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  • Calibrating GOP Outrage

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 14 14:00:28 2022
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    Thank Zoroaster Trump didn't do anything seriously wrong,
    unlike Obama:
    |
    | New York Rep. Peter King [R] is standing by strong
    | statements he made criticizing President Obama's decision
    | to wear a tan suit
    | ... <https://pix11.com/news/rep-peter-king-is-genuinely-angry-about-obamas-tan-suit/>

    |
    | Here's the scoop -- or rather, the dollop. In May 2009,
    | Obama made headlines by eating a hamburger with spicy Dijon
    | mustard, rather than with the "American" condiment of
    | choice, ketchup.
    |
    | Seriously.
    |
    | Obama's "elitist" burger preferences stirred some
    | conservative commentators into a fit, with Fox News' Sean
    | Hannity mocking the president for claiming to be a "man of
    | the people" while putting Dijon (the horror!) on his burger.
    | ... <https://theweek.com/speedreads/704818/big-controversy-point-obamas-presidency-over-dijon-mustard>

    --bks

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  • From governor.swill@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 14 16:32:50 2022
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics

    On 14 Aug 2022 14:00:28 -0000, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman)
    wrote:

    Thank Zoroaster Trump didn't do anything seriously wrong,
    unlike Obama:
    |
    | New York Rep. Peter King [R] is standing by strong
    | statements he made criticizing President Obama's decision
    | to wear a tan suit
    | ...
    <https://pix11.com/news/rep-peter-king-is-genuinely-angry-about-obamas-tan-suit/>

    |
    | Here's the scoop -- or rather, the dollop. In May 2009,
    | Obama made headlines by eating a hamburger with spicy Dijon
    | mustard, rather than with the "American" condiment of
    | choice, ketchup.
    |
    | Seriously.
    |
    | Obama's "elitist" burger preferences stirred some
    | conservative commentators into a fit, with Fox News' Sean
    | Hannity mocking the president for claiming to be a "man of
    | the people" while putting Dijon (the horror!) on his burger.
    | ...
    <https://theweek.com/speedreads/704818/big-controversy-point-obamas-presidency-over-dijon-mustard>

    --bks

    Interesting that the worst thing the right could hang on Obama was his
    choice of condiments. I expect they got away with it because so many
    rightists are unfamiliar with dijon.

    Swill
    --
    "Every investigation thus far makes one conclusion abundantly clear:
    Secretary Clinton's fundamental lack of judgment and wanton disregard
    for protecting and keeping information confidential raises continued
    questions about the exposure of our nation's diplomatic and national
    security secrets,"
    Kevin McCarthy (R) commenting on the Mar a Lago search August 09, 2022

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