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'Tar baby’ quip lands Mitt in muddle
Boston Herald ^
| 07/31/06
| Laurel J. Sweet
Posted on 07/31/2006 6:33:52 AM PDT by JRochelle
Prominent black Bay Staters are outraged by Gov. Mitt Romneys use of the words tar baby to describe the Big Dig as he stumped for presidential points in Iowa. Tar baby is a totally inappropriate phrase in the 21st century. If Calvin Coolidge didnt use it, why the hell should Mitt Romney? railed Larry Jones, a black Republican and civil rights activist. Tar baby can refer to a sticky mess, but it also has been recognized as an epithet to humiliate black people. President Bushs spokesman Tony Snow learned that in May when his expression, I dont want to hug the tar baby of trying to comment on the program, raised the hackles of political correctness. He thinks hes presidential timber, Jones said yesterday of Romney, but all hes shown us is arrogance.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: hypersensitivity; niggardly; romney; tarbaby
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To: BenLurkin
...would be okay had a democrat said it. Well... it would be okay had a black democrat said it. Even white democrats are chastised for such phrases.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:42:05 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: cripplecreek
Actually - and someone correct me on this - isn't a spade and a shovel two different instruments?
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:43:48 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: goldstategop
As a metaphor, it refers to animals that drowned in tar pits thousands of years ago. No, actually it refers to the Joel Chandler "B'rer Rabbit" story, which was adapted by Disney in "Song of the South".
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:45:23 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
To: Tax-chick
Not to worry, ignorance will soon bring that one in too, folks in NC better watch out.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:45:33 AM PDT
by
American_Centurion
(No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
To: goldstategop
Uh uh. Best do some sheckin'.
To: JRochelle
It's spelled 'timbre' by the way.
Gee, where's the outrage over the racist cartoons against Condoleeza Rice? Or Michael Steele? Or.... or.... you get my drift.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:47:09 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: 7thson
I generally think of a spade as the small handheld shovel used in gardening. The jury is still out on the black suited playing card.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:47:21 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: LIConFem
Not that there is anything wrong with being a thespian or an introvert right?
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:47:25 AM PDT
by
Tulane
To: LexBaird
OK, but its true. You can see the remains of the famous Brea Tar Pits here in California.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:47:46 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: JRochelle
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:47:47 AM PDT
by
bwteim
(bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
To: 7thson
A spade is a specialized shovel, typically flatter in profile and sharp, used for cutting through sod.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:48:36 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
To: cripplecreek
Yeah, I enjoy calling a shovel a shovel!
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:48:55 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("Their is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur)
To: 7thson
I believe a spade is a type of shovel. IIRC, "shovel" covers a variety of digging and/or scooping tools and "spade" is a shovel with a flat, narrow blade.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:48:57 AM PDT
by
RebelBanker
(If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
To: goldstategop
OK, but its true. You can see the remains of the famous Brea Tar Pits here in California. I used to live 4 blocks from there, but I doubt Chandler ever heard of them.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:50:19 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
To: RexBeach
Now if only I didn't feel so oppresed when I hear someone call a "bucket" a "Pail". (It's too close to pale)
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:50:48 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: 7thson
They're in the same family of tools. A spade cuts or digs, while a shovel digs and scoops. Splitting hairs, but there is a slight difference.
To: cripplecreek
It is hereby decreed that the digging utensile formerly known as a spade shall henceforth be refered to as a shovel. And let's not even go near "hoe".
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:51:23 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Rabid ethnicist.)
To: JRochelle
Being offended is sometimes purely a form of aggression. - Mohamed Rosoel
Although Mr. Roesoel was speaking of Muslim outrage at every and all things non-Muslim, I identify this statement as the pluperfect definition of the core of the racist/feminist/homosexual/socialist mindset.
It's an old, worn out cheap trick that few will fall for any longer, the black race pimps better realize that they've been totally upstaged by the insane Muslims. The tigers have turned themselves into butter...'bout damn time!
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:53:35 AM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: cripplecreek
When I hear the words "Tar baby" I immediately think Brer Rabbit.Me too. Please fling Larry Jones in dat briar patch.
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:54:33 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(A lawsuit by the obese against illegal labor. It fights illegality with irresponsibility)
To: ishabibble
The tigers have turned themselves into butter...'bout damn time! Hey! No Sambo jokes!
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posted on
07/31/2006 6:54:44 AM PDT
by
LexBaird
("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
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