Obama Created Festivus to Destroy Xmas

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More BS from Fox.


Brasilmagic
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@Brasilmagic

3h3 hours ago

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Dumbest statement of the week! And what a lying piece of garbage. Is she too young to know Seinfeld?

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[marble falls]

1. Gotta be a photoshop. Pleeease let it be a photoshop. Surely there's a least ONE sane adult at Faux?

[PragmaticDem]

6. Nope! She said this.

[marble falls]

8. Well its dumb beyond words. And there were some real jackasses above her that went along with it.

[PragmaticDem]

11. Fox destroys brain cells.

[dalton99a]

2. Lazy dumb shit

[patricia92243]

3. How old would have President Obama have been when George's father invented it on Seinfeld.

[GoCubsGo]

7. The episode aired in December, 1997.

That would make him 36--twenty years ago.

[milestogo]

9. Obama was born in August 1961. Festivus episode aired Dec 1997.

So he was 36 - teaching law school and in the Illinois State Senate.

However there is a history to "festivus" before the Seinfeld episode popularized it:

Festivus was conceived by author and editor Daniel O'Keefe, the father of TV writer Dan O'Keefe, and was celebrated by his family as early as 1966. The word Festivus in this sense was coined by the elder O'Keefe, and according to him the name "just popped into my head". In the original O'Keefe tradition, the holiday would take place to celebrate the anniversary of Daniel O'Keefe's first date with his future wife, Deborah. The phrase "a Festivus for the rest of us" originally referred to those remaining after the death of the elder O'Keefe's mother, Jeanette, in 1976; i.e., the "rest of us" are the living, as opposed to the dead.

In 1982, Daniel O'Keefe wrote a book, Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic, that deals with idiosyncratic ritual and its social significance, a theme relevant to Festivus tradition.

The English word festive derives from Latin "festivus", an adjective meaning "excellent, jovial, lively, which in turn derives from festus "joyous; holiday, feast day".

It is now celebrated on December 23, as depicted in the Seinfeld episode written by the younger O'Keefe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

[GoCubsGo]

4. I'm still waiting for someone to tel me why this dipshit's opinion is worthy of my attention.

Seriously, what has this imbecile ever done, other than attract the attention of right wing media types who get all hot and bothered by semi-attractive bleach-blondes who share their warped opinions? Been asking this question for months. Nobody seems to have a good answer.

Tomi, you need to lay off the peroxide. It's cooking what little brains you have.

[treestar]

10. +1

Why is she on TV?

[EL34x4]

13. Look at her. Then look at that little icon in the lower left of the screen.

Should be all it takes to answer your question.

[treestar]

14. Yep.

She is there to spout right-wing talking points and look good doing it. In her early 20s, it can hardly be for her wisdom.

[Fred Sanders]

17. Careful, Ugyur is being flailed as a sexist pig and fake democrat for tweeting similar 20 years ago

and then immediately having the nerve to apologize.

Some strange and unfamiliar lot on DU these days it seems

[Maeve]

5. Obama was 5 when it was invented

Festivus was conceived by author and editor Daniel O'Keefe, the father of TV writer Dan O'Keefe, and was celebrated by his family as early as 1966. The word Festivus in this sense was coined by the elder O'Keefe, and according to him the name "just popped into my head".[3] In the original O'Keefe tradition, the holiday would take place to celebrate the anniversary of Daniel O'Keefe's first date with his future wife, Deborah.[7] The phrase "a Festivus for the rest of us" originally referred to those remaining after the death of the elder O'Keefe's mother, Jeanette, in 1976; i.e., the "rest of us" are the living, as opposed to the dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

[NastyRiffraff]

12. How long does it take to Google "Festivus"

Apparently too long for Tomi. She needs to be mocked without mercy.

[treestar]

15. That is for sure!

Faux does not deal in facts. They are attempting to create a new reality. They know damn well Obama didn't invent it. They just want the Deplorables to go around saying he did, and believe it themselves.

[Fred Sanders]

18. Is a Congressional investigation and a James O'Keefe "expose" far behind?

[EL34x4]

16. I don't think this is real.

She's dumb but there's no evidence that this is anything other than a photoshop meme.