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Drudge claims Malia Obama's "peacenik T-shirt sends message to G8 leaders"

July 09, 2009 9:21 am ET by Media Matters staff

From the July 9 edition of The Drudge Report:

Malia Obama on Drudge Report

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    • Author by DAWUSS (July 09, 2009 9:29 am ET)
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      Wait... I thought kids were off limits...
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      • Author by captfoster2 (July 09, 2009 9:37 am ET)
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        No...no...no... DAWUSS...

        Only the kids of Republican's or right-wing fanatics are off limits...

        Or didn't you get the memo?

        Of course, Malia has put herself out there and so deserves to be cast into the spotlight.

        Well, at least I see that as the coming excuse as this gains traction in the corporate owned media.
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    • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 09, 2009 9:41 am ET)
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      I think the message it sends is that Malia Obama is in favor of peace, and isn't afraid to show it. (By comparison, I suppose the Bush twins could have worn t-shirts advertising their favorite brand of booze.) What's more, Malia--who is very bright and knows she's in the public eye--is sending this message to everyone, not just and certainly not specifically to G8.

      Do you suppose that Drudge will ever get it through his hat that "peace" and "peacenik" are not negatives?
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    • Author by bintx (July 09, 2009 9:45 am ET)
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      Actually, what this is saying is that Malia is a normal pre-teen wearing current fashion. Go to your local mall. You'll find peace symbol earrings, purses, t-shirts, jackets, necklaces . . . it's the style. Don't think Malia gives a rip or even KNOWS the significance, she's just wearing what all of her friends are wearing.
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      • Author by twseattle (July 09, 2009 10:13 am ET)
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        Either that or skulls (at least for boys), what kind of message would he try to make out of that?
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 09, 2009 10:21 am ET)
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        I think you're selling her short, bintx. I have little doubt that Malia does know and care about what a peace sign is. It may be fashionable and popular, but she's much too bright not to understand (and support) its significance.

        Malia's probably fully aware of what the sleazy right-wing media tried to make of her mother's sleeveless dress and her father's lack of a flag pin, so I'm sure she knows what she's doing when she chooses to wear something with an obvious symbolic connotation.
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        • Author by lookoutoftheyard2251 (July 09, 2009 10:51 am ET)
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          I agree that Malia probably knows full-well what the peace symbol means, but I doubt she knows about most of the right-wing attacks against her parents. I think the Obamas are smart enough to keep the politics out of parenting, so to speak. If the right-wing attacks affected how the Obamas acted or what they wear, like the flag pin, that's one thing. But no kid wants to hear the awful things being said about their parents, and if they don't affect the family in any way, why tell the kids about it?
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      • Author by clams casino (July 09, 2009 10:58 pm ET)
           
        I guarantee you that she knows what a peace sign is. And she surely knows the significance of wearing one. All kids aren't the mindless lemmings that you make them out to be.
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (July 09, 2009 9:45 am ET)
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      Wow. PEACE. What a radical a dangerous idea to spread.

      Hey CON'S: THIS is why you people lost, and will continue to lose. You let idiots like Drudge speak for you, and they say stupid things like this!!!

      Kick the idiots like Drudge, Savage and Limbaugh to the curb and maybe people will eventually stop thinking you're ALL as stupid as they are!
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    • Author by worrierking (July 09, 2009 9:52 am ET)
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      God forbid we send signals that we'd rather live in peace with the rest of the world.

      What a douchebag!


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    • Author by harley (July 09, 2009 10:07 am ET)
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      Would Eggman Drudge and the teabaggers be happy if she was wearing a t-shirt with a mushroom cloud, or of abu ghraib, or of the Vietnamese girl covered in napalm? Jebus, you reich-wing scum are pathetic.
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    • Author by walstib (July 09, 2009 11:02 am ET)
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      Next story will be about the "thug" to her left and isn't she too young to be dating him and why is he wearing a wife-beater, is he abusing Mahlia and why does Obama support the abuse of his daughter?
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    • Author by lewislaw7153 (July 09, 2009 11:40 am ET)
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      Yes she did, a wonderful message and isn't she a beautiful child, just like her Mother. .

      And the message is P-E-A-C-E!! A 'word' not contained in the neocon chickenhawk dictionary!!
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    • Author by Tbone Slickens (July 09, 2009 12:27 pm ET)
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      I'd be more concerned with being seen with a guy wearing a wife beater tee shirt!
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      • Author by harley (July 09, 2009 12:31 pm ET)
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        If you're talking about the guy in the yellow shirt, that is not a "wife beater" t-shirt.

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        • Author by Tbone Slickens (July 09, 2009 12:37 pm ET)
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          You can see the beater beneath the yellow shirt. Pardon my ignorance if this is some kind of "in" style!
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          • Author by harley (July 09, 2009 4:00 pm ET)
               

            You seem quite obsessed with his wardrobe. Run with it, girlfriend.
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          • Author by JoeSixpack (July 09, 2009 4:34 pm ET)
               
            Y'know, when I was a kid, before I had ever even heard the term "wife beater," we just called 'em undershirts. As in, a shirt you wear under your regular shirt. Which is exactly what he's doing. Go figure.
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            • Author by Tbone Slickens (July 10, 2009 9:19 am ET)
                 
              There are two kinds of undershirts. The sleeved and sleeveless (wife beater).

              Someone gave me a mens style book in college. Interestingly enough, the preferred undershirt for the well healed up and coming male was the beater? Go figure!

              That may be fine for globe trotting world leaders kids, but try wearing the beater down south and you'll quickly find you need that extra yard of cloth to help with moisture control!
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              • Author by clams casino (July 10, 2009 11:07 pm ET)
                   
                I have no idea what that last sentence is supposed to mean, but didn't you start this silliness by claiming that Malia should be more concerned about being seen with a guy in a wife beater? And now you're saying that it's the preferred undershirt for the well-healed? Um...huh?
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              • Author by clams casino (July 10, 2009 11:07 pm ET)
                   
                I have no idea what that last sentence is supposed to mean, but didn't you start this silliness by claiming that Malia should be more concerned about being seen with a guy in a wife beater? And now you're saying that it's the preferred undershirt for the well-healed? Um...huh?
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              • Author by clams casino (July 10, 2009 11:16 pm ET)
                   
                I have no idea what that last sentence is supposed to mean, but didn't you start this silliness by claiming that Malia should be more concerned about being seen with a guy in a wife beater? And now you're saying that it's the preferred undershirt for the well-healed? Um...huh?
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 09, 2009 12:33 pm ET)
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        So tell us: what do you do when you're seen with one?
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