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CATHERINE THOMPSON JUNE 26, 2014, 2:34 PM EDT
It was only a matter of time before a Fox News panelist suggested the FIFA World Cup presented a convenient distraction from the problems facing President Barack Obama.
"I'm suspect," Dr. Keith Ablow said Thursday on "Outnumbered" as the US men's national team faced off against Germany. "I am suspect because, here's the thing. Why, at a time when there are so many national and international issues of such prominence -- I'm a little suspicious of yet another bread-and-circus routine. Let's roll out the marijuana, pull back the laws, and get people even more crazy about yet another entertainment event."
Ablow's four female co-hosts weren't buying it, interrupting him with protests of "what?" and "what's wrong with you?"
"This is a way to distract people," Ablow continued. "This is like Rome. I can see why Obama would love the World Cup --"
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mylye2222
(2,992 posts)Universe.....;and Faux Noise nonsense!
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)He probably went back in time to 1904 when FIFA was founded and arranged for them to hold the matches every 4 years, timed just perfectly to coincide with the distraction he needed now. I mean, sure he lost a little time explaining how a black man could actually be President of the United States, but I'm sure at this point he's used to having to explain that.
Bryant
tularetom
(23,664 posts)he would have already declared himself Emperor for Life and sent every one of his opponents to FEMA camps.
If he's such an evil genius why is fox news still on the air? Why is "Dr." A-Blow still running around loose.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)where the hell are the public executions?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Renew Deal
(81,803 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)In 2018
bradla
(89 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)ignored by Obama and get them to do something.
Johonny
(20,684 posts)Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)<>
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)was Keith high during this segment, or is he just incredibly stupid?