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Erickson: "I'm starting to think Barack Obama is Kenyan for Herbert Hoover"

July 05, 2010 4:26 pm ET by Media Matters staff

From CNN contributor and RedState.com editor-in-chief Erick Erickson's Twitter account:

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    • Author by eweston8542983 (July 05, 2010 4:33 pm ET)
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      Hur hur hur...starting to think. Real knee slapper there.
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    • Author by dkylep (July 05, 2010 4:36 pm ET)
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      Just like others are starting to think that Erik Erikson means "Ignorant, self-serving, deluded man without a shred of decency or honesty in his body."
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    • Author by vysotsky (July 05, 2010 4:37 pm ET)
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      If you're going to even try that 'joke', you might want to note that the language is Swahili or Kiswahili, because you see... oh, never mind.
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      • Author by juliajayne1 (July 05, 2010 4:49 pm ET)
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        English (a language apparently largely unfamiliar to Erick) is also one of the official languages spoken in Kenya. Every Kenyan I've ever met seems to have mastered it much better than boyfriend in any case.
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    • Author by mmfa.fan (July 05, 2010 4:40 pm ET)
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      With comments like this, hopefully CNN is starting to rethink their hiring practices.
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      • Author by nerzog (July 06, 2010 8:59 am ET)
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        One would hope. However, I think their pandering to the Troglodytes will probably continue, since truly objective reporting invariably incites accusations of "Liberal Bias".
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    • Author by New Frontier (July 05, 2010 4:42 pm ET)
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      I've long known that Erick Erickson is Wingnut for trite teabag-isms.
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 05, 2010 4:51 pm ET)
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      He's just as odious on CNN as he was on the city council here in Macon, GA. His term ends in November, and I'm so glad he's busy lying on CNN and Twitter that he's absent from crucial discussions/meetings on the city budget and on health insurance adjustments for city retirees. He could always be counted on to alienate some group and to inflame already tense situations.
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      • Author by juliajayne1 (July 05, 2010 5:06 pm ET)
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        I'll see your odious and raise you a malodorous, in describing this detestable, execrable and abominable being.

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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 05, 2010 4:53 pm ET)
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      Erickson needs a lesson in U.S. History if he thinks President Obama is Hoover. It is the republicans and conservadems like Nelson who are Hoover personified in their actions/words/beliefs during this recession.
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 05, 2010 5:49 pm ET)
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        I wonder if Erickson is writing here occasionally, using the name "egb"; just a few days ago (http://mediamatters.org/blog/201007020001), he wrote this hauntingly similar piece of idiocy:

        In all other recessions and depressions in our history (prior to government interference starting in 1929) the economy healed itself. With the advent of government "help" (Hoover,FDR, and now Obama) we can expect long periods of no growth just like the 1930's. (my emphasis)


        If Erickson and egb are different, then there are two people nutty enough to equate Hoover with Obama, and they managed to do it at virtually the same time. What are the chances?
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        • Author by cst (July 05, 2010 8:32 pm ET)
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          Or Erickson just swiped his material from a random internet troll.
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    • Author by steeve (July 05, 2010 5:08 pm ET)
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      So Erickson is now on record pleading for Obama to institute much greater government involvement in the crisis, building up large new social programs that will define the next several generations.
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    • Author by MidnightWriter (July 05, 2010 5:30 pm ET)
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      Instead of creating false definitions maybe Erick should try his hand at real word games. Anagrams for instance.

      Take his Twitter name, ewerickson. Rearrange it and you get Wicker Nose.

      Not all that good, but it makes a lot more sense than comparing Obama to Hoover.
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 05, 2010 6:54 pm ET)
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        Wicker Nose isn't bad, but I'd go for Noise Wreck.

        Maybe Worsen Icke, or Sick Weenor, or Rockie News.
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      • Author by OtterQueen (July 05, 2010 8:07 pm ET)
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        I saw that and thought "Ew. Erickson."
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    • Author by MiniTru (July 05, 2010 5:42 pm ET)
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      I'm starting to think Erick Erickson is American for dumbass.
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    • Author by Romario (July 05, 2010 5:52 pm ET)
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      Someone please tell this moron called Erickson that there is no language called "Kenyan"...most people from Kenya speak English and Swahili.

      Idiot.
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    • Author by Hamburgler (July 05, 2010 6:08 pm ET)
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      I just finished reading "A Slobbering Love Affair" By Bernard Goldberg. It was quite excellent reading. I suggest it to both Liberals and Conservatives.
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      • Author by New Frontier (July 05, 2010 6:18 pm ET)
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        Goldberg attacks Media Matters without addressing falsehoods in A Slobbering Love Affair
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      • Author by MidnightWriter (July 05, 2010 6:20 pm ET)
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        Ol' Bernie Goldberg. Is there anybody left with more than two brain cells that really cares about his opinion since Jon Stewart smacked him around?
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        • Author by soze169880 (July 05, 2010 6:45 pm ET)
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          Well, that one guy who claimed he was inspired by him to shoot up a Unitarian church. I wonder if that's our troll, with a wireless connection in prison. If not, he must be one of the other five people in the country who buy Goldberg's books.
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        • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 05, 2010 8:15 pm ET)
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          I'm always impressed by the wingnuts who visit a site exposing right wing propaganda, and recommend right wing propaganda. Do they understand that most are here because they're not stupid enough to buy the garbage being sold by the likes of Goldberg ?

          I've seen Goldberg in five minute interviews on TV and radio, and he's never been able to maintain any credibility or integrity ( by my standards, anyway) through any of these. It's scary to imagine the person who could read an entire book of his drivel and not catch on.
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          • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 05, 2010 8:16 pm ET)
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            ps to DellDolly, if you happen by here; Yes, everybody understands exactly what b1c2 is doing, and we all know exactly what we're doing. Take a break.
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            • Author by DellDolly (July 06, 2010 12:07 am ET)
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              Clueless person that you're being here, you would say something like that - clearly you all DO NOT know what you're doing.

              This poster was LOOKING for negative attention.

              When you all give it to him, HE wins, and you all lose. He's the successful one, and you're the ones who are doing damage to the efforts of this site by diluting the message and distracting yourselves from actual issues.
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              • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 06, 2010 2:07 am ET)
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                He wins when you take him seriously. We have fun. I can't believe you haven't figured this out yet, Delldolly. You should stop letting these trolls get the best of you. This isn't rocket science.
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                • Author by JoeSixpack (July 06, 2010 10:51 am ET)
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                  Many have tried to explain it to her, while, to my knowledge, no one has ever said "Yeah, DD, you're so right! We should all do as you say regarding the trolls!" She is undeterred by legitimate criticism. She is undeterred by a complete lack of support for her approach (which she doesn't even practice herself). She's a lost cause.

                  This poster was LOOKING for negative attention.

                  When you all give it to him, HE wins, and you all lose.

                  ..and yet, miraculously, when DD gives a poster "negative attention," (which she does a lot) she wins, and he loses! It's really quite miraculous. It's like every time she posts, she rends the fabric of space-time.
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            • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 9:24 am ET)
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              Amen, Andy Kreiss.

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      • Author by bilbo_dies (July 05, 2010 6:43 pm ET)
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        I just finished reading "A Slobbering Love Affair" By Bernard Goldberg.

        And that brings to mind:

        "A fool and his money is soon parted."
        "No one has ever gone broke from underestimating the intelligence of the American consumer."
        "Etc, Etc"
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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (July 05, 2010 6:57 pm ET)
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        I just finished reading "A Slobbering Love Affair" By Bernard Goldberg.

        Gee, thanks for the commercial. It gets so boring and predictable expecting the posters to remain on topic.
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      • Author by internet soldier (July 05, 2010 7:27 pm ET)
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        When you delibarately misinform yourself by gullibly taking the words a discredited hack like Jonah Golberg as gospel, there's nothing anyone here can do to help you.
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        • Author by MiniTru (July 06, 2010 8:20 am ET)
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          Well, in this case the discredited hack is Bernard GOldberg, but your point is taken.
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          • Author by internet soldier (July 06, 2010 5:51 pm ET)
               
            Sorry, got my poor, victimized, wingnuts mixed up.
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      • Author by cst (July 05, 2010 8:39 pm ET)
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        "I just finished reading "A Slobbering Love Affair"..."
        You should try actually HAVING a slobbering love affair. Frankly, it's way more productive than reading some poorly written right-wing propaganda...and a LOT more fun!
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      • Author by bintx (July 06, 2010 9:22 am ET)
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        You're quoting Bernie Goldberg? The idiot who wrote the book that the nutjob who entered a church during a children's program and opened fire was attempting to fulfill? Bernie Goldberg, who has been criticized repeatedly for including truncated and edited "quotes" to prove whatever point he wishes to make . . . never mind that the REAL, unadulterated quotes meant exactly the OPPOSITE of what Goldberg was trying to say?

        I would suggest that intelligent people not read ANY of these dishonest books AT ALL. Political ideology notwithstanding.
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    • Author by grmce (July 06, 2010 1:49 am ET)
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      I get the feeling that Mr. Erickson is so thick that he doesn't realise how much his narcissistic, smart alec comments make him look like a thickhead.
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