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(Some Guy)		Comparing Michelle Obama to Marie Antoinette is racist because someone called her "Your Excellency" on Nickelodeon and Marie Antoinette was African-American. Or something like that (bookwormroom.com)		410
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Mentat

2012-01-09 08:21:21 PM

Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

AlinaJoan

2012-01-09 08:32:36 PM

Yeah, it's not that the image is racist, just retarded.

Sensei Can You See

2012-01-09 08:33:59 PM

Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

WaltzingMathilda

2012-01-09 08:40:54 PM

Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thomps

2012-01-09 08:42:34 PM

Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

so does she charge that directly to the national debt or does she first run it through a credit card for the rewards and then expense it to the national debt. because there's no way the obama family has ever had a chance to amass enough personal wealth to purchase clothing.

thomps

2012-01-09 08:52:02 PM

WaltzingMathilda: It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thanks to the bush tax cuts.

WaltzingMathilda

2012-01-09 08:59:18 PM

thomps: WaltzingMathilda: It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thanks to the bush tax cuts.

that son of a biatch. no wonder he extended them.

thomps

2012-01-09 09:02:10 PM

WaltzingMathilda: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thanks to the bush tax cuts.

that son of a biatch. no wonder he extended them.

no, he did that because he's a tax-and-spend socialist.

fusillade762

2012-01-09 09:24:57 PM

thomps: WaltzingMathilda: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thanks to the bush tax cuts.

that son of a biatch. no wonder he extended them.

no, he did that because he's a tax-and-spend socialist.

CLASS WARFARE! Break out the torches and pitchforks!!!

OtherLittleGuy

2012-01-09 09:25:03 PM

It's good to be the President.

jaytkay

2012-01-09 09:25:33 PM

I take the the latest manufactured outrage among Moran-Americans is some made-up bullshiat about extravagant spending on the part of the First Lady.

Does that mean you people are done being outraged that she suggests maybe your fat-ass children could stand to waddle around outside every once in a while and take a break from the cheetos and Playstation?

Atomic Spunk

2012-01-09 09:26:13 PM

Christopher Knight? The same guy who played Peter Brady? If so, good for him for getting that columnist gig.

GAT_00

2012-01-09 09:26:35 PM

Sensei Can You See: It's a fair comparison.

I'm sorry, did we replace 'batshiat retarded' with 'fair' today?

thomps

2012-01-09 09:27:08 PM

fusillade762: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers. As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

thanks to the bush tax cuts.

that son of a biatch. no wonder he extended them.

no, he did that because he's a tax-and-spend socialist.

CLASS WARFARE! Break out the torches and pitchforks!!!

racist.

StanTheMan

2012-01-09 09:29:06 PM

OK, once and for all, any criticism of the Obamas is racist.

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Sensei Can You See

2012-01-09 09:29:42 PM

GAT_00: Sensei Can You See: It's a fair comparison.

I'm sorry, did we replace 'batshiat retarded' with 'fair' today?

I explained on what basis I think they made the comparison. Care to explain why you disagree?

Notice I'm not assuming you're stupid.

taurusowner

2012-01-09 09:30:10 PM

Subby must have missed the talking points from 3 years ago.

Any criticism of Barack Obama, his policies, his past, his associates, or his family is racist and will not be tolerated.

StanTheMan

2012-01-09 09:31:22 PM

jaytkay: I take the the latest manufactured outrage among Moran-Americans is some made-up bullshiat about extravagant spending on the part of the First Lady.

Does that mean you people are done being outraged that she suggests maybe your fat-ass children could stand to waddle around outside every once in a while and take a break from the cheetos and Playstation?

Cite needed that people are "outraged."

But making fun of our dreadfully dour First Lady's officiousness about what others eat, as she regularly chows down on fatty foods? That's just fun stuff.

MBooda

2012-01-09 09:31:32 PM

Yes, Mary Antoinette was Austrian, but she was a good Sheila, Bruce, and not at all stuck up.

meanmutton

2012-01-09 09:32:34 PM

I find it amusing that supporters of OWS are so quick to defend the right of particular members of the "1%" (the Obamas, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Warren Buffet) to behave in ways that they claim otherwise to find disgusting.

Honestly, if you want to play up the hypocrisy angle, you'd be better off looking at the huge amounts of money he's thrown at GM, Chrysler, Bank of America, Chase, Comerica, Merril Lynch, etc.

RoyBatty

2012-01-09 09:33:20 PM

Atomic Spunk: Christopher Knight? The same guy who played Peter Brady? If so, good for him for getting that columnist gig.

I think it's the other Chris Knight, the laser guy. Apparently he grew up and became Jerry Hathaway.

Ambivalence

2012-01-09 09:33:48 PM

Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

Yes clearly, because buying nice clothes means she wishes to oppress the masses and is unmoved by the plight of the poor.

Just like Marie Antionette.

Being wealthy is not a sin. Spending money is not a sin. Treating the poor like they're mangy dogs good for nothing but starving is.

Idiot.

Crewmannumber6

2012-01-09 09:36:21 PM

And maps and such

FunkOut

2012-01-09 09:36:51 PM

Sthomps: Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

so does she charge that directly to the national debt or does she first run it through a credit card for the rewards and then expense it to the national debt. because there's no way the obama family has ever had a chance to amass enough personal wealth to purchase clothing.

She should be shopping at Target like Lenny Kravitz.

This About That

2012-01-09 09:37:11 PM

Let them eat broccoli.

Chummer45

2012-01-09 09:37:28 PM

It's funny when racist people being racist pretend that they're not racist.

IlGreven

2012-01-09 09:38:05 PM

meanmutton: I find it amusing that supporters of OWS are so quick to defend the right of particular members of the "1%" (the Obamas, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Warren Buffet) to behave in ways that they claim otherwise to find disgusting.

Really? We find spending money we earned disgusting? Do tell us more about ourselves, so that we may be more enlightened by your wisdom.

Chummer45

2012-01-09 09:38:12 PM

It's funny when racist people being racist accuse others of being racist for calling them racist.

foo monkey

2012-01-09 09:38:33 PM

meanmutton: I find it amusing that supporters of OWS are so quick to defend the right of particular members of the "1%" (the Obamas, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Warren Buffet) to behave in ways that they claim otherwise to find disgusting.

Honestly, if you want to play up the hypocrisy angle, you'd be better off looking at the huge amounts of money he's thrown at GM, Chrysler, Bank of America, Chase, Comerica, Merril Lynch, etc.

Strawman. [Citation Needed].

Mr.Hawk

2012-01-09 09:38:52 PM

I'm just still foggy on how Marie Antoinette got out of that attic after the war.

Sensei Can You See

2012-01-09 09:39:12 PM

Ambivalence: Yes clearly, because buying nice clothes means she wishes to oppress the masses and is unmoved by the plight of the poor.

There's an old saying about not trying to force an analogy to run on all four legs.

If Michelle Obama wants to buy a bunch of clothes or take an expensive vacation she's certainly entitled. But she and her husband occasionally seem to be a bit clueless about how their actions could be interpreted.

Seems to me she could shop for clothes and spend her vacation money a lot more discreetly. Of course they might then be accused of trying to hide things.

The point is that the First Lady and Marie Antoinette share some characteristics -- not ALL characteristics.

StanTheMan

2012-01-09 09:39:21 PM

WaltzingMathilda: Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers.

Mrs. Obama's Separate Hawaii Travel Likely Costs at Least $63,000

White House threw secret 'Alice in Wonderland' bash during recession

As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

Right, because the Obamas have never criticized the lifestyles of the rich and ostentatious. And what "capitalist" job did they actually ever have?

/Parasitic lawyers don't count
/Selling autobiographies about your life sucking on taxpayers' teats don't count
/IAALBNYL

elchip

2012-01-09 09:40:07 PM

Let them eat arugula.

thomps

2012-01-09 09:40:16 PM

it's funny when that girl whitney on the show whitney gets into network televised shenanigans.

MoeSzyslak

2012-01-09 09:40:55 PM

From TFA:

The caricature of Obama as a profligate queen relies on the racist stereotype of an "uppity Negro," which emerged among slave masters in an earlier American era.

I haz an confzd

/whatever helps Peter Brady sleep at night
//uppity negro

apoptotic

2012-01-09 09:41:18 PM

Portraying Michelle Obama as Marie "Let Them Eat Cake" Antoinette may be confusing to those who think the First Lady wants to ban cake and replace it with broccoli.

Twigz221

2012-01-09 09:41:24 PM

meanmutton: I find it amusing that supporters of OWS are so quick to defend the right of particular members of the "1%" (the Obamas, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Warren Buffet) to behave in ways that they claim otherwise to find disgusting.

Honestly, if you want to play up the hypocrisy angle, you'd be better off looking at the huge amounts of money he's thrown at GM, Chrysler, Bank of America, Chase, Comerica, Merril Lynch, etc.

I'm a supporter of the OWS and I find Obama, Baldwin, Gore and Buffet to all be deplorable people. They're all hypocrites. Obama is the worst of all of them. He's a Republican with a D next to his name.

elchip

2012-01-09 09:41:30 PM

StanTheMan: WaltzingMathilda: Sensei Can You See: Mentat: Racist? No, for once. Stupid like the Joker meme? Absolutely.

Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

It would be a fair comparison if the money spent on those clothes came from the tax coffers.

Mrs. Obama's Separate Hawaii Travel Likely Costs at Least $63,000

White House threw secret 'Alice in Wonderland' bash during recession

As it turns out, the Obamas can afford nice things because they fared well in the capitalist system even after paying taxes.

Right, because the Obamas have never criticized the lifestyles of the rich and ostentatious. And what "capitalist" job did they actually ever have?

/Parasitic lawyers don't count
/Selling autobiographies about your life sucking on taxpayers' teats don't count
/IAALBNYL

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, however, totally count.

M3wThr33

2012-01-09 09:41:46 PM

So 'tax payer funded' means what? What random coffer does this fund come out of? Or does any sort of spending that the family does become a slight against everyone else?

thomps

2012-01-09 09:42:01 PM

Sensei Can You See: Ambivalence: Yes clearly, because buying nice clothes means she wishes to oppress the masses and is unmoved by the plight of the poor.

There's an old saying about not trying to force an analogy to run on all four legs.

If Michelle Obama wants to buy a bunch of clothes or take an expensive vacation she's certainly entitled. But she and her husband occasionally seem to be a bit clueless about how their actions could be interpreted.

Seems to me she could shop for clothes and spend her vacation money a lot more discreetly. Of course they might then be accused of trying to hide things.

The point is that the First Lady and Marie Antoinette share some characteristics -- not ALL characteristics.

my mom is like marie antoinette because she is a woman and owns clothing. OFF WITH HER HEAD LOL

Nishu

2012-01-09 09:43:47 PM

This image is really old. Someone from one of the message boards I go to has had it as their signature for probably a year plus. farking annoying is what it is, but racist? I hardly think so.

fusillade762

2012-01-09 09:44:42 PM

thomps: fusillade762: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: thomps: WaltzingMathilda:

Break out the torches and pitchforks!!!

racist.

Frankenstein was black?

thomps

2012-01-09 09:45:05 PM

Nishu: This image is really old. Someone from one of the message boards I go to has had it as their signature for probably a year plus. farking annoying is what it is, but racist? I hardly think so.

it's a matter of perspective. i'm sure most KKK members don't think they're racist either. racist.

Vangor

2012-01-09 09:45:16 PM

What I get from the column is a bunch of stupid people are being stupid with an inaccurate comparison between Michelle and Marie, a misinterpretation of the rationale behind the comparison, and an attempted flexing of literary knowledge despite using a rather famous Holmes line to make a weak joke. F*ck you submitter for making me read this (yes, "making").

BuckTurgidson

2012-01-09 09:45:35 PM

Sucks, your blog does.

jso2897

2012-01-09 09:45:45 PM

taurusowner: Subby must have missed the talking points from 3 years ago.

Any criticism of Barack Obama, his policies, his past, his associates, or his family is racist and will not be tolerated.

Well, "racist" is the "socialist" of the left. It's a bad-sounding word that you apply to things or people you don't like - just as rightists call everything they don't like "socialist"., regardless of whether it even remotely applies.
Same vapid, intellectually dishonest crap, different side of the aisle.

That article, BTW, is about the dumbest thing seen in print since the last time I read an article from WND.

I agree with you

2012-01-09 09:46:29 PM

She is just pissed because Marie Antoinette had her head cut off and is being compared with her. Maybe Michelle likes pancakes with syrup and we should refer to her as Aunt Jemima?

FunkOut

2012-01-09 09:47:15 PM

fusillade762: thomps: fusillade762: thomps: WaltzingMathilda: thomps: WaltzingMathilda:

Break out the torches and pitchforks!!!

racist.

Frankenstein was black?

www.thaswusup.com

theMightyRegeya

2012-01-09 09:47:51 PM

Sensei Can You See: Shrug. They're comparing Marie "let them eat cake" Antoinette to the recent yelling about the Obamas taking an ostentatious, expensive vacation during which Michelle Obama went out and spent more on some clothes than most people make in months. It's a fair comparison.

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