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"Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 1:58 pm
by heyzeus
This nonissue is the sorriest sack of s*** I've ever heard, in any political campaign in my memory.
http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/07/terrorist-fist-jab/
http://gawker.com/tag/oh-no/?i=5014604& ... t-fist-jab
The effort of Fox News to insinuate Obama with terrorists by making up a phrase for a simple hand gesture is the most brazen, irresponsible, chickens*** and unethical thing I think I've ever seen.
And it's getting coverage. Oh, it's getting coverage. I quit. I give up. I have a tv for sale.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:01 pm
by cardinalkarp
I think the better solution would not watch the garbage on Fox News and MSNBC.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:05 pm
by G. Keenan
Just don't watch any of the major cable news networks. They are all completely worthless. BBC World News America with Matt Frei is where it's at. Weekdays 6-7 central. More news in 1 hour than CNN gives you in 24.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:09 pm
by clevername
I heard he does the terrorist fist jab while holding pages for the Koran he used to be sworn in with and saying something about Allah or death to America or some sort. He then asks for friends and family to address him only by his middle name and to throw in "friend of Saddam" if they feel like it.
Wake up, America! How can you elect this guy?!?
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:20 pm
by clake
Wow, there's another thing to add to the list of terrorist activities I have done.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:23 pm
by MK-ULTRA
both parties and their followers can get desperate when the time comes.
This isn't surprising.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:28 pm
by G. Keenan
clake wrote:Wow, there's another thing to add to the list of terrorist activities I have done.
What pisses me off is how utterly inane that segment is. Are they really "analyzing" a fist pound, an ubiquitous, well understood gesture? It is hard to imagine a bigger waste of air time.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:30 pm
by Simbagal23
Meh. CNN pulls the same crap against the Republicans......it's politics. It's why I avoid Foxnews, CNN and many other channels. They all push their own agenda.....I could care less.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:30 pm
by cpebbles
It floors me that people continue to tell themselves that Fox News has any shred of journalistic integrity.
Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"
Posted: June 10 08, 2:31 pm
by clevername
they're making it sound like it was the first time it's ever been done before, like they've never seen anything like it. "What does it mean?!?"
It's been around forever. Heck, we did it at my best friends wedding 8 years ago as the groomsmen walked up to stand beside him. The southern baptist folks in the pews weren't suddenly afraid we were terrorists.