On MSNBC, Mowbray joined Limbaugh, Carlson in taking seriously Obama's remark about his ears
SUMMARY: Conservative columnist Joel Mowbray said that Sen. Barack Obama made a "rookie mistake" by allegedly rebuking Maureen Dowd for writing that Obama's "ears stick out." In fact, as the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet noted, Obama was joking: Obama "chided [Dowd] in a kidding way."
On the April 4 edition of MSNBC's The Most, conservative columnist Joel Mowbray said that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made a "rookie mistake" in, according to Mowbray, chiding New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd for writing that Obama's "ears stick out." But as Media Matters for America noted, according to Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet, Obama was joking, as she noted in a December 11, 2006, weblog entry and a December 11, 2006, Chicago Sun-Times article. Sweet wrote that after a December 10, 2006, press conference in New Hampshire, Obama "chided [Dowd] in a kidding way" for her October 21, 2006, column when he said to her, "I just want to put you on notice. ... I was teased relentlessly when I was a kid about my big ears." Mowbray's comments echoed those of MSNBC host Tucker Carlson and nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh, among others, who construed Obama's joke literally and called him "sensitive."
Additionally, Mowbray's use of the term "rookie mistake" echoed the headline on a March 27 article by Politico chief political correspondent Mike Allen, "Rookie Mistakes Plague Obama." As Media Matters documented, the article stretched what Allen characterized as "trivial" inconsistencies into a 1,200-word piece that was promoted on the Drudge Report, apparently an hour before the article was published on The Politico's website. On the March 28 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, senior political analyst Bill Schneider also repeated the "rookie mistakes" line in discussing Obama, as Media Matters noted. The Republican National Committee (RNC) cited The Politico's "rookie mistakes" headline in a research document attacking Obama. The RNC's document is titled "The Rookie."
From the April 4 edition of MSNBC's The Most:
ALLISON STEWART (host): So, you say Obama -- media, empty vessel. You're saying John Edwards -- media, empty vessel.
MOWBRAY: Hillary's formidable.
STEWART: So, who's the one -- who's the person who should have folks on the conservative side biting their nails a little bit?
MOWBRAY: Well, I mean, I guess, you know -- biting the nails? Maybe Obama if he's able -- look, he's shown definitely that he can be savvy, but at the same time, remember what he did with Maureen Dowd. He sees her in a crowd and, you know, after he gives a speech, he goes out to her with the microphones right nearby and he says, you know, "You made fun of my ears. They made fun of me relentlessly as a child." I mean, this is the kind of rookie mistake you can't make on the trail. And I'm guessing --
STEWART: So, who's the real deal?
MOWBRAY: -- he's probably going to do more of that.
Does anyone take seriously the size of Rush's fat A*s?
No, just the pimple on it that kept him from serving his country honorably.
Big news day - from Obama's ears, to Couric's hair, to Rosie's appetite.......the misinformation burden is a heavy one.
I see the sarcasm , but you have a point. I am disturbed at the level of stories today. It is a slow news week , but I would like to see more stories on how the MSM has attacked Speaker Pelosi as she visits Syria
Then I guess you're ok with mainstream media denigration of the opposition party. It's pretty weak that making fun of people's appearances and worrying about not being the "right kind of christian" is all these blowhards have. This crap is just more annoying than anything else.
Yeah, the level of discourse is just far too deep for me. These issues are just sooooo above our heads. I'm glad we have these geniuses in the main stream media to explain all these hard and unfathomable things to us so clearly.
In Brave New World, Huxley shows how forcing a state of infantilism within grown adult psyches can be used as a method of population control. We're seeing this in action. These idiot yuppies are mentally children. And they get hired and stuck on tv to turn the rest of us into adult children too.
I wanted to hear more about Hillary's screechy voice, but Obama's ears and the funding of the war keep getting in the way.
I want to hear more about Roise.
I'll take that with a side of dixie chicks.
And a heapin' helpin' of Anna Nicole gravy...
About Hillary's screechy voice -
Stephanie Miller (left wing wacko radio host - LOL) often makes note of the similarity of Hillary making a speech to the crazy Martians in "Mars Attacks!"
My dream team for 08: Gore & Obama
That would make their heads explode. That alone would be a surefire way to save the environment and earn them the Nobel Peace Prize.
I like Obama/Edwards better. Gore's got too much history and might fire up the wackos like Hillary does.
That would be a great ticket....for the Israel Lobby.
The amazing thing about this is that the troglodytes are still pumping this non-story. It shows how desperate they are to smear Obama. He must really scare the hell out of them.
Nope, he doesn't scare the hell out of them. He's just a popular D running for the presidency. That's all it takes. It could be any D running. They would get the same treatment. Ask Hillary.
Just shows how infantile they really are. Issues? What issues? My team's better than your team, nyah, nyah, nyah, cause we aren't black or atheist or have big ears or.....
We're dealing with children in three peice suits and six figure salaries.
Are all conservatives dumber than a box of rocks, or is it just the ones with the biggest mouths?