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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:03 PM Original message |
AP Asks If Obama Is "Obnoxiously Articulate" |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's their code for Hate the Black President Because He's Uppity. nt |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Obnoxiously articulate" would be like "extra uppity". |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. No--it's 'uppity, and we don't get to lynch him'--thus, intolerable to the punditry. n/t |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Bingo ! n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. CORRECT |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Americans hate smart. Cf. "Stevenson, Adlai 'Egghead'". |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Someone posted this couple days ago. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It turned up on Google news today |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Utterly Ridiculous...Now its the "ARTICULATERS" ??? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. Aricul-haters. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. How can one obnoxiously articulate something? |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uppity Negroitis strikes again |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. It would be awful |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. People said the same thing about Clinton. A "know it all." Again... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Fortunately they don't have a problem with not liking smart Republicans, because |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Anal |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hmmmm they didn't seem to have a problem with embarrassingly inarticulate |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. YES |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well, nobody's perfect... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. WORD |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow! I just love that expression "oboxiously articulate". |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Black's obnoxiousness is what made his fall so delicious. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That would be the late William F. Buckley, who wrote with a thesaurus in one hand. nt |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, he should be a gibbering idiot like W. |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. You put that so articulately |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. They didn't suggest that with Reagan "The Great Communicator" (asshole) |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nothing worse than an "Obnoxiously Articulate" President!! |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. yet Bush was never described as |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. He's AWB |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. He is just too damn....wait for it....smart! What will they think of next? |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. "Too flawless" "Too perfect" "Just too good" n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. Translation: Liz Sidoti ain't gonna be no irritatinly articulate journalist what goes on to |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. America has a hearty anti-intellectual streak. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hatred against smart people and "uppity" blacks at the same time. Pathetic. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. okay, I am confused. what does articulateness have to do with how many times one is on tv? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. liz, you cretin, some of us actually prefer that our employees (our elected officials, in case you |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Liz "idiot" Sidoti; Against Obama for being "too articulate" before she was |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is Obama obnoxiously articulate or is the media obnoxiously stupid? |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Yup |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. The bigger question is, Why is it whenever there is discussion of a smart black person |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. Did anyone ever ask this about Clinton or Reagan? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Progression of the "mainstream" media- from Reagan on: |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. Jealousy rears it's ugly head. He is more proficient in communication than they are. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Bingo! And they resent having to relearn critical listening and analysis skills. nt |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. "obnoxiously articulate" = |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. or insultingly intelligent, maybe, confoundingly constructive? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. The AP wants Obama to talk like President Camacho |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. I figured it would be the stand-up comedians complaining about this |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. The AP is jealous, considering how inarticulate it is. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
46. This has GOT to be a joke...... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
48. Them smarty-pants kollege folks -- ya just cain't trust 'em. |
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