough Presidential campaign for the nominee. Anyone looked at Obamao's record? All this media hype about how strong he is, could very well wind up being the biggest nonsense since their hyping of Carter, who was pummeled by Reagan. Any Republican candidate could very well wipe the floor with Obamao. I guarantee there are many people who will vote Republican when they get into the voting booth, that will not let that be known beforehand.
The nominee, in a debate with Obamao, needs to take some time to point something out to the "Independents" and that is that Republicans are going to vote Republican, Democrats are going to vote Democrat, but Independents are who the media has been lying to in order to sway them. Say that the media has purposefully taken the Independent voter for a fool, hyping Obamao and his record as something great, lying to Independents, hiding information from Independents, etc etc. Take that theme and speak to it in a way that calmly gets the message across, makes them think about the nonsense that the media has been doing and will continue to do for Obamao.
Excellent advice, Greg.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:38pm.
I wish that they would listen to you!
What a great complement!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:35pm.
Being the descendant of several veterans of The Situation between the North and the South, I think that seeing conservatives in front of the battle flag of the Confederacy is a great complement.
Most of the people in the South are rather proud of the flag, and their heritage.
We're also proud of the fact that we know a lying, cheating, RBFSOB, stinking polecat when we see one, regardless of what shade of skin he's wearing. Last time I checked a skunk is black AND white, but it stinks all over.
Black and white and RED all
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 12:54am.
Black and white and RED all over!!!
I'm about ready to export this British Muslim commie import
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:36pm.
____ him and the camel he rode in on.
-Dave
1938 or 1861
Submitted by Tjexcite on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:43pm.
Next time will have a burning cross or silhouette of some thing hanging from a tree.
Why not use the Gadsden flag to the rebel as they already called all tea party racist it fits in there as well.
That would be brilliant!
Submitted by CO2Maker on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 6:49am.
PETA would be love it because it shows the evil Republicans in front of an image of the dismemberment of one of our cold-blooded friends. (Snakes are people, too.) Using the Gadsen flag would is tantamount to endorsing the killing of natural animals, so it makes sense to put the teabag conserving Republicans in front of a symbol of their depraved indifference to the industrial rape of the world. >Whew< I'm glad to get that rant off my chest!
Bashir is lower caste.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:51pm.
And $800 suits and a college degree will never change that.
However, I would like to rub his felty pelt just one time to see what that really is; it is definitely not of human origin.
SoL,
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:11pm.
They give degrees in camel-hygiene?
I didn't know that.
-Dave
New Video: Vote Newt!
Submitted by neutron on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:53pm.
Based on Cee-Lo Green's F-U song, there is a great political parody:
Vote Newt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A5z6Aqli41Q
I think the Gingrich camp should adopt it and let it go even more viral!
Funny
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 9:28am.
Best add yet
most of America doesn't think like Liberals
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 7:53pm.
The truth is that in spite of an attempt to smear the Republicans the average news consumer is seeing an image of Republicans who are rebelling against the current sad state of America and that is an image they can identify with.
Martin Basher is a despicable
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:02pm.
Martin Basher is a despicable little man.
NB ought to put a Pakistani flag behind Bashir's . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 3:09am.
. . . photo each time they use it. His parents were from there.
The elite media's idea of the South is just bad.
Submitted by acaiguana on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:12pm.
Their smugness hath no bounds.
ACA
...
Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Helps keep them
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:17pm.
Away!
This
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:34pm.
repulsive thing doesn't even fit in animal catagories. Msdnc must be so proud to have this thing represent their net-work. The time slot is good though. Who watches tv at 2pm except little ones watching cartoons. And all the line-up in prime time is taken up by Fox and their audiences who triple msdnc. So Bashir, hop on your camel and go away
Martin Bash*t
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:49pm.
If he REALLY wanted to offend the fleabag circus known as the OWS dirtbags (you know, MSLSD's TARGETED AUDIENCE) they would use a clean american flag, not one used as toilet paper.
Martin Bashir must have been sick they day they taught history
Submitted by WarEagle01 on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 9:45pm.
at his school. Otherwise he would know that everyone who fought under that flag was a Democrat. And that it was Martin's fellow Democrats who went on to found the Ku Klux Klan, twice.
Channeling balboa...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 11:22pm.
Well, South Carolina WAS part of the confederacy...
That flag...
Submitted by BurnInHellObama on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 11:32pm.
I LOVE that flag, and every man that fought under that flag on the battlefield was an American patriot. God Bless Dixie.
FLAGS AS BACKGROUND
Submitted by Dr. Ron on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 11:49pm.
PERHAPS THE FLAG OF PAKISTAN SHOULD BE SUPERIMPOSED BEHIND BASHIR...THAT IS ACCURATE, IS IT NOT?
Who is this guy?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 12:42am.
The love child of Martin Sheen and Bashir Assad?
Confederate flag
Submitted by gregz on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 3:10am.
The Confederate flag has been called the Confederate Battle Flag, the Rebel flag, Southern Cross or Dixie. It is a source of pride to Southerners and was carried into battle during other wars by troops from the South.
Like it or not the Confederate flag is a part of history. Opponents of the flag like the NAACP and Martin Bashir do not want it displayed because it might hurt someone’s feelings. They say that the flag is a symbol of racism because of slavery in the United States and the establishment of the Jim Crow laws in the Southern states.
Supporters of the Confederate flag like the Sons and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers view it as a battle flag and symbol of pride of their Southern heritage and freedom from the oppression of the Northern government.
Several politicians have called for banning the Confederate flag and that it should not be flown in this country. Some examples regarding banning the Confederate flag are: In 2003 Democrat Representative Dick Gephardt of Missouri stated, “The flag is a hurtful, divisive symbol and in my view has no place flying anywhere, in any state of this country.” Democrat Governor Bob Holden, at the urging of Gephardt had the Confederate battle flags removed from the Confederate Memorial Historic Site and the Fort Davidson historic Site, which are Confederate cemeteries. Democrat Mayor Francis Slay of St. Louis had the Southern flags with the confederate flag incorporated in them removed from the rotunda of City Hall. By taking such actions these politicians are not taking into account the feelings of people who support the flag because of their heritage and want to display it. Thus, they are discriminating against supporters of the flag by banning it.
The American flag, the Stars and Bars, still flies and has flown over the country during the time of slavery and the Jim Crow laws. Therefore, using the same logic, shouldn’t the American flag be removed and banned from flying at the various buildings and cemeteries in the United States? The answer, “Of course not.” The flag is a symbol that means something different to different people. People should not get offended so easily.
Chinese flag
Submitted by gregz on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 3:09am.
Let's not forget, Barack Hussein Obama had China's flag flying at the White House.
MSNBC
Submitted by bill99 on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 7:57am.
WOW!! these nuts at MSObama hit a new low everyday
A dirty night shirted muslim ....
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:24am.
....bAshir, needs to return to his boy friends in the sand dunes of the middle east. May allah resist his entry into the kingdom of terrorists.
It's a safe bet that if Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:36am.
It's a safe bet that if Boy Blunder could change 'Old Glory' to the 'Obama' flag, he'd do it in a heartbeat - if you remember correctly, when he was campaigning and flying around, he had the American flag painted over on the plane, and was displaying the 'Obama' flag......................I need to go back a look at that thing - I'm sure it has some hidden and insidious meanings.
Grievance in perpetuity . . .
Submitted by pylgrym on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:45am.
As if the former states of the Confederacy had a monopoly on owning slaves or so-called "Jim Crow" legislation.
“One of the strangest things about the career of Jim Crow was that the system was born in the North and reached an advanced age before moving South in force.”
C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow
As the Northern colonies pioneered the slave trade in North America, a perceptive observer has noted that the North in 1860 should be referred to as the slave-trading States; and the South the slave-holding States. The following is drawn from www.slavenorth.com, a website worth visiting for more information on slavery north of Mason and Dixon’s line.