Fred Barnes doesn’t bat an eye when C-Span caller and Barnes fan calls Obama ‘Mr. Monkey Boy’

[marmar]

from ThinkProgress:



Fred Barnes doesn’t bat an eye when C-Span caller and Barnes fan calls Obama ‘Mr. Monkey Boy’.»

Today on C-Span’s “Washington Journal,” conservative columnist Fred Barnes continued to defend the Bush presidency and insisted that Barack Obama would not represent much change from Bush. When a caller — who identified himself as a big fan of Barnes — referred to Obama as “Mr. Monkey Boy,” Barnes didn’t bat an eye, immediately addressing the caller’s question without pausing to condemn the epithet. Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/16/barnes-monkey-boy/


Bigotry doesn’t seem to bother Fred Barnes. In fact, he urged Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to exploit anti-gay bigotry in order to revive his flailing campaign, saying McCain was “going to have to use” gay-bashing to get elected. He also insisted it was “obviously right” to say that Obama would not have won the primary race against Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) “if he were not black.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/16/barnes-monkey-boy/

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Are we sure he wasn't referring to Bush?

;)

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. Yeah, we've been calling him the Chimperor for years now

At least, from one perspective, if Obama is chimp-like, then the world of chimps is redeeming itself from its lowest ebb.

[panader0]

3. One of the few times I had respect for mccain during his campaign

was when he took the mic out of the woman's hand when she called Obama a Muslim, and said no, no no, Obama is a good man. (That's when the crowd booed)

[stillcool]

4. I've read that 1 in 4 of the..

world's population are Muslims...and of course, not all of them are Arabs. Americans are so condescending, arrogant and ignorant, and I hate that politicians reinforce their beliefs. I understand the need for politicians to bow to people's indoctrinated perceptions but it still pisses me off.

[jonnyblitz]

6. ugh. but implying Obama is a good man because he ISN'T a

Muslim is implying being a Muslim is BAD, which is BIGOTRY.

[timtom]

5. Monkey boy???

Why, to be sure, sir, that's none other than George W. Bush.

For the past eight years.

I've gone around saying, "I didn't vote for this Monkey Boy."

(But I understand the terrible racist intent.)