Posted on 10/29/2008 12:11:15 PM PDT by Rufus2007
This could be worse than mixing metaphors. If Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama is going to ad lib in a speech about the economy by invoking black 1970s breakthrough TV, he could at least get it right.
In his Oct. 29 speech in Raleigh, N.C., Obama railed against Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain on various issues about the economy, specifically including tax cuts and the privatization of Social Security. He proposed that had Social Security been invested in the stock market – it might cause a Fred Sanford-style reaction.
“If Sen. McCain is elected, we’ll have another president who wants to privatize part of your Social Security,” Obama said. “That ain’t right. Can you imagine if you had your Social Security invested in the stock market these last two weeks? These last two months? You wouldn’t need Social Security. You’d be having a – you know like, what was it. ‘Sanford and Son,’ ‘I’m coming Weezie.’ It ain’t right.”
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Dyn-o-mite! That brings back memories. That “Re-Run” guy was so funny! Or maybe I’m thinking of that kid with the big glasses, I can’t remember...oh well anyway, it’s all good!
That show was “What’s Happening”....Raj, Rerun and Dwayne. And Rerun was a big dude who could dance....like a tuba player in a HBCU marching band.
Now I cant remember the name of Raj’s little sister...the whiny one who always ratted out Raj and the gang. She was actually quite funny, even though a real snot
One of my friends called the show “What’s Fattening” because so many of the characters were huge (Rerun, Raj’s mom). But, hey, it was a good show
Raj’s little sister would be “Dee” and I’m sure she grew up to be an Obama campaign operative.
*It ain’t right*
I love it when Harvard-educated pols try to talk just like regular folks.
It “ain’t” right?
That kind of pandering reminds me of Kerry’s “can I get me a hunting license here?”
best whiny voice “did I do that”-the goof does look like erkle (sans the glasses and flood pants)
We should refer to the Obamaster as Rerun since his positions are just reruns of old RAT policies.
Re: “I love it when Harvard-educated pols try to talk just like regular folks.”
There’s stupid, and then there’s Harvard stupid.
obama is a few months older than I am. Now, I grew up in the SUBURBS of Detroit. There was NO escaping “Sanford and Son”, “What’s Happening” and “The Jeffersons” -they were HILARIOUS shows! Every kid I knew watched them and could quote ALL their lines.
What the HECK kinda childhood/teen years DID this guy have?!?!
I’ll second the -”And they call GWB dumb!”
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Sherman Helmsley and Isabel Sanford (oddly enough) as George and Louise Jefferson. Note that on “The Jeffersons”, Weezy was very much alive.
Can anybody say "Murphy Brown?"
-PJ
I’m coming Aunt Ester, this is the big one.
:-D )))
He’ll be qouting Dolomite before you know it.
Just goes to show his speeches are written by young white guys who never watched “Sanford and Son”, and apparently neither did Obama, or he’d know the quote was wrong.
Dayummmm, he’d probably confuse Gary Coleman for Webster.
Maybe he left his autocompass set on Watts instead of the East Side.
Well Redd Foxx made the comment about someone like Bama in a Las vegas show I saw in the 70s. “You ain’t black, your hot yella”
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