Chicken George, Watermelon Barry?

Not sure you can get away with the pineapple.  After all, pineapples are grown on “plantations.”  Ah, what the hell, forget English and just press 1 for Spanish.  Pass the guavas.

Yeah, I prefer the pineapples/Hawaii line.  I think bho the fraud is grossly incompetent and deeply misogynistic.  No use making a thoughtless statement with unhappy connotations like old Dan did.

There is no perjorative, racist/sexist/classist, that comes close to describing the theft of the people’s money through the health scam “bill.”  I think We the People will focus on that issue more than Dan’s dumb words in the long run.

The way I hear it, he is sayng “the republicans are going to say….articulate…nice….but can’t sell watermelons” Get it? It is the meme republicans=racists that is being perpetuate here. That’s my take on it, but I could be wrong given that English is my second language et al.

I like and grow Collard Greens.

Yeah, way to take Dan Rather out of context. Dan Rather was merely saying that the Repubs would try and scare the American public by reminding them of Obama’s race. Republicans play the race card in every election cycle, and Dan Rather was just giving a heads up to the viewers.

I like the Nixon comparison – would you buy a used car from this man?

Election of 2008 says Obama is a great salesman. And here are 6 reasons why he will win re-election in 2012.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/hold-for-mon-a-m-six-reasons-why-barack-obama-still-favorite/

My personal take is that Obama is still overwhelmingly popular amongst Democrats, so a primary challenger is unlikely, and the GOP is too fractured and broken from in fighting to mount an effect challenge.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/pemanent-democratic-major_n_186257.html

Analogies are great when they expand the understanding.  Is the president’s problem lack of leadership or poor salesmanship?  He obviously sold the voters a bad product, so I don’t see how he’s a bad salesman.  The voters were defrauded.  I think that’s why the voters are so angry.   Frauds have infested Wall Street, politicians and manufacturers and religious leaders.  I can’t think of the right analogy, but it would have to be something fraudulent.

Couldn’t sell arugula if he had a produce stand on the Golden Gate Bridge . . .

Since you feel that way, I hope you have called your representatives in the Senate and the House.  Emails don’t work; make that phone call if you really want that bill defeated.

Geesh! The racist finger pointing ones just can’t seem to figure out if their guy is a watermelon seller or a non negro dialect speaking leg tingle.

At least they all agree that he’s articulate, which as I always remind my kids, is quite an impressive accomplishment when English is your first language.

“At least they all agree that he’s articulate, which as I always remind my kids, is quite an impressive accomplishment when English is your first language.”

I remember back when I was a haughty young scholar, I drove into a gas station which was staffed by somebody resembling Goober on the Andy Griffith Show.  We talked about this and that, and I mentioned I was going to college, and he asked me what I was studying.  “English,” I told him.  He asked, “You mean this here language we’re speakin’ right now?”

“At least they all agree that he’s articulate, which as I always remind my kids, is quite an impressive accomplishment when English is your first language.” 
 
I remember back when I was a haughty young scholar, I drove into a gas station which was staffed by somebody resembling Goober on the Andy Griffith Show.  We talked about this and that, and I mentioned I was going to college, and he asked me what I was studying.  “English,” I told him.  He asked, “You mean this here language we’re speakin’ right now?”

Actually, pinapples are not native to Hawaii. They were brought over from South America. Real native Hawaiians don’t have positive connotations when they think of pinapples.

I like them, too.  Alas, difficult to grow ‘em on a NYC fire escape but they are mighty tasty!

Haha, that’s pretty funny. So did you end up getting a degree in English?

Nicely played.

 Also how about, Obama couldn’t sell arugula if he owned Whole Foods.

Wasn’t it Biden who described Obama as “articulate” and “clean?”  Ah, such glorious memories of 2008.  

Oh boy, and what did you tell him?

Yes, very accomplished in the hygiene dept.

Nope, Freedom Fighter–I ended up working in the fields and writing horrible things about Thee One on No Quarter . . .

LOL!

If you get past the watermelon part, the humor is in the last part of the statement, “if you gave him a state trooper to flag down the traffic”.

Well, sowsear, he left me speechless.  “Yeah, that’s right . . . “   This friggin’ language we’re speaking right now.  I’ll always remember that with humility . . .

Obama couldn’t sell bananas in a cage filled with rich, yet starving, chimpanzees.

Too much?

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You’re funny…

And yet you went on to become a teacher, knowing that there’d be many a guy just like him in your classes. right?

““Obama couldn’t tap dance even if he was stapled to the tap shoes of Sammy Davis junior?” or “He couldn’t find chitlins on a pig farm?””

These are good ones, Larry.  There seems to be an overriding theme here.  Yeah, he’s articulate and all, but there’s something missing, if he really wants to do the black thing.  Oh yeah, it’s this:

Is this a pathetic attempt by democrats to get the sympathy vote again by playing the race card.

At first the bit about the Republican Party on that clip threw me off, but then I remembered how Thee One praised Reagan . . .

Yes, someone was suggesting in posts relative to Rather’s statement that the BOTs were behind this, trying to take the focus off of the health care bill while BO is out campaigning. Further they suggested that Rather was willing to fall on his sword by appearing to be racist, just to help BO. That might be stretching it, I think-but you never know what evil lurks in the hearts of them Dems.

Nobama4me–Yes, I think that was Rather’s intention, but it all fell flat and left everyone wondering WTF?

““Obama couldn’t tap dance even if he was stapled to the tap shoes of Sammy Davis junior?” or “He couldn’t find chitlins on a pig farm?”” 
 
These are good ones, Larry.  There seems to be an overriding theme here.  Yeah, he’s articulate and all, but there’s something missing, if he really wants to do the black thing.  Oh yeah, it’s this:

At first the bit about the Republican Party on that clip threw me off, but then I remembered how Thee One praised Reagan . . .

In the end, let’s just hope he can’t sell Obamacare…or anything else on his agenda.

I’ve never really understood why people take offense at watermelon. Now calling somebody a lutefisk eater, that would just be horryfying.

If Obama and the Dems manage to force feed all of us the Obamacare shit sandwich, he might be able to sell a few toothbrushes.

I think nobama4me is correct above–Rather was sarcastically trying to pin a “racist” figure of speech on the Republicans, but he screwed it up so bad that it wound up confusing everybody and biting himself in the butt.

I think nobama4me is correct above–Rather was sarcastically trying to pin a “racist” figure of speech on the Republicans, but he screwed it up so bad that he wound up confusing everybody and biting himself in the butt.

You tell um, Arm

Agreed.He couldn’t explain himself clearly and it backfired. Oh the irony!

If Dan’s statement is giving a heads up to something he simply believes might happen in the future, then who exactly is playing the race card? Surely the Republicans cannot be held liable for doing something simply because dear Dan thinks they may do it sometime in the future.
No one but some crazies on the fringe are bothered by Obama’s race. This accusation is old and overused. People object to his policies, not his race. It’s a pitiful tactic that betrays desperation, to accuse the entire Republican party of being racist because it opposes his policies.

Onofre—you crack me up!

BO couldn’t sell his  own Birth Certificate;, you can’t sell what you don’t have.

Not according to his wife.

I just hate analogies now a days.  Let’s just call That One what he really is:

grossly incompetent in a way no words can describe…or…

grossly encompetent beyond comprehension.

Better yet, why don’t we just call him:

Removed from office by the people, for the people!

It’s ironic that you never hear the race card until it comes out of the mouths of liberals.

But, it’s like my coach said, “Keep running that play until their defense figures out how to stop it.”

You should have been here earlier.
BO couldn’t sell his own birth certificate to…the bitter knitters.
BO couldn’t sell his own birth cerificate …to the State of Hawaii.

If he had it, as you say.

Or his kids. But Lord, he stinketh!

So far the defense hasn’t figured it out. They’re still running the play..
Either that or it’s a case of “insanity”, doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different outcome/

Except for Dan’s witty comment, I almost forgot that Barack was a black man.

my husband would say couldn’t pour piss out of a boot.

and as my Dad always said

He couldn’t manage a piss up in a brewery!

and as my Dad always said 
 
He couldn’t manage a piss up in a brewery!

(Pissed in England also means drinking too much alcohol)

and as my Dad always said  
  
He couldn’t organize a piss up in a brewery! 
 
 
(Pissed in England also means drinking too much alcohol)

and as my Dad always said   
   
He couldn’t organize a piss up in a brewery!  
  
  

I’ve always liked the saying, especially applied here in Vegas.  Those slot machines are ‘tighter than a ducks ass in water’……..

totally random, but sure is funny

Just the other day I was sittin’  on the veranda sippin’ my mint julep whilst being fanned by one of my boys. I was hummin’ “Carry me Back to Ole Virginny”.  I could hear on the breeze my people singin’ “Po Massa Lyin’ in the Cold, Cold Ground”. Ah, how they love me.

Then ah realized – Obama couldn’t sell ice on a hot southern day. Sigh.

How about
could not make out in a mens or womens prison with a fist full of pardons?

WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

Wal-Mart Accused of Racism.  Black Barbie Sold for Less than White Barbie:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/black-barbie-sold-white-barbie-walmart-store/comments?type=story&id=10045008

Forget phone calls.  Send a letter or a fax.  Hard copies get more attention.

My fave: 

He couldn’t get laid in a whorehouse with a fistful of $20 bills.

He couldn’t organize a gang bang in a whorehouse.

You mean the two Democrats left standing?  I am guessing that would be you and Prime Obot.

Maybe they ought to make a pc barbie. One that’s plastic skin color will change depending on where you are going with it. Put it under a UV light and it darkens. Maybe when you later want put it in the freezer a few minutes and it lightens back up. That way your barbie’s color can always match the circumstance. Kinda like a convenient dialect.

Candymarl, it’s really heartening to see an account of neighborhood solidarity such as you describe.  Thinking about Thee One’s identity problem, I realized that he has no such community identity.  The dude ain’t got no homies.  He even had to import Jay Z and his posse to sit around in the Situation Room and make it look like he was cool.  Where are all His Homies from his past?  Back in the Hood of His Dreams, maybe.  Fact is, POTUS is afflicted with a rare disease suffered by about 4% of the African American population: He was born without any Soul:

My, Docelder, you’re really on it this morning.

Would you buy an insurance policy from this man (BO)? Not me!

I think Dan Rather’s right. 

Could not give cigarettes away to a heavy smoker convict who was about to be shot….

No, Axelrod is the salesman. Obama is the brand. The brand was oversold and there will be buyers remorse. But the election of 2008 did prove that people will buy a crap sandwich if it is sold right.

You know when it will stop? When we stop feeling the need to defend against it at all.

There you go. Don’t react defensively at all. Just say that goofy Dan… and leave it at that. Reacting is like picking up turds monkeys throw at the zoo and throwing them back. You will just look stupid for doing it, plus your hands are going to stink afterward. Best to ignore the turds. That way the other side is the only ones with dirty hands.

Me likes dat cornbread and chittlins and goin’fishin’ fo dat catfish.

America fell for “PUFFERY”

ok oowawa, leave the arugula alone or you won’t get any of my Mesclun Mix.

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In the country I live in – Spain – watermelon describes the eco-socialists: green on the outside and red inside……

Let me offer a defense of Dan Rather.  Anybody can say something that turns out to be racially insensitive.  Clearly, if Rather were focusing on the fact that he was talking about a black man, the comment would have been offensive per se.  But maybe Dan, like a lot of us, are not obsessed by the fact that OUR president is black.  It could well have just been another one of those down home “Ratherisms” that he could have just as easily used on Nancy Pelosi. 

I’m more offended by the moderator who Rather appeared with, Chris Mathews, who sees Obama as a black president rather than  as a president.  Between Rather and Mathews, I’ll take Rather.

If they had sold it for more than white Barbie it would have been exploitation of blacks.