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Angelou: Now I Won't Have To Apologize For My Country When Abroad
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 11/07/2008 10:57:09 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

You might not be thrilled by the election of Barack Obama, but look on the bright side: it's going to make life a lot easier for Maya Angelou when she hangs out with her European friends. Asked by Andrea Mitchell during MSNBC's 1 PM hour what was going through her mind as the results rolled in, the poet mentioned, among other things:

I realized, almost within the minute, I don't have to apologize for my country when I'm abroad. I can say: "I belong to a great country." And the Europeans who say: aren't you glad to be here in France where we don't have the racism you live under? Aren't you glad you're here in Britain, where we don't have -- I mean, I've been on the defensive so long. This time I can say: "I am an American: look at us, look at what we've just achieved."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andreamitchell; antiamericanism; barackobama; barf; barfidybarfbarf; bho2008; dopeydems; majorbarf; mayaangelou; megabarf; michelleobama
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

World, I apologiZe for Maya; she’s an idiot.


21 posted on 11/07/2008 11:01:52 AM PST by armyofprinciples (I dressed as 0bama for Halloween. I disguised myself as a Christian.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I always thought her poetry sucked.


22 posted on 11/07/2008 11:01:53 AM PST by GnL
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The same country that treated her so badly she now has the money to fly over to hang out with the Eurotrash?


23 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:07 AM PST by Rocko (0bama is The Great Pumpkin)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The same country that treated her so badly she now has the money to fly over to hang out with the Eurotrash?


24 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:08 AM PST by Rocko (0bama is The Great Pumpkin)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

no she will only have to apologize when home


25 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:24 AM PST by edzo4 (NoBama 2012)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

But will she apologize when nObama’s policies cause a world wide depression.


26 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:41 AM PST by MarkeyD (11-4-08 For the first time I can say I am ashamed of my country.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Stick with poetry, Doc.

Oh, wait a minute, that sucks too...


27 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:45 AM PST by RichInOC (Obama/Biden '08: "We Are Not Ruled By Murderers, But Only--By Their Friends."--Rudyard Kipling)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Maya but you do have to apologize to those who know and appreciate real poetry not the sappy doggerel you “write”.
28 posted on 11/07/2008 11:02:53 AM PST by lmc12
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So all that baloney about past transgressions of the US wasn’t true?

What do you say when they ask why Bill Clinton wasn’t turned over to the Hague war crimes tribunal for trial?


29 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:11 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Slapshot68

Wow little old Marguerite Johnson has a new name!


30 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:15 AM PST by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She never had to apologize for America. She CHOSE to be an embarrassment for America.


31 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:15 AM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Since it’s been so bad for her here in the U.S. all these years, why didn’t she MOVE?????????????????? She certainly had the means!


32 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:20 AM PST by CaliforniaCon
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Dumb Biotch!


33 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:44 AM PST by albie
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

There’s no fool like an old fool.


34 posted on 11/07/2008 11:03:56 AM PST by OB1kNOb (I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

My ancestors left Europe because they didn’t want to live there. We saved Europe’s butt three times in the last century. We gave the World a republican form of government, a written constitution, and democratic elections. They gave us monarchy, fascism, and communism. I don’t worry too much about European opinions.


35 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:15 AM PST by popdonnelly (Don't lose sight of your conservative principles.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She needs to apologize to the country for calling herself a poet.


36 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:30 AM PST by billhilly (I was republican when republican wasn't cool. (With an apology to Barbara Mandrell.))
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Just a wild and crazy thought here.. how about not apologizing for the United States of America, ever!.. No country has done more to help so many around the world. No country has sacrificed more, no country has given more, no other country is the first on the scene when disasters strike the world... How many billions of lives have been saved because of the USA.. Our faults are shared by every other country in the world, they are the faults of humanity, not the USA. The difference is, we overcome our faults. Her statement is proof that the election of Obama was meant as a symbolic victory only. It was never about the content of his character.
37 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:39 AM PST by mnehring
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

So nice to know that this staunch patriot would rather bow to the whim of world opinion, that she cares more about what her elite friends overseas think of her based on her nationality, than she would stand up for the principles of the constitution and speak out about the great strides this country has made in the last 40 years, evidenced by the latest election. I thought this election wasn’t about race Maya? This election should be a vindication for all those that said we shouldn’t have to elect a black president just because he’s black to prove we aren’t racists. It’s like the tale of the accused witch thrown into the river to see if she floats like wood. When she drowns the villagers say she must not have been a witch. Well, we’re about to drown.


38 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:39 AM PST by messierhunter
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
She should apologize for taking a six-figure salary from Wake Forest University for all those years.
39 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:41 AM PST by riverdawg
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Now I Won't Have To Apologize For My Country When Abroad

Hopefully that means you never have to come back ...

40 posted on 11/07/2008 11:04:50 AM PST by tx_eggman ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule" - Mencken)
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