Michelle Obama referred to Barack as her baby’s daddy

Sandra Rose June 12, 2008

The black community is enraged by a comment made by FOX news referring to Michelle Obama as a “baby mama”. But few remember when Michelle Obama referred to Barack as her “baby’s daddy” on the night he won his Senate seat in 2004.

What’s the difference between baby’s daddy and baby mama? The only difference I see is that one is grammatically incorrect. But both terms are inappropriate to use in mixed company.

Michelle provided fodder for Fox News when she referred to her husband as her “baby’s daddy” instead of as her children’s father or her husband. “Baby daddy” is slang derived from the regional hit by B Rock And The Bizz called “My Baby Daddy“.

What Michelle said was a play on words using a popular urban slang. Fox news did the same thing. So I guess we can call it even? Touché.

BLACKBARBIE404

So I guess we can call it even?

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I RECKON….
MOCHAMOMMY

Ok we all just defended them and now look… I’m thru with em. Until november, I’m puttin them in the same category I put Supahead in. The “I dont give a rats ass til gas prices go down” category
tkotuki

It isn’t even. I can say my kid is bad but no one else can! She is mine. I call her what I want.
Terry .W

So if she’s Ok with it…what the hell is everyone else’s problem?

Like I said, she knows wssup!
brwnsugga4you

so basically she started this mess herself…see what i’m saying…i’m done!!!
Kymystry

Sigh … Touche’
luxe.li.

lol
bklynsjm123

They just better be careful. This is still “white America.” On a side note… Ima need Michelle to get her edges in order.
http://www.myspace.com/themdivasinc Mimi Renee

well now that we cleared that up….ALMOST TIME TO LEAVE WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!
bklynchick

Now being that she said “Baby Daddy” it’s okay for them to say “Baby Mama” so being that rappers say the n-word it’s okay for them to say that to. Black people have their own slang just like yt’s do. But do we go around calling yt’s crackers and rednecks and post it up on tv. Not being racist. But I think it all comes down to respect. It will be more underhanded stuff about obama but like my mom always told don’t be a copycat and just because Michelle said “baby daddy” doesn’t mean Fox has the right to say “baby mama”. We all know they were trying to be funny!!
marshefen

I did remember her saying that, but it was funny to me in the context she used it. She announced him as ” Your senator, my husband, my man, my baby’s daddy, Barack Obama! Something like that. That still doesn’t mean that she should be referred to as his baby momma from now on.
JrzeeMa

Okay Sandra!! I was thinking about this when I saw your first post. Heck she started it I guess Fox went along cant nobody be mad at that there are bigger things for Americans to worry about then Barracks Baby Mama …Let me stop I think she is a strong women and somewhere laughing at the fact that fox even said it…

Oh these next few months are going to be interesting …….
Anna

I read every comment on the other post. This is too funny. Michelle wasn’t thinking anything of what Fox News reported. The commenters were going to defend it to the end. Don’t mess with Michelle, I got her back mentality. LOL. As much as I hate the whole baby mama/daddy thing. Michelle was just keeping it real. She has a sense of humor. Who wants another old stuffy first lady?
brwnsugga4you

tkotuki Says:

It isn’t even. I can say my kid is bad but no one else can! She is mine. I call her what I want.

~~~if that’s your daughter she is the cutest lil thing~~~
brwnsugga4you

bklynsjm123 Says:

They just better be careful. This is still “white America.” On a side note… Ima need Michelle to get her edges in order.

~~~i was thinking the same thing~~~lol.
theatrkakal

lol. hell. he is her babies daddy! but of course, itll get all turned around as usual.
tkotuki

thanks ***brwnsugga4you*** That is my daughter.
brwnsugga4you

tkotuki Says:

thanks ***brwnsugga4you*** That is my daughter.

~~~cool. it’s good to see children looking like children..hair bows matching the outfits..when my daughter was that age i used to dress her the same way..instead of all that grown stuff…kudos to you!!!~~~
marshefen

OFF TOPIC: Sandra what’s with the Gay Thugs advertisement? LOL!
Brookiebaby0506

bklynchick Says:

Now being that she said “Baby Daddy” it’s okay for them to say “Baby Mama” so being that rappers say the n-word it’s okay for them to say that to. Black people have their own slang just like yt’s do.
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Where did the “n” word originate from, “them” -or I mean- white people or black people??
Last I checked words are words – if it is negative or derrogatory or demeaning – than that is exactly what it means coming from a WHITE PERSON OR A BLACK PERSON

I’ve got two words that mean the same thing no matter what color mouth they come from – DOUBLE STANDARD
http://www.myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

Well I sure don’t think it’s big deal. I always refer to Barack as my baby daddy.
heart2heart

Yep, Michelle started it. lol
kaliente

“OFF TOPIC: Sandra what’s with the Gay Thugs advertisement? LOL!” #19..LMMFAO i thought the same thing, but i don’t think she can control it…but hell i dunno
Tangela

She introduced him as her children’s father, ie: her babies’ (she has two girls) daddy, not baby’s daddy. Fox News can put their mouths on a pistol for all I care. Touche to that!
kwallace577

if my husband want to call me a freak nasty hoe and i want to call him big dikk willy then that is fine. even if we do it in public as long as WE feel comfortable with it..it is OUR bizzness (i’m just using this as an example…)

but if a man in wal-mart walk past me and say “freak nasty hoe” my husband is probably gonna knock his lites out and i am gonna be hurt, embarrassed, etc..

in other words: it is NOT okay if somebody ELSE does it.

just admit fox news was outta line for referring to the possible future first lady as a baby momma….. not to mention it was bad journalism.
bklynchick

@ Brookiebaby

Let’s get real here!!
You are correct that any thing negative coming white or black person that is offensive to one race is wrong. But don’t try to cover whatever you be it offensive to white or black by blaming rap,rock and roll or cause Michelle for saying “baby daddy” for what you really feel. If you are brave enought to go there be brave enough to stick by what u say!! You are their will ALWAYS be doule standard in US. That is why we have AFFIRMATIVE ACTION!!
https://www.sandrarose.com Sandra Rose

marshefen Says:

OFF TOPIC: Sandra what’s with the Gay Thugs advertisement? LOL!

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I guess some people in certain areas of the country can see those ads. I can’t. I see ads for Obama.
http://www.myspace.com/amax79 AKAtastrophy1908

Sandra you trippin. It’s wrong because FOX is racist and have nothing but disdain for the Obamas. They always make racist references toward them and use their Uncle Tom azz bought and paid for token negro anchors to say the worst things so they can be like the black people said it, we didn’t. Michelle can say “that’s my babies’ daddy” well because he is and that’s how they roll but FOX is trying to alienate white people by making them look hood and downplaying their intelligence and accomplishments. This is the same station that referred to their affectionate “dap” to a terrorist fist jab.
andriceb

some people on this thread are simple. I don’t care if Michelle refers to herself as aunt jemima at home. The point is that Fox News is a professional News organization that is required to provide fair, respectful and unbiased reporting. Moreover they have no right to stereotypically portray the wife of a Presidential candidate.

Black women wake up!! Stand for something or fall for anything! Do you think they would call John Mccain’s wife his pinup bimbo!? Or his young cupcake NO!! HELL NO…..even though that is what she is…..Hav esome self respect!!
andriceb

alright comment number 28…well said.
andriceb

and another thing ladies. I don’t care if every other black woman in america is whoring in the streets…I still view myself as being a beautiful Ethiopian Princess. I am derived from The King. Because this is what I believe, this is what I will portray.

As Chuck D said…don’t believe the hype. There is NO EXCUSE for allowing someone to disrespect you.
kwallace577

amen @andriceb! like i said it was irresponsible journalism. she can call herself and her husband whateva. if it were the other way around they would not have said it. period. my dad said he even remembers when betty ford was a stone cold drunk the media tiptoed around the whole entire thing until SHE was ready to come clean about her problem to the public. why? b/c she was the wife of the prez. it is called respect folks.
http://social.zune.net/member/gregwlsn360 greg

This is how I explain the whole “why can’t I say the N word” thing to white people, and it kinda applies to right-wing news organizations referring to black women as “baby mamas”:

I can call my wife whatever I want and vice versa. But if you call my wife something, that’s out of line and I will beat your ass. That doesn’t make it right and it’s not fair but there you are, with your ass whipped and hopefully a lesson learned.

Fox news knows better.
Deep Thoughts

Pooe Obama’s our crap came back to bite them. Baby Mama, lol. I thought we were crazy when we came up witht he syaing.
JrzeeMa

31andriceb Says:

and another thing ladies. I don’t care if every other black woman in america is whoring in the streets…I still view myself as being a beautiful Ethiopian Princess. I am derived from The King. Because this is what I believe, this is what I will portray.

As Chuck D said…don’t believe the hype. There is NO EXCUSE for allowing someone to disrespect you.
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White or black no woman should let anyone disrespect them !!!It shows lack of respect for yourself…..

I want to know how her being called baby mama turned into a race issue. We as a society have deeper issues to worry about in regards to race!
JrzeeMa

And as far as the N Worrd it dusgusts me when I here a black man say it to another black man..I feel like this wherther you have a slang meaning for it or not it has an orginal meaning slang words are usually words not used in another context. So I see it like this all these black men on the street running around basically disrespecting each other are being laughed at by the sick racists of america they are probably thinking look we have these black men refering to each other as what we have been calling them for years….
and thats not good my daughter is mixed white(italian) and black and ill tell you this i make sure noone i am firends with uses that word in front of her because until she undertands its origiantion as w disrespectful degrading word she wont realize what she is saying!
sexyma078

When Michelle said “Babies” Daddy she was not using the slang term…she was using the plural version of baby becasue she has two children. Futhermore we know Fox…what had Sylvia’s resturant done for Bill O’Riley to think that someone would be in there sayinf MF’ing ice tea
DCREALEST

i stand corrected. well, we are all in working progress
alove

Sandra,I am disappointed with you. First where is the posting where she says that. I am sure that those were not her exact words, based on Fox New’s history. They say all kind of disrespectful stuff about the Obama’s. We do not have to help them. Yesterday that filled the audience with people that are Republicans and had a town hall meeting. All of the negative things they continue to do about the black community is unacceptable.
andriceb

Jrzeema
If you have to ask how this became a race issue…you haven’t made it to the preface of our book…NEXT!!
andriceb

PS Having a biracial child in and of itself doesn’t make you the foremost authority on all things ethnic.

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