Who is "Cousin Ray-Ray"? - Democratic Underground

Dogmudgeon

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Mon Jan-28-08 10:03 AM
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Who is "Cousin Ray-Ray"?

I've seen this used sarcastically a few times. It appears to have gotten started the day of the SC primary.

Is it a person, someone's real cousin, or a the code name of some businessman or fundraiser?

Ray Charles? James Earl Ray? Raytheon? The Ray-O-Vac Company? Ray-Ban sunglasses? Cel-Ray soda?

I haven't been able to figure it out based on its context. There's this guy named Ray-Ray and there isn't a good thing to be said about him/it.

Did I blink and miss something?

:shrug:

--p!

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underpants

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Mon Jan-28-08 10:04 AM
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1. It's a joke

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PeaceNikki

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Mon Jan-28-08 10:07 AM
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2. Thanks for clarifying that, Pookie.

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busymom

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Mon Jan-28-08 11:15 AM
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6. that was

:rofl:

Though I really do doubt Obama meant them as racial terms...

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The_Casual_Observer

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Mon Jan-28-08 10:53 AM
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3. As I heard it it was Cousin Pookie & Ray-Ray. I would guess that Ray-Ray

was a close friend or other relative of what Obama identified as a typical SC voter.

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cooolandrew

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Mon Jan-28-08 10:55 AM
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4. It's a quote from Obama blown wildly out of proportion. I imagine he's heard it on the trail and...

Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 11:00 AM by cooolandrew

... reiterated it. I have been in voice chat and heard some use names of endearment like this so what the uproar is I don't know. There is one chatter called voo and one southern belle does refert to him as voo voo. So do these terms get used I imagine they do.

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Tarc

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Mon Jan-28-08 11:12 AM
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5. I think it is from an old MADtv skit

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monmouth

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Mon Jan-28-08 01:34 PM
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7. This really is taking nit-picking to a whole new extreme....n/t

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UALRBSofL

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Mon Jan-28-08 01:37 PM
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8. I didn't know what it was in reference to

Barack said it in South Carolina? Sorry, I didn't hear about it.

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rucky

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Mon Jan-28-08 01:38 PM
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9. Cousin Earl

Cousin Abie
Cousin Mario
Cousin Pito
Cousin Seamus

It's that one cousin that everybody has. You know the one.

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