thinkprogress.org - 1/19/2009
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Today on C-Span’s “Washington Journal,” conservative columnist Fred Barnes continued to defend the Bush presidency and insisted that Barack Obama would not represent much change from Bush. When a caller — who identified himself as a big fan of Barnes — referred to ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
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Here’s a good one. A right-wing caller to
C-SPAN identifies himself as a big Fred Barnes fan...
and asks a question during the course of which he refers to Barack Obama as “monkey boy.” Barnes doesn’t bat an eye and just moves to ...
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Fred Barnes and the “Monkey Boy”
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... #" published (1/17/09). What is so sad is that they "just do not get it": From Think Progress comes this sad headline:"Think Progress Fred Barnes doesn't bat an eye when C-Span caller and Barnes fan calls Obama Mr. Monkey Boy#" (1/17/09). McClatchy concludes with commentary that the: ...
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