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“Breaking news video:” Journalists ogle Obama

By Michelle Malkin • May 9, 2008 03:44 PM

You know, when I read about this CNN video via Allahpundit yesterday, I threw up a little in my mouth. The clip of female journalists on a plane moaning as they watch Barack Obama talking on a cell phone was actually filed under “breaking news video” on the CNN website with the caption, “Obama in jeans: Sen. Barack Obama surprises the press corps by wearing jeans.”

Now, the video’s on YouTube. And it really should have a content warning advising viewers to watch it only on a completely empty stomach. Several members of the press corps yell at an agent to “sit down” because she’s obstructing their view. They giggle and sigh “You’re killing us” as he straddles across a row of seats and they furiously click away on their cameras.

Kneepads, ladies?

This is CNN.

UPDATE (See-Dubya): Compare, contrast.

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#317908

On May 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm, undrseige247 said:

chapoutier said:

my ancestry is German-Swiss, not French.

OK then, I’ll refer to you as a Vichy Frenchman.
#317914

On May 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm, chapoutier said:

Keep classy, undr.

Keep classy.
#317920

On May 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm, undrseige247 said:

I was going to write a response to you, chapoutier but it looks like you’re waving the white flag…right…Frenchy?

Happy Mother’s Day and peace to all!
#317922

On May 11th, 2008 at 12:42 pm, atheling said:

I will preface this with stating for the record that I am a woman.

I could not finish watching that video.

I am having serious doubts about the competence of women in the public sphere. In the 20th century, when women won the vote, we have seen the West take a nosedive culturally, politically, and academically.

I began to have these doubts when Bill Clinton won in 1992 and I saw a Hollyweird bimbo (Marisa Tomei, I think) gushing about how “cute” he was and that’s why she voted for him. I started to wonder if other women vote for the same dumb reasons. This video confirms that.

Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink, Oprah, Katie Couric… It’s enough for me to consider the idea that women’s suffrage was a BAD idea.

When are girls going to grow up? It seems that the women of the early 20th century who fought for the right to vote were more mature than their counterparts of today. Indeed, I believe that Margaret Thatcher was an exception, not the rule.

I am embarassed by women.

And as a woman, I am saying these things because I know that men are not allowed to say it.
#317940

On May 11th, 2008 at 1:30 pm, mistressjustice said:

Underwhelming1969 thinks this post is racist.

The commenters protest too much. Some of the guys are going through the same issues as the Military Dad from American Beauty.

Here’s a gem from Siege explaining his nonsense.

This is a racist comment Frenchy because the whole subject of the thread is about how Obama, a black man, is acting promiscuous for the press and Mistress zero made a crack that the conservative white men on the thread who find Obama’s actions distasteful are actually closet homosexuals just like Colonel Frank Fitts from American Beauty who is also white. Of course, I don’t expect an arrogant moron like yourself to ever see this point of view, even when it’s strikingly blatant.

Okay, so by this logic, we are supposed to conclude that Michelle Malkin’s thread wasn’t just poking fun at the liberal media salivating over Obama, and Obama’s obvious, arrogant, posing for them. NOOOO, we are suppose to conclude that Malkin was also making the point the Obama is a BLACK man, while all of this is going on. Siege is reading some bizarre racial component in Michelle Malkin’s mind.
Next, we are suppose to ASSume that I have some type of supernatural sight, and I can deduce that all of the male conservative posters on this tread are white. Because, obviously all male conservatives are white, huh Siege?

Only you, and apparently Notalick, in your own distorted little minds would find a racial issue in this statement:

The commenters protest too much. Some of the guys are going through the same issues as the Military Dad from American Beauty

Keep typing and remove all doubt. You are indeed fascinating on a psychological level. I really need to let this go, but my God, you are unreal.
#317941

On May 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pm, dakine said:

Silly blog post with the predictable disproportionate and manufactured outrage. This thread is getting the lowest common denominator comments it deserves.

Color me shocked. libocrat and undrground are in agreement. Who woulda thought? Two of the most vacuous, bigoted, immature, mean-spirited, unhinged, extremist, offensive, superficial, delusional and dim witted posters on this board agree…crazy. You guys are an embarrassment to this board and the conservative movement. That’s if you are actually conservatives at all. I think you might be far left wingers from DKos trying to sabotage MM.com with your inane nonsense. Other than all that though, I think you’re probably great guys.
#317947

On May 11th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, mistressjustice said:

I think you might be far left wingers from DKos trying to sabotage MM.com with your inane nonsense. Other than all that though, I think you’re probably great guys.

Interesting theory Dakine. You may be on to something. My girlfriend just told me that, I’m being hazed and messed with. No right minded person believes what Seige and Notaslick believe on this thread. Either way, I got suckered into some foolishness by these nimrods.
#317948

On May 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, undrseige247 said:

Distress Zero said:

Siege is reading some bizarre racial component in Michelle Malkin’s mind.
Next, we are suppose to ASSume that I have some type of supernatural sight, and I can deduce that all of the male conservative posters on this tread are white. Because, obviously all male conservatives are white, huh Siege?

Don’t try to back peddle on your comments. In your dirty mind all heterosexual, male conservatives probably are white. Of course, this is far from true but I speak strictly in allegory (another aspect of intelligence the lib morons can’t see) I have never seen such blatant glib lawyer bullsh*t in all my life. What a sick cookie. Go to the hospital and get an injection, the syphilis is in its final stage. You know what Distress keep saying what you want, I could care less.
#317949

On May 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pm, undrseige247 said:

Liberal Pig.
#317967

On May 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, graysonret said:

I watched the video and I heard female “reporters” who are never going to make it in the journalistic world. They are probably very young, just out of college, and thinking they are accomplishing something, when their material will probably be dropped, for lacking any good content. Of course, if he loses, they’ll drop him like a hot rock and move on to something else sensational…or in their case, sexy. Of course, this could have been just a “goof-off” session, relaxing between stops, which shows better class than all the name-calling I see here on this thread. Insulting each other scores no points, other than negative ones, and convinces no-one of your point of view. For me, though, it makes going through posts easier; I just skip the name-calling ones, since they offer nothing of content.
#317981

On May 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, spackle said:

Welcome to the USAI. United States of American Idol. Ugh!
#317984

On May 11th, 2008 at 4:18 pm, gopftw said:

Let’s all hope for a 3rd party Hillary run to split the Dem vote so we will never ever have to listen about Obama again.
Go Hill Go! President McCain.
#317986

On May 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pm, GaMidnightRider said:

On May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 pm, libocrat said:
#107 Dimsdale.

It is that bad. Obama is completely unqualified, but those who infest the MSM, are simply in love with the concept of proving themselves non-racist. The moral highground that they claim to occupy can be validated by voting for a man because he is black.
They feel they are WONDERFUL DECENT humans, and to prove it, they trip and stumble over themselves with praise and love for a black man. It proves that they aren’t racist.

I don’t need to prove that. I don’t take race into account in my daily life.
Someone’s race is irrelevant to me.

I agree librocrat. I was born and raised in the deep south and i was taught by my parents to never judge a person by the color of their skin but by the character of their heart and their actions. The crazy left has got some wild idea that if you are a person of color the world is against you when actually the world is stacked for you. Why is it ok the have a law saying you cannot discriminate on basis of race but you have to have qoutas ? Why is it ok that there is a black entertainment television but not a white one. If someone where to start a white entertainment channel there would be riots like the world has never seen. Yes, i think the liberals are racist if not why do we have all these laws contridicting each other. I think all men and women should be judge by their actions and deeds not the color of their skin but if we did that then the race baiters like Jackson, Sharpton, Wright, Farrakon, and other would have to get real jobs and do real work for a living.
#317993

On May 11th, 2008 at 5:14 pm, dakine said:

graysonret, as to the substance of this thread, I think you’re right on point. As to your thoughts regarding the name calling, generally speaking I think you’re correct there as well. However, libocrat and undrseige are so utterly lacking in class and honor that they deserve absolutely no respect or common courtesy, and I won’t give it to them.
#318009

On May 11th, 2008 at 6:35 pm, undrseige247 said:

dakine said:

graysonret, as to the substance of this thread, I think you’re right on point. As to your thoughts regarding the name calling, generally speaking I think you’re correct there as well. However, libocrat and undrseige are so utterly lacking in class and honor that they deserve absolutely no respect or common courtesy, and I won’t give it to them.

Don’t really want any from someone who backs a liberal racist.
#318011

On May 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, undrseige247 said:

I think all men and women should be judge by their actions and deeds not the color of their skin

Agreed.
#318013

On May 11th, 2008 at 7:08 pm, Django said:

This is how media “analysis” actually operates. It’s a bunch of fat white women and gay men getting into a “jungle fever” sex fantasy to show how allegedly cool they are. The whole thing is weirdly racist in its own sick way. The media have gone into total ethical and intellectual collapse and then have the gall to blame the collapse of newspaper circulation on the internet instead of taking responsibility for how unprofessional and idiotic they are.
#318015

On May 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm, sfcmac said:

On May 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm, DagneyT said:
For some strange reason, my sound didn’t work. From other comments, it’s something I should be thankful for?

I have always hated going to those “girl things” where they have male stripper. It’s embarrassing to see so many of my sex turn into mindless idiots. This appears to be similar in tone.

Honey, I’ll take a good male strip revue over Barak Obama any day. There’s absolutely nothing remotely sexy about a socialist geek with terrorist friends.
#318017

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm, dakine said:

That’s a good thing you dim witted tool, because you’re not going to get any. BTW, use your limited internet skills and look up the term “racist”, and then try to use it properly. My guess is that it’s definition will have a very familiar feel to you, if you know what I mean champ.
#318018

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm, dakine said:

Sorry, “it’s” should be “its”.
#318021

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pm, TheCityTroll said:

Here is another opinion piece I did on Obama about his falling behind Hillary in the popular vote since March
http://thecitytroll.blogspot.com/2008/05/obamanation.html
#318023

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:39 pm, GaMidnightRider said:

On May 11th, 2008 at 5:14 pm, dakine said:
graysonret, as to the substance of this thread, I think you’re right on point. As to your thoughts regarding the name calling, generally speaking I think you’re correct there as well. However, libocrat and undrseige are so utterly lacking in class and honor that they deserve absolutely no respect or common courtesy, and I won’t give it to them.

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm, dakine said:
That’s a good thing you dim witted tool, because you’re not going to get any. BTW, use your limited internet skills and look up the term “racist”, and then try to use it properly. My guess is that it’s definition will have a very familiar feel to you, if you know what I mean champ.

So if you are so against name calling and use so much of your great brain power why are you resorting to the same thing you are calling others out on ?
#318024

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pm, undrseige247 said:

dakine said:

My guess is that it’s definition will have a very familiar feel to you, if you know what I mean champ.</blockquote

Yeh. Listening to you back racist liberal scum like Vichy French, Distress and Obama with his Jeremiah Wright friend. O,Please do shut up or get unindoctrinated. Barrack’s shenanigan’s in front of the camera are lurid and unpresidential and if elected he’ll enable more racist scum to tear down America. Already Distress feels empowered to tear down white men (or men of any race for that matter). Her kind must be stopped and the dirty country club liberals like Vichy French must be stopped too.
#318025

On May 11th, 2008 at 8:42 pm, undrseige247 said:

Whoops:

Yeh. Listening to you back racist liberal scum like Vichy French, Distress and Obama with his Jeremiah Wright friend. O,Please do shut up or get unindoctrinated. Barrack’s shenanigan’s in front of the camera are lurid and unpresidential and if elected he’ll enable more racist scum to tear down America. Already Distress feels empowered to tear down white men (or men of any race for that matter). Her kind must be stopped and the dirty country club liberals like Vichy French must be stopped too.
#318339

On May 12th, 2008 at 9:32 am, Misscheryl said:

For the record – I could care less about the African Freakin American experience!
#318392

On May 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am, Dimsdale said:

On May 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, undrseige247 said:

I think all men and women should be judge by their actions and deeds not the color of their skin

Agreed.

I second that.

Do you ever get the feeling that the spirit of a true civil rights leader (MLK) is spinning in his grave knowing that his legacy has been hijacked and trampled by the likes of Jackson, Sharpton, Wright, Farrakhan, and the Obamas?