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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:26 PM Original message |
Sometimes race DOES matter: only a black man could have smacked down Steele the way President did |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Everytime I think of Obama saying "Wassup!" I LOL. I also loved when he said, "As Michael Steele |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Steele makes it so easy |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Anybody could have taken Steele down. But he's right that Obama really did go street on him |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, I know |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Yep! |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. As the great Paul Mooney said, "He makes Bryant Gumbel look like Flavor Flav." |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. ... |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Woops...I misquoted him. He said Malcolm X, not Flavor Flav. But you get the point. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. oh drat....just a tad less funny now..... |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're right about that |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well said Empowerer!! I think when Steele stood up was the |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. See, I think that he DID know Obama was clowning him and that's why he stood up |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. Great commentary, Empowerer~ |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh No... it ..it ..was Brotherly Love ... you ..you dont get it - do ya? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. When I saw it initially, I was watching C-Span, and they only showed |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You're so right. He smiled, but it had a shadow of a sneer -clear he was settling a score |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I just watched it again and you're right! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Are you admitting that whites have to pull their punches on black politicians? nt |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not at all |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Thanks for the clarification. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 06:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. i see what you are saying. a white guy couldn't have pulled that off. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. you just explained the REASON for political correctness, in its original incarnation... |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Exactly - it also often reveals a glaring sense of self-entitlement among some people |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Damn straight. The milisecond I saw his "Where's Michael? Whassup!??" I was like |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't see it that way |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. No--in an interview Steele was bragging about how proud he was that the |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. That's because Steele is a fool who hasn't realized that he's been clowned |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-11-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. America has a problem with its media |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. It was a thing of great beauty, IMHO. Welcome to DU, Empowerer! K&R n/t |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
24. minstrel -- yes! You're right! |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Your right.. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't know I think you did an even better job |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. :-) |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes Obama was great |
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