Actor: Obamas need a dog that’s “street”
Actor Jamie Foxx weighs in on what kind of dog the Obama family should get to make sure they stay in touch with the, um, “street.”
Somehow, I don’t think Mr. Arugula and Mrs. Princeton are going to let their Sidwell Friends schoolgirls traipse around the Oval Office with a “street” pitbull (hat tip – reader Ryan):
As the quest for the First Dog continues, Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx thinks he’s come up with the perfect solution for the President-elect and his family.
“A pitbull,” the entertainer says.
Jokes Foxx: “(I’m) trying to pick out Barack Obama’s Christmas puppy right now, so we’re working hard on that. I think I’m going to get him a pitbull, we just got to keep it street.”
Foxx made the comments after performing at the annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting in New York last week.
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Yet another reason why I prefer my collie.
How about a hyena? Close enough?
Racial stereotyping anyone?
He might be able to pick up some cheap from Michael Vick.
street = ghetto ??
Maybe Michael Vic could give him some dogfighting pointers, too. Is that “street” enough for Mr. Foxx?
Who gives a rat’s a$$ what, if any, dog the Obamas take to the White House?
These dogs are so exploited by morons like Foxx (Vick) it makes me sick.
AND
They shouldnt be around small children.
Why on earth would anyone care about what Jamie Foxx has to say?!
Story = I don’t care divided by zero.
Jamie Foxx, man! He pretended to Ray Charles, man!
He’s our better!
The One has already said that the puppy will be “a mutt like me.” Don’t his supporters listen to what he says? Never mind, if they did he wouldn’t have been elected.
Punk.
Did Foxx forget that the dog had to be nonallergenic?
Obama already has a hyena. He appointed her Secretary of State.
Nahh, the ultimate street would be a pit bull/rottweiler mix. Having worked 13 years in a neighborhood where “street cred” mattered, I think Foxx is out of the loop.
/sarc
What a tool.
I’ll give Mr. Foxx the benefit of the doubt and presume he was joking. (He is a comedian after all.)
I agree with MikeM… unless/until I see video.
Jamie Foxx is a comedian? Who knew?
Jamie Foxx is an ignorant moron.
Why would Obama need a pitbull? He already has Michelle, and she’s ferocious enough. Maybe a nice little lapdog? What’s Robert Reich doing?
And the lipstick???
Hey my thought exactly!
Maybe Paris Hilton has a chihuahua she could spare.
I could see a chihuahua in the Obama White House.
Hmmm….mebbe Obama will go with replacing the White House bowling alley with a dogfight ring instead of the B-Ball hoops that he had planned.
Black thug talk is so unfunny.
now this is a dilemma I’m going to lose sleep over…as if I could really care.
Hey, not a bad idea. Maybe he’ll take a bite out of Hillary.
Actually, pit bulls are really good dogs, if they are brought up correctly. However, I don’t think Jamie Foxx is thinking about a sweetheart dog, but an attack dog.
Just goes to show that Jamie Foxx doesn’t understand that the presidency is not “street.”
Jamie Foxx no doubt has all kinds of good advise for BO.
For the Obama’s to have an obedient little lap dog would simply be redundant – since they already have enough of those type of companions in the press…
How about a chameleon?
I know of several really neat pitbulls. They are loving and affectionate dogs- but the youngest child is missing.
I like where Jamie Foxx is going with this. Pitbull chained to the North Portico columns, maybe even a busted couch under the overhang the dog can sleep on and a rusty old barbeque grill for good measure.
Michelle could fix something on the grill for the Bill and Hillary on Saturday nights. Good times…
Dogs deserve nice homes with people who care about them. How long do you think it would take “the one” to throw the dog under the bus if it made a housebreaking faux pas or did a “Barney” to some over bearing reporter? Remember Buddy?
When he said it, I thought he was joking. After reading these comments I guess I was wrong. I have to begin to take entertainers more seriously.
Ha-ha-ha…You should see where he grew up. Down the elevator in the nice condo. Across the street and then past a huge green lawn with big beautiful trees belonging to the historical church, on down the tree-lined street past the hospital, then two short (tree-lined) blocks to the most expensive private school in Hawaii. I think a French Poodle might be street there.
On December 8th, 2008 at 7:32 pm, Prime Director said:
Erich Fromm had it right: fascism has its roots in psychological weakness. You can’t punch the one who just punched you because he’s more powerful, so you turn around and punch someone else less powerful than you.
The healthy thing for J. Foxx to do? Go back to the ORIGINAL GUY and PUNCH HIM. Don’t go running around attacking everyone who’s white, it makes you a jack-booted thug and a jack*ss.
So I guess a Bichon Frise is out?
ask michael vick!
Joke: What’s the difference between a Pitbull, and Michelle Obama?
The fur.
Word!
I think Jamie was having some fun. No problem. Any man who can play “The Tooth” is okay by me.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. Do you think a conservative would get a pass with that comment? That is where I have a problem.
Also, why would foxx think bringing Palin onto his team would be a good idea?
Maybe Michael Vick can raise one for him.
I don’t know what Obama did during his campaign that makes anyone think hes going to keep anything street. That is one of he great myths of this campaign. Many of my friends thought that Obama grew up on the mean streets. It would cost me $16,000 a year to send my son to the same high school he attended. Thats a hard life!
He’s not a “black thug.” He’s an award winning actor/comedian (by trade, and through recognition. I don’t happen to find him funny, but that doesn’t lessen the mind blowing ignorance displayed your comment). BTW, I think what he said was supposed to be funny, instead of deconstructed. (Yeah, I know it didn’t succeed. But Derrida, you guys certainly are not.)
Sigh. Every single person I know who grew up in D.C. went to Sidwell. BFD. It happens. And it’s really not that big of a deal.
And for the googol time — ARUGULA IS A COMMON VEGETABLE YOU CAN BUY IN THE GROCERY STORE. I guarantee you that MM and Bush have eaten — and enjoyed — plenty of it.
Also, Jamie Foxx (I’m guessing we all know this) is an idiot. I’m not sure why Ray was hailed as such an amazing movie, because I thought it was so formulaic that it verged on tragedy. My point is: Focus your energies on something more productive. No WONDER you guys keep lose power. You’re focused on b.s.
Way to reinforce that stereo type Jaime. CHOPE it is. By the way, what is it about white trash and their ethnic counterparts having to own pitbulls?
Oh, so we’re never supposed to deconstruct anyone’s attempts at humor? Remember that next time a conservative is getting flack for making an innocent remark that he had no intention of submitting to critical analysis.
No matter what Jamie Foxx meant to say, there are layers of meaning present in his statement that run counter to what the meaning he intended to convey (No one is in complete control of the language they use… right, nyk?), so there is nothing wrong with deconstructing his latest offering. Doing so is, according to Critchley, inherently ethical.
So stop telling people to be unethical.
My dog is a Bichon Frise. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Bichon_Frise_red_background.jpg/400px-Bichon_Frise_red_background.jpg
Best friend I ever had and he won’t bother Obamas kids allergies.
A little advise to you men who aren’t married yet.
My Bichon is the best chick magnet you could ever find.
Don’t tell FamilyWomen
I am sick of negros who just don’t get it. BHO is now a house nigger and they will soon find that out. All those white guys and gals he’s surrounded himself with should send that message.
Just be sure it is something neurotic that will poop & pee on all the carpets & shred the drapes & upholstery while Michelle’s children are jumping up & down on the Lincoln bed.
(One would think their kids a bit old for that? ALthough I heard on TV that’s what they were doing when they visited the white house.)
He already has his wife!
Maybe Foxx thinks they should also change the dress code at the White House so that staff can wear pants that have that hand-me-down look that are 9 sizes too big and hang down below their underwear?
If they’re gonna go “Street”… might as well bring it all the way into the gutter.
Maybe Mr. Foxx expects Obama to have some dawg fights a la Michael Vick.
here’s a street breed for ya:
Blagojevich
While we’re at it, maybe get Barry O a suit from the Steve Harvey collection?
Ugh…
Is he going to take walks around the White House Lawn using a 1/2″ chain for a leash too, so he can continue on throwin down with the Thug Thizzle?
I see…and I would be the one accused of stereotyping…right?
Come on now! All puny Metro sexual’s require a pit bull when going to the beach or gym. Well, unless they have the real men of the Secret Service hiding Muscle under Sacks 5th ave clothing, or what ever. Real women , hug a Man tonight!