Fox News' Heather Childers - co-anchor of Fox & Friends First and a news anchor on America's News HQ - was just curious, she says, as she asked yesterday for her Tweeps' "thoughts" on the following question: Did Obama Campaign Threaten Chelsea Clinton's Life 2 Keep Parents Silent? Childers got her "curiosity" from a post on the right-wing birther site, GodfatherPolitics.com, which raised the same question. UPDATED. (H/T John K.)
According to the GodfatherPolitics post, Bill Clinton was threatening to go public about President Obama's birth certificate until "someone associated with the Obama campaign told him that his daughter Chelsea would be (murdered) if he opened his mouth.From that point on, the Clinton’s remained silent about Obama’s birth certificate or lack thereof."
As Business Insider noted, The tweet sparked quite a bit of Internet outrage toward Childers, but the Fox anchor kept her cool, encouraging fellowers (sic) to "participate" in the debate but refrain from namecalling. "Conversation is good," she tweeted several times.
Childers also tweeted an apology "if the article offended anyone."
But she seems to be a genuine birther:
She also tweeted yesterday to ask for "thoughts" on the Supreme Court supposedly saying that the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate is "cause for concern."
And, not surprisingly, she's a fan of birther Donald Trump, and tweeted that she's hoping he'll come on one of her shows.
Childers' tweets could well be the mother of all Cavuto marks.
UPDATE: Mediaite (h/t Media Matters) reports that Fox Senior VP Michael Clemente has said, “The tweets have been addressed with Heather and she understands this was a mistake.”
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John Freiheit commented
2012-04-06 01:54:16 -0400
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@Yakki PsD – I am the author. I am attempting to inject humor into the situation. Here is another one that is a parody of the Tyler Perry racial profiling news story that is going around…
Actor Tyler Perry Racially Profiled While Robbing A Bank
http://www.america-matters.org/?q=Actor-Tyler-Perry-Racially-Profiled-While-Robbing-A-Bank
Actor Tyler Perry Racially Profiled While Robbing A Bank
http://www.america-matters.org/?q=Actor-Tyler-Perry-Racially-Profiled-While-Robbing-A-Bank
Yakki PsD commented
2012-04-05 23:29:18 -0400
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The real question Visitor,does John Freiheit actually believe the story? I mean,that’s his only post on Newshounds.
I’d be interested if he’s just dropping us a laugh,or if he was throwing that out there as something credible.
Either way,it’s funny.
I’d be interested if he’s just dropping us a laugh,or if he was throwing that out there as something credible.
Either way,it’s funny.
Visitor 55 commented
2012-04-05 08:54:10 -0400
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@john freiheit – from your link
“Disclaimer:
The Farce section is a set of humorours fictional stories and interviews. The following is a fictional account and is not meant to express reality. Enjoy !"
I can guarantee that this fake story will go viral among the stupid birfers. They’re so ignorant, desperate and full of hate that they’ll believe it’s true.
Thanks for the heads up. I won’t be surprised when I start getting emails from Obama haters who will be spreading this fictional story.
“Disclaimer:
The Farce section is a set of humorours fictional stories and interviews. The following is a fictional account and is not meant to express reality. Enjoy !"
I can guarantee that this fake story will go viral among the stupid birfers. They’re so ignorant, desperate and full of hate that they’ll believe it’s true.
Thanks for the heads up. I won’t be surprised when I start getting emails from Obama haters who will be spreading this fictional story.
Kent Brockman commented
2012-04-05 06:22:28 -0400
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Fux Nuze Sez
The RW is gonna make life miserable for any and all folks who ain’t retarded down to a Palinista level O’ Stupid.
The RW is gonna make life miserable for any and all folks who ain’t retarded down to a Palinista level O’ Stupid.
John Freiheit commented
2012-04-05 03:45:15 -0400
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Obama Makes Stunning Admission About Forged Birth Certificate
http://www.america-matters.org/?q=Obama-Makes-Stunning-Admission-About-Forged-Birth-Certificate
http://www.america-matters.org/?q=Obama-Makes-Stunning-Admission-About-Forged-Birth-Certificate
Headly Westerfield commented
2012-04-04 21:48:52 -0400
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Didja see this? She’s locked down her Twitter account . . . . maybe so only apptoved Birthers can read her feed.
@heatherchilders’s account is protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @heatherchilders’s Tweets and complete profile. Click the “Follow” button to send a follow request.
With all my love,
Aunty Em
@heatherchilders’s account is protected.
Only confirmed followers have access to @heatherchilders’s Tweets and complete profile. Click the “Follow” button to send a follow request.
With all my love,
Aunty Em
Visitor 55 commented
2012-04-04 21:02:27 -0400
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@rande – “…ask a civil Question that needs to be asked…”
Really, rande? You consider that baseless accusation a civil question that needs to be asked? Based on what? What proof do stupid birfers have that President Obama threatened Chelsea’s life? None, right rande. Just like you have absolutely no proof that President Obama is leading us toward a dictatorship. You’re just a dumb little sheep re-bleating what your neocon masters tell you.
Really, rande? You consider that baseless accusation a civil question that needs to be asked? Based on what? What proof do stupid birfers have that President Obama threatened Chelsea’s life? None, right rande. Just like you have absolutely no proof that President Obama is leading us toward a dictatorship. You’re just a dumb little sheep re-bleating what your neocon masters tell you.
Warp Resident commented
2012-04-04 18:54:25 -0400
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Yakki, I find the misinformation and outright lies made by the media, corporations, and our elected officials depressing. I think the intense polarization of the country is non-productive at best. I fear you are right in thinking things are going to get much worse than they get better. Having family members who were lucky enough to survive true government oppression and hearing their stories, I hate the hyperbole spread around the internet. Hopefully, I didn’t come off as just another nutter. This is why I usually stick to snarky humour, it’s less depressing. Well, maybe it is.
Yakki PsD commented
2012-04-04 18:25:48 -0400
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Warp : All of us are concerned about where the country is going. I have my own issues,just as you do. But I’m not going to go off on half-baked conspiracy theories that end up doing nothing but scaring people who have very little grasp of the situation anyway. A lot of media outlets are doing this very thing,and it’s rediculous.
I realise that since the Patriot Act,we’ve had some serious issues brewing re: our freedoms. But it’s not unchangeable,or unstoppable. We MUST,however,keep our ability to think,and not knee-jerk react to every spin-meisters tale. It’s that ability to critically analyze our situation that will allow us to clamber out of this mess. I personally fear it will have to get worse,before people wake up to what is happening. I fear that,but I’m hopeful that our Citizens will find themselves questioning the right things,not the ruses put forth by demogogues and agitprop shit-stirrers.
If we face these issues with solid,calculated minds,we will win. Without a doubt. But it will take all of us calming down,turning off the misinformation and stop suspending our disbelief.
I realise that since the Patriot Act,we’ve had some serious issues brewing re: our freedoms. But it’s not unchangeable,or unstoppable. We MUST,however,keep our ability to think,and not knee-jerk react to every spin-meisters tale. It’s that ability to critically analyze our situation that will allow us to clamber out of this mess. I personally fear it will have to get worse,before people wake up to what is happening. I fear that,but I’m hopeful that our Citizens will find themselves questioning the right things,not the ruses put forth by demogogues and agitprop shit-stirrers.
If we face these issues with solid,calculated minds,we will win. Without a doubt. But it will take all of us calming down,turning off the misinformation and stop suspending our disbelief.
Warp Resident commented
2012-04-04 18:06:49 -0400
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Yakki, I agree that the nutters need to stop with the “Obama is a communist dictator, the anti-Christ, and a secret Muslim all rolled into one.” Buuuut… there is something to be said for being concerned about the direction that the country is going. Since Bush Jr, all three branches of the government have turned a blind eye to: extraordinary rendition of prisoners of war to countries that are known for torturing and murdering prisoners; unconstitutional wiretapping of pretty much anyone in the country; indiscriminate bombing of civilians, reporters and other non-combatants; elimination of habeus corpus by declaring prisoners of war or criminals “enemy combatants”; giving the President the unconstitutional power to take away a US Citizen’s rights by declaring him/her an enemy combatant, have him/her captured and held indefinitely or killed; unconstitutional search and seizure at the airport (coming to a train station or highway near you); and, thanks again to those “conservative” judges, it’s now legal for the police department to strip search you if you’re wrongfully arrested, if they feel like groping you or just want to humiliate you for daring to engage in a protest.
America may be circling the drain on the whole ‘freedom’ thing, but blaming it all on Obama is just wrong…
America may be circling the drain on the whole ‘freedom’ thing, but blaming it all on Obama is just wrong…
Yakki PsD commented
2012-04-04 16:23:35 -0400
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Excuse me for not understanding,how is Obama responsible for what someone’s boss reprimands them for? And in fact,I guess this is the sort of ‘tough question’ that needs to be asked?
Yes,lets ask these tough questions.
When did george Bush stop doing cocaine that he bought by prostituting boys in texas? Did he stop beating his wife at the same time? Did GW honestly get rid of all his meth labs on the ‘back 40’ of the ranch which were his frequent excuse to go ‘cut brush’?
Those the type of questions that need to be asked? Stupid,useless conspiracy theories offered up by people with no grasp of reality or sense?
And please tell me what dictatorship is in the offing,and what supposed steps that this President has made to create such? What? No clue?
Of course not. Because it’s craziness.
Yes,lets ask these tough questions.
When did george Bush stop doing cocaine that he bought by prostituting boys in texas? Did he stop beating his wife at the same time? Did GW honestly get rid of all his meth labs on the ‘back 40’ of the ranch which were his frequent excuse to go ‘cut brush’?
Those the type of questions that need to be asked? Stupid,useless conspiracy theories offered up by people with no grasp of reality or sense?
And please tell me what dictatorship is in the offing,and what supposed steps that this President has made to create such? What? No clue?
Of course not. Because it’s craziness.
Rande Schuck commented
2012-04-04 16:04:55 -0400
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I guess now you can not ask a civil Question that needs to be asked with out getting reprimanded from your boss I guess you can not have any free thoughts. But folks if someone does not start asking these Questions that is just where this Pres. is leading us to a total dictatorship where you can not have any thoughts of your own or you get sent to a concentration camp some where around the Yuma sand duns sense we have no Siberia.
d d commented
2012-04-04 14:45:57 -0400
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UPDATE: I just tried to go to Heather Childer’s twitter account to see what the bleach blonde birther had to say today but the little chickensh!t has decided to make her twitter account “protected” and available to only those who are confirmed followers. Bwaaaah!
Pretty damn funny (pitiful) considering just yesterday a person who goes by
So Ms. “I was only asking” declares her toughness by saying that she “can take it” but then takes her tweets into hiding from the public? Double bwaaaah!
http://chirpstory.com/li/5929
Pretty damn funny (pitiful) considering just yesterday a person who goes by
<a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=liz_harris">liz_harris</a> confronted Childers by saying "HeatherChilders But that is incredibly inflammatory and completely unprofessional. How can you post that and not expect a big response?" to which Childers responded " ..@liz_harris Liz I can take it. Trust me. But I Did NOT make that accusation. The question was the article headline. Conversation is good."
So Ms. “I was only asking” declares her toughness by saying that she “can take it” but then takes her tweets into hiding from the public? Double bwaaaah!
http://chirpstory.com/li/5929
Headly Westerfield commented
2012-04-04 13:08:22 -0400
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I follow parody accounts that aren’t as funny as this.
With all my love,
Aunty Em
With all my love,
Aunty Em
