Cokie Roberts: "I Know Hawaii is a State, But ..."

[kissmegetlucky]

hahahahha myrtle beach! the place reaks of suntan lotion!hahahhhahaha

[sevenonpaper1]

Cokie Roberts is clearly an asshole. Look at the spin she put on the founding of our nation, via her "book" The Founding Mothers". According to her, the FF were a bunch of party frat boys while the women were the true crafters of our constitution.

[OrganicDrew]

"and i know that hawaii is a state" couldn't be more wrong from a political science perspective or from a legal perspective but she's 100% spot on in regards to a propaganda perspective

[john48martin]

@OrganicDrew There is nothing "spot on" about this hack. She is the most dispicable pundit on TV (except everyone from Fox News). It would seem visiting your dying grandmother that raised you would be a good propoganda tool if you want to be seen as human. Cokie is a Kook.

[TheRealCritique]

KUNTIE ROBERTS is from the SOUTH, which got its ass handed to it in the civil war. America is still suffering from the rabid ignorance and stupidity of that part of the country. OH well, looks like the South is gonna rise again, and need to be bitch-slapped all over again. Most ignorant place in history. At least Germany got its crap out of its system, but not the South.

[biggerturtle]

Off the cunt

[biggerturtle]

ff the cunt

[kalamakufreitas]

You old hag! He was raised here, who are you to deny the right of his desire to visit his grandmother and home here in Hawai'i. I was also born and raised in Hawaii and still reside here. You need to check yourself. IDIOT!

[kalamakufreitas]

This lady needs to watch her mouth, I was born and raised in Hawaii, still reside here. Obama was raised here! He was actually a classmate of my Science Teacher at Punahou. Dont be jealous because Hawaii is paradise.

[jb26508]

Why didn't someone tell her the his grandmother was dying.

[john48martin]

I am just as surprised that none of the other "panelists" didn't call her out. Something like "What the hell is wrong with you, you idiot. His dying grandmother that raised him lives there and he is going to visit her before she breathes her last breath. What kind of cold hearted bitch are you that you would deny this man that right and think he should instead vacation in Myrtle Beach and go golfing with Dick Cheney's rich friends. You shouldn't even be here on National Television"

[sevenonpaper1]

@john48martin Spot on about cokie roberts. She's an idiot. If she had been on The View, Whoopee would have torn her a new one.

[TheMangoGang]

who are you to decide where the president goes for a vacation and wrong we are not a state but is illegally occupied.

[MyRepresentativeOrg]

Excellent example of the value of Cokie Roberts Analysis and Opinion. Reminds me of the video games designed to sway he users political opinion, per Alec Ross U.S. State Department.

[DeltaEagle7700]

Hmm. That's a first. And you are right. Patriotically, Hawaii is NOT a U.S. State. Much less part of the United States in the first place. Hawaii is under U.S. colonial occupation since the year 1898. Hawaii never ask to become part of the U.S. Hawaii was FORCED. Much less the statehood election forced Hawaii to become a U.S. state. There was NO OPTION FOR INDEPENDENCE!

[astromech]

She like one false crack...but it is true...Hawaii is a Foreign Place! THE HAWAII KINGDOM LIVES!!!

[bebure]

I guess it wasn't the right time for him to go see his dying grandmother right cokie? What a douchebag. These pundits don't know what they are saying half the time.

[loganthompson]

You're the only one mentioning color. It's very douchey.

[gd129]

Yeah this is actually pretty ridiculous haha.

They always give these hard right/left people microphones on these news shows and it makes both sides look bad.

[DaKineDuck]

I would think visiting ones Grandma would make for a good vacation, especially considering how old she was, and she ended up passing away just before the Presidential Election.

[n8020]

Its just pollitics. Although ignorant she was just trying to make the viewers believe that barrack is somehow iresponsible by painting a picture of him vacationing instead of "working".

Im not defending her ignorance but this happens all the time. Like when they brought up the fact that he likes a smoke from time to time.....?......ok.......and..­.......(sarcasm)

[DG3744]

WOW! tHAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH aMERICA?? cOKKIE GET A FUKEN CLUE?

[theyarelegend]

I wonder if she knows that he is from Hawaii?

[upabittoolate]

WOW. She's determining where the man should take his own time off?

[shtonker8]

Ms. Robert's has let slip, perhaps unconciously, the truth about Hawai'i a Nation that is under biligerant Military occupation since the Spanish American war....and further back with the treasonous overthrow, Pres. Cleveland call it an "Act of War" against a neutral country, by the Committee of Safety soon to be Provisional Gov. soon to be Territory Gov. soon to be State of Hawai'i....all the fruit of treason. A slip by Ms. Robert's with a heavy background of history....

[kristofferinus]

hawaii is a state..a beautiful state..

[808bourn11]

fuck this lady Hawaii is a state and we do have problems like everywhere else. I live in Hawaii and im busting my ass getting work done. Exotic vacation destination my ass

[TheDullahan]

Damn straight! That's what it's like living where rich douchebags take their vacations, you wind up with all the fallout. I'm tired of the stereotype that if you live near any sort of tourist destination, regardless of which one, you are automatically considered to be rich, own five houses and 200 Roll's Royce...

[808bourn11]

you said it brutha

[minus00]

more than a state baby! hawaii is a way of life.

[tigerbody69]

I guess she is telling us we don't live in America...

That this place is only a "resort destination"

not a place to do some real work.

[sungaslade07]

eh you like no what... he can come back home to Hawaiʻi if he like. Why he gotta go to one beach that looks like crap and he going get swamped with da media when he can come HOME to HAWAIʻI which is an illegal annexation of a nation, and enjoy before he goes to get stressed out by YOU STUPID MEDIA AND GOV PEOPLE!

[krusherkoxx]

Cokie Roberts is a stupid bitch. Of course, she's a Clinton supporter, so go figure.

[Tehononga]

Stupid Haole Bitch! She's Just Jealous!

[Tehononga]

Haole Bitch Is Just JEALOUS! HA-ha-ha.

[subalpinesam]

What a dumb cun+.

[basilbasilmint]

Um, that's pretty low. Calling it a vacation and saying "I just think this is not the time to do that" when he's going to see his seriously ill grandmother. Really, Cokie? Should he have timed his grandmother's illness differently. Somehow arranged his birth so that it was somewhere less "exotic." Someone needs a vacation..

[jobw87]

I think she is trying to say that Americans are stupid.

[Pigseye]

The children of thoughtful people tend to be morons.

[bondurango]

That's the proverbial mountain out of a mole hill. Cokie's mom & dad, Hale & Lindy Boggs, were both Democrats from Louisiana in the House of Representatives. She's a Hillary supporter & she's sore that Obama beat her girl. But if Obama had gone to Mardi Gras she wouldn't call it "exotic". In fact, she'd probably be there knocking down bourbon Old Fashions, eating butterscotch, coconut, pecan cake while tossing beads, lifting her blouse, & flashing her teeny old tits at him.

[betterpresident09]

I didn't realize that Cokie was so kookie. That is the lamest criticism I've ever heard.

[jmmolendyk]

this lady is a true assclown, she shouldnt be allowed to be the assitant manager at 7-11 let alone provide her opinion for stupid people to hear.

[satansadexec]

i'm so confused. is she right or left?

[superc]

It doesn't matter, she is a dumb fuck, she might as well take Palin's place, no one would notice the switcheroo.

[octarhaberee]

So he should not visit family because it might not look good politically? He should put politics ahead of family? That's some twisted set of values Cokehead..er..Cokie has.

[SWolfmoon]

What??? Does she not remember, or know that Obama was BORN in Hawaii? So, to go on holiday in South Carolina is okay, but not to his hometown? Don't get me wrong, being from Tampa and all, but if I had the choice to go to Hawaii or Myrtle Beach, I'd go to Hawaii in a heart beat! Sure, Myrtle Beach is nice and all, but come on...Hawaii?? Who wouldn't want to go there?? Well, okay I'm sure some people wouldn't but I'm sure you know what I mean lol.

[kyokasurimono]

Cokie is ridiculous. Check out her stupid attack on Biden for Bosniac / Bosniak. She strikes out of her own ignorance!

[sligosky]

Wow. This woman arguing about bullshit that doesn't mean anything. That's about as relevant as commenting on which side McCain parts his hair.

[tigerbody69]

that is called politics.

like "taking money away from schools" like they like to do.

[Tinils]

i dont know whos more stupid...Bush, Palin, or Cokie Roberts,

[bushputz]

Go into a big room of people.

Ask them, "Who has been to Hawaii?" - several hands go up, right?

Ask them, "Who knows a normal person who has been to Hawaii?" - try to find someone without their hand raised.

Nice try Cokie, but once again, you've proved what an idiot you are.

[parallax]

Whats wrong with Myrtle Beach?

[kcoffice4u]

Nothing is wrong with Mytle Beach, particularly when the weather's nice!!!! But, they say 'there's no place like home' - and Hawaii happens to be his home - you asshole!!!!!! (DUH!!!) Are you a relative of Cokie's? lol

[parallax]

I was actually being sarcastic, but was that really necessary either way?

[kcoffice4u]

Yeah, right!!! Must've hit a nerve!!!!lol

[parallax]

Yup, that's what happened, you have found me out. I got OWNED by kcoffice4u, I am so ashamed of my embarassing defeat here I seriously don't know how I will continue with my life.

[kcoffice4u]

My, my, my, oakie-doakie-cokie - what a jealous bitch!! I wonder what she'd do if her home was Las Vegas? Would she ever go home to visit? What a ass-backwards comment from her!!! I couldn't agree with you more - mcalien24! You said it best!!!

[lucki39284]

I have a vacation suggestion for Cokie. A cliff, blindfolded, naked...and let me do the honors.

[ewgirlsaregay]

myrtle beach!? fuuuuuuck that!

this bitch must be high on coke. -_-

[eye7view]

Who is she to tell someone one where to take a vacation. Obama has been on the road for well over a year straight.

[XianSlader]

pundit-wise, she's right. Barry Hussein Obama has been playing up Kansas, (his mother's birthplace) while playing down Hawaii, which is where elitist well-heeled people go to retire. Why not a battleground state vacation to promo a dying tourist spot and muster some votes. Hawaii is in the bag, eaten up with Democrats.

[mcalien24]

none of these people know what its like to be a regular citizen. Shes talking about what Obama "looks like" going on vacation.

But what to the people sitting at that table look like? To me they look like rich, educated people who dont give a shit about the American public or truth.

They look like the status quo and it makes me sick. Im sick of corporate media pretending it shares the interests of the American people as opposed to the wealthiest 5%, which it happily represents.

[gpromeo54]

Only in a US Election can visiting your grandmother in the State you were born in, hurt you.

[study1]

Best post on this video. You nailed it.

[mauistables]

Barak had every right to visit his place of birth and his grandmother in Hawaii.

Cokie should revisit the number of times President Bush has taken vacation and also the numerous exotic places he has done so at taxpayer expense. His vacation time now exceeds 400 plus days, the most of any sitting President.

[PappyRoo]

She's an elitist trying to think like an average contiguous-states American (another hyphenate to further divide us).

[klimaxxx06]

What an idiot! Myrtle Beach!?! LOL

[jakekutter99]

That woman is a jackass!

[salonika50]

Cokie Roberts thinks she knows it all. I always mute the Tv when I see her. Her opinion has no value for me.

[inmyhumble0pinion]

I would like to count Cokie Roberts off as an idiot, but she's not; she knows damn well what she's saying and the effect it will have on parochial-minded Americans.

She's what I would call a media-player: using the media as a tool to bring down Obama.

But we're on to you, Cokie. And it ain't gonna work.

[JamJells]

Cokie is Cookie with BS, watered down slights. She sells out one of the best states to travel too and suggest another part of our country like that would have won here approval. WEAK and transparent. Impeach Bush Now!

[lovejangie1]

I'm so sick of the constant 'WINK WINK' nonsense going on. There's nothing wrong with Sen. Obama spending time with his family and friends. Also, Sen. Obama was born in Hawaii--so he's really going home!

[samuelgu1]

Is the name Cokie an American name? I am used to hearing John, Matt, George, Adam...but Cokie? Does she even have citizenship in this country? Obama's family is from Hawaii he should enjoy it. George Bush is from Texas he should enjoy it.. Dont be critical of it. Oh.. Hawaii is not a foregin country.

[anders96813]

Actually Hawaii isnt a US state

[MadMatt521]

yes it is

[rchan09]

That was just...dumb

[iplawnet]

Cokie obviously has Obama confused with Tiger Woods. Oh well.

[Seastorm21]

Exotic is a republican code word for N-WORD! This is how the rightwing scumbag machine works....Oh yeah, John McCain fucked around on his wife...Former war hero turn scumbag wants you to vote for him for president...

[lanidarwin]

Obama was born in Hawaii, and grew up in Hawaii. Why should he go to Mrytle Beach?! That's ridiculously stupid. Calling Hawaii more foreign is an insult to us who are from the state!!

[lordblazer]

That and I wouldn't want to step foot in S.Carolina.

[lsbrown07]

what did she just say??? You have got to be kidding me

[newbreed1]

Obama grew up in Hawaii, his grandmother, his sister and friends live there. And Obama is supposed to listen to some oldschool pundit who thinks he should go to South Carolina? For what? So it looks better to the American people? This is nonsense. Cokie Roberts should be reprimanded for saying something so ridiculous and nonsensical.

[DaKineDuck]

He raised over 1.3 million dollars in 1 day for a dinner @ Kahala. (helping his nomination), he went to see his old friends, more importantly he went to see his Granmda, and this vacation is for both himself and his family, why would he go to a Golf Resort in the States when he can get all that and more back in Hawaii, not to mention if he is elected he can't come here as often as Bush can go to Texas. (a lot of time zones to cross from EST to HST) Cokie should retire all ready.

[newbreed1]

She is clueless and should be fired.

[RageX246]

COURSE (as in, of course) - not COARSE.

sheeesh!! learn to spell already.

[mikesadick]

He will have plenty of time off after November

[RATBOY808]

When I first heard this comment from friends I was totally offended that anyone would make a such a comment. Labeling Hawaii as foreign and exotic is so 1900s when Hawaii was still a kingdom. This is 2008. If thinking of exotic and foreign in 2008. Think Bora Bora or Rapa Nui. I know that there will be many Hawaiian-Americans celebrating it's Statehood on Aug 21st and that they are truly proud of it's diversity and common values that is very much AMERICAN as any other State in this country.

[USADAVIS145]

It is funny that she said Myrtle Beach becasue South Carolina and Hawaii are two of the five states that have a separatist lobbies. I do not understand the criticism that this presidential candidate did not grow up on the mailand of the USA. It seems weak, petty, superficial, and prejudice to say such a thing. The USA is the USA no matter if you live on an island, in a desert, on a farm, in a city, or wooded mountains. That is what makes the USA so great.

[IllusoryPaperClip]

Wow... wow. And here we have a example of the amazing stupidity being bandied about in the place of actually helping to keep the country informed. Oops!

[jedislave]

Bitch makes no sense.

[cscbill]

Cokie needs to vacation in the

[GoblinGirl]

Like Cokie Roberts hangs out at Myrtle Beach. Like Cokie Roberts is a blue collar, middle of the road type. She's the rich, snobbish elitist, not Obama.

She can kiss my goblin ass!

[endo1ver]

She is only upset because she is a Dem and wants Obama to win. Her key point is why is he tied in the poles after all the good press he has recieved. The answer of coarse is that he will lose in November, and that is what caused her to say this.

[GoblinGirl]

She is NOT a Dem, and no, she does not want Obama to win in November. Cokie is a hardcore Republican who doesn't like the fact that Obama has a great chance of winning, and she's trying desperately to ensure he doesn't win. She's been trashing Obama from day one.

If you really think she wants Obama to win, you're an absolute fool and tool.

[endo1ver]

I may be an absolute fool but I have watched her on this show for many years and she is defenitly a Dem. You see her father is Hale Boggs a democratic congressman from Louisiana. She grew up in the halls of congress. She is criticizing Obama because he was not where he should have been and is going to lose this election. Be careful who you call a fool.

[GoblinGirl]

Just because her father was a Dem doesn't make her one. That's a foolish assumption.

Obama's family is from Hawaii, he was visiting them. According to Cokie, that makes Obama a fancy boy elitist, while Cokie collects a seven figure salary and McCain wears 500 dollar shoes and flies around on his wife's private jet.

I remember Cokie in 2000 practically having an orgasm over then Governor George W. Bush in Iowa. She is a hardcore corporate shrill Republican.

[jimbojim68]

She's another cynical inside-the-beltway born and bred pundit class freak that is hurting America. Why watch these freaking shows? All that Sunday morning garbage. Russert was no better although he relished his blue-collar roots. She was to the manor born. Yeah, Obama can visit his 85-year-old grandma anytime, even though he just MIGHT miss her and she's 85, so really there might not be "plenty of time." So the sands of Myrtle Beach are somehow more American than Hawaii? That's UnAmerican.

[daderone]

lol what a bunch of crap. Thats like me running for President and them accusing me of going clubbing when I took a day to go home to Miami.

This lady just demonstrated her own ignorance yet certainly no flaw of Obama. In fact I've never been so glad Hawaii was a state, they're about to save this whole damn country with Obama.

[billroch]

Senator Obama is entitled to a vacation, and can take it wherever he wishes, but I watched this conversation yesterday, and while I think Cokie stated things a bit too strongly, I took her point. The GOP is trying to brand Obama as elitist, and vacationing in Hawaii feeds that argument.

I wouldn't put it past the GOP (which associated Obama with Paris Hilton) to also suggest Obama was indifferently sipping pina coladas and surfing while Russia was threatening to start WW III.

[vernlaw]

Yeah but the madness has to end sometimes. Instead people should take a lesson from this. He's on the verge of being president and he took time off to see his grandmother and spend time with his wife and children and pay respect to his dead mother and grandfather.

[Lorenzo312]

He should go to myrtle beach because he rides a Harley and loves Kiss theme restaurants.

[Lorenzo312]

Should be in Myrtle Beach? What is she an idiot? Why should he go there and be threatened by hicks? His family is there! Hawaii as also a state complete with a constituency you twit

[SandorFne]

Wicked Harpy Cokie tinkles Beltway venom on Obama.

[SalParadise7]

Cokie Roberts is a mean spirited old has-been and needs to be put out to pasture.

[mrbronze013]

"It's like these people take pride in being ignorant" Barack "who-sane" Obama.

That is my favorite Obama quote because it quite accurately describes the republican party.

[daderone]

it really does and I commend him for having the cojones to call it like it is

[taddison92]

how come fiscal conservatives are so liberal with money?

[daderone]

i think they want us to be as stupid as they pretend to be when they lie.

o o wait..no its because conservatism is based on economic lies, myths and fallacies.

[jkerouac02]

If the average American thinks less of Obama for vacationing in Hawaii, then I officially hate the average American.

[reden0024]

i think it's pretty obvious, the "liberal" media is trying to get mccain in the white house.

[Neoconhater]

Yep, that is exactly what will happen, McJackass is the media darling, Obama is the radical leftist that all Americans should fear. The crap these tyrants will come up within the last months of this campaign will get more nutty than ever.

The corporate media will have their man in the White House no matter how obvious the lies are. The regressive assholes own the world and could give a rats ass about democracy.

[radudeATL]

I think her point is valid in that Hawaii is an exotic locale to many Americans even though it's just another state. However, he's going to be with his aging grandmother! I mean, he can't go to Myrtle Beach to see his grandmother! Plus, he hasn't had a break since he started the campaign back in Jan 07 and the conventions are right around the corner. You can bet that McCain is gonna take a vacation during the Democratic convention right before his own convention...

[raptorbonesaw]

Obama's mistake is that he lives Family Values instead of talking about them (in an angry and divisive way the Media likes).

[radudeATL]

Couldn't agree more.

[vernlaw]

Exactly!! Why aren't more poeple picking up on this?

[brdbzchsnbtchses]

Myrtle beach?, MYRTLE... BEACH!? WHAT THE FUCK. How the hell is myrtle beach a better place to vacation. Ive visited both and Its practically the same thing as hawaii, only with a bunch of drunk rednecks setting off fireworks every night, HOW THE HELL DOES THAT MAKE HIM MORE OF A STATESMAN. And besides, Hawaii is where he was born and where all of his family is. Cokie Roberts must be the dumbest person alive

[vincentvendetta1]

All she has to say is "Hi, I'm an old white racist woman, I don't like black people for president and I won't vote for Obama, no matter how well he will help our country." Straight forward and honest, not on TV making up crap to discredit 'Hawaii' as a 'real state' of this country. She is going through menopause. Poor old prune-eating geezer.

[saoitube]

yeah, send the black man to vacation in a slave state. Not likely.

[Big10]

Am I the only willing to give Cokie a pass on this one? She's normally pretty sharp and I do understand the point she was trying to make -- even though I disagree with it. She was simply making a guess about the average person's perception of Obama's vacation destination, not the substance of whether it's nice to visit your grandma.

By the way, Cokie's reputation is as a moderate/liberal.

[chimab]

Cokie's reputation is that of a legacy politico who rode her daddy's coattails to get a job. She hasn't an original thought in her head and can barely defend her points when pressed. She is as phony and vapid as they come. She's the one that looks like the school teacher but is really the lunch lady.

[jiminportlandoregon]

After reading these comments, I would say that, apparently, yes, you are the only one willing to give her a pass on this. For the record, Big10, she is NOT - repeat NOT - known as a "liberal" in any circle. For my information, you say she is "normally pretty sharp" - when, exactly, would that be?

[TuNnL]

I would strongly disagree with your assessment. Most people who have actually been to Hawai'i understand its significance as the United States' bridge to the South Pacific and Asia. International politics has obviously been high on Obama's agenda and failing to visit the hub of the Asia-Pacific community would be a grave political misstep.

Cokie also fails to grasp that Obama is also holding a sold-out $2300 a plate fundraiser in Honolulu that's expected to net over $1 million for his campaign.

[Whoo69]

Hawaii is a "foreign exotic" place? News to me!

[Whoo69]

Cokie Roberts needs to get a life. Is politics all she thinks about?? "He should be at myrtle beach" fuck off, bitch. He can vacation wherever he damn well wants to. He needs to get away from politics for a while.

[motorolarules]

Ya, the media is all big about telling these jerk off politician where and when they do a vacation. I think they need spend more time asking the politician what the F@#K instead!

Besides, Myrtle beach sucks

[greatbroad]

Ha-ha-ha-ha!  That's all you got?

[tomsoppe]

Pompous pseudo-moderate GOP hack Cokie Roberts is grasping for straws to make Obama look less than American.

Always hard for Dems to close the deal when the media is dominated by people like this and the public is dominated by people who fall for their propaganda.

[Shiftyeyes516]

Coookie - Do anyone tell you where the fuck you should vacation - IF I HAD MONEY AND TIME. I would be in HAWAII - and I know all you would too!!!!!!

SC is nice , come on HAWAII

[TroopsPostTrauma]

Let "people" think "exotic" all they want. Hawaii MOST CERTAINLY IS a state. Barack's sister lives there, and Barack grew up there.

Perfectly acceptable place and time to go.

[HaloedG]

He is from Hawaii stupid bitch!

[mindswantaknow]

Isn't Hawaii in the UNITED states? If we are UNITED why should it matter which state he vacations in? Dumb Bitch!

[zapponsalvia]

Yes Cokie, Hawaii is so foreign and exotic. They have pineapples there! It's crazy!!!

[SubmarinerAndroid]

Why does this woman get to be a pundit at all? In twenty years I've never seen her contribute anything worthwhile to a discussion. Is she from a prominent (rich) family?

[thebluepearl]

Her father was Hale Boggs, former House Majority leader.

[rashomon66]

Is Cokie really that shallow and stupid? And Myrtle Beach? WTF? Obviously, it's not about taking a vacation to her it's about the perception of where you take a vacation. I would hope our politicians weren't as mind-dumbingly shallow as that.

[justcallmesoso]

were is this myrtle beach? never heard of it. Is it in florida?

[mindswantaknow]

South Carolina

[raptorbonesaw]

Cokie used to be a lot cuter. She was always dumb.

[GoblinGirl]

The cuteness has worn of, and she's left with her brain, which isn't much.

[raptorbonesaw]

Speak it, sister.

[raptorbonesaw]

I thought vacationing in Hawaii was part of the American Dream?

[dba7dba]

exactly, like going shopping and spending money on vacations like President Bush asked Americans to do after 9/11?

[MarkG45]

I thought Hawaii was still a territory

[WTFNTZSJ]

Well Heck, Cokie;

You think it is appropriate for Bush to vacation in China at the Olympics while Russia attacks Georgia?

I think Obama taking a week off is appropriate. He needs to rest for the hardest lag of his campaign.

Maybe Cokie should go away, you think?

[justinlpugh]

This is the kind of punditry that makes me want to throw my football at the television. If I didn't have a plasma I probably would throw something at the T.V.

The constant insulting of the American people's psyche. Would they not vote for him, because he chose Hawaii over Myrtle Beach? Forget the fact he is going to see his grandmother...

She is so damned silly!

[franknyt]

So is Cokie her real name or a really good nickname?

[dogstar7]

"Exotic" is just dog-whistle talk for "non-white". Cokie is dishing up white supremacist talking points.

Let's not forget she was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation, the "faith-based" social services initiative. Obvious sell-out.

[grazon]

We can't call Hawaii Exotic anymore?

[dogstar7]

Call Hawaii anything you want. When Cokie says "exotic" in this context it's a code word.

Don't kid yourself. This constant drumbeat of criticism about trivial matters, such as where he vacations, is designed to paint Obama as someone outside of American mainstream culture (whatever THAT is supposed to be).

Roberts offers Myrtle Beach (white, southern, and exclusive) as a more supposedly "Main Stream American" alternative.

You don't have to read between too many lines.

[grazon]

Like Freud said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"

Then again Roberts does work for Bush so I guess either of us could be right.

[dogstar7]

Sometimes a fascist propaganda trope is just a fascist propaganda trope.

And sometimes a partisan Republican appointee masquerading as a "journalist" is just a partisan Republican appointee.

[grazon]

You did notice the part where I said you could be right didn't you?

[dogstar7]

Yes. Just making general observations.

Thanks for your replies.

[burrowowl]

Visiting your grandmother is unamerican!

[azas1949]

Sen. Obama does not have 9 homes or a home on some beach. I am certainly not wealthy and I wouldn't opt for Myrtle Beach as a vacation site. So how is this exotic? His grandmother lives there - for God's Sake- get her off !

[thermalfreek]

OK enough bikkering!!!! Obama your going to New Jersey on your next vacation after your in the White House!!! And I don't want to hear another word from anyone!!!

[Moviebro]

"I know Hawaii is a state." Fire this woman!

[Richardgwm]

And if he went to Myrtle Beach, she would be complaining that he was being elitist. Why not the Hamptons?

[wervasdeferens]

Some of these "pundits" are so blatantly racist it's comical. Cokehead says,"Foreign,exotic place. He should be in Myrtle Beach"

Obama's grammy is WHITE,Cokie, does that even out him going to Hawaii?

[albertoxFTW]

FUCK YOU HAWAII FTW

[BeondaPale]

Just like G W calling New Orleans "...that part of the world."

[reallygonecat]

I've been wondering why she is on tv since 1985. She has nothing to say.

[Jutubi00]

Well, I agree she is dumb. But I fear that many Americans are as dumb as this lady. I can't find no other reason for a revote of Bush;-) And a revote of Mc Bush would be another proof of my thesis...

[mindswantaknow]

that's cute. mcbush. i love it.

[hollyhoodjoe123]

Its like these pundits take pride in being ignorant!

Good for you Cookie!! You know Hawaii is a state. Now, only if you could dismiss the argument "Hawaii is a foreign place," you will be considered smart.

And how the fuck does visiting Hawaii on vacation looks like a "foreign" place if you know its a state? lol Cookie is a pathetic panderer!

Oh, you're from that foreign place, Hawaii. Those Hawaiian are crossing our boarders!

[dogstar7]

Roberts was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation. In appreciation, she can be counted on to deliver White House Talking Points with unrelenting regularity.

[ngarey]

God damn it he is not tied in the pools, it is a landslide! and fuck you Cokie u cunt.

[washmytoes]

this lady's an idiot