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In reply to the discussion: Constantly referring to President Obama as a "used car salesman" is expected of a RW racist. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)Probably somewhere about the time of the emergence of the used car market or not long after.
Now, if the discussion is if Nugent is a racist then that is what it is but if it is about a common expression being applied to someone you don't agree with being called out so then I say it is a baseless accusation and pretty much slander. The person may be as racist as The Nuge but by no means is such indicative or even an indicator of such.
I don't find Obama to be particularly honest because he is very, very skilled at using open, neutral, and vague wording in combination with brilliant delivery that promotes people filling in their own blanks and when another possible permutation actually happens it isn't well received.
I feel lead down the primrose path on the WealthCare and Profit Protection Act, myself. I'm glad my efforts have some real positive impact on real people's lives but I would not have put it in if I knew the final overall law despite some critical modifications, even confined within the context of market based reform.
Without the community health centers and the innovation waiver possibility, it would probably cross over into offensive.
Pounding a few pay to play features does not offset the totality of the law and what it by fundamental design must do which is to prop up, enrich, and entrench the insurance cartel. As is, there may be possibilities though far less certain than some advocates like to present. Especially some that used to at least admit concerns in the form of "we'll fix it later" that now as expected have settled down into the full court press.
Being angry and personal isn't racism either, even if you feel it is misguided or even flat fucking nuts.