What would we do without Media Matters, the organization that monitors the disgusting right wing slant we are subjected to — in varying degrees — in mainstream media? Well, we might have actually consume this trash in order to find little gems such as this one. In this asinine rant with absolutely no substance to speak of, conservative commentator (and “ex-liberal Democrat”) Tammy Bruce sounds off with outrage about nothing after listening to a benign quote made by Michelle Obama. Have a listen:

Huh? How is what she said outrageous? Let’s look at the transcript:

BRUCE: But here’s Michelle Obama explaining to some kids what it was like for her growing up because she sounded like a white person, whatever that means.

OBAMA [audio clip]: I did do my best, getting good grades was always important to me, and it wasn’t because my parents were -

BRUCE: It’s all about her.

OBAMA [audio clip]: — hounding me or that they had the expectation, it was just something that I wanted for myself. I wanted an A. And I didn’t care whether it was cool, ‘cause I remember there were kids around my neighborhood who would say, “Ooh, you talk funny, you talk like a white girl.” I heard that growing up my whole life, and I was like I don’t even know what that means, but you know what? I’m still getting my A.

BRUCE: What? What? What — what is that? And then she devolves into that weird fake accent, like Hillary did when talking to black people. What? What is that? That’s, that — you know what that is.

DAVID AFTER DENTIST [audio clip]: Is this going to be forever?

BRUCE: Yeah, that – remember nitrous oxide kid, on You Tube. No it’s not going to be forever, nitrous oxide kid. It’s not. Can you — can you believe that?

OBAMA [audio clip]: So do I need to introduce myself?

BRUCE: What a shame. That must’ve just ruined her damn day. “I wanted the A for myself, and I wanted to do it, and ooh, they said you sounded like a white person, I don’t know what that means, but uhh.” Huh?

Man, oh, man. That’s who he’s married to, what does that tell you? This is what we’ve got — you know what we’ve got? We’ve got trash in the White House. Trash is a, is a thing that is color blind, it can cross all eco — ecosocionomic kind of categories, you can work on Wall Street or work at the Wal-Mart. Trash are people who use other people to get things, who patronize others, who consider you bitter and clingy.

Has Bruce been hitting the crazy juice? Michelle and Barack Obama are “trash” and the comment made by Michelle Obama is supposed to be evidence for this?

“People who consider you bitter and clingy…”? WTF? Sounds like a personal problem to me. Is this lady projecting her feelings towards her ex-BF onto the Obamas?

My diagnosis: mental problem mixed with deep-seated racism and a dab of grasping at straws. What do you think?

Via / Media Matters