Monday, May 26, 2008

Fox Commentator Jokes About "Knocking Off" Obama

On Fox (or as I prefer to call them, Faux) News on Sunday morning, Liz Trotta, former New York bureau chief of the Washington Times, while commenting on the latest about Hillary Clinton's Robert F. Kennedy invocation, mixed up Osama bin Laden and Barack Obama. It's a familiar and one tends to wonder, perhaps intentional error frequently made by the GOP and its supporters. Beyond that however, her joke about "knocking off" Obama was over the top.

She said:
"For years, the media has told us that Hillary Clinton is the smartest person in the world, and that's up for grabs now. And the media's catching on to that, as well. The 'vast right-wing conspiracy' blame has been undermined by her evasions, by her outright lies, if I may say; by her pandering, by her race-baiting--and now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Os--Osama--um, uh--Obama. Well, both, if we could..."
There's no excuse for such a "joke," but I'll bet we see plenty of these mistakes as the campaign heats up.

The following was broadcast on Faux News on May 25, 2008:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It must be a slow news day for the Fox haters.

Anonymous said...

Faux News is a joke. Who let this idiot outta the nursing home for this interview. Senile ol biatch.

Anonymous said...

This perfectly represents Fox "News". This network has always been a joke and it amazes me they are still on the air. That means people are watching and that makes me sad all over. They perpetuate lies and purposefully fabricate "stories" and "facts". Its irresponsible. I guess we should not be surprised considering we did elect bush for a second term despite knowing he has lied to a staggering extent. And no Republicans and Fox News lovers I am not a Democrat. Wait if you watch Fox News then you probably dont understand any of this. Let me put it in your own language...MOOOOOOOO!