Obama: "For those of you watching a certain news channel of which I'm not that fond...

[NYC Liberal]

"and seeing people waving tea bags around, let me remind them I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut health care costs, stabilize Social Security..."

:rofl: Calling out the tea baggers!

[ananda]

1. Dunk those bags, beataggers!

Join the world of O-laid.

[democrattotheend]

2. Sweet!

Way to take a dig at Faux!

[dbmk]

77. He said they were not fond of him, btw. He would never do it the other way around,

[krkaufman]

84. Yes, thanks for the correction. n/t

[islandgirl808]

3. dangit, i wish i was watching him right now!

call 'em out mr. pres!!

:woohoo:

[Maven]

4. HAHA! Calling out FAUX too, in pretty unequivocal terms. Where/when was this?

[Uzybone]

5. Just now at his townhall meeting

[Maven]

7. Thank you

Wish I could watch

[NYC Liberal]

9. I'm sure it'll be up on whitehouse.gov later, or CSPAN.

[Pacifist Patriot]

23. I'm hoping for a blockbuster YouTube clip before too long.

[lamp_shade]

6. Does anybody think he KNOWS he just started a little somethin'??

Oh God... I love this guy. Fasten your seatbelts. Fox is probably on this already.

[knowbody0]

8. I'm getting the opinion

everything is orchestrated!

[Wednesdays]

79. Orchestration...

[Catshrink]

10. Can't wait to hear O'Really's rightous indignation and Hannity sputter.

But I'll have to see it on KO because I won't watch Faux.

[butterfly77]

16. He knows ..

and I love it he said he watches cable tv,and sees the garbage they throw out every day. Last night,I saw them talking about the RepubliCOn Toomey who will be running in Pennsylvania and at the bottom of the screen it was posted with a (D)in front of Toomey's name they are so desperate and continuing to play their little games.

[Tempest]

27. He wants a reaction

Because he knows the reaction will be full of hate, something that turns off the voting public.

[lamp_shade]

30. But he didn't say FOX. Can Fox say "we know he was talking about us?"

They can't, unless they want to admit guilt.

(See my post #31)

[mvd]

40. I'm boycotting some of American Idol tonight in protest

I think it's pretty clear who will be voted off anyway. Too bad the news conference isn't at 9 PM. :-)

[msallied]

44. Really? Who do you think? Last night was a pretty good show!

I am thinking it will be Matt G, only because he's been on shaky ground before. Allison too, perhaps.

[mvd]

47. I missed last night, unfortunately - sometimes I have to go out

I'm 99.9% sure Matt leaves. Allison would be another very young Idol - while she's very talented, I hope Adam wins.

[msallied]

48. Oh me too! I am Adam all the way!

I think Danny is immensely talented, but I have a feeling he will be going the gospel route when the show is over, so I'm almost certain I won't be hearing much from him. Adam is just a marvel and a certain win, I think.

Last night was a great show. Standards. All of them did a bang-up job, though Matt probably got the most criticism out of everyone.

[mvd]

50. I don't like Danny, personally

I think Collin Raye in his prime was a much better example of a belter. Can't offer an opinion on the show as I don't always agree with the judges, but they all have to be good at this point.

I think Adam would really have to screw up to lose. :hi:

[Webster Green]

69. "I'm boycotting some of American Idol tonight in protest"

What are you some kind of fucking anarchist?

Code Pink would be proud. :rofl:

[mvd]

72. Don't know what that's supposed to mean

Any little thing I can do to snub my nose at FAUX is good.

[krkaufman]

88. chuckle. A descendant of Patrick Henry, no doubt.

Tyrants, beware!!!

[krkaufman]

87. Wow, you're hardcore. n/t

;)

[mvd]

91. LOL

Missing American Idol is more of a sacrifice than blocking that FAUX News Channel, which I also do. :-)

[Tempest]

49. I bet you they will

Faux doesn't have the brightest bulbs on the air.

I'm sure at least half of them will fall for the bait.

[Puzzler]

54. Exactly!!!

.

[Number23]

62. I think the channel that has referred to his wife as his "baby mama"

and called their pound, which has been an expression of fondness and camaraderie among black folks for probably 30 years, a "terrorist fist jab" pretty much knows that the "channel of which I am not that fond" is them. At least I hope they do. :)

[The Hope Mobile]

67. Yeah, those might make someone not very fond of something.

(Could I use some more pronouns???) :silly:

[Puzzler]

52. Except... you have to admit to being the biased network to make hay out of this story.

.

[krkaufman]

85. Well, the above isn't exactly what Obama said.

He was much more judicious, and fair.

[ErinBerin84]

11. oh shit.

lol.

[islandgirl808]

12. what was the crowd's reaction??

[glowing]

13. laughter.

[unblock]

14. calling it a "news channel" is giving it way too much credit. i prefer "infotainment channel"

or better yet, "reich-wing propaganda channel".

[Bad Thoughts]

38. What info?

John Stewart got it right: the Fan Fiction Channel.

[msallied]

45. That's the best I've heard yet!

[butterfly77]

15. K&R!

[chill_wind]

17. Good for him! :-) Straight talk from a President is so refreshing.

eom

[Skidmore]

18. Wonder what KO will do with that one tonight.....

Or Ed. Ed will be chuckling for sure.

[Cha]

19. He just called them out

on not being serious! Bet fauxsux will have some "serious" conversations on this diss from the President of the United States of America.

[jenmito]

20. I don't think he said he's not too fond of them, but THEY'RE not too fond of HIM.

I wrote it on another thread-he said the certain news channel where he's not too popular or something like that. It was so funny because it was so obviously Faux that he was talking about.

[DFW]

73. That is a VERY important distinction--glad someone caught it

Obama would never say he disapproves of one station or another. He would never
hand them the kind of ammunition they are constantly handing him. He only pointed
out that he isn't popular with Fox. There is a world of difference there.

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Did he make air quotes around "news" ?

I'd pay to see that.

[jenmito]

22. No, but he pretended he was dangling a tea bag.

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

24. Did he really?

Now that's funny!

[jenmito]

25. Yup. n/t

[Forkboy]

46. *SNARF*

:rofl:

[HamdenRice]

26. ROFL! Will Fox teabag him for this?!1!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Jennicut]

28. That was hilarious. The tea baggers will go down in history as pathetic and having the stupidest

name ever. Actually, they won't go down in history at all, they will be totally forgotten.

[lunatica]

29. Ah yes! Hear that banging sound?

That's Hannity's head hitting the table in frustration again and again.

:banghead: = Hannity

It's beginning to look like President Obama enjoys just stepping in long enough to pull their chain and then leaves them all tied in raging knots! They've been pwned again!

:rofl:

[Jackpine Radical]

83. Is Hannity smart enough

to know when he's been had?

[lamp_shade]

31. Actually he said "Those of you who are watching... blah... on which I'm not very popular..."

Not "of which I'm not that fond". Pretty calculating of him I'd say.

[gblady]

34. he has said.....

many times that he does not listen to cable news, or any TV news...only sports.
I'm sure staffers fill him in on stuff.

I also heard him say "on which I'm not very popular"

I loved his handling of the teabaggers...
basically, grow up, get serious and let's talk.

[OneGrassRoot]

35. Okay, that makes more sense, though is still gratifying....

for him to acknowledge it.

Thanks. :)

[OneGrassRoot]

32. .

:wow: :applause: :toast: :patriot:

[8 track mind]

33. sharp stick, meet Mr. Eye! n/t

[symbolman]

36. FOX is Political Porno!

Bet he had a shit eating grin going while he stuck it to them..

Suckas will go Nutso, once again he WINS :)

[Fleshdancer]

37. HAHAHA!!!!

Thank you so much for posting what he said!

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

39. And here's why that was brilliant...

.... their own egos will force Faux to play that clip ... but if they only play the FIRST part of it, it will be clear that they cut him off mid sentence.... "For those of you watching a certain news channel of which I'm not that fond and seeing people waving tea bags around,.." so they're practically FORCED to play the whole sentence, the "let me remind them I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut health care costs, stabilize Social Security..." part. The very part the Faux news viewers NEED to hear!

Is our President smart or what!?

[harun]

57. Smart.

[Sequoia]

89. and Amy on Democracy Now said he wasn't wearing a watch

and spoke for 59 seconds, after which American Idol came on. Obama is one cool dude !!

[sabra]

41. TVNewswer has the snip

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/politics/obama_describes_seeing_folks_waving_tea_bags_around_on_channels_where_im_not_very_popular_115293.asp

<snip>

When you see, you know, those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we're going to stabilize social security. Claire and I are working diligently to do basically a thorough audit of federal spending. But let's not play games and pretend that the reason is because of the Recovery Act, because that's just a fraction of the overall problem that we've got.

[ksoze]

51. The freepers are apocalyptic - "Obama is mocking Americans".

they are in full revolt mode using that clip to say he is mocking real patriots. Some real hate over there.

[msallied]

53. LOL! Real patriots, eh? Where were they when Bush was raping the middle class?

I guess if Bush had been a "colored" Democrat, it would have been different. :eyes: Meanwhile, I'm sure 90+ percent of those people will happily accept the tax cut they're going to get under Obama's tax plan.

[foo_bar]

65. that's "apoplectic"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoplexy#Non-medical_usage

[Wednesdays]

80. Maybe apocolyptic is the correct term, after all

You don't want those crazies to have their hands on nukes, do you?
:nuke: :scared:

[mzmolly]

42. The only issue I have with that statement is the term "news".

Regardless, :applause: a round of applause is in order.

[msallied]

43. Hahahaha!! Love that man. Really. I hope the teabaggers keep it up!

It's done wonders for the Republican Party!

[Metric System]

55. Oh snap!

[firedupdem]

56. here's a video...love it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x305053

[Arugula Latte]

58. This is one of the qualities I love most about Obama: His fearlessness.

Love it!

[jillan]

59. I love his sense of humor.

[Samantha]

60. I have boycotted FOX since Election 2000 and never looked back

I highly recommend this practice.

Sam

PS The only time I contemplated breaking the boycott was when Al Gore granted Fox an interview. I thought about it for a whole minute and decided I really was sorry to miss Al's interview but I would never contribute to Fox's ratings.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

68. The Fox Fascist station, corporate propaganda pushers? Why not boycott it?

It's as close to Hitler's brainwashing as any on the face of the earth. Seriously. Do a comparison test,...Fox is EXACTLY the same.

[Skittles]

90. they've been deleted from my channel lineup for years

it makes me feel ill to even glimpse them while surfing

[Number23]

61. He did NOT!! Did he??

That is too damn funny!

ETA: He said "not very popular" not "not very fond." :(

[northofdenali]

63. My President, the shit-starter!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Happyhippychick]

64. Reason #375,962 for why I am totally in love with President Obama.

"waving tea bags around"

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

66. BWAHAHAHA!!! Take that FUX SNOOZE!!!

:rofl:

[happygoluckytoyou]

70. TEABAGGING IDIOTS DIDNT GET TO ASK HIM QUESTION AT NEWS CONFERENCE

[and-justice-for-all]

71. Well that was a verbal smack across the face!! Love it! nt

[The Wizard]

74. Some people can't have a serious conversation

They see the world around them as a cartoon and themselves as characters in the cartoon. They get misinformed by Pox News and hate radio. They are mere children in adult bodies and will use the tax cut Obama gave them to buy more weapons to shoot at the Marxist, Fascist, Socialist, Communist, Islamic alien aggressors coming to eat their children and house pets.
Cup of tea anyone?

[Optical.Catalyst]

75. K&R

[Buzz Clik]

76. Well, there goes the insane rightwing vote.

[polichick]

78. And making them seem like the nutjobs that they are - nice one!

[tclambert]

81. Two points: 1) He said "news channel." Therfore, it can't be Fox.

and 2) I like tea. Do I have to give it up because of these idiots? Oh, fuck that. I still like tea. Hitler liked puppies. Doesn't mean you have to hate puppies just to prove you're anti-Hitler.

[Bluenorthwest]

82. he did not say what your title says

He said they are not too fond of him.

[MasonJar]

86. Takes down Faux and teabaggers in one fell swoop! Great job, President Obama!