Idiots: Just heard on CBS Up to the Minute: "The President has never stepped so confidently into

[merrily]

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his Kenyan past."

The only Kenyan past the President has is as a visitor. Perhaps the voice over meant to refer to the President's paternal Kenyan roots?

Was this an unintentional poor choice of words or an intentional subtle birther reference,

Either way, it was bad news, literally and figuratively.


ETA: I should have specified: This was not the anchor speaking live, but a video prepared in advance of the broadcast. Whether CBS prepared it, we'll probably never know. However, it probably had to pass through a process involving more than one person before hitting the airwaves.

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. I'm guessing they mean Kenyan *ancestry*. Which he DOES have.

But who knows.

[merrily]

11. If striving for accuracy, yes, that's what they meant to say. Yet, they said something else.

The OP should have specified, this was a video aired during the broadcast, not the anchor speaking live. I will edit.

[Kablooie]

2. I choose to believe the phrasing was deliberate.

[JHB]

4. And if it wasn't deliberate it just shows how thoroughly...

...that idiocy wormed its way into Beltway thinking and jargon.

[merrily]

10. For once, I worked a thread from the bottom up. So, please see Reply 8, below.

[delrem]

3. IMO it would have been nice if Obama had done this earlier in his presidential career.

Used it as a springboard to advance better relations with Africa. He could've done it in SA as well, he had the overwhelming political capital. Instead there was only the festering "birther" meme that went on and on, a meme that befits nothing above the level of Donald Trump and Pat Buchanan.

[merrily]

9. During his first term, it would have created a shitstorm of mammoth proportions.

I think the only reason it does not do so as much now is that he cannot run again and the 2016 primary is underway, which gives the Republicans, if not bigger fish to fry, then at least more timely fish.

[Journeyman]

5. You weren't expecting intelligence from television news, were you? . . .

I always give them the benefit of absolutely no doubt: They're all idiots and corporate stooges. Some are simply less offensive than others.

Once you accept that reality, you can appreciate that The Daily Show isn't so much satire as simple observation.

[merrily]

8. Thing is, msm are both stupid and evil, so one can never be entirely certain.

[Journeyman]

14. As I said, idiots and stooges. The only possible response is to not watch them . . .

The last time I watched that crap, ABC was playing "hostage music" every night and rolling up some idiotic daily score to keep the interest fresh. And that was over 36 years ago. Try it. Your life can only get better when your mind is not stultified by senseless pollution.

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds." ~ Bob Marley

[pinboy3niner]

6. I demand to see his Kenynan long-form birth certificate!

[merrily]

7. Have you tried searching http://www.theonion.com/ ?

[LeftOfWest]

12. They step confidently into their racist present

every day of their effing transparent bigoted lives.

[merrily]

13. I don't remember anyone referring to Tony Bennett's Italian "past," rather than heritage.

So, you make a good point.

[pinboy3niner]

15. Don't forget Dean Martin. He's cosmopolitan and eels are cosmopolitan.

Therefore, when Dean sings he's a moray.

[merrily]

16. LOL, you had to work some for that one, didn't you?

BTW, eels are cosmopolitan?

[pinboy3niner]

17. I saw that on wiki

But I must be slipping. My best joke on this song was on MFM...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018415405#post4

[merrily]

23. Not bad, not bad at all. merrily likey

[MBS]

19. spot on. n/t

[MBS]

18. Sigh.

[BeyondGeography]

20. He has always lacked confidence in who he was

Nice to see him finally hitting his stride.

[merrily]

21. He danced. Michelle says he sings better that she, but she dances better.

So, yeah, he had to pluck up his courage.

[DhhD]

22. In our local CBS Station, the news anchors read prepared statements that are based on RW

extremism. It is the usual way that CBS skews the truth in my opinion. Its like CBS and Faux are producing a skewed baby at every evening news show.

[merrily]

24. This voice over was part of a canned video. Only heaven knows who

makes one of those.