Drudge Plays The Harold Ford Card: Obama Kissing A White Woman...

[malik flavors]

I know many of you will say "what's wrong with it?" but being realistic, this is the kind of stuff that fires up the bigots and racists and I think it might be best to avoid things like this. Atleast during the close of this election.

No, bigots and racists don't dictate our actions, but I don't think it will be such a big deal if Obama doesn't kiss women (especially white women) on the cheek for the next 22 days.

[oviedodem]

1. This is not the first time he has done this. so F the repubs

[DixieBlue]

71. Amen!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Already other threads on this and

taken from FReepers... But as I'll note as in the other thread... they keep forgetting:



:rofl:

[question everything]

65. But... but... there is no kissing htere

:puke:

[LeftinOH]

3. I'd let him kiss me, too, 'cept I'm a dude, and that would send 'em into an even bigger tizzy..n/t

[malik flavors]

13. Haha.

[knixphan]

43. LOL!

[WillyT]

51. You Owe Me A New Keyboard... ROFLMAO !!!

:rofl::yourock::rofl:

:evilgrin:

[Pyrzqxgl]

4. C'mon! Whats worse, Obama kissing a white woman or McCain kissing Bush?

[RoadRage]

52. He's been kissin' this white lady his WHOLE LIFE:

[scheming daemons]

5. The bigots and racists are already fired up against Obama.... this doesn't hurt one bit...

[1corona4u]

6. Oh for fuck sake....who fucking cares...

this is so not an issue. They are 'going there'?

[KamaAina]

7. Why is it *always* a blonde?

And what's the issue here? In case you hadn't noticed, Obama has a wife, and yes, she's black. So it's okay to come down off the ledge, Matt. Really. :eyes:

[Bicoastal]

16. Blonde = caucasian purity?

Same as it ever was. :eyes:

[JuniperLea]

34. Which really pisses off a lot of liberal blonds...

:mad:

[Bucky]

59. or Caucasian availability

At least in my experience.




I keed, I keed

[That Is Quite Enough]

8. Fuck Drudge and all his fellow stone agers.

:mad:

[Maine-i-acs]

9. Strom Thurmond did it first, right?

Wait, genders and colors reversed ... intense coverup ... love child. Nope, not quite the same.

[Arkana]

10. Don't care.

Honestly, let Barack do what he does and how he does it.

It's a winning stratagem and I don't think the racists getting whipped into a frenzy about it will change anything--they're all voting McCain anyway.

[knixphan]

44. Plus, I want all the bigots where I can see'em.

[NYC_SKP]

11. And anyone who cares was NEVER going to vote for him anyway.

Let them play their racist/race-baiting games...

[Ganja Ninja]

24. Exactly!

Put this down with all the other bigoted, hateful smears and fear mongering. It's a campaign ploy that only appeals to people that won't vote for Obama anyway. It won't add any new votes to McCain's tally on election day.

[Bucky]

12. Good thing he didn't show the second picture

The one where Obama is kicking an old man's ass in November

[renate]

56. bwahahaha! Thanks for the laugh! n/t

[zulchzulu]

14. Racist Tactic #4,234: The EVIL Black Kissing The White Girl

Thanks Sludge...

:puke:

[blogslut]

15. ...

[ReadTomPaine]

20. Ha!

:thumbsup:

[calico1]

17. It doesn't look like he is forcing himself on her.

Besides, wasn't his mother White? His grandparents are White too. I am sure he's kissed them all quite a bit.

[TwilightGardener]

18. What if she asked for the kiss? What is he supposed to do, say no?

Jesus, no one cares about an innocent photo-op kiss on the cheek.

[yellowcanine]

35. Yes she clearly wants the kiss and it is a cheek kiss so nothing to see here.

[Skidmore]

19. Perhaps they forget that everytime Barack Obama kisses his mother

he kissed a white woman.

[kskiska]

21. FReeps question his "blackness," anyway,

so this shouldn't be an issue with them.

[Shakespeare]

22. He TOTALLY got side boob, too.

I'm kidding, I'm kidding!

I think Drudge's attempt to sensationalize what's a very nice pic from yesterday's canvasing is despicable.

[Pathwalker]

23. Is there a line for those kisses -'cause I would like one.

Me! Me! Kiss me, Senator! sigh...

[my3boyz]

25. I knew they were going to do that the minute I saw the picture! Sick people! nt

[PretzelWarrior]

26. I'm curious why he's kissing her. Really.

anyone know? He wasn't kissing the ladies when I saw him. Does he know her? It just seems odd.

[elkston]

27. Why do you care? Its an innocent peck on the cheek. Just like he gave Hillary at the Unity event.

[PretzelWarrior]

41. because like others I think it's important to be careful about images

so I just asked for circumstances around it.

You know, you're all on your high horse but in corporations, managers such as myself are discouraged from hugging someone at work, let alone peck on the cheek and we don't have cameras on us throughout the day as Obama does.

I agree it is a non issue in MY mind, but I'm thinking even with a comfortable lead one has to be careful about perception.

[elkston]

45. Alright, man. Sorry for seeming pissy. Let Nov 4th get here already

so we can stop worrying and WIN this thing!

[yellowcanine]

39. Odd? How so? Politicians give cheek pecks all the time. Get a grip.

[WinkyDink]

64. GMAB.

[Greg K]

28. I'm pretty sure Obama has already lost the bigot and racist vote. nt

[Solomon]

68. Not all of it. LOL

You'd be surprised.

[EC]

29. The people who would react negatively to this

already would not have voted for him...so it's a non-issue

[elkston]

31. Yep.

[IndianaGreen]

30. Many of our military families are bi-racial, what many RWers would call "mongrels."

The GOP base is full of people opposed to the mixing of the races; "mongrels" was the term used by supporters of anti-miscegenation laws.

Way to support the troops!

Anti-miscegenation laws were edicts that made it unlawful for African Americans and white people to marry or engage each other in intimate relationships. The measures first appeared in the United States in colonial times and had two functions. First, the laws helped maintain the racial caste system necessary for the expansion of slavery and the idea of white supremacy. If white masters took slave women as lovers and fathered children by them, anti-miscegenation laws ensured that the children remained slaves because the illicit nature of the relationships left biracial children with none of their father’s free status. Second, anti-miscegenation statutes gave white men greater power to control the sexual choices of white women. In the colonial period, white patriarchs used the laws to discourage white women from choosing African Americans as husbands and paramours.

http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3508

[calico1]

32. Funny how if Bill Clinton or any other White male

candidate kisses a Black or Latino woman, nobody makes a fuss (and they shouldn't). But a Black candidate kissing a White woman...Oh no!

:eyes:

[DefenseLawyer]

33. Hey where the white women at?

[Barack_America]

36. OH NOES!!1!11 It's happened before!

Here's a white woman who THREW herself at Obama!

Can you believe it?!?!



Whatever Drudge. Hey, when are you going to update your site with TODAY'S Gallup numbers? You keep linking yesterday's.

:rofl:

[elkston]

37. She kind of looks like Melanie Griffiths. n/t

[woodsprite]

38. Is that really a pic of Obama? Maybe I haven't seen one from that

side, but to me it doesn't look like him. What's the diff if he's kissing a white woman, he kissed Biden's wife before and they went off the deep end about that.

There's an old Groucho Marx joke that goes something like "I tried to join a country club, but there was a rule that Jews couldn't use the pool, so I asked them if my daughter could go in halfway, since she was only half Jewish." Well, Obama's half white.

On a side note - I sent my blond-haired, blue-eyed son off to daycare today with his "Ninja's for Obama" shirt on. :) He's said he's a Ninja and Obama's gonna kick butt and win!!!

[yardwork]

40. Oh please. Just stop it. If this is where the Republicans are, let them drown in their own idiocy.

This kind of thing doesn't even deserve a response, imo.

[nxylas]

42. Wonder what Michelle thinks of that pic

If I was him, I'd be more worried about that than what Drudge thinks.

[Clio the Leo]

72. Please, he does this all the time.......

... I think I've seen him kiss on the cheek every female "average American voter with a story" that introduced him at rallies for months. He kissed Jill Biden on the mouth for crying out loud.

It's a flippin' kiss on the cheek! He's a nice guy.

There is an adulteror running for president ..... but it ain't him.

There's only ONE woman Barack Obama does this too.......



.... end of controversy.

[nxylas]

73. Don't think my wife would be too happy with me kissing hot blondes

But I guess when you're married to a sex symbol, it comes with the territory.

[Hellataz]

46. you are right, unfortunately

It shouldn't matter who he's shown with, but this will energize the racists, it's not just about words, the imagery of a black man kissing a white women stirs up a lot of negativity amongst the bigots, and not just overall racists, but people who say they are ok with black people but don't approve of interracial couples. I'm not saying it's right, but it is true that this will get all the racists' panties in a bunch.

[Bicoastal]

47. And we want to...make the racists happy?

[Starry Messenger]

50. So what? n/t

[KingFlorez]

48. Oh, how ominous

:eyes:

[Starry Messenger]

49. What if a bunch of us volunteered to be kissed?

:7

[ContinentalOp]

53. Never mind that... check out this man-on-man action!

[Tatiana]

54. Meh. I'm sure a lot of white women want to be kissed by Barack.

Maybe we can win a few of them (who may have thought of voting for McCain) over.

Anyone who is offended by that pic wasn't gonna vote for our ticket anyway.

[Zuiderelle]

55. Wow, how stupid that would be, for Obama to avoid white women.

:eyes:

The suggestions around here sometimes are out there.

[FrenchieCat]

57. What did Drudge say about Barack kissing his Mother.....

Would that have been controversial?

[TheManagement]

58. wow

That will drive some people crazy.

[Ikonoklast]

60. Drudge is jealous.

He wishes Barack was kissing him.

[Every Man A King]

61. OMG there goes Tennessee nt

[SoxFan]

62. WHERE THE WHITE WOMEN AT?

I think Drudge is just jealous of that woman.

[WinkyDink]

63. Otherwise, the bigots and racists won't be bigots and racists? Is this 1955??

[FrenchieCat]

66. That looks like my Mom and my Cousin!

[madmom]

67. I'd be thrilled to death to get a kiss from Obama and I know my daughter and her roommate(both

in their 20's) would too!

[No Elephants]

69. Five will get you ten the woman in the photo is setting him up. I thought the same thing about the

"Obama girl" who did that song on You Tube when his campaign first started.

Anyone agree with me or should I start shopping for a tin foil hat?

[Essene]

70. DU... you need to learn how to let crap like this go...

rather than obsess and take the bait.