Video: The obligatory “Eminem goofs on Palin” clip
posted at 9:20 pm on April 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via the ‘Busters. No need to sound the feminist alarm here: It’s only Palin being lumped in with Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, et al. as a dopey sex object, not Hillary, so everything’s kosher with the sisterhood. As cheap and stupid as this is, and as cheap and stupid as the Johnstons’ tabloid turn was, this does hurt her by playing into the narrative that she’s not to be taken seriously. For every person who read her statement on missile defense last night, a dozen more will watch the Eminem video or the Tyra show and come away thinking she’s a sideshow. It’s not fair but it’s something she has to deal with. I wonder what another two years of it will do to her image by the time of the primaries.
Like Gutfeld says, if this tool had any nuts at all he would have pulled this on Michelle Obama instead of an easy, media-approved target like Palin. That wouldn’t have been right either, but unlike this, it would indeed have been “edgy.” Click the image to watch.
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I should clarify, I am not offended by someone calling me a cracker or white trash. Therefore, as a white person, I could not care less if someone calls me a redneck or white trash.
I suppose redneck is still safe to write here? Get over yourself. Your moniker is The Race Card. Racism must be the fuel that energizes you. How very sad it must be for you to go through life under that burden.
That was you? Wow, you are a racial genius.
All racial epithets are offensive to you and Baldilocks; that is very apparent. I dare say you need to grow some denser skin and try to stick with being offended by black racial stereotypes. Please allow us other races to choose to be offended by our own.
This is your first valid point and I am glad to hear it. So you are not actually offended you, are merely defining what is offensive or not for others? Big burden for one to carry through life.
Guess I can use the word pussy as well. You appear to be a big pussy that goes through life finding offense at a lot of things. So, pussy, why don’t you try a little exercise and try to get through one day without having to remind everyone that you are a black man? Believe me when I say that there are many of us in this country that don’t care if you are black or fuchsia. The race card is very tiring and you should really consider dropping it and stop playing the victim. You will much happier.
Towash on April 8, 2009 at 8:28 PM
chunderroad on April 8, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I know that things like book learnin and personal hygiene aren’t very important to you Real Americans, but BHO was sworn in on 1/20.
Incidently, the DJ was at 10,600 when the former male cheerleader began his 8 years of vacation and accomplishing missions. What a miserable failure…
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:30 PM
$550 billion withdrawn in an hour on September 15, enough to topple the first domino of the economic crisis and hand the election to Obama. Even Factcheck.org can’t blame the crisis entirely on Bush, all lame jokes of yours aside.
chunderroad on April 8, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Since you are obviously so learned in the areas of finance, I’m sure you are aware that the dot.com bubble burst and W also inherited a recession. 9/11 had the potential to wreck our economy as well.
Do you think these factors may have impacted the DJIA during W’s term?
cs89 on April 8, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Incidently, the DJ was at 10,600 when the former male cheerleader began his 8 years of vacation and accomplishing missions. What a miserable failure…
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Hey cap. I am surprised that you forget the little bit of accompanying information that the president does not control the purse; congress does. Guess what? Congress has been under democratic control since Jan 2007. Add to that the fact that the Community Reinvestment Act is a United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Community activists had lobbied the US Congress to pass the Act in order to reduce discriminatory credit practices against low-income neighborhoods, a practice known as redlining.
Just so happens that Carter and Clinton were instrumental in getting this passed and activating on a steroid level. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd also have their grubby hands in this mess. All those folks are democrats.
By the way, the male cheerleader saved 1.1 million African lives with his Aids initiative.
carbon_footprint on April 8, 2009 at 8:37 PM
BTW, I have read enough books to know the proper spelling of incidentally, and don’t talk to me about hygiene, when your stank ass smells like the Flash’s nuts after a hard day of runnin’.
chunderroad on April 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM
8 years and the guy was 20% below where he started. Why can’t you people just admit that you backed a halfwit and move on? Maybe you’d win some elections or something.
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:40 PM
How many innocent people were
killedliberated by the same cheerleader in Iraq?Ah yes, the $600 Billion Iraq Adventure. The cheerleader’s never going to live that one down.
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Strange… the “halfwit” won both presidential campaigns he ran….
cs89 on April 8, 2009 at 8:44 PM
You may be able to fool your fellow nascar fans with old stats but some of us with jobs and toothbrushes know that the DJIA currently sits at 7,800.
Next!
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM
And he scampered out of town as a pariah. No incumbent Republican even wanted to be seen with the loser. Mission Accomplished!
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM
According to liberal estimates, the figure of Iraqis killed is around 23 million. The number is more like a half million. Guess what happens in war? People die. Saddam Hussein and his sons had a lot of blood on their hands and were sure to terrorize and torture their people for years to come. Lucky we got those bastards.
$600 billion is chump change compared to the dough Obama has already earmarked.
carbon_footprint on April 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Ah yes… I remember the central role Clinton played in the Gore campaign as if it were yesterday….
cs89 on April 8, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Watch it cappy. You are treading very closely to using the w***e t***h word. Remember you got your last warning from AP just last night. I would hate to see you get banned. You are so amusing.
carbon_footprint on April 8, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I see Deb is burning up the threads over here. Just offer her a Brownie Bite or an Easter Tree Cake, she LOVES it!
What’s up, Deb?
HornetSting on April 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
You don’t get to say what I am “allowed” to be offended by.
I don’t give a rat’s hairy backside what you do. I, however, will retain my principles since they are not about you in the first place.
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I think, and I apologize if I am wrong, Baldi, what Baldi is trying to say is that racial slurs of any kind, no matter against what race, are uncool in her eyes.
Personally, I’m from Texas and if someone calls my husband a redneck, I don’t slam their head into the concrete. W****e Trash, well, it depends on WHO says it. I understand that you don’t want to be portrayed as a victim and you want to pick and choose what offends YOU, but this just happens to offend BALDI.
Seriously, I hate the whole victimization thing too, but Baldi is not like that. She is super cool, until you push her buttons, and then, well, you better run.
HornetSting on April 8, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Of course not. After all, you are “allowed” to get offended by everything. You have the choice and the fact that you choose to be offended says a lot about you. I realize that arguing with you is not a popular stance here. I will take that risk. You don’t impress me with your victim hood. You may call yourself a conservative, and perhaps you are, but deciding to be offended so easily, just shows weakness.
I know, you made this perfectly clear last evening when you wigged out. I am aware of your solid principles and I am happy for you. Just try to realize that not every one here is a fan of yours. You may impress others but you are exactly boring to me.
Towash on April 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I’m not going to slog through 5 pages of troll-sparring. Honestly, these Palin-bashing trolls have got to be being paid to do this, because I can’t imagine anyone being so single-mindedly dedicated simply out of personal animus.
At any rate: The tone of AP’s post is to make light of this. Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t make light of it. I’m enough of a feminist to say that real men need to send men like this to the woodshed- verbally, in this case. It is NOT like being put in the same category as Britney Spears. Britney Spears tarts herself out. Women who are out in the public sphere and just happen to be attractive women shouldn’t have to put up with this sort of thing.
evergreen on April 8, 2009 at 10:34 PM
@ Towash on April 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM
I couldn’t agree more with everything you have said.
thphilli on April 8, 2009 at 10:51 PM
@ baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 9:28 PM
You know what offends me? There is a group of people in this country who has a ridiculously high out of wedlock birth percentage (Its in the high 80′s last i checked), a RIDICULOUSLY high prison population/racial population ratio (not even close to any other racial group), yet there is a large segment of said group who is continually outraged at minuscule things, and there is NO cry from within the group on a large scale to examine and curb the internal problems.
thphilli on April 8, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Okay. So what’s your point?
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:02 PM
And you know this how exactly?
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:02 PM
What are you talking about? What victimhood?
Apparently you are since you keep addressing me.
If I’m so boring, then why you do us both a favor and cease addressing me and keep my nom de guerre out of your comments? Just a suggestion.
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Nascar fans?
capitulus on April 8, 2009 at 11:15 PM
You’re part of the problem.
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM
The victim hood of always being angry and playing defense to an oh-so-brutal world where a black woman is so disenfranchised with all the rhetoric and unfair obstacles that stand in the way of progress. Victim – noun one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment
In my opinion, that defines you.
Please note the nuance between ‘addressing’ and ‘responding’. You were the one who jumped into my conservation about The Race Card. Please don’t flatter yourself; you represent the weakest part of the conservative party to me.
I would love to! Thanks for the outlet. I was merely responding to your comments. Please continue to be offended so often. Just do us both a favor and gloss over my ‘offensive’ and ‘oppressive’ words.
And this is the final response you get from me; per your own suggestion. I wish you success in your wigged out world of woe-is-me and always finding offense where there is none.
Towash on April 8, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Objectify (verb): to treat as a mere object and deny the dignity of.
Projection (noun): a belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
Denial (saying): is not a river in Egypt.
Loxodonta on April 8, 2009 at 11:28 PM
When have I said that I was disenfranchised? When have I said that there were unfair obstacles or any obstacles that stand in the way my progress? It sounds to me as if you are assuming that I think a certain way and it isn’t from anything I’ve said here or anywhere else.
Now why would you assume that I thought this way?
Your words to TRC:
You just can’t get me out of your mind.
Considering your penchant to make unwarranted assumptions based on the suppositions in your own head and your inability to even remember what you say, I’m not too broken up over that.
Don’t forget–no mentioning me in your public comments to others.
And I hope that you seek help. Anyone who thinks that a black woman is displaying personal racial victimhood because she defends white people needs psychological help.
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:36 PM
pwned (verb): To be defeated, especially in an extremely humiliating way.
Loxodonta on April 8, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Baldilocks:
I thought we were to refrain from correspondence?
I guess you are the one who is a tad unable to let things go.
Well, listen, you may impress some folks here (Loxadonta) but as I mentioned before, you do not impress me. You are a pimple on the ass of conservatism. We would like to squeeze you and allow the pus to ooze out and make us feel better. But you are there. The best way to handle such a blight on the ass is to ignore it, don’t pick at it, and let it fade away.
I did not read your responses because you suggested that I should not. You are boring, predictable and so disenfranchised. But seriously, I have to leave now so that I can get my sleep and work tomorrow. I have to work so hard to allow for the 34 percent of my taxes that, supposedly, fill the coffers to support you and you ilk.
Towash on April 8, 2009 at 11:51 PM
You’re the one who said you were bored. I’m have fun actually.
I guess I’m not that boring to you, eh, hon?
I have six years of public written work and 21 years of military service which refute your silly little insults. You are unable understand the basis of my stance on racial epithets. Therefore you revert to the conversations you have with your “voices.” It is rather entertaining.
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Oh yeah, and it might be more profitable for you to quit the whole angry black woman act and just contribute to society; you know, leave the world a better place and all. Seriously, if this is all you got you should consider shutting down that ‘blog’ of yours and think about doing something more worthwhile. Perhaps you could get a rotation on The View and relieve Whoopie when she goes on vacation.
Towash on April 8, 2009 at 11:58 PM
You have a angry black woman in your head don’t you?
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM
a angry=an angry
baldilocks on April 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Folks,
There we have it, part of the problem.
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Okay readers of Hot Air:
You have witnessed it. Baldilocks can not let it go.
But seriously, this is not that much fun and I have floors that need sweeping, so the more entertaining events call me.
Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Babe I’m not bored. You aren’t either.
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:01 AM
No, that would require enough room for the voracious entitlement demands.
Seriously, peon, I am done with you. Please keep flailing in your sea of piss.
Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Nighty-night, Towash. Say ‘hi’ to that “angry black woman” in your head who you keep mistaking for me.
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Lol. You got me there. :O
Okay, I have written some harsh words and for that, I am sorry.
You are really smart and the fact that you served for 21 years in the military overshadows anything I could ever offer.
Bygones.
Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Good night.
They were all correct; you are a force to be reckoned with.
Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:07 AM
You’re not gone!
Seriously, your hate for me oozes off of the monitor. You can’t stand the fact that I don’t fit into your idea of what black women are. So you would keep trying to fit me into your delusion. Sorry, won’t go!
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:07 AM
:::Sigh:::
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Okay. Bygones. Now get some sleep!
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 12:08 AM
No, I don’t hate YOU. I hated the perception that I had of you. You seem really nice.
I actually love black women. I will admit that I was wrong about you. I hope you can forgive my harsh words that are preserved here forever.
Good night.
Towash on April 9, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Nalin Palin – Good Flick.
Poptech on April 9, 2009 at 12:18 AM
I could have told you that Baldi is awesome. You should really try to curtail your generalizations of people. Every person is different and deserves the benefit of getting to know them. A person that automatically jumps to stereo-types is the real loser. That’s just my take.
carbon_footprint on April 9, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Good lord. Where have you been? This thread has been going for over 24 hours and we have yet to see Mitt Romney’s resume.
carbon_footprint on April 9, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Goodnight all.
May peace be with you.
Deo gratias.
Loxodonta on April 9, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Poptech on April 9, 2009 at 12:18 AM
No link?
Having trouble figuring out the intertubes?
cs89 on April 9, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Even I would say that link would be over the line.
Poptech on April 9, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Good… you do have standards.
Pretty low ones, IMO, but they do exist apparently.
cs89 on April 9, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Yes, the “trash” part is the real meaning of the word, and it will never die because there are so many people who are trashy.
The problem is the pairing of “trash” with “white.” That keys on race, and it doesn’t take a genius to get the implication that it’s saying there’s something strange about a white person being trashy.
Which is silly, since we all know there’s nothing strange about that at all.
I think the real key here is that there is no such phrase as “black trash.” Of course, in this age of hyper-sensitivity to charges of racism, a white person would be a fool to use a term like “black trash,” even as a natural analogue to “white trash.” I’ve noticed that at least some black people, such as Chris Rock, will use the n-word as the equivalent of “black trash.” Other black people will use the n-word as the equivalent of “just another guy” or “dude.”
As for me, I try not to use “white trash” to avoid offense. If you really have to spend time explaining that it’s not a racist term, it’s probably better just to skip the term.
But I would point out that most people who say “white trash” are just using the term to describe trashy people, and don’t intend anything racist. It’s just a legacy phrase for trashy people.
The whole topic can be avoided if we just follow the rule, that when “trashy” is the only word that fits, just say, “trashy.” Don’t stick “white” in there, because it just distracts from your point.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on April 9, 2009 at 12:57 AM
I applaud you for that. That makes the most sense of this topic that I have ever read.
carbon_footprint on April 9, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Good night. And thanks for the boxing match! :)
baldilocks on April 9, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Mental picture: Baldi holding one commenter by the front collar of their shirt with one hand and Kung Fu back-fisting the troll sneaking up behind her.
hawkdriver on April 9, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Sarah Palin is Hot Hot Hot!!!
sarahpalinfan99 on April 9, 2009 at 6:20 AM
Almost forgot…
Cue Carl Douglas.
hawkdriver on April 9, 2009 at 6:21 AM
hawkdriver on April 9, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Everybody was Kung Fu Fightin’….
Sorry. Had to do it.
kingsjester on April 9, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Our men and women in uniform try to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, so I’m not sure how many of the 600,000 killed were innocent. It’s still fewer than Saddam had killed and would continue to kill himself. I believe a person in a gulag or secret prison is more likely innocent than an armed insurgent in a combat zone.
chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Not “old” stats, sweetie. I linked the DJIA for the entire months of February, March and April. “Trends” for those of us with jobs and toothbrushes. ;)
chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 8:33 AM
I agree the video is tasteless and trashy and Eminem is a waste of x and y chromosomes, but let’s stop picking on Lisa Ann here. A few people here have called her ugly and thunderthighs……… direct from wikipedia and confirmed by chickipedia: Lisa Ann Born May 9, 1972
Measurements: 38DD-20-34
Height: 5 ft 2
Weight: 110 lb
5 ft 2 and 110 lbs is hardly thunderthighs. Michelle Obama cannot hold a candle to teh real or teh fake Sarah Palin!!!!
Joey1974 on April 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Sorry, race fan. Get your dates straight. The stammering fool went back to Texas on 1/20. That’s your baseline. When you’re talking absolute numbers (as opposed to %s) you use dates. Save your lies for the luddites.
capitulus on April 9, 2009 at 9:57 AM
It’s the market, not a marketing chart. Instead of steadily climbing, the DJIA nosedived thousands of points until the Fed stepped in and released a trillion dollars, bringing it back to almost where it was in January.
chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM
And Bush didn’t stammer like TOTUS.
chunderroad on April 9, 2009 at 10:06 AM
It went from 10.5 to 14 to 8 in the 8 years of Bush. Is 3 months really a valid time frame for analysis? New staff, implementing new policies, paying back taxes, etc. The fact is that 3 months later we’re looking at an upswing. Look at WFC’s earnings today.
capitulus on April 9, 2009 at 10:07 AM
An “upswing” from a low in the 6500s in March, still below the starting point on 1/20.
I agree that 3 months doesn’t tell the whole story. But, if you seriously want to compare Obama’s performance in terms of the DJIA since he took office, look at the 1/20-4/1 charts for 1981, 1989, 1993, 2001, and 2009 Presidential honeymoon periods. (Closing figures 950-1014, 2235-2293, 3241-3439, 10587-9878, and 7949-7761 respectively). None of these time frames has suffered the precipitous drop that greeted the Obama administration, with the market down about 1500 from 1/20 to early March.
And that’s without taking into account the massive spending and cash infusions, or the drop that started when it became clear Obama was winning the race or the period between the election and inauguration.
cs89 on April 9, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I would rather have Baldilocks on my side any day. I truly admire Baldilocks posts and intelligence. Sure does know how to call out a troll.
sheebe on April 9, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Todd Palin has a pair.
Eminem does not.
molonlabe28 on April 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Eminem should Lose Himself
TheRiddler on April 9, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Yeah, Todd has an unwed teen daughter and a burglar for a siste. Quite a pair!
capitulus on April 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Still waiting on those liberal feminists to protest Eminem’s treatment of Palin in this video…..*crickets*
sarahpalinfan99 on April 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM
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