Cokie Roberts is an idiot who needs to be fired... plain and simple. Somehow Hawaii isn't American enough for Cokie... good to see Hawaii's Senator Daniel Akaka taking her to task for this stupidity
"Saying our 50th state is somehow 'foreign,' does a great disservice to the hard working, patriotic Americans who call Hawaii home. For months people have been asking me, 'when is Sen. Obama going to come home?' I'm so glad he found time to visit his sister and his grandmother, show his daughters more of his home state, and relax a little. Hawaii is a great U.S. destination, just ask the 5.5 million Americans who visited last year for business and pleasure."
Below the fold for the repeated Cokie Roberts assertions that Hawaii isn't Americana enough for her conservative tastes... it's too "Exotic" and "Foreign" for Barack Obama... it doesn't take a pundit or PhD to understand the not too thinly veiled references here... Also note in the NPR piece she incorrectly claims on Obma that "He makes such a point of being the boy from Kansas & Kenya""... subtle there Cokie, real subtle.
Here she is today again on NPR somehow claiming that Hawaii is "exotic"
Quote: "He makes such a point of being the boy from Kansas & Kenya" "Boy" & "Kenya"... sigh
and the day before on ABC
Lest not forget Hawaii and America's darkest hour... when Hawaii wasn't Foreign but rather Brave and Tragic...
Sacred Ground... but not "Americana" enough for Ms. Roberts...
Write NPR and ask for them to FIRE Cokie Roberts...
UPDATE: Wow, thanks for the outpouring of support. Another action item: Email THIS WEEK and ask them to either have her to apologize to the great people of Hawaii next weekend or BAN her from the show.