You may have heard that Rima Fakih, a 24-year-old Arab American, won the Miss USA title on Sunday. Not unexpectedly, in the hours immediately following her crowning, various bits of salacious news about Fakih’s background came to the surface including her alleged pole dancing past. This sort of thing is common in these instances, but did you know that our new Miss USA is also a Muslim terrorist?
That’s right some conservative nut jobs pundits have uncovered the startling fact that Fakih is in actuality “Miss Hezbollah” and is in league with the pageant’s producer Donald Trump and Muslims (since most, if not, all of them are terrorists or aiding terrorists) to…well, let conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel explain it all for you:
No, it’s not “just another beauty pageant.” Donald Trump, Muslims (who mostly support Islamic terrorist groups, like Hezbollah, which features many of Fakih’s close relatives as top officials), and even Barack Obama will exploit this as propaganda for Islam. Mark my word. Hezbollah is laughing at us, tonight. One of its auxiliary members won the Miss USA title without having to do a thing to denounce them and their bloody murder of hundreds of Americans, including the trampling/torture murder of Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem aboard TWA flight 847, the 25th anniversary of which is next month.
You can read the rest of Schlussel’s piece here. But before you dismiss her opinions, you can’t ignore that there are all sorts of people out there who actually believe this shit. Here’s a sampling of reader comments from a Fox News report on Fakih’s win (spelling/grammar errors have not been corrected):
this is truly proof of the sad state of our country. once led by men and women who stood for the cause of righteousness, whose blood paved the way for our chance at everything…we are now struggling in a culture that have given iself over to vanity, selfishness and greed. a woman who not only is of the culture AND the religion of the fanactics who viciously murdered thousands of americans has been honored. while i would hope she is innocent of this crime, the americans that empty-headedly crowned her, are not the america i would fight for and defend.–2345mp1
along with Lingerie, and evening gowns go more P.C.they could wear bomb belts & back-pack leaf blowers.– notintheus
She comes from a family of terrorists who support Hezbollah! This is such a PC SHAM! Now they’re pandering to terrorist families! Why wasn’t she asked if she would condemn Hezbollah??? Instead they ask the woman from Oklahoma what she thought of Arizona’s Immigration bill!!!!! This is so rotten!!!!!!– facethemusic
CORRECTION!!! Ummmm….so now the truth comes out–but NOT in the lamestream media, of course. The new Miss America USA (SORRY ABOUT THAT ERROR!!) was financially supported in this pageant by a known Hezbollah terrorist who was taped supporting the use of three-year old children as walking bombs against Israeli’s. Members of her immediate and extended family are also members of Hezbollah. Anyone else here smell something rotten?– ends2012
WOW! Is that one of them 70 virgins?!?! Can I have one? Where does she hide the explosive vest?– wonderif
aren’t we all so happy now- terrorists have a place at the table. I think I will vomit.– enobama
Now, let’s just go with the assumption that Schlussel and her ilk are correct and that Fakih’s win is part of some Muslim terrorist conspiracy. This is actually good news for America. In fact, all the nutjob patriotic conservatives should be applauding this and letting out a sigh of relief. Why?
Because if the terrorists’ big plan to destroy the Great Satan, a.k.a. America, is to get one of their own to infiltrate Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant, doesn’t that make the terrorists…idiots?! This is how they’re going to take us down? Seriously, they’d have to be the Keystone Kops of terrorists. I would love to have been there for that planning meeting: “So instead of blowing up the Golden Gate Bridge or the Super Bowl, how about we enter a contestant in this year’s Miss USA pageant? That’ll show those infidels. Praise Allah!”
Crowning the enemy. America has lost.
Even if this is an elaborate terrorist plot not to inflict physical damage but to somehow use the media to subversively spread an anti-American message, is the Miss USA pageant the best venue to do that? I mean does anyone even watch this anymore? At least, pick something that’s more relevant—get one of your guys on America’s Best Dance Crew or Jersey Shore (hey, I know you got some Italian-looking terrorists in your ranks).
Terrorism aside, commenters on the Fox site have also posited other reasons why Fakih shouldn’t be Miss USA. Here are some of them:
Affirmative action has finally come to the Miss USA pageant. What a joke!!– huck17102
Since when is the Miss U S A an immigrant? Isn’t there some kind of rule that they have to be USA born? Geez! Just like the president who can’t supply a valid birth certificate. This country is going to h–l in a handbasket.– mustang6503
Its sad that we can’t have a true American as Miss America anymore.– hawkeye1852
Wow, I didn’t know there was both a Miss America and a Miss USA pageant. Who gives a f*&$? They’re both rigged and affirmatively PC! I’m proposing closing the door on any new immigration, we have enough already; what worked to make this country great a hundred years ago is ripping it apart now. No more immigrants; period! Get the F*&$ off our soil; you’re not welcome here! We established our country in the 40′s, 50′s, and 60′s and you missed out…Try again in your next life and get back to tilling soil in your third world place!– ruthserum2
And to be fair, it’s not only on FOX News where you’ll find these ass backwards comments. Even the more apolitical outlets aren’t exempt. For example, check out some of the comments in People magazine, including ones like this:
If obama who was born in kenya can be president??? then rima who was born in Lebanon can be MISS USA!!!!!!– Jennile Ann
America, what’s wrong with you? Racism has no place in the Miss USA pageant. Let’s not forget what the pageant is really about….good, old-fashioned American sexism. Come on, it’s all about picking which hottie looks the best in a swimsuit. And Fakih deserves her title because…well, uh, look at her! I’d totally hit that:
insert substandard joke regarding her “weapons of mass destruction.” perhaps even substituting “destruction” with “erection.”
NO Pee-Rip she is not a terrorist, theyre just hatin cuz another Brownie made it, and not another Blondie.
push haters away.
lulz at the “We built this country from the 40′s to the 60′s. This kind of nutjobbery simultaneously gets me through the day and also makes me scared to go outside.
Hey, this is America. We objectify women of ALL races. If we can’t make your women prance around on stage in a bikini while simultaneously decrying your dirty culture’s sexism then what are all the troops in Iraq fighting for?
These people must have watched the movie American Dreamz and thought it was a documentary. They probably also watched their cousins and thought they were marriage material.
Do people still watch these pageants? They just seem so outdated. I guess it’s the same people who make racist comments who still watch.
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