McCain's Power Grab?

Earlier this summer, Fox News reported on a simple gesture between Barack and Michelle Obama on stage. It was a fist bump, but the Fox News reporter questioned, A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently.

This was one more effort in a long line by Fox News to portray Obama as "different, scary, an unknown" and to highlight that he is not white... (In order to scare white voters away from him).

The whole thing was so absurd-- and this video is an attempt to amplify that absurdity to the max. What if gestures by white folks were subject to such scrutiny and wild speculation? If a gesture by a Black person is blown out of proportion as a possible symbol of terrorism, then the same treatment with a white candidate could lead one to speculate that the gesture is a possible symbol of white supremacy!!! It's a parody folks...

Of course, white candidates are not subject to such scrutiny of their mannerisms-- another benefit of white privilege.

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[AWARELA]

You did not mock the video. You attacked the individuals in the video. You did not touch the content of the video and the critique it leveled against Fox... As far as your blatant homophobia, I think your original comments speak for themselves.

[phineastbuster]

AWARELA

A parody in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humor or satire.

My comments certainly were mocking the video and poking fun at the people that participated in it. I guess you don't know the usage of the term. Also. you called me homophobic but I never called you gay.

[AWARELA]

Phineastbuster:

I suggest you look up the definition of the word "parody" and rethink that assertion. What you did was make an attempt at homophobic humor. Which actually is not that surprising a tactic coming from a Fox News fan.

[phineastbuster]

AWARELA

I'm amazed that you took my comments seriously. You created the video as a parody of Fox News. My comments were a parody on your parody.

[AWARELA]

I see by looking at your profile that you are a fan of the Fox News show "Red Eye." Apparently you couldn't offer a rebuttal to the content of the video and critique of Fox News-- and instead lashed out in frustration and anger with a childish and homophobic attack. Sad.

[phineastbuster]

Let's talk about the body language which is so tied to fashion. I love the hosts tie which look like my blind cousin tied it.

Chad Johnson says "thanks for having me". How did the host have him? I think this Chad Johnson may be gender challenged but I have no clue what gender he might be.

I have a strong suspicion what the grab is that Daniel McRandals talks about. McRandals seems very excited to talk to "the young man" Bobby. You must beware of the "power grab" they speak of (ouch).