Malkin touts exposure of Clinton Asian-American donors who she says were "smellier than stinky tofu"
In an October 24 column -- posted on National Review Online (NRO) and Townhall.com -- noting recent coverage by the Los Angeles Times and the New York Post of certain contributions to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign by Asian-Americans, right-wing pundit and nationally syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin referred to "Hillary campaign contributors" who were "smellier than stinky tofu."
From her column:
Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu. One Asian donor admitted to the Los Angeles Times "to lacking the legal-resident status required for giving campaign money." Another, Hsiao Wen Yang, told the New York Post she was reimbursed for her $1,000 donation - setting off clear alarm bells over yet another possible straw donor scheme on the heels of Norman Hsu-gate.
The headline of Malkin's column on NRO read: "A Time to Discriminate: 'Profile' foreign donors? Of course!"
Malkin also wrote:
"I'm going to keep reaching out to everybody in our country. I want to be a president to everybody," said a defiant Hillary in defense of her indiscriminate fundraising. "Asian-Americans in Chinatown and Flushing have the same right to contribute as every other American," Howard Wolfson, a campaign spokesman, told several newspapers. "We do not ethnically profile donors."
"Ethnic profiling" is the rhetorical bugaboo the Clintons hope will stave off more investigations and invocations of Asian-American donor scandals past. Learning well from their far-left minority counterparts, these Asian-American groups have tried to turn the debate away from candidate and donor responsibility to the collective "rights" of the entire Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
Malkin concluded: "If it's 'ethnic profiling' to be extra-careful of Chinatown donors who can't speak English, live in dilapidated buildings, have never voted, can't tell Hillary Clinton from Hunan Chicken or simply can't be found, then 'ethnic profiling' should be the standard procedure of every responsible campaign."
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That's how I interpret what Malkin said.
I think she meant that it was strange that all these poor folks have so much money to give her, but Malkin is not a woman of few words.
"I think she meant..."
Here we go again with the "here's what Malkin/Limbaugh/Beck/Coulter really meant".
What she clearly said was specifically and directly aimed at "dishwashers, cooks.. and [Clinton] contributors". They are smelly.
Malkin (emphasis mine): "Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu. "
Yeah, she said low-income Asian-Americans smell bad. Not sure why you wish to defend this notion.
Yeah, she said low-income Asian-Americans smell bad. Not sure why you wish to defend this notion.
Yet another racist right-wing comment....
If it's racist comment then who is it racist against? People like herself? Maybe "smelly tofu" is the equivalent in the Asian political punditry community as the word "nigga" in the black gangsta' rap scene. I am woefully out of touch with popular culture so I really can't be sure.
So you don't think minorities can be racist towards their own group? Do you think it is just fine to call Clarence Thomas and "Uncle Tom"? A "house n*gger"?
If that is okay with you, then I don't think you should have a problem with Malkin either.
But there IS a difference - Clarence Thomas IS an Uncle Tom.
It is racist, because of her woeful ignorance for one. Tofu is eaten primarily by the Japanese, and it is a Japanese word. If she wants to lump all Asians together, including herself, then that's exactly what she's doing here. One might as welll say 'fried chicken' when referring to African-Americans, because it's as much a misguided stereotype. The woman is a second-rate Ann Coulter, and that is not saying much, is it?
"Yet another racist right-wing comment...."
Great. Quote me and then say that. Thanks a lot.
Almost as bad is Malkin's comparison to "Hunan chicken" further down in the article. These people are just gratuitous bigots, aren't they?
Has Malkin ever looked in the mirror? What if someone used epithets to compare her to something Asian?-- she'd freak.
Also forgotten-- people would be amazed how much money those "Chinese dishwashers" (itself a racist image) are able to save honestly. Bill Clinton was loved all over the world so the idea of common "foreigners" giving money to Hillary is not far fetched at all.
So you actually think immigrant workers from China, many of whom will live the rest of their lives working in slave labor to pay off their transport out of China, have saved thousands of dollars to give in a political primary season? You don't find it to be the least bit suspicious? Have you ever been to Chinatown in any city? I love NYC, and I love the Chinatown neighborhood, but there are a lot of shady people there doing shady things.
I love NYC, and I love the Chinatown neighborhood, but there are a lot of shady people there doing shady things.
The same thing could be said about K Street in Washington DC, where all the lobbyists have their offices.
Except I don't care for DC all that much.
Honestly though, a lot of Chinatown is controled by organized crime in one form or another. It's the only ethnic/immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan that continues to grow. It's taken over Little Italy. And while they live adjacent to some of the most expensive neighborhoods in the world, the inhabitants are not wealthy immigrants. For the most part, they're dirt poor, and they're completely disconnected from the rest of the country and therefore disinterested when it comes to national politics. English probably isn't even the third or fourth most understood language in the neighborhood.
Anyone who thinks this doesn't at least look suspicious is allowing their bias to cloud their judgement. It may very well be on the level, but it doesn't look remotely so.
I am with you on that. There should be an investigation. It just doesn't make any sense.
Sorry. That should have been directed at Dave-Chicago, who was defending the racist remark made by Michelle Malkin. You and I are on the same page here. I apologize for any misunderstanding.
It’s so typical of you idiots to cry racism or bigotry when democrats get caught with their hand in the cookie jar instead of focusing on Malkin’s point…Clinton is receiving illegal campaign contributions from people who don’t have the money or inclination to make campaign contributions that large. Nice attempt at misdirection though.
Didn't Senator Clinton return $7,000 in dubious campaign contributions?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/us/politics/20donate.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1193330158-LeFCWWN0lYbdF5kVwFjK8g
And didn't she return $850,000 in donations relate to Mr. Hsu? I don't know if these were illegal. My reading of the news was that she returned them because she thought they might be tainted. Have you any facts, or are you powered by sheer Hillary-Hatred?The donations may indeed be illegal. If Malkin had simply stated that, no one would have taken issue with it. It is the pointless and gratuitous racism that I think people object to.
If Malkin was more intelligent, she would learn to make a point without making an a$$ of herself at the same time.
"Not sure why you wish to defend this notion."
I'm not sure why in the world you'd say that was a defense of that, except that you're in need of a buying a clue or two.
Amending what I wrote above:
It didn't occur to me until just now that you actually agree with Malkin's grotesque remark.
Turns out you need way more than just a clue.
She said Asians stink. Dave defended her words. I asked him why he supported her. I guess my sentence was clumsy. Sorry.
For the record, I am anti-rascism.
She said Asians stink. Dave defended her words. I asked him why he supported her.
Ignatvo, Dave was not defending Michelle. In fact he started out by saying here we go again in response to Dex's post where he says "I think she meant that ". It has become very common for some who post here to try to explain what right wing nut jobs like Michelle, Rush and Bill say by using the phrase 'what she really meant'.
the first poster is was just having a spot of fun. This is the place for him to say what he took from Malkin's comments. Dave is just trying to stir up trouble. Anyone who posts here could craft a post almost guaranteed a response...even if it was negative. Dave is one of a handfull who do this daily. He needs friends.
Damn conservatives ...if we want dish washers to donate 1/2 their yearly pay to our cause. Then it is time to celebrate! If 2 yr old children give, I say they should give more.
"smellier than stinky tofu"
who cares.....
Gotta admit. Can't argue with that sort of vivid, excellent writing. She really paints a picture. How long do you think she had to dig through her thesaurus before she settled on "stinky?"
How long do you think she had to dig through her thesaurus before she settled on "stinky?"
She probably didn't even have to do that. Monday night on the Travel Channel, Andrew Zimmern ate some stinky tofu on his "Bizarre Foods" program. The phrase may have stuck in her little pea-sized mind.
"Can't argue with that sort of vivid, excellent writing."
From the second sentence in the offending column: "Boo-freaking-hoo." Pulitzer time!
Here's more great writing from the column:
"With former Chinese-American Democrat governor of Washington, Gary Locke, who also took money from Chinese temple donors who couldn’t speak English, couldn’t remember when they donated or couldn’t be located."
Wow. Could that be more tortured? Does it even have a subject or predicate? Does she get paid to write?
She couldn't spell malodorous.
Will Bill OReilly condem her? No.
She's left/been fired from her job as fill-in host/guest on The Factor.
Fox says she may appear on other shows in the future.
Malkin does not say the contributors themselves were "smellier than stinky tofu" - her obvious implication is that what smells are the donation shenanigans surrounding the contributions.
Another, Hsiao Wen Yang, told the New York Post she was reimbursed for her $1,000 donation - setting off clear alarm bells over yet another possible straw donor scheme on the heels of Norman Hsu-gate.
That's the real story here, not Malkin saying anyone smelled like stinky tofu, but of course that goes right over MMfA's head.
Exactly. Veer the focus towards some partisan's column so liberals can tee off on Malkin - and away from another fund raising dustup by Clinton.
Slick.
tommy and yaz,
I agree with both of you. There is nothing wrong or out of the ordinary for a conservative reporter to point out smelly campaign practices by a democrat...or vice versa.
The real shame is the rot in our democratic process caused by money...on both sides. But I suppose it's therapeutic for the liberals to tee off on Malkin for making a valid point about the shady aspects of campaign financing.
Malkin has earned our scorn saying she is worthless is being kind. THIS however does stink and I agree that it is the same kind of tragic stench money has always brought to politics. If this is true, and Malkin cant be trusted enough to say it is yet but if its true then Hillarys campaign should pay the price and someone is in BIG trouble
I don't have any truck with your opinion of Malkin...but the stench of a rotting democracy is patently obvious concerning campaign financing.
I suspect that if the books of ALL politicians were examined...it would unearth a stunning amount of fraud.
Current attempts at campaign finance reform to date have been a joke...and I don't think the present congress has the guts to tackle it...running the risk of self-incrimination.
What's the solution? I sure as hell don't know...but I recognize the odor of a rat when I smell it...and regardless of any personal dislike for Malkin's style of reporting...her point is valid.
"What's the solution?"
Feingold for President!
Feingold?
Ya, there's an opening in Kooba, soon.
Of course you dont. The FACT she has no credibility. Spent a week claiming a guy didnt exist who clearly did. Tried to make the claim that Kerry shot himself on purpose which even the Swift Boat Liars for Rent didnt say. Really doesnt mean much. So what if she is a proven liar and a fool. She carries rightwing water so it all good.
Slick indeed, right? After reading this post I thought that I should check the news for an unbiased account of this fund raising business, but then I realized how much I just hate! grrrrrrrrr! hate! Michelle Malkin! So I stayed to vent. Then I thought about checking out the story again, attempted to click away from Media Matters, and a little pop-up ad appeared. It read: Are you sure you want to leave MM? MM would like to make sure you have expressed your anger at MM on MM enough to satisfy you. And wouldn't you like some M&Ms?" And I said, "Yes! I would like some! Oh, what was I doing? Never mind. Errrrrooooooohhhhhaaaaahhhh! I hate that Michelle Malkin!
Right...
It's the campaign contributions "who" were "smellier that stinky tofu."
Sure thing, Tommy.
Ha! Yeah! She also said the political shenanigans couldn't speak English very well. Technically true, I suposse...
Malkin is a liar and not too bright, she has zero credibility. That said this does stink. If we have someone saying they were reimbursed for their campaign dontation that looks very much like a laundering campaign and someone should go to jail. If this is true its worse than bad it is illegal and unethical. Hillary wasnt getting my vote anway but if this gets huge media coverage from someone who CAN be trusted, that is NOT Malkin, it is well deserved. This is a big deal and a legitimate story.
Gee, the right-wing is obsessing about money already returned.
Slick
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/us/politics/20donate.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1193330158-LeFCWWN0lYbdF5kVwFjK8g
Taz and Tommy just don't get it, do they?
The problem with the tofu line is not the "smelly" part, but the use of "tofu" as a slur.
Got it now, guys? Or are you tone deaf?
and is that slur really worth getting all bent out of shape over? Tofu.......
TOMMY
"suspect Hillary campaign contributors...who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu".
So, are the "limited -income", "limited-English-proficient" lines referencing the contributions as well? Cause it sure seems to be referencing the campaign contributors themselves.
Because that would make no sense; considering the entire context of her column is the suspect contributions by limited income donors whose donations to political campaigns, under that circumstance, is worth questioning, and obviously, rightly so ......but we read it differently.
TOMMY
Malkin is obviously making a gratuitous ethnic dig with her comment - that's the whole point of this post. If she wants to call attention to questionable donations than she should do so without making such digs.
I understand the "tofu" reference, and it may be typical Malkinspeak and a dig. But I don't believe she was explicitly saying the contributors were personally "smelley" - but as I said, we disagree.
I suppose we also disagree that the sky is up and the ground is down and that water is wet.
She was smearing the contributors with an ethnic slur and it has nothing to do with agreeing or not agreeing. We may disagree with the level of severity of the slur, but making the documented FACT that she did slur low income people is not a matter of opinion.
Here is the full quote with my bolding to help you out.
"Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu."
What bothers you more? Malkin's comments, or Hillary's possible fund raising eye-openers?
Malkin's real comments, as opposed to never ending never proved Hillary criminality. If she's such a mastermind surely your side has had ample time to put her and Bill behind bars by now.
Oh wait, $40 million and eight years of investigations and you still got nada.
Does that answer your question?
They both bother me the proper question is WHICH IS THE TOPIC OF THIS THREAD. That would be Malkins racism and basic lack of decency
Words of wisdom, cajunslim. You've nailed the problem-- Malkin is using "tofu" as an ethnic slur.
Don't try to explain it to these guys, though. They'll never get it. That's why they're Republicans.
I just feel it is a stupid reason to get all bothered.
I think you just demonstrated carlileb's point.
: )
I've read the sentence at least 6 times now.
Yes, she does call them, not the contributions, "smellier than stinky tofu".
As is frequently the case, I presume this is another rightwing 'joke' that requires interpretation.
If you stop at the bold quotes that MMFA highlights, yes, I would agree with you. But if you read the entire article and what immediately follows you can clearly see that Malkin is describing how the contributions stink.
As I said, for her to call any person "smelly" is ridiculous - she is speaking of the process, not the people.
Tommy,
Obviously only true liberals know what tofu smells like, so they can dispassionately opine on the relative fragrance of the bean curd and correlate the absorbency of the aroma to people who clean off plates that sometime have said curd on them.
My question is it better for the liberals to place all their curds on the table or should they put their dirty donations on the plates to be laundered by the previously mentioned curdish dishwashers?
:-)
And only true conservatives can appreciate what a stink is since their ignorance and lies STINK UP THE ENTIRE NATION.
I do so enjoy your witty repartee!
I dont think its that witty. Pretty much as dumb as yours. That was after all the POINT.
I appreciate the copycat intent of your post. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :-)
Then you should feel flattered. No wonder you thought it was witty
Hillary is the furthest thing from a liberal in the entire Dem field. Why do you think she's getting the big corporate bucks?
Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York’s Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu.
AA & Tommy, Michelle is describing the suspected donors to Hillary's campaign. She states in her description that they are "limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu'. She is NOT describing the possible illegality of the donations, in this paragraph she IS describing the actual donors. The title of her article is "A Time to Discriminate". You can try to dress this up as a serious piece of journalism but it's simply comes off as another racists rant from another right-wing Republican nut job. You want someone to take a look at the contents of the article, try having her write something without what has become standard racists politics courtesy of the Republican party.
now, add that repartee to the fact that she calls for "racial profiling" of campaign donor....I mean really, is it that hard to see?
Tommy I tend to agree that she may be thinking that the donors are "smelly" because they might not be qualified to give, but she surely put it wrong, if that is her intent. As to you other argument....
As I said, for her to call any person "smelly" is ridiculous - she is speaking of the process, not the people.
Malkin often says things that are ridiculous so that is not a good disqualifying characteristic. More likely a supportive argument. One more ridiculous comment from Michelle.
Middle,
You make a good point about Malkin's history of ridiculous comments, although in this case I think the entire article needs to be taken into context instead of cherry-picking this one quote.
The meat of the article is about the questions of fund raising, yet again for HC. That the donations possibly stink, or smell in their authenticity is her point - for her to make a gratuituous insult at anyone's odor has absolutely nothing to do with anything......even for Malkin, it would be downright mean and gradeschoolish stuff - I mean, smelly, come on.
"the entire article needs to be taken into context instead of cherry-picking this one quote"
Okay, I read the whole thing. Nothing seemed to mitigate the obvious slur. In fact, the racist tone sort of hung around between the lines. For example, Malkin quotes an Asian-American advocacy group's statement on the Clinton controversy:
“We are alarmed by the potential negative impact of irresponsible reporting and the harm it may have on legitimate political participation by members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. It is imperative that the media approach these serious allegations with deliberation, focus and the highest levels of journalistic integrity. As the Asian American and Pacific Islander community embraces their right to participate in the civic process, it is important that the greater balance and responsibility be taken when addressing this important issue.”
Now that's kind of wordy and thoughtful, so Malkin's readers skimmed right over it. Fortunately she puts it in her own words:
"Translation: Lay off the Chinese Dishwashers for Hillary, you racist, xenophobic, ethnic smear-mongers!" She then goes on to speculate about Huang and Trie and many other suspicious Asians (the -Gore-doc-shredding-Buddhist-monks!).
So what's the context I'm missing?
Tommy and Ignotov, you make un-opposing claims. Tommy says she meant the donors stink because of rules and ethics, not the olfactory regime and I agree. Ignatoc says it was a racial slur and I agree.
Illegal Italian donors stink like bad wine.
Illegal German donors stink like rotten sausage.
Illegal republican donors stink like blood and money.
Illegal women donors stink like.....
No way to reasonably make that point. Reading what she wrote there is no way to say she wasnt calling the contributers not the contributions stinky. Its plain as day.
I don't understand most of you conservatives posters -- but appreciate the fact that you bring diversity (a bad word for those on the right) to the threads here.
MMFA keeps the bar pretty high in terms of what they draw attention to. Malkin accused Kerry of shooting himself to get out of Vietnam and was duly reprimanded by none other than Chris Matthews.
Rather than defend or "clarify" her hate, why not simply acknowledge that she is not a voice of reason or true analysis. She is hater and apologist and gets caught in lies and half truths on a regular basis. Something very hurtful happened to her as young girl and she's resented her 'Asian-ness' ever since. Much as Clarence Thomas and his Yale degree.
But my lord, 'she sho gotta' purdy mouth'
I gotta say, I have to agree with you. Furthermore, if Malkin wants to be taken seriously by anyone (other than her far-right pals), she should lay off any digs/jabs/comments which could even be construed as offensive. She has a national platform. For her to use language with racial overtones only proves that she is trying to pander to the xenophobic portion of the nation who already hates Senator Clinton. Malkin knew what she was doing. She knew she was playing with words. We all know what she meant, whether the conservatives here agree or not.
If Malkin wants to accuse Senator Clinton of campaign wrong-doings, Malkin needs to come out and say so, unambiguously, without the standard jabs regarding race or socio-economic status. Malkin doesn't help elevate the discourse in this country. If she were so truly concerned about the nation (instead of being more concerned with making money and grand-standing), she would have written the article differently, with more substance and less insult.
Diagram the sentence, Tommy. You'll see that she was saying the Asian_Americans smelled - not their contributions.
As a linguist, I must agree: Malkin was definitely insulting Asians. If you diagram the sentence (remember 5th grade?), it comes out that Malkin was talking about Asians, not the Clinton Campaign shenanigans which other pea-brained conservatives on this site claim.
Try reading it again, she clearly refers to the plebs as stinky tofu-esque.
now who's trying to tell us what she really meant. Old Tommy trouble is kicking up dust which is what he always does everyday on practically every article.
You do it on purpose...
Malkin is like most conservatives, they hate themselves and feel the need to project that to everyone else. Conservatives conserve nothing, they waste the taxpayers money, lives, and everything else. Malkin is just another self hating , unpatriotic American.
Careful. Many liberals don't take to kindly to posts that offer nothing but sweeping, insulting, unsubstantiated generalizations. So you better..........oh, never mind.
You're safe.
My comments are my own, I don't COPY other people's work, I didn't say all, just most.
Hahaha.. Thanks for the laugh Tommy!
Gawd you're funny today. You criticize a poster for making sweeping generalizations by starting a condemnation of liberals with the sweeping generalization "Many liberals...".
Well anyways I do hope you're trying to be funny.
Way to open up a can of worms the Republicans would not want. I agree that illegal tactics for donations is a bad thing, but there is no possible way the Repubs would come out better than the Dems.
Sure, they both stink. Can we get on with important topics like this $$expensive$$ war or this $$expensive$$ healthcare systems that sucks, or the environment??
Repubs: if they raise my taxes, then I'm against it. If it allows me to be a war profiteer, then I'm for it. To heck with future generations.
I lost my last post in the internet ethers. In my weak moments I visit MM's site. This is her take on Fox news now- "It looks like it’s a new trend now: Fox News liberals threatening and wishing ill on Fox News conservatives. And Fox News liberals getting away with it."And a commentor said, "FoxNews is anything but fair and balanced anymore. The few conservatives that are left over there are constantly harassed by the libs"
Is it me or is something really wrong with the above comments? Have I missed the memo and we are now in bizarro world? Is the earth now square? Please help me!!!
Susie: I don't know when Malkin made those remarks but they sound like sour grapes on her part after her little dust-up with Geraldo Rivera...after which Bill O'Reilly showed her who was the bossman.
Sorry - context is everything - the article and post date are below. I guess what still surprises me is how this pro-Bush, pro-Fox group can turn on dime and be against the very same people because they did something and they don't agree with and then act as if they believed it all along. I see it all the time and it still puzzles me. Crapweasel of the dayBy Michelle Malkin • October 22, 2007 09:21 PM
Unfair. Unbalanced. Unhinged.
Keep in mind she's left/been fired from her job as fill-in host of The Factor.
She's playing the martyr card now.
Since Malkin is of Asian descent there's no problem here, right?
If you’re a cracker like me, then I strongly encourage you to refrain from asking stupid questions, bury your head into a pile of Michael Bolton CDs, and think only about your checking and savings accounts.
wow this anchor baby really really wishes she wasn't an asian
whata disguisting display of self hate
I do not think she hates herslef or her people.
It is a hard argument to make about an Asian-American who wrote a book defending the US internment of fellow Asian-Americans during WWII.
Now I think Malkin is Philipina, so perhaps she just didn't care what happened to the Japanese-Americans back then.
Study up on your history and see what the Japenese armed forces did to the Philippine population during WWII. It also seems that a lot of people on this blog think that there is a generic asian population. What happened to diversity?
"Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors..."
What the hell is she talking about?
The articles were about how some felt pressured by their neighbor associations to contribute. There was nothing "suspect" about the contributors and its not even clear the HRC had anything more to do with it more than any other campaign does.
"...in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu."
Does Malkin really think the adolescent donors who contributed the max amount to Romney's campaign supposedly obtaining the cash through bar mitzvah gifts and babysitting are more worthy donors than hard working immigrants?
This woman is so wacky O'Reilly won't even allow her to be the fill-in host on his show any more and it's doubtful she'll be appearing as a guest there though Fox says she may appear on other shows in the future.
That in and of itself says more about Malkin's credibility than MMFA ever could.
we can be certain that she would have the experience to know what "smellier than stinky tofu" would smell like - and NOT because she's Asian-American* - but because she sits and deals with that sort of thing all day long - just read her stuff or listen to her squirrelly voice.
*(i realize she would probably deny that she is Asian-American, being of Filipino heritage, but Filipino's are identified as Asian-American by the US government and Wikipedia.)
*(i realize she would probably deny that she is Asian-American, being of Filipino heritage, but Filipino's are identified as Asian-American by the US government and Wikipedia.)
I am certain she considers herself asian american.
TOOL:
To verify that this is self-hatred on Malkin's part, "smellier than stinky tofu" would have to be confirmed by her Ob-Gyn. And those records are, of course, sealed.
In any event, Malkin has no "professional" value EXCEPT in her use of words, and the clear English here is that she is referring to THE PEOPLE, and not anything else. If she MEANT something else, she did not properly structure her sentence. If you are crappy at the ONLY claim to fame you have, sadly, that makes you worthless. And, that's Malkin.
Why does every far right commentator/entertainer need an interpreter so the rest of us can be convinced they're really not saying what they're saying?
Johnny,
Actually most of the time it is correcting the erroneous interpretation by those on the left.
Be that as it may, Obviously in this case Malkin is simply denigrating all asian dishwashers who have affixed the aroma of stinky tofu to themselves while patriotically giving $1,000 and $2,000 donations to Hillary's campaign.
However there are simply tofu of them to make a big deal right? (Well, maybe Hillary's campaign can count 'em.) :-)
Shame on Malkin! Hooray for Hillary!
Ah, I get it.
It's the liberal media putting words into the mouths of these reasonable commentators.
From now on I'll believe what the apologists for these commentators/entertainers say they meant rather than believing my own eyes.
Thanks for clearing that up.
ps
I hope the order of the line at the sheep feeding station isn't based on seniority since I'm so late to join it.
By shear coincidence they are serving tofu tonight so the line should be empty except for all those liberal sheep in wolves's clothing who keep butting in.
Unlike Hillary's feeder, you don't need anything pulled over your eyes to feast at this trough and you don't have to leave a grand as tip for the dishwasher.
:-)
Get me an iced tea motherf*cker!!
No need for the lambast.
Apparently ewe like yours without sugar.
Just kidding :-)
No most of the time they are feeding the hivemind what they are supposed to believe. No matter what they SAID they need to get to the hivemind the message that needs to get out so you guys can regurgitate it on cue like a demented parrot.
And here I thought I was the only one squawking.
:-)
ps. I don't mean to question your Ornithological knowledge, but don't parrots "repeat" rather than "regurgitate"?
Yeah, Solon, stop mixing metaphors!
Not when they are FEEDING their hivemind chicks. So regurgitate is appropriate.
Hey, I know I'm cheap but not to henpeck, and I hope I'm not bugging you, but aren't you again mixing metaphors with your 'hivemind' and chicks comment?
Heheheh... I wonder what antics you'll pull trying to worm out of this one?
Yes, THAT would be a mixed metaphor. I am guilty
actually I think they regurgitate when feeding their young.....
....bring up a child in the way you would have them go and they will not deviate from it.....
regurgitate......same old stuff over and over....new generation of cons.
You know, I'm just going to say this about this woman. Hopefully, I don't upset the "gods" the run this website.
That broad has a lot of room to talk about anything.
People like to equate her to Ann Coulter, and that my friends is an insult to Miss. Coulter, Why? I'll tell you why.
Ann Coulter was a successful Lawyer BEFORE she got into Politics, She also worked for Spencer Abraham here in Michigan.
In other Words, Coulter had a damn career before she got into writing.
Malkin on the other hand is a washed up Journalist who worked for and was FIRED from 2 newspapers, because of her inability to separate her personal opinions from reporting facts. Which caused her and her former employers BIG problems.
Before she married Jesse Malkin, A rich Jewish man, who had many connections into the Political World, she was struggling to make ends meet.
Then Magic happened, she married Jesse and overnight, she became this Political sensation. Why? Because of her husbands connections in the Political World and because of her ethnic background.
I can tell you for a fact, if Malkin were a White Women, nobody would even remotely care about her, the only reasons she's ever been given face time on Fox News is because she's Filipino and because of her hubby's connections.
If this sounds offensive, I apologize, but the truth is the damn truth.
-Chuck Adkins
http://www.thepopulistblog.com
The popped a zit,
A woman with nothing of her own to be proud of, living off of her husband, add that he has probably raped beyond his general womanizing and what do you have?
I'm sure you meant to call her a "broad."
I'd say, unfortunately, a typical Republican marriage if you substituted "buggering boys" for "womanizing.
Notice "unfortunately". I was joking!
Hunting for lunacy,
Too bad but no boy buggers are running for president, taking money from communists and once again setting aside personal dignity to accept that people are really still only interested in her skirtchasing hubby. Give her credit for rising above her victimization though and victimizing those poor, soybeaned scented oriental dupes.
Hunting for lunacy? You walked right up to me.
I'd like to see somebody diagram your sentence. Is the subject "no boy buggers"? If so, how does the pronoun "her" fit in ?
If your post was just free verse poetry, it's interesting,and I would recommend you continue to polish your craft.
"he has probably raped beyond his general womanizing"
Care to link us to any hard proof of that?
My lost tea set,
AN OPEN LETTER TO HILLARY CLINTON,BY JUANITA BROADDRICK 'DO YOU REMEMBER?' SUNDAY OCT 15, 2000As I watched Rick Lazio's interview on Fox News this morning, I felt compelled towrite this open letter to you, Mrs. Clinton. Brit Hume asked Mr. Lazio's viewsregarding you as a person and how he perceived you as a candidate. Rick Lazio didnot answer the question, but I know that I can. You know it, too.I have no doubt that you are the same conniving, self-serving person you weretwenty-two years ago when I had the misfortune to meet you. When I see you ontelevision, campaigning for the New York senate race, I can see the same hypocrisyin your face that you displayed to me one evening in 1978. You have not changed.I remember it as though it was yesterday. I only wish that it were yesterday andmaybe there would still be time to do something about what your husband, BillClinton, did to me. There was a political rally for Mr. Clinton's bid for governor ofArkansas. I had obligated myself to be at this rally prior to my being assaulted by your husband in April, 1978. I had made up my mind to make an appearance and thenleave as soon as the two of you arrived. This was a big mistake, but I was still in astate of shock and denial. You had questioned the gentleman who drove you and Mr.Clinton from the airport. You asked him about me and if I would be at the gathering.Do you remember? You told the driver, "Bill has talked so much about Juanita", andthat you were so anxious to meet me. Well, you wasted no time. As soon as youentered the room, you came directly to me and grabbed my hand. Do you rememberhow you thanked me, saying "we want to thank you for everything that you do forBill". At that point, I was pretty shaken and started to walk off. Remember how youkept a tight grip on my hand and drew closer to me? You repeated your statement,but this time with a coldness and look that I have seen many times on television in thelast eight years. You said, "Everything you do for Bill". You then released your gripand I said nothing and left the gathering.What did you mean, Hillary? Were you referring to my keeping quiet about the assaultI had suffered at the hands of your husband only two weeks before? Were youwarning me to continue to keep quiet? We both know the answer to that question.Yes, I can answer Brit Hume's question. You are the same Hillary that you weretwenty years ago. You are cold, calculating and self-serving. You cannot tolerate thethought that you will soon be without the power you have wielded for the last eightyears. Your effort to stay in power will be at the expense of the state of New York. Ionly hope the voters of New York will wake up in time and realize that Hillary Clintonis not an honorable or an honest person.I will end by asking if you believe the statements I made on NBC Dateline when LisaMyers asked if I had been assaulted and raped by your husband? Or perhaps, youare like Vice-President Gore and did not see the interview. Juanita Broaddrick Arkansas
A story about her interview on NBC..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/broaddrick022599.htmWatch to her tell her story.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ix1uCqKzVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlbCdg9xx8s
Lol. That letter is a fabrication. The words in it come almost verbatim from a Drudge interview with Broderick. You guys have no shame at all. It was never a letter from Broderick.
I am no fan of HRC, but you are merely engaging in character assasination here.
I saw it attached to one of the youtube links. Did you look at either of her taped interviews?
Before she married Jesse Malkin, A rich Jewish man, who had many connections into the Political World, she was struggling to make ends meet.
I can tell you for a fact, if Malkin were a White Women, nobody would even remotely care about her, the only reasons she's ever been given face time on Fox News is because she's Filipino and because of her hubby's connections.
What you've just described is Affirmative Action with the extra bonus of having one of those rich Jews with "connections" for a husband.
I agree with you, Affirmative Action and rich Jew connections should be abolished.
Yes. Exactly like affirmative action. Lol.
Thank you, Chuck.
You nailed. it. She is a "repeater" for the deluded right. Good on you for stating it.
Now, I will sit back and read how her defenders weasle out of this one.
Notice how Malkin (as usual) says absolutely zilch about the biggest stinker among Asians giving money to politicians, namely the Moonies and all his many front groups and criminal enterprises?
Oh, that's right, Moon is a "conservative."
"Oh that's different!"
I'm amazed that the conservative Moonie rag "Washington Times" is considered serious journalism.
It's amazing that a Filipino chick comments about stinky Asian food when she was probably raised on it.
The conservatives who write on media matters can spin, spin, and keep on spinning this. It doesn't matter. Anybody can plainly see that she chose a SPECIFIC ethnic food to make her comparison. Need I add that ---The ethnic associations of the food are the same as the ethnic identity of the donors. No amount of spinning can erase this fact. Nice try, conservatives, but we're all on to Malkin. She's a disgraceful hate-monger.
I agree. That woman definitely doesn't like tofu!
Does Tofu even have a smell? I've eaten lots of tofu and it's basically inert - no smell, no taste.
The least she could have done was pick a food that DOES stink.
Hilarious, dude, you can't say this statement hasn't been "picked apart."
That is exactly what I was thinking. Tofu usually absorbs the flavor around it. It wouldn't stink unless the sauce or other flavors stink.
Power to the Message!!
Kill the Messenger!!!
I agree with Tommy. The point was not about the 'racial profiling'. The point was about Hillary breaking the law AGAIN. Hillary is using the PC police to try to get people to not report the TRUTH. Freedom of the press is intended for a press that will police itself.
Hillary knows that no media organization will want to be perceived to be 'racist' in any way shape or form. So she wants to cover up her ILLEGAL activity by saying that if you investigate it you are racist.
It has nothing to do with their race. It has everything to do with the fact that these 'donations' are suspect. Why are they suspect? Because they don't make much money and they don't speak English very well. As a result of this, their contributions 'stink like bad tofu'.
Anyway, this story isn't about Malkin, it isn't about Asian-Americans. This story is about Hillary Clinton and her 'holier than thou' elitist attitude that she should be allowed to do whatever she wants to do. Thank God Malkin stands up and fights back in the face of all the criticism she gets. The criticisms are LIKELY BECAUSE OF HER CRITICS' PREJUDICES AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS.
Dear Thacker, Please be aware that this is a media watchdog site. The posting is about what Malkin said, not the subject of Malkin's words. Now the comment section might get misdirected onto any subject under the sun, but a quick review of the top of the page will always get one back onto the subject.
The initial phrase is not the only subject matter that should make it into these posts. If that were the case, the full article would not be available for reading.
If the full article is available, then you are free to comment on the full article, and its subject that it refers to.
Sure mr DumbassBush, we know what we can talk about. The issue here is the previous poster telling us Malkin WASNT the story and demanding WE focus on what HE wanted to talk about feel free to comment anyway you want.
Excellent post P - but if I may....
.... this is a media watchdog site. The posting is about what Malkin said, and what Media Matters wants you to believe she said, not the subject of Malkin's words.
Now it is perfect.
(Sometimes when communicaton tools such as irony, sarcasam, and absurdity, are taken out of context they can be turned against you to deflect from the true subject)
What she said is clear. Unless you are making the argument that MMFA was inaccurate in her citation then you have no point the subject IS about what she said just not what the hivemind wants us to believe she MEANT.
Actually THIS story HERE is about Malkin, her racism and lack of basic decency. It really isnt up to YOU what we decide the topic is, get over yourself. I know you wingnuts think that by snivelling about PC you can excuse racist comments. We dont CARE what you think is politically correct. We dont LIKE racist comments. WE are going to talk about their basic lack of decency. We dont CARE if you like it or not. If this is a problem for you I suggest you check out whether or not the other several million websites out there are more to you liking. You approve of racism and racist comments good for you.
I would first like to say, why is that people on these comment boards do not stay on topic?
Now as for staying on topic. Whether you are a liberal or conservative, democrat or republican, I think everyone can agree that taking illegal campaign funds is wrong, and should not be allowed.
Liberals may have a hard time swallowing this, but Bill Clintons campaign donors were sketchy at best.
No one is saying that CITIZENS do not have a right to make campaign donations, because everyone does. However, if you are not legally allowed to vote, then you are not legally allowed to make campaign donations to alter the agenda of the political race. This is all common sense, fact, and can be agreed by everyone.
Minimum wage employees - whether they are dishwashers, minorities, etc do not matter - are not going to make contributions of that size, when its common sense that they have it hard enough to live paycheck to paycheck. I make much more than the minimum wage, and I still could not see myself making a contribution of that size to who I like in the political race.
In short, it cannot be denied that she has accepted contributions that were not allowed - from illegals who are not legally allowed to vote. I think what is the better question mark on this story is if these people are making donations on behalf of someone else from out of the country - someone that Hillary herself may not want the public to know about (even if it were legal).
No one has proved her of full legal wrong doing - yet to my knowledge. But I think we all can admit that this is unacceptable practice by all parties, and really does not restore our faith in our political figures.
The Clintons (neither Hillary nor Bill) are not liberal!!! Any self declared liberal who supports Hillary over some bonafied more liberal candidates is choosing political expediency over ideology. Claiming she can get elected....ugh...so can Obama and Edwards!!! They are much more liberal than the ol Goldwater Gal.
On that note, go get whoever is truly responsible for the illegal contributions. I doubt Hillary knew about them personally. Probably it was some fundraising staffer of hers who had a quota to make, or some eager donor who wanted to look good in ol Hill's eyes.
"I would first like to say, why is that people on these comment boards do not stay on topic?"
Funny. You lecture everyone about staying on topic, and then drive the topic off a cliff. The subject is Malkin's slur, not campaign finance reform. Now we can talk about that all day if you want, but it IS off topic.
Mr DumassBush
Yeah it looks bad. We will see where it goes. Malkin still made a racist crude comment. She should be ashamed of herself and I dont know how this woman has a job. She has no jounalistic ethics.
Minimum wage employees - whether they are dishwashers, minorities, etc do not matter - are not going to make contributions of that size, when its common sense that they have it hard enough to live paycheck to paycheck.
That's the problem with stereotyping people, you can be proven wrong:
For 11 years, Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, lived his version of the American dream in Stuart, Florida: washing dishes and living frugally to bring money back to his home country. He saved $59,000
Pearls before swine!
Did Pedro give any of that moula to the the former miss rodham's campaign? If not, could you provide an address for Mr. Norman Hsu to complete another 'bundling operation'?
does the back and forth on this topic have to be so childish?
this is a media watchdog site. would it be asking too much for the posts to stick to media-related issues?
How boaring would that be?
it would be piggish, and that would be boring.
I do not believe that Malkin meant anything other than what she said. Typical right wing slurs is what this is about. As for Hillary's campaign contributions I cannot see how she has any control over this situation. People do things to help other people without their permission or knowledge all the time. How this is Hillary's problem is beyond me. How bout we go after the people who are collecting the money.Or is it just more fun to get on Hillary again. I am not for illegal contributions at all but jezze how can you blame Hillary for this?
"I am not for illegal contributions at all but jezze how can you blame Hillary for this?"
Probably because the more adamant among the pundits seem to fully believe the sign on George Junior's desk: "The buck stops with Clinton...any Clinton"
If Hillary returned donations from those people who weren't elligible (sp?) for political donations, I don't see why Michelle Malkin is upset. Oh right, because these donations are going towards Hillary Clinton.
For her to insult these Asian Americans as too stupid to even donate is way out of line. People who donate to political campaigns obviously have an interest in politics and issues at hand. If they choose to donate, and are legally elligible for it, than they have every right to. I'm sorry that these donations aren't going to Adolf Hitler or Saddam Hussein or Pinochet or Bin Laden (since right-wingers don't wanna catch him).
Let me get this straight.
You are upset because she state: "smellier than stinky tofu?"
Sorry, but I just don't see the reason for big offense and maybe you can explain and elaborate why you consider this news worthy?
It is offensive, because it's ignorant--implying that all Asians (bizarrely, including herself!) are tofu-eaters. It's a staple in the Japanese diet, that's it. Her stupidity is both offensive and dangerous.
So much wrong with all of this.
Yeah Hillary has a lot of really shady donations to her campaign funds. I won't argue that. In fact I think most, if not all, of the frontrunners have the same problem and that none of them would look too good after a thorough auditing.
Which is a problem in itself. The system doesn't just encourage corruption by the outrageous sums of money that a presidential bid costs, it guarantees it. Between the K Street Project, lobbyists, fundraisers and election funds we can be certain that only those who give money to the right people will have their concerns addressed except for during election season. And even then we'll get lip service and tokens when business as usual starts up post-election.
And then you have a loudmouth like Malkin who makes the situation worse by throwing around racially charged language to describe something that could stand on its own as a scandalous story without the purple prose. In fact her words distract from the importance of the story by putting the focus on her. It has the same effect that describing a murderer as a "ni**er killer" would. All of a sudden the real story is lost amidst the disbelief in the words chosen to describe it.
Michelle Malkin == a poor man's Ann Coulter.
Malkin, and her ilk need to be laughed into irrelevance. The only people she, and hers have any traction with are the type of people that only understand one thing, being laughed at is not good, nor acceptable, and they cannot stand it, and cannot refute the reasons they are being laughed at. To be laughed at truly unnerves them.
Ha ha! Malkin said smelly tofu, like her own toe-jam smells. Ha ha!
Try harder next time Michelle.
I'd rather hear what Rachel Rae has to say about tofu then this birdbrain.
"smellier than stinky tofu"
No smellier than corporate executive who give untold sums of cash through God knows how many avenues to politicians on both sides and then as payment in kind demand the savage of America.
I knew someone now deceased, who used to say, " it is a dirty bird that fouls its own nest!" As one who is of oriental heritage what makes this clown any less smelly than anyone else? Certainly a dead brain like hers doesn't smell like roses.
She must realize that the GOP is not fond of anchor babies. In fact, in some states they are as despised as Nazis, and other subhumans who infect the white society.
Thank God I live in a the north central blue state, that rid itself of such facists in 1957 when the drunk Joe McCarthy's liver finally gave out.
Malkin, what a fool.
Malkin does know the GOP hates anchor babies. She's an anchor baby.
Racial profiling? She should be glad it's not Manzanar, CA and 1942.
"Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu."--Malkin
Get rid of the filler, and reduce this sentence to it's basics:
'Both papers uncovered suspect campaign contributors WHO were smellier than stinky tofu.'
"Who" is the word that kills any argument that she meant the "campaign scheme." People are refered to as "who." The campaign, or the "illegal" contributions, would be refered to as "which." [ie: ...which was smellier than stinky tofu.]
If this was a verbal presentation, I might be more inclined to believe it was a mistake. But, it is in a written column. One would think someone proof reads it before public presentation.
If this was in fact an oversight, her next posting will certainly provide a heart-felt apology. If she did this purposefully, she'll say nothing. Those are her only choices, and we'll have our answer either way.
Alternately, she could boast about it...[link to michellemalkin.com] from the comments there, poor Michelle is being slimed, and it's now MMfA's job to fight the terrorists.
When an arrangement looks suspect, we say it smells bad. We may even say it stinks. When some people appear not to be what they claim to be, we may also say they smell bad. When people with no English and not much money are presented as campaign contributors, we may say the people smell -- or even stink. This doesn't necessarily mean the people are being used as fronts, just that it looks very much like they might be. As in the Malkin affair, where we're talking about people working menial jobs in a country to which they are still quite new.
Who the H*** does SHE think she is?
Malkin was born in Philadelphia to Filipino parents, Dr. Apolo and Rafaela Maglalang, who had recently arrived in the United States at the time of Malkin's birth.
wiki
I realize that this may be way beyond the point, but I've eaten tofu. I've come across tofu that had turned bad, but it didn't smell bad - it just tasted awful. Does tofu actually "stink"? I post this just to make up for my own lack of knowledge. Could someone who is in the know tell me?
When she turn
What is the last things on Malkin's lips when she truns in at night, besides all the paint?
"Ohhh! You number ONE G.I.!"
Pardon the mispost above! Trying to get used to a new and SMALL laptop keyboard!
WHO IS MAKING THE DECISIONS AT THE NATION'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA OUTLETS TO GIVE HATEFUL RANTERS SUCH AS MALKIN , BECK and all the others AIRTIME AND INK?!
Am I the only one to see just a wee bit of irony in an ethnic Asian making racist derogatory remarks about ethnic Asians?
Is this women total batshit or a masochist? I can't really think of another excuse for her behavior and words.
It is unbelievable to me how a person can denigrate her own race so viciously. It would be like me, a Jewish person, rationalizing that the Holocaust was simply to weed out all the weaklings in the Jewish population. It just boggles the mind how self-hating a person like Michelle Malkin has to be in order to be a conservative.
I'm assuming she's referring to Norman Hsu, who hasn't been indicted fro anything, as opposed to Mitt Romney's chief fundraiser, who faces 23 counts on fundraising violations. I'll wait patiently for her attacks on "stinky white men" who give to "false religions." Her attacks are interesting for someone who's maiden name is Filipino and whose parents had her in 1970 to serve as an "anchor" baby so they can stay in this country. Like Anniethrax and Laura (those damned hormones will raise my voice one octave yet!!) In-your-hams she's another conservative falmeout doing everything she can to save a failing career.
I find a liitle research ( in these peoples case it might be regarded as forensic psychiatrics) goes along a way to understand the hate and lies. Reading about Jesse Malkin and his history as an uber conservative running the right wing newspaper at Oberlin, and Malkins lust for the power he brought to her.... Similar profile for Coulter who was raised in New Canan, CT where the population was nearly all white christian and intolerent.
This little parody is the best: http://sadlyno.com/archives/5033.html
Earth to Malkin! You're of Asian decent. So why don't you go profile yourself.
Malkin is devoid of any sense of decency. She is incapable of making a positive contribution to the debate. She clearly adheres to the "hate first and hate hard" doctrine of the deluded Right.
This is your country. When will you stand up for the principles that have contributed to its evolution? When will people take to the streets to DEMAND change? Just ensure that Blackwater is not already there -- waiting for you.
Wow! She's got that whole "self-hating minority" thing down, doesn't she?
I saw here at a conference of, ironically enough, minority journalists once. To say that she made most of us look at her with sympathy and confusion is an understatement.
But you know something, every community of people of color has this subsection of folks who hate themselves for some reason. In fact, the black community has so many of these subsections that it's hard to keep track.
But to the knuckleheads that she shills for, she's great I'm sure. I'd just love to see her at her family reunion. I predict a "smelly tofu" throwing contest with her face as the target.
And she's a Philly girl?
Lord in Heaven, where did we go wrong? We Philly girls are usually more creative with our words than Michelle Malkin is.
She obviously went to Drexel or Penn. A Temple grad would have come up with more creative, self-hating insults.
She probably went to Penn or St. Joes. She's obviously not a Temple grad.
oops. I repeated myself. Sorry.
Michelle Malkin is a jackass-- she is also actually an alum of mine! She came to Oberlin's incredibly competitive Conservatory to take piano but couldn't cut it, so she ended up writing reactionary commentary about Oberlin's affirmative action program. The rest, as they say, is history. Instead of beautiful music, we are treated to metaphors involving stinky tofu and Hunan chicken. I guess negative attention is better than no attention at all.
But as far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, I decided not to vote for her (if she ever became a candidate) the minute she voted to authorize the war, and I'd put nothing past this woman. She and her husband appear very much at ease attending social events with George and Laura, and Bill and George the elder seem like bff's to me!
Malkin may have been making a very valid point about campaign contribution, but what these conservative extremist seem to miss is their point will always get lost behind their insensitive comments. So instead of campaign finance reform we're talking about a self hating Asian American hating on other Asian Americans. How sad is that?
Another day another lie. MMFA knows Malkin was refering to the contributions and not the doners as "stinky" I am surprised....no shocked at the number of people MMFA caught in this parsing trap. My question is why not just take the next step and make up the news....oh wait its already being done
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/25/olbermann-maglagong-maglagong-maglagong-nyah-nyah-nyah/
WOW!
The remarks are there for everyone to see:
"Both papers uncovered dishwashers, cooks and other suspect Hillary campaign contributors in New York's Chinatown, Flushing, the Bronx, and Brooklyn who were limited-income, limited-English-proficient and smellier than stinky tofu."
Malkin may have been clumsy. Maybe she should clarify herself if so. I don't expect a conservative ever to apologize. Anyway, you can plainly see that the subject is "campaign contributors" - no spinning or making anything up there - and not "contributions" as you are baselessly claiming.
Another day another lie is right. Just not on MMFA's part.
open...do you really, I mean really believe
1. Malkin really called the Chinese donors "stinky"
2. Rush Limbaugh hates US troops
3. That Matthews, Olberman, Abrams mentioned the Medal of Honor recipient in prime time
4. That Glenn Beck was glad to see home burn in California
5. That Olbermann does not intentionally lie and mislead his viewers
I don't know you but I would find it hard to believe you really think what you read on this site is contextually accurate and that "parsing" of the news is not intentional and done so on purpose for political reasons.
TTT, ...do you really, I mean really believe your argument has a shred of validity?
1. Malkin really called the Chinese donors "stinky"
I agree completely. I read the whole thing, and if you read my post 20 or 30 back, I have presented an iron clad argument concerning this.
2. Rush Limbaugh hates US troops
True, but just the "phony" troopS.
3. Matthews, Olberman, Abrams mentioned the Medal of Honor recipient in prime time
If not, so what? That takes nothing away from his valient service. O'Reilly takes away from it by reducing this to 'Guess who's not talking about this, but WE are.'
4. Glenn Beck was glad to see home burn in California
He said it was unfortuneate that America haters homes were burning. It might have been close to accurate to say "A home of someone who disagreed with me burned." He knows NO ONE who hates America whose home burned. (Or the United States of America for that matter)
5. Olbermann does not intentionally lie and mislead his viewers
Not only is there no intentional lies, there's no lies on KO whatsoever.
I don't know you but I would find it hard to believe you really think what you read on this site is contextually inaccurate.
Good luck Rick.
Great response. I guess that's the best you can come up with. For the record, although I make my own luck, I admit, I have no idea what you meant.
"1. Malkin really called the Chinese donors "stinky"--tweak
Considering that was the only question that was on the topic, I will be glad to answer it, but I am not going to waste my time on the other questions on different topics. Yes. I believe she called the Chinese donors "stinky"...because she did. I don't know if she believes it, but she most definitely wrote it.
If you think she was refering to their contributions then why did she say they "were limited-income [and] limited-English-proficient"? Do you think contributions can be limited-income and limited-English-proficient? Really?
It looks like you are the one spinning and telling us she really didn't write what she wrote.
I think Malkin probably made a mistake and miswrote what she thinks. I usually give the benefit of the doubt. She should simply explain herself and offer an apology. That appears to be too much class for Malkin to handle. The first rule in being a blowhard is to never humbly admit a mistake - no matter how obvious it may be. I don't expect anything different from Malkin. I would probably keel over dead if she ever recognized a mistake with any humility.
Boy if this is the best manufactured controversy you guys can come up with, you might as well shut down. You've outlived your usefulness.
If I were Malkin I would have stated the case and then said "Something smells fishy in Chinatown."
I have a different take on all this.
Isn't anyone else amused at the way the wingnuts are flailing about these days? Attacking little kids, racial slurs etc. There used to be uninformed but fair-minded people who believed these jerks were at least sincere and human who are now being exposed to the naked truth - and it is very ugly.
Decent people are turning away from the right in disgust - more and more every day - as they reveal their true nature. Even the wingnut apologists on this site and others don't generally try to defend what was said by these Nazis, they try to reinterpret and explain it away.
A certain percentage of Americans have always been comfortable with the twisted authoritarian policies of Nazism and facism; but have hid behind the cloak of patriotism to hide their true colors. When they finally achieved the power they had long sought and actually began to implement the aforementioned policies, the majority of real patriots began to slowly wake up - and the viciousness of the attacks increased to a point of absurdity.
Now the iron fist behind the velvet glove is there for all to see - and the desperation and insanity are almost comical. I am so glad I don't have to defend this stupid sh**.
Uneasyrider,
Would you really prefer defending some other things, like a democrat presidential candidate with an alien (not hispanic!) recently:
http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/10/23/dennis-kucinich-is-working-for-the-aliens/
Democrat leadership ineffective http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/wheres-the-leadership_b_59375.html
and eaten by their own.. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/24582
and Reid humiliated along with other democrat senators
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101902667.html
I'll defend outing a pathological pattern of illegal campaign fundraising over what you have to defend any day.
Great source there - Shirley McClain. Excuse me while I ROTFLMAO.
Which exactly, are the terrible things about Democrats that you find harder to defend than fascism?
TYVM for flailing about and illustrating my point so perfectly.
Hey all you good researchers out there correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Malkin write a book or column defending the internment of Japanese during WWII? Maybe she is a self loathing person of Asian descent after all. Someone please shut her up before she makes the reichwing dumber than they are already.
IN DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT--by Michelle Malkin. Available at Amazon starting price $2.02
I might read it if the price ever comes down. (Nah)
5. Olbermann does not intentionally lie and mislead his viewers
Not only is there no intentional lies, there's no lies on KO whatsoever.
I don't know you but I would find it hard to believe you really think what you read on this site is contextually inaccurate.
Your funny Rick, this is not for you because I am on to you but some others might want to know what KO is up to.............
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/25/olbermann-maglagong-maglagong-maglagong-nyah-nyah-nyah/
Just another example of the misogynist Olbermann and his lies.....nice one there slick.
You're on to me? What the hell does that mean :-(
By the way, I find it soooooo endearing the way KO mistakenly mispronounced Malikin's name. :-)
As I mentioned earlier: Get rid of the filler, in Malkin's statement, and reduce this sentence to it's basics, then you have the following:
'Both papers uncovered suspect campaign contributors WHO were smellier than stinky tofu.'
"Who" is the word that kills any argument that she meant the "campaign scheme." People are refered to as "who." Campaign schemes, or the "illegal" contributions, are be refered to as "which." [ie: ...which was smellier than stinky tofu.]
She said it on purpose, her lack of an apology is further proof. Go ahead and defend her, which makes you just as vile.
End of story.
I guess we will see how goes to jail next, so The Clinton machine can have the spot light.
I want to know: Why does Malkin hate America? hates the truth? hates herself?
I want to know why Fats limbaugh hates America, especially our troops?
Why does he think it's OK to abuse drugs? Why is does he practice gluttony? Why does he lie to America? Does he hate us that much?
I want to know why billo the falafel boy by hates the truth? hates himself? and why he thinks it's OK to work on the air drunk?
Why does mAnne Coultergiest keep lying about being a man? Why wont s/he appear in public in her tailored SS uniform?
Just curious....