This is hard to believe until you watch it with your own eyes. Fox News took two random clips from Barack Obama and Mario Cuomo that have absolutely nothing to do with one another and tried to call it plagiarism. But for me to describe how ridiculous this charge is wouldn't do it justice, you have to see it for yourself:
I think this might be a pathetic attempt to connect Obama to "liberals" of the past to strike back at the Democrats for constantly connection McCain to Bush. If it is, it definitely isn't working. These guys are running on empty.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 16)
1. It insults any reasonable person's intelligence. I can't wait to see the Fux Noise fans try to defend that "fair and balanced" crap journalism.
Captain Negative at 5:01AM on Jun 6th 2008
2. Yes, it's working. Otherwise the left=wing fruitcakes wouldn't be trying to do "damage control". NOBAMA is NOT QUALIFIED any way you slice it. Malkin merely points that out.One other thing. Without Hillary on the ticket, "Barry" will be crushed like a grape in November.
POLITICAL SPIT at 5:20AM on Jun 6th 2008
3. As a Republican, I gotta admit that's about as lame as it gets.
Then again, "Fox & Friends" is about as much about hard hitting news as is "Today" or "GMA".
There are enough legitimate concerns about Obama that really make it unnecessary to wander into the same realm as those who attempt label McCain as an "Ambien addict".
bob at 6:33AM on Jun 6th 2008
4. Cenk..
Why your love fest with Obamn... Is he one of your lovers?????
All you can do is redicule everyone but Obama.. Its obvious that you have a love fest with the man.
Why dont you try fair and balanced.. You fat hypocrite
jim at 6:33AM on Jun 6th 2008
5. According to leftist nuts like Cenk every factual story about Obama is a racist conspiracy to smear him. The Dems, and left-wing loons, know Obama is fatally flawed which is why they are attempting to paint all critisism of him as "racist attacks." Face it lefty kooks, Obama is unelectable.
Robert Byngham at 6:38AM on Jun 6th 2008
6. The speeches both referred to economic conditions, that is all. I guess Republicans never have speeches that have identical themes. Yeah, right.
As to Michelle Malkin, ugh, I had to turn that witch off. The only thing that woman needs is padded room. Several years ago, Ms. Malkin became enraged with two high school males who spoke out at their school against the Iraq War (it was a debate!). She threatened to put the boys names and addresses over the internet so some conservative goons could come to their homes and beat them up. Only when threatened with police action did she stop. Nice lady. I have noticed she has disappeared from cable news - but alas, the three Stooges on 'Fox & Friends' still invite her on.
David S. at 7:05AM on Jun 6th 2008
7. Dave S - Your story about Malkin is almost impossible to verify. Even if it is true, it is one instance of conservatives acting badly. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of cases of conservatives under attack the second they arrive on one of those "diversity" loving college campuses, which David Horowitz has extensively documented.
Anne Coulter has had stuff repeatedly thrown in her face during speeches, by all of your tolerant friends. Yeah, it's all about peace and love. Until you deviate from the accepted liberal orthodoxy. Then you find out who the real liberty -hating censors are: progressives and liberals.
And Cenk - Turn your spell-check on, big guy. I think that's supposed to be "Pathetic".
Dave at 7:36AM on Jun 6th 2008
8. The fact that we need a better healthcare system and people are still living in shacks in Appalachia is due to the republican policies of the last 20 years. Yes there is a theme.
Dennis at 7:39AM on Jun 6th 2008
9. but not plagarism.
Dennis at 7:39AM on Jun 6th 2008
10. Looks like another "pahetic" attempt at a blog from Sink to me.
Last night MSNBC ran "McBush" while doing a story about Bush using false intelligence for invading Iraq. If you lefties expect to get away with crap like that, expect more crap like this.
Davidg at 7:51AM on Jun 6th 2008
11. I agree Davidg, it stinks. Fox has been doing this for years, they invented it and you don't like when MSNBC does something similar?
Dennis at 7:55AM on Jun 6th 2008
12. I doubt the bullshit swiftboat crap of the 2004 campaign is going to work this time around. Obama may have come off as a meek, take it on the jaw kind of guy during the primaries, but against McSame, it's going to be another story. The neo-cons can come up with all the BS they want about Obama about him being a Muslim terrorist to him fathering an illegitimate child and it just isn't going to work. They are so freakin' desperate because they know that their candidate ain't that squeaky clean himself and he's got a few skeletons in his closet too. The right-wing conservatives aren't fully vested in McCain and the first embarassing discovery that's unearthed about him and/or his candy cane wife, there goes their vote. So let the perverbial "poop hit the fan" and see where it lands. McCain looked mighty smug in his speech the night the Democratic primaries ended; too bad he sounded out-dated and so out of reach of the American voter.
Arjay Rabar at 8:00AM on Jun 6th 2008
13. "I doubt the bullshit swiftboat crap of the 2004 campaign is going to work this time around. Obama may have come off as a meek, take it on the jaw kind of guy during the primaries, but against McSame, it's going to be another story."
Actually the "swiftboating" issue has proved most beneficial as cover for the Dems for having picked an almost universally repugnant candidate.
You guys have screwed up twice by picking Ivy League elitists who most of your base can't relate to. This time around you switched it up a bit by picking an Ivy League black guy with nothing much in the way of a record that can be attacked.
You may be right. It might just be enough to beat an inferior Republican candidate. But then again, that's what you thought the last two times as well.
bob at 8:10AM on Jun 6th 2008
14. Once again the republicans show that they don't want a smart capable person to lead this nation. Thanks Bob.
Dennis at 8:14AM on Jun 6th 2008
15. what is it about Obama? It seems that this turk is really a turkey when it comes down to picking a person to be the figure head of our country. He acts like he is related to him or something, Is he gay.
bob at 8:25AM on Jun 6th 2008