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Hannity attacks Obama for ordering a "fancy" cheeseburger with Dijon mustard

May 07, 2009 7:41 am ET

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    • Author by MickD (May 07, 2009 7:49 am ET)
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      Grasping at straws comes to mind. Just of what might have happened had he ordered a veggie burger.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (May 07, 2009 7:54 am ET)
           
        Or (GASP!) orange juice?

        I will give Hannity credit for knowing what Dijon mustard is. Who knew he was so smart? I didn't. And still don't. Dijon mustard is available in every grocery store in the country, it isn't that fancy.

        It's good on a cheeseburger, though. That's probably why Obama put it on his.
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      • Author by happygoluckytoyou2345 (May 07, 2009 11:02 am ET)
           
        ex-resident Bush on this subject was "simply unnerved that the elitest president Obama would order Dijon, without including the Belmonts"

        and did you notice how he just "tossed on the lettuce and tomatoe without a second thought to how people are starving in China"

        Hannity is an oxyMoron... or some kind of a Moron... he has achieved the height of being "a Dick without a Dick"

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    • Author by harley (May 07, 2009 7:53 am ET)
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      Wow, how dare he order a burger with spicy mustard....what an elitist!

      ....and reich-wingers wonder why they are a permanent status...

      Idiots.
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 8:26 am ET)
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        and reich-wingers wonder why they are a permanent status

        I think I know what you mean, but you may have left out a word. :)

        I call my wife a liberal-pink-commie-elitist every time we have arugala. LOL.

        I guess my 5 year old is an elitst - he like mustard on a hambuger as well. Of course, he also puts ketchup on hot-dogs, so what does HE know. (I could see Hannity doing that!) LOL.
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        • Author by harley (May 07, 2009 9:50 am ET)
             


          Oops.... :)

          ....permanent minority status...

          I'm drinking bottled water right now....I'm such an elitist for not sticking my head under the faucet.
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          • Author by snoopy (May 07, 2009 11:21 am ET)
               
            I hope your faucets are labeled properly, you elitist!
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          • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 12:08 pm ET)
               
            Bottled water?! You RIGHT WING SWINE! Do you have any idea how much damage all those PLASTIC BOTTLES are doing to the environment?!

            (LOL... We can all feign outrage over nothing, but somehow Hannity, Beck and O'Rielly figured out how to get PAID for it. It's probably a good job, but I kind of like my soul.)
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    • Author by Wickle (May 07, 2009 8:37 am ET)
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      I thought it was the evil lefties who engaged in class warfare.

      For the record, in my 1-income household we have some brown spicy mustard, honey mustard, and a little jar of blazingly-hot Chinese mustard in addition to the yellow.

      So, the Pres likes some flavor? What's the big deal?

      Hannity seems to have missed that Obama picked that snooty cheddar cheese instead of good American cheese.
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    • Author by lede39571545 (May 07, 2009 8:50 am ET)
         
      Jealousey is crawling all over me. Written by Sean Hannity.
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    • Author by PurpleState (May 07, 2009 8:57 am ET)
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      MSNBC covering this moment in the President's day was ridiculous enough, but Hannity covering the angle to make him look elitist?

      When will Hannity be grasping the straw that is our final straw?
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    • Author by eniobob2631 (May 07, 2009 9:11 am ET)
         
      SEAN, you left your friend in the car:
      http://failblog.org/2009/04/22/locked-in-fail/
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      • Author by fairliberal (May 09, 2009 7:05 pm ET)
           
        Are you referring to Kennedy leaving Mary Jo in the car?
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    • Author by JimInTheBay (May 07, 2009 9:13 am ET)
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      We know sean prefers French's yellow on his vienna sausages.
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    • Author by JimInTheBay (May 07, 2009 9:17 am ET)
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      god forbid our president use grey poupon.....imagine the international crisis.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (May 07, 2009 9:39 am ET)
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        Do you think Hannity would notice? There's no grey in his world, only black and white.
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        • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
             
          Yeah, but... somehow I don't think Black Poupon would sell very well. Somehow it just doesn't sound very appealing.
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    • Author by Tower 88 (May 07, 2009 9:23 am ET)
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      Well this confirms what I've long suspected, as far as Hannity is concerned, Obama can't do anything right.
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    • Author by archfiend (May 07, 2009 9:48 am ET)
         
      I guess when you build as many straw men as Hannity does, you need to grasp any straws that come within reach.
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    • Author by vysotsky (May 07, 2009 10:07 am ET)
         
      Psst -- Sean, those ads about the relatively inexpensive Grey Poupon mustard being elite and fancy? It was a joke, and one that you apparently missed.

      By the way, Sean, nice suit. I'm guessing you got it at Target, yeah?
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    • Author by harley (May 07, 2009 10:09 am ET)
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      Apparently Hannity forgot to check herr dubyah's menu:

      Your text to link here...

      President and Laura Bush's Deviled Eggs Recipe

      12 large eggs, boiled hard and peeled
      1 Tbsp (plus) soft butter
      1 Tbsp (plus) mayonnaise
      1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
      1/2 tsp Yucatan Sunshine Habanero sauce
      Salt to taste


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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 12:11 pm ET)
           
        Elitist swine!
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      • Author by shaggles (May 07, 2009 12:12 pm ET)
           
        HA!
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      • Author by carojoy (May 07, 2009 1:43 pm ET)
           
        And the Habanero sauce! That should have,by his standard of judging President Obama, been enough for Hannity to call for impeachment of the Shrub. But he was "his" president, after all!
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    • Author by Christopher Howard (May 07, 2009 10:18 am ET)
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      That does it. I supported him in the election, but thanks to Hannity I now realize that Obama's choice of mustard shows he can't possibly connect with me as the common man. Sean Hannity, you've convinced me, and I know that even with all your millions you'd never eat anything but the plainest of fare.

      Just ignore this interview where Hannity discusses his wife's love of French (!), er, freedom toast and how he'll only use real maple syrup from liberal Vermont.

      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468565,00.html
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    • Author by whillenbrand (May 07, 2009 10:25 am ET)
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      This is all they got????

      Hannity lives in 8.5 million house on Long Island and he finds
      sarcasm in the Presidents mustard choice. Time to consider
      infomercials Sean!
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    • Author by RABBITLUVR (May 07, 2009 10:26 am ET)
         
      So I take it that Dijon mustard is America's newest enemy, right? Y'know... being European, especially French (oh la la!), and socialist, and... well, you know...

      Guess we'll hear cries of BOYCOTT!!! from the numb-minded drones next.
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      • Author by nerzog (May 07, 2009 11:03 am ET)
           
        Well, you have to remember... Hanniterd was one of the biggest proponents of all that Freedom Fries nonsense back during the dark jingofascist days before we stupidly invaded Iraq.
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        • Author by Christopher Howard (May 07, 2009 11:23 am ET)
             
          I recall French's Mustard putting out a press release back in 2003 to say how all-American they were and apologizing for the "French" in their own name. I actually sent their PR department a letter predicting that in a few years they'd look back on their feckless response and cringe. I always did wonder if any of those involved had any second thoughts.

          Other ridiculous food artifacts of that time were "W" ketchup (because Kerry was married to a Heinz), and "I Hate the French Vanilla" as a double slap at the wicked French and Ben & Jerries.
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        • Author by snoopy (May 07, 2009 11:23 am ET)
             
          Oh dear, now French's is going to have to change their company name to Freedom's.
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          • Author by Christopher Howard (May 07, 2009 11:44 am ET)
               
            I always wanted to freedom kiss my freedom maid while wearing a freedom tickler.
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            • Author by snoopy (May 07, 2009 11:51 am ET)
                 
              You freedomphile!
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            • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 12:14 pm ET)
                 
              LOL. Freedom Kiss... Sounds like something for the supreme court to debate on...

              Personally I prefer the "Aussie Kiss". It's just like a "French Kiss" except that it's done "down under."

              (How long before THIS POST get deleted?!) LOL
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    • Author by nerzog (May 07, 2009 11:00 am ET)
         
      This is kind of pathetic... really.

      I like dill pickles on my grilled cheese sandwich.

      I like cole slaw on my hot dog.

      I dip my french fries in yellow mustard.

      Am I an elitist, or just odd?

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      • Author by harley (May 07, 2009 11:09 am ET)
           
        I dip my french fries in yellow mustard.

        Am I an elitist, or just odd?


        YOU Communist Liberal Socialist Marxist Terrorist!!!

        /end snark
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      • Author by shaggles (May 07, 2009 12:14 pm ET)
           
        You are odd. We're I come from we dip our freedom fries in tartart sauce.
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      • Author by carojoy (May 07, 2009 1:46 pm ET)
           
        We dip our fries in mayonaise! Is mayonaise a French word?
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      • Author by NiceguyEddie (May 07, 2009 4:04 pm ET)
           
        Oh, you're just special.
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    • Author by roninkannushi1711 (May 07, 2009 11:02 am ET)
         
      Mr. Hannity must be a meat and potato man. Actually, does he and network have anything to report? The Hannity food and fashion flog,(false blog), would be a comedy hit! It is tough, to match Jerry Springer. Klog network,(Klan blog network). Apt, I think.
      Clog network,(Conservative blog network). That is better.
      Clog Fox Network, Clog Fox News, Clog Fox and Friends, and The O'Reilly Clogtor. They are, so last century.
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      • Author by nerzog (May 07, 2009 11:17 am ET)
           
        I really really hope that the economy recovers this year.

        Mainly because that would be good for everybody, including myself... but also because it would leave the Republicans flailing and choking on their own propaganda in 2010 and 2012.
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    • Author by jpeagle21 (May 07, 2009 11:14 am ET)
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      It was a joke, people. You know, like the ones you laughed at when they were making fun of Sarah Palin for wearing designer clothes when she was supposed to be "one of the people".
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      • Author by nerzog (May 07, 2009 11:19 am ET)
           
        Well, you might have a point, but Hanniterd is such a shameless, lying attack dog that he deserves whatever ridicule we can heap upon him.
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      • Author by Turd_Boy (May 07, 2009 11:22 am ET)
           
        my ass, it was a joke. I mean, Come on. he was RIPPING him for being an elitist just because he had mustard on his burger.


        mmmmmm burgers
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      • Author by snoopy (May 07, 2009 11:26 am ET)
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        You mean those clothes she's still illegally keeping? I didn't know stealing clothes was a commoner kind of thing. Trailer park, perhaps.
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      • Author by PurpleState (May 07, 2009 11:44 am ET)
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        The problem with "jokes" from pundits is that they don't hit their target.

        Pundits are there to push an agenda and attack the other side's agendas. They are to ignite passions about what they stand behind and burn down passions represented by the opposition.

        If Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, Olbermann, and all of the pundits out there want to make a point about something, inserting a joke will likely cause a miss in their intended target. For example, Glenn Beck would be an even more effective (albeit fear-mongering) pundit if he didn't cut some many mocking slurs disguised as "humor" in his shows.

        The same goes for Hannity in this case. This is why Olbermann called out Hannity with his "waterboarding for charity joke"--if he's going to be serious about his work, he's going to have to face the stones from those who call him out on his blurred line between humor and political bulldoggery. If you're going to attack the president, attack the serious topics. Leave comedy to the comedians.
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        • Author by jpeagle21 (May 07, 2009 11:59 am ET)
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          Right, because Olberman and Maddow are never sarcastically humorous in their "reporting".......especially when it came to those "teabagging conservatives" (just to cite one instance).
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          • Author by snoopy (May 07, 2009 12:14 pm ET)
               
            Wow, you actually made a point! That puts you at a 0.001% success rate! You go, girl!
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            • Author by jpeagle21 (May 07, 2009 12:36 pm ET)
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              Hey, I'll take any credit I can get from you guys....even if it is loaded with sarcastic insults.
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      • Author by shaggles (May 07, 2009 12:31 pm ET)
           
        Tens of thousands of dollars worth of designer clothes versus a little dollop from a $3 jar of mustard. Yeah. That's pretty much the same thing.
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        • Author by jpeagle21 (May 07, 2009 1:06 pm ET)
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          You're right, the Dijon thing is actually worse. Palin was given the clothes to wear by her handlers. Obama ASKED for the Dijon mustard! *Insert laugh track sound effect here*
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      • Author by mjh (May 07, 2009 4:51 pm ET)
           
        You mean the ones bought and paid for with RNC money? Somehow, I don't think the rank-and-file contributors were laughing . . .


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    • Author by Leftym0m79 (May 07, 2009 12:27 pm ET)
         
      Are you effing kidding me. That is reaching so far up to grasp for anything that he must be to Beck's tonsils by now...
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    • Author by bluedoguk (May 07, 2009 1:30 pm ET)
         
      Just imagine the outrage had he requested the most common of mustards. Cheese-eating, surrender monkey French's yellow. Gasp!
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    • Author by pete592 (May 07, 2009 1:42 pm ET)
         
      OMG, don't miss the Daily Show's take.
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    • Author by markbfoot199 (May 07, 2009 4:30 pm ET)
         
      I was more impressed he was able to order a burger without a teleprompter. Guess they are working his non-prompter skills.
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      • Author by mjh (May 07, 2009 4:54 pm ET)
           
        Ha, that's nothin'. What was really impressive was how he was able to consume the burger WITHOUT choking on it.

        Then again, it was a burger -- not a pretzel . . .

        .
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    • Author by progressivepirate (May 07, 2009 11:25 pm ET)
         
      No ketchup? A spicy mustard, perhaps a dijon? TERRORIST!!!

      Dijon mustard is the condiment of anti-americanism. President Fancy-Pants better love ketchup or just get the hell out.

      I thought clowns like Hannity, Beck, O'Reilly, and the rest of the Fox News yahoos had jumped the shark on this anti-obamaism long ago, but this rant is a special kind of stupid.
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