Video: Birthday girl hits Obama on “socialist roots”
posted at 7:27 pm on October 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
Birthday punches are duly administered, but to The One, not to her. Is the alarm sounded by Maverick over “spreading the wealth around” being heard? Well, eight percent of Ohioans and Missourians claim Joe the Plumber’s more likely to make them vote for McCain versus four percent and three percent for Obama, respectively. Doesn’t seem like much, but the final margin in both states is expected to be razor thin. More significantly, Gallup shows huge majorities are less interested in income redistribution than in fixing the economy — leaving open the question of what happens when redistribution schemes are linked (or, more cynically, spun as) fix-it attempts. That’s where you come in, media. Don’t let Barry down.
Lest anyone doubt that I have a tender side, here’s the card I sent the boss on her big day.
Blowback
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You’re so thoughtful.
Pent. on October 20, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Happy Birthday, Boss. Your 29th?
jgapinoy on October 20, 2008 at 7:29 PM
I really like how Cavuto lets his guests speak.
Lol. That’s, um, sweet. Funny.
Spirit of 1776 on October 20, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Saw this earlier today. MM is going to get lots of touching birthday wishes for that “call a socialist spade a spade” bit.
rw on October 20, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle!!!
abinitioadinfinitum on October 20, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Happy Birthday Mrs. Malkin. God bless.
carbon_footprint on October 20, 2008 at 7:33 PM
In general, birthdays suck.
Still, I hope Michelle has one full of good times and cute homemade cards from the kids.
Slublog on October 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Happy Birthday, Michelle
Janos Hunyadi on October 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM
I wish Michelle Malkin a happy Birthday and offer an invite for Sarah Palin to come on this site and wish the same
William Amos on October 20, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Happy birthday MM! And here’s to many more.
Nice card, AP. Such a tender side indeed.
Anna on October 20, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Happy birthday to the HA boss, and thanks for letting us play.
No doubts.
Entelechy on October 20, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Ok, I live in Baltimore MD, I witness an Obama ad at every other commerical break during all of the NCAA and NFL games for two weeks running. I have both DirecTV football packages and I watch a lot of games. He was everywhere I turned! So….How many Obama ads will we see tonight during the Monday night game DEN vs NE?
I say 4 per half.
They are all the same McCain “Im not George Bush” ad’s.
My point; socialist saturation and 350 million in illegal donations trumps…..everything.
OSUBuciz1 on October 20, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Obama* has flip-flopped on more than thirty issues, but he wants us to trust him when he says he won’t raise taxes on most of us, even though he has voted for the vast majority of the tax increases he’s encountered, and he’s voted against most tax cuts. He wants us to trust him that he’ll govern as a centrist, even though his entire career has been extreme left-wing (the non-partisan National Journal citied Obama as the Senate’s most liberal member).
I remember doubting Governor Bill Clinton when he repeatedly promised America a middle-class tax cut, and I remember his excuses for not delivering it. Clinton was never the liberal extremist that Obama has been–and I am convinced still is.
Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
jgapinoy on October 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Happy Birthday MM!
csdeven on October 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM
AND….HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!
OSUBuciz1 on October 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Unfortunately what Michelle is saying will be drowned out by accusations of racism since she used the term “calling a spade a spade” even though the idiom predates the use of “spade” as a racist slur.
Rip Ford on October 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM
racisssssst
Benjamin9 on October 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism,” said Norman Thomas, a U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate in the 1940s. “But under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day, America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”
If it is to be, let’s do it with our eyes open, aware of every ponderous step.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=301616451833130
Star20 on October 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM
MM; Happy Birthday!
“WE’RE NOT WORTHYYYYYYYY!”
Star20 on October 20, 2008 at 7:40 PM
I swear do we really need to say everything that we think? Can’t we wait, if we just have to comment, a few more weeks?
I can see O ads quoting these two now…ugh…
Oh yeah…Happy Birthday Michelle
CCRWM on October 20, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle. I know you’ll keep pounding the message home.
Hog Wild on October 20, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Holy cow, now there are 5 of us:
Ehrlich
Steele
Harris
You
Me
Boy is the Republican party growing in MD!
Laura in Maryland on October 20, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Just as I thought, a Libra. I KNEW it.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Happy Happy Birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday!
Happy Happy Birthday!
Haaaaaaaaappy Happy Birthday!
Thank you for all you do for our party and our country.
Laura in Maryland on October 20, 2008 at 7:44 PM
My father-in-law in Westminster makes 6… my husband would make 7, but technically he belongs to VA (thank you military). I was so happy to see McCain signs the other weekend up in MD, but then again, it was in Carroll County.
When I move up next year, you can add another to the list!
Anna on October 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I agree, Spirit. I think he may be the best interviewer on Fox, or at least up there with Hume and Wallace.
mikeyboss on October 20, 2008 at 7:50 PM
And Happy Birthday to Michelle, one day ahead of mine :)
mikeyboss on October 20, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle, and many happy Palins to follow.
eaglewingz08 on October 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Mabuhay Si Malkin!
Kid from Brooklyn on October 20, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Yeah! I love Carroll County. It’s beautiful, and it is full of defectors from Howard Co. who got tired of full-on socialism.
Laura in Maryland on October 20, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Ah yes, nothing says “I couldn’t care less” more than an E-card. Wouldn’t expect anything less from eeyorpundit.
Vigilante on October 20, 2008 at 7:56 PM
That’s strange. One of my underlings send me that exact card.
Hmm.
Happy birthday, Michelle!
JammieWearingFool on October 20, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Irrefutable proof that you are actually Michelle!
Err….or at least that you have an underling that cares about you as much as Allah cares about MM.
JadeNYU on October 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM
He’s my favorite, I think.
Spirit of 1776 on October 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Michelle: Mazel tov!
tru2tx on October 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Happy 21st birthday Michelle!!!!
- The Cat
MirCat on October 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Yum.
Jaibones on October 20, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Happy Birthday, Michelle. I hope yours was better than mine last week – I caught a cold and later learned that my brother is a 911 Troofer. Heartache.
JimRich on October 20, 2008 at 8:11 PM
I would have sent you a card, but I figured buying one was akin to Capitalist oppression and coercion. Shouldn’t the Govt buy me X number of birthday cards per year so I can distribute them? And where are my Soviet shoes? I need a new pair, the carboard soles in my last pair wore through–and Winter is upon us here in Montana despite Al Goreacles Gorebal Warming predcitions.
Oh, wait a cotton-pickin’-minute! (<–now I am a racist) Birthdays are a celebration of the INDIVIDUAL and of LIFE.
Ban Birthdays. It will be for the common good–for the collective–the hive. And the suggestion that LIFE is worth celebrating is Unconstitutional. It goes against a woman’s RIGHT to (insert euphemism here).
Montana on October 20, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle. I’m a Libra too.
Geronimo on October 20, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Happy Birthday!
Hope that B-day wish had something to do with McCain/Palin..
TheKernel on October 20, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Allah, you are truly magnanimous. I’m sure you will be rewarded with a really big 3% raise.
lionheart on October 20, 2008 at 8:31 PM
All together, now:
“Skip around the room, skip around the room,
we won’t stop singing til you skip around the room!”
“Skip around the room, skip around the room …”
Come on, everyone! Sing with me!
Jaibones on October 20, 2008 at 8:31 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle….you are gorgeous as ever…:)
dec5 on October 20, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Felicitations, Michelle.
maverick muse on October 20, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle, YOU ROCK!
silenced majority on October 20, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle!!! Thank you for all that you do to keep us informed. You are an awesome lady who deserves the very best that life offers.
nwsseeker on October 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Happy Birthday, Boss.
I’m getting prepared for the coming thugocracy.
“God damn America, where’s my cake?”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 20, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Wow, Michelle… so brilliant at 29.
Texas Rainmaker on October 20, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Dems to hold Fannie Freddie hearing on NOVEMBER 20th
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-to-hold-fannie-freddie-hearing–after-the-election-2008-10-20.html
tomas on October 20, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Snoop Dogg
Viggo Mortensen
John Dewey
Tom Petty
Béla Lugosi
Heinrich Himmler
Arlene Francis
Empress Michiko of Japan
Angela Alioto
Martin Landau
Mickey Mantle
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Art Buchwald
Tiffany
Me
patrick neid on October 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle………….. my fellow Libra.
……. why you don’t have your own show on FOX, I really don’t know.
Here is my birthday wish for you………… come November 5th, Obama is interviewed on why he thinks he lost so badly, and all he can say is
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2008 at 8:57 PM
And a Happy Birthday to Michelle!
apollyonbob on October 20, 2008 at 8:58 PM
Joe The plumber on Hannity & Colmes right now.
Doing very well.
LegendHasIt on October 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM
This being my B-day also…I’m humbled to be in such company. Happy Birthday M!
jerrytbg on October 20, 2008 at 9:07 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!
And many more.
LegendHasIt on October 20, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Happy Birthday,Michelle Malkin.:):):)
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Happy Birthday !!!
And Thanks !!!
BowHuntingTexas on October 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Happy Birthday (again) Michelle, and, God willing, may you enjoy many, many more.
And thanks for posting this video Allah, it’s greatly appreciated.
Zorro on October 20, 2008 at 9:19 PM
HIPPY BARFDAY MICHELLE! ;)
spmat on October 20, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle.
That card surprised me, Allah. I figured you were just paid with periodic exposure to sunlight.
HerrMorgenholz on October 20, 2008 at 9:31 PM
Happy Birthday Boss !!!!
mrfixit on October 20, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Great segment, Michelle! Happy Birthday and Down With Socialism!
CP on October 20, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle. You look great at 29!
McCain could give you a great gift in November, God willing.
Mojave Mark on October 20, 2008 at 9:43 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!
…and many more!
TeeDee on October 20, 2008 at 9:44 PM
I think someone should create a new television show called lifestyles of the rich and famous polititians! Just to contrast their so called positions on helping ‘the middle class’. This would show them as the elitist bastards they are all of them. Or mabey call the show Cribs of the House!
sonnyspats1 on October 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle. Please fix my ability to post a blog on your web site. I know you are busy but you said it was hanging up in the spam filter.
Allah that is a warm card expression from your heart I know. You never did get that iphone did you?
wepeople on October 20, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Happy B-day MM. Thanks for all the great work that you do!
flash044 on October 20, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Happy 29th birthday Michelle! :)
Ugly on October 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM
My dad and sister are there, too. Behind the iron curtain in Howard County (Columbia).
Y-not on October 20, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Just look at the book BO is currently reading. And that will be his current policy.
multiuseless on October 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Is Michelle only 29? God, do I feel old!
ErinF on October 20, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle. May you have many, many more.
You are one of the very few I feel I can trust. Thank you for that.
UnEasyRider on October 20, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Really? I think this just made my day, knowing I have the same Birthday as Michelle Malkin…
Thanks God. And Happy Birthday Michelle Malkin.
PresidenToor on October 20, 2008 at 10:19 PM
You look like Mona Lisa in that clip, Michelle.
Happy birthday to a real journalist, who recognizes the real story beneath the story, digs beneath the surface, and champions the truth.
onlineanalyst on October 20, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle and may you have many many more.
God Bless you.
mindhacker on October 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle
sonnyspats1 on October 20, 2008 at 10:27 PM
How long did you have to rest after hitting that SEND BUTTON?
Happy Birthday Michelle.
Helloyawl on October 20, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle!
Thx for all you do!
JoeAvg on October 20, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Happy Birthday fellow Libra.
And AP, re-negociate your comp plan that matches the increase in hits (but not the decrease) :)
swami on October 20, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Awww, happy Birthday Michelle!!
Grafted on October 20, 2008 at 10:45 PM
My deepest condolences. I’ll stop by and pick them up on my way to Montana after the election.
Laura in Maryland on October 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Happy B-Day Michelle!
We want another open registration at MM.com!
iamse7en on October 20, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Nice card AP. Hail to the queen, baby, to loosely quote Bruce Campbell from one of the Evil Dead series.
And a very Happy Birthday Michelle. Many thanks for the inspriation and information you give us via your websites.
Dude, I can’t belive someone went out and found out what day Heinrich Himmler’s birthday was. Of all the odd facts to find out about that guy, his birthday was not one I ever expected to see. Trippy list. I can only remember one famous person I share a birthday with..Rick Springfield. Nothing more need be said. :)
austinnelly on October 20, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle,
You’re always 24 in my mind.
Canadian Infidel on October 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Happy Birthday Michelle
When I’m tempted to get depressed about my birthday, I always think, “the lovely Michelle Malkin is exactly ten days older than me.” ;)
Renae on October 21, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Woah! I was surprised to find out that Michelle is “only” about 3 weeks older than I am.
Happy Birthday from Sydney, Australia.
Crux Australis on October 21, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Happy B-Day, Michelle!!!
eanax on October 21, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Happy Birthday Michelle.
LibertarianConservative on October 21, 2008 at 1:13 AM
Old charlie stole the handle and
The train wont stop going –
No way to slow down.
/JTull
Michelle has a lot of catchin’ up to me – I’m 50 this year :)
Kevin in Washington State on October 21, 2008 at 1:52 AM
A very happy birthday, Michelle!
dufflepud on October 21, 2008 at 2:14 AM
Hope you had a very blessed birthday, Michelle!
MB007 on October 21, 2008 at 5:28 AM
Happy Birthday Michelle!!
Viper1 on October 21, 2008 at 6:42 AM
OSUBuciz1, another b’more resident here. I saw plenty of those adds last night and frankly, I’m sick of them! I can’t wait for this silly season to be over. Of course, I would really be happier if McCain were doing better. I’ve seen nothing but Obama/Biden signs throughout my ‘hood and I alway think how disappointed these sheep will feel on Nov 5 when McCain wins. But the sad fact is that I don’t feel that confident.
Laura, I wish there were more of us to counter the liberalism that our fellow citizens suffer from.
And finally, Happy Birthday Michelle. (I’m always late with these sorts of things)
JohnnyD on October 21, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Happy Birthday MM :)
trailortrash on October 21, 2008 at 8:04 AM
and many many more
johnnyU on October 21, 2008 at 8:13 AM
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