‘Terrorist fist jab’ comments sparks apology — and cancellation

June 10, 2008

The “fist bump” heard round the world has sparked all kinds of media interest, but for sheer stupidity, it’s hard to top Fox News. “America’s Pulse” anchor E.D. Hill did a segment on the Obama gesture late last week, alerting viewers to the various ways in which the affectionate moment between the candidate his wife could be interpreted: “A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?”

The fine folks at Media Matters launched a petition drive yesterday: “Tell Fox News this is appalling and unacceptable, and demand an apology from E.D. Hill.”

Today, it got results. Hill backed off her comments this afternoon.

For those who can’t watch clips online, Hill told viewers, “Want to start the show by clarifying something I said on the show last Friday about an upcoming body-language segment. Now, I mention various ways in the Obamas’ fist-bump in St. Paul had been characterized in the media. I apologize because unfortunately some thought I, personally, had characterized it inappropriately. I regret that. It was not my intention. I certainly didn’t mean to associate the word terrorist in any way with Senator Obama and his wife.”

As apologies go, this is pretty weak tea. She didn’t “mean” to associate the Obamas with being terrorists, she was merely raising the possibility that their hand gesture might be seen as terrorist-like. How could anyone be offended?

Even better, if Hill wants to make ridiculous accusations about Democrats in the future, she’ll have to find a different venue — Fox News announced today that Hill’s show has been cancelled.

TVNewser has learned beginning Monday Live Desk with Martha MacCallum will be expanded to two hours, airing from 1-3pmET. MacCallum will also be getting a co-anchor and a new set. Trace Gallagher joins as co-anchor, while continuing to fill in for Shepard Smith on Studio B and Fox Report. Also starting Monday Live Desk will originate from the FNC newsroom.

America’s Pulse anchored by E.D. Hill goes away, but Hill stays with the network in a capacity to be determined. Hill has been with FNC since 1998.

It’s certainly possible that the timing was coincidental, and I haven’t seen any reports connecting Hill’s cancellation to her ridiculous comments about Obama.

But if Fox News were smart, the network would make the connection in order to gain at least some shred of journalistic credibility.

“…if Fox News were smart,…”

Funny.

  • As apologies go, this is pretty weak tea standard fRiechtard Don’t trust your ears and recordings of what I actually said passive voiced bollocks that is just as offensive as the original comment.

    The folks at FauxNews need to remember that their lord and master is a man of no convictions and a consumate opportunist. If he decides that Brown Squirt bloviating isn’t bringing in the cash it used too Hill will be the first of many professional assholes to get the heave ho.

  • Fox fired a token woman. Big deal. For all their daily talk of crap like this, this is supposed to be a meaningful action?

    Spare. Me.

  • Pretty standard un-apology. “I’m sorry that you thought I did something wrong, even though I did not, in fact, do anything wrong.”

    Politicians and “journalists” use it *all* the time.

  • It’s funny that one end of Faux screams that the Dap is a turrowist fist jab yet on another side, Faux Sports shows MLB games where baseball players do it all the time and the commentators like the brain dead Tim McCarver say nothing about it.

  • “…but for sheer stupidity, it’s hard to top Fox News.”

    Isn’t that true for *every* issue and event?

  • And I, for one, certainly didn’t mean to associate the words “GOP-talking-point propagandist” with Ms. Hill or the television network where she, for a few more days at any rate, hosts a program.

    I regret it. It was certainly not my intention.

  • The “fist bump” can be defined as “the rock” and “the hard place.” It declares that your opponent is “between” those two fists—thus “between a rock and a hard place.” I imagine that to a GOPer network sycophantic wench such as E.D. Hill, it could be defined as a terrorist fist-jab—with the “terrorist” (FOX, Hill, and the GOP as a whole) being “in the middle.”

    But Hill wasn’t fired for what she did on Friday—oh, no sirree. If she had been then the quasi-extinct civility of Hannity and that shrill little man-cub who occupies their prime-time run-up (oh, what was his name—O’Wimp-ly or some such disgusting drivel) would be begging our forgivenesses even now.

    But—they aren’t. Today; tomorrow perhaps, they will once again be venting their vociferous venom of authoritarian I-have-spoken-ness over the masses, declaring their supreme better-than-thou rubbish that goes across—at least in most American homes—about as well as a kitchen sink garbage disposal demonstrating the flu-like symptom of projectile vomiting.

  • This is frightening stuff to me – because of the lack of understanding of how deeply and seriously this can influence voters, especially voters who are still more terrified of 9/11 than they are of getting in an automobile or eating fast food. The actuarials on the two former examples are far higher – but… people don’t drop dead in mass numbers in front of those glowing arches or at auto showrooms.

    If the human mind were primarily rational it would be no problem. What I notice is that Hill repeats the word ‘terrorist’ in her apology. Every first-year communication student learns that repetition of key words is what matters. Not only would Fox’s right-leaning audience hear it as a weak apology, they’d have sympathy for the poor reporter who was being punished by her “liberal” bosses.

    Democrats must respond by pointing out the racist and anti-Muslim frame that is the basis of Hill’s comments – not by complaining about how a “conservative” Fox News reporter mis-spoke.

    Hill’s comments follow in the tradition of words and phrases from the dark past like: “Darkies”, “Shiftless”, “Sex-crazed”, and “Radical”. Each was used to divide people, never to reveal truth or improve humanity. Her words do exactly the opposite.

  • I’m surprised that Fox apologized at all. They were only kidding, right? It’s not like Hill or her ilk would ever try to plant an “Obama = Terrorist” seed in the wide-open minds of Fox viewers. No one in their right minds would take offense at the remark. Right?

    Wrong. It’s all propaganda, all the time. Hill’s excuse for the remark is that she was only repeating something someone else said. She didn’t make it up, so it’s all OK.

    Any resemblance between Fox and journalism is purely coincidental.

  • Amazing but true, even Faux Noise has it lower limits of slime and smear?

    O/T, but relevant to all car and truck drivers:

    We’re being ENRONed again: this time by oil futures contracts speculators who are unnecessarily and very profitably driving up the price of crude oil and hence retail gasoline prices. Curious as to why you are suddenly paying over four dollars a gallon for gasoline? No, it’s not due to “supply-and-demand,” no, it’s not due to “OPEC,” nor is it due to “peak oil.” It’s due to totally unregulated electronic oil futures trading in world markets. Check out the very lucid article that explains the unseen financial machinations in oil futures markets written by F. W. Engdahl on May 2, 2008, entitled, “Perhaps 60% of Today’s Oil Price is Pure Speculation.” It may be viewed at http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/2008/0502.html.

    In a nutshell, he suggests that the Bush Administration dropped the ball in January 2006, when they allowed totally unregulated electronic trading of oil futures contracts in New York. Previously these electronic trades had been made at the London Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures Market. With that decision by the Bush Administration, all of the world’s oil prices were then opened to upward pressure from speculative futures contracts. In essence, oil futures contracts made by speculators, banks, hedge funds and pension funds all competed with real demand on the spot markets and had the effect of driving up both wholesale oil prices and retail gasoline prices. Speculators have made billions of dollars on their trading of oil futures contracts. All of their profits come right out of our pockets.

    Even with a stable oil supply, there is a slow worldwide increase in demand for oil, which creates a long-term upward pressure on oil prices. However, with the relentless saber-rattling and war-mongering by Bush and Cheney in the last several years, and the more recent war talks by McCain and the Israelis, the oil futures markets are rife with speculation and paranoia. This war talk keeps ratcheting up the prices on the oil futures contracts and hence the wholesale spot market prices. It is an endless spiral of greed and paranoia.

    As long as there is no tough and effective oversight of the electronic oil futures markets by the Bush Administration, the oil prices will climb endlessly. These oil prices will be quickly followed by hikes in the retail gasoline prices at the pump. The 60% speculation share of the $4.25/gallon gasoline price, is about $2.55/gallon, which is what we consumers are paying to these oil speculators as a “service fee.” Not a bad “fee,” since the speculators produce no usable goods or services…Just a few large greedy oil futures traders helping themselves to your gas money.

    Without this added-on oil futures “service fee,” you would be paying about $1.75/gallon for gasoline. Write, call or smoke-signal your Representatives and Senators today and suggest that they read the June 2006 report by The U. S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations entitled, “The Role of Market Speculation in Rising Oil and Gas Prices.” Then demand that they investigate and then force the Bush Administration to firmly regulate the computerized oil futures contracts trading in New York, London and Dubai.

  • Even better, if Hill wants to make ridiculous accusations about Democrats in the future, she’ll have to find a different venue — Fox News announced today that Hill’s show has been cancelled.

    If Faux canceled every show that made a ridiculous accusation, wouldn’t it just be 24/7 of dead air?

  • Damn, F.O., that is some mighty impressive, unhinged paranoid raving. Not everyone can get that much nonsense in one rock-solid paragraph…

  • Hill’s the sacrificial lamb. O’Reilly or Hannity would have been spared had this dumb statement come from their cakeholes. Hill’s expendable & Fox is starting to feel some heat from the change in the national zeitgeist…BUT THEY DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. They think this will balance out the next 100 awful things Fox talking heads, instead of being the thing they should always do when their staff says something that dumb.

  • Sayre @ 12: the Bush Administration dropped the ball in January 2006, when they allowed totally unregulated electronic trading of oil futures contracts in New York.

    “Dropped the ball” is probably not quite an accurate description. When oil men (or wannabe oil men, in Bush’s case) enable speculators to drive the price of oil to ridiculous heights of worldwide extortion, it’s not a mistake. It’s exactly what they wanted to do. If they hadn’t taken advantage of their positions to create yet another total cockup that bleeds people dry and enriches their cronies that would have been dropping the ball. What’s amazingly good about these con men is that they manage to do all these horrible things while still maintaining the illusion of seeming obliviousness and incompetence. In fact they’ve been incredibly competent, one might go so far as to say diabolically competent. This oil price fiasco is one of their finest cons yet. Hopefully Cheney will be chuckling so hard his stent will collapse. That may be the best we can hope for.

  • The ‘ Black One ‘ Nostradamus talks about.

    Wow, some stuff, but that is what this debate should shake out. As cruel as some of the actions might be the tack ticks are going to spread to a new spectrum. Will a black cultural clock kick in on that Muslim side of Obama and start up that black heritage?

    Obama is little known and being half black is not a sort of revolution if one considers the ancient blacks kings that ruled early in time. There is the uneasyness and feeling of major tyrantical management of that type of governance appearing in modern times. Thats what I mean about the cultural clock. Very serious freedoms are dismissed by these types of black populist today. Physical slavery was a way of life back then obviously this type of governance is dismissed by current black leadrship. You better believe slavery in America was not anything new in the last two thousand years.

    Only a suggestion to think about but the “fist bump” might have been originated way back during the Vietnam War. Plenty of black white relationships happened during that period. The hand shake transformed into some form of ritual tapping clasping turning. Actually, to me, some it got so carried away it looked like a child like patty cake. patty cake baker man type stuff. Quite elementry school ground stuff. But all this embracing coupled with a spirit of watching your back becuase of the dangers in war was warm and fuzzy and gave a good feeling. But, lately many, many time one could see the professionalism introduce during the basket ball era of Micheal Jordan and his knuckle bump way back then too. Here, I veiw to as an appreciation of team playing at its best moments by a black person and an honor to a white man for his efforts that is knuckle bump. Perhaps a black thing to remember when the aliens come we have a test. LOL.

    For me not sure if Obama is the anti-christ but he certainly is stiring pot of wonder. Just as many hope Obama can do what he said he will with dignity. Not in secret meetings in basement with close friends like the reverend wright. If that continues all the knucle bumping isn’t going to improve the situation America is in.

  • Hill further stated “Senator and Mrs. Obama are not terrorists, as far as I know.”

  • Megalomania, what’s it like to have random words bumping around inside your head like that? I cannot for the life of me make heads or tails of the stuff you write. I think your English as a second language class might have to be taken over again. Sorry to be the one to break the news…

  • At what point does the very serious media have to just say what everyone already knows – that Fox is a Repub mouthpiece. So far, I’ve only seen Olbermann and Matthews (once) say anything to that effect.

    John McCain: Your retirement is too secure as it is, don’t you think?
    John McCain: Can’t poor sick children just get a job already?
    John McCain supporting our troops by keeping them uneducated.

    Why do I put these links in all of my comments? Click Here.

  • Turns out she’s not being fired — her show is canned but she stays with the network to be “reassigned” or somesuch.

  • Hey Steve, you’ve arrived!! Colbert just showed the Caroetbagger Front page about the story of the fist bump!! Congrats and YAY!!! Cool factor just went way up.

  • ED Hill should be arrested.

    There is a limit to freedom of hateful speech.

    Just as comments are deleted here and posters banned when they make unacceptable comments, so should TV people be punished when they step out of line.

  • As Fox anchors go, E.D. Hill is one that’s annoyed me the most. More than most people at that channel, she’s got this kind of breezy “I don’t give a damn whether this is true or not, does harm or good, I’m just happy to seem clever and be on TV” attitude. It occurs to me, however, that being as stupid as she is punishment enough for her.

  • I know victories against the Karl Goebbles propaganda media are small.

    However considering what we have had to listen to since Jimmy Carter became a serious possibility as the next President – any victory for truth, fairness, accruacy or if not any of them just sanity and common sense, – any retreat on their part is welcome.

    Honest and decent people just need to keep pushing against the Bush hate machine, and need to keep finding real news in other places than WH press conferences and MSM.

  • What struck me in E. D. Hill’s response was her use of the word “characterized.” Ms. Hill said the fist-bump “had been characterized in the media” as a terrorist fist-jab. My question is who characterized it that way Ms. Hill? My guess is she heard that “characterization” in the halls of Fox Noise and reported it as though others in the media had said it. Poor taste.

  • I love how she doesn’t make any attempt to actually apologize for what she said. She makes it out to be the only people at fault are the ones who “misinterpreted” it.
    Anyways I’m not really that surprised by it because there’s really just no way to apologize for saying something like that.

  • What is with all the hate for Fox News Channel, the Fair and Balanced arm of the Bush White House?

    They have the funniest shows on tv. I personally can’t watch them, for health reasons, but there are precious few channels nearly as whacked as they are. Granted, like SNL, much of their material misses the mark and seems quite unfunny, but that terrorist fist jab thing deserves some sort of award.

    I am still reeling in my jaw from the floor. I think I pulled something, it dropped so far, so fast. Fortunately, my eyeballs do not pop out anymore, or I’d be looking for them somewhere in the office and getting no work done.

  • It is pretty funny, all of the bashing of Fox News while it is the top rated and most fairly balanced news out there. Even Hillary and her campaign stated that. It is just the Obama leftists that hate to hear the truth. BHO comes from a basis of 20 years of hatred for the government and race baiting that was openly cheered by his fellow parishoners. BHO is full of it. I would not say anything about being a terrorist, that is foolish, but his decision making is poor. You can tell that by the types that he associates with. Stop the hatred and research what BHO is proposing. His spending will kill the economy which he obviously understands little about. “Windfall profits?” Come on. Stop the subsidies but start allowing US to produce its own oil reserves.

  • What E.D Hill said was stupid…..and I can see that there is no love for Fox News here in this forum. However, everywhere else it is the most watched news on TV.
    I am recently back from Iraq, and were it not for Fox News and the support that they actually gave every day, we would have had only the hatred of the war protesters, and distress and defeatism of the liberal press to greet us.
    Fox News more often than not related to our side of the story than that of the protesters, or even the enemy.

  • My, my I think thou dost protest too much. The msnbc loser on at 8 PM can say all kinds of very nasty things about any Republican and The President in particular and nary a word of rebuke from the left. It may be a opinion program but the total lack of decency seems to be OK. If Fox newscasters say anything that can be seen as biased you folks demand apologies or worse. Fox continues to beat the ratings of all you folks, it must tell you something……….

  • After reading some of the comments on this site I just had to respond.
    Did anyone really listen to the show or the video
    During the tease E.D.Hill mentioned the different names by which that gesture are characterized and at no time during the tease did she bring up Obama’s name.

    When the segment came on she then mentioned the gesture between Obama and his wife stating that this is what most people are asking about indicating that people had e mailed asking about this gesture and asked the guest if this was some gesture that young people understand and the guest agreed that it was.
    As that gesture and that of President Bush at the Air Force academy were both mentioned I didn’t see the president getting all bent out of shape saying that E D Hill had implied he was a terrorist.
    Perhaps that is because he isn’t one so he is not so touchy about it.
    If Obama has nothing to hide then why is he and everyone who supports him so easily upset about the least little thing.
    There is no such thing as freedom of the press in this country.
    The left wing liberals have taken that away now and replaced it with dominating the air ways by putting a gag order on anyone who dares to disagree with them. or even does research on something that people are asking questions about
    The media should not allow themselves to be placed in the position of deciding the elections in this country nor should the public sit idly by and let them decide for us.
    This campaign has been focused on making sure this man with no voting record,no experience,and a very questionable past including friends,associates,and family members gets elected.
    We need to ask ourselves one simple question.
    Why is it that every terror sponsoring country seems so happy that he may be our next president.
    That alone is reason enough to not elect him.

  • What Kathy Hayes said….

    ..and why I won’t be voting for “teh Messiah” this election year…

    Hope and change my arse!

  • Everytime someone at Fox News hiccups, liberals foam at the mouth while pointing and screaming. The liberal hatred of Fox News has its roots in their fear that the liberal hold on media has been lost.

    Hint: It has.

    No longer do the standard Democrat talking points dominate news coverage. Fox News has forced all networks to examine their coverage and at least try to match the balance of Fox.

    Anything that angers liberals is great in my book. So, Fox News? Two thumbs up!

  • I am so sorry about e.d. hill losing her program. I have watched it and many other specials she has anchored. She is a credible and worthy news source and I will miss her program. I think it is a shame that you have to watch every “p” and “q” for fear of being fired. Who is really behind this?

    I have heard worse from Sean Hannity (no offense to Sean I love his show also)

  • ED Hill-I have been watching you for 10 years-Fox&friends etc–I’m soooo sorry to have you off the network. I’m 65-I heard your comment-I never felt it was offensive-I am really looking forward to see you back on air-probably as soon as elections are over–May I also share with you-FOX NEWS CHANNEL has made sooo many other errors-as far as over 340 condo owners-so maybe 900+ people think–We are the few conservatives in Multnomah County-There are hardly any of us!!–BUT we are MODERATE!!! Portland Oregon is sooo LEFT–It is socialistic!!-ALSO ask the people at the channel why they spend monet to produce & broadcast ‘RED EYE’ It is HORRIBLE!!

  • I really like ED Hill and she is one of the sharpest journalist that is on the air. She can discuss world affairs, and any subject that is being discussed. It seems strange that her show would be cancelled for a slip of the tongue. It seems odd that the conservatives get treated differently than the Liberals, of course what else is new, it has always been that way and now even FOX is giving into the LIBERALS. ED has done a great job on her latest show and she did a great job on FOX and FRIENDS although I felt like she was in a rut on that show and thought the change was good. She seems like a down home girl, can relate to all people and she is also a very classy lady. Sorry to see her show cancel. Remember if youall let her go completely, you will probably regret it, as she will have no problem getting her a great job!

  • All of this nonsense just confirms that the media in all its forms (including Fox News) considers Obama untouchable. It is appalling that the great New York Times can publish outright lies about our president and receive litlle, if any, dissapproval, and the liberal networks, which continuously offer up editorials disguised as news, push to elect a socialist as our next president and receive no criticism from the rest of the “drive-by media”. E.D. Hill is no more opinionated than 90% of the news people on T.V. – including Fox’s own Hannity and Colmes. At least Dan Rather’s boss stood by him. Why are they so afraid of offending the Obama people? Certainly no one seems to be worried about offending Christians or political conservatives.

    Political correctness has stiffled conservatism and Fox News! Fox would be wise to find another spot for E.D. Hill before they lose her dedicated fans, including this writer. Many of Fox’s other anchors are luke-warm readers only.

  • E.D.Hill is being treated like a criminal by the liberals. Did anyone get upset when Dingy Harry (Reid) called President Bush a loser and all the other vile names coming out of the mouths of the other liberal politicians. Double standard. If Obama and his wife can’t stand the heat, they should get out of the kitchen. Is everything said about them off-limits? We have yet to see the truth about them.

  • yOU HAVE OVERREACTED LIKE AN INJURED CHILD. hILL IS PROVEN QUALITY ON A NETWORK THAT GOES OVERBOARD FOR FAIRNESS COMPARED TO THE MORE LIBERAL BIG THREE. tHAT A LIBERAL ORGANIZATION CAN BRING DOWN THIS HARD WORKING MOTHER IS A TRAVESTY. gET HILL BACK ON THE AIR AND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA’S.

  • ED Hill is most interesting person that I have ever heard. It appears that FoxNews wants to change their image and get Obama on the air with the show. Maybe there are of employess that resented her status in the industry.. I want her back on the air. Fox is not my friend anymore.

  • I think FOX is nuts for firing ED Hill. She is a Dem. but I still liked her. I watched her every day. I DO NOT like Obama, I thnk he will sell us out and the terrorist want him to be President. Bring back ED, John Gibson and Laura Dhue. John told it like it was.

  • The NIGGER Obama is a terrorist muslim traitor to America! He’s a marxist scumbag! His old lady is just as bad as he is!

  • And besides E.D.Hill has the best pantyhosed legs on television! So bleeding heart liberals go hug a tree and shut up!

  • There is a limit to free speech in America? E. D. Hill did no more than broadcasters on CNN. I tell you who has free speech in our country and that is the terrorist among us. What about alll of those who have been allowed to leave the country only to go on and kill our troops? What about the Muslim schools in Virginia that are financed by Saudi Arabia? It is a known fact that they are teaching hatred against America in those schools. What about the hatred being spewed in the mosques in this country, our country, And you say there is a limit to free speech in America? Only to the Americans in our own country.

    E. D. Hill loves America and she is wonderful at what she does. I am ashamed that Fox News is willing to fire her, if indeed that is their decision. She is a true American patriot and I, for one, hate to see that happen. So much for freedom of speech.

  • It simply amazes me at the number of people who know all about the slightest perceived non-politically correct phrase and have unfounded opinions regarding every subject they have heard a fifteen second newsbite about. All these people who are so concerned with Mr. Obama should take a lot closer look at the man and his cohorts. It is a shame that Fox News took the drastic measure of cancelling Ms. Hills show when it and so many other “news” outlets allow the unfounded opinions and spins fabricated by their own personell and the “guest experts” daily with no vetting and no accountability. E.D., I’ll miss your wit.

  • The left really cracks me up. They dominate the video and paper media and yet they still complain. When are we going to stop this endless cycle of leftist political correctness. Ms Hill made an error in judgement that is all. She apologized. It merely ends there. You don’t like it…don’t watch. Mr. Obama has been part of a radical raving anti american lunatic church for 20 years, yet his judgement is not in question. WHAT A CROCK. The book should have been called. The audacity of being Obama. Fox news is the only source for a resemblence of balance. Everything else has no balance..its all Obama. And yet the left still complains. I liked E.D. People should respond to put her back on the air.

    And to media matters, and moveon.org ….seig heil

  • OMG!
    I didn’t realize I was in the pasture with dumb ignorant sheep! My mistake, I apologize for responding. Fox is too conservative. Let’s evaluate this. What are CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC? They are balanced? Chris Matthews says Obama talking gives him tingles up and down his leg? Keith Olberman tells the President of the U.S. to “shut the hell up” because he dared to differ with Obama? Dan Rather mistakenly call Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden with not even an on-the-air correction. (lets not even acknowledge it and the sheep will still graze undisturbed). Frank Rich of the NYT currently refers to Obama as the President -Elect. Nancy Pelosi calls Bush a “total failure” and when asked why Congress has the lowest approval rating in 30+ years and is lower than Bush’s’ approval rating, she is quick to blame the republicans? But weren’t they supposed to usher in a new era of “change”? To reach across the isle and achieve great things? Sure. Baa. Baa Baa to all you hypocritical demoRat sheep. The real problem is the republicans have gotten weak, and allowed the demorats to use political correctiveness to usher in a new agenda.

    More talk of income redistribution via taxes on those whose earn more than 250K. After all,hard-working people who fought the system, went to school, pay school loans, and fight to try and give their children more than what they have, have to support those who can’t. This is not a government expense. No its a democrat tax funded population burden. My ancestors didn’t have welfare to bail them out, and they wouldn’t have taken it. They had pride in achieving for themselves. The modern demorat needs to sustain the poor classes via legislation designed to entrap them and then they can continue to vote demorat.

    Change…that’s right. Hope. How audacious! Little combo of JFK and Reagan. Litte bit of ..”I challenge us to within 10 years to be less fossil fuel dependant, more clean alternate”. Sure Obama, we dumb ignorant Americans aren’t already working on that.! ….And in a little repeat of the JFK in Berlin, spiced with a little Ronnie…We have to tear down these walls stuff,…… And The Obama wag-the-dog campaign just might work. The first successful Hollywood screenplay to put an otherwise unknown into the Whitehouse.

    History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid..Gen. D. Eisenhower.

    I am one who stands for this country. I give the benefit of the doubt first to OUR traditional values, (not the new Euro model one the demorats want) in order to protect our citizens, BEFORE I give them to enemy combatants or to those who are opposed to Freedom and liberty. Remember it was a Democrat who said we will support any friend and oppose any foe to preserve liberty wherever it is threatened. The political left have forgotten that, and would have you believe that we are the enemy and not the Taliban. They tell you Islamic terrorism is a republican myth, yet it is not U.S. soldiers exploding suicide car bombs in crowded shopping malls and in public places. We cherish the lives of our children. But if you believe this, then you just might believe in the audacity of hope.

  • I certainly miss E.D.- Hopefully, Fox will bring her back soon. Maybe that fairness doctrine that is keeping Oberman on the air can help her. Is this American?? not really, it is the Democrat America run by Queen Nancy and her ilk.

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