Video: Fox & Friends cover Milk Carton Politicians
posted at 11:36 am on August 17, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The gang at Fox & Friends gave a nice spotlight on my Milk Carton Politicians post
this morning, and had some fun with the tongue-in-cheek idea themselves. They even have a better milk-carton graphic for people to use, and notice the politicians who wind up on the side: New Hampshire Representatives Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter, and Senators Barbara Boxer and Chuck Schumer. Maybe Steve Doocy can keep this going as a regular feature the rest of this month!
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and so it begins….
ted c on August 17, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Now, why exactly do we want to find these missing pols?
Wouldn’t we all be better off if they just sort of remained disappeared, permanently?
I say abandon this milk carton campaign.
FlameWarrior on August 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
When will we get the first Scamber Alert?
Lily on August 17, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Cool. Nice to see you get the recognition Ed.
JusDreamin on August 17, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Good stuff
Ed you are all over the airwaves
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM
I’d say this might shame some politicians into doing the right thing…but they are democrats, so by definition they have no shame.
Mord on August 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Great plug, Ed!
NickelAndDime on August 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Lovin’ it!!! Nothing gets a politician’s goat like ridicule that is humorous but spot on. Doocy should feature one a day. Good work, F&F!!!
Bob in VA on August 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Nothing like a good prank to get the publics attention. Keep it up, Ed. A liberal just hates to hear laughter after after their name is announced.
Limerick on August 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
“This. Is. HUGE!.”
The Calibur on August 17, 2009 at 11:43 AM
Somebody needs to tell them that missing kids on milk cartons was discontinued years ago because it scared children. Hence, it’s quite politically correct to showcase missing congress critters in this creative manner.
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
And today’s Worst Person in the World is…..
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Ed you are the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD!!!!
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
What wimpy kids
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM
If you keep this publicity up, Ed, the boss is going to get you a purple pantsuit and send you on a tour of Africa.
NickelAndDime on August 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM
anybody seen VP Joe Biden since the WH backyard beerfest? is he in the woodshed next to the garden?
Jessie on August 17, 2009 at 11:45 AM
they should put oboobi on a milk carton, all of his town halls are cherry picked…
SHARPTOOTH on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
If Obama flames out, who will occupy power vacuum? All avenues ahead are still dangerous.
JiangxiDad on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
I understand the “sensitivity” of this due to the fact that this first started with missing children. That has now been replaced with the Amber Alert. Besides, when was the last time you actually saw an actual carton of milk? Cardboard cartons are gone and have been replaced with the plastic containers. So keep up the milk carton campaign. It is having the desired effect.
milwife88 on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Will Olberman run with it..
the_nile on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Obama, every day until 2012.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
I did not know this.
The Calibur on August 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM
LOL Nice. Ed Morrisey creating the news cycle!
Theworldisnotenough on August 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Ed is becoming famous. Good stuff.
Cindy Munford on August 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM
His silence can only be interpreted two ways:
The President has lost confidence in the Vice-President.
The Vice President has lost confidence in the President.
It’s all a very sorry state-of-affairs for this rudderless ship-of-state.
JiangxiDad on August 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
One of our goobers just knocked us out of our safety award for this year. I’d like to put him on a milk carton.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Ed, you’ve redeemed yourself. With any luck, this will make you the worst person in the world…we hope. Poor Olby.
Laura in Maryland on August 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
HE’S AN ILLUMINATI MEMBER!!!
KJSHFJK 9/11
SLJGS TSTEEL!
MELT!
/rosie O
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Ed is going go from Best Person in the World to the Worst in a few short weeks.
lorien1973 on August 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I think we should have a Senator and Representative trade off. I’ll give you 2 reps for that sen. etc.
Alright here is what I have to offer:
1 Barbra Boxer + $50.00, to who ever can give me the best offer. At least do it for the fifty bucks.
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Hate to hear that. Roustabout not paying attention?
HoustonRight on August 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
2012? But I thought he was President-for-Life. Oh no!
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Taxation without Representation! Shut us out now, we WILL shut you out in 2010.
TN Mom on August 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Ed you speech Sat. was excellant, Michelle’s too, and you deserve all the recognition that will be coming your way.
HoustonRight on August 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Chargeable Vehicle Accident- He is not hurt, just dumb.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
The next thing we should put on milk cartons should be various segments of The Constitution as it disappears…
Ozprey on August 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Great coverage, Ed. Kudos.
I would add that perhaps the bottom of the milk carton might contain the following:
Warning Message: Approach with caution. These missing Politicians simply DO NOT CARE what the voter thinks.
Yoop on August 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
You are in for a world of hurt, boy!!!
California, and going to college!!!
I feel bad for you!
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Yea Ed! Keep it up!
AsianGirlInTights on August 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Glad to see a ‘Fair and Balanced’ national news program starts the day off by reading Hot Air………..
………. Well done, Ed.
Maybe this ‘Free and Independent’ press thingy just might work out after all…….
Seven Percent Solution on August 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
How times change (from strong effort).
Allah and Ed get MSM mention. Michelle rises to the top of the book list. I remember the good old days of Humping Robot, Ian, some little blog run by a landlocked sea Captain, and anxiously waiting on the next episode of Michelle spoofing ‘TheView’.
Movers and shakers move over.
Limerick on August 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Guess that means you’ll have to start wearing Brooks Brothers suits.
highhopes on August 17, 2009 at 11:54 AM
My Rep. is only planning a phone-in town hall. He has said he will not vote for HR 3200, but sometimes he goes all wobbly when someone mentions “bipartisian-ship”. He loves that word. We are having a Health care protest at his office anyway on Sat. Aug. 22. He needs to be reminded that we don’t want anything that is connected to that bill.
If he would have a real town hall meeting here, I think he would be revitalized about his decision. He might even get some donations to his next campaign.
Come on, Frank. Just do it. We love, ya, man.
BetseyRoss on August 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
excellent!!!!
cmsinaz on August 17, 2009 at 11:56 AM
My husband doesn’t own a suit and I do not own a dress. He wears his nicest Wranglers to “dress up” occasions.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Could you imagine being the Won these days…. Taking all kinds of guff from smart, witty peeps like us 24/7—then, going home and having to listen to Michelle…..and HER MOM…
that little sympathy cell in my heart may grow for the guy….
naw.
ted c on August 17, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Eh, I manage. :)
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Ed, I almost forgot. Did you flag yourself for coming up with this brilliant idea?
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Gettin’ by with the skin of your teeth
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Isn’t one Carly Fiorina in ur future?
JiangxiDad on August 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Got to be tough to live in California.
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 11:58 AM
We run out the clock until 2010, then vote in a conservative majority in the House, Senate, and state houses. After that, Barack Obama can play at being President all he wants.
rockmom on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
That’s not what I heard.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I feel ya dude
NY is bad enough,
but CA with the naked hippie parades, mary jane smoking bums in the streets, and Berkeley students living in trees, you must have thick skin
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Alinsky Rule Number Five:
Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.
jukin on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Mr. Morrissey Got Milk
fourdeucer on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Carly Fiorina, your first campaign commercial is waiting for you. Just do it already!
SouthernGent on August 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Ed is getting famous. Time to open registration again.
**ducks for cover**
Knucklehead on August 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Spineless & Coward brand milk
gatorboy on August 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Drudge says Obama has pulled the plug on the tattle-tale email gathering.
SouthernGent on August 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Hopefully!!!
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM
you’re always ducking for cover
what the hell do you DO down there?
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Hope you wear Wranglers, too. Just can’t picture you in mom jeans. ;-)
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM
And that’s just in 1 part of Cali 0_o
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM
I’m sorry but I don’t see the inconsistency here. Elected representatives who refuse to hold town halls because they might get yelled at are, IN FACT, missing children.
highhopes on August 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I shiny penny for the first person to spot a lefty blog post/news item claiming that Ed and Fox are mocking the plight of missing children.
EnglishMike on August 17, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Damn! If true, we must start a petition to get it back up.
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Officially now everyone in here is on the Homeland Security Domestic Terrorist List.
Jeff from WI on August 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I ain’t afraid of Texas. That’s how tough I am.
**ducks for cover**
May I join you Knucklehead?
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM
By next week, he’ll be so famous he won’t have time for us. He’ll be partying with Spears and Lohan.
Laura in Maryland on August 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I hope you have jeans too. Burlap bags are SO itchy.
Jeff from WI on August 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM
You are a disturbed individual.
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Fox is reporting it’s true.
Wouldn’t you like to know!
Knucklehead on August 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Just wish they could get Brian to STFU. At least until he learns how to be genuinely funny and not just sound like a smartass.
Mr. Grump on August 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM
I would like to see Da One on a milk carton.
Mangy Scot on August 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Are you sure I would want to know what you have imagined?
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Some things are better left unsaid
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:09 PM
LOL
Like someone said before
I can see it now
Some piece by David Corn or something
“Ed Morrissey Hates Children”
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM
He’ll be getting low with the lowest of the low :o)
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM
It’s the new look…
ladyingray on August 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Black helicopters arriving in 5 – 4 – 3 -2
Laura in Maryland on August 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Introducing the hopeless RI (D)elegation:
Wheldon Shitehouse – RI’s very own cahpetbaggah! btw, a title he shares with:
Patches Kennedy – guaranteed to go through life never having a REAL job.
Lojack Reed (i.e. rumor has it he’s been hiding in the trunk of his car)
James Langevin – not “present”
Sweet_Thang on August 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Our DemRep (aka DimWit) won’t schedule a meeting over in this end of his district after getting yelled at by the trolls-under-the-bridge in his first THM.
I think he’s afraid of all the people who will show up dressed in their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes: Logger”s jackets, carpenter’s pants and swampers. Might include the faint scent of chain oil and sawdust. These people tend to not speak their mind… NOT!!!
Yoop on August 17, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Yar
Edward, me matey
ye be plunderin’ the realm of fantasy and fame
enjoy
but ye be proceedin with caution and prudence
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I hear he hurts kittens, taunts crippled orphans, and pushes little old ladies into traffic.
Laura in Maryland on August 17, 2009 at 12:14 PM
DAMNIT
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Didn’t want to say it out loud and jinx it. :)
JiangxiDad on August 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Would be great if the the CEO of Whole Foods ran with the idea too on real milk cartons.
mph on August 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
I’m reporting you to George Will.
Knucklehead on August 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
he’ll only listen if you’re wearing something by Versace
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM
No, years ago stopped tryin’ to figure out what women might want to know… not to mention what they might want.
TXUS on August 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM
You have been hanging out with that Pirate Tooth guy way to much.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM
to = too
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM
He wore new Wranglers to our wedding.
Good, it goes to show you can be taught.
TXMomof3 on August 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
It looks like he’s got an extra set of pre-frontal lobes. But that would explain a lot.
* Ducks for cover under Knucklehead *
DarkCurrent on August 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Ridicule is very effective.
Release the hounds!
BuckeyeSam on August 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I know, TxMom
I’ve been using pirate too much
and he’s not helping
blatantblue on August 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Welcome to the club.
FontanaConservative on August 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM
These milk cartons should also be brought out during the next election cycle.
GarandFan on August 17, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Been hitting the Rum early again?
DarkCurrent on August 17, 2009 at 12:23 PM
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