Colbert Calls Out Laura Ingraham For 'Hideous, Hackneyed Racial Stereotypes' In Her Obama Book (VIDEO)

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Ahmedsaid

August 4, 2010 10:54 AM in reply to kspin

What? Colbert's ear?

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Acewrap

August 4, 2010 11:20 AM in reply to Ahmedsaid

You aren't even trying anymore. I'm reporting you to HR so we can fire you and get a better troll that actually puts some effort in to his posts.

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August 4, 2010 12:14 PM in reply to Acewrap

He kept getting repeatedly outed as sailorboy, no matter what handle he chose. After five or six tries, each lasting no more than a few hours, he has given up. He is only phoning it in now.

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juke R

August 4, 2010 2:29 PM in reply to Acewrap

I concur. Nothings more pathetic than a troll who doesn't even care enough to try.

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TIMMY

August 4, 2010 5:39 PM in reply to juke R

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

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August 4, 2010 12:50 PM in reply to Ahmedsaid

God, you are funny! Yes, a good political point can be made by making fun of someones deformity and disability. Way to stay out of the muck, troller boy.

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SkippyFlipjack

August 4, 2010 4:00 PM in reply to Commie Dearest

I doubt Colbert would call his ear a "deformity". It's just a funny-shaped ear.

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Kelly

August 4, 2010 6:52 PM in reply to SkippyFlipjack

it's (the "deformity") the result of having the entire hearing mechanism removed when he was ten due to a tumor. He's stone deaf in that ear.

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sawbuck

August 5, 2010 3:02 AM in reply to SkippyFlipjack

really. not like he couldn't afford to get it 'fixed'.

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August 5, 2010 5:40 PM in reply to SkippyFlipjack

From Widipedia:

"When he was younger, he had hoped to study marine biology, but surgery intended to repair a severely perforated eardrum caused him inner ear damage. The damage was severe enough that he was unable to pursue a career that would involve scuba diving. The damage also left him deaf in his right ear.[11][24]"

The surgery also deformed the ear.

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Jaz

August 4, 2010 1:24 PM in reply to Ahmedsaid

Is that you, American Dreamer?

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FreemanW

August 4, 2010 4:30 PM in reply to Ahmedsaid

That's outstanding!

What? Colbert's ear?

No you moron.

Your pea sized brain.

Your pea sized brain is out standing in the rain.

You don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain.

Ahhhh, I'll be here all week.

Try the veal

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August 4, 2010 9:48 AM

Wow! Great make-up! She actually looks like a human!

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chameleon

August 4, 2010 10:17 AM in reply to farnsworth

You are kidding aren't you? She looks like a fricking clown with all that makeup.

Well, I think what she said is very telling. She is not very confident about the thugs chances in November. They don't even believe their own propaganda.

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Joike

August 4, 2010 11:56 AM in reply to chameleon

I really dig how these uber-conservatives love to play up their Christianity (note her large gold cross necklace), yet display none of the tenets of the religion itself. Their red state audience is so easy to rile up that the provocateurs have gotten lazy and just spew out whatever hack drivel that pops into their head.

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John Q

August 4, 2010 1:20 PM in reply to Joike

You can read about Ingraham's standards of decency in David Brock's BLINDED BY THE RIGHT.

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RKT

August 5, 2010 6:31 PM in reply to Joike

There are established TENETS of Christianity?!! When did that happen?! Do you suppose they'll tell all the Christians about it?

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August 4, 2010 12:11 PM in reply to chameleon

Well, she looks like a human clown.

As opposed to the slavering demonic manifestation of evil that she is.

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chameleon

August 4, 2010 12:52 PM in reply to farnsworth

LMAO. I gotcha!!

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August 4, 2010 4:54 PM in reply to chameleon

I was also surprised as hell to hear that witch say that last night.Maybe she says that kind of stuff all the time. Not sure, cause' when I see her face on TV I can't get the channel changed fast enough.

Stephan sent her out of there with her racist broom on fire.

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glblank

August 4, 2010 10:27 AM in reply to farnsworth

Another dumb blonde RILF

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eb123

August 4, 2010 10:46 AM in reply to glblank

Research Institute for the Languages of Finland?

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bmcchgo

August 4, 2010 10:59 AM in reply to eb123

Heh indeed.

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 1:54 PM in reply to glblank

Fox has so many blonde commentators you'd think they had some sort of racial purity thing going on over there...& in keeping with their whitewashing of actual news to make it "foxier," they probably have some sort of peroxide shower to enforce it, as well...

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RKT

August 5, 2010 6:33 PM in reply to R.T.

Can you say Aryan?

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biglith

August 4, 2010 11:28 AM in reply to farnsworth

Her ugly soul can't be covered by any amount of make-up.

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traitorjoe

August 4, 2010 3:29 PM in reply to biglith

Manly, yes!

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TIMMY

August 4, 2010 5:44 PM in reply to biglith

A seed is not evil for not yet being a tree.

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kernel

August 5, 2010 10:18 AM in reply to biglith

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

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Whenwillthisnightmareend

August 4, 2010 11:48 AM in reply to farnsworth

She looks like a male transvestite.

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myshadow

August 4, 2010 12:19 PM in reply to Whenwillthisnightmareend

redundant

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ohyeathatsright

August 4, 2010 2:48 PM in reply to myshadow

Females can be transvestites.

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donquijoterocket

August 4, 2010 12:19 PM in reply to farnsworth

Even if that were true LOOKING LIKE a human would likely be as close as she ever gets especially when she opens her mouth and that gawd awful screech emanates.I'm not too sure but what any number of wingnuts have bought Colbert's schtick that he's actually a conservative and they think they're going to get a free ride.Further I think that because he's an entertainment figure and a comedian wingers think he's probably not too bright which just goes to show how much attention they really pay.You'd think they'd have learned something from Senator Al Francken.

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jthomas666

August 4, 2010 1:33 PM in reply to farnsworth

Hey, I'd do her.

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August 4, 2010 5:00 PM in reply to jthomas666

eeeeeewwwwwwww

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h0db

August 4, 2010 6:46 PM in reply to toddincabo

If you could have sex with either Laura Ingraham or Ann Coulter, which movie would you go see?

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lawyernerd

August 4, 2010 8:57 PM in reply to h0db

first comment I've read tonight that actually made me laugh.

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August 5, 2010 12:24 AM in reply to h0db

all of them

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Angry McAngus

August 5, 2010 11:26 AM in reply to toddincabo

Ta-dum!

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pbuchberg

August 4, 2010 8:44 PM in reply to jthomas666

We had better keep you away from the zoo.

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expat46

August 4, 2010 9:51 AM

The banshee's book is number one for non-fiction on the NYT best seller list. I wonder if the fact that you can get a free copy by subscribing to townhall.com magazine has anything to do with that.

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jeffgee

August 4, 2010 10:03 AM in reply to expat46

If she's anything like other wingnut authors, add that to the thousands of books purchased by right-wing organizations to be given as premiums for donating.

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calbearinillinois

August 4, 2010 10:42 AM in reply to expat46

If you see the bulk orders dagger by an entry, you know its a GOP backed book. Been that way since at least Newt - the party of "the market" doesn't trust actual market judgments, so they manipulate the heck out of it just so they can claim to have "best-selling" authors. Its like Caribou's stain of a book, which Newsmax gave away and every other outlet sold at 50% off or more when it first came out just to give it a (blessedly short) run on the top of the charts.

Compare that with Obama's books, or Franken's, or basically anyone on the left - you don't see the same bulk orders.

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donquijoterocket

August 4, 2010 1:24 PM in reply to calbearinillinois

Bulk buying also known as wingnut welfare basically just slowing the usual quick and inevitable progress of these things on their way to the remainders bin.
She'd also appear to be another winger graduate of the Tammy Faye Bakker mason's trowel school of cosmetology.

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cwnidog

August 4, 2010 10:47 AM in reply to expat46

That it's "selling" well isn't a surprise, bulk purchases can do wonders, but what I'm amazed at is that it's listed as non-fiction.

Must be because there's no "disjointed ravings of a right-wing loon" category.

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eb123

August 4, 2010 10:53 AM in reply to expat46

I wonder why this book appears in the "nonfiction" category. Interestingly, the description of the book reads: A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator.
A fictional story in the nonfiction category. Hum.

http://mediamatters.org/strupp/201008030024

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teapot37

August 4, 2010 11:37 AM in reply to eb123

One of the guys from Media Matters asked the Times Book Editor why it's listed as non-fiction.

"Tanenhaus says there is a practice by the bestseller list to classify most any parody or political satire as non-fiction: 'There are any number of books that are considered non-fiction because they do not have a clearly imaginative purpose as fiction does.'"

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Dave

August 4, 2010 11:41 AM in reply to eb123

Why would anybody bother to challange the claim?

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Julie

August 4, 2010 1:13 PM in reply to eb123

I guess it's because "humor" is considered "nonfiction."
I'm guessing it's on the same "non-fiction" shelf as "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" by Senator Al Franken.

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Smitallica

August 4, 2010 1:19 PM in reply to Julie

Yes, but the difference here is, these are not Obama's actual diaries. But Rush Limbaugh is, in fact, a big fat idiot.

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JoshQuasimoto

August 5, 2010 12:42 PM in reply to Smitallica

Up is the new down. And lies are the new truth. Didn't you get the memo? Whatever sells. Whatever is entertaining. Whatever agitates.

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Daddy Love

August 4, 2010 12:56 PM in reply to expat46

Yeah, and Kendra is at #5. Pure prestige.

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RickS

August 4, 2010 1:46 PM in reply to Daddy Love

Kendra's book was #9 last week, so that's a pretty big jump. So either people find her book really good, or Hef bought a whole bunch over the weekend.

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mJJ

August 5, 2010 5:14 PM in reply to expat46

Yes, most books have some sort of gimmick to make it sould like they sell far more books than the get money for. They dump the free books on companies for them to give away just to try to increase circulation. Frankly, that is a sham sale.

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Smitallica

August 4, 2010 9:52 AM

Tip for Laura:
When you've never said a single funny thing, ever, you might not want to write a comedy book.

The fact that it's a best-seller proves that conservatives wouldn't know funny if it raped their kids at Sunday school.

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crazycarnypoptart

August 4, 2010 10:58 AM in reply to Smitallica

conservatives have their own brand of humour which can be described as enjoying putting people down and hurting them. For example recently a tea partier made a blog post which was a letter to lincoln from african americans saying they want to be slaves again and they want their rights repealed becuase they are lazy. This is an example of right wing humour, or rush limbaughs statements which they call satire, thats their version of humour.

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August 4, 2010 5:05 PM in reply to crazycarnypoptart

yep

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melissa511

August 4, 2010 9:53 AM

My respect for Colbert has just increased several fold.

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Asinistra

August 4, 2010 9:53 AM

I had my thumb right on the fast forward button last night because I cannot tolerate this banshee. But Colbert just ate her alive (and I don't mean that in the sexy beast kind of way...)

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OhioMan

August 4, 2010 10:03 AM in reply to Asinistra

Sorry, I couldn't do it. I was planning to skip the video, as I simply cannot stand Ingraham. But I read your comment here and decided to give it a try.

Good God. I made it to 1:35 out of 5:56. That awful voice and horrible attitude were just too much for me. Nothing in the remaining time of the clip could possibly be good enough to justify listening to one more second of this appalling woman.

Sorry. I tried.

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tchamp77

August 4, 2010 10:52 AM in reply to OhioMan

Well you missed a great look of despair on Laura's face at 2:31, as if she knew that she was about to be dumped into a cauldron of hot oil.

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Matt Jones

August 4, 2010 6:27 PM in reply to tchamp77

Just watching that part (around 2:31), one wonders if the look on her face is because she's just come to the realization that Colbert is about to pwn her using the actual words in the book.

"Reading" is not typically something one apparently sees amongst her Faux News colleagues. Either that, or she just realized that Colbert isn't *actually* a far-right loon; in her defense, it's becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between real wingnuttery and parody wingnuttery...

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Annie Oakley

August 4, 2010 9:54 AM

Watch? No thank you!

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Mooser

August 4, 2010 10:33 AM in reply to Annie Oakley

"Watch? No thank you"

I'd rather be lynched on the courthouse steps. Gosh, I guess that wouldn't be a lynching, would it? No tree.

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CanisDirus

August 4, 2010 5:57 PM in reply to Mooser

Actually, lynching just means execution without due process, usually done by several people (a mob). But it could be death by beating, stoning, hanging, shooting, etc.

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castanea

August 4, 2010 10:15 PM in reply to CanisDirus

I do believe Mooser was dishing out snark based on a rightwinger's tomfoolish comments questioning Shirley Sherrod's mention that a relative of hers some years ago was lynched.

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cwnidog

August 4, 2010 10:50 AM in reply to Annie Oakley

That's OK, Jillian took the bullet for us. I just couldn't bring myself to do it either.

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jeffgee

August 4, 2010 9:58 AM

She didn't seem to realize that he was mocking her with her own words.

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Scheherazade

August 4, 2010 10:07 AM in reply to jeffgee

That's the beauty of it. They NEVER realize it!

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Helpcomputer

August 4, 2010 10:54 AM in reply to Scheherazade

No, she got it. She just had no real response.

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Eye-C

August 4, 2010 1:11 PM in reply to Helpcomputer

No, she did attempt to respond by pointing out that Mr. Colbert had once referred to her as a "Banshee" and that Native Americans would be insulted. But she didn't realize that Banshees are not Native American figures. Rather, they are mythic Irish creations.

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hologram5

August 4, 2010 1:19 PM in reply to Eye-C

Stupid is a stupid does...

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klg19

August 4, 2010 6:50 PM in reply to Eye-C

Yeah, I picked up on that. I guess an Ivy League education is as an Ivy League education does.

I was amazed that Colbert didn't call her on it, but I guess that's just low-hanging fruit.

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InmanRoshi

August 4, 2010 11:55 AM in reply to jeffgee

I think she was aware Colbert was mocking her with her own words the same way Ernie Terrell was aware Muhammad Ali was mercilessly punching him in the face for 15 rounds in their title bout in 1967.

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August 4, 2010 12:54 PM in reply to InmanRoshi

+1

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 2:05 PM in reply to InmanRoshi

+1

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August 4, 2010 5:03 PM in reply to InmanRoshi

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

thanks

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karenc13

August 4, 2010 10:07 AM

I turned the channel last night so I didn't have to see her, now I regret not trusting Colbert to take her down, as he did!

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windowpane

August 4, 2010 10:08 AM

To call this woman a **** would be a compliment.

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24shamsky

August 4, 2010 10:58 AM in reply to windowpane

To call this woman a **** would be a compliment.

To her, perhaps. But it would be a profound insult to all of the other ****s.

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 1:59 PM in reply to 24shamsky

+1

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eb123

August 4, 2010 11:05 AM in reply to windowpane

And how about if we call her a &&&&? Or, say, a *&*&? That would be bad. Not to mention a &&**.

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mpowers

August 4, 2010 10:10 AM

Note that despite Colbert's tour-de-force, she still managed to get the "reverse racism" meme injected with her (prepared) banshee remark. These people are nothing if not insanely disciplined.

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Smitallica

August 4, 2010 10:14 AM in reply to mpowers

Yes, when you're a Nazi, discipline is part of the deal.

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BCLance

August 4, 2010 1:16 PM in reply to mpowers

I think that can only backfire on her given that she even gets that wrong.

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It's Pat

August 4, 2010 10:13 AM

Laura has a weird obsession with the Obamas - particularly Michelle. I saw her on The View and she was droning on about Michelle's arms and the garden and her fashion. When BillO-Reilly went to some gather the Obamas had and complimentary of Michelle, Laura was her usually nasty way; almost like she could not stand to hear OReilly say anything positive about Michelle. I don't know if it's jealousy or what but Laura nitpicks trivial things. She almost comes across as if Michelle turned her down for a date or something.

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expat46

August 4, 2010 11:07 AM in reply to It's Pat

I saw her hawking this book on Larry King Monday night and he asked her to read an excerpt. She chose one where she was reading it as if she were Michelle Obama. When she first started reading she was doing her best 'mammy voice' impersonation, I shit you not. I think she realized her mistake and she quickly dropped the 'mammy voice' impersonation. I don't know if it's available online but it was a very telling moment.

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It's Pat

August 4, 2010 11:31 AM in reply to expat46

I'm not at all surprised.
It's also interesting that she chose that particular passage from the book to read. When she was on The View, she was complaining about how much media exposure people give Michelle. One of the other hosts started talking about Michelle and questioning what Ingraham was complaining about and Ingraham backtracked, saying there's more to the book than Michelle. Yet she continued to talk about Michelle.
Weird.

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Viva!America!

August 4, 2010 12:56 PM in reply to It's Pat

Michelle Malkin also.

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castanea

August 4, 2010 10:14 AM

Does that stupid twist think that banshees are of native American origin? She seems to be saying something to that effect. I always thought they were more Irish in origin.

Then again, what do I know? I'm not a Dartmouth alum.

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Christopher

August 4, 2010 10:22 AM in reply to castanea

I think she's confusing it with a Gypsy. Honestly. (And hey, they rhyme!) Banshees are common in both Scottish and Irish folklore. It's not a race, it's a character type. I don't think there is anything controversial about them.

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CityGuy

August 4, 2010 10:46 AM in reply to Christopher

That was my impression also. She's just a rightwing loon, thru and thru!

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matts2

August 5, 2010 1:30 AM in reply to Christopher

Actually Stephen got it right: the banshee foretells death.

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precisioncontrol

August 4, 2010 10:37 AM in reply to castanea

I assumed that Ingraham is Scottish and/or Irish. The banshee is a character from Celtic mythology. Then again, Ingraham is a German last name, so she was probably just being a dumbass.

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calbearinillinois

August 4, 2010 10:49 AM in reply to castanea

Nope, you got it. The scots-Irish who settled the Carolina foothills (future hillbillies) brought plenty of Celtic folklore with them. The only thing "racial" about calling her a banshee is her assumption that is has to do with her being caucasion, as opposed to her nasty wraithlike appearance and shrieking vocal tones.

Cultural affiliation (like banshee-Irish) is not "racially charged" - claiming Michelle Obama (a class act and, unlike Ms. Ingraham, not someone who wasted the benefits of an Ivy League education) eats nothing but ribs, on the other hand, is disgusting. Especially given the First Lady's efforts on health and diet.

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ericf

August 4, 2010 1:57 PM in reply to castanea

You're right, banshees are Irish. To be called one is not a compliment, but he turned it on dime. Wow.

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 2:04 PM in reply to castanea

She sure did push the Dartmouth alum cred — insecurity over the intelligence of her co-Dartmouth alum host when compared with her own lack, no doubt.

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August 4, 2010 10:25 AM

What an idiot! She thinks "banshee" is Native American? OMFG, conservatives are even dumber than I thought!

Um, stupid c***? Banshee is Celtic.

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Severus

August 4, 2010 10:30 AM

Baby back ribs, really? The worst sort of muggle.

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Paulk1000

August 4, 2010 10:34 AM

I watched this last night and almost fell out of my chair when she equated her obviously racially motivated 'ribs' entry with Colbert referring to her as a banshee. It's stunning, really. I know she was trying to be funny, but the fact that the ribs entry is in there is telling in and of itself.

These complaints that 'you can't make a joke anymore in this PC climate' ignore the fact that only a bigot would be amused by the comment. What is wrong with her editor? Certainly she could have made any number of unfunny jokes that weren't based in the kinds of racial stereotypes that had their heyday in the 1950s. But there you have it, another white person who is so 'beyond race' that they've earned the right to make racist statements and then play the 'victim of racism' card when people call them out.

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randomname

August 4, 2010 10:58 AM in reply to Paulk1000

Is the publisher Harper Collins? If so, Harper Collins is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Enough said...about her editor.

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 2:08 PM in reply to randomname

Harper Collins also publishes some Zinn work, & lots of great fiction. Nevertheless, I agree that Murdoch may have provided her a lesser bar to achieve for publication, of course.

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zoester

August 4, 2010 7:59 PM in reply to randomname

No, her publisher is Threshold Editions. Whatever that is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_Editions

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Damiana

August 4, 2010 11:39 PM in reply to zoester

Threshold is the "conservative non-fiction" imprint owned by Simon & Schuster, who are owned by CBS, who are owned in turn (up the line a bit) by Sumner Redstone.

It's interesting to note that the editor-in-chief of Threshold Editions is Mary Matalin. I guess once you've drunk that much of the Kool-Aid, you can't tell how much sh*t you're eating, not to mention whether it's just cheap sh*t or the gourmet stuff.

This? This is apparently sh*t a dog wouldn't eat.

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DanF

August 4, 2010 11:06 AM in reply to Paulk1000

Absolutely right. Would it be funny if Laura Bush had to have ribs each night? No. So why would it be funny for Michelle Obama to eat ribs each night? Oh. Because she's black. And that's funny because ...

Conservatives have a hard time with satire.

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InmanRoshi

August 4, 2010 12:04 PM in reply to Paulk1000

She's giving her editor exactly what he/she (and her reading public) want.

You may not be familiar with the flavor of conservative humor, but it typically involves mocking Parkinson victims and/or throwing money at them.

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Mooser

August 4, 2010 10:36 AM

Is "banshee" like a virago or a harridan? Anyway, if the question about Ingraham is banshee? The answer is yes!

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Stephen Daugherty

August 4, 2010 11:58 AM in reply to Mooser

Banshees are Irish Spirits that wail really loudly, sometimes lethally so, according to legend.

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klg19

August 4, 2010 6:53 PM in reply to Mooser

A banshee is a female spirit from Celtic folklore; banshees wail loudly and sharply at imminent death.

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seahawk

August 4, 2010 10:38 AM

Anytime you try to argue or debate with a small-minded hideous buffoon, it just turns nasty and pointless. You can't win with a close-minded, small minded person. But humor....Humor can take them down like nothing else, and they don't even see it coming. Thank God for Stephen Colbert.

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seahawk

August 4, 2010 10:41 AM in reply to seahawk

And Humor, without even having to raise a voice or get nasty...humor pulls down their pants and exposes the hideousness of their hate, and they can't even comprehend it, and they can't do anything about it.

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ManOutOfTime

August 4, 2010 10:40 AM

I've heard of this woman, but I've never heard her speak and could not have picked her out of a police lineup. Knew she was a winger, had no idea she was a Coulter wannabe. I don't understand what she hoped to accomplish going on Colbert. She can't possibly think she can hang with him.

"We're having a moment. Dartmouth. I'm going back." What in the world was that? What bizarre people. Obviously, they've tapped a televangelist-like vein and they're sucking it for all it's worth -- and to continue the vampire metaphor, a little bit of sunlight and they spontaneously combust.

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rynato

August 4, 2010 10:49 AM in reply to ManOutOfTime

These people spend all their time in a cocoon, talking to carefully-screened listeners and never having to make a cogent argument or rebuttal.

So naturally when they emerge from the reality distortion sphere into reality... they plotz. It's just like when astronauts return to Earth, all those muscles not constantly pulled upon by gravity have atrophied somewhat, and they have difficulty standing and walking.

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Helpcomputer

August 4, 2010 10:59 AM in reply to ManOutOfTime

It's ego. She thought she could handle him if he started in on her. Obviously not.

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castanea

August 4, 2010 11:17 AM in reply to ManOutOfTime

The "having a moment" comment was probably something she'd thought of ahead of time as a tactic to use when she realized that Colbert was beginning to fillet her. It was merely a way of trying to redirect the conversation or shift Colbert's attention.

She exists in the Limbaugh world in which she is largely able to spout her foolishness without having to engage in a debate or discussion with someone who holds opposing views. It's the entire Fox meme, really. If you argue with a strawman, you can never lose.

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InmanRoshi

August 4, 2010 12:29 PM in reply to ManOutOfTime

Her "We're having a Dartmouth moment" is a soft jab of banter, because the actual Stephen Colbert didn't attend Dartmouth but the Stephen Colbert character did.

It was at Dartmouth were she met and later became engaged to Right Wing spinster Dinesh D'Souza (aka Distort D'Newza), one of the main puppeteers behind the modern right wing media echo chamber. A man so vile that he claimed the culture of the American left was responsible for 9/11, openly opposes multi-culturalism in America because of his belief that some ethnic groups are simply superior to others (he himself being of Indian descent), opposes equal marriage because gay men are incapable of having loving monogamous relationships. While a student D'Souza published the names of officers of the Gay Student Alliance in an article for The Dartmouth Review, including the names of those who were still closeted.

D'Souza also had a fling with Coulter.

So if Ingarahm and Coulter sound and act the same, it's because they're both prostitutes for the same pimp.

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Selena

August 4, 2010 10:51 AM

As a child I watched the Disney movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" The scene with the banshee (yes, its Irish) scared the crap out of me. There is a sort of resemblance.......

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jimbo92107

August 4, 2010 10:59 AM

Righties can't help it. When they try to do satire, they wind up simply projecting their hatred onto the subject rather than amplifying their subject's character flaws. Obama's main flaw is that he campaigned far more liberal, populist and Constitution-minded than he really is. A suitable satire might include something about shifty moves on a basketball court: "Hey you thought I was going left, but then I suddenly went way to the right!"

Unfortunately, folks like Laura Ingraham are so far right that they can't see past the color of his skin, thus they think crude old stereotypes about baby-backed ribs and wateemelon serve as satire.

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mcrose68

August 4, 2010 1:33 PM in reply to jimbo92107

You hear Obama's totally lost his edge on the basket ball court?

He keeps getting schooled ever since everyone figured out his only moved is to fake left, then cut hard right.

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Angry McAngus

August 4, 2010 2:40 PM in reply to jimbo92107

Exactly. The RWAs are incapable of distinguishing satire and stereotyping, mainly because of their irony deficiency.

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stefsstuff

August 4, 2010 11:00 AM

So what's up with goper/winger/fringer women's voice's? Is it in their DNA? If you sound that way are you required to be a right wing loon?

I can't listen to the video for fear my ear drums might be pierced.

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crazycarnypoptart

August 4, 2010 11:01 AM

you know this is the same b!@ch that called mehgan mccain a plus sized model. I would so totally do meghan mccain while I wouldn't screw lizard face ingraham with rush limbaughs dick

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eb123

August 4, 2010 11:10 AM in reply to crazycarnypoptart

TMI.

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Dorn76

August 4, 2010 1:33 PM in reply to crazycarnypoptart

Why bother censoring "bitch" when the content of your post can be read off a bathroom stall door?

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crazycarnypoptart

August 4, 2010 4:08 PM in reply to Dorn76

I felt bitch was a little over the top. but the sentiment is still the same

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eclecticbrotha

August 4, 2010 11:07 AM

Its fascinating watching her laugh while Colbert recites the passage about Michelle eating ribs. She really thinks that crap is funny, not realizing Colbert is ripping her to shreds the whole time.

Speaking of which: it kinda defeats the whole premise of claiming you're not racist if all your jokes and "satire" are based on playing to the worst ethnic stereotypes and bigotry.

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NefariousNewt

August 4, 2010 11:08 AM

The right is about fear-mongering and vilification of those who do not stridently agree with their haphazard and hypocritical agenda. She is one of the lead harpies in a choir of malevolence and malfeasance, that sings the praises of the Constitution and America, even as they try to deny the protections of it and our country to all Americans. That she should write this execrable tract is not surprising, nor is the abominable and racist content unheard of for her and her cronies. Let them rot in a festering stew of their own rancid juices, for a true American would not stoop to such a level.

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kindness

August 4, 2010 11:16 AM

Laura, Laura.....Laura.

What is up with wearing those clear plastic come fuck me stilettos? Do I detect a hint of a face lift too? You must be getting old.

Liberals age with grace. Old liberals are still hot. Too bad good little conservative girls have to present themselves like they are 18 for their whole life. Sucks to be a facade, eh?

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JZ

August 4, 2010 11:31 AM

Like the dig at Olbermann.

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Ward8Mahatma

August 4, 2010 12:28 PM in reply to JZ

A little back story--- Leopard Mini Laura & Olbermann dated at some point before she became notorious. She was also Larry Summers's arm troll when he first took up the presidency of Harvard. They tried to be discrete but it soon became common knowledge in the Cambridge-Boston area & was duly noted in the local gossip columns. She can be a handful. When "Vanity Fair" profiled her some time ago, an ex reported that she didn't take their break-up well. One day she came by while he was at work, pushed his garden hose through the mail slot in the front door, then turned the faucet on full blast.

As for banshees, I like "selena" was scared witless as a youth by their depiction in Disney's DARBY O'GILL. In that film they took the form of the ugly hag with the keening cry most popularly associated with them. However, the banshee could take whatever form it chose & often in Irish folklore appears as a young attractive woman or even a little girl. Banshees don't necessarily have to make themselves manifest, though. Often all that marks their presence is their piercing wail, which accompanies the death of a person or comes as a warning of his/her impending demise. Their most consistent characteristic, then, is their cry, thus the popular phrase "to scream like a banshee"-- something which seems to be Ingraham's default mode even when she uses her inside voice. So nothing "racially charged" at all in calling her a "banshee" or a "harpy" for that matter, which is the first word which comes to mind when I see her.

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Ward8Mahatma

August 4, 2010 12:32 PM in reply to JZ

A little back story--- Leopard Mini Laura & Olbermann dated at some point before she became notorious. She was also Larry Summers's arm troll when he first took up the presidency of Harvard. They tried to be discrete but it soon became common knowledge in the Cambridge-Boston area & was duly noted in the local gossip columns. She can be a handful. When "Vanity Fair" profiled her some time ago, an ex reported that she didn't take their break-up well. One day she came by while he was at work, pushed his garden hose through the mail slot in the front door, then turned the faucet on full blast.

As for banshees, I like "selena" was scared witless as a youth by their depiction in Disney's DARBY O'GILL. In that film they took the form of the ugly hag with the keening cry most popularly associated with them. However, the banshee could take whatever form it chose & often in Irish folklore appears as a young attractive woman or even a little girl. Banshees don't necessarily have to make themselves manifest, though. Often all that marks their presence is their piercing wail, which accompanies the death of a person or comes as a warning of his/her impending demise. Their most consistent characteristic, then, is their cry, thus the popular phrase "to scream like a banshee"-- something which seems to be Ingraham's default mode even when she uses her inside voice. So nothing "racially charged" at all in calling her a "banshee" or a "harpy" for that matter, which is the first word which comes to mind when I see her.

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Tomazulob

August 4, 2010 11:32 AM

My jaw hit the floor when I watched this incredible, genius ripping of this nasal idiot. The problem is that the right-nuts who may watch this may not get the joke and think Colbert was 100% correct in his statements. They generally are not smart enough to get irony. How else could you explain his hosting the Press Dinner with Bush?

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The Decider

August 4, 2010 8:22 PM in reply to Tomazulob

It turned out that he wasn't that funny anyway. He said some nice things about me and the press laughed some and then he started talking about the press and they wrote it up that he wasn't any good at that banquet. I decided to let Rove dance at the next one.

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AndyZ

August 4, 2010 11:50 AM

FYI, Ingram ripped off a book published two years ago "Dick Cheney's Diary" a much more satirical and wittier tome. Unfortunately "Cheney's Diary" didn't have the right wing bulk orders behind it to push it to the top of the NY Times best seller list. (It's still available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.)

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the bearded crank

August 4, 2010 11:53 AM

It's a sad state of affairs when Steven Colbert is the only one willing to call out this extremist. Sadly the mainstream media would have introduced her in a respectable manner such as "New York Times best selling author...". Good for Steven.

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jdb316

August 4, 2010 12:21 PM in reply to the bearded crank

Remember that Colbert is on Comedy Central. His show is directed to a very different audience than those who watch the news on NBC, CNN, Fox News etc.

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sean

August 4, 2010 11:54 AM

Looks like the same doctor that performed Palin's most recent facework took his scalpel to Mt. Laura...

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mikeyrstx

August 4, 2010 11:55 AM

Actually, she's looking like that other dried up harridan- Mann Coulter. Guess that's what all that bile does for a "woman"

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jsdc007

August 4, 2010 11:59 AM

This hideous, nasty woman, a graduate of the infamous Dartmouth Review who showered the vilest, childish hate words against gays even as her own brother lay dying of AIDs, is nothing but a bargain-basement, poor man's version of vicious, old Ann Coulter. Sometimes Coulter can be amusing with her repartees, but Ingraham is just a humorless, hateful idiot, desperately trying to out-Coulter to make it to the big leagues on the GOP 24/7 Hate Show.

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Jack of All Tirades

August 4, 2010 6:20 PM in reply to jsdc007

+1

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scavok

August 4, 2010 12:05 PM

I do have one minor literary quibble with the Ichabod Crane comparison.

Ichabod Crane never married. The headless horseman made sure of that. I think Stephen meant to compare her to Mrs. Rip Van Winkle, a woman so unpleasant that Rip went on a twenty year bender to be rid of her.

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R.T.

August 4, 2010 2:17 PM in reply to scavok

Stephen's character is supposed to be dumb, "an idiot" by his own explanation. By transposing Ichabod Crane into it, the visuals of the long spindliness combine with the banshee to an hilarious effect. IMHO, of course!.

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Kaneblues

August 4, 2010 12:10 PM

Colbert shamed Ingraham simply by reading excerpts from her book. Brilliant!

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Kirk59

August 4, 2010 12:10 PM

If it was a fight, they would have stopped it. What idiot of an agent sent her to the Colbert Show? Did she actually think she would sell one single book to his audience?

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myshadow

August 4, 2010 12:16 PM

She'll get a ' Colbert bump' for this.

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hychka

August 4, 2010 12:17 PM

Dartmouth the college has had a terrible time with crazy wingnut students acting out. They made the T-Baggers look good. She is just one of many from there.

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BCLance

August 4, 2010 1:38 PM in reply to hychka

In defense of Dartmouth, it has evolved a lot since the 80s, when the Review was at its peak of influence and garnering attention (financial and otherwise) from national right-wing groups.

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CF2K

August 4, 2010 12:23 PM

God. He is just brutal. And the tell is when the "shameless" mask slips once she realizes he's going to read the "ribs" passage. She knows PERFECTLY well what she's doing.

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roxsteady

August 4, 2010 12:24 PM

When I watched it last night I was glad to see that the audience got it too. This shrew thought she'd be able to just sit there and hock her trash. Steven was having none of it. The audience rightfully began laughing at her and you could tell by the look on her face that she was not pleased. This made me laugh even harder. I can't figure out who looks more masculine....Ingraham or Coulter? If either of them fell down they'd stab themselves with their elbows!

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EH

August 4, 2010 1:09 PM in reply to roxsteady

I don't think she thought she'd be able to just sit there, but I think it's interesting how she tried to do the "run out the clock, talk over each other" technique on him.

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bobzaguy

August 5, 2010 10:59 AM in reply to roxsteady

the proper word is "hawk" not hock. Hock is either a german white wine, or what you do to clear your throat of phlegm. Hawk is the act of selling a product or service.

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Inkslinger

August 4, 2010 12:28 PM

Was that Laura Ingraham, or Ann Coulter in drag?

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August 4, 2010 12:55 PM in reply to Inkslinger

I think it is Ann Coulter with a different hairdo. They want to make it seem as though more mannish-looking women are right-wing nutjobs.

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Angry McAngus

August 5, 2010 11:34 AM in reply to Commie Dearest

Has anyone ever seen Ann Coulter and Laura at the same place at the same time?

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August 5, 2010 5:35 PM in reply to Angry McAngus

Hah!

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freeze1980

August 4, 2010 12:29 PM

Baby back ribs? Really? Is this some new stereotype for the more affluent black person? She even fails at that.

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DGB

August 4, 2010 12:36 PM

The fiction does not warrant any comment.

I do not like to comment on personal "attributes" when challenging people or their ideas, BUT, given the number of comments here about the Fictionalists appearance, this observation.

Pancake make-up went out in the 50's.

Find a cosmetician, not your travelling MORTICIAN. It's laughable

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Matt Jones

August 4, 2010 7:06 PM in reply to DGB

Well, that's what happens when you're a RW ideologue who spews invective against gay people - you tend to have a tough time finding a decent stylist or makeup artist. ;)

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Sami

August 4, 2010 12:49 PM

OMG Love Colbert. Absolutely love him.
"this writing is terrible!"

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commie atheist

August 4, 2010 12:51 PM

I like Laura's comment about the Republicans taking over the House and Senate, which would mean that "both Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer would be out." I think she meant to say that Nancy Pelosi would be out as Speaker of the House, so I will give her the benefit of the doubt and not call her a stupid idiot who doesn't even know who the actual Congressional leaders are. Anyway, those California liberal females all look alike to a conservative.

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chameleon

August 4, 2010 12:53 PM in reply to commie atheist

Please don't give her the benefit of the doubt.

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castanea

August 4, 2010 1:44 PM in reply to commie atheist

I took her comment to mean that if the Republicans took over the Senate, it probably would mean that both Reid and Boxer had lost their re-election bids.

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commie atheist

August 4, 2010 4:56 PM in reply to castanea

Yes, that's the charitable interpretation. But why mention Boxer in the same context as Harry Reid, who is Majority Leader? I think she had a brain fart and said Boxer instead of Pelosi. Of course, that assumes that she actually has a brain.

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ChrisL

August 4, 2010 12:54 PM

Where's the Banshee Anti-Defamation League when you need them?

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Clavis

August 4, 2010 12:55 PM

Tribalism on display is ugly. Watching someone make crap up about people they consider to be "them" and not "us" is nauseating unless you're also into it. Laura Ingraham is a hypertribalist: she seems to have no empathy or identification with people she has categorized as "liberals".

Remember how, for a while, during the Cold War, it was considered okay to make up ridiculous cartoonish stereotypes about how brutish and dumb and backward the Soviets were? We had films and TV commercials mocking their clothing and accents. It wasn't considered prejudice, because they were "the enemy". Right-wing authoritarians like Ingraham think like that. It's dismaying... moreso because there are so many people like her who get a positive thrill from participating in us-vs.-them thinking like that.

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Julie

August 4, 2010 1:00 PM

Hold up.
While trying (and failing) to divert Colbert with her faux banshee outrage, Ingraham started to say that "Native Americans might find [the word 'banshee'] offensive."
They might ...
But the word "banshee" is from the Gaelic "bean Sidhe" (pronounced 'banshee'), meaning "woman of the fairy folk."
http://www.irelandseye.com/animation/explorer/banshee.html
And no, Irish Catholics and pagans alike are not offended. Laura Ingraham actually does sound like "the sound of two boards being struck together," or "a thin, screeching sound somewhere between the wail of a woman and the moan of an owl."

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kunda311

August 4, 2010 1:04 PM

All these reich-wing closet racists are being compelled to come out of the closet by the power of Christ! The Power of Christ compels them! The Power of Christ compels them!

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Eye-C

August 4, 2010 1:05 PM

In trying to deflect Mr. Colbert’s observation that Obama’s [supposed] description of his wife’s diet: ribs, ribs and more ribs, plays to a rather offensive stereotype of African-Americans, Ms. Ingraham attempted to point out that Mr. Colbert’s once referred to her, Ms. Ingraham, as a “banshee” (at approximately 4:15 of the video.) Ms. Ingraham attempted to intimate that Native Americans would be or should be insulted by Mr. Colbert’s use of the term “banshee.” However, a banshee has nothing to do with Native Americans and everything to do with Irish folklore.
Sorry, Ms. Ingraham. Colbert 2 : Ingraham 0

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MarciaJ720

August 4, 2010 1:10 PM

So, this is classified as Non-Fiction rather than Fiction?

Seriously. A book written to appease every "scary thing" about Obama by a right-wing fake blonde..... well, being fake says it all right there, doesn't it?

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Johnsnottoodistracted

August 4, 2010 1:15 PM

Who would buy this book and what level of mental capacity if any? It takes exceptional creativity to be this far off in the wilderness or where ever these people meet and do who knows what.

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Stephen Daugherty

August 4, 2010 1:18 PM

I proclaim that this is video is full of Colbert Nation Win.

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JohntheCraptist

August 4, 2010 1:37 PM

Yeah, um, Laura? Banshees are Irish, not Native American. I'm not sure ancient pre-Christian Celtic mythology carries with it any inherent racial bugaboos, but, you know, A for effort.

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bmcchgo

August 4, 2010 1:41 PM

Thanks for the'banshee' clarification Julie/Eye-C. She obviously had that defense at the ready in case Colbert pierced her armour, which he did smartly. She was also trying to fill up time with banal talk as to avoid Colbert making any sharp costly observations - again, epic fail.

I think Colbert knew this segment would be picked apart on the Internet(s) and left plenty to snicker over.

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Helpcomputer

August 4, 2010 1:52 PM

The difference between conservatives and liberals can be observed in the appearances of Barney Frank and Laura Ingraham.

Frank more than holds his own, pointing out Colbert's logical fallacies ("I don't know how to argue with an analogy that makes no sense"), getting in his talking points (the CPA is necessary, and Warren is the best person to head it), and getting in some good jokes.

Ingraham was a deer in the headlights for most of her segment. She had no rebuttal to Colbert's implications of racism and serving a rightwing narrative. Then she feebly tried to change the subject to how Colbert had victimized her in the past. And of course she couldn't even get that right (banshees are Irish, not Native American) and Colbert fended it off with no effort.

Just goes to show who's serious, substantive and has a goodnatured sense of humor. And who doesn't.

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matx

August 4, 2010 2:17 PM

At the beginning of the interview, Colbert also got in a dig at the "conservatives" who conflate socialists and communists. The audience got it, but poor Laura just agreed that the diary was communal property because they (Obama, Biden, Putin and Michelle Obama) are all socialists.

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CommieSocialistLiberal

August 4, 2010 2:23 PM

More skanky panky from closeted feminazis

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twirling fartknocker

August 4, 2010 2:24 PM

this is the #1 non-fiction title?!? wtf!

people just lapping up their own prejudice spoon fed back to them. obama the uppity and arrogant.

yeah, Michelle eats ribs all day. I guess Ingraham thought it was too much to say she ate watermelon all day

what an evil little fuck she is, and shame on all the people who have paid for this tripe

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August 4, 2010 3:04 PM in reply to twirling fartknocker

It is a #1 because some right wing institution bought truckloads of them. Only a few thousand are purchased one at a time.

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nkd

August 4, 2010 2:39 PM

She is probably one of those nitwits who think that he is really a BillO conservative. She thought that he would only ask questions that she wanted to answwr.

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jimson

August 4, 2010 2:50 PM

Ichabod Crane may have been the protagonist of the story, but he was a far cry from "heroic."

I'm just sayin'.

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CVille Dem

August 4, 2010 3:18 PM

I did notice that she referred to the "Democratic Party" and not the "Democrat Party" as she usually does. I'm sure she didn't want to give Steve any more ammunition than he already had.

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John Q

August 4, 2010 3:22 PM

"Banshee, she said, is "racially" charged, and "very controversial.""

Huh? Banshee - from Irish mythology - racially charged?

Oh, wait... I guess she's thinking of the "Black Irish."

I get it now

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chitowner

August 4, 2010 3:35 PM

Touche, Stephen. Getting to this dogmatic, wicked witch winger isn't easy. One of your best performances.

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Seatower

August 4, 2010 4:05 PM

Laura Ingraham looks like she "channeled" Anne Coulter or they are twins separated at birth. They also practice the same monologues/diatribes and probably smoke the same cigs, partake of the same nose candy, and wash everything down with the same booze. Just like everthing else about the Repugs and their mouthpieces: blond, hackneyed, and crass. And they do not even bother to get someone capable of editing to go through their propagandized palaver full of putrid prevarications before it hits the bookstore shelves (not even Hastings could push Coulter's tripe with front-and-center placement...most are now on the Bargain Books racks, where they belong).

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ariuszme

August 4, 2010 4:45 PM

Copy/paste of my post on Mediaite:

Stephen didn’t let that right wing b’tch get in a word edgewise. It was priceless. And the segment was unusually short too. Loved it!

PS TPM,

You'll likely get more traffic on this site if you ever fix your script. This site crashes all 3 of my pcs. Makes it inpossible to visit regularly as I'd like.

(now I'll post this and then have to wait 5 minutes for everything to unfreeze so I can go on my merry way to other webpapges :( )

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1dmnolan

August 4, 2010 6:58 PM in reply to ariuszme

Me too on the freezing up thing. I thought it was me.

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lovethesinner

August 4, 2010 5:03 PM

Is it just me... or, is Laura's outsides starting to look like her insides: harsh, and white.

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happycozy

August 4, 2010 5:10 PM

Keith Olbermann dated this horrible woman? Say it isn't so!

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castanea

August 4, 2010 7:33 PM in reply to happycozy

Maybe Keith wanted to make a mistake, just to see what it is like.

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EH

August 4, 2010 5:37 PM

TPM and Volokh sure aren't providing very good advertising for Movable Type today.

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Mary Alice

August 4, 2010 6:37 PM

#1 on The NYT best seller list? Does it have one of those tiny daggers after it, meaning that it has been purchased in bulk so it will make the cut? Just asking.

She's lookin' haggard. Time and tide wait for no man.

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1dmnolan

August 4, 2010 6:50 PM

Her book is #2 on the non-fiction list. Does that mean it's true? Does it mean that people who buy her book are happy about lists in the NYT? And where's Laura's buddy Michelle going to go with this 14th Amendment thing?

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Willa Standing

August 4, 2010 8:31 PM

It just reminded me that I've NEVER seen a funny republican. They always think they're funny, but they never are. She makes me feel really sorry for white people. And I'm white.

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pbuchberg

August 4, 2010 9:16 PM in reply to Willa Standing

No, they are funny, but you laugh at them, not with them.

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castanea

August 4, 2010 10:28 PM in reply to Willa Standing

Just about the only funny Republican I've ever read is P.J. O'Rourke, and that was quite some time ago. Even then, though, most of his funny stuff was in the form of gonzo travelogues or chemically induced jaunts. His libertarian political rants grew tiresome.

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RKT

August 5, 2010 6:39 PM in reply to Willa Standing

I'm pretty sure you must have your sense of humor surgically removed in order to join the Republican Party.

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Jackster

August 4, 2010 10:17 PM

I gotta wonder how she talked Bill Ayers into ghost writing such crap.

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RKT

August 5, 2010 6:48 PM in reply to Jackster

I have a theory that everyone in any small way connected to politics can be bought. It wasn't terribly difficult to develop that theory.

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bwindrip

August 5, 2010 7:44 AM

Wing-nut book whore meets lefty comic genius.

I think I peed in my pants a little...

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Altbob

August 5, 2010 10:57 AM

OMG, he tore her a new one and she didn't even get it! Genius!

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biglith

August 5, 2010 11:39 AM

What a racist ****.

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RKT

August 5, 2010 6:51 PM in reply to biglith

Let's see. Might an uber-conserative be a racist? Yeah, I think that's a pretty safe bet.

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btmom

August 5, 2010 7:15 PM

I have no doubt that many Teahadists and less educated Rethuglicans will read the Obama Diaries and think they are the real thing. Even if she included comic illustrations.

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m&m

August 11, 2010 8:48 PM

Does anyone fear this persistent lying by Republican "fans"? Will "Truth in Media" ever be seen again? It is said that not saying anything we care to say is freedom of speech and telling ONLY the truth in media would be unconstitutional, but there are many instances when we HAVE to tell the truth: courts, depositions, advertising, business documents, etc.

Why can't we return to truth-telling by labeling the content of the blog, "news," newspapers, books, radio: truth (or nonfiction), fiction, or opinion vs. fact--anything to return truth to media. It is actually frightening to read some of these blogs and comments, magazine articles and books, and "new programs," and have them perpetrated as truth when they are lying completely!

For instance, Glenn Beck has recently announced that President Obama is loaning money to Brazil to drill oil there, and sell the oil to the Chinese. Go to "Talking Points," for instance, and see what is really true (and George Bush's part in this situation).

Yet, people not only choose to believe these things about President Obama, they also chide Obama for continuing to blame George W. for present troubles. By the way, should you doubt even Talking Points--how dare you, then, try Snopes.com

How can we continue a democracy without learning the truth? Truth is necessary to make intelligent d3cisions about the fate of our Country.