Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:34 PM

Popular Conservative Blog Slams President Obama’s ‘Liverish Lips’ On Newsweek Cover

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Glenn Reynolds of the popular conservative blog Instapundit (home of the “Instalanche,” the nickname given to the huge amounts of traffic an Instapundit link can drive) made an unfortunate observation about the Newsweek cover that has so many conservative bloggers in a lather. Rather than focus on Andrew Sullivan‘s titular question “Why are Obama’s critics so dumb,” Reynolds picks on the cover photo, and the President’s “liverish lips.”

From Instapundit:

IN WALKS THE VILLAGE IDIOT, AND HIS FACE IS ALL AGLOW. He’s been up all night listening to Obama’s radio.
But the Obama photo on Newsweek’s cover will do him more harm than all the desparate sycophancy in the text. He looks terrible, and surprisingly like Jimmy Carter, even down to the downturned liverish lips and incipient jowls. I’m amazed they went with that one. Perhaps the staff is of two minds. Andrew Sullivan, of course, has reason for gratitude.

Although I’m not a frequent Insty reader, I’ve never known Glenn Reynolds to exhibit any racist tendencies, so I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he didn’t know “liver-lips” is a deep-dish racial slur.

Even so, given all that’s going on in this country, it’s more than a little bit strange that Reynolds has chosen to fixate on President Obama’s lips.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/popular-conservative-blog-slams-president-obamas-liverish-lips-on-newsweek-cover/

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Popular Conservative Blog Slams President Obama’s ‘Liverish Lips’ On Newsweek Cover (Original post)	Adenoid_Hynkel	Jan 2012	OP
SNL viewers may remember	ProgressiveEconomist	Jan 2012	#1
It sounds like he's comparing Obama to Jimmy Carter	Neue Regel	Jan 2012	#2
What they both have	jberryhill	Jan 2012	#4
A racist slur against Jimmy Carter?	jberryhill	Jan 2012	#3
I agree. I just can't vote for a man who's lips don't have the right glossy hue.	napoleon_in_rags	Jan 2012	#5
"liverish"?	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#6
I'm sure the dude's a moron, but "liverlips" is not a racial slur. Much less a "deep-dish" one.	Poll_Blind	Jan 2012	#7
If that's the best they can do Obama won't even need to campaign.	lpbk2713	Jan 2012	#8

Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:51 PM

ProgressiveEconomist (5,077 posts)

1. SNL viewers may remember

for what racist epithet 'liver' makes a great stand-in.

Remember the backwoods skit with this twangy song:

"I hate liver, liver makes me quiver.
Liver makes me curl right up and die (makes me cry)
Liver liver liver liver liver liver liver liver ..."

See near the end of the 'Food music' blog at http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14049&start=30

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Mon Jan 16, 2012, 10:55 PM

Neue Regel (221 posts)

2. It sounds like he's comparing Obama to Jimmy Carter

"He looks terrible, and surprisingly like Jimmy Carter, even down to the downturned liverish lips and incipient jowls."

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Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:42 AM

jberryhill (29,884 posts)

4. What they both have

Is a set of creases that frames the lips like parentheses.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 12:01 AM

jberryhill (29,884 posts)

3. A racist slur against Jimmy Carter?

The words there are descriptive of features of Jimmy Carter.

If I said "You look like Kermit the Frog, right down to the ping pong ball eyes," the phrase "ping long ball eyes" is a feature of Kemit's which I am comparing to you.

Or saying "these two people have these features in common."

Either someone failed reading comprehension, or I completely missed that Carter wasn't white.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:10 AM

napoleon_in_rags (3,626 posts)

5. I agree. I just can't vote for a man who's lips don't have the right glossy hue.

Another macho man attack from the right.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012, 09:33 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

6. "liverish"?

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Tue Jan 17, 2012, 10:15 AM

Poll_Blind (23,187 posts)

7. I'm sure the dude's a moron, but "liverlips" is not a racial slur. Much less a "deep-dish" one.

Whatever that's supposed to mean.

Again, I'm sure Reynolds is otherwise a fine example of a conservative douchebag but not only is the term "liver lips" not a racial slur, he doesn't use it as a racial slur.

While it could be used as a dog whistle slur for "n****r lips", I couldn't find many examples that use. "Liverlips" was a staple insult of comedians decades ago and had no racial connotations, whatsoever. I think (it's been a while) this was one of Milton Berle's oft-repeated insults. Possibly Tim Conway as well.

I think everyone here needs to rent and watch more Milton Berle movies, is what I'm saying. Or at least "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!"

But no, that's not a racial slur.

I've seen it used here many, many times. Search with Google, see for yourself.

PB

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 10:19 AM

lpbk2713 (23,251 posts)

8. If that's the best they can do Obama won't even need to campaign.

The election will be a giveaway.

These assclowns make it way too easy.

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