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After A Fake Twitter Fight, Michelle Malkin Has A Real Fight To Prove She’s Not “Stupid”

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When Rahm Emanuel won his campaign to be mayor of Chicago yesterday, many people were curious to hear the reaction of his former boss, President Obama. Many other people, though, were curious to hear the reaction from @MayorEmanuel, the foul-mouthed fake Twitter persona that’s become so popular that the real Emanuel offered a “$2,500 or $5,000 personal contribution” to charity for the writer’s identity. Sure enough, the Twitter feed delivered last night, entertaining many…including Michelle Malkin who ended up getting in a joking fight with the fake Emanuel. However, this morning, she’s ended up in a real fight trying to prove she knew it was a joke.

It started when Malkin tweeted this:


The Fake Emanuel then responded with this, in character, tweet:


Malkin played along, responding with this:


Unfortunately, the problem with Twitter is that it’s sometimes hard for people to see a full conversation. So, this tweet got retweeted and quoted everywhere with the implication being that Michelle Malkin was cursing out what, in essence, is a fictional character. Soon enough, Malkin was spending the next few hours trying to prove she can tell what a joke is.

It’s similar to the problems people (especially Conservatives) face when they go on a show like The Colbert Report. How do you react to someone you know is a parody? Do you play along and try to take them at their word? However, in that case, guests only risk looking unfunny (something anyone standing next to Stephen Colbert is at risk of) while poor Malkin has to deal with half the Internet collectively chuckling at how stupid she is. And she was just trying to have a little fun.

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  • BadGenome

    I’m not a rocket surgeon or anything, but I think the “Fake” in “Fake @MayorEmanuel” may be a clue…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    Oh look, the left attacking ANOTHER non-left wing fanatic woman as “stupid”.

  • LibertySister

    This is nothing new or even interesting that the liberal left are attacking a conservative woman… This is there playbook. First Call them racist then stupid then after that attack there children and family.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    BadGenome said:
    I’m not a rocket surgeon or anything, but I think the “Fake” in “Fake @MayorEmanuel” may be a clue…

    As I read the piece, the one that says “fake” wasn’t the one retweeted.

  • MerryMarjie

    LibertySister said:
    This is nothing new or even interesting that the liberal left are attacking a conservative woman… This is there playbook. First Call them racist then stupid then after that attack there children and family.

    Ummm, “there”? Really? OK, well, stupidity is certainly not a conservative trait and we liberals would never accuse anyone unfairly.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Oh please, “prove she’s not stupid” well how about Rachel Maddow, NBC and other big media falling for fake Palin stories? If you ask me, the one who is really stupid is the low-life who resorted to making a foul-mouthed persona and staged a fake twitter fight just to get attention. Yeah, Emanuel or whatever the heck your name is, you are stupid – and, you suck.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Oh, and I wouldn’t appear on that blockheaded Stephen Colbert show for anything less than a million bucks, and even then, it would be an additional thousand per word I might speak. Yeah, that show is garbage.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Note to Michelle: Don’t feed the trolls.

  • JazzyJim

    BadGenome said:
    I’m not a rocket surgeon or anything, but I think the “Fake” in “Fake @MayorEmanuel” may be a clue…

    When dealing with Koch Whores and Teabagers it’s not easy to fool them. They’re just not that bright. How else can you explain the followings of Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, Palin and Fokkks. Morons love other Morons.

    The Republicans have NEVER asked the Corporate Citizen whom they work for to sacrifice. As matter of fact, they just gave themselves another Trillion US Tax Dollars to do – NOTHING; then turn on the tax paying American middle-class and poor and ask them TO PICK UP THE TAB.

    Nice work GOP. Screwing the people after 8 years of Bush is no small feat. Of course, you didn’t explain to them this when you lied running for office – just that “tough decisions” had to be made – then of course you made them at the expense of the country. The Koch Bros. are very happy with your work. You are truly Koch Whores.

    The Republicans can get their pay directly from the Koch Brothers and Health Insurance Mafia, delivered to their homes via prostitutes and lobbyists.

    Hey Koch loving Republicans – you’re boy Scott Walker just screwed the POOCH!!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/scott-walker-buffalo-beast-phone-prank_n_827058.html

    I wonder if conspiracy Beck will have anything to say? Fox is in a full emergency containment mode on how to spin this – AND I can guarantee you – just like BECK – that they’ll all have the same story and support for Koch Bros. and Scott Walker! I didn’t even have to go to Glenn Beck University for that!! Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Palin, Fox, AM Hate Talk Radio – will all have a Republican spin on Walker’s screw up today – you betcha!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/scott-walker-buffalo-beast-phone-prank_n_827058.html

  • JazzyJim

    Miss Capri said:
    Note to Michelle: Don’t feed the trolls.

    She’s too stupid or haven’t you noticed. Of course you haven’t. You like your talking heads to represent your level of competence as witnessed by Bush, Beck, Palin and now Michelle!! BWaaaaaaaa!.

  • JazzyJim

    LibertySister said:
    This is nothing new or even interesting that the liberal left are attacking a conservative woman… This is there playbook. First Call them racist then stupid then after that attack there children and family.

    Has nothing to do with her being a conservative woman – has everything to do with her being a Koch Whore Idiot.

  • JazzyJim

    Dronetek said:
    Oh look, the left attacking ANOTHER non-left wing fanatic woman as “stupid”.

    They make it so eeeeeeassssssssssyyyyy! And yet, you support stupid daily. That’s the real surprise. Do you ever learn? Apparently NOT.

  • TrackRat

    Miss Capri said:
    Oh, and I wouldn’t appear on that blockheaded Stephen Colbert show for anything less than a million bucks, and even then, it would be an additional thousand per word I might speak.

    I’m sure they ask you all the time!

  • espo222

    I’m not sure where the story is. She’s known that it was fake for a while and was just having fun.

  • tpiskkk

    The story is that one of the “fun” tweets was retweeted frequently and without context, so she had to spend some time explaining that she knew it was all in fun. The sub-text is that because she sometimes engages in acrimonious hyperbole, it was believable in an “out-of-context” situation while it wouldn’t be for most folks.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    Oh my!

    Not long ago Ms. Maglalang was bit ching about ugly language on LBRUL blogs.

    So, not only is she stupid. She is a stupid hypocrite.

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    Oh my!

    Not long ago Ms. Maglalang was bit ching about ugly language on LBRUL blogs.

    So, not only is she stupid. She is a stupid hypocrite.

    Why do lefties always insist on calling Michelle by her maiden name as if its a derogatory thing? Is it because you so hate brown people who stray from the plantation that you can’t resist throwing their “otherness” in their faces? Your racism is showing, sir. And it sickens me.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    Why do lefties always insist on calling Michelle by her maiden name as if its a derogatory thing? Is it because you so hate brown people who stray from the plantation that you can’t resist throwing their “otherness” in their faces? Your racism is showing, sir. And it sickens me.

    You go and ask her.

    Perhaps it could have something to do with someone mistaking her for a Japanese and demanding she should go back to her country in El Salvador.

  • jerrybobphil

    Who cares this passes for stories on this site. WOW

  • OxyCon

    Seriously, just how old emotionally are these leftists? This kind of shit was like 7th grade back in my day. And anyone who thinks Michelle Malkin is stupid isn’t grounded in reality, which is par for the course with most leftists.

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    You go and ask her.

    Perhaps it could have something to do with someone mistaking her for a Japanese and demanding she should go back to her country in El Salvador.

    I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about, but I’m sure it’s very racist. You racist.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    I have no idea what the hell you’re talking about, but I’m sure it’s very racist. You racist.

    So you have no idea what an ugly POS Michelle Maglalang is, yet you jump to her defense.

    I thought so.

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    So you have no idea what an ugly POS Michelle Maglalang is, yet you jump to her defense.

    I thought so.

    I assumed the Japanese bit was in reference to her stance on WWII internment camps, but you’ll have to translate the rest of it. I don’t speak Filthy Bigot.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Leftists will grasp at anything to fabricate into a story so they can yell out their favorite mantras of “Conservatives are stupid!” “Conservatives are racist!” “Conservative women are stupid wh**es!” “Conservative men are racists!” Conservative kids are inbred!” And that’s right, I don’t like Colbert. He asked me to be on his show last week and I refused. And if you believe that, I know a Nigerian prince who wants to make you rich. Heh. Colbert, theonion.com, blech.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    I assumed the Japanese bit was in reference to her stance on WWII internment camps, but you’ll have to translate the rest of it. I don’t speak Filthy Bigot.

    Oh, so you do know what a disgusting POS Michelle Maglalang is.

    And you still defend her stupidity. Go on, learn more about her.

  • OxyCon

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    Oh, so you do know what a disgusting POS Michelle Maglalang is.

    And you still defend her stupidity. Go on, learn more about her.

    Is that you Keith Olberdouche? We all know you have alot of free time on your hands nowadays.

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    Oh, so you do know what a disgusting POS Michelle Maglalang is.

    And you still defend her stupidity. Go on, learn more about her.

    Did I defend her, or was I simply pointing out your persistent, racist otherization of her? I believe it was the latter.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    Did I defend her, or was I simply pointing out your persistent, racist otherization of her? I believe it was the latter.

    So you are not defending her but you are defending Michelle Maglalang.

    She is still Filipino, even is she changes her last name.

    She is still the author of her idiotic defense of the internment camps in the USA and her IGNORANT rants against immigrants.

    Add to that this recent episode showing what a nasty little hypocrite she is.

  • Scrub

    she got trolled by a KNOWN troll

    that’s about as stupid as they come.

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    She is still Filipino, even is she changes her last name.

    Indeed she is. And Barack Hussein Obama is the President’s full name, but we all know that it is frequently used as a dog whistle to certain unsavory elements and to imply that he’s somehow less of an American. You are doing the exact same thing to Malkin.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    Indeed she is. And Barack Hussein Obama is the President’s full name, but we all know that it is frequently used as a dog whistle to certain unsavory elements and to imply that he’s somehow less of an American. You are doing the exact same thing to Malkin.

    Au contraire. I didn’t say she is less of an American.

    I said she is an ignorant hypocrite for even suggesting the treatment of Japanese-AMERICANS was justified.

    I said she is an ignorant hypocrite for her rants about Latinos, and Hispanic-AMERICANS when she could easily be mistaken as a Latin American. Or Japanese.

    I said she is an ignorant hypocrite for her public rants about profanity in LBRUL blogs while she engages on the same.

    I didn’t write her rants during all these years. She did. This is not the first time me, or others, have pointed out her disconnection to her own reality.

    And she keeps going…

  • BadGenome

    Deny it all you like, Bovine. But there is only one reason to insist on referring to her by her maiden name.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    Deny it all you like, Bovine. But there is only one reason to insist on referring to her by her maiden name.

    Because Michelle Maglalang is a wingnut hypocrite who should be aware of her own misguided rants?

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    Because Michelle Maglalang is a wingnut hypocrite who should be aware of her own misguided rants?

    No, because you believe a woman of Filipino descent isn’t permitted to come to her own conclusions about things. It isn’t enough for you to disagree or argue against her; you have to attack her on the basis of her ethnicity. I know you lack the decency to be ashamed, so I’ll be ashamed for you.

  • jkedit

    Taking all the name-calling and racial slurs out of it (come on, people), the fact is that Malkin is dispositionally like the other so-called flag-carriers for conservatism, namely Beck, Limbaugh, and Hannity, but doesn’t have their chops as either an entertainer or shill for the cause. She shares their penchant for reflexively demonizing anything that smacks of moderation or, God forbid, progressivism, but has difficulty mustering up even paper-thin defenses for her arguments. She is left to concoct even crazier theories than the Big Loud 3, then builds houses of sand on top of them, and thus is even less credible than they are, if such a thing is possible. The sad part of all of this is that none of them should be held up as examples of conservatism, which is a philosophy predicated on smaller government, judicious use of taxation and spending, diplomatic restraint, and reasoned and measured debate in favor of same. True conservatives are ladies and gentlemen who treat others civilly, accept that reasonable people can disagree, and back up their beliefs by actually walking the talk, e.g., voting to spend less, not inserting the country into needless conflicts or social movements that drain our resources, compromising to reach mutually agreeable ends, and crafting thoughtful, achievable goals that ease our tax burdens and make smarter choices about spending while at the same time moving the country forward. Malkin, Hannity, Beck and Limbaugh are not conservatives. They are, essentially, anarchists who feed on the lowest-common-denominator fears and biases of those who can’t think through real solutions to our problems, or who simply don’t want to. They rail at “the system” while making millions off it, and have no more connection to the real concerns and problems facing most of America than does the man in the moon. I can think of several true conservatives that folks could get behind, people who could truly make the case for the movement and help get things done, but Limbaugh, et al, wouldn’t be caught dead anyone near those folks, because true conservatism isn’t selling — sound and fury is.

  • tigerprez

    Seeing that Rachel Maddow can’t differentiate between satire and straight news, I’d expect that this will be her lead story tonight.

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    BadGenome said:
    No, because you believe a woman of Filipino descent isn’t permitted to come to her own conclusions about things. It isn’t enough for you to disagree or argue against her; you have to attack her on the basis of her ethnicity. I know you lack the decency to be ashamed, so I’ll be ashamed for you.

    She didn’t use her ethnicity to write her misguided rants. She forgot where she comes from and what could happen to her if she keeps barfing her wingnut talking points.

    As I said before, she promoted the idea that she should be rounded up based on her looks or her BIRTH NAME, some thing scary like MAGLALANG, or NAMURA, or SANCHEZ, because well… it doesn’t sound “uhmerkan”

    Michelle Maglalang continues her stupidity, and you continue defending her.

  • Nacho

    This lady is a dishonest c%#$

  • BadGenome

    GlennBovineKoldys said:
    She didn’t use her ethnicity to write her misguided rants. She forgot where she comes from and what could happen to her if she keeps barfing her wingnut talking points.

    As I said before, she promoted the idea that she should be rounded up based on her looks or her BIRTH NAME, some thing scary like MAGLALANG, or NAMURA, or SANCHEZ, because well… it doesn’t sound “uhmerkan”

    Michelle Maglalang continues her stupidity, and you continue defending her.

    “She didn’t use her ethnicity to write her misguided rants”? What the shit does that even mean?

    The bottom line is you continue to insist that as a Filipina, Malkin isn’t permitted to hold certain beliefs (“she forgot where she comes from”). That is an admission of the very thing which you keep denying.

    Back on the plantation, brownies! Bovine has spoken!

  • GlennBovineKoldys

    Are you that stupid?

    Let me rephrase that.

    Michelle Maglalang, of Filipino descent, an AMERICAN because of the 14th Amendment RANTED against AMERICANS, oh, make that JAPANESE-Americans and tried to justify their incarceration.

    Then she goes on to rant about Latin AMERICANS because they were mean to her in High School.

    Learn about Michelle Maglalang. Crazy little bitch went off the charts in High School then she pretended she is untouchable.

  • david r

    Well Michelle, I’m shocked at your language. Next thing you know, you’ll be wanting to ride the pony.

  • captaingrumpy

    All I can say is that I like her site and her blogs. She brings common sense to politics where ,if left alone, would bring nothing but misery to the voting public. Thankyou Michelle.

  • Gasket

    Nice photo of Michelle Maglalang.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    Yet another case that when a conservative shows a bit of jocularity, libs are prone to disingenuously treat it as if it were some sort of reality. To me, it’s just more evidence that progressives don’t have a true sense of humor.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    when a conservative shows a bit of jocularity,

    hahahhaha Nice. Sounds like the father from MASH…Jocularity,Jocularity!

  • got a grip

    jkedit said:
    Taking all the name-calling and racial slurs out of it (come on, people), the fact is that Malkin is dispositionally like the other so-called flag-carriers for conservatism, namely Beck, Limbaugh, and Hannity, but doesn’t have their chops as either an entertainer or shill for the cause. She shares their penchant for reflexively demonizing anything that smacks of moderation or, God forbid, progressivism, but has difficulty mustering up even paper-thin defenses for her arguments. She is left to concoct even crazier theories than the Big Loud 3, then builds houses of sand on top of them, and thus is even less credible than they are, if such a thing is possible. The sad part of all of this is that none of them should be held up as examples of conservatism, which is a philosophy predicated on smaller government, judicious use of taxation and spending, diplomatic restraint, and reasoned and measured debate in favor of same. True conservatives are ladies and gentlemen who treat others civilly, accept that reasonable people can disagree, and back up their beliefs by actually walking the talk, e.g., voting to spend less, not inserting the country into needless conflicts or social movements that drain our resources, compromising to reach mutually agreeable ends, and crafting thoughtful, achievable goals that ease our tax burdens and make smarter choices about spending while at the same time moving the country forward. Malkin, Hannity, Beck and Limbaugh are not conservatives. They are, essentially, anarchists who feed on the lowest-common-denominator fears and biases of those who can’t think through real solutions to our problems, or who simply don’t want to. They rail at “the system” while making millions off it, and have no more connection to the real concerns and problems facing most of America than does the man in the moon. I can think of several true conservatives that folks could get behind, people who could truly make the case for the movement and help get things done, but Limbaugh, et al, wouldn’t be caught dead anyone near those folks, because true conservatism isn’t selling — sound and fury is.

    As a right leaning independent, I actually agree with much of your definition of a true conservative. Am curious to know if you believe your points also apply to true progressives and the “sound and fury” of Olbermann, Ed, and their like?

  • Pablo

    RealBovineKook said:
    Michelle Maglalang, of Filipino descent, an AMERICAN because of the 14th Amendment RANTED against AMERICANS, oh, make that JAPANESE-Americans and tried to justify their incarceration.

    RANTED? No, I think that’s you, blowhole.

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