Line from "Being There": (Reply #1) - Democratic Underground

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Response to Renaissance Man (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:29 PM

1. Line from "Being There":

[With other poor black seniors, watching Chance on TV]
Louise: It's for sure a white man's world in America. Look here: I raised that boy since he was the size of a piss-ant. And I'll say right now, he never learned to read and write. No, sir. Had no brains at all. Was stuffed with rice pudding between th' ears. Shortchanged by the Lord, and dumb as a jackass. Look at him now! Yes, sir, all you've gotta be is white in America, to get whatever you want. Gobbledy-gook!

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26 replies	Author	Time	Post
The signs were there. They've been there since 2008. [View all]	Renaissance Man	Dec 2016	OP
Line from "Being There":	no_hypocrisy	Dec 2016	#1
One of my favorite movie lines!!	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#13
"Could Michelle Obama have become First Lady with nude photos easily accessible via search engine?"	3catwoman3	Dec 2016	#2
Big ass K/R!	progressoid	Dec 2016	#3
VERY IMPORTANT POINT. remember the debates where Hillary did very well	JI7	Dec 2016	#4
Trump supporters were sold a bill of goods	sheshe2	Dec 2016	#5
The white backlash has been building for years. The Tea Party engine was run on bigotry.	Garrett78	Dec 2016	#6
Do you think it's possible Kanye West could become Prez? I do	Dems to Win	Dec 2016	#7
no. a black man who behaves that way would never be acceptable	JI7	Dec 2016	#8
Paris Hilton, though, might have a shot. She'd just need to be overt with the bigotry.	Garrett78	Dec 2016	#9
she is female so probably not. palin was held to a higher standard than trump	JI7	Dec 2016	#10
Palin was held to only modest standards	NewJeffCT	Dec 2016	#23
With the added bonus of having easily accessible hardcore pornography of her out in the wild.	TransitJohn	Dec 2016	#12
I'd vote for him wit Liz Warren or Kamala Harris on the ticket. Yeezy's a rich anti-globalist.	ancianita	Dec 2016	#14
But then we would have ...	3catwoman3	Dec 2016	#17
After Melania set the standard? Hahahaha.... Yeah, you're right. Tabloids say they've split, though.	ancianita	Dec 2016	#20
You know Kanye publicly supported Trump right?	forjusticethunders	Dec 2016	#21
no I did not, thanks for the info. Oops	Dems to Win	Dec 2016	#22
You're right... but the rethugs actually started this BS in 1992	Texin	Dec 2016	#11
But change, especially when it's significant, is not linear	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#15
unfortunately	NewJeffCT	Dec 2016	#24
My wife was reading excerpts of a book to me last night...	kentuck	Dec 2016	#16
You forgot one: Could Barack Obama have been elected if he fathered a child out of wedlock? (eom)	StevieM	Dec 2016	#18
And here's another: Could Hillary Clinton--or Elizabeth Warren--have been elected if they had	StevieM	Dec 2016	#19
This message was self-deleted by its author	RonniePudding	Dec 2016	#25
Exactly. The revenge of the angry white working class won't know they've been had until Obama is...	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2016	#26

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