AGHAST! Gretchen Carlson Accuses Obama Of…Wearing “Fancy Pants”!?

by Jon Bershad | 11:54 am, June 3rd, 2010

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This morning, Fox & Friends gave an interesting report on the amount of Obama supporters on the left who have been critical of the president for not showing enough emotion in the handling of the Gulf Oil Spill. They listed criticism from key Obamaites like Maureen Dowd and Spike Lee and mentioned Jon Stewart’s great take down from Tuesday night. Then, finally, after discussing all these great critiques from people on the left, it was time for the Fox & Friends gang to get their licks in. Gretchen Carlson stepped up to the plate, pointed to the bleachers, swung, and…accused Obama of wearing “fancy pants and a fancy shirt.” Uh huh.

Here’s Carlson’s full quote:

“Also, did you see, President Obama is being criticized for what he had on. When he was standing at the shoreline there, he had on fancy pants and a fancy shirt. Look, what other critics are saying, is that 80% of public perception is image. Not what you say. And he should have had on, like what Thad Allen has on next to him. Something that looked like he was a little bit more at the scene.”

Obviously Carlson is repeating what others have said, but she makes it clear that it’s something she agrees with. I just wish she could have pulled something a tad more substantial out of the bag. Strangely enough, it reminds me of a scene in The Dark Knight (stay with me) where the Joker compares himself to a dog chasing a car, he wouldn’t know what to do with it if he actually caught it. Carlson has been doing just fine insinuating that Obama is a secret Muslim, or Communist, or Baby-Eating Martian, but when she actually has something that even the left is criticizing Obama for, she really doesn’t know what to say.

Come on, Fox & Friends, this is your chance to shine! Make those shots count. Leave the sartorial critiques to the experts.

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Sue

It is very difficult to listen or read the truth. But, hey, that’s that left’s problem, always!!
pastol

If only Obama had worn Khakis, the Gulf would have been saved and this would all be over now.
The Real Royal King

All the Marys in Heaven, FOX needs to take this hate-filled twit and her co-conspirator, the Douchey, off the air. They are an utter affront to sense and decency.
puck30

I love that line! Wind it up and watch the monkey dance!LOL!

Hey King, instead of going into you auto-hate-fnc-mode why don’t you watch the clip.

At the 3:30 mark Kilmeade & Doucey defend Obama.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

MMM…now I see the comments are open. Very interesting mediate, very interesting.

Obama is kind of a dandy; I guess you could call him a “metro-sexual.” When I look at Obama I just see a weak man. He’s no Alpha-male that’s for sure.
puck30

Excuse me, the 3:00 mark
paulmdoro

Not an alpha male indeed. When is the last time he killed an animal with his bare hands before eating it for dinner? When is the last time he lived in the Alaskan wilderness for six months? When did he last clear brush on a ranch before riding his horse to the fishing hole? What a poor excuse for a real man.
The Real Royal King

Metro-sexual? What a laugh. He wears pants that are 10 years old. His shoes are dreadful. He plays golf and basketball. He takes wonderful care of his wife, his children, his mother-in-law. What a flawed man President Obama is!

Frankly, LNR, you are being atypically picayune.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong paulmdoro. He’s obviously a little feminine, a dandy of sorts, whose more concerned about watching Paul McCartney sing than he is concerned about American warriors in Afghanistan. No one said dandies can’t be President; I mean if you like your Presidents weak.
paulmdoro

Cause a real man puts on a flight suit and lands on an aircraft carrier! That is manhood! That is showing you are about American warriors!
paulmdoro

care, not are
Liberty – Not Redistribution

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:17 pm
“Cause a real man puts on a flight suit and lands on an aircraft carrier! That is manhood! That is showing you are about American warriors!”

I’m not saying that. I’m just saying Obama does not have an ora of strength to him, partly why the tyrants of the world don’t respect him, and one of the reasons why the European elite like him. The tyrants don’t respect him because they really don’t fear the guy. The Europeans like him because they run all over him. They run all over him and relate talk to him for being feminized beta males, like many Europeans.
paulmdoro

No one “feared” Bush either. You do seem to know a lot about “feminized beta males” and “dandies” though.
Level Headed American

I’m surprised that they admit that no matter what this President does, these knuckleheads will find something wrong with it and tell the American people to be SHOCKED about it.
puck30

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 2:15 pm
To each their own. Sure respect is earned, but the petty name-calling and derisive terminology does not exactly scream “mature and reasonable adult.”

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:24 pm
You do seem to know a lot about “feminized beta males” and “dandies” though.

What was that about petty name calling?
paulmdoro

I didn’t call anyone names, so good try. I merely referred to his knowledge of Obama’s manliness, or lack thereof, which he seems downright obsessive about. Big difference.
Big_F-ing_Deal

“ORA of strength to him”?

Dude, you ravished that word.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

paulmdoro says
“I didn’t call anyone names, so good try. I merely referred to his knowledge of Obama’s manliness, or lack thereof, which he seems downright obsessive about. Big difference.”

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong. I’m an observant person and believe the guy is a little nancy boy.
paulmdoro

OK then. Whatever floats your boat and makes you feel better.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

aulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:49 pm
“OK then. Whatever floats your boat and makes you feel better.”

I don’t feel anything about it, except for amusement. It’s rather funny to watch the little guy prance around.
paulmdoro

I get it LNR. Your comments about his manhood are a tad odd, but clearly you are a keen observer of human behavior. Bush’s attempts to display manliness always amused me too. Watch me wear cowboy boots and clear this brush! What me ride my bike! Watch me land on an aircraft carrier! Watch me walk my little dog! See, I am a man!
paulmdoro

Watch me, not what me. Geez. Too much coffee.
TfT

“Some say” is a standard line the MSM uses every day when they want to push something. Funny that only when Gretchen uses it does it become an issue on mediaite.
Level Headed American

I like “Critics say…” I think Fox might have a patent on that one.
Liberty – Not Redistribution

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:58 pm
“I get it LNR. Your comments about his manhood are a tad odd, but clearly you are a keen observer of human behavior. Bush’s attempts to display manliness always amused me too. Watch me wear cowboy boots and clear this brush! What me ride my bike! Watch me land on an aircraft carrier! Watch me walk my little dog! See, I am a man!”

I don’t think he was pretending to do anything, just like Obama doesn’t pretend to wear fancy pants.
RichS

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Not an alpha male indeed. When is the last time he killed an animal with his bare hands before eating it for dinner? When is the last time he lived in the Alaskan wilderness for six months? When did he last clear brush

Pity you think this describes an alpha male, Paul. If you want to know what an alpha male is don’t worry, next time one walks into a room that you are in, you will know. But you already knew this.

Oh, but maybe you were just “assuming” that’s what the other poster meant, nah, couldn’t be or you would be doing what you constantly lecture others about doing.
RichS

paulmdoro says:
June 3, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Cause a real man puts on a flight suit and lands on an aircraft carrier! That is manhood! That is showing you are about American warriors!

When I was a radioman in the US Navy I saw numerous messages about naval aviators who were seriously injured or killed landing on a carrier deck. Those aviators have the highest respect for those who will walk a mile in their shoes by landing on an aircraft carrier. Next time you feel like lecturing someone, lecture yourself for talking about things you know nothing about. OH, at the “Mission Accomplished” sign, that referred to the fact that the aircraft carrier, its crew and its aviation personnel accomplished the mission they were given in the Gulf and they did it with distinction.
thehailwithpolitics

I feel so sad for fox news, they spend their entire days as HATERS, Damn who is running FOX FIVE and do you notice all the BLONDS on Fox Five is this a BLOND conspiracy, Now you halft to understand why JANE SKINNER left, Hanity also is the biggest HATER of all, Do you all at fox news have anything to reort, some kids getting kidnap or awhite men killing their wifves, something positive. Damn FOX FIVE get some Business besides OBAMA . PS I am a white female and forces to look at this shit all night, at work.