Man, if this weren’t so offensive it would be hilarious.
Fox News, America’s source for the lowest common denominator, referred to Michelle Obama as Barrack’s ‘Baby Momma’. That’s insulting for so, so many reasons. Not the least of which is that it implies the two are unmarried, and plays into a rather distasteful stereotype of African Americans.
Here’s the vid in all it’s idiotic glory:
Stunning. Just stunning.
Elsewhere on the interwebs, the Obama smear campaign is in full swing. The latest wrinkle? Demanding to see Obama’s birth certificate to prove he is in fact a natural born American citizen and therefore constitutionally eligible for the presidency. Apparently, since only one of Obama’s parents were American, there is some obscure immigration technicality that may disqualify him. Pretty disgusting tactics, all around.
I do not envy Obama the uphill slog he has to the White House. It’s gonna be one ugly, racist mess.
For what it’s worth, she introduced him as “my baby’s daddy” when he won his Senate seat in Illinois.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pmI’m not sure that gives Fox News carte blanche to apply a racial epithet to her.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:28 pmAh, I’m not so sure I view it as overly racist , and given her use of the exact same phrase about the exact same relationship, albeit different spouse, I don’t really feel that this has stepped over the line. She used that phrase in a public, political forum, and Fox merely echoed that.
Certainly there are words and phrases that we should view as unspeakable, even if those within a group use it freely amongst themselves. However, I do not feel that the “my baby’s daddy/mommy” can be said to be remotely on par with those words and phrases.
June 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm[...] Canada, Nunc Scio agrees that the attack is just plain racist: Man, if this weren’t so offensive it would be [...]
June 12th, 2008 at 10:33 pmThat’s pretty cool to be quoted on the blogosphere
Well done, sir.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pm