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Rep. Lamborn likens Obama to a "tar baby"
Updated: Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn's choice of words shows how the fringe right is mainstreaming racist language
"Tar Baby" -- from time to time, this ugly racially charged phrase has come up in our political discourse. Most often, the term is applied to a situation or a thing. John McCain, for example, used it to describe divorces. Likewise, Mitt Romney used it to describe the Big Dig. In both instances, the Republican leaders apologized for using such a loaded word -- even though they hadn't used it to describe an actual person.
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This is just disgusting & sad. & who is the naive person that claims we now live in "post racial times?" :Flush: if anything, the fringe right is making balatant racism "mainstream" once again. it's outrageous that this is being tolerated!
Updated: Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn's choice of words shows how the fringe right is mainstreaming racist language
"Tar Baby" -- from time to time, this ugly racially charged phrase has come up in our political discourse. Most often, the term is applied to a situation or a thing. John McCain, for example, used it to describe divorces. Likewise, Mitt Romney used it to describe the Big Dig. In both instances, the Republican leaders apologized for using such a loaded word -- even though they hadn't used it to describe an actual person.
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This is just disgusting & sad. & who is the naive person that claims we now live in "post racial times?" :Flush: if anything, the fringe right is making balatant racism "mainstream" once again. it's outrageous that this is being tolerated!