Video: Is this Anita Dunn’s favorite clothing store?
posted at 2:55 pm on October 19, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Well, it does combine two of her favorite people, Barack Obama and Mao Zedong. What’s more, this report doesn’t come from Dunn’s bête noir, Fox News, but from that highly reliable news organization, Reuters. Maybe ObaMao sells gift cards, which would come in handy for Dunn’s going-away party at the White House when the Obama administration belatedly realizes the folly of demonizing Fox, especially now that even Helen Thomas notes what a dumb idea it is. And hey, it beats a Che t-shirt …. barely.
“It gets people thinking.”
It certainly does here.
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Maobama kind of rolls off the tongue better.
JammieWearingFool on October 19, 2009 at 2:57 PM
*rolling eyes*
I’m done with all these stories about what someone said at some academic gathering.
I saw an article about how McCain quoted Mao, too. LOL*
Good grief. Great people are often quoted, regardless of their politics.
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I may quote Stalin… but never fondly.
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Where can I get one?
Doughboy on October 19, 2009 at 3:00 PM
I’m not going to give you a hard time like others but, in no sense whatsoever, can Mao be considered “Great”.
He was a mass murderer of epic proportions. You wouldn’t call Hitler great, or Stalin and Lenin great. Why even insinuate that Mao is great.
MadDogF on October 19, 2009 at 3:00 PM
I saw an article about how McCain quoted Mao, too. LOL*
……
Nice WH takiing points.
artist on October 19, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Holy mackeral…he even sent a shirt to the WH…
I’m sure it’s one of dear leader’s favorite bedtime shirts…
cmsinaz on October 19, 2009 at 3:01 PM
His whole campaign was built around an image obviously connected to Che (another murderous Marxist).
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Chairman Who? Never heard of this guy. Didn’t get that history in college.
solidaction on October 19, 2009 at 3:01 PM
They’ll get far more sales on the right.
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Link please.
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Mike Church has been calling Turkmenbama “Chairman MaObama” for over a year. He even has an AWESOME t-shirt that’s worth the price.
http://www.mikechurch.com/zenshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=152&zenid=tjk65ufnvfureinh4srip0qhm0
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I saw the speech in context, she didn’t just quote Mao Tse Tung, she called him her favorite political philosopher. There is a difference here. I have quoted the devil himself in the temptation of my Lord, but I would never call him anything but damned.
Osis on October 19, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Suits him.
LibTired on October 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Does this mean the Chinese are RAAAACIST?
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM
First as tragedy, then as farse.
RobCon on October 19, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Beck has more on Dunn tonight and it will be damaging…
http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2009/10/glenn-beck-says-anita-dunn-will-have-to.html
artist on October 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Perhaps you’re better off… I got Cuba… and Castro “crossing the Caribbean like Washington crossing the Delaware.”
Vomit.
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Quoting Mao is one thing. Someone who detested the murderer of 50-70 million people could still quote him to show what kind of a person he was.
But saying he is one of your two favorite philosophers, as Anita Dunn did as she read off a prepared speech, is another thing.
Wethal on October 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Great People? Mao?
Ann, this is bad…even for you.
portlandon on October 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM
…long before he was ever elected.
Diane on October 19, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…The ad before watching the video for me was for Vaseline.
WashJeff on October 19, 2009 at 3:07 PM
“I knew Chairman Mao and you’re no Chairman Mao!…yet”
-LLoyd Bentsen
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM
That audio is from Media Matters…?
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Link, please.
JammieWearingFool on October 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Normally, I give you the benefit of the doubt. Not here. If we can’t hold people responsible for what they say, particularly in an atmosphere where they are encouraged to explain their ideology and philosophy, what do we judge by?
MadisonConservative on October 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Here’s a great book to read for those who have no idea what Mao was all about.
http://www.amazon.com/Mao-Story-Jung-Chang/dp/0679746323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255979255&sr=1-1
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Could start a new game or a CD – MaoObama How Low Can You Go – I remember that from the 60′s you had bend backwards and scoot under the pole..
wheels on October 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Hey AnnintheCan – I’m still waiting for that link!
*checks watch*
*taps foot impatiently*
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I don’t remember who at HotAir coined it, but MaoBama is the best term I’ve heard to describe this administrations love for communist leaders.
portlandon on October 19, 2009 at 3:10 PM
The people that were unable to sell their Chia Obamas should rebrand them as Che-Obama.
ICBM on October 19, 2009 at 3:10 PM
If I quote the troll Anninca, don’t put me in a straight jacket.
She is crazee but it is not contagious
seven on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM
You libs just love to mislead about things like that.
McCain quoted Mao as self-deprecating humor. He quoted something like “It’s always darkest just before things go completely black” describing his campaign.
If you think that’s morally equivalent to citing Mao as one of your two favorite philosophers, you’re beyond help.
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM
I don’t care what Drywall says about you, you’re alright by me.
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM
McCain was applying it to the media, not himself.
Ronnie on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM
ObaMao-Mao-Mao, Oba-Obama-Mao-Mao
Papa-ObaMao-Mao, ObaMao-Mao
Well don’t you know about the bird?
Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!
A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird’s the word
Oba-ObaMao-Mao, Oba-ObaMao-Mao
[Fade to black]
Abby Adams on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Sadly, nor have our children.
“…are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world? …. We’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion but what’s important…If we forget what we did, we won’t know who we are.” — The great Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address
publiuspen on October 19, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Barack Hussein Obama
Mmmm – Mmmm – Mao
Ronnie on October 19, 2009 at 3:13 PM
He was talking about how the media characterized his campaign.
Ronnie on October 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Irony: White House Communications Director Who Says Killer of Tens of Millions is Her “Favorite Philosopher” Dismisses “Death Panel” Concerns http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/10/white-house-communications-director-who.html
Mervis Winter on October 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Oh, right, thanks. I just remembered it was a joke, not a quote out of reverence for Mao’s wisdom.
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Did I miss that link? I would like to read this for my self, and please ponder what MadCon said.
It gets old that your team whines when it gets called on their explainations of their views and yet they get by on lies and inuendo (made-up Rush quotes and Vicky Isman photos) that destroy individuals.
Laura in Maryland on October 19, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Can I buy these online at the NBC gift shop?
No?
HondaV65 on October 19, 2009 at 3:18 PM
This is the quote AnninCA is trying to spin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJ15vbo15w
Ronnie on October 19, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Lovin’ the headline, Ed.
Although AP rocks his subheads a little harder.
Just sayin’.
radioboyatl on October 19, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Ann is just very lonely. She gets the attention she craves here.
When the conservatives put her in her place, it teaches the lurkers who can’t post why she is wrong and the smart peeps here are right. It’s serving a purpose.
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM
That t-shirt salesguy is racist.
I heard, no T-shirt for you, boy.
booter on October 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Sad but true… if one of her favorite political philosophers was Ronald Reagan, she’d be hounded out of DC by the left… but since she admires a murderous Leftist butcher… then it’s just “right-wing demagoguery” to even note it.
mankai on October 19, 2009 at 3:20 PM
But he’s from…*shudder*…Wisconsin.
Bishop on October 19, 2009 at 3:22 PM
What confuses me about this blog, sometimes, is how there are all these stories that appeal to the most right-wing. Yet, the underlying political tone is to choose some white-rice moderate Conservative.
It’s schizophrenic.
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Then post somewhere else. Stupid douchenozzle.
Andy in Agoura Hills on October 19, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Of course she’s an errant ignoramus, because the CONTEXT is completely different. McCain is making a joke, Dunn wants to fellate Mao. Very different indeed.
Andy in Agoura Hills on October 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM
She certainly has the hyperactive tongue for it.
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:28 PM
And, imagine this. Somehow, I’m not driven off by ad hominem attacks by someone so very charming and erudite. LOL*
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Will Walmart be selling these tees?
nor on October 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Ann, Annita said mao is her favorite political philosopher. She didn’t quote him or anyone else. Watch the video. And Mao was a deeply evil man. There was nothing great about him.
Or Stalin. Or Bozo.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM
It’s schizophrenic.
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 3:24 PM
A lot like you. You must not get attention at the Huffpo. There you just blandly blend in.
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
You get dumber with every post….the underlying tone?
What does that mean, that conservatives are racist or bigots?
That is why we worship Thomas Sowell?
Look at the “minority” dems…everyone is a giveaway, every one a race baiter…maybe you have to be a race baiter to be elected, so we don’t choose that type of person.
You are an idiot for accusing conservatives of this typical leftest accusation.
Your true colors, a typical liberal race baiter…throwing out a false accusation.
right2bright on October 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
What year did Mao die? I remember learning all about Hitler in school. Nothing about Mao and next to nothing about Stalin. I had to find out about them as an adult. Seems like the only defense against stupidity in this country by folks like Anita Dunn is to teach factual history in school. Novel concept I know.
txmomof6 on October 19, 2009 at 3:30 PM
They gave that up back in the 60′s. I was there for that.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:31 PM
A lot of Mao’s quotable statements are like “motherhood and apple-pie” stuff.
Frankly, if you stick with just the superficial stuff, ALL world leaders are quotable.
Anyway, you guys want to go scare up Communists behind the bushes, enjoy.
But that’s not exactly credible.
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Just because one reads a comment from AnninCA, does not imply that the person thinks AnninCA is the best commenter on the planet.
Ergo …
Just because McCain reads a quote from Mao, doesn’t mean (as Dunn said) that Mao is her most influential philosopher.
lorien1973 on October 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I’m surprised that I haven’t niticed anyone post about Anita Dunn wearing Maoist chic clothing like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfUbGdcppA&feature=PlayList&p=42576D86BAEE39B1&index=10
OxyCon on October 19, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Actually they seem to be dropping all around us from the Obama tree.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Will you go away if we pay you?
Andy in Agoura Hills on October 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Good grief Ann, what’s wrong with you??
It wasn’t the quote: it was her admission that Mao, perhaps the greatest mass-murder off all time, is one of her two favorite philosophers. She admires him!
Why are you defending that??
Try setting aside your knee-jerk, defend-at-all-costs liberalism and think next time before you write something so incredibly stupid.
Rod on October 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:31 PM
So was I :) However, I still did not learn about Mao in school. Perhaps because of the Viet Nam War????
txmomof6 on October 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Tis’ better to convert than to drive away, IMHO. Good humor and facts go a long way.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I wasn’t going to post today, just read. However, after reading your post, I felt compelled to log in, and respond. There is a great deal of history behind the world. Some good, some bad. That being said…when I think of names like Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro, Chaves, Gueverra, Atilla, Ivan….I would hardly use an adjective like “great” to describe them. Brutal murderers, rapists, oppressors, and thugs do NOT deserve to be remembered in such a fashion as you described.
capejasmine on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
“Yea shall be as Gods”?
No, wait, you mean that whole the-world-can-be-yours thing, don’t you? Not as catchy.
Count to 10 on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Really? Can you provide some of said quotes?
Regardless, can you imagine if someone had said to High School students, “Hitler is one of my favorite philosophers… he said…” And I’m sure you could dig up a decent quote from Hitler.
Yet — here’s the difference. Hitler killed 6-12 million people and lost. Mao killed 40-70 million people and won.
So is that why it’s better to quote Mao? Because Hitler was an underachiever by comparison?
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Mao is ok, because it wasn’t genocide-genocide.
rbj on October 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Perhaps you should read Bill Ayres Prarie Fire. There is a connection between him, and the White House, and Miss Dunns awe of Mao. Then come back, and try to convince us this is just a silly waste of fantasy on our parts.
capejasmine on October 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Mao was great like the Great Depression was great.
fogw on October 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
I admit, back then I sorta had my hands full with what we called “Western History” (No Louis L’Amour ( I wish)) Civics and Trig. Like you I had to go learn about other cultures on my own, aided by Uncle Sam.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
She certainly has the hyperactive tongue for it.
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Oh God no, what an image… “Get me a burkha, stat! No, make that two burkhas.. one might rip!”
max1 on October 19, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Exactly. As I said, what if she said Hitler was one of her favorite philosophers? And yet Mao killed way more people than Hitler!
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Mao is ok, because it wasn’t genocide-genocide.
rbj on October 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM
nice callback +1
max1 on October 19, 2009 at 3:38 PM
The link would be to He Who Trolls Hot Air for material for his own blog, but isn’t to be mention by name in these parts.
Which makes me wonder if AnninCA isn’t just trolling this thread, whitewashing the biggest mass murderer in history, just to goad people into making comments for our little green friend to fill his blog up with.
MNHawk on October 19, 2009 at 3:38 PM
capejasmine on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 PM
No worries Jasmine. Ann has announced many times that morality really is boring to her and she has no use for it. She proves it here everyday.
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Heck, I had advanced history, and we just barely made it to the killing fields of Cambodia. We basically skipped Communist China except a footnote that Mao won the civil war.
I didn’t learn about the whole farming debacle (where most of the deaths attributed to Mao come from) until I watched a documentary on it later on cable.
Count to 10 on October 19, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Anita Dunn needs to get a new face
bhawknine on October 19, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Well, that explains why Ann doesn’t see anything wrong with quoting Mao as your favorite philosopher. Marxism is based on amorality. That’s why Mao was indifferent to his people commiting suicide. “Meh, let ‘em die. We got plenty of people.”
Daggett on October 19, 2009 at 3:41 PM
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200910176878/energy-and-environment/what-lord-monckton-said-at-dinner.html
But this is just Commies behind the bushes, doncha know?
Gob on October 19, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Some are lost causes and should just be ignored.
LastRick on October 19, 2009 at 3:42 PM
I went to a store in Beijing a few months back that had a lot of Mao/Obama stuff. I took a photo of one with Mao as Obama, saying, in broken English, that Obama is a fan of Mao, sending it to Hotair. Better late than never, I suppose.
calbear on October 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I’m glad God doesn’t think that way. We are not supposed to give up on each other. There is always hope for redemption.
dogsoldier on October 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Calm down, Francis. I didn’t suggest she should be culled for extinction. I’m just not so naive to think that she’s “reachable”. I think she’s an obvious liberal who has decided (for whatever reason) to make Hot Air her daily stop for creating havoc. She has no interest in conservative issues, doesn’t care what you think and has no desire to learn. That so many here continue to debate her is what confuses me.
LastRick on October 19, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Meanwhile, it is reported that Sonia the wise Latina’s wardrobe was picked by Obama’s team…I wonder if this will get the same scrutiny as Palin…as if I had to ask.
right2bright on October 19, 2009 at 3:55 PM
You were correct, sometimes they are a lost cause and we move on…thus Matthew 7:6.
Sometimes we let God “worry” about it.
right2bright on October 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM
While I have said, “To paraphrase that EVIL BASTARD Mao ‘Political power comes from the end of a gun.” I followed by saying “That is why they wont get mine until they send more people to get it than I have bullets.”
That is far different than citing Mao as one of your two favorite philosophers.
Mao is on my Time Machine assassination list.
Slowburn on October 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Are you talking about LGF? I have clicked on that site, because so many people here mentioned it.
Here’s my take. This is a blogger who is self-obsessed. Everything is about him and his blog.
He reminds me of the progressive blog, Left something or other.
Anyway, half of his posts are all about how other left bloggers attack him.
He’s repeatedly told, stop being so ego-driven.
He absolutely ignores the warnings.
He’s now getting TV time. You can imagine the blogs about that.
He’s just a faux-media jerk.
No content. No real sense of the pulse of the Country.
Nothing to offer.
Ditto for what I’ve seen from LGF.
AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Mao is “great people”? An impressive murderer, but that generally doesn’t constitute greatness.
And if she had just quoted Mao, I doubt very much would have been made of it. The fact that she said he was one of her two favorite philosophers makes it important.
If she had said Stalin was one of her favorite philosophers would that have made a difference to you?
Asher on October 19, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Are we getting too wee-weed up over this?
Barack Hussein Obamao mmm mmm mmm
mike_NC9 on October 19, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Yep, it is:
http://s699.photobucket.com/albums/vv353/OxyCon/AnitaDunnce.jpg
OxyCon on October 19, 2009 at 4:10 PM
No content. No real sense of the pulse of the Country.
Nothing to offer.
Ditto for what I’ve seen from
LGFmy own comments at HA.AnninCA on October 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM
FIFY
LEBA on October 19, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Find Dunn’s quote. Change Mao to Hitler or Stalin.
And it becomes something she’d (or anyone) never say. Why? Therein lies the problem.
lorien1973 on October 19, 2009 at 4:12 PM
If someone told you Person A was their “favorite political philosopher” would it be reasonable to assume that that someone viewed Person A favorably?
We can give Ms Dunn the benefit of the doubt and assume that she’s simply interested in Mao’s political ideas without any support or sympathy for what he did. This just means she’s interested in the ideas of a hardcore Communist.
This comes across perfectly innocent to you? No evidence of a pattern whatsoever?
Come on now.
TheUnrepentantGeek on October 19, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Dunn said she admired his “philosophy”. Isn’t that pretty much like saying, “I’d like to apply his philosophy to the world I live in”? Ah, yeah.
This isn’t as off the cuff as saying, “I like his shirt” .
pjean on October 19, 2009 at 4:15 PM
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