Comments on: What Racist Thing Did Obama Say?

By: grandpa27

grandpa27 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:25:27 +0000

Just goes to show you what happens when you don't know your place.

By: Patrick M

Patrick M — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:19:51 +0000

"I love Chinks"?

By: LondonLee

LondonLee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:17:34 +0000

Was it when he called Murdoch an evil old honky?

By: atipofthehat

atipofthehat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:15:24 +0000

Was it the time he praised Rush Limburger as "articulate" and "one of our better white folks"?

By: garge

garge — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:31:04 +0000

Or even own property at all, for that matter.

By: pattycakes

pattycakes — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:50:51 +0000

EXACTLY.

By: HiredGoons

HiredGoons — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:47:42 +0000

So he's half-racist?

By: Bucko

Bucko — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:42:44 +0000

To many rich white people, it is racism to suggest that race-based discrimination still occurs. To these people, it's especially racist to suggest that the government has a role in the elimination of this discrimination. In this context, Obama says racist shit all the time. We're supposed to be post-racial, right? That means race should never be mentioned.

By: fartyparty

fartyparty — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:40 +0000

i think it was the "typical white person" comment, when he was describing his grandmother.

it's true though! all white people look alike.

By: EvilMonkey

EvilMonkey — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:33:30 +0000

Yeah, uppity Presidents are the worst.

By: brent_cox

brent_cox — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:24:05 +0000

Something about how some of his best friends are white people — you know what he means.

By: KarenUhOh

KarenUhOh — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:20:15 +0000

It's because he has the nerve to think he can live in the White House.

By: kneetoe

kneetoe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:19:25 +0000

I think it was when he pulled out the old "once you go black you never go back" line. But the context was a press conference where he was asked about all white country clubs, so I don't think it was that big of a deal.

By: Balk

Balk — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

GREMLINS. It is now open for all your automotive identification tag aesthetics needs.

By: Abe Sauer

Abe Sauer — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +0000

It was "White people are potential humansâ€¦ they havenâ€™t evolved yet." Either that or when he said "the officer acted stupidly." Take your pick.

By: Balk

Balk — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:13:36 +0000

Yeah, but who wants to be a cold-weather hippie?

By: clarencerosario

clarencerosario — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:32 +0000

I would have already moved to Berkeley and started listening to NPR and worrying about whether or not my coffee was harvested ethically and shit

Having lived in Berkeley and now Brooklyn, I can safely say you can accomplish that much closer to home.

By: HiredGoons

HiredGoons — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:04 +0000

It was probably some editorial cartoon.

By: tankengine

tankengine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:57 +0000

(what happened to the comments on that page)

By: tankengine

tankengine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:33 +0000

The answer to that question is easy. No. No we don't.

By: lumazur

lumazur — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:27 +0000

possibly the line abt real america clinging to guns and religion? OR the rev wright kerfuffle? he wasn't POTUS then though. FML

By: mathnet

mathnet — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02:24 +0000

(I've explained it in my comment on your license plate post.)

By: skybarn

skybarn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:00:36 +0000

I think it was "So really the question is: why does Twitter get so white and boring during the day? Don't white people do anything at work?"