Fox guest cites Bruno to argue against health care reform.
Fox guest cites Bruno to argue against health care reform.
On Fox News this morning, host Megyn Kelly hosted Dr. Robert Goldberg of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest to help her scaremonger about Democratic plans to reform America’s health care system. In order to attack the plans, Goldberg cited a scene in the movie Bruno, in which Paula Abdul was tricked into sitting on Mexican workers made to act like furniture:
GOLDBERG: I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie Bruno, but there’s a scene there where Sacha Baron Cohen invites Paula Abdul to be interviewed on chairs made out of Mexicans. And that’s exactly what the Obama or the congressional plan does. It balances, tries to balance the budget, the expansion of this new entitlement on the backs of people.
Watch it:
At the end of the segment, Kelly’s co-host, Rick Folbaum, remarked, “He worked Bruno into the health care debate, did you notice that?” “That was impressive,” replied Kelly.
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The Center for Medicine in the Public Interest is a project of the conservative think tank, the Pacific Research Institute.
Goldberg was senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and writes regularly for The Washington Slimes ; he has ZERO credibility………..
July 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pmOn the backs of people who make over 350,000 / year.
I think they can afford it.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:06 pmThat’s just a weird way to make a point.
But I guess if the point you’re making is stupid, the weirder the analogy, the better.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pm“That was impressive,” replied Kelly.
NO it wasn’t. It was idiotic and pointless.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pmWow, Cohen’s movies run so deep! Who would’ve thought that “Bruno” could be equated with the healthcare debate, the results of which will make or break our nation?
What a total dooshbag with a straw. But then what would one expect from FuxNews?
PEACE
July 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pmThat jerk is probably fantasizing about his next million-dollar plaything, and wants to make sure that the gravy train doesn’t come to a stop.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:07 pmI gotta say, that was impressive…that any pundit could make such an inane claim on cable news. But, then again, Fox never ceases to impress in that regard.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pmApparently the wingnuts have Latinos on their minds this week — what else can explain the weird analogy?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pmThat’s repugs for you — their so-called jokes are off-base.
It comes from not having a sense of humor or an appreciation of satire — they just see race and money where people are concerned.
There’s a reason it’s called “Faux News.”
July 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pmThere is something wrong when the government is willing to shelve out billions for a mutated flu-virus [H1N1] vaccine, that has taken the lives of 429 people, globally, while some 500k die a year from regular flu strains.
Why arent the insurance lobbyists crying about this spending of money to keep people from becoming ill?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pmThat was impressive,” replied Kelly.
And therein lies one of the problems with Fixed. They are impressed by idiocy.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pmNot likely that Fox Comedy’s octogenarian morning audience has a clue who Bruno is. If they were told they would probably need the defibrilator stat.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pmSo lets see if a millionaire is paying a TOTAL (state/federal) of 52% in taxes, that is still over $9000/week…
Now someone please tell me how horrible that must be?
Additionally, can it possibly be that hard to impress Megan Kelly?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:21 pm“Quick! Make an argument! ANY argument!”
We’ve had our fill of the glorification of the glib over the competent and well-informed.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:23 pmAnd this, folks, is the reason that I do not watch Faux News.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:23 pm… easily impressed.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:24 pmThat was impressive
I think Kelly was being facetious when she made this comment.
The absurdity of the remark was that inescapable.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:30 pmYes, Kelly is easily impressed. Why, she even thinks she is hot stuff.
On the other hand, tying “Bruno” into the healthcare debate is impressive.
However, I would be even more impressed if FoxSnooze ever tied one single fact into any of its news reports or opinion pieces.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pmSounds like the kind of doctor who would put a cast on the wrong foot.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:33 pmBut, our trolls say all doctors are great humanitarians,so we can’t complain.
tony and lido
I can hardly wait for FAUX’s next relevant analogy , when their guest tries to compare Star Trek phasers to the necessity of still manufacturing F-22’s …………
July 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pmWeren’t the reichwingers going on FauxNews to babble about 24 (the tv show) and use it as an argument in favor of torture?
It’s no wonder FauxNews watchers live in an alternate reality.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:37 pm” “He worked Bruno into the health care debate, did you notice that?” “That was impressive,” replied Kelly.”
all of a sudden cancervatives aren’t afraid of teh gay?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:41 pmGOLDBERG: I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie Bruno, but there’s a scene there where Sacha Baron Cohen invites Paula Abdul to be interviewed on chairs made out of Mexicans. And that’s exactly what the Obama or the congressional plan does.
Hey man, get off our back.
Besides, those guys got lucky, if they had Paula Abdul sit on them. It could’ve been worse, it could’ve been Limbaugh *shudder*.
July 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pmWell, in all fairness, when I’m discussing politics with friends, I occasionally like to quote “Blazing Saddles” or “Airplane!”
July 17th, 2009 at 1:57 pmWhy would Goldberg want to watch Bruno anyway?
July 17th, 2009 at 1:58 pm.
Dear Megyn,
Look, I can say Bruno….
… Impressed?
.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:03 pmPaula Abdul can sit on me anytime.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pmThe president is NEAR!!
July 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pmI’m appreciative that TP has staffers watching Faux News all the time. But man, what kind of bad karma did they have to have in a previous life for that gig? I picture the staff forced to watch Faux News strapped to chairs, heads held in place, and eyelids held open, ala A Clockwork Orange…
July 17th, 2009 at 2:13 pmSacha Baron Cohen must be laughing his ass off.
This is exactly the kind of humor he tries to set up.
I’ve never seen anyone like him since Andy Kaufman.
Anyway, I think the Right will change their mind on immigration once they learn we can use Mexicans for furniture.
Was Megan Kelly the idiot ‘terrorist fist bump’ skank, too?
July 17th, 2009 at 2:32 pmNext up: Republicans on FauxNews using Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam in an argument against gun control…
July 17th, 2009 at 2:37 pmIt is truly frightening that there are still so many that can be impressed by someone referencing a movie. And you can damn well bet that the same group would stone him to death for quoting Darwin.
July 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pmtry working so effing sense into the debate and that would be impressive.
July 17th, 2009 at 3:01 pm* * *
it might seem like a dumb reference
but he gets a free brüno tee shirt so
it was worth it.
:)
next time he should go for the trifecta
and reference borat and ali g too.
that’s worth a silk jacket.
:)
July 17th, 2009 at 3:38 pmGood Lord– Bruno is a MOVIE– fiction! Satire! Fox could not be more pathetic. Research, facts, real news– nope. Lies & fiction– count me in!! The more ridiculous, the more absurd the better!! – That’s Fox.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:32 pmBrand new record for stupid. They’ve outdone themselves again.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:35 pmOn Fox News this morning, host Megyn Kelly hosted Dr. Robert Goldberg of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest
Notice how they essentially stole the name of a highly respected Naderite (back when that was a compliment) group: Center for Science in the Public Interest?
I wonder what corporate marketing whore gave them that idea.
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