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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:51 AM Original message |
McCain's "Celebrity" commercial is a classic example of playing the race card |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good point! |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. 100% correct. |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. He should be able to ward that off. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. they planned on calling Obama "racist" from the beginning |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yup, Where Da White Women At? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. To be fair, none of the celebrities you mention get the attention of Paris |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. To be fair, I picked celebrities of the same gender and approximate age as Obama. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The ad was about celebrity, not age or gender |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think you're being naive. There's a long sordid history in this country |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. to be fairer, you should've picked celebrities that are known as tabloid fodder |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. sorry, I don't see the Mandingo thing here... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Why not? After that Harold Ford commercial only 2 years ago, |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. very different commercials, very different context |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Paris Hilton is hardly a global icon, except in her own warped view of herself. |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. It was no coincidence...they are starting a subliminal racist campaign |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I saw it a different way... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That's all part of it. |
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