I think he was talking to me.

It appears I've offended some people with my remarks in the opening post of this thread, and for that I'm sorry. Some of you chose to ignore the comments and address what little content there was to the post. Others questioned me for making remarks ranging from "unfunny" to "blatantly racist." I was glad to see that nobody found them humorous. I didn't think them funny when I read them.

You would think that had my comments been published in a major newspaper that someone in the media, someone in the black community with a voice would have a similar reaction to the people on this forum. They did not. The comments appeared in the New York Times on Oct 7, in a column by Maureen Dowd. Here's a taste:

Had they originally been directed at Obama, I think they may have generated some press. As it was, they were directed at Clarence Thomas.

I agree, race hasn't become as much of an Issue as it will. I think Obama has a better shot at the nomination than the polls say. He just might steal the nomination. Hillary has been working on her negatives, Obama doesn't seen to be working on his immage as an idealist though.

They both will fall to Giuliani .

Good one, Liberty! You had me going there for a minute and I've "known" you for 3 years!

That same press let it slide when they called Michael Steele an Oreo, but made a big deal when a white girl winked at Harold Ford. We could find hundreds of examples if we tried.

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Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. It's a dumb question... skip it.

But that's okay, he deserves it because he isn't liberal.

I also thought it didn't sound like one of your normal posts. Sat back to see where you were going with it. Ingeniously constructed argument.

Having been part of the Supreme Court, Thomas was part of the effort to "carjack" (I prefer hijack) the presidency for Bush in 2000.

Also in his confirmation hearings, there was a certain x-rated content to the testimony. Coke anyone?

Deflecting those two issues onto Obama because he is also black is racist.

Hillary's going to win Michigan

I was angry yesterday... but now I'm starting to find the whole thing funny.

I get the strange feeling that Florida will be red this year and Michigan will turn red if Obama wins...
Hillary's not going to want to say this before Iowa votes but... it now appears she is more electable.

What was the difference in electoral votes exactly that gave Bush Jr. a victory?

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-opening from Tales From the Darkside

Notice the lack of libs now that you trapped them? Mack? Tarbaby? Superbad? Any comments now? Well we already know that Superbad thinks Thomas an Uncle Tom so racist comments against him are allowed.

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ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

It was a good attempt, but there are some problems with the comparison that don't make it a black-and-white slamdunk.

Dowd was clearly pretending to be Clarence Thomas writing about Al Gore. You presented the phrases as your own take.

Some of the references are actually specific references to Thomas (low-tech lynching) and thus not racist in that context.

And she's clearly joking about the "beast of rage against the Man" and things like that.

The "carjacking" line and the Ripple reference are the most loaded things she said. They were over the line. But the effect is muted because it's *clearly* satire and not what she herself thinks. She thinks Thomas is a whining child of privilege, not a gangbanger.

So the question becomes one of taste instead of whether Dowd is racist.

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I think Dowd's comments were stupid and a little racist, not so much as Liberties because there was some context to them. The carjacking and x rated stuff is supposedly based on true events. I'm not a fan of either posts, although Liberty's appeared more racist because it made absolutely no sense at all. I still don't exactly see the point to this thread.