Couple of observations. First, it doesn’t come off as Presidential as all. Finger pointing in such a hesitant manner looks weak. Second, you are dead wrong. The wheels came off when Democrats controlled the Congress and ignored repeated warnings from Bernake and Paulson about the impending crisis. Try to sell that.

Then there is the matter of the money you, Barack Obama, pocketed over the last four years. When Senators Dodd and Kerry, not exactly newbies on the Hill, are the only legislators who have taken more money than you from Fannie Mae, how do you maintain the lie that you had nothing to do with this? Fannie Mae just gave you money cuz you’re a nice guy?

What about the $600,000 plus from Goldman Sachs or the almost $400,000 from Citi Group? Dude, you’ve only been in the Senate for less than four years and you’ve pulled more money from financial lobbyist fat cats than any other Senator on a per annum basis. How long before the media catch on and ask you to explain?

Fox News has picked up the scent:

And now your buds at ACORN are trying to get their nose into the bailout trough to the tune of $140,000,000.00 Are you shitting me? One of the reasons we are in this mess is because your buds, Dodd and Frank, kept pushing to raise the amount of money that could be loaned to the low income housing efforts advocated by ACORN. I venture to say if ACORN had not been called out in the blogosphere for the corrupt thugs they are you might have pulled this off. But not now. The American people are awakening to the fraud perpetrated on them by the likes of ACORN and others. On this one we are saying no way, now how.

You can’t find a video of the head of Fannie Mae celebrating any Republicans. But Barack, the CEO is praising the Congressional Black Caucus while you are sitting there beaming. Not on your watch?

If you want to read more about ACORN’s complicity in this mess go here (hat tip Nancy).

Mike’s full diary can be read here.

So I ask what Mike asked.  Why does a CNBC shop carry the “Hillary Nutcracker”?  

• To make a profit off outright sexism?
• To ridicule a strong US Senator?
• To just attack all strong women?
• To continue the GE NBC MSNBC campaign against Hillary?

I don’t know about you, but CNBC News Shops won’t get any of my money no matter how long I’m stuck in an airport.

Pics over the fold

Mike’s words
I just got back from a vacation, and I had a layover in Washington, DC. Across from where I sat lay the CNBC store, proudly sporting that NBC peacock we’ve come to know so well.

I wandered over to grab a newspaper or a magazine, and this is what I found in the center of the store, facing outward from the cash register.

Did you get it? Did you get the joke? Because strong women hate penises. Strong women want to “bust men’s balls” because let’s face it, they’re envious of our balls. They are all, you know, menopausal and uptight. And we dudes, we’re just hanging out, when they come around cracking our nuts…

Because, you know, male power is natural, but female power is a pathology. Always.

That’s why a major news outlet can sell a novelty item where a female presidential candidate cracks nuts with her “stainless steel thighs”.

Is there some way to apply pressure to CNBC to stop selling this misogynist crap? If you have any ideas, leave them in the comments.  

Now, I did some quick research as I know these shops are concessions that license the brand name.  CNBC News shops are owned and operated by The Paradies Shops of Atlanta.  They also own PGA shops and many other airport shops.

Paradies Shops

That research aside, the brand is owned by NBC and their parent General Electric (GE).  I personally hold CNBC responsible for this because their name is on the store.  It is just another in a long list of anti-woman, anti-Hillary actions by NBC and their employees.

Please let NBC know what you think of their brand.