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Some talk show called Hair On Fire .She said I don't call him the first African american President I call him the first Monkey President in other words what she is saying in code words the first Nig.er President WTF!!!!
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)It was noted many times here on DU.
longship
(40,416 posts)nt
boston bean
(36,222 posts)Barack Obama is black so this is just a wee bit different.
Really, you got anything to say about that instead of basic agreement with the ridiculous comparison post.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)before the 2000 election. In Bush's case it was because of his physical resemblance to a chimp.
boston bean
(36,222 posts)The absolute need to try to be witty and provocative around here, instead of recognizing how RACIST that remark is about the first black POTUS, is just really disappointing.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Of course, it's racist but getting your knickers in a twist won't change anything.
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boston bean
(36,222 posts)guess you got to cover up for your implicit condoning of racism.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)He goes down in flames!
JHB
(37,161 posts)...to say the same about Obama. It should be obvious but some people (**cough**teabaggers**cough**) need the dots connected.
It wasn't just Bush's look (facial characteristics and ears) that prompted the comparison. It was also his lifelong reputation for not being too bright. Whether it was due to a basic lack of curiosity or an actual lack of basic capacity, Dubya was pretty infamous as a dull boy. Mediocre student, failed businessman, mangler of his native tongue, Bush owed his success to a golden Rolodex, name recognition, and an ability to schmooze.
None of that is true for Obama, a law professor and superior orator who did NOT come from a world of money & family connections. So what's the only reason left to compare him with simians? ummm.. ahh.. ahh...
They can claim ignorance (also known as the "I'm just fucking stupid" defense), but if so then they should look in the mirror for the monkey.
boston bean
(36,222 posts)Not to deflect the absolute abhorrent actions of the right wing radio talk show host by giving a comparison of Duers who called bush a chimp.
It's offensive on its face. both of them did not have anything to say except Duers called bush a monkey. Had nothing to say about the racist comment. Just they hey, Duers called bush a chimp/monkey.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Not a monkey.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)are so "great."
"Chimpanzo-American" That one I am going to remember.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)My bet is she is
boston bean
(36,222 posts)who make ridiculous comparisons to calling a white guy who really does look like a monkey a monkey to the first black president of the USA.
Tit for tat. They can't look beyond that to the racist comment it really is.
Very disappointing.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)referring to this:
http://www.eurweb.com/2012/06/arizona-radio-host-barbara-espinoza-calls-the-president-a-monkey-audio/
Just another Baka Yaro.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Barbara Espinosa
Posted by Jeffrey Crooks on Jun 16, 2012
In an unprecedented inappropriate comment made by a Hair on Fire talk show host from Arizona. The host who stepped way out of line to disrespect the President of the United States calling him a name.
As a Former Marine goes on a rant about the President, Talk show host Barbara Espinosa jumps in to call the President a monkey. The man was on the show talking about how he felt the current President Barrack Obama, was enforcing communist views onto America. When he called the President a man with Rabbit Ears.
Barbara Espinosa cut him off to say Well Joe, I dont call him guy with Rabbit ears, I call him a Monkey, I dont believe in calling him the first black President, I voted for the White guy myself.
One of the guests on the show, became so disgusted with the host of the show, that he went on to give them a piece of his mind saying that people who supposedly care about Freedom, are unwilling to be tolerant to any other idea other than their own,
(Clip of Barbara Espinosa saying it and fake apology at link.)
More: http://www.americanlivewire.com/racist-radio-host-calls-president-united-states-america-monkey/
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Scottsdale for two years. I never had problems there, but that was a few years back. I am glad I don't live there now. I am so happy to be back home in San Francisco.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)I lived in Bakersfield.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)mortified and stunned by the political environment there . It's becoming the Mississippi of the west.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)rfranklin
(13,200 posts)And administer a sound spanking!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)I'd say the fact that she then adds "I voted for the white guy" makes her intention pretty clear.