Michelle Obama herself who referred to Barack as her “baby’s daddy” and has used the phrase “baby daddy” to describe Barack while on the stump this year.
MICHELLE OBAMA, WIFE OF BARACK OBAMA: My baby’s daddy Barack Obama. Yeah!
BARACK OBAMA, SENATOR-ELECT, ILLINOIS: Thank you, Illinois. Thank you. Thank you, Illinois. I don’t know about you but I’m still fired up. I am fired up. Look at this crowd. Thank you, Illinois.
Let me begin by thanking all the people who have been involved in this effort from down state to upstate, city, suburb, from every community throughout the state. Let me say how grateful I am to all of you for the extraordinary privilege of standing here this evening.
Let me thank, because I will forget later on, it’s a thankless task, let me thank right now the best political staff that has been put together in this state. They are wonderful. You know who you are. You guys have been outstanding. I appreciate all of you.
Let me thank my pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (ph) of Trinity United Church of Christ, fellow Trinitarians out there. Let me thank all the elected officials who have stood by me through thick and through thin but most of all let me thank my family.
I am so grateful to my nephew Aber (ph), my niece Leslie (ph), my mother-in-law Marian (ph), my brother-in-law Craig Robinson, his wonderful girlfriend Kelly (ph), my sister Maya (ph), my new niece Zuhayla (ph) right there, my brother-in-law Conrad and most of all, most of all, my two precious daughters Malia (ph) Obama and Sasha (ph) Obama and the biggest star in the Obama family until the two girls grow up the love of my life Michelle Obama, give it up for Michelle. Give it up.
From “A Brief History of baby-daddies” published in Slate Magazine two years ago:
Celebrity gossips are not known for their contributions to English letters. In tabloids, the copy is breathless, the headlines are stunningly literal, and the “hand-written” photo captions seem to toggle between “Awww!” and “Ew!” But as they zero in on celebrity mating and breeding rituals, the magpies keep breaking new linguistic ground. First they imported the British term bump, a noun used to refer to the protruding abdomen of a pregnant starlet. Then they awarded celebrity couples mash-up nicknames like “Bennifer,” “Brangelina,” and “TomKat.” Now they’ve seized upon baby-daddy and baby-mama, two useful terms that have long appeared in hip-hop and R&B lyrics, and are slowly stripping them of their emotional fangs.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines baby-daddy as “the father of a woman’s child, who is not her husband or (in most cases) her current or exclusive partner.” The baby-mama entry follows the same template with the genders reversed. But some gossip writers have been adopting the first part of the definition and ignoring the second. Salon recently called Tom Cruise “Katie Holmes’ baby-daddy,” even though the couple is engaged. And Gawker refers to Keven Federline as “Britney Spears’ baby-daddy,” even though the couple has been married for more than a year.
:These days, the terms no longer seem “chiefly African-American”"they’re everywhere, the latest bits of hip-hop lingo to gain widespread use. Baby-daddy is the new bling. Online, you can buy “Jesus is my baby-daddy” magnets, tote bags, and beer steins. There is a drink called the “babymama.” Scott Hoffman, the bassist for the glam rock band the Scissors Sisters, goes by the stage name “Babydaddy.” Some of this cultural paraphernalia retains the old, loaded sense of the term: You can, for example, download a “Salty Baby Mama” ringtone so that when people call, your phone will jangle and thrum while a woman’s voice says, “Baby, I know you hear this damn phone ringing. I’m going to beat your ass, as soon as I see you.” But just as often, the connotations are strictly biological. Baby-mama has even made inroads in Japan, where it’s being used on a Web site that appears to sell strollers.
Who knows why these terms became catchphrases? Perhaps it’s just that they’re metrically pleasing: Baby-mama and baby-daddy are undeniably fun to say. But it’s the novelty factor that explains how the words lost their negative connotations. Sure, there are many gossip writers who still use the terms in their original senses (calling dancer Carlos Leon “Madonna’s baby-daddy,” for example) because they’re useful, reducing a complex chain of possessives”Madonna’s daughter’s father”to a nice, comprehensible noun. But it seems there are also plenty of writers who just like the way the words sound and don’t care much about the stigma once attached to babydaddyhood. When news came last week that Anna Nicole Smith may be pregnant, it was no surprise that bloggers immediately began speculating about the identity of the “baby daddy.” It may be a long time before you hear a quaint, old-fashioned “Who’s the dad?”
It’s okay for Michelle Obama to use the phrase, and it’s okay that it is a part of today’s vocabulary, but it is not okay for Fox News to use the phrase. It becomes racist if Fox News says it.
from pearlene_scott@cox.net
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date Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:35 AM
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mailed-by cox.netYou disgusting racist slant eyed pig! How do you like the name calling? Referring to Senator Obama’s wife in your typical way is what the country expects from an ignorant racist pig like yourself. No one wants to listen to your racist rants anymore. May the nightmare that is you be gone soon.
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date Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:53 AM
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mailed-by aol.comYou are reprehensible
The impression you give is having a plastic face, a plastic mind and a plastic heart.
Your stupidity is clearly and abundantly superceded by your nasty nasty mind and heart always.
There is no one home in your body.***
from DALLAS PATRICIA BRUNER greeleystinks@msn.com
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date Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:03 AM
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mailed-by msn.comI find your attacks on Mrs Obama disgusting. As someone of mixed race I wonder if your desire to take part in this behavior is due to self-loathing. Do you have issues about your own background and feel that you are somehow made “whiter” by saying these things? Believe me, to the crowd you associate with you are nothing more than the token brown girl with a cheerleader’s vocal affectation. You should be ashamed of yourself, and if you don’t have the grace to feel that way, I am ashamed for you. My tip for you is: start acting like a human being.
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date Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:54 PM
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mailed-by aol.comI have never taken the time to e-mail anyone regarding comments made in a public forum. However, your Obama Baby Mama comments have triggered something in me that NO ONE has managed to do thus far. It is degrading for a married woman, especially of her stature to be referred to this way, but of course that’s why you found pleasure in doing it. It also has a racist tone to it, which is also way you’ve found pleasure in doing it. For someone who looks like she is in need of racial tolerance, you certainly have a lot of nerve. There are many racist references that I can name when I look at you, many which your so called colleagues at Fox have already uttered behind you’re back, I’m sure. Your politics are your own, but you should be ashamed. How someone as ethnic as you obviously are can find pleasure in contributing to such low class racial speak is beyond me.
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signed-by yahoo.comyou like like a asian clown
Was it low class racial speak in 2004 when uttered by Michelle Obama, or has it just become low class? Read Dick Durbin: People who criticize Michelle Obama are going to burn in hell, or something
OBAMA IS A BIG BABY ON THE TIT. WELL TOUGH TITTY, MISSY MICHELLE, THIS MAKES US THROW UP EVEN MORE, PUKE, PUKE, PUKE. Better to burp and taste it than fart and waste it. That’s how sickening you are Micelle no doubt you are leaving a bad taste in every one’s mouth, and BO is leaving a FART where ever he goes. I can’t see it, as ‘FART’ as charisma, that people say Obama has, but charisma can’t run the country! ‘poot poot baby daddy’ =))
I’d say the other MICHELLE MALKIN pegged the Obama Michelle or (MICELLE MY DING DONG BELL OR MY – SHELL HOLLOW SHELL) AND NO ONE IS HOME FOR SURE. THIS WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT WASN’T SO SILLY, AND STUPID. COMMON AS DIRT! I’M SURE OPRAH THOUGHT IT WAS DARLING! GAG WITH SPOON! Really ‘first lady’ material, OMG! I can see Michelle now: “Well my poo poo ‘baby daddy’ will give his first, State of the Union Address, giggle giggle!”
“I’M FINNALLY SO PROUD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE.”
…not doing so well reading Carolyne’s comments after a big lunch…:o
Yeah, this whole thing is pretty silly.
Silly, Silly – you guys are fun – wish I could say the same for that disgusting sounding Michelle – like you said after a big lunch or dinner – you could have gas! LOL I can’t even take a break in landscaping without coming back to read what all is going on. What do you know, there is this culturally satanic Michelle making a complete fool of herself in public no less. How does she do it without batting an eye. This is not kosher to coin a phrase. Did she learn this at Princeton, don’t think so. She doesn’t even jive, because she is so insecure trying to fit in. She won’t ever fit in . , . she has ruined herself with her foot in mouth disease. Give it up Michelle, please we are not impressed! You have made it clear you don’t like America and we in America don’t like you! Reality Check:
Michelle Obama will never be ‘MISS CONGENIALITY!’ =))
Wow…you’re f*cking crazy!
carolyne I wasn’t calling you silly. This whole Oprah and Obama Osama baby or whatever thing is silly.
And yeah, Michelle Obama has revealed herself as a whining minority who has taken advantage of all America has to offer yet has a chip on her shoulder.
Flush…
Hi Carolyne,
. Not the actual content. I don’t know MO, but we could be in for an interesting ride.
My “after lunch” comment was only due to the extrodinary amount of body functions mentioned in your post.
David
#11 & #13 Hey sane ones!
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I never thought you were Robert, and David I just got amused at what you all said. It is silly and serious at the same time. Can you just imagine Michelle getting along with Pee-low-see – BURP or worse!!! LOL I know I couldn’t get along with Michelle four minutes let alone four years. Michelle is so insecure and has as you say ROBERT has a chip on (both) shoulders. Michelle is a bitter bitter woman indeed, angry at the world. She thinks, “she is moving on up to the East side and finally getting a piece of the PIE.” Trouble with that, Michelle can’t be satisfied with just one piece of ‘pie’ she wants the WHOLE PIE! That is not going to set well with the Washington DC Women. Big Cat Fight Coming. The Obama’s Honeymoon will be over in a flash and the divorce papers better be ready to sign. TRADITION DIES HARD! Trust me this is going to be one huge mess, talking about MAD! You haven’t seen MAD! Like you say David, interesting (bumpy) ride!!
None of this is a good mix, and goes against the grain with people. Michelle accepts no one, and yet wants everyone to except her fool ugly behavior – life does not work that way. Missy will be fast finding this out!
Oddly we’re hearing ZILCH from Sasha on this slanderous topic… and the tone of the text of this thing.
Wonder how a person of color would react to what’s written here (Republican though he may be).
Barack Obama IS her children’s “baby’s daddy”.
Is it now down to criticizing black jargon as a way to diminish a candidate’s worth? Is so you’ve reached an all-time low and that’s saying something.
#9 from carolyne
“she has ruined herself with her foot in mouth disease”
The precise phrase is “HOOF in mouth disease”. It’s a take off on the veterinarian term for the real malady (a viral disease for hooved animals) “hoof AND mouth disease”.
If you’re going to use a eupemism use it correctly.
Could I detect a “holier than thou attitude on here?” or “bitter grapes?” or “the pot calling the kettle black?”
I don’t use or know black jargon. I thought Obama was Muslim!! I like true black people, just don’t like blasphemous Muslims posing as blacks and stirring up racial hatred. None of which was going on until Trinity Church? started the ugly talk against God and our Country. Don’t tell me Michelle doesn’t agree with every word uncle Wright says and then some. Her BO “baby daddy” does too! Everything was a set up from get-go by the Demo-rats and Obama of whom was selected NOT ELECTED!
o:-)
I could hardly watch Hannity tonight with Michelle being shown on The View. I have yet to hear Michelle say anything with any substance or interest. She has got to be the most self centered bore I’ve ever listened to. Her mouth opens and shuts, and pray tell what have you heard, nothing that matters – I just wish she would shut her mouth for good! Now she said she was going to try to be like Laura Bush, because people liked Laura Bush. I gather she has realized people don’t like her, well do tell – Michelle got that right! She has a long way to go to be like Laura Bush, don’t think that is even possible. Michelle is more the Rosie O’ Donald type. Those two idiots think just alike. Dumb and Dumber! Mean and Meaner.