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NASCAR Boos Vs Lyin’ Ass Bitch: How Have The Media Treated Michelle And Michele?

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In the span of four days, political media types have been tested twice by two very different incidents of female disrespect in the national political discourse. Much of the media, ideological and otherwise, were quick to note that a crowd of NASCAR fans booed First Lady Michelle Obama– some more sympathetic than others. The second test occurred last night as The Roots played the song “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as Rep. Michele Bachmann walked onto the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The treatment of both leave one to the conclusion that defending women from classless attacks is simply not good for the media business if that woman isn’t an attention-grabbing supernova.

First Lady Obama had visited a NASCAR event to begin the race, and was received with boos by a crowd that seemed to disagree with… well, as it was a crowd, it was entirely unclear what their particular grievances were. Many in the media were quick to speculate, however. Rush Limbaugh blamed Obama’s “uppity-ism” in enjoying arugula and being fat. The luminaries at Big Government tried to tie those offended with the booing to the Occupy Wall Street protester who defecated on a police car. Newsbusters took offense at the idea that it was “unclear” what the crowd was booing for. Not all the response was confused and angry at those who would consider the booing of a First Lady at a non-political event offensive and improper: Red Eye’s Andy Levy, a professed NASCAR fan, called out the booers in a segment on his program Monday night. Media Matters weighed in as well, writing four posts on the matter but focusing on Limbaugh rather than the incident itself.

With a near-overnight turnaround between this story and The Roots’ (and Jimmy Fallon‘s) regrettable display on Monday night, those who would expect the media sources excusing the Obama incident to defend Rep. Bachmann vehemently were, to some extent, subdued in their defense. Big Hollywood responded calling the incident “vile.” Newsbusters demanded the National Organization for Women stand up and defend Rep. Bachmann– a demand notably absent from their analysis of the Obama affair. Greta Van Susteren, who had Rep. Bachmann on her program the same night as Fallon, did not issue a statement herself, but lauded the statement of Rep. Nita Lowey defending her colleague. The most damning attacks on Fallon came from Glenn Beck, who took the fight personally to Fallon by calling him a “despicable human being” for his participation in the matter. While Media Matters has yet to cover any of the story, Senior Fellow Eric Boehlert did call the incident “not cool” on his Twitter account.

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  • Anonymous

    Neither reaction is appropriate. That said, there’s one key difference: Michelle Obama is not responsible for her husband’s policies, whereas Michele Bachmann is directly responsible for hers.

  • Chauncy Gardner

    As I’ve previously stated Bachman is a fool. That being said she deserved better. Fallon was nice and fair to her. His band deserves the criticism. As to nascar fans, if they want to boo the first lady who’s stated cause is helping veterans then they are fools as well.

  • Anonymous

    “While Media Matters has yet to cover any of the story, Senior Fellow Eric Boehlert did call the incident “not cool” on his Twitter account.”

    LOL

    Media Matters sure hasn’t changed. Always covers just the lib outrage and never the lib culpability.

  • http://twitter.com/#!/sueNaustin sueNaustin

    Trolling for hits .

    Let the food fight begin .

  • Anonymous

    But the 1st amendment, child!

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    Why would you quote Glenn Beck. This is a man that is sick with madness, since when is it appropriate to quote members of the society who are clearly insane? 

  • Gethistoryright

    Let’s be real.  If you tell people that the baby Jesus told you to run for office, you might be a lyin ass bitch. 

    If you rail against big gubbermint while at the same time working for the IRS/congress, while accepting subsidies from the department of agriculture, AND collecting money from medicare for your gay husband’s ex-gay clinic, you might be a lyin ass bitch.

    She lies about moms crying to her about HPV vaccines, lies about 7 foot doctors, said the Lion King was gay propaganda. 

    The is a liar.  That’s just an objective truth.

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps Michele B. should stop making things up from nowhere. As for the ‘Bitch’ part, I do not approve. But hey, she had some nasty names she used against her opponents, so what goes around comes around when there supporters thrash you. 

  • Anonymous

    GB struck a nerve.

    Stop digging that hole!

  • Anonymous

    She struck a nerve!

  • Anonymous

    Why don’t you stay on topic. Get some reading comprehension skills, trog!

  • Anonymous

    Must have struck a nerve.

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    Two totally unrelated incidences.  The First Lady was booed by many in attendance at an event meant to honor wounded vets during a race dedicated to them.  As she was saying the iconic “gentlemen, start your engines” with Jill Biden and a veteran, his wife and four, young children at the time, you can clearly see the confused look on the children’s faces, not knowing why the booing was occurring.
    The Bachmann/Fallon incident was a comedy shows likely attempt at being funny which not only missed but was in extremely poor taste.

  • Anonymous

    Michele Bachmann does not deserve such blatant disrespect. Mrs. Obama can handle the boos from the crazy tea party. 

  • Anonymous

    No- the topic is how the media treated the two stories, not about Bachmann’s policies.

    You are truly a trog- stop digging that hole!

  • Anonymous

    The events are not even comparable – fans booing versus a premediated attack on a conservative woman by a group that is paid for by NBC, most likely with the approval of the host and the producers.

  • Anonymous

    Spin it (-), spin it.

    You are repulsive and obviously a sexist pig.

  • Anonymous

    My father was in Vietnam. He graduated From Pittsburgh State University in Pittsburgh, KS in the ROTC. He was taught that in the military you salute the Generals car whether the Generals in it or not out of respect for the position.

    Maybe the folks at NASCAR were booing because of the “For the first time in my life, I’m proud of my country” comments?? Or her other comments before becoming FLOTUS? You don’t KNOW they were booing her due to her husband. And here’s the rub… it’s doesn’t matter. Your making excuses for equally bad behavior. You just making an excuse for the side you like.

  • Anonymous

    No hole is being dug here. Batchman is clearly a liar and Obama was booed just for being the wife of someone they despised. I hope that cleared it up for ya?

  • Anonymous

    How do you circumcize a Nascar fan?    kick his sister in the jaw.

  • Anonymous

    For the 1st. time in my adult life, I was proud of NASCAR!

  • Anonymous

    Excuses always make you look small. Tell me more about how it’s different when your side does it?

  • Anonymous

    Stay on topic- I obviously struck a nerve and that hole you are digging ? It’s for YOU!

  • Anonymous

    oh, God.  Stonepark has schoolbreak for the holidays. She’ll be on morning, noon and night.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you Francis for making the point I’ve been trying to get across for the last 24 hours. I think you’ll have as much success as I did… none.

  • Anonymous

    You obviously speak from personal experience. How are your sister’s teeth?

  • Anonymous

    LOL…rather be called a bitch
    than a sasquatch!

  • Anonymous

    I struck a nerve!

    LOL

  • Gethistoryright

    It’s always amusing when the clownservatives rediscover sexism.  Sure doesn’t bother you when the subject is Pelosi, Clinton, or any librul woman…

  • Anonymous

    Lyin’ A@@ B%&*h is actually an old standard.

    It’s cut 3 on the 2004 Tony Bennett CD ” Tony Wif a Attitude”.

  • Anonymous

    Classy….

  • Gethistoryright

    I know you are but what am I. I know you are but what am I.I know you are but what am I.

  • Anonymous

    Mrs. Obama does not deserve such blatant disrespect. Michele Bachmann can handle the vulgarities from the crazy OWS.

  • Anonymous

    No child, we have all seen the sexism displayed by KO, Maher, Ed Schultz, etc.

    You libs have a universal franchise on sexism, racism, and bigotry.

    Be proud!

    Now go back to masturbating over your Michelle Obama doll.

  • Anonymous

    My favorite sky fetuga quote is: ” Must have struck a nerve. Ahhhh”

  • Anonymous

    I’m rubber, you’re glue…..

  • Gethistoryright

    Note that not even the conservative posters are attempting to dispute the simple, self-evident fact that Bachmann is a liar.

    They played a song, didn’t sing the lyrics either.  Get a tissue, whiny perpetual victim republicons.

  • Anonymous

    “You just making an excuse for the side you like. ”

    So let me get this straight:  you just went through a litany of rationales for why NASCAR fans would boo the First Lady — but I’m the one who’s making excuses?? I think you need to take a good hard look in the mirror.

  • Anonymous

    Stay on topic, you blooter dullard.

    Your attention span is that of a fly with diarrhea.

  • Anonymous

    Mr. Fetuga. Why not concern yourself with your own country ?

    I hate to tell you. but the widow of your Treasury Secretary has contacted me.

    She wants to transfer a huge amount of money stolen by her husband( before he was killed,of course) to me. I have sent her my banking info, paid the transfer fee and am awaiting the funds.

  • Anonymous

    wow- what a dumb blatterskite you are.

  • Bosworthman

    There’s another key difference.  NASCAR didn’t pay fans to boo.  NBC pays The Roots to play music, so essentially NBC paid The Roots to do something completely immature and uncalled for.  However, neither NBC nor Fallon are to blame for the The Roots’ actions.  I’m not a Bachmann fan at all and think her candidacy is a joke, but The Roots crossed the line.  

  • Anonymous

    Actually, she is since she took an active role in the healthy eating initiative.

    However, if we’re going to be fair. Obama isn’t responsible for his policies because none of Obama’s policies seem to have made it through. That’s what happens when you have an ineffective leader who uses a hands off approach.

  • one pissed off liberal

    The point is..call a spade a spade…both were classless and wrong.

    His point was that your logic with michell is flawed, and I agree.

    Do you really think she has no influence on Obama or his policies?

  • keninkansas

    Amusing is how much time you spend changing names.

  • Gethistoryright

    Oh, it must be libs screaming hate for Muslims, Mexicans, passing laws to control a woman’s reproductive rights.  Oh no, that’s you guys.

    Must be that Flush Limpbag was temporarily a librul when he called Michelle Obama “uppity” the other day, or when he told a black caller to “take the bone out of your nose” or said that the NFL was “like watching the bloods and crips.”

  • Anonymous

    No.. I’m not making excuses for what they did. I’m explaining that your assumption they were booing strictly for her husbands policy is not something you can verify. BOTH were wrong as I’ve written about a hundred times. Both were just as wrong and offensive to the office/position they hold. YOU stated it was due to her husbands policy…. that might not be the case. You can’t prove that. It doesn’t change that it was wrong. But your basis of defense for Obama was that she can’t control her husbands policy and Bachmann MAKES her own policy. How do you know the motivations for the booing… you don’t

    You completely missed my point.

  • Anonymous

    ExGOP’s father was in Vietnam- He was a Viet Cong.

  • Gethistoryright

    Oops, touched a nerve!

    That’s still not a denial, btw.  The objective fact is that Bachmann is a liar many times over.   

  • Steve P.

    NASCAR Boos Vs Lyin’ Ass Bitch: How Have The Media Treated Michelle And Michele?

    I am a Conservative, but this junk has to stop on both sides

  • Anonymous

    Yawn- stop reciting you antediluvian lib TPs. We didn’t buy then then or now.

  • Anonymous

    I also don’t personally like booing the man in office while at a professional engagement. Or by proxy, the wife of the husband. However, I fail to see how booing someone that doesn’t even like vacationing in the US and has said some pretty hurtful things against the US while her husband was campaigning is the same as booing the President. This opportunity was merely for political gain and not because Michelle saw herself as hanging with the Nascar crowd. Purely political. And perhaps Nascar fans are just blunt. I’ve only attended one such event when I lived in CA. And the people seemed like more than average folks that were full of all types of diversity with age, gender and ethnicity.

  • Gethistoryright

    Actually, Michele wasn’t able to handle being mic checked.  She wilted and ran away.

    There is a difference between the Tea “Party” and OWS.  The OWS protesters can spell.

    Get a brain, morans!

  • Anonymous

    As I said- stay on topic- your little mind obviously can’t and reveals the secret to your being such a success at being a lib loser!

  • Concerned Citizen

    Since when does booing a political figure at a large event equal calling someone a lying bitch by the people who invite you on as your guest? GW Bush was booed at ball games where he threw out the first pitch, was disgustingly booed at Obama’s inauguration while his wife was on his arm, the crowd even sang to him that nada nada nada hey hey hey goodbye during the inauguration of Obama (talk about classless) and I dont remember the media calling out those crowds. This is the liberal media using false moral equivalency because it was a conservative woman that was called a lying bitch. If this song was played for Michele Obama or Nancy Pelosi, that band would be suspended or fired not just given a pass for putting out a twitter semi-apology.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, we must abridge the people’s 1st. amendment rights when ever Michelle Obama is present.

  • Concerned Citizen

    Were you so upset at booing when they booed GW Bush and Laura Bush at Obama’s inauguration? 

  • Anonymous

    BTW, the King is also Rufus Danegro.

  • Rio

    Funny you don’t realize the blatant propaganda in your own comment.

    Now, to Michelle Obama, who finally was proud of her hubby after he became a candidate for the presidency.  All this ankst about the first lady being booed and your Michele Bachmann propagandic spiel comes on the heels of the Obama’s friend Tony Rezko’s sentencing.

    Remember him?  Helped put young Barack on the road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?  He was finally sentenced yesterday………after waiting almost three years from his conviction.  I think Chicago wanted the Rezko/Obama history to be pushed out of the folks memory.  Anyway, one thing about Michelle Obama that rubs plenty of voters the wrong way is her extravagant needs, needs Mr. Rezko(and other shady characters)  helped fulfill in the past, only, the Obama’s no longer need Mr. Rezko.  They do still have plenty of other Chicago operatives maintaining their, ahem, image….and Tony goes away for 10 and 1/2 years.  Thanks Tony, for being there when they needed ya! heh.

    Ah, gettin history right,  I love John Kass…doesn’t everyone?  lol

    The chutes and ladders of the Chicago Way
    While Obama climbs high, his onetime pal Rezko is slip slidin’ away

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-kass-1123-20111123,0,793072.story

  • Anonymous

    But the OWS can’t take baths or use deodorant- they act like YOU!

    LOL

  • Gethistoryright

    Oh noes I’m still touching that nerve! 

    Bachmann’s propensity for lies is central to this topic.  If she wasn’t such a blatant liar, you might object to her being characterized as a liar.

    But since everyone knows that she lies her little head off all the time, you don’t even bother to dispute it.

  • Gethistoryright

    This is my first time commenting on this site.  I’m already having lots of fun!

    But don’t let that stop you from creating awesome conspiracy theories about me.

  • Gethistoryright

    Yawn.  Busted with facts.

  • Anonymous

    * Get a brain, “morans”!

    I love it when someone goes on a spelling rant and does this. So I guess the OWS folks can’t spell after all. :D

    Biggest… tool… ever!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Funny, you spew the exact talking points that every other lib loser here does.

    It’s like you have multiple personalities- all dull and stupid.

  • Anonymous

    Me too. I was never a Bachmann for President fan, but I wonder if Nugent were on Fallon’s show and played the same song while Michelle Obama was a guest, would he find it acceptable?

  • Anonymous

    No need to go there…..

  • Concerned Citizen

    Obama’s prayer written on paper and inserted into the prayer wall in Jerusalem: ”Lord – Protect my family and me,” read the note published in the Maariv daily. “Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.”

    Oh the horror, Obama is speaking to Jesus and allowing Jesus to use him as instrument of his will. Obama is a crazy religious person. He must be a lyin ass bitch.

  • Anonymous

    Keep in mind though. Questlove made a video in support of Corzine’s re-election. He’s not exactly a rocket scientist now with the whole MF ordeal.

  • Anonymous

    Their mission is to cover conversation bias in media. It’s a singular goal.

  • Anonymous

    LOL

    Poor gnat brain still can’t comprehend the topic!

    I’m so happy that you reveal your stupidity with every post and just repeat your lib TPs.

    That proves ya got nothing, child!

    bawahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous

    There will always be a REASON to do something. It’s whether you do it or not that is the difference.

    It’s not when things are easy that you prove who you are… it’s when things are hard.

  • Gethistoryright

    The “get a brain morans” sign was an actual sign at a Tea Klan event.

    But it ruins it now that I had to explain it. 

  • Anonymous

    Yep… he’s just as dumb.

  • Concerned Citizen

    Hey Mediaite how come you didnt include the quote from your own employee? 

    “‪It was completely inappropriate and totally disrespectful. If you are going to invite someone on your show, and enjoy whatever ratings bump you get off it, then you at the very least must treat that person with a minimum level of respect,” said Rachel Sklar, editor at large of Mediaite.com and founder of Change The Ratio, an organization geared toward promoting women. “When I found out the name of the song, my jaw dropped. I love that show and truly expected more from it. I really did.”
    I would like to hear Rachel’s take on a small percentage of a huge crowd booing the First Lady and see if she thinks they are moral equivalents.

  • Anonymous

    Actually – no, tatboy.  The joke just sailed right over your tiny head.  The guy holding that sign is almost certainly one of your fellow teahadist.

  • Gethistoryright

    You aren’t disputing the fact that Michele Bachman is a liar.

  • Gethistoryright

    Praying to God is not the same as claiming that God told you to run for office.

    But you also aren’t disputing the fact that Bachmann is a liar.

  • Anonymous

    Sorry that I don’t know every political sign that has ever been written.

    But I must thank Rasta for the link… very useful.

    http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-misspelled-signs.htm?PS=324%3A10

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NWVKX2P2QBPQ6FHQHCHVIC2ALQ Fedup in Florida

    You are right, but there is a big difference between a drunken NASCAR fan and NBC programming.  Does NBC not hold their talent to any standards whatsoever?  As far as Rush Limbaugh and the others go what would you expect?, they make their livings on hyperbole.  Now if NBC wants to be compared to Rush then I’m good with that as there are those out there that don’t see them as being so different anyway.  But I would ask, is that really the comparison that NBC wants? This was not a spur of the moment thing as this guy says it was, before the show he tweeted to his fans that he was going to do it.

  • Anonymous

    What country are you talking about Mr? googling and ascribing someone else’s name to me won’t work for ya. How do you decide nationalities? based on names you googled online? Dummy, in America everyone is represented. So is Mr O’Reily an American or an Irish citizen? Keep digging, perhaps you’d find out am your next door neighbor, Eddie!

  • Anonymous

    Nice lie- I love catching you libs in lies.

    Actually the saying comes from a dumb lib pro-peace  protester!

    LOL

    “Though the man’s identity is unknown, the photo was taken on March 23rd, 2003 outside of St. Louis, Missouri. On that day, approximately 350 pro-peace activists got together with civilian weapons inspectors at the Boeing missile factory, asking to investigate the weapons of mass destruction being produced there. When they were denied access, the protesters sat in front of the main gate in protest. Approximately 75 pro-war supporters came to the factory with signs discouraging the sit-in. One of these supporters held the “Get a Brain Morans” sign. The photo was initially shared on the St. Louis Indymedia Center in 2003.

    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-a-brain-morans

    Another lib caught lying big time!!!!

    LOL

  • Gethistoryright

    Mr. Bush deserved the boos.  His approval was about 20% when he mercifully left office.  He was the worst president of all time.  Booooo. 

    You want to boo Mr. Obama, fine with me.  Booing the first lady is generally considered kinda nasty by rational human beings.

    Bachmann was not called anything.  They played a song. 

    Break out the violins for the whiny conservatives!

  • Anonymous

    Nice lie- I love catching you libs in lies.Actually the saying comes from a dumb lib pro-peace protester!LOL”Though the man’s identity is unknown, the photo was taken on March 23rd, 2003 outside of St. Louis, Missouri. On that day, approximately 350 pro-peace activists got together with civilian weapons inspectors at the Boeing missile factory, asking to investigate the weapons of mass destruction being produced there. When they were denied access, the protesters sat in front of the main gate in protest. Approximately 75 pro-war supporters came to the factory with signs discouraging the sit-in. One of these supporters held the “Get a Brain Morans” sign. The photo was initially shared on the St. Louis Indymedia Center in 2003.http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/…Another lib caught lying big time!!!!LOL

  • Dooxie

    Only one way to answer a lefty comment like yours (GO F___ YOURSELF)

  • Anonymous

    LOL

    Now the lib hypocrisy shows itself. It is predictable as a fart at a bean eating contest and Getthisright, is a liar and I proved it above!

    LOL

  • Anonymous

    barry is a liar child- look at his lies:

    Close Gitmo? End rendition? End warrantless wiretaps? End the Patriot Act? Unemployment not to exceed 8%? Provide a missile shield to the Czech Republic and Poland? Transparency? Health Care debate will be carried on C-Span? His mother was denied Health Care coverage? Shovel ready jobs? No lobbyists in his administration? Americans want higher taxes? Pledge to cut the deficit in half during his 1st term? USA involvement in Libya will be in days not weeks?  Pledge not to rest until the BP leak stopped?  ObamaCare Fee is not a new tax?  His pledge to “immediately” implement “Pay-As-You-Go.” No Earmarks in the $787 Billion Stimulus? 2010:Obama vows to cut huge deficit in half in first term? Obama promises a comprehensive immigration bill in his 1st year

    Now list bachmann’s lies.

    I’ll wait!

  • richs

    Both were wrong.  But there is a difference.  The reaction at NASCAR was spontaneous.  What was done on the Fallon show was planned and rehearsed.

  • Anonymous

    Totally agree. I wouldn’t boo her at a Nascar sponsored event but I would boo her at a political rally that I was attending. The two have different branding to me and I would be ok with the other side wanting to boo the opposing wife while in office too.

    I do laugh when people yell at the word uppity though. I’m waiting for Michelle to spend a week in Idaho.

  • Concerned Citizen

    So in your warped world – ok to boo ex-pres at inauguration even with first lady on his arm, not ok to boo Michele Obama – ok to play lyin ass bitch to Michele Bachman. Ok got it. 

  • Anonymous

    Hey, Gethistoryright, if you want to change the subject about politicians who lie,  let’s look at Obama’s lies:

    Close Gitmo? End rendition? End warrantless wiretaps? End the Patriot Act? Unemployment not to exceed 8%? Provide a missile shield to the Czech Republic and Poland? Transparency? Health Care debate will be carried on C-Span? His mother was denied Health Care coverage? Shovel ready jobs? No lobbyists in his administration? Americans want higher taxes? Pledge to cut the deficit in half during his 1st term? USA involvement in Libya will be in days not weeks?  Pledge not to rest until the BP leak stopped?  ObamaCare Fee is not a new tax?  His pledge to “immediately” implement “Pay-As-You-Go.” No Earmarks in the $787 Billion Stimulus? 2010:Obama vows to cut huge deficit in half in first term? Obama promises a comprehensive immigration bill in his 1st year
    .

    Now list Bachmann’s lies.

  • Anonymous

    Well, at least they didn’t call Bachmann “Blitz”…

  • Anonymous

    Eat me raw!

  • Anonymous

    Look at the clock(or sundial) , Femi, what time is it?

  • Anonymous

    No, their mission is to cover Fox and Breitbart. It’s called obsession, not reporting.

  • Anonymous

    “Approximately 75 pro-war supporters came to the factory with signs
    discouraging the sit-in. One of these supporters held the “Get a Brain
    Morans” sign.”

    Because generally speaking, we know that Liberals love going to war.

  • Anonymous

    And speaking of liars, let’s look at Getthistoryright and Rata- farian’s lie shall we?

    Getthistoryright said:

    “The “get a brain morans” sign was an actual sign at a Tea Klan event.”

    And rasta said:

    “The joke just sailed right over your tiny head. The guy holding that sign ( ’get a brain morans”) is almost certainly one of your fellow teahadist.”

    LOL

    Nice lie, guys!

    Actually the saying comes from a dumb lib pro-peace protester!LOL”Though the man’s identity is unknown, the photo was taken on March 23rd, 2003 outside of St. Louis, Missouri. On that day, approximately 350 pro-peace activists got together with civilian weapons inspectors at the Boeing missile factory, asking to investigate the weapons of mass destruction being produced there. When they were denied access, the protesters sat in front of the main gate in protest. Approximately 75 pro-war supporters came to the factory with signs discouraging the sit-in. One of these supporters held the “Get a Brain Morans” sign. The photo was initially shared on the St. Louis Indymedia Center in 2003.

    http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-a-brain-morans

    Another lib caught lying big time!!!!

  • Anonymous

    You obviously have ZERO reading comprehension abilities.

  • Anonymous

    I caught ya lying, libby boy!

    The guy was a lib!

    hahaha

  • Gethistoryright

    Here’s a link to the original source.  There were peace protesters there that day, but also counter-protesters.  Get a brain, morans was a pro-war protester.  The original source makes that abundantly clear.

    http://web.archive.org/web/20030602200249/www.stlimc.org/stlouis/news/front.php3?article_id=6598&group=webcast

  • Anonymous

    Michele has apparently called for NBC to issue a formal apology – the left has got to CEASE and DISIST with their hatred for conservative women.  This is an NBC sponsored event – imagine if this music had been played for Obama or Clinton or Pelosi – there would be screams and demands for firings!

    NOW needs to stand up and demand NBC stop the garbage, the sheer hatred and sexism that exists on the left, especially on their networks.

  • Anonymous

    I caught ya lying- you said the sign was from a TP event- it wasn’t – you=liar!

  • Bobrick37

    The comparison of these two incidents is inane.

    The host, NASCAR, didn’t deliberately insult Obama; as the host, Fallon/NBC did deliberately insult Bachmann!

    More comparable would be Fallon’s audience reaction in support of the insult to Bachmann, to the spattering of boos Obama  received from the NASCAR fans.

  • Tony

    Most likely with the approval of the host? How do you know? You’re just guessing huh?

  • Tony

    And I was proud of Jimmy Fallon’s show!

  • Anonymous

    Not facts, just meaningless lib TPs.

  • Anonymous

    ‘NOW needs to stand up and demand NBC stop the garbage, the sheer hatred and sexism that exists on the left, especially on their networks.’

    I suspect that will have as much chance happening as Limbaugh and Fox apologizing for their equivalent degrees of the same…

    …So perhaps not!

    Since We Like OUr Free Speech so much…

    …The unpalatable discrepancies will have to be swallowed…

  • Ricci Dats Me

    Please please PLEASE tell me you did not read the headline and THEN read the article. WHY? If you are the kind of person who thinks a music group, a late night talk show host (If Jimmy was in on the gag, though he claims he wasnt), and a few members of an audience (you can hear a few people kinda scoff at the music choice -which MOST Americans didnt recognize anyway) are the same thing as PUBLIC BOOING of the first lady by THOUSANDS of people in the public… well, I dont have much I can do for you and I’m happy like CRAZY that I wont be leaving any kids on this planet because its one shining hope is crapped out.
    For the more simpleminded: Thousands of people at a public event booed the first lady. A music group selected a pretty unknown song and played bits of it as a potential presidential nominee entered a late night television talk show. THESE THINGS HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THE SAME CONVERSATIONS..
    JUST CAIN DANCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7fJ6jAOVU its simple.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, I’m sure they booed Mrs. Obama because they didn’t like her dress. Just as I’m sure that Fallon’s band played that song because they thought “Lyin Ass Bitch” is such a catchy tune.

    Let’s get real. I’m sorry, but I’m not capable of that level of make-believe.

    I’ll repeat again: neither of these incidents is particularly defensible. But I find the booing of Mrs. Obama a bit more unfair because she’s a political SPOUSE who has largely stayed out of the political arena (except to the extent that lunatic right wingers have savaged her for advocating the health benefits of carrots). Mrs. Bachmann, on the other hand, has willingly made herself a candidate and as such is required to take the punches, however unfair.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for calling out the gutter talk from our resident bomb thrower. It does show that you try to be fair.

  • Anonymous

    NOW will not support conservatives. Period.

    It’s a partisan group that shouldn’t get public funds if it gets any such funding. I don’t know if it does or doesn’t.

  • one pissed off liberal

    No, I think what we are observing with this latest leftwing clown “gethistoryright” is an example of the liberal “Hive” mind mentality.  Basically the queen bees put out a narrative and talking points, and regardless of which worker bee you talk to, its the same boring song and dance.

    Ya know….. Rush!…cheney!…..racist!……halliburton!!……Teabagger!…..I’m smart!

    Welcome aboard there “Getthistoryright”  there are plenty of idiots on this board who will join your predictable chorus.

  • Blind & Biased above

    I got it you dislike Bachmann so the song was fine and you like the first lady so the booing was wrong. Thanks

  • Pete

    Stonepark does seem to enjoy demonstrating his/her stupidity on a daily basis but this one really takes the cake.

  • Anonymous

    Well… I guess there will always be an excuse why your side is a little bit better. Interesting that you know for a fact why they were booing. I can’t read minds.

    And I love the… “I’ll repeat again: neither of these incidents is particularly defensible.” Right before the defense. I’ll make myself clear again… BOTH things were just as rude. BOTH sides were equal. BOTH sides should have done better and behaved better. Both sides know better, and chose not to DO better. No equivocation. no waffling, no parsing, no excuses, no wiggle room.

  • Anonymous

    I try… not always successful. But the effort is there.

  • Anonymous

    I wasn’t aware that they had, but if so, I’d find that unbecoming, too. 

  • Rasta_Crimewave

    Was that you on video at that 7-11 in DC stealing candy with that black flash mob?

  • Michael J Keane

    Stonepark is certainly not a “lefty” based on his (her? have we determined gender here?) comments here. I can’t figure him out at all, honestly. I really think he’s just a troll who we should just ignore. Everything he says is incendiary and almost never helpful.

    But, assuming he was a “lefty” for his comment definitely shows your own bias.

  • Anonymous

    I’m not “defending” anything here. I’ve been quite clear that I find both incidents indefensible. But I’m also allowed to express a personal belief that political spouses should — in most cases — be off limits without further inference. It takes a very weird contortion to turn that into a “defense” of Fallon’s staff for playing a raucous song.

  • Orest goyan

    Have you never heard the expression; “Behind every evil man; there is an evil woman” ?
    To suggest that a married man does not consult with his wife on his policies is somethiing
    that only someone who has never been married could believe – at least, one never married to a woman !

  • Farnsworth

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with not being proud of one’s country especially when that country is America and the person not being proud is an African-American woman.

  • NWMSU Alumn

    A Gorilla huh, Go Bearcats!

  • joe

    well maybe if your  father had been forced to sit in the ‘black only’ section of EVERYWHERE, be called pejorative names, been denied opportunity, and watched as others got a head as you were passed over –YOU TOO may have an issue with NATIONALISM..
    i mean for non-whites..life has not been too good in about 20-30 years ago? and still DRIVING WHILE BLACK..is alive and well ..we have a lot to be ashamed of when it comes to how we treat others in our own city, state and nation…
    you do realize that civil rights marches were just 40+ years ago–right???

    but of course for a white person who never had to really deal with this–ignorance is bliss

  • joe

    i am waiting for you to spend a day in a poor black urban classroom…
    you really are clueless huh?
    how is clown college coming?
    not too much time for studyin’ with all of these crazy remarks you post huh?

  • Anonymous

    Went to SMSU myself (now MSU). GO BEARS!!!

  • Anonymous

    And others can judge that…

  • Farnsworth

    Bachmann is a theocratic, homophobic, fear mongering, abhorrent tool and desrves every insult she receives for the damage she has caused and continues to cause with her dizzying levels of total ignorance on almost every imaginable subject

  • Farnsworth

    Or make an effort to understand just exactly what she meant. Didn’t see a lot of that.

  • Anonymous

    And this is you excuse for Jimmy’s crappy behavior?

  • Rio

    Bachmann has not received or benefitted from the subsidies her father-in-law applied for from 1995 thru 2008.  Since the passing of her father-in-law, no subsidies have been applied for and what moneys earned have been applied to the support of her mother-in-law and the maintenance of the farm.

    http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/bachmann-walks-back-criticism-of-farm-subsidies-20110825

    Her spokesman explains the distribution of the money:

    http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/15/news/la-pn-bachmann-disclosure-20110815

    We also are involved in a family business that has worked much the same.  Our family business is a metal fabricating plant founded by my father-in-law.  When he passed the building and business became the property of my mother-in-law, my husband and his siblings, the business was sold to a family member.  Through the rest of my mother-in-laws life, rent from the building was paid into her account for living expenses.  After her passing, we still maintain part ownership of the building but, until the business and building is sold neither my husband, his siblings or their heirs will benefit financially.  Our business employs several family members, pays the property taxes and insurance on the property, we do not benefit from owning the property nor do we face any expense of owning it.  Just the way things were decided when my father-in-law became ill.

    As far as her husband’s clinic, it is my understanding that the $30,000 went to train employees, not benefitting the Bachmanns or the business.

    Now, perhaps you might want to dig into the Obama finances and their connections, especially Rezko, who helped them on their way, helped them get their home, partnered with Valerie Jarrett(Obama’s brain) and is now sitting in prison.

  • Roderick

    Why do you keep trying to confere the boos that were meant for W onto his wife when you know they were meant for him?

    Besides being booed Michelle O has been called very nasty names including fat which she is definitely not and Moochele and others I won’t repeat on here, but trust me no other FLOTUS except maybe Hillary has gotten as much hate.

  • Roderick

    Why should NOW support conservative women who join in the attacks on women like Gloria Steinem and Better Friedman(sic) who allowed women of all political stripes to have options and run for office while conservative women join their men in calling these women wanna-be men and feminazis, blah, blah, blah!!!

  • Anonymous

    Dick Cheney donated a substantial amount of money to build an international studies center at the University of Wyoming, where I went to school. At the dedication ceremony, after Dick talked about his experience attending UW, Lynne talked about how proud she was to be from Wyoming. There were nearly a hundred protesters who booed and cat-called Lynne Cheney the entire time she was talking. About how PROUD she was of being from Wyoming! (They also demanded the school give Cheney his “blood money” back, even though it was benefiting the school.)

    Both sides are equally vile in this regard, the media just covers the stereotypical Republican hicks booing noble Democrats, more than the equally vile things that go the other way. I have never claimed Republicans are innocent and don’t spew vile every second, but Democrats are equally as bad; its just the media that blames all violent rhetoric on the right.

  • Anonymous

    Sometimes drawing equivalencies is much less revealing than it might seem. First off – the NASCAR boo was the voluntary, spontaneous reaction to the crowd of having Michelle Obama shoved at them as some kind of celebrity or public figure that they respect, or should respect. Understand this – everyone – Americans owe no one obeisance. These people don’t like Michelle Obama – NASCAR badly misunderstood it’s fanbase. They are under no obligation to be polite, she holds no office and there is no presumption of “respect for the office” that obtains to her. 

    Contrast the Fallon affair. Calculated, sly and nasty and executed by the folks running the event. Fyi, the Roots are a way overrated funk/r&b/hip hop jam band with limited talent and range. But you should know they somehow are a pet of progressive hipsters -I’m not sure why, but it’s surely true. As a musician myself, I only heard of them from other gigging musicians, and went on to download and listen to most of their catalogue, 90% of which is total garage band, mediocre mush. There is much more signaling going on here than the average conservative is aware of. Regardless, comparisons of the two incidents reveals nothing. Something comparable would have been the band playing Star Wars while the NASCAR emcee held a sign over Michelle’s head that said “Chewbacca”, while pretending to be nice to her. 

  • Anonymous

    There are plenty of “obsesed” media watchdog websites on the right. Are you equally critical of them? 

  • Farnsworth

    What bands do you like Glennd1?

  • Rio

    “obsesed” in parentheses even!  Something touched that last raw nerve and you jumped? lol!

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Ahole – you do realize that “calling a spade a spade” is in and of itself a phrase that can be construed as being racist. YOu really are clueless.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Only problem with that, is that Michele has proved over and over again that she IS a lying bitch – and a treasonous one at that, who leaked classified information last nite!

  • Yvonneweston

    They were booing GWB Not Laura.  I was there.

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Here’s the difference. Michele Bachmann is choosing to run For the Office of President of the United States (as she sooooooo often reminds us when she doesn’t want to answer a question — like about her closeted husband) and Michelle is the FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES!

  • http://twitter.com/runforfun54 Ilene K

    Wow. You must really be off your meds if you think liberals are sexist, racists, and bigots.  ROTFLMAO! And for the record, whenever any of the aforementioned have made ugly comments, they’re apologized and/or been fined. Ann Coulter however, the drug addict el Rushbo, and the Beckster seem to be able to take whatever racist and ugly potshots they want and no one says a word.  Those are the facts. Sorry if they don’t fit your ugly narrative.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Ilene.

    Stand up straight.

  • Anonymous

    Yawn- get get a life- then a brain- you are a sick puppy!

  • Anonymous

    Joe’s been reading about black people in his Sociology class again.

  • Anonymous

    Michele Bachmann, who is one of the all-time most drop dead stupidest persons in the history of the United States, probably has a point here regarding NBC’s failure to apologize.  They should.  Ugly is ugly no matter which side is doing it. 

    Having said that, have I mentioned that Michele Bachmann is one of the all-time most drop dead stupidest persons in the history of the United States?

  • Anonymous

    They are- just read the comments on Mediaite and watch MSNBC.

  • Rio

    Nancy Reagan was viciously attacked.  Her clothing, Just Say No, the fundraising for new White House dinnerware, etc. important stuff.

    Evidently you are unfamiliar with the reasons for  Bill Daley’s departure, had much to do with Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett.  Mrs. O is definately politically inserting herself into governing, behind the scenes and as in 08 will be politically loud.   In the meantime, she’s blowing a lot of taxpayer cash on frivolity and people are pissed, she just found out how pissed.

  • Todd

    I think the foil has leaked into your brain. Seek help

  • Anonymous

    Michelle O earned that lack of respect all on her own. Every time I see her face I remember her infamous “First time in my life…”

  • Anonymous

    LOL

    I struck  a nerve- the sign comes from 2003- the TP didn’t start until 2009- man, you libs are a really stupid lot of nothing!

  • Pablo

    Dude, you are most obviously capable of whatever level of make believe that it takes to get to the position that suits you. You’ve demonstrated it here a million times and you’re doing it again.

  • Anonymous

    How is booing “classless”? How is it anywhere near as classless as the B word?

    The idea that these two incidents are comparable is yet another example of the bartering with reality that liberals like Mediaite have to do on a daily basis to justify their stupid Communist, statist, entitlement politics.

    We have two completely separate incidents of a completely different nature. One is a bunch of people booing a family who live off the taxpayer when they’ve never even been elected. Michelle Obama registers her kids as “senior staffers”, that’s a lie by HER right there.

    The other is a lame chucklehead musician who has to use mysoginistic slurs against an elected official to feel good about himself.  And he passes judgment on her when he probably has absolutely no clue about politics, and just supports Obama because… well, for whatever reasons cult members believe what they believe. The entire Obama story from the 2004 DNC speech through 2008 to right now is a cult, not an “intellectual” movement of any kind. It’s a pseudo-intellectual movement, liberalism as it exists, which is basically a mutated form of Communism, is the highest and most destructive force of narcissism known to man

  • Anonymous

    Poor, poor persecuted ShitPark. She never seems to get it right, does she?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HNH5FOIRNPH4YGMWM3QR5PEHFI Lighthouse

    NBC -foulmouth f-boy told the world they were going to do what they did prior to it happening – then tried to make it seem like a mistake – would anyone on the planet really think nbc or msnbc really gives a rat’s butt as to what anyone on the planet thinks except for “their” people? Gimme a break. Simply don’t watch nbc/msnbc got rid of comcast and just wrote to the bank card that the moron represents to tell them to go shove it – what is really telling is that nbc has done NOTHING – no one at the station or on the show now seems to be responsible? I bet Don Imus would have been fired again by now

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    The GLARING difference between these two is the boos were overt and anyone who heard them knew the intent. With Michele on Fallon, the joke was covert, and meant to be done cowardly, believing that Michele wouldn’t know she was being put down while everyone else did. 

    She was made fun of without her knowledge, but Michelle Obama was booed and EVERYBODY knows what a “boo” means. Apples and oranges, Frances. 

  • Anonymous

    Suck a nut- yeah the Obama’s have had it so, so hard- went to the best schools, have a million $ house in Chicago, where already in the1!% in Chicago- yeah, the poor Obama’s have been so mistreated.

    You represent that abject folly and ignorance of the liberal establishment of victimization.

  • Anonymous

    Not surprised to hear that from Tony the Moron.

  • http://twitter.com/Wacman89 Josh Williams

    No, that’s his reasoning for the “Being proud of her country for once in her life” comment that people like to criticize her for. It’s hard to be overly proud of your country when your grandparents weren’t allowed to vote. Things are changing for the better, but there’s still a slight level of resentment. Like he said, it wasn’t too long ago people were getting lynched for being too “uppity”.

  • http://twitter.com/Wacman89 Josh Williams

    Also, I don’t think it’s Jimmy’s fault. I put it on the band. I thought it was funny personally, but I can understand why people would say it was rude. Booing the First Lady is also rude, but if that’s your cup of tea, go right ahead.

  • Anonymous

    Not apples and oranges.  Disrespect is the same color, whether it is given to a republican white woman or a democrat black woman.
    Take off your ideology hat and put on your American and human one.  You will recognize then that in BOTH cases, disrespect was shown very clearly.

    Aa Americans, we need to get rid of people who are encouraging hatred like Rush Limbaugh, and start talking about civility and respect.

  • Anonymous

    LOL… I went there too. I loved the lady Bears..especially when Jackie Stiles was there. I was in school at the same time she was. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Angli-Sclone/100002587894218 Angli Sclone

    Michelle Obama stated the same views as her husband during the campaign of not being proud of this country.
    The two of them are Socialist’s and if you haven’t figured that out by this time,you’re living in bubble of deafness and denial.

  • Woogles

    Michele Bachmann’s Entrance OnJimmy Fallon? The Fishbone Song ‘Lyin’ Ass Bitch’VIDEOby Jon Bershad | 10:48 am, November 22nd, 2011Apparently Lil’ Fran doesn’t even keep up with her employer. No big surprise there!

  • Anonymous

    Jimmy’s name is in the marquee. “The buck stops here”.

    I don’t blame the waiter for bad/cold food when I go out. The chef runs the kitchen.

  • Pablo

    Oh, I know what she meant.

  • Anonymous

    Lets get real, I don’t think Moochell got booed nearly enough at all.

  • Anonymous

    Lived in Freddy myself… before air-conditioning was put in. Jackie arrived just as I graduated. My dad worked in the IT lab for 30 years. Grew up in Springfield from 5 years old till I left in 2000. Great home town. I grew up on that campus…. I really miss it.

    You should go see how much it’s changed since…

  • Anonymous

    The NASCAR folks make me proud to be an American again.

  • Pablo

    You mean like Herman Cain’s father? Because Michelle Obama’s father didn’t have that problem. Barack Obama’s father didn’t have that problem.

  • Anonymous

    The man has a valid point.

  • Pablo

    Stating a cause is one thing. Working on it is another.

  • Anonymous

    That was gay.

  • one pissed off liberal

    Illene, just go down to your local OWS ralley, do some drugs, touch some sleeping protestors, and fling some poo.  Then when your done, your welcome to head back to your own PC, speech inhibiting hell, where you can sit on your false moral high ground and make Church Lady style accusations of racism to someone who cares…mkay?

  • Anonymous

    Who cares. She is so much better to look at than Moooochelle

  • Anonymous

    Its only liberals that see race in everything. Substance is what is important to the right but for some reason the left cant grasp that and dont know how to go day to day without thinking someone is racist.

    You can thank Al sharpton, Jesse Jackson and many others to keep that race thing alive so they can make money and scare black america to their agenda instead of freedom of choice which all the other races have.

    That is why maybe Martin Luther King was a republican!… he didn’t see race but saw people as equal like most conservatives do!  you are judged by your actions and Obamas actions are what the right does not like.

  • Anonymous

    I think he was speaking to the god from below not Jesus. It is a very well known fact that Barry is a lyin ass bitch also.

  • Anonymous

    Obummer and his Orangutan are the King and Queen of liars. Not sure what your point is. 

  • http://twitter.com/Wacman89 Josh Williams

    Well then, tatboy, in that class, the buck stops with the producer or director. Jimmy’s just the talent and face of the show. He’s a fellow server /entertainer with the band. As a server, I actually glad to see people thinking like that though, they sure don’t show that line of thinking all the time ;)

  • Anonymous

    Yeah right. You were there booing GW so just come clean and shed your self righteous BS already.

  • Baaune

    The phrase was four beats long. Rehearsal time: 5 seconds.

  • Anonymous

    So you discovered the recipe to read other peoples’
    minds because you attended?  Hmmm, that statement
    is rational…for a liberal

  • Anonymous

    “Socialists” doesn’t require an apostrophe unless it’s possessive.

    Aside from that everything you say sounds perfectly sane and rational and I can’t imagine anyone arguing with your obviously very carefully considered and thoughtful logic.

  • Anonymous

    Here’s the comparison.

    -If Fallon’s audience would’ve booed Bachmann, it would have been uncivil on the part of some few, and minor commentary of the level of respect afforded public figures but ultimately a non issue.

    -Had NASCAR introduced Michelle Obama with the words “please rise for the unpatriotic chick who once uttered that she’d never been proud of her country until her husband was elected president so that she can pretend to honor veterans” it would have been a cause for someone’s firing – as is deserved with Fallon’s band.

  • Anonymous

    And, it appears, you know what you’re talking about. 

    After all, as the old saying goes, “it takes one to know one.” 

    And when it comes to knowing some of “the all-time most drop dead stupidest persons in the history of the United States” you “see” one everyday in the mirror. 

    Sorry to be so un-civil; I don’t know what came over me!

  • Michael J Keane

    Exactly.

  • Anonymous

    Whoooh nelly, yea let’s not make the rocket scientist stretch.  From my recollection, as a creator of Corzine re-election video, he was award the……Noble Peace Prize. 

  • http://twitter.com/BlueSaboteur Rob Leon

    Bachmann is White and therefore the apology will be prompt.  The First Lady is Black and considered inferior to Bachmann.  Hence, no apology necessary.   

  • Anonymous

    Haha, can you imagine that?  The left would be calling for heads to roll (but only in a tolerant way of course)

  • Frod

    I like when you post. It reminds me why I read books and occasionally think for myself

  • Anonymous

    She also needs to breathe through her nose and pick up her feet when she walks.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, the majority of the irrational and incoherent leftist posts here are derived from a very few amount of under-educated, jobless, “occupy” people who believe their thoughts are of the “superior” nature therefore they post under multiple aliases.  It’s sad but very true. 

  • Anonymous

    How about this? Both are wrong.

    Now back to yelling at each other.

  • Anonymous

    You are right.  It doesn’t matter if the person (particularly women) wear red or blue, boorish, disrespectful behavior is just Un-American.

    That said, I hate Dick Cheney.  He is lucky to have Lynn Cheney.  Nobody should treat either in such disregard and with such disrespect.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, so true.  But hey, look over there! Gullible, it’s written on the wall!

  • Anonymous

    That was biting criticism, Stylin.

  • Anonymous

    But, she is still deserving of our respect.  After all, we are ALL AMERICANS.

  • Anonymous

    They wouldn’t know what a mission statement was if it bit them in the ass.  Their “business” of mind pollution only survives courtesy of the taxpayer

  • Anonymous

    Gnaws at you, eh?

  • debbiedinky

    I suppose that striking a nerve is the reason you and the other obviously right wing folk post on these sites.  That, and name calling, and propagating the incivility that you claim to abhor, except when it’s directed at “libtards” and “lefties.”

  • Anonymous

    Hilarious, more Glenn Beck intolerance from the “tolerant left”.  Glenn Beck is sick according to who?  Media Matters?  Name your factless, incoherent, leftty BS, deceptive source and then get back to us….fraud

  • Anonymous

    Why does Lowood School from Jane Eyre come to mind?

  • Anonymous

    And you are an objective moron who can’t form sentences but I don’t know much.  Lay off the pipe before reading Media Matters, it possibly could help

  • Anonymous

    These are two totally unrelated incidences, indeed.
    How Have The Media Treated Michelle And Michele? The Nascar story has
    absolutely nothing to do with media while the Fallon story does. The media was
    not advocating and controlling the content of the Nascar message (this was a
    spontaneous crowd reaction) while in the case of the Fallon show, the media
    (Fallon himself) deliberately controlled the content of the message.  The Fallon incident clearly shows media bias
    while the Nascar incident does NOT show media bias. END OF STORY

  • Anonymous

    Expressing ones displeasure is completely different from calling a guest a ‘Lying Ass BITCH!’.  But I don’t expect Liberals to understand this.

  • Anonymous

    When Michele Bachmann is President it will not bother me one iota if you boo her husband at a NASCAR event.  Bye the way they are both white.

  • Darr247

    No, some people are afraid to call a short flat-ended shovel a spade because of its meaning that YOU immediately assumed…  *that* is where the “calling a spade a spade” saying comes from.

    Now, what’s the non-puppy paws non-red suit in a regular deck of playing cards supposed to be called?

  • Anonymous

    And you know what else is amusing? “Clownservatives” like myself find it amusing when the the left resorts to name calling. Is it fair to say that’s the point where you know you’ve hit your ultimate LOW?

  • Anonymous

    Those are the facts according to a liberal partisan hack like yourself.  Site sources for your alleged facts… fraud.

  • Anonymous

    There’s a difference between Newsbusters covering EVERYONE and Media Matters covering Fox and Breitbart.

    I have no problem with Media Matters and their basement dwellers. Their goal is lame though.

  • Anonymous

    Then it should change its name from the National Organization for Women to the National Organization for Liberal Women.

  • Anonymous

    How would you know is was so 1990?  You weren’t even born then.

  • Anonymous

    We might as well stay off mediaite until Monday. As you can see the kids are off school.

  • Anonymous

    I agree that it was disrespectful, but why didn’t she say something when she came on stage about the choice of music?  Could it be that she didn’t even know what it was?  Could it also be that none of the audience knew as well?  I didn’t.  I watched it, thought she did a good job and had a good word game with Fallon.  Maybe Fallon wasn’t even aware of what the song was that the band was playing.

    Nevertheless, it was disrespectful and the band themselves should apologize for their choice of music.  And the republicans who booed at NASCAR should apologize not only to the First Lady, but to the veteran family she had with her and Dr Jill Biden.

  • https://openid.aol.com/opaque/2ba7f684-1618-11e1-a6ca-000bcdcb8a73 NCsoundman

    While some construe the phrase “to call a spade a spade” to have racial
    allusions, it’s history suggests that no such allusion exists. According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the phrase ultimately traces back to a Greek expression appearing in Plutarch’s Apophthegmata.
    Plutarch’s phrase contained a noun meaning “trough, basin, bowl, boat,”
    which, it seems, was later mistranslated by Erasmus, who mistook the
    word for a derivative of a Greek term meaning “to dig.” The error was
    carried over into English, where the phrase came to be rendered as “to
    call a spade a spade”; the first citation of the phrase listed in the
    OED dates from 1542.The spade referenced in “to call a spade a spade,” is clearly of
    the digging implement sort, and has nothing to do with the offensive
    racial epithet. That said, both incidents can be deemed offensive depending on which side you choose. One was a spontaneous reaction from a crowd and the other was a poorly planned joke against Bachmann because he disagreed with her politics, But, it seems everyone is offended over everything these days.

  • Anonymous

    ok, no more redneck jokes. how about Polish?

  • Anonymous

    Agreed…women on the Left are suspiciously quiet on this. 

  • Anonymous

    most redneck jokes aren’t too classy. 

  • Anonymous

    So I suppose your just calling for the network to cancel the Roots contract and possibly Jimmy Fallon’s once it’s determined whether they rehersed the performance?

  • Anonymous

    Did you hear about the Polish lesbian?        she likes guys.

  • Anonymous

    Jimmy Fallon = not slightly funny

  • Anonymous

    Liberals are victims, that’s simply why they’re liberals

  • Anonymous

    Here’s a kicker. serious. My Dad is a WWII ex-Marine 88 yrs. old. He likes nascar and likes Obama. Go figure.  He fought in the Pacific. Okinawa, Saipan, etc. He seldom if ever talks about it.

  • Anonymous

     you got me on that one?

  • AliveStillkickin

    I wonder what your reaction would be if Bachmann had been booed by a BET-TV crowd  and MO had been called a “Lyin’ Bitch”  by Hannity on National TV?
    NASCAR fans booed MO because she’s a money-spending liberal pig…..not because of what BO does.
    We reserve special hateful boos for BO.

  • http://twitter.com/rid29651 Ron

    Just won’t give up that race thing, will ya?  Try reality, Ms Obama has pissed people off because of her constant telling them what do to with their own lives.  Bachman has pissed people off because she’s a lying beetch nut job

  • joe

    so–because 2-3 people were not victim of racism–it does not exist?

    oh you are with that Iranian leader dude –you know denying the holli-cost???
    ah–i see now..
    CONSERVATIVES ARE FOLLOWING THE RADICAL MUSLIM HANDBOOK OF HATE…
    nice..

    and for the record–i actually flunked sociology..
    but i did work and live in a heavily minority area for a while…and trust me…as a white dude—there is a big difference in the way–’we are treated’ by OUR COUNTRY..
    but you go ahead and deny it ok…
    i will tell AUK-ME-DINNI-JOD..you are with him..

    and remember–conservative by definition =stop progress, deny freedom, withhold resources, exclude and deny..
    check it out..
    so you and the radical Islamist all have a lot in common..
    happy holy-days

  • Anonymous

    So, let me get this straight?  You prefer we constrain and challenge each person’s freedom of speech from amongst a crowd of thousands (to conform to what you believe is right or wrong) but allow one voice (who’s publicly televised message is reaching millions of people) to go unchallenged?  If this is what you advocate, I too am glad you don’t have any kids on this planet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1572984371 Cindy Nowicki

    So, booing an ex-president is perfectly acceptable?

    Does that mean that in January of 2013, it will be alright to boo Obama, as he hands the country over to a new republican president?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Adam-Hemmer/1061080208 Adam Hemmer

    Conservatives are sensitive like little girls.

  • Anonymous

    The old saying is wrong.  A stupid person is often unable to identify another stupid person because of their own, you know . . . stupidness.  Haven’t we all met someone who is so stupid he doesn’t even know he’s stupid?  And if such a person were to meet another person who is also so stupid that he doesn’t know he’s stupid, would either of them be able to recognize the stupidity of the other?  Seems to me there’d be a good chance neither one would pick up on it.  Is any of this sinking in for you? 

  • Anonymous

    @readers:disqus  my best friend’s step-aunt makes $86 an hour on the computer. She has been fired for 3 months but last month her income was $7968 just working on the computer for a few hours. http://1st.ly/wcxi6

  • Sean68

    Blacks use the term “bitch” much more loosely than white people. It’s little more than a verbal throat clearing for most of them. She shouldn’t be terribly offended considering the source.

  • Sean68

    Yeah, that’s why they’ve imposed all those speech codes at our nation’s universities and why they demoted Rick Sanchez to non-personhood for stating an indisputable fact. Damn you, you red-neck hillbillies!

  • Sean68

    Boo-ing the first lady was low-class, but you’re right; unfortunately, the distinction you’re making will be lost on the people who most need to understand it.

  • Sean68

    Niners!

  • Sean68

    If Fallon doesn’t fire those guys then he was in the know. Although perhaps his musicians have such low IQ’s they don’t know that it’s FALLON’s and not theirs that will have to answer for their joke; and that’s a distinct possibility,

  • Sean68

    that should read “fallon’s ass”

  • Jdahunt

    But Michelle Obama is directly responsible for her own actions and lies……selling all of this heath crap while at the same time doing the exact opposite herself…..in that sense she is just like Barney….and both of them still think that they are so smart…or as Barney said…..”We are the ones that we have been waiting for”

  • Anonymous

    Is Bachmann really running for president because if she isn’t then the song fits perfectly. http://gawker.com/5861957/michele-bachmann-has-no-plans-to-really-run-for-president?tag=exclusive

  • Jdahunt

    All of these actions by the lunatic left should embolden all of us conservatives….it means they know what is coming in 2012 and are scared to death……let the elections begin…lol

  • bloe

    Until MSNPC calls The First Agitator a lyin’ ass bitch, the score is not settled.

  • ASAP

    So Newsbusters is the only one.  Right. 

  • ASAP

    So you must be equally pissed about all the right wing sights that are also tax exempt. 

  • ASAP

     Glenn Beck is sick because he continues to say hateful, intolerant, and completely inaccurate  b.s. on his programs.  Media Matters simply replays what Beck says.  You know personal responsibility.  Something Beck lacks.

  • ASAP

    Look over there.  That’s all you got?  SAD.

  • ASAP

    Yea, I’m sure the National Journal and her own spokesman are credible sources. 

  • ASAP

    Look over there.  Barry Obozo the guy we hate so much, no matter who fucks up, we blame him.  It’s ok that Bauchman lies, because Obama does it.   Fucking pathetic.

  • ASAP

    No they really believe it.  It is fucked up.

  • ASAP

    The truth is just a liberal talking point to the right wing zombie. 

  • ASAP

     Name calling.  Are you freaking kidding me?  If I have to hear Barry Obozo again, I am going to cry.

  • ASAP

    First off, the studio audience and almost everyone watching the telecast had no idea that the Roots played that song.  It was a joke that was probably a little bit in poor taste.  But it’s not like Fallon called Bauchman a lying bitch.  Fallan had Bachman on his show to help her get elected president.  The band played a song no Fallon.  Why do you guys love playing the victim so much.  I think it’s because you guys are always victimizing others.  So when you righties get the chance to play the victim, you jump at it.   

  • Anonymous

    Pissed off at the right wing sites? No, not at all.  Please name one right wing tax exempt website which spews false hate garbage, encourages the silence of free speech, and encourages the boycotting of businesses or people with viewpoints which differ from their own website.  You can’t, apples to oranges,  MM’s is garbage and you know it

  • ASAP

    So Bill Clinton and President Obama are victims of success I guess. Conservatives always play the victim.  That’s what they do.  

  • ASAP

    A new low.  We are laughing at you.  

  • Anonymous

    Once again, you have provided no examples, facts or rational thoughts.  You have listed accusations above without facts.  Facts support accusations. You need facts in order to make accusations true.  Does this make sense?  Are you think?

  • ASAP

    So those people that are racists, sexists, homophobic deserve our respect, because they are Americans.  Does the right respect Michael Moore, or Nancy Pelosi because they are Americans?  Please. 

  • ASAP

    It takes one to vote for one.  I think that makes more sense.  

  • ASAP

    Your a bitch.  I am white BTW.

  • Anonymous

    Let me get this straight you think the right loves to play the victim?  This is either a joke or (and I feel completely terrible saying this as I hate it when others call names) you’re a complete idiot.  You do realize the majority of the left is composed of victim’s, right?

  • Dr2380

    whats the big deal? George Bush and wife were booed at Nascar in 2004….Bush was condemned on stage by many artists…..etc etc

  • Anonymous

    I would never ever call either of these people a success.  But, victims yes.  Barry considers himself a victim of an unfair capitalists system who hates black people.  Bill Clinton is a victim of that same “oppressive” system furthermore he is a victim of a system that doesn’t allow him to bang every intern he wants to cigar

  • Anonymous

    I’m flattered really, but your not original

  • Anonymous

    See that other link up there?  That little link says the LA Times. Read much? 

  • Big Taters

    Mediaite, you really are lazy thinkers.

    The comparison is false.

    Using slurs (race, gender, sexual orientation) is not the same as booing for a general dislike of a politician.

    It’s laughable for you to try and make such a weak comparison.

    While they both may be disrespectful, only one of these responses is being considered by lawmakers to become illegal.

  • TotalDisrespect

    The whole politics scene is totally disgusting.  From what we have heard in the MSM for past three years, ever since Sarah Palin came on the scene with her hateful words towards the president and FLOTUS are so out of bounds.  This was the start of hate speech and disrespect towards our leaders.

  • Anonymous

    Hahahahah, the start of hate speech started with Sarah Palin?  Are you kidding me?  You never heard of hate speech before Sarah Palin.  Yes of course you’re right; I remember the days when everyone spoke of fairy tales and gumdrops in the same sentences of the name George Bush.  Do you live in a box or do you just pretend to live in a box?  I also had never heard of AIDS, world hunger, the BCS, global warming, broken arms, cavities nor diarrhea until I heard the words spoken by Sarah Palin but I’m positive she created all these problems.  Do you catch my sarcastic drift?  Wooh, let’s hope so.  I think your engine’s running but not sure anyone’s driving

  • LiberalinaRedState

    Damn….all of you must have time to burn…do any of you have actual lives or interest in anything of true importance besides this pointless drivel?  Seriously, the intent behind both events was reprehensible.  However, I would agree that the NASCAR event was more direct and hurtful.  Michele Bachmann will make a gigantic thing of this because she never misses the opportunity to grab some mindless attention…but if it was merely instrumental music, why make such a fuss?  Who cares though?  You guys just want an excuse to hurl hateful putdowns at each other…endless debate on something this moronic….Please!!!  Also, I remember seeing the “Morans” poster from a Tea Party rally…as many misspelled signs as there were at those events, you think that misspelling appeared one year and not the other???  That was worth calling someone a LIAR repeatedly?  Pathetic….

  • Anonymous

    Michele Bachmann was invited to be a guest on Fallons show and was treated with disrespect from the cast, which was very low life of the crew.  The 1st Skank was not wanted at the NASCAR, thus, the crowd showed their disapproval.  Fallon did it for ratings for his worthless, humorless show.  The NASCAR officials must have invited Ms Obama, but now they have learned from their mistake and I hope Michelle learned something too.  America is not in love with you or your worthless husband.  We do not want you being at All America gatherings because We, the People know your true feelings, you hate America and you hate Whites, so it was your own fault to show up where no one wanted you.  Maybe your smart enough to learn from this, but I doubt it!  Michele hopefully learned never to go to a Liberals show, they are the backstabbers of America.  Vote ABO in 2012!  Anyone But Obama!

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps you would be kind enough to provide actual examples of Palin’s alleged use of such speech.  Try as I might I cannot find, unless of course you include perfectly legitimate critcisms of a political opponent’s policies as ‘hate speech’.  On the other hand everywhere I have looked I have found a deluge of hate directed at Governor Palin.

  • LiberalinaRedState

    Hmmm…is that BillWhit for Whhhhitless Wonder?  Strange how the First Lady’s approval ratings are so high if you think “America” dislikes her so much!  And who are you to speak for America?  Plus, NASCAR is All-American?  That was really All-American to boo veterans and their children. So liberals are backstabbers huh?  What should we call Republicans for the way they’ve dragged our country into the gutter in the last 30 years….And yeah, Bush II was a loser, but it didn’t start with him.  Reagan sold out our economy to the rich and we’ve been in deficit territory ever since except for the surplus after President Clinton dredged us out of the morass for a time. Then Bush Jr. messed things up so TOTALLY!   You are definitely a classy, well-educated individual if you are willing to turn the reins over to ANYone besides President Obama. Which one of the GOP slate of ne’er-do-wells, do you have in mind?  That’s what I thought….just another right-wing hater.  Grow a brain while there is still time! 

  • Farnsworth

    No, she’s deserving or our contempt. What’s being American got to do with anything?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andre-K-Brown/737709845 Andre K Brown

    I found this site just recently…and was so excited at first as I am a
    busy guy(with adhd lol) that likes to get his news instantly with no
    filler(ie commercials) . And at first I found the site refreshing, able
    to get content that I felt in some ways was catered to me. But I have
    grown so SICK at the ignorant hateful nasty trash comments that I see
    posted on these clips ..such as here on this one on Obama and Bachmann. If I wanted
    to read people calling others sluts whores etc I would go to fox.com
    and other NEANDERTHAL sites…Why is it that someone to the right of
    center has to “debate” his/her comment by using trailer trash verbiage? I
    mean really folks listen to yourselves..look at your posts. You can
    tell the “right wingers” from the left just in the comments…and that
    is not a compliment. Is this how you conduct conversations at home with
    your friends and family? Do you even have any?

    Go to sites like msnbc.com, or npr.org, newyorktimes.com, washingtonpost.com. 
    Read the comments posted below the SAME ARTICLES that are filtered
    here… read the tones of the posts.. They are thoughtful, inspiring,
    thought provoking. Even when they disagree on subject matter. They
    communicate mostly in a civil respectful way. Then go to foxnews and ny
    post and read theirs. Do you understand what I am trying to express
    here?

    Do you want to taint this site so much with your blatant desire to show how ignorant and classless you are?

    I
    come here to get my news fix and to read comments hoping to expand what
    I gleaned from the piece. But all I see is a bunch of people with
    something shoved up their ass and spouting rhetoric that makes no sense
    and just offends. maybe you should take a moment, focus on who and what
    shoved that up there, remove it, then come back and speak.

    If
    you can not make your point without insulting or using 4th grade grammar
    to make your point…then don’t.. Do you really feel proud of the
    message you post at the end of the day? Do you want people to read your
    comments and say “hey he is a tard”.

    I’m fed up with it.  I
    seriously doubt the majority here were born with a silver spoon in their
    mouth(but like I referred to before about something shoved up their…)
    so stop acting like it. Grow up, grow a pair, and act like an adult.

    If
    we can not communicate and do civil discourse then we should just hang
    our hats and turn off the lights. If this is what America TRULY has
    become then we should close up shop and call it a day.

    I’m just sayin..

  • Anonymous

    There is a difference. The Nascar people were expressing their first amendment right to comment on the failed political policies of this Administration. Bachmann was an invited guest on the program and as such should have been treated respectfully. 

    I do not like what happened in either case. The NASCAR could have shown their disrespect by greeting her with silence. 

  • Anonymous

    The bottom line is that liberal are vicious racist and vile human beings. There is a difference when a crowd burst into booing a than a planed sexist attack. Obama was booed for her and her husband failed policies and to claim racism was the motive is a racist speaking. Afro American can make good or bad policy, this one has destroyed America. Liberals rid you heart of the hate and accept Obama as an equal human being that can make mistakes. 

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving Pablo!

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving exGOPman!

  • Anonymous

    Happy Thanksgiving WCinWI2!

  • Anonymous

    Why is your mouth full of codpieces?

  • Anonymous

    I hear this term all the time at work most often by white women.

  • clever

    Does not change the fact Michelle Obama is a dumbass hypocrite like all you lying libtards.

  • clever

    Hay dumb ass they booed her cause she sucks no excuse needed.

  • http://912member.blogspot.com just a conservative girl

    Will we be allowed to use the term “calling a spade a spade” again when we have a president who doesn’t happen to be black?  

    Jack ass. 

  • Anonymous

    Liar, liar , Pants on fire!!!!

  • Heyricksander

    There’s a difference.  NASCAR did not do anything disrespectful and sneaky to Michelle. It was a spontaneous audience reaction – not a planned prank on the part of the producers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Michele -  is that you again?

  • Anonymous

    Booing politicians and their wives is sadly an American tradition. I never like hearing it even if it’s from a small minority of attendees. But the song to introduce Ms. Bachmann on Fallon’s show was just another incident of rapper types showing the disrespect they display towards women. I wish there were more black leaders that would speak out against this sort of trash talking towards women especially against black women. The two incidents have no basis for comparison.

  • Jimmytyler

    Bachmann’s situation was worse primarily because it was premeditated by the show she was on, whereas NASCAR was spontaneous and unpredicted. Its not as it NASCAR put the crowd up to it or anything.

    But, regardless, Bachmann’s hypocrisy is unbelievable. She actually invoked the First Lady’s name when going after NBC, stating that if Michelle had been the target of slander that the reaction would be different. And, yet, she went after Michelle repeatedly before reaching prominence and was never disciplined as harshly as she seems to believe someone like her would be.

    Not only that, but she proceeded to order the media to lay off her family after trying to link Michelle Obama’s personal beliefs and public statements to Obama. And, the “proud of her country” line that she used to go after Michelle, was repeated in a different context by Michele herself after she won the Iowa Caucuses (“you have restored my faith in America”).

     Flipping hypocrite! NBC was right in apologizing, but this damn well better not result in a boost in Bachman’s poll ratings just because Michele knows how to screech foul and Michelle Obama doesn’t.

  • Love of Country

    Yeah … everytime I feel like starting a national race or class war I go to MSNBC for directions every hour on the hour …. such noble causes ….. LMFAO at your naivette and gullibility … nice post, patsie!

  • http://twitter.com/marionetta marionetta

    Mrs. Obama is not running for president, nor does she hold an elected office.

    Mrs. Bachmann is running for president, and holds an elected office.

    They have nothing in common, except for being women.  I would suggest the writer of the article is the one with the problem; it’s call sexism.

  • Jo

    And maybe Fallon’s band chose “Lying Ass Bitch” because Michele Bachmann has clearly been caught in many, many lies!

  • Anonymous

    Well said. Both Michelles were treated unfairly. IMHO

  • Anonymous

    As has every politician….

  • Anonymous

    Absolutely pointless comparison here.

    Michele Obama is not running for President.Michele Bachmann is not married to the President.

    Mrs Obama will never hold office or have those types of duties and responsibilities,and though Bachmann probably won’t either,the comparison is,to me,something created to draw eyeballs and play to agendas.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andre-K-Brown/737709845 Andre K Brown

    Thank you for making my point! If you were really reading my post you would have noticed I go to all the sites I mentioned(even foxnews) to get my news fix. My point of the post was the level of intelligence used in the comment postings that follow(just a recap in case you obviously missed it). So THANK YOU SO MUCH for displaying the exact type of post I was referring to. You should be proud of it and others of like mindness(oxymoron) should rally around you like they did Joe the Plumber.

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