In yesterday’s pieces, I predicted an outpouring of GOP hate from the right wing noise machine over Rima Fakih’s selection as Miss USA. I even suggested that it might be equivalent to that on behalf of Carrie ‘silicone sweetie’ Prejean, who came in second last year after displaying GOP hate against gay folks, and before being outed for her proclivity for masturbation tapes. Was I right, or was I right?
Last night [Sunday], the Miss USA pageant crowned Miss Michigan Rima Fakih the 2010 Miss USA. Fakih, who hails from the large Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan, is a Lebanese American and the first Muslim to ever win the crown. (Miss USA 1983 Julie Hayek was reportedly the first Arab American to get the title).
In winning the title, Fakih defeated first runner-up Miss Oklahoma Morgan Elizabeth Woolard, who garnered headlines when she responded to a judge’s question about immigration policy by saying that she was “perfectly fine” [Faux Noise delinked] with Arizona’s radical new immigration law. Just as they erupted over Carrie Prejean’s loss in the Miss USA contest 2009, the right is again alleging a liberal bias against Woolard. But many more right-wingers are enraged over Fakih’s crowning:
– Conservative radio host Debbie Schlussel blamed Fakih’s win on a supposed “politically correct, Islamo-pandering climate” in America and labeled her a “Lebanese Muslim Hezbollah supporter with relatives who are top terrorists.” [GOP bigot delinked]
– Right wing pundit and Fox contributor Michelle Malkin ranted that “Fakih’s cheerleaders are too busy tooting the identity politics horn to care what comes out of her mouth” and that “the Miss USA pageant didn’t want to risk the wrath of the open-borders mob.” [GOP bigot delinked]
– Conservative author Daniel Pipes, who was briefly appointed by former President George W. Bush to the U.S. Institute of Peace, opined that “this surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants makes me suspect an odd form of affirmative action.” [GOP bigot delinked]
– Fox News’s Gretchen Carlson complained that Woolard’s “informed opinion” may have cost her the crown, and said that Fakih may have won because we live in a “PC society.” [5/17/10]
“This is the real face of Arab Americans, not the stereotypes you hear about,” said Fakih supporter and Arab American Zouheir Alawieh following her win… [emphasis original]
Inserted from <Think Progress>
The closest any of these lies came to accuracy was that of Faux Noise hatemonger, Gretchen Carlson. It is indeed possible that Wollard might have won. She is also quite gorgeous. But GOP leaning beauty queens need to realize that to be considered, they need to stop using the pageants as platforms for their hateful homophobic, racial, and religious bigotry. I don’t feel at all sorry for Wollard. Her future is assured in a low cut dress, jiggling GOP family values on Faux Noise. The sheeple will love her.
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Just like Carrie Prejean, she opened her mouth and showed her prejudice. Rima is a symbol of PC, as it should be. I would expect nothing less from Faux News. Now they say they have pics of Rima ‘pole dancing’ and are investigating. She won the crown, now leave her the fuck alone.
Do they now? Yummy! I understand a lot of American women pole dance for exercise.
The pole dancing skill was all the more reason to make Rima our Miss America. Why does everyone get all uptight over this TomCat? Even if you disagree with someone’s religion or political views, if she looks hot on the pole, that’s what really matters.
Or am I unAmerican to admit this?
Truth, you are obviously a victim of a Socialist-Nazi-Muslim conspiracy. 😉
Eh-you’ve got the queen, but I have the runner-up 🙂
Well, JR, I have to give Miss OK creds for one thing. No matter how hard Faux Noise tried to push her into a Carrie Prejean act, she took the high road.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, here. Are you telling me that the oil companies are looking for a quick buck and are willing to do ANYTHING for that quick buck? Next you will be telling that banks are not loaning money and they use my money for themselves in the Stock Market. Or maybe that politicians are dishonest.
You are being completely un-American and I can’t believe that you are saying such tripe… I need to stop by more often, I don’t know what I am, but it is apparently un-American.
Poop. Wrong thread.
Well, she is good looking. I haven’t seen a pageant of any kind since… I don’t know when. I never realized what a political forum those were. Maybe we should have a ‘debate’ section of the pageants now. Maybe they can go against seated Senators. It might be more entertaining. Both the politics and pageants.
You had me going when this came in email. I was wondering if BP had acquired a stake in Rima.
It wouldn’t be a fair decate, Otis. It would be vacuous air-headed bimbos against beauty queens.
She’s a lovely lady – we should just let it go at that.
That she is, Diane.