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Old 10-01-2011, 03:12 PM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Of course this sort of thing was just fine three or four years ago.....



Anti-Obama sign in Uptown neighborhood draws controversy | wwltv.com New Orleans
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Old 10-01-2011, 04:28 PM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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LMAO!!!

I like how they say he represents the nation. Sorry but this man does NOT represent me; he represents the fools who voted for him.

Interesting how when Bush was president he was the target of so many jokes and photoshopped pictures... people calling him a monkey, a moron etc...and that was perfectly fine!
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:15 PM
 
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LMAO!!!

I like how they say he represents the nation. Sorry but this man does NOT represent me; he represents the fools who voted for him.

Interesting how when Bush was president he was the target of so many jokes and photoshopped pictures... people calling him a monkey, a moron etc...and that was perfectly fine!

i agree the guy you voted for doesn't represent me either, well calling bush a monkey doesn't hit racial lines, because white people call blacks monkeys does

HOTEP
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:20 PM
 
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He obviously wanted the attention it brings.

I'm not an Obama fan but a giant billboard with a crying man in a diaper would get old pretty fast. Good for a laugh, but I'd get sick of having to look at it, what an eyesore.
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:20 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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Of course those signs are going to draw "controversy" in a neighborhood where 99% of the people will automatically vote for Obama no matter what. And think you're a racist if you vote for anyone on the other side.
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:24 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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LMAO!!!

I like how they say he represents the nation. Sorry but this man does NOT represent me; he represents the fools who voted for him.

Interesting how when Bush was president he was the target of so many jokes and photoshopped pictures... people calling him a monkey, a moron etc...and that was perfectly fine!
I'm with you he in no way in hell represents me or my friends and family. Who he is, the king. He deserves no special treatment.What's been good in the past should be good now, and no exceptions made.
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:24 PM
 
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Of course those signs are going to draw "controversy" in a neighborhood where 99% of the people will automatically vote for Obama no matter what. And think you're a racist if you vote for anyone on the other side.
same can be said if the silly sign was in a neighborhood where people vote the same way YOU do...NEXT
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Old 10-01-2011, 05:47 PM
 
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Interesting how when Bush was president he was the target of so many jokes and photoshopped pictures... people calling him a monkey, a moron etc...and that was perfectly fine!
To be fair, both GWB and Obama have simian features; yes, they both do look like monkeys.

And how can that be racist if I'm saying the same thing about a white man as about a black man?

That's just an accurate description of their features. Period.
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Old 10-01-2011, 06:05 PM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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To be fair, both GWB and Obama have simian features; yes, they both do look like monkeys.

And how can that be racist if I'm saying the same thing about a white man as about a black man?

That's just an accurate description of their features. Period.
Besides, isn't there an evolutionary path leading from apes to man, regardless of skin color? We all came from the same stock, so to name one as such is to name all as such.
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Old 10-01-2011, 06:24 PM
 
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The difference between Bush and Obama was a lot of people, right and left, saw the bush administration for who they were. When republicans are saying "Yeah, that 8 years was crazy..", there's a problem.
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