Wall Street Journal Reporter Invents "Is Obama Too Skinny" Issue out of Wholecloth

[alcibiades_mystery]

Perhaps the funniest discovery in the Liberal Blogosphere since that idiot got busted posting a picture of Istanbul and calling it Baghdad, we find out today that uber-imbecile Amy Chozick gets her quotes for the "Is Obama Too Skinny" article directly from a Yahoo Message Board thread that she started. Here's the dumbfuck article, repeated on several MSM stations throughout the day, with frowns about Obama's in-shapeness, and concerns that it may "alienate" our severely obese electorate: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755336096303089.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

Here's the discovery of her thread, and more on her article's laughable methodology

from Sadly, No!: http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/10322.html
from No More Mr Nice Blog: http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2008/08/rove-street-journal-hey-amy-chozick-of.html

Curiously, the only respondent who agreed with her asinine premise was created the very day she asked the question, certainly a minor issue that the Wall Street Journal may want to take up, given the disastrous scandals involving made-up sources, and the way these things can so spiral out of control if not nipped in the bud.

Naught naughty, Amy Chozick.

[spag68]

1. The Wall Street Journal

was a newspaper, before it became the New York Post.

[bananas]

9. Keith Olberman called it the Murdock Street Journal. nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

23. That's a keeper. nt

[MrModerate]

2. Aside from journalistic ethics and even a modicum of seriousness,

what Ms Chozick clearly lacks any sense of proportion.

In evidence, I point to the fact that she, with an apparent straight face, referred to the "cheesesteak debacle" during the Kerry campaign.

Jesus wept.

[BlooInBloo]

3. And DUers will run with it, just like they run with every other media smear.

[Withywindle]

4. That sorta shenanigans

would get her ass laughed off Livejournal. Pretty sad for the WSJ.


Re: the "issue": newsflash: some people are naturally lanky. It does NOT mean there's something wrong with them. It's a body type, nothing more or less.

[silverweb]

5. Why am I not surprised?

WSJ... 'nuf said.

[EFerrari]

6. Amy needs a DUzy!

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

12. I just made a Truthiness entry for Amy...

...everyone is welcome to add to it (http://www.wikiality.com/Amy_Chozick)

Enjoy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. Hilarious

:thumbsup:

[checks-n-balances]

22. Ms. Chozik: also fighting the "Fancy-pantsification of America"!

Thank God she's looking out for all of us!

And :applause: to you, CW, for "The Skinny" on this patriot's noble work to expose "how this secret threat to America's well-being portends a dark and elitist future!"
:yourock:

Perhaps the too-fit, not-flabby-enough candidate should begin flirting with obesity by:
1. laying off the exercise,

2. eschewing these vitamin-ridden, underprocessed, un-American foods or beverages, and

3. increasing his intake of 7-Meat Chili, High Fructose Corn Syrup and other more patriotic foods from the Wikiality.com Menu.

On a related note, I also alert all DUers to this Wikiality page. In its own entertaining way, it unashamedly names names of at least 63 entities involved in this related insidious destructive plot:

http://www.wikiality.com/Category:Fancy-pantsification_of_America

I had NO idea!!!
:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Edited to add valuable Wikiality research results

[ColbertWatcher]

24. I hope you add those to Chozick's page! n/t

[burythehatchet]

25. I had to email Amy:

Hi Amy
Can you please send me a picture of your fat ass?
Thanks in advance :)

[e-mail]

[ColbertWatcher]

27. Better yet, maybe someone could start a thread on yahoo about her fat ass? n/t

[burythehatchet]

29. SHE REPLIED!

It's not that fat, but probably a little fatter than usual, since I travel with the Obama campaign and it's hard to eat right on the campaign trail.

[ColbertWatcher]

31. Too funny! She still sucks as a journalist. n/t

[EFerrari]

28. After reading that, I finally understand why the poor cannot be helped.

They are elitists! Their hunger is simply a slap in the face to well fed Americans!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

7. It's because he eats all of that arugula. (n/t)

[RNdaSilva]

36. Arugula...for those whom are not aware.

Arugula is mainly used as a salad green. It has an assertive, pungent, spicy, peppery, somewhat nutty flavor somewhat reminiscent of radish or horseradish. It is an annual herb, grown for its mustard-like leaves. Use it to add zing to salads and stir-fry dishes when the leaves are tender and young, and to add a tang to potato salads.

"Much virtue in herbs, little in men."
Benjamin Franklin

[Hekate]

37. It also literally grows like a weed, which it probably is in some places....

I got some in a 6-pack of other herbs (sage, parsley, etc) all of which grew abundantly. When the arugula went to seed I planted those, and they also flourished. Some of the seeds "escaped" into the rest of the lawn... I love this stuff. There's nothing elitist about a weed, even if someone gentrifies it with balsamic vinegar.

Hekate

[TexasObserver]

8. The summer GOP/msm theme is: he's different from YOU.

He's not black, not like you.

He's skinny, not like you.

He's too educated, not like you.

He's too popular, not like you.

[WhollyHeretic]

10. Journalism in this country is such a joke.

That paper is such a piece of reich-wing toilet paper.

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. What is scarier, is that someone knows exactly how to get to the right people,

because this superficial bullshit works on them. Guys, I've been trying to tell you that the people we're fighting against, are a very two-faced people. They will say all kinds of racist bullshit, nothing is too superficial to them. That's why minorities will always fail if they are dependent on them for success. Because their words of praise will only be met at some point with more criticism to take back all the good they said.

And now they're morphing, the ones in their 50s on down. They will spew Rush Limbaugh bullshit, then they donate to Darfur.

[El Pinko]

11. Obama is not skinny.

He is one of the minority of people at a normal healthy weight in this country of the overweight and obese. Kudos to him for not giving in to the pressures to overeat a bunch of junk.

McCain is fat, by the way.

[orleans]

13. too skinny, too tall, too well dressed, too well groomed. my god...

i guess they haven't got anything else on him

[ColbertWatcher]

14. He has big ears. n/t

[orleans]

15. you're right! how could i have forgotten about the EARS? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

16. You're under his spell, THAT'S WHY! n/t

[orleans]

38. lol n/t

[baby_mouse]

26. Also, way too black and too popular.

[The Backlash Cometh]

17. Someone should collect all these superficial distractions and

run them back to back. I'm sure people will see how shallow it all is, in the end.

[malaise]

19. Big Pharma does not need a healthy President

setting an example for fellow citizens. Obama is bad for Amerikkkka :sarcasm:

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. WSJ journalism: rated the lowest possible, on the Yahoo Message Boards

That really does show how full of shit the whole thing is: 2 weeks ago, when Chozick made her first fishing expedition, a Yahoo message board, the home of talking crap, rated the idea the lowest possible. And so the WSJ subsequently publishes it.

[burythehatchet]

30. They don't call it the Wall Street Urinal for nothin'

[Enrique]

32. 2 out of 3 Ameriacans think Amy Chozick is a moron for asking the question

according to Chozick's own research. Why did she leave that part out?

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Super-Moron Maureen Dowd cites the asinine Chozick piece in today's column

They have no shame.

[Enrique]

35. my theory: Dowd is onlinebeerbellygirl

The astute voter she quotes -- the only respondent who actually agreed with Chozick's premise -- is an upstanding citizen who calls herself onlinebeerbellygirl. Her response in full:

Yes I think He is to skinny to be President.Hillary has a potbelly and chuckybutt I'd of Voted for Her.I won't vote for any beanpole guy.

[TrogL]

34. I'm 6' 0" 175 lb

I haven't been to a gym in years and am relatively sedentary. My daily exercise is the 3-football-fields walk from the parking lot to the office and back.

I used to be so skinny the doctor wanted me to double my body weight (this was a few decades ago).

Obama is NOT skinny.

[hfojvt]

39. neither are you

I spent decades being about that tall and weighing 145 or less.

But doubling your body weight? :wow: