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UrbScotty

(23,980 posts)
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:17 PM Jun 2012

Things Black Presidents (and First Ladies) Are Not Allowed to Do

http://ihavethefloor.com/2012/06/18/things-black-presidents-and-first-ladies-are-not-allowed-to-do/

The growing list – according to Republicans and Republican-leaning media – of things white Presidents and their first ladies can do, but black ones can’t:

1. Deliver State of the Union without being heckled
2. Complete Rose Garden remarks without interruption
3. Call for a joint session of Congress (the NERVE!)
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Things Black Presidents (and First Ladies) Are Not Allowed to Do (Original Post) UrbScotty Jun 2012 OP
Well this is what happens when you you try to dehumanize people like the gop are... hrmjustin Jun 2012 #1
Worst is #10 "Speak to school children." Democrats_win Jun 2012 #2
how about.... PopYoColla Jun 2012 #3
Play golf frazzled Jun 2012 #4
Don't forget they're not allowed to 'fist bump' either. sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #5
get angry Mosby Jun 2012 #6
be president or first lady La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2012 #7
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
1. Well this is what happens when you you try to dehumanize people like the gop are...
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:20 PM
Jun 2012

...doing with President Obama. He is our president, and they need to get over it.

Democrats_win

(6,539 posts)
2. Worst is #10 "Speak to school children."
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:24 PM
Jun 2012

Just think, when George W. bush spoke to school children the world collapsed. (sorry, bad pun).

PopYoColla

(59 posts)
3. how about....
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:24 PM
Jun 2012

...go on vacation without someone complaining about how much gas costs to fill up Air Force 1....

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
4. Play golf
Mon Jun 18, 2012, 01:28 PM
Jun 2012

Apparently, though it's been nearly de rigueur for presidents to do ever since I can remember (from Eisenhower through the Bushes and Clinton), it's a damned uppity thing to do for this president.

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