Crowley falsely claimed Obama "stole" Ahmadinejad's campaign slogan
SUMMARY: On The Laura Ingraham Show, Monica Crowley claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "lifted his campaign line 'Yes, we can' from the recent presidential campaign of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." Crowley claimed that Ahmadinejad used the slogan "We can." In fact, Obama reportedly used the phrase "Yes, we can" during his 2004 Senate campaign -- a full year before Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005.
Guest-hosting the June 27 broadcast of The Laura Ingraham Show, Fox News contributor Monica Crowley claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "steals a lot of stuff" and that "Obama lifted his campaign line 'Yes, we can' from the recent presidential campaign of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." Crowley claimed that Ahmadinejad used the slogan "We can," and added, "So, no wonder Senator Obama is so eager to race to go over there and talk to him. He wants to thank him for a winning slogan." In fact, Obama reportedly used the phrase "Yes, we can" during his 2004 Senate campaign -- a full year before Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005. Moreover, Ahmadinejad's slogan during his presidential campaign, according to Time, was "We can do it" -- not "We can," as Crowley claimed. According to a June 28, 2005, Slate.com article, Ahmadinejad's campaign "motto" was, "It's possible and we can do it."
The Chicago Sun-Times reported on November 3, 2004 -- the day after Obama was elected to the Senate -- that "Yes, we can" was Obama's "campaign refrain":
As for Obama, he has consistently downplayed the role of luck, arguing that he ran a positive campaign that spoke to the issues voters cared about -- jobs, education and health care. To those who doubted he could keep his promises, Obama last night led the crowd in his campaign refrain:
"Yes, we can."
But Obama also nodded to his good fortune.
"We've had some good breaks in this campaign," he said Tuesday night. "There is no doubt about it. And I am under no illusion that we come out of this assuming that all people throughout the state of Illinois agree with me on every single position. But I think what we've shown is that all of us can disagree without being disagreeable."
And as Media Matters for America has noted, "Sí, se puede/Yes, we can" is the motto of the United Farm Workers.
From the June 27 broadcast of Talk Radio Network's The Laura Ingraham Show:
CROWLEY: Research on Barack Obama and his campaign slogans, and what I found was very interesting. You know Barack Obama's big campaign line "Yes, we can"? "Sí, se puede"? Or, he tried to translate it into Latin over the last week and toy with the presidential seal? Well, "Yes, we can" -- you know, those are three really powerful words, right? "Yes," is positive, it's affirmative. "We" is -- is all about togetherness, it's collective, it's everybody as one. And "can" is action-oriented, it's doers, not talkers. "Yes, we can." Three of the most powerful words -- powerful words that you can use, especially in politics, with the exception of "free," of course. But "Yes, we can" probably mobilize people, especially in politics, more than any other words you can use.
Well, it turns out that Barack Obama actually stole that campaign line. You know, he steals a lot of stuff. But he stole that campaign line. And you recall a couple of months ago there was a controversy because Obama stole some of his other campaign stock lines from the Massachusetts governor, and his friend, Deval Patrick. Well, he didn't steal "yes you can" from Deval Patrick, but he did steal it from somebody else. You'll never guess -- can you guess? You'll never guess. I'd better tell you. Here's a hint -- knowing Barack Obama and his predilection to wanting to talk to terrorists, you might be able to guess this. Can you? No. All right, I'd better tell you.
Obama lifted his campaign line "Yes, we can" from the recent presidential campaign of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The shrimp in the windbreaker? The shrimp in the windbreaker actually ran several years ago on the slogan -- on the very slogan "We can." "We can." "We can stick our fingers in the -- in the eyes of the United States. We can go nuclear. We can export terror. We can wreak havoc in Iraq. We can do all of those things." That was the campaign slogan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. So, no wonder Senator Obama is so eager to race to go over there and talk to him. He wants to thank him for a winning slogan. "Sí, se puede." "Yes, we can."
What is wrong with this woman and how fu_king desperate are the lower life forms at Fox going to get between now and November?
I think she figures that it is her turn to capitalize on the kind of "success" Ann Coulter has had.
This woman is a "word whore". She will say anything for money. At least she was given a chance to "move up' while her Madame, Laura is away. BONG!!! A thought....Look out Rush, Seannie etc., these babes are taking over you gigs. You better be careful. Yes They Can....Mrs. Armedenianjkdoew(sic) said that.
Ms. Crowley, are you really this desperate to surpass Annie C.? Or are the dollars the Con Johns give you to too hard to pass up. Please write me, we can exchange words for whatever you do.
Regardless of Crowley's idiocy and mean-spiritedness, I don't think it's appropriate to call her a "whore"--even if the usage is figurative.
Let's leave that kind of talk to the right wing.
"Regardless of Crowley's idiocy and mean-spiritedness, I don't think it's appropriate to call her a "whore"--even if the usage is figurative.
Let's leave that kind of talk to the right wing."
I agree, but for a different reason. The good name of whores is destroyed when you associate Monica Creepy Crawley with them.
I prefer to call Monica Creepy Crawley a hate hag, a fascist, a racist, a sociopath, a white supremacist, or my favorite description of the lying right wing, a piece of human toxic waste.
"What is wrong with this woman and how fu_king desperate are the lower life forms at Fox going to get between now and November?"
It would take YEARS to list the things wrong with the little ball of Republican Hate Hag Monica Creepy Crawley.
To the second part of your question, wait a few seconds, for we're about to find out.
Barack Obama is a devout CHRISTIAN...
He's goes to church every evening. He's in church RIGHT NOW.
He travels mostly by FORKLIFT.
No, that's just a false rumor spread by the right-wing media. He really did it for the shoes.
Barack Obama did, however, write the lyrics for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton".
Obama didn't "steal" his slogan like moronic crowley stole some airtime, but I'm stealing this from an e-mail my son forwarded:
THE SMEAR: Barack Obama is a vampire.
THE TRUTH: He briefly dabbled in vampirism in high school, but found it wasn't for him.
THE SMEAR: Michelle Obama hates white people.
THE TRUTH: Michelle Obama married half of one, proving she is only half-racist at best, and still less racist than Barbara Bush.
That's a toughee, but you can try some of these links:
http://www.dailyawesome.com/2007/11/republican_to_english_dictionary
http://www.dailyawesome.com/2007/11/republican_to_english_dictionary
Wow, three full paragraphs transribed, of words that came out of the mouth of this crowley hack, and were about Sen. Obama... and not a single reference to color race or heritage!
And even with the Governor of Massachussetts mentioned also!
Things are looking up.
Is there a toilet around somewhere...
So that this Crowley might voluntarily stuff her head in, and so regain her composure?
Michael Sewage has one, I know.
Monica Creepy Crowley obviously learned well from her mentor, Richard Nixon.
She's just as much a scumbag as he was.
Creepy, creepy
Crowley, Crowely
Airhead, the spider.
Look who's crawling on the tu-ube...
Blonde and creepy on Fox New-ws..
What she says is re-tard-de-ed...
Think I'll watch Seinfeld instea-ed...
Yes, the cretins at Faux Noise are starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel. I'm worried its only going to go down hill from here. Scary.
You know, he steals a lot of stuff.
What has he stolen? More importantly, who cares? They are pressing. This is borderline embarassing. A lot of people are going to look back at this election and regret their decisions.
So, no wonder Senator Obama is so eager to race to go over there and talk to him. He wants to thank him for a winning slogan.
Interesting...she believes Obama's gonna win. Maybe she's not as stupid as she looks...just pissed of.
This woman is so didtzy so who worries about her absurd statements, Actualy I am having a great belly laugh. Her statement says not one thing about Obama but everything about her shallow spooky mind. It is getting so obvious that neocons like her are getting so desparate that their firght compels them to stoop to these rediculously stupid statements. I sight as my source for this statement Pat Buchanan, certainly no flaming liberal. It is obvious that the far right is really getting antsymsp we casn expect more of this sort of out of control sorts of statemeents. It is sort of funny an d definately a joy to see THEM do the scrabling for a change. So GO OBAMA!!!!!!
I thought this was a Bob the Builder slogan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_the_Builder
"You know, he steals a lot of stuff."
Naturally, because he's black. Seriously, I'm beginning to think Crowley and her ilk just sit around and stare at each other in wonder and say "Wow, we are really, really racist."
Folks look no further for proof that the RIGHT WING NUT JOBS are scared s---tless that they are going to lose big time in NOVEMBER. THE SPIN AND LIE MACHINE is going at full throtle now.
On a completely different note I would hope that the Democratic Presidential Campaign keeps its sloganeering to a minimum...these are serious times. Sloganeering
gives rise to false hopes and failed promises...my 2 cents.
Crowley unconvered yet one more link in Obama's long chain of ties to terrorists and other enemies of America. Why is it only the investigative journalists at Fox News who do their due diligence on Obama? Why does the liberal mainstream media give him a pass?
Dammit MMfA, stop exposing the truth like this, Fox Noise Security might be called to investigate......
It is also very damaging to this new breed of conservatism that wants to take America into the gutter....
Well, it turns out that Barack Obama actually stole that campaign line. You know, he steals a lot of stuff. But he stole that campaign line. And you recall a couple of months ago there was a controversy because Obama stole some of his other campaign stock lines from the Massachusetts governor,
I'm reaching the end of my tolerance for idiot right wing nuts! Obama STOLE? Obama STEALS?
Republicans need to buy a clue, it didn't work for Hillary and it won't for them!
Monica Creepy Crawley is a lying, loudmouth, ignorant, fascist, racist, flag-scamming white supremacist ball of hate hag.
The sorry excuses for people who like and follow lying fascist racist flag-scamming scum/scummettes like Monica Creepy Crawley are just as big or bigger flag-scamming ignorant fascist racist loudmouth fools than she continues to be.
If there is any slogan that is overused in Spanish, it is "Si se puede." It was a huge slogan for the United Farm Workers during the Cesar Chavez era. It is also very much used in many languages by soccer fans around the world to cheer for their favorite team when their team is behind for years. "SI-SE-PUE-DE! SI-SE-PUE-DE!"
But somehow nobody ever thought of it, EVER, until the Iranian president did.
Does Media Matters have the date that Ahmadinejad started his slogan Michavad va Metavanim? Saying he was elected in 2005 means your argument is he started his slogan on the day he was elected.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election%2C_2005
Ahmadinejad said he would not seek nomination on February 2nd - he returned to the scene later. The registration of the candidates finished on May 14th, 2005.
So, some time between February 2nd and May 14th in 2005 he became a candidate, and some time after he became a candidate that slogan became his. Oh, and his slogan was ""It's doable and we can do it."
Cesar Chavez came up with the "Si se puede" comment in 1972. Dave Cash used it in a baseball arena in 1974. Obama was captured using it in 2004 when he won his Illinois Senate seat.
He didn't steal it from any Iranian. The right ties their damnest to tie Obama to anything terrorist related because they can't fight him fairly.
Ms. Crowley,
Your bias against Senator Obama is absolutely shameful. Senator Obama used this expression during his first run for the Illinois State Senate. You ought to be removed from your job because of your incompetence. If you are going to lie, at least come up with something that is closer to the truth.
I know truth, facts and reality are foreign curse words for you. You ought to go slither back under the rock that you call home. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU. You are clearly the beneficiary of Affirmative Action employment, because you are not qualified for your position and you are a disgrace to all women. FACT--Some hair dye may cause problems with the hair.
YES WE CAN! !SI SE PUEDE!
I always thought that Obama took the "Yes, we can" slogan from "Bob the Builder."
"Can we do it?"
"Yes. We can!"