Anita Dunn slams Faux news and Beck. This time over the Mao remarks.

[MajorChode]

I still can't stop laughing.

Obama aide fires back at Beck over Mao remarks

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House communications director Anita Dunn fired back at criticism from TV commentator Glenn Beck on Friday, saying that a Mao Tse-tung quote Beck took issue with was picked up from legendary GOP strategist Lee Atwater.

"The Mao quote is one I picked up from the late Republican strategist Lee Atwater from something I read in the late 1980s, so I hope I don't get my progressive friends mad at me," Dunn told CNN.

As for Beck's criticism: "The use of the phrase 'favorite political philosophers' was intended as irony, but clearly the effort fell flat -- at least with a certain Fox commentator whose sense of irony may be missing."

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/16/beck.dunn/index.html

[Tejas]

1. soooo, she does NOT admire Mao?

Could've fooled me.

[MajorChode]

4. Lots of people frequently quote the philosophical remarks of Mao...

including Republicans and scholars the world over. That doesn't mean they endorse everything he's done.

Plato was a slave owner. Just because someone admires the writings of Plato, doesn't mean they are an advocate for slavery.

Beck has taken exactly one college level class in his entire life. His ignorance of philosophy and pretty much anything academic is readily apparent.

[bbinacan]

2. Hey!

wherever she got it, I can't support her admiration for Mao.

[BOG PERSON]

3. Anita Dunn?

More like "Anita Brain"!

[michreject]

5. I'm so stealing that

Thanks.