G.O.P. Rep. Refers to Obama as ‘That Boy’

[Ravi]

I can't speak for "we" but I know it rarely lets me down.

How would you know?

 

[manifold]

Naive
Inexperienced

Duh!

Just like the movie quote...with all due respect, you're making my point!

 

[manifold]

How would you know?

How wouldn't I?

 

[Ravi]

Just like the movie quote...with all due respect, you're making my point!

Those are words you can call someone to get your point across without sounding racist.

 

[Ravi]

How wouldn't I?

You'd be too blinded by your own stereotypical thinking.

 

[manifold]

Those are words you can call someone to get your point across without sounding racist.

Can you give me a noun to replace boy that connotes the same derogatory criticism about his youth and inexperience?

 

[Ravi]

Can you give me a noun to replace boy that connotes the same derogatory criticism about his youth and inexperience?

manifold
ingenue

 

[manifold]

manifold
ingenue

Thanks again for proving my point.

 

[Ravi]

Thanks again for proving my point.

I didn't prove your point. He could have easily said guy, btw, and made the same point...did you even listen to the audio clip?

And what was that comment about prison?

 

[manifold]

I didn't prove your point. He could have easily said guy, btw, and made the same point...did you even listen to the audio clip?

And what was that comment about prison?

I didn't hear the prison comment.

And "guy" certainly does not carry the same derogatory connotation as boy when it comes to youth and inexperience. So again, you're proving my point.

 

[Ravi]

I didn't hear the prison comment.

And "guy" certainly does not carry the same derogatory connotation as boy when it comes to youth and inexperience. So again, you're proving my point.

His entire comment was about how he'd been in some kind of war exercise with Obama and he felt that Obama shouldn't be any where near the nuclear button. So yes, he could have substituted the word guy and made the exact same point.

I thought you claimed to have listened to the audio.

 

[manifold]

His entire comment was about how he'd been in some kind of war exercise with Obama and he felt that Obama shouldn't be any where near the nuclear button. So yes, he could have substituted the word guy and made the exact same point.

I thought you claimed to have listened to the audio.

I heard it played on the radio. And yes, I knew it was about the war exercise. They must've cut it short. And you're nukkin futts if you think "guy" is anywhere near as derogatory as "boy."

 

[Ravi]

I heard it played on the radio. And yes, I knew it was about the war exercise. They must've cut it short. And you're nukkin futts if you think "guy" is anywhere near as derogatory as "boy."

Listen to it.

http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/files/geoff_davis_on_obama.mp3

 

[Ravi]

btw, it always crashes my browser the first time I click on it but works fine the second time.

 

[manifold]

hmmmm?

Thanks, thats the first time I heard the entire clip.

I'm starting to think maybe he was being a bit racist afterall. Maybe my judgement was initially clouded by the "boy who cried wolf" effect. (no pun intended)

 

[Ravi]

Could you make out who he was referring to with the prison remark?

 

[manifold]

Could you make out who he was referring to with the prison remark?

Not conclusively. But if he was saying what I think, it's waaaay worse than the boy thing. Essentially that if Obama wasn't born into affluence, he would've likely ended up in jail.

 

[Ravi]

Not conclusively. But if he was saying what I think, it's waaaay worse than the boy thing. Essentially that if Obama wasn't born into affluence, he would've likely ended up in jail.

Yeah, but I can't tell if he was referring to Obama.

 

[JimH52]

Thanks again for proving my point.

Are you eight years old? You certainy cannot have reached puberty.

 

[Swamp Fox]

Ah, politics. Makes me wish for the old days when they would challenge each other to duels and decrease the surplus asshole population.......