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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145451: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:47:32 PM

Eh, there are enough (usually white) women who say things like that so I'm not surprised, but I have to admit the headline got a chuckle out of me as a mixed-race person.

[up] Uhhhhhhh is it offensive in the US? Because in latin america it's not. Also yes it refers to a half black/half white person usually, although the exact degree can vary.

edited 19th Oct '16 9:51:20 PM by Draghinazzo

TheWanderer Student of Story from Somewhere in New England (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Student of Story
#145452: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:48:24 PM

Did Obama do anything huge of note? Things that will be remembered and referenced decades from now.

I'll assume you mean other than killing Osama, crippling Al-Queda and turning it into a non-factor, getting agreements for the biggest efforts to date to deal with climate change, pushing for a rise in American wages for the first time in 30 years, getting a universal healthcare coverage system passed and put into place, (and while I personally think it's at best only a first step to the the system we should have, and a first step that is desperately in need of a public option rather than relying on private companies, it was something that had eluded politicians from both the left and the right for 100 years) ending the pointless 50+ year standoff with Cuba, crafting a successful peace deal with Iran, (instead of launching into another Middle East war, and confirming in the process of making the deal that Iran really had ended its nuclear weapon program a decade earlier, which should preempt any bullshit attempt to start a war there in the future) saving and turning around the American auto industry after decades of mismanagement, policies in favor of green energy that have resulted in EVERY single form of green energy costing a fraction of what it did when he came into office, recognizing and extending federal benefits to same sex couples before the Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage nationwide, (oh, and appointing two justices who made that decision) created a government agency to protect the everyday person from corporate abuses, (which was responsible for bringing to light the practices of Wells Fargo opening accounts for customers without their knowledge, for example) halving the unemployment rate, expanding the benefits of a number of college grants to the poor and middle class, attempting to close the pay gap that women face, etc.

But yeah, other than that, what has Obama done for us?

edited 19th Oct '16 9:49:48 PM by TheWanderer

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#145453: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:49:38 PM

It didn't sound like she meant anything bad by it, but the phrasing is still something.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#145454: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:49:46 PM

[up][up]At the very least it's a pretty archaic term here, with a pretty racist tinge to it too.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145455: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:52:12 PM

I don't think it's as bad as most things Trump has said honestly. Vulgar, but the bar has been set pretty fucking low this election cycle.

Mr.Didact Keep Hope Alive from Winterfell Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Naked on a bearskin rug, playing the saxophone
Keep Hope Alive
#145456: Oct 19th 2016 at 9:53:00 PM

This was honestly my first thought when I read the article

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#145457: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:00:07 PM

Mulatto Cock?

LMFAO.

Donny must be furious his daughter would even entertain the idea of sleeping with a person of color.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145458: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:01:37 PM

[up] In my experience a lot of white women have much the same kind of fetishes and curiosities/objectification of minority men (mostly black and latinos) that white men have with minority women, it just doesn't necessarily get as much attention mostly because the latter has some more systemic/institutional baggage with it making it an easier problem to notice.

Honestly wouldn't surprise me if Trump has said similar things about women of color in the past.

edited 19th Oct '16 10:04:21 PM by Draghinazzo

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#145459: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:03:22 PM

Don't forget Obama also got rid of a good bit of the deficit.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#145460: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:06:51 PM

@Tactical, on the other hand he seems to accept the fact that she married a Jew (and Trump's alleged KKK connections, via his father, would presumably mean that there isn't much difference).

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Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#145461: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:09:50 PM

I don't think Trump is racist in that specific old-fashioned sense. Honestly, he's probably too out of touch with the common people for that, not to mention too confident to seriously fear their encroachment. He's more racist in a narcissistic "everyone else exists for my amusement" sense. IE: His comment about the former Miss America as "Miss Housekeeper". That just indicates how he normally interacts with Latina women in his life: as servants.

edited 19th Oct '16 10:19:50 PM by Clarste

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#145462: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:09:58 PM

[up][up][up][up] I don't know, judging by some of the things he's said, he doesn't seem like he'd go for anyone other than white women.

edited 19th Oct '16 10:10:14 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#145463: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:14:46 PM

Well, he does have a particular liking towards Eastern European mail brides.

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#145464: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:16:06 PM

[up][up] My cousin thinks he has a secret attraction to Michelle Obama, and that's why he hasn't attacked her.

Considering how many times he's been baited to by both her words and the WH daring him to, I'd honestly think it's a possibility.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#145465: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:19:03 PM

I suppose it's possible.

Then again, Michelle Obama is very popular, and I wouldn't call her a legitimate political target like the President is. Maybe he realizes that there are some people even he can't attack without the public turning on him en masse.

I mean, how many people have gone after Michelle Obama?

edited 19th Oct '16 10:19:37 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145466: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:19:17 PM

I do find it a little peculiar that Trump hasn't said anything about Michelle yet considering she's roasted him on multiple occasions. Usually when a woman says mean things about him he tells them they're stupid and ugly.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#145467: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:25:28 PM

[up][up] Trump thought it was okay to attack a Gold Star family and mock a disabled reporter.

It doesn't matter how much it'd hurt him, he always hits back, but for some reason Michelle is literally the only exception.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#145468: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:33:49 PM

I mean, how many people have gone after Michelle Obama?

Rush Limbaugh once tore into her because she dared suggest people needed to drink more water.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145469: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:37:34 PM

[up] ...why would he have any investment in people not drinking water? This is literally one of the most asinine things I have ever heard to attack a politician over.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#145470: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:40:34 PM

"Government shouldn't tell us what to do! Except when it should!"

edited 19th Oct '16 10:40:41 PM by Clarste

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145471: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:42:52 PM

...but like, this isn't a government mandate, nobody's forcing you to do anything

I know obviously I'm just trying to make sense of something stupid but I'm just kinda puzzled at how you would ever take objection to such an inoffensive statement.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#145472: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:45:36 PM

Rush Limbaugh is a gasbag and shouldn't be taken seriously. He's also done such things as refer to a college girl as a slut over her commentary about condoms, and coined the word feminazis. He's not exactly set a high bar for himself on political commentary.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#145473: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:46:54 PM

Remember that time in 2008 when Trump lavished praise on the Clintons?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/trump-ny1-clintons/index.html?sr=fbcnni102016trump-ny1-clintons1200AMVODtopLink&linkId=30141314

How did the Republicans not manage to dig stuff like this, or the Howard Stern records up? These could have hurt him in the primaries (if the vote wasn't split...) and they were all public record.

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Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#145474: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:47:40 PM

[up][up]One of his more recent rants was against consent.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#145475: Oct 19th 2016 at 10:48:53 PM

[up][up] The impression I've gotten is that they didn't take him seriously, so they didn't bother.

I admit that I understand that to a point (it's hard to take Trump seriously as many things, businessman and politician being the most prevalent), but it turned out to be an enormous mistake on their part.

It's been pointed out that they didn't really understand a lot of their base and what they really wanted.

edited 19th Oct '16 10:49:04 PM by Draghinazzo


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