The origin of 'gyp' never occurred to me. I use it all the time. But because of my antecedents I really find 'spaghetti-bender' offensive!

that's why they call it a dog whistle.

Our media know what it's doing when it releases these statments...this is, anything that's not on live TV.  They know the goal of these statements and they still release it.  I'm sure there are some who work at the newsotainment centers and like most liberal bloggers are quick to say, "Well, I've never heard that!" or "You're being sensitive" or "Can't you take a joke?"  

But while the media is so quick to release these racist statements, they mover slower than molassess in the winter for reaction.  They know there's going to be a reaction, or they wouldn't post these "clarifications".  Yet, there's no larger reaction that gets media attention and that's the actual lack of media coverage.

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Actually, if I remember this correctly, it was Obama who compared himself, at least implicitly, to MLK, when Obama suggested that both MLK and himself were promoting hope.

About that . . . the really remarkable thing about Clinton's response is that she didn't feel able to do the obvious thing: crack up in ridicule at the idea of a Presidential candidate comparing himself to MLK.

That's a bad spot to be in, for Clinton.  To be in a Presidential race, when your opponent is so well positioned that he can compare himself to MLK and you don't think scorn is the appropriate response.

That's a testimate to how well Obama is/was doing, and also, perhaps, to Clinton's lack of imagination, as she accepted the parameters of the comparison and could only respond as she did.

while you are technically correct, I was trying to be generous by implying that her main objection was only to his rhetoric.  

The reporter read a quote from an Obama speech.  He mentioned MLK in the speech.  He was not comparing himself to MLK.  Clinton took it and made it into something else.  Lots of people are willing to make her words into something "harmless" or "poorly worded".  As if Clinton with her "35 years of experience" who's "ready to lead from day 1" would make such garbled word choices.  

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Made me almost spew my coffee on my computer keyboard.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

I heard on a few liberal/progressive talk shows that team Hillary hired 4000 people to comment on blogs, I thought it was crazy, Ummmmmmm not anymore, what has been seen on progressive blogs in the comments sections is uh...NOT PROGRESSIVE!

Always manages to justify "covert" racism.  There's always an excuse all of them stupid and insulting.

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So do most of the musicians I know.

And a goodly number of black non-musicians as well.

You only heard it on "The Jeffersons" or "Good Times" or "Sanford and Son?"

Hmmmm....

Who YOU been hanging out with? (A question that answers itself.)

And...where has Mr. Cuomo been hanging?

Betcha lots of pols use that phrase, too.

I mean...the art of shucking and jiving IS in their job description, right?

Personally, I think that this particular hue and cry is just more anti-Clinton hysteria.

SAAAAY..."Hue and cry!!!"

When was the last time I heard that phrase used!!!???

Must've been in a Mark Twain book.

I guess I am just signifying on those old whiteys.

SAAAAY..."Signifying!!!"

When was the last time I heard that word used!!!???

Must've been in an old Oscar Brown Jr. record. His song Signifyin' Monkey

And HE wrote the words to Watermelon Man as well.

Guess I'm just trying to painjt black folks as lazy, watermelon-eating monkeys, right?

What BULLSHIT!!!

Fucking leftiness clones unite!!!

CLOWN clones.

Assholes, one and all.

Unbelievable.

AG

P.S.

Signifyin' Monkey

Said the signifyin' monkey to the lion one day

"Hey, there's a great big elephant down the way

Goin' `round talkin', I'm sorry to say "About your Momma in a scandalous way

Talkin' `bout your Momma and your Gran'maw too

He don't show too much respect for you

You weren't here, and I sure am/glad

Cause what he said about your Momma made me mad

Signifyin' monkey

Stay up in your tree

You are always lyin' An' signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

 The lion said, "Yeah, well I'll fix him

I'll tear that elephant limb from limb"

Then he shook the jungle with a mighty roar

And took off like a shot from a forty four

And said "I come to punch you in your long nose:"

 The elephant looked at the lion in surprise

And said, "Boy you better go pick on somebody your size!"

But the lion wouldn't listen; he made a pass

The elephant slapped him down in the grass

The lion ROARED and sprung from the ground

And that's when the elephant really went to town

I mean, he whipped that lion for the rest of the day

I still don't see how the lion got away

But he dragged on off, more dead than alive

That's when the monkey started his signifyin' jive

The monkey looked down and said, "Ooooeee!

What is this beat up mess I see?

Is that you lion? Ha ha, do tell

Man he whipped your head to a fare-thee-well

Give you a beatin' that was rough enough

You s'posed to be `king of the jungle. Aint that some stuff?

"ou big overgrown pussy cat, don't you roar!

"I'll hop down there an' whup you some more."

The monkey got to laughin' and jumpin' up an' down

His foot missed the limb an' he plunged to the groun'

The lion was on him with all four feet

Gonna grind that monkey to hamburger meat

The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes

And said, "Please, Mr. Lion, I apologize

I meant no harm please lemme go

An' I'll tell you somethin' you really need to know!"

The lion stepped back to hear what he'd say

The monkey scampered up a tree and got away

"What I wanna tell you," the monkey hollered then

"Is if you fool with me I'll sic the elephant on you again!"

The lion just shook his head and said

"You jive....If you and your monkey children wanna keep alive

Up in them trees is where you better stay."

And that's where they are to this very day

Signifyin' monkey

Stay up in your tree

You are always lyin' An' signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

Yup.

The leftiness shmoons to a "T"

THANK YOU, OSCAR!!!


Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

Yes-yes-yes-yes-yes.

I have to admit, though, my first reaction upon hearing about this was "Oh SHIT that sounds bad!"

The eggshells are paper thin at this point...and people bemoan the fact that we can no longer get our best and brightest to run for public office.  (The exposure to public degradation has got to be as big a factor as money.)

I do have to say that Tiger's response over the faux pas was pure class.

We get so bent out of shape over things that don't matter that we forget about the stuff that does.