I feel a little uncomfortable posting this, because he seems like the type of guy who feeds of progressive criticism. That said, there are certain comments that straddle the fence between possibly offensive and waaaaaaaaaay offensive. This comment, by Fox Business Channel host Eric Bolling drives through the fence with a front-end loader:
The other day, he tweeted/Facebooked this:
Obama chugging 40's in IRE while tornadoes ravage MO.
That's right. A Fox host actually said this. Granted, the same business host who questioned Obma's long-form birth certificate after he released it, and is not Glenn Beck, but still, a host.
Of course, President Obama was sipping Guinness beer at its headquarters on his previously scheduled (duh) trip to Ireland. Of course, the optics of the President meeting the Queen at Buckingham Palace while people pick up from devastation in Missouri and Oklahoma is unfortunate, but obviously completely coincidental. News flash: You can't schedule tornadoes, and you can't easily cancel Presidential trips to Europe, particularly after you're already in the air.
So, anyway, he wasn't chugging, but sipping. And he wasn't drinking 40 oz. malt liquor, but beer. But for those who are unfamiliar, what's wrong with saying he was drinking 40 oz. malt liquor, aside from it being not true? This (from Wikipedia, but please feel free to also search on Urban Dictionary):
Today, malt liquors are marketed to an entirely different demographic, resulting in a stereotyping of the typical consumer. According to a study by Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in California, malt liquor is the alcohol of choice of the homeless and unemployed.Beginning in the 1980s, many brands of malt liquor began to aggressively target this market and used popular actors (such as Billy Dee Williams and Jonathan Rhys Meyers[citation needed]) or rappers in their advertisements; Ice Cube, for instance, appeared in radio advertisements for St. Ides. Some rappers vigorously opposed this trend, feeling that malt liquor manufacturers were exploiting the African American community. For example, Chuck D, of the group Public Enemy, took a very strong anti-malt liquor stance and once sued St. Ides over an advertisement that sampled his voice without permission.
On air, Bolling said this, adding a bit about "entertaining rappers" at the White House:
No words.