News Corp.’s Founder Rupert Murdoch Issues Apology For Racist Chimp Cartoon Published in NY Post

I don’t understand why News Corp. and the NY Post allowed the fallout from the chimp cartoon by Sean Delonas to get to this level, when they were about to face some serious opposition. Yeah, they were also facing a boycott of the newspaper and the company’s products in general. The bottom line is that Murdoch has now admitted that President Obama was the intended target of this cartoon. They are within their rights to consider this a badly written piece of legislation, but they did not have to use a chimpanzee as the protagonist. Rupert Murdoch’s apology, albeit late, may put this to rest to some people, but not to me. Here is the letter of apology in its entirety.

By RUPERT MURDOCH

Last updated: 3:16 am
February 24, 2009
Posted: 2:22 am February 24, 2009

As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me. Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you – without a doubt – that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community. Source: NY Post

Thank you and I hope all the other folks out there who feel that they can engage is such obvious race-baiting, will take heed and simply understand our position when we say: not this time to racist behavior. We must also be mindful of the fact that this isn’t an isolated incident. The New York Post and Fox News Channel have engaged in a pattern of racist behavior for a long time and it has to stop. Murdoch rightly said that the buck stops with him. Well, it seems that he has ignored many more actions of this nature. President Obama deserves the respect of all Americans, including the wannabe white conservative nutjob Michelle Malkin who said that we owed Sean Delonas an apology.

Filed under: Chimpanzee, Michelle Malkin, News Corp. NY Post, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Delonas, z

Michelle Malkin Says We Owe Sean Delonas An Apology for the Outrage Over the His Chimp Editorial Cartoon

Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin saw nothing wrong with the NY Post’s chimp cartoon. I am not surprised. I visited her site just to see the hateful rhetoric she would be spewing. Below is an excerpt from her post on her blog. Funny, I wonder if she was offended when Miley Cyrus stretched her eyelids to look Asian or I wonder if Michelle Malkin would get upset if someone called her a “chink.” So, it is downright ridiculous for her to make hay out of a terrible situation. I think she has forgotten what her ethnic background is. To same holds true for CNN Contributor Amy Holmes, who said that it was only a cartoon.

Going ape over the New York Post
By Michelle Malkin • February 19, 2009 11:12 PM

Al Sharpton and his race racketeers went ape over New York Post staffer Sean Delonas’s anti-stimulus editorial cartoon involving that famous crazed chimp. They picketed the News Corp. building, organized boycotts, targeted advertisers, floated a challenge to Rupert Murdoch’s FCC license — and now the New York Post has apologized.

Oops. Can I say “went ape” anymore? How about “going bananas?” Shall I refrain from asking the race demagogues to quit “monkeying around?” Do I erase “It’s a jungle out there” and “It’s a zoo” from my lexicon? How about “beastly?”

Just a few yelps from Sharpton and the professional protesters who see RAAAAACISM in every inkblot prompted the spunky tab (for whom I write and proudly so) to apologize to “those who were offended by the image.” The Post then goes on to observe in its statement on Sharpton’s cartoon jihad:

…there are some in the media and in public life who have had differences with The Post in the past – and they see the incident as an opportunity for payback. To them, no apology is due.

The only people “offended by the image” of the crazed cartoon chimp — who clearly symbolized the crazed lawmakers on the Hill who passed the stimulus in a frenzy — are the opportunists. No apology is due to anyone except cartoonist Delonas, whose character has been smeared by the manufacturers of grievances demanding his head.

Too many in the MSM continue to treat Sharpton as an entertaining clown, instead of the rabid hound he has always been. (”Hound.” Is that acceptable?)

This is the moral of the story: Submission to racial intimidation yields only more racial intimidation. You don’t get the monkey off your back by feeding it. Yeah, I said “get the monkey off your back.” Sue me. Source: Michelle Malkin

I have to wonder where Michelle Malkin’s scruples lie. I am sure she has been discriminated against because she is of Asian descent. In case she hasn’t noticed, she still hasn’t crossed over to the other side. So, she says that Mr. Delonas is owed an apology. By whom? Who drew the cartoon that incited all this anger? Come on Michelle Malkin, you are a parent, how would you explain racism to your kids? That there is none and blacks are just running around seeking to start trouble? Or how do you explain the slant-eyed jokes aimed at people of Asian descent, like you?

For the record, Ms. Malkin, I take offense to being called a race racketeer. When you have been discriminated against because of the color of your skin, had to sit at the back of a bus, not by choice but against your will; had to use a separate entrance or sit in a “negro section” at the theater; you couldn’t attend a university because of the color of your skin; beaten and lynched; basically treated like horsesh**, then you have earned the right to call someone a race racketeer. I spent my formative years in Jamaica, where it was never about race, but about your economic means. I grew up with the mindset that I am limited only by my capabilities. That was not the case in the United States of America 40 years ago, and persists in some pockets of the country to this very day. So, the notion that we accept your rhetoric is insulting on so many levels.

To all my readers, spread the word and tell your friends about Michelle Malkin’s empty rhetoric. She seems to have a big problem with racism. She seems to think we are making it all up!

Filed under: Asian Descent, Chimpanzee, Michelle Malkin, NY Post, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean Delonas

Henrietta Hughes May Be President Obama’s "Joe the Plumber," As Outreach Ministry Says She was Offered Housing Last Month and Declined

John McCain had Joe the Plumber. President Obama has “Henrietta the Shoveler.” Yes, it seems that Henrietta Hughes is being accused of shovelling a lot of crap our way about her homelessness. You will recall that she made headlines earlier this week when she tearfully pleaded her case to President Obama. Yesterday morning, Chene Thompson handed Henrietta Hughes the keys to her home in Hendry County. Thompson is the wife of State Representative Nick Thompson. Hughes and her son Corey will live at the home rent free.

The director of We Care Outreach Ministry, Tanya Johnson, begs to differ with Ms. Hughes. She said that Hughes isn’t being honest about how much help she’s had in the past. Ms. Johnson said in an interview with WINK News, that just last month she offered Henrietta Hughes permanent housing and a place stay free for three months, but Hughes refused.

“We would have allowed her to stay for the first 90 days, no income. You know free,” said Tanya Johnson. We Care Outreach Ministry is a faith based organization in Fort Myers. Johnson says she also gave Henrietta and her son Corey, money, food and offered Corey job training courses, but it was refused. “We have extended a lot of her services to her,” Johnson said.

But Henrietta Hughes says these services weren’t free and the apartment in East Fort Myers came with a price tag. Hughes says Tanya Johnson wanted $400 a month immediately. The disability check Hughes gets is a little more than $800 a month. Hughes owes money on a loan, has her car insurance payment, a monthly storage bill and says she couldn’t afford the rent. “Where was I going to get $400 a month to give her if I got these expenses,” Hughes told WINK News.

Henrietta Hughes says she’s never taken advantage of the system and doesn’t choose to be homeless. Like other programs she’s tried to get help from,she says We Care couldn’t meet her needs. WINK found out the Hughes’ sold property, back in 2005. Henrietta and her son sold the land for $47,000 dollars. But Chene Thompson says that was all the money they had for several years and it’s gone.

“They have nothing today. They need help today. They didn’t need help in 2005. They need help today. So whether they had $47,000 or $147,000 in 2005, it doesn’t matter. They don’t have any money today,” she said. Source: WINK News

I basically blasted Michelle Malkin for going after Ms. Hughes and I stand by my position. If, however, this woman is perpetrating a lie, as Joe the Plumber did, the outrage should be the same. Why would anyone want to be homeless if someone has extended a hand to help them? I find that hard to believe. But that’s just my opinion. Maybe Ms. Hughes is President Obama’s Joe the Plumber. Only she is known as”Henrietta, the Shoveler.” This woman may very well be as destitute as she says she is. Who really knows the truth?

Filed under: Chene Thompson, Corey Hughes, Henrietta Hughes, Homelessness, Michelle Malkin, Tanya Johnson, We Care Outreach Ministry

Christopher J. Warren, Mortgage Fraud Suspect Caught at Canadian Border With $1M in Swiss Bank Certificates, $70,000 Stuffed in Boots

Christopher J. Warren, scumbag extraordinaire, and a suspect in a nationwide mortgage fraud scheme who fled the country, was caught at the Canadian border with $1 million in Swiss bank certificates and $70,000 stuffed in his cowboy boots.

Warren, 27, also was carrying four ounces of platinum valued at $1,420 an ounce when he was arrested early Wednesday while entering the United States at Buffalo, N.Y. After he disappeared Feb. 3, he was charged with conspiracy, fraud and conducting a continuing financial crime. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

He is the second of three fugitives to be caught in the ongoing fraud investigation of Loomis Wealth Solutions, a Roseville, Calif.-based investment company, and several related companies. Court documents alleged they defrauded investors and mortgage companies of $100 million since 2006. The fraudulent deals involved 500 homes and condominiums in California, Florida, Nevada, Illinois, Colorado and Arizona, according to Internal Revenue Service affidavits.

Authorities believe Warren also had brought to Lebanon $4 million to $5 million in gold, which he had shown some of the flight crew, but that has not been recovered, Brown said. “He’s a man of high style — all of it ill-gotten,” the prosecutor said. Source: Yahoo News

Here is the galling part in all this. We have conservative nutjobs like Michelle Malkin literally ridiculing Henrietta Hughes, the homeless woman who made her case to President Obama while he was in Fort Meyers, but she has been strangely silent when the rich dirt bags get caught for literally raping the system and innocent people like Ms. Hughes. Funny, I can’t seem to remember her being outraged by the actions as scumbags such as Christopher Warren, among others. She takes offense to what President Obama is doing, but where is her solution to the problems working class people face in this country? Wait. She has no solutions. Just a loud voice.

Filed under: Christopher Warren, Henrietta Hughes, Internal Revenue Service, Loomis Wealth Solutions, Michelle Malkin, Mortgage Fraud

Conservative Columnist, Blogger Michelle Malkin has Issues with Barack Obama and Family Appearing on Access Hollywood

Conservative columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin just can’t help herself. She continues to take low blows at the Obamas for whatever reason. It is okay to disagree with Barack Obama and his positions. It is also okay to vote for John McCain if he personifies your beliefs and what you look for in a political candidate, but do we have to keep talking about this man’s kids. I haven’t read any articles in which the right wing bloggers, specifically Michelle Malkin, goes after John McCain’s kids. So, here’s Michelle Malkin’s lead story today:

The Obamas go Access Hollywood

By Michelle Malkin • July 8, 2008 10:28 AM

So, is this, to borrow a bitter phrase, good for Michelle Obama’s children? Just asking. Access Hollywood gets the scoop on the Obama daughters’ fashion and etiquette advice for dad in a four-part interview. The Obamas let the cameras roll while the family celebrated older daughter Malia’s birthday last week:

In an Access Hollywood exclusive interview, Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, along with daughters Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7 open up about rules, what it is like for friends to meet dad, communicating on the trail, potential plans for moving into the White House and more.

The four-part interview will air on Access Hollywood, Tuesday, July 8th,Wednesday, July 9th and Thursday, July 10th.

Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos caught up with the Obama family on the campaign trail in Butte, Montana to celebrate Malia’s 10th birthday and Independence Day.

Now that the Primary is over, the Obamas manage to get more family time together explains Michelle. “Barack is home at least once a week. We’re really doing family stuff. We are going on bike rides, going swimming and playing tennis.”

The girls also give advice to their dad about everything from etiquette to fashion. One time when a friend of Malia’s came over, he shook her hand to say hello. Malia recalls telling her dad, “You really don’t shake kids’ hands that much…You just wave or say hi.”

…When asked what they do that makes mommy and daddy mad, both girls were quick to comment. Sasha says whining…

Runs in the family, I guess.

She also added this blurb on the end of the article:

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The Obamas also invited 60 Minutes to come film the family making tuna fish sandwiches earlier this year–you know, to show what a regular guy he is. Question: Who the hell puts Grey Poupon and gherkins (don’t ask me what those are, I have no idea) in tuna sandwiches for kids?

Final thoughts….

People, do we care what Barack Obama does with his children? I am pretty sure Malkin & Co. would be screaming bloody hell if he ignored his kids. With all the breaking stories out there, I am appalled that she would write a lead story about Barack Obama and his kids. I wonder what type of mother and wife she is? I guess we can chock this ridiculous attack on the Obama clan to some level of jealousy or plain ignorance. Michelle Malkin, parents do fun stuff with their kids.

We have heard so many negative things about the “eroding” African American family structure that the right wing media has no clue what to do when they see a family with values, ambition, something going for themselves, there is a big problem. This is a family that is working together towards a common goal. Our young black men need to see a Barack Obama out there who is committed to his family and very visible in their lives. The bigger issue for me is that Barack Obama shows that you can transcend race and it is okay to be an educated black person in America. So, what’s the big deal if they chose Access Hollywood as a venue for this interview? People are drawn to shows of this nature and as his oldest child said, she read People Magazine and saw her Mommy in it. Didn’t President Bush and his wife appear on American Idol? So, Michelle Malkin’s issue with this interview is much ado about nothing, as usual. Just my thoughts, you be the judge….

Filed under: Access Hollywood, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Michelle Obama

Black National Anthem "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing" Raises Eyebrows

Conservative columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin seems to be raising a stink about the black national anthem. What led up to this latest dustup? According to Politics West, as Denver dignitaries gathered for Mayor John Hickenlooper’s State of the City address, City Council President Michael Hancock introduced singer Chanteuse René Marie to perform the national anthem. I guess the thing that stuck in the craw of Councilman Charlie Brown was the fact that she didn’t sing the national anthem. Instead, Marie performed the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” which also is known as the “black national anthem.” When she finished, the proceedings moved forward, and few seemed to notice that the “Star-Spangled Banner” was never performed.

Brown getting his moment in the spotlight, took to local talk radio this afternoon to blast the lack of the nation’s anthem at the proceedings. “There’s no replacement for the national anthem,” Brown said. “They should have sung it.” “This is the State of the City address. It’s not an NAACP convention,” he said, referring to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Needless to say, the City Council has received numerous irate responses to Brown’s statements.

Brown said Hancock has told talk-radio stations that he only introduced the singer from prepared remarks handed to him and was unaware that she would not be performing the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Hancock did not immediately return a call seeking comment, nor did Hickenlooper or his staff. At first I thought that she had received permission to sing the song, but on further research, I discovered she deliberately decided to sing the proclaimed black anthem. According to the Denver Post, the singer explained she had decided months ago not to sing the “Star Spangled Banner” anymore. The Post reported she was being interviewed by a Russian broadcaster who asked her what it was like to be American.”And I realized I didn’t feel like an American, and that bothered me a great deal,” the singer said. She said she feels like a foreigner sometimes. The singer told the Post she deliberately didn’t tell anyone her plans, “because I don’t think it is necessary for an artist to ask permission to express themselves artistically.” So now we hear comments such as if there was a white national anthem, blacks would be upset. Hmm. Sticky situation, but the song is about freedom. Let’s not forget blacks were enslaved for eons and denigrated for years.

The anthem was written by James Johnson and first performed more than a century ago. It marked nearly four decades of freedom for blacks in America. It now still appears in some church hymnals.

Its lyrics:

Lift ev’ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring.
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee,
Shadowed beneath thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.

To be fair, the singer should not have made the state of union address her personal platform and realize that was not the place for that song. Michelle Malkin is a little too self-righteous and critical to me. She is the same person who raised a stink about Rachael Ray’s scarf in a Dunkin Donuts online advertisement, which the company pulled after Malkin complained it was depicting terrorism. Yeah, she’s the same moron who was also caught up in the Michelle Obama “Baby Daddy” drama. Since when did Michelle Malkin become the moral authority for the right-wing? I think she’s forgetting that some of the same programs that benefited African Americans and women have also benefited her as a person of Asian-descent. I am sure the right-wing will somehow tie this to Barack Obama. Aren’t there more pressing issues for us to address? The bottom line is that we have only one national anthem and it should be treated as such. Just my thoughts, you be the judge….

Filed under: Black National Anthem, Michelle Malkin, Rachael Ray

More Racist Comments and Graffiti Continue in Barack Obama’s Quest for the White House

According to Fort Mill Times, Obama supporters have said that conservative Idaho radio host Zeb Bell made racist comments against Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and the incident has sparked criticism against a southern Idaho radio station, with some in the community calling for the show to be canceled.

Obama supporters allege a conservative talk show host on Rupert, Idaho-based KBAR AM this week referred to the Illinois senator as the “black Negroid Barack Hussein Obama.”

Others also say a guest on Zeb Bell’s show called Obama’s mother “trailer trash” who has a fixation on black men. Obama’s mother is white. His father is from Kenya.

Bell, who has hosted his show on KBAR since 2000, denied making any racist comments but acknowledged a friend and guest, Frosty Wooldridge, did make inappropriate remarks on the air Monday.

Separately, in Harris county, Texas, neighbors said a sign posted by a Houston-area man is causing tension and fear. They say the sign is offensive. It makes a derogatory and profane reference to Sen. Barack Obama’s bid to become president. “Whoever did this is a racist,” neighbor Laz Socarras said. “They hatin’ on Obama,” neighbor Jarmaine Calvin said. The painted plywood sign, which Calvin said he drives past every day, has the “n-word” and another profanity prominently displayed on it.

Residents say this sign is causing tension and fear in a Harris County neighborhood.
It’s posted on an empty corner lot full of junk and overgrown weeds. The neighbor-hood where the sign is posted is populated mostly with Hispanics and whites,only a few blacks.

Yeah, this election has really brought the worst out in so many people on so many different levels. I would issue a word of caution to Americans in general–the whole world is watching what is happening in America. The bottom line is that if you cannot elect a black man or a woman to be the president, then it is sending a terrible message to the world that America, the superpower is racist and sexist. If Germany can elect a woman as Chancellor and the United Kingdom could elect Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister and the Phillipines could elect Corazon Aquino as head of state, among other countries accomplishing such a feat, then I cannot see any reason why America cannot do the same.

The racist graffiti and comments will continue throughout this campaign and if Barack Obama prevails in the Fall, it will continue throughout his entire presidency, but we will not put up with it and we will not be deterred or frightened by these comments. We have a right to run for the highest office in this country. The white man does not have “dibs” on that position. It is open to any American of any skin color, any ethnicity and any sexual orientation. for all those “journalists” and commentators on Fox News, such as Sean Hannity, E. D. Hill and Michelle Malkin, spreading hate, we have you on “blast” and we will not ignore your low brand of journalism. Just my thoughts, you be the judge…..

Filed under: Barack Obama, E. D. Hill, Harris county Texas, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Zeb Bell

Michelle Malkin Caught in the Middle of Barack Obama’s "Baby-Mama" Drama

Conservative blogger and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin bit off a little more than she could chew or she really thought that she could take a low blow and get away it on while she was on Fox News yesterday. According to Huffington Post, as if implicating Michelle Obama as one half of a “terrorist fist jab” wasn’t enough, Fox News has gone on to label Michelle Obama “Obama’s baby mama.” Malkin appeared on Fox during a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described the former as “Obama’s baby mama.” This description was displayed on the screen several times during the segment with Megyn Kelly and Michelle Malkin.

Or, I guess maybe Fox News was more to blame for this than she was, since she said that she did not write the caption and she was not aware of it when it ran (the Baltimore studio doesn’t have a monitor). Michelle Malkin stated on her website that she didn’t know if the caption writer was making a lame attempt to be hip, clueless about the original etymology of the phrase, or both.

So, I went to to see if she responded to the drama. You see, Michelle Malkin is the same person who raised a stink recently about a scarf Rachael Ray wore in a Dunkin Donuts online commercial. She and a lot of conservatives said that the scarf reminded people of terrorism. Go figure. So, now she has her sights on Barack Obama’s wife. Okay, I admit, Michelle Obama is fair game in terms of any statements she makes on policy issue or the campaign. So what if she said that Barack Obama is her “baby’s daddy?” Do they now have to label her “Obama’s baby mama?” Isn’t that just being used as a stereotypical ploy by Fox News?

I didn’t realize that so many people had gotten really ticked off at Michelle Malkin. She posted some emails from some Fox Viewers and they were pissed. They called her a lot of names, some pretty mean. I do not advocate name calling on any level and that was wrong, but people were angry at the characterization of Mrs. Obama.

From “A Brief History of baby-daddies” published in Slate Magazine two years ago:

Celebrity gossips are not known for their contributions to English letters. In tabloids, the copy is breathless, the headlines are stunningly literal, and the “hand-written” photo captions seem to toggle between “Awww!” and “Ew!” But as they zero in on celebrity mating and breeding rituals, the magpies keep breaking new linguistic ground. First they imported the British term bump, a noun used to refer to the protruding abdomen of a pregnant starlet. Then they awarded celebrity couples mash-up nicknames like “Bennifer,” “Brangelina,” and “TomKat.” Now they’ve seized upon baby-daddy and baby-mama, two useful terms that have long appeared in hip-hop and R&B lyrics, and are slowly stripping them of their emotional fangs.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines baby-daddy as “the father of a woman’s child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner.” The baby-mama entry follows the same template with the genders reversed. But some gossip writers have been adopting the first part of the definition and ignoring the second. Salon recently called Tom Cruise “Katie Holmes’ baby-daddy,” even though the couple is engaged. And Gawker refers to Keven Federline as “Britney Spears’ baby-daddy,” even though the couple has been married for more than a year.

…These days, the terms no longer seem “chiefly African-American”—they’re everywhere, the latest bits of hip-hop lingo to gain widespread use. Baby-daddy is the new bling. Online, you can buy “Jesus is my baby-daddy” magnets, tote bags, and beer steins. There is a drink called the “babymama.” Scott Hoffman, the bassist for the glam rock band the Scissors Sisters, goes by the stage name “Babydaddy.” Some of this cultural paraphernalia retains the old, loaded sense of the term: You can, for example, download a “Salty Baby Mama” ringtone so that when people call, your phone will jangle and thrum while a woman’s voice says, “Baby, I know you hear this damn phone ringing. I’m going to beat your ass, as soon as I see you.” But just as often, the connotations are strictly biological. Baby-mama has even made inroads in Japan, where it’s being used on a Web site that appears to sell strollers.

Who knows why these terms became catchphrases? Perhaps it’s just that they’re metrically pleasing: Baby-mama and baby-daddy are undeniably fun to say. But it’s the novelty factor that explains how the words lost their negative connotations. Sure, there are many gossip writers who still use the terms in their original senses (calling dancer Carlos Leon “Madonna’s baby-daddy,” for example) because they’re useful, reducing a complex chain of possessives—Madonna’s daughter’s father—to a nice, comprehensible noun. But it seems there are also plenty of writers who just like the way the words sound and don’t care much about the stigma once attached to babydaddyhood. When news came last week that Anna Nicole Smith may be pregnant, it was no surprise that bloggers immediately began speculating about the identity of the “baby daddy.” It may be a long time before you hear a quaint, old-fashioned “Who’s the dad?”

You know, this whole thing is a hot-mess and I cannot believe Fox News would stoop so low as to drag Michelle Obama in this mess. They knew exactly what they were doing when they put that caption up on the screen.

Here’s a sampling of the email that Malkin received as noted on her website:

from pearlene_scott@cox.netto writemalkin@gmail.comdate Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:35 AMsubject Michelle Obamamailed-by cox.net

You disgusting racist slant eyed pig! How do you like the name calling? Referring to Senator Obama’s wife in your typical way is what the country expects from an ignorant racist pig like yourself. No one wants to listen to your racist rants anymore. May the nightmare that is you be gone soon.
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from HTHS57@aol.comto writemalkin@gmail.comdate Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:53 AMsubject Michelle Obama commentsmailed-by aol.com

You are reprehensibleThe impression you give is having a plastic face, a plastic mind and a plastic heart.Your stupidity is clearly and abundantly superceded by your nasty nasty mind and heart always.There is no one home in your body.
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from DALLAS PATRICIA BRUNER greeleystinks@msn.comto writemalkin@gmail.comdate Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:03 AMsubject TIPmailed-by msn.com

I find your attacks on Mrs Obama disgusting. As someone of mixed race I wonder if your desire to take part in this behavior is due to self-loathing. Do you have issues about your own background and feel that you are somehow made “whiter” by saying these things? Believe me, to the crowd you associate with you are nothing more than the token brown girl with a cheerleader’s vocal affectation. You should be ashamed of yourself, and if you don’t have the grace to feel that way, I am ashamed for you. My tip for you is… start acting like a human being.
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from MsNiana@aol.comto writemalkin@gmail.comdate Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:54 PMsubject Your Fox appearancemailed-by aol.com

I have never taken the time to e-mail anyone regarding comments made in a public forum. However, your Obama Baby Mama comments have triggered something in me that NO ONE has managed to do thus far. It is degrading for a married woman, especially of her stature to be referred to this way, but of course that’s why you found pleasure in doing it. It also has a racist tone to it, which is also way you’ve found pleasure in doing it. For someone who looks like she is in need of racial tolerance, you certainly have a lot of nerve. There are many racist references that I can name when I look at you, many which your so called colleagues at Fox have already uttered behind you’re back, I’m sure. Your politics are your own, but you should be ashamed. How someone as ethnic as you obviously are can find pleasure in contributing to such low class racial speak is beyond me.

from David Medina db999us@yahoo.comto writemalkin@gmail.comdate Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:00 AMsubject tipmailed-by yahoo.comsigned-by yahoo.com
you like like a asian clown

Final thoughts….

Some of those emails are downright mean. As much as I disagree with just about everything that Malkin talks about, maybe this just wasn’t her fault, as she claimed. The anger should also be directed at Fox News and its really ignorant and mostly misguided anchors. I think we have more important things to address, such as why a group of GOP politicians have decided not to back John McCain. For the record, what they did at Fox News was very disrespectful to Michelle Obama. I am sure they would not refer to Laura Bush as George Bush’s “baby mama!” Just my thoughts, you be the judge…..

Filed under: Baby-Mama, Fox News, Megyn Kelly, Michelle Malkin, Michelle Obama

Barack and Michelle Obama Fist Bump Raising Eyebrows in Media

I cannot believe that the media would make an issue out of Barack Obama and his wife Michelle’s fist bump. So, the man is hip. What’s the big deal? “Fist bump of hope!” wrote one Internet poster about the couple’s hand-to-hand show of solidarity. Obama told NBC‘s Brian Williams Wednesday night he is proud of that magical moment. “It captures what I love about my wife, which is that there is a reverence about her and a sense that for all the hoopla that I’m her husband and sometimes we’ll do silly things. “She’s proud of me and she gives me some credit once in a while, but I actually pull some things off.” So, I guess after Bill Clinton, no one can really expect or believe that Barack Obama and his wife could really love each other deeply and not have an agenda or doing it for a photo opportunity.

In my opinion, the affectionate 11-second exchange before Obama claimed victory as the Democratic presidential nominee highlights his youth and ability to transcend the stereotyped political gestures of campaigns past. If John McCain gives his wife a fist bump, then look out, someone call the paramedics. Yeah, the media had to get some psychological thoughts on the issue. “I would imagine to a young voter, this was another sign that these people are one of us,” said psychologist Drew Westen, author of “The Political Brain: The Role Of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation.” “People saw their willingness to display their affection in the way they really do – at home, or in private moments.”

Yeah, I remember Al and Tipper Gore‘s way-too-long nationally televised liplock, which the media said was done to deflect his wooden image or Bill and Hillary Clinton, in swimsuits, cavorting on a Virgin Islands beach, which the media said was the deflect the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. You can’t win with the media, especially the right wing media that is looking to pick Barack and Michelle Obama apart.

As the couple met on the stage before a raucous crowd, Obama kissed her cheek as they hugged. The two exchanged a few quick words before Michelle raised her right fist, and Obama bumped it with his left. Michelle Obama then flashed a quick thumbs up and headed offstage, with her husband patting her gently on the lower back as she exited. Did anyone stop to think that this woman was just really proud of the accomplishment and major feat her man had just achieved?

“If it’s calculated, it’s a very good calculation,” said Dr. Judy Kuriansky, the well-known psychologist. “America wants to see what’s going on in the relationship.” The fist bump, she said, “was very hip, very cool, an ‘I’m-with-it’ move. It’s almost cocky.” Yeah, so now Michelle Obama is cocky? At least she cannot be called an airhead or a bitch, like some spouses. I won’t name anyone in particular.

To me, that was an unscripted moment that showed two people ecstatic about what had just transpired. Hey, I can’t recall seeing President Bush and his wife show any affection in public. Hell, I can’t say I ever saw Dick Cheney and his wife do anything slightly affectionate in public. John McCain, forget it! That would be totally out of his character. The way this fist bump is being responded to is so inane but it is actually partisan, in my humble opinion. Watch out, the conservative media including Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh may make this an issue. I read a comment to an article about this in the NY Daily News and I was actually baffled at how stupid some people are:

uberchristian Jun 5, 2008 8:24:35 AM Has Black Osama announced what gang he is affiliated with yet? I’m thinking he has to be a Crypt. Does an Osama Obama presidency mean that Crypts along with Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Putin and Fidel Castro will be attending White House State dinners for special events on Freedom? Wow, the substitute teacher will be at the head of the biggest classroom in the world. Maybe Osama Obama can hire David Dinkins and Marion Barry as is advisors. “Don’t diss your sis” Dave and “Crack is back” Marion can advise him on how to run his classroom. O’ Canada…………..

Filed under: Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, fist bump, Michelle Malkin, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity

Rachael Ray’s Scarf Reminds Conservative Critics of Terrorism, Dunkin Donuts Caves, Pull Ad

So, I guess right-wing bloggers and media do have some power after all. It is amazing that people like conservative commentator Michelle Malkin and others were able to get Dunkin Donuts to pull an ad featuring Rachael Ray, yet we cannot make any headway getting people like Liz Trotta, Ann Coulter, Dick Morris and Pat Buchanan fired from the shows they appear on because of the incendiary comments they make.

Dunkin’ Donuts has canceled an online advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray after complaints that a scarf she wore in the ad offers symbolic support for terrorism. Dunkin’ Donuts said Wednesday it pulled the ad over the weekend because of what it calls a “misperception” about the scarf that detracted from its original intent to promote its iced coffee. Critics complained that the scarf appeared to be traditional garb worn by Arab men. The ad’s critics say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.

Okay, so we can go after Dunkin Donuts with so much resolve, but we can’t go after people who make racist comments on television. This leads me to another point, there is definitely a double standard or just blatant hypocrisy in the media when a scarf that symbolizes terrorism in the minds of a few people can create such uproar, but comments about Barack Obama’s assassination fall on deaf ears with many. What message are we sending to people in America and dare I say the world? I didn’t think that all people who wore those scarves were terrorists or sympathizers of Osama Bin Laden. So, what’s next? Traditional African dress, for example, as we have seen when Barack Obama visited Kenya? Or maybe having dreadlocks, could some how become a real problem. Of course, I am being sarcastic. Just my thoughts, you be the judge……

Filed under: Dunkin Donuts, Michelle Malkin, Rachael Ray, Terrorism