Posted on 02/08/2014 11:53:35 AM PST by grundle
Two of Russia's most famous Olympians, three-time gold medalists Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak, were the country's final torchbearers. Both have unique ties to U.S. President Barack Obama — one more offensive than the other.
An Olympic figure skating gold medalist in 1972, '76 and '80, Rodnina came under fire for what many perceived as racism in September, when she posted a photo on Twitter of the commander in chief and first lady Michelle Obama with a digitally manipulated image of a hand holding a banana superimposed over the couple.
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You should make a list about all the racist tweets.
So? Am I supposed to be outraged over this?
Isn’t Rodnina Russian for Motherland or am I remembering that incorrectly?
What’s racist about that?. I like bananas...am I racist?
Oh the huge manatee!!
“Rodina.”
Ha ha! You are obsessed with me, aren’t you?
I think it’s funny the way Putin and Obama play these snarky little insults on each other. I really don’t care about Russia, but I can’t wait until we have an adult in the White House again.
“Missed it by **that** much!” ~Maxwell Smart
bwahahaha....that was pretty funny actually.
I would comment, but I gotta go drop some Obamas in the pool...
Surely Michelle would recommend bananas as a healthy diet. I eat them fairly often, to deal with muscle cramps that I’ve had from chemotherapy about 20 years ago.
122 yards west, Dodge van, plumbing logo.
Compare Bush to chimp = not racist
Compare Obama to chimp = racist
Why?
Even if it were true, I just don’t really care. Russia, with all its faults, may be the last bastion of the shrinking white race. It may be one of the last majority white nations which is not allowing itself to “diversify” itself out of existence as a white nation. For all who are about to call me racist, tell me what Asian or African nation is expected to allow itself to be overwhelmed by whites to the point of genocide of the present majority race. The UN calls that “genocide” when it’s any other than white populations.
Well Obama supporters are running around with pictures of Putin in girly makeup.
Dont dish it out if you are going to cry when it happens back.
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