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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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Fred Barnes doesn’t bat an eye when C-Span caller and Barnes fan calls Obama ‘Mr. Monkey Boy’.
Think Progress —
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 Obama as “Mr. Monkey Boy,” Barnes didn’t bat an eye, immediately addressing the caller’s question without pausing to condemn the epithet. Watch it:
Bigotry doesn’t seem to bother Fred Barnes. In fact, he urged Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to exploit anti-gay bigotry in order ...
Fred Barnes and the “Monkey Boy”
Matthew Yglesias —
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 answer the question:
It’s always a tight race between Barnes and Charles Krauthammer for the coveted “worst pundit in America” prize, but Barnes makes a strong case for himself here. And it’s Friday, so there’s a new CK column out in the Post I’m sure, but I think I’m afraid to read. ...
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