Fox News Was Attacking Barack Obama for Using Dijon Mustard at This Point in His Presidency

[workinclasszero]

Fox News Was Attacking Barack Obama for Using Dijon Mustard at This Point in His Presidency
BY CHRIS RIOTTA ON 6/9/17 AT 10:54 AM

Donald Trump isn’t the only president to have faced harsh criticisms just months into office. At this point in former President Barack Obama's tenure as the leader of the free world, right-wing news outlets were condemning his use of Dijon mustard as a condiment. Yes, really.

In news from eight years ago that appears to be from some alternate reality, Obama left the White House and went out for a local bite to eat with vice president and BFF Joe Biden in May. The two politicians ordered hamburgers, MSNBC journalist Andrea Mitchell reported at the time, with the sitting president requesting mustard on his red meat.

The story was featured on Sean Hannity's show, Hannity's America, as a screen showed a photoshopped image of Obama surrounded by bottles of mustard with the words "PRESIDENT POUPON" plastered on a red and white banner.

Compare Fox's defense of the Trump/Russia investigation to the mustard scandal its conservative TV personalities were decrying Obama’s presidency over just eight years ago. Then remind yourself that, yes, this is the new normal.


http://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-russia-investigation-dijon-mustard-scandal-fox-fake-623643

[guillaumeb]

1. Dijon mustard AND French fries.

Double treason.

[workinclasszero]

6. Dirty bastards

They look the other way as Trumpenfuhrer sells out America to the Russians but Dijon mustard and french fries!!1!11!!11!1

I hate republicans!

[leftstreet]

2. I knew it! Colonel Mustard in the WH with the Tapes!

okay, bad

[Phoenix61]

4. No, actually pretty darn funny

Wonder how many 20-30 somethings even get it?

[Different Drummer]

8. Depends on whether or not they've ever played "Clue." n/t

[marylandblue]

3. Now I REALLY miss Obama

[oberliner]

5. Similar to attacking Trump for putting ketchup on steak?

Or maybe the inverse of that.

[Blaukraut]

7. FOX News' only claim to fame will be the destruction of our country with their irresponsibility

[rurallib]

9. that was impeachable, wasn't it?

[wiggs]

10. someone should really compile the Obama list of scandals...lapel pins, teleprompter use,

apology tour, birth certificate, supposedly not praying on national prayer day, pal-ing around with terrorists, college transcripts, secret muslim, golfing once in a while, etc etc etc. IIRC...there were a lot more. All fabricated and exploited over and over.

Compare that with emoluments, lying every 90 seconds, obstruction, collusion, self-dealing, money laundering, compromat, record breaking golf outings, filling the swamp with more crocs and snakes, malignant ignorance, insulting half the world's leaders and countries, threatening NATO, insulting Germany, bungled executive orders......real, dangerous stuff.

GOP officials and pundits actually brought up Obama impeachment for all kinds of things, including but not limited to: the Orlando terrorist attack, the Dreamer EO, offering Joe Sestak a job, Iran deal, Libyan invasion (we didn't), Benghazi of course (one senator claimed it was the most egregious cover up in history), IRS targeting of conservatives (didn't), and worst of all allowing transgender students to use the bathroom.