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Obamarulz11 (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:02 PM Original message |
I overheard a conversation at the pump. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. "He may be black" |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. my thoughts exactly |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. lol me too |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Exactly. Now is not the time to look a gift horse in the mouth. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. Prejudice and bigotry take a back seat |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. true words, my friend! |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. well point being, if mcCain can't even count on the *racist* vote, then all bets are off |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Even the racists are voting for Obama! |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yeah, but guess what....if Obama does what we all think he will... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. This is how people change. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I truly think it will. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. I was trying to think of a diplomatic way to say what you just said! |
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Liberalboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Apprently |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Isn't it true "he may be Martian?" I mean, really... them UFOs come from someplace.... |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. That is not necessarilly a racist comment... |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. baseline racism |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. I worked for a guy who spent 20 years in the marines |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Love it!!! Truth flipping hurts doesn't McStupidPants |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. An Obama presidency, if a successful one, will cure a lot of bigotry, I think. |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not cure. Ease a bit, perhaps. But we still have a long way to go. (eom) |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. unfortunately, the nature of bigotry is such that obama will be seen as an exception. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Most soft-core racists only hate every Black man they never met. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. I don't know. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. to paraphrase a quote i can't quite place: a person can change but people do not. |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. I'm from South Carolina |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am sorry that so mnay are suffering...BUT |
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elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is this true, really? Anecdote, but sounds encouraging. (eom) |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Fuck McCain is right |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Amen! Amen! Amen! |
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Obamarulz11 (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. When he said, "that his son may have to drop out of college" its real bad |
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parabolabear (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. the school's i've dreamt of going to for 5 years are out of the question now |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Yea there are probably a lot of Americans in the same boat. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. wow! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I'm guessing Obama will say that very thing, repeatedly. |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Campaign calls today |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Great story thanks for sharing! |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Fortunately, I think that having an African-American president will undo some people's "programming. |
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eshfemme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. LOL, I love that guy 1 knows enough about the Ayers BS that Obama was 8 at the time |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. true story? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. My Archie Bunker Dad tore his GOP member card in half and mailed it back to them. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. I've noticed that many right wing idiots (unfortunately not all of them) |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. The ones for whom 'black' is a good thing, or for whom it |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. What state are you in? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. He's in Georgia...nt |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. That is a real conversation. I thought you were going to tell a joke. |
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b2b55 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. take the votes, where ever they may come from |
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TooRaLoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. LOVE IT!! Rec'd nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would have loved to hear something |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. What I usually tell people that are bigots is that |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. Good! Except maybe they can eventually learn to drop the racist shit too! n/t |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. Doesn't ring true, but LOL nonetheless! nt |
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