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Obama advance: 'Get me more white people'
The Politico ^ | Ben Smith

Posted on 04/09/2008 5:00:22 AM PDT by LonesomeHawk

Obama advance: 'Get me more white people' POLITICO Ben Smith

From the account in Carnegie Mellon's paper, the Tartan, of a Michelle Obama event in Pittsburgh: While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”

“I didn’t know they would say, ‘We need a white person here,’ ” said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. “I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn’t know it would be so outright.” I'm not sure there's any real reason for outrage here; every campaign, at least implicitly, includes race in the staging of events like this -- even a campaign whose supporters chant "race doesn't matter." But they don't usually get caught doing it this explicitly. And (if you didn't pick it up from the bowling) it does give you a sense of the community Obama's trying to reach in Pennsylvania: whitefolks.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2008; barack; blueturban; democratparty; duplicate; election; elections; erie; harrisburg; jeremiahwright; nobama; obama; obamatruthfile; pennsylvania; philadelphia; pittsburgh; race; scranton; whitevote; wright; yesterday
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1 posted on 04/09/2008 5:00:22 AM PDT by LonesomeHawk
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To: LonesomeHawk

Typical event coordinator.


2 posted on 04/09/2008 5:02:10 AM PDT by mware (mware...killer of threads.)
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To: LonesomeHawk

Typical black campaign workers.


3 posted on 04/09/2008 5:02:39 AM PDT by Eurale
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To: Eurale

I need more white people, too.


4 posted on 04/09/2008 5:03:44 AM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Sexy Conservative!!!)
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To: LonesomeHawk

Can you possibly immagine the bru-ha-ha that would ensue if a McCain advance team had said: “get me more black people”?

I’m stunned at the lack of reporting on Obama campaign by the suck-up media; even if they love/admire/swoom over him, they are destroying their reputations by the “reporting”. Of course, for most of us here their reputations weren’t worth spit anyway, but even the left has got to be scratching their heads over their inability to speak “truth to power”.

MSM is disgraceful; B Hussein and his team are sickening.


5 posted on 04/09/2008 5:03:59 AM PDT by Laverne
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To: LonesomeHawk; All

oh joy another “blacksploitation” movie.

Undercover brother

I’m going to get you sucka

Soul Plane

I am surprised she was not saying we need more “crackers”


6 posted on 04/09/2008 5:08:24 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: LonesomeHawk
Why am I suddenly thinking of the scene from Blazing Saddles with Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little trying to sneak into the line of desperadoes. Gene Wilder calls out to the two clansmen - "Oh, boys, look what I got here" & Cleavon Little steps out and say "Where da white women at"

Funny movie. Probably will be banned by President BO


7 posted on 04/09/2008 5:08:43 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: longtermmemmory

You forgot Blackula


8 posted on 04/09/2008 5:09:49 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: LonesomeHawk
Obama advance: 'Get me more white people'

What, is he shooting a porno?

9 posted on 04/09/2008 5:11:24 AM PDT by jdm
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To: LonesomeHawk

Another proud Michelle moment.


10 posted on 04/09/2008 5:13:24 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: Laverne

Isn’t this perhaps a reaction to the report that Mrs. Hussein Obama will only speak to black gatherings, rumor or not.?


11 posted on 04/09/2008 5:16:44 AM PDT by GOP_Proud (Disgruntled about it all. None of the above.)
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To: LonesomeHawk
(if you didn't pick it up from the bowling)

As a former bowler and reasonable athlete who carried close to a 200 average, I was appalled at the lack of coordination from B Hussien. I think the wuss shot a 37. My son was 5 and he bowled better than that without gutter guards.

OsamaBama is not a tough guy...he's a physical and mental wuss. McCain isn't to some of our standards but he's a tough guy and definitely not a wuss...I'll take that if it's all we have to work with.

12 posted on 04/09/2008 5:18:10 AM PDT by oust the louse (Terrorists are salivating over a Clinton or Obama White House.)
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To: GOP_Proud

I had not heard that rumor.


13 posted on 04/09/2008 5:21:53 AM PDT by Laverne
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To: oust the louse

We need a tough man to run this country and McCain is a tough man compared to sissy “Barry” obuma the wuss.

Obuma would have gotten his ass whipped at my high school for GP.

Just The Facts,
NSNR


14 posted on 04/09/2008 5:23:41 AM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat (Xin Loi My Boy!!!!)
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To: longtermmemmory

I’m surprised she didn’t ask for mo’ honkies!


15 posted on 04/09/2008 5:23:52 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus (( commander of the simian host))
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To: LonesomeHawk

Gee, now Obama’s bunch want to court us white folk. Gee, guess he forgot what his former “pastor” said about us “whities”, how we are responsible for every evil done since Adam and Eve. We “whities” are wanted really bad when its votes they want, otherwise, we’re to be blamed for everything and are supposed to feel guilty forever.

Sorry, Obama and Michelle, this “typical white person” has seen the mask slip and seen/heard what you really think of “whitey”. So much for “unity” and being the candidate for “all Americans”.


16 posted on 04/09/2008 5:24:57 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA ("Typical White Male" that the Dems are now desperately trying to court - heeheehee)
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To: KosmicKitty

One of the best movies of all time!


17 posted on 04/09/2008 5:29:10 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: KosmicKitty

...and the song stylings on this Sooooul Plane flight will be Garret Morris reprising his role of SNL’s “Black Prisoner Trying out for Prison Tallent Contest”

(/s)

The sad part is the drive by media has eyes but can not see how OBVIOUS their racism is to percieve.


18 posted on 04/09/2008 5:30:00 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: LonesomeHawk

Well, isn’t that S P E C I A L!


19 posted on 04/09/2008 5:30:59 AM PDT by oswegodeee (Dee ( Born and raised in the south, with a gracious attitude ))
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To: LonesomeHawk

Oh, Michelle will just be so fine in the White House. Kind of like Thereza Heinz-K. A real class act.


20 posted on 04/09/2008 5:31:46 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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