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Racial Joke by Hillary Clinton, NY Mayor Leaves People Cringing
Fortune ^ | 04/11/2016 | Sarah Begley

Posted on 04/12/2016 10:17:50 AM PDT by BradtotheBone

Hillary Clinton and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sparked controversy at an event on Saturday with a racially charged joke.

Clinton and de Blasio were joined onstage by Leslie Odom Jr. in costume as Aaron Burr, whom he plays in the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. Clinton thanked de Blasio for his endorsement–which many pointed out came rather late in the game–and ribbed him, “Took you long enough.”

The mayor replied, “Sorry, Hillary, I was running on C.P. time.”

The abbreviation refers to the stereotype of “Colored People time,” and several people in the audience could be heard gasping or groaning. Odom, who is black and whom the New York Times suggests was in on the joke, rebuked him, saying, “I don’t like jokes like that, Bill.”

Clinton dryly replied, “Cautious politician time. I’ve been there.”

The exchange prompted pushback online, both from bloggers and social media users.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alsharpton; andrewcuomo; arkansas; barneyfrank; berniesanders; billdeblasio; blackkk; charlesrangel; chirlanemccray; clinton; election2016; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; leslieodomjr; massachusetts; newyork; newyorkcity; nypd; trump; vermont; wipewater
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To: BradtotheBone

He meant Communist People time.


21 posted on 04/12/2016 11:01:33 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: V_TWIN
First I heard the term was in the movie "House Party" (1990) when Kid was in jail and was calling Play to come bail him out.

Play: "Just do me a favor. Don't pick up the soap."
Kid: "Like I need you to tell me that. That's why you can't be on C.P.T., I need you on Japanese people time."

22 posted on 04/12/2016 11:04:00 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: BradtotheBone

bump


23 posted on 04/12/2016 11:04:31 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: HiTech RedNeck

THOSE PEOPLE AINT GOT NO SENSE OF HUMOR!

They used to...

24 posted on 04/12/2016 11:12:44 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: Kenton

and it was funny.


25 posted on 04/12/2016 11:20:53 AM PDT by old gringo (a wise monkey never monkeys with another monkeys monkey.)
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To: boycott

Out here we call it manana time.


26 posted on 04/12/2016 11:25:19 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Kenton

I used to watch Amos and Andy on TV circa 1960 with the family. It was a funny show.


27 posted on 04/12/2016 11:30:38 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money."- Trump)
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To: BradtotheBone

28 posted on 04/12/2016 11:46:35 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Iron Munro

“Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn’t we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? ‘Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we’d all be put out in K.P.”


29 posted on 04/12/2016 11:48:24 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know)
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30 posted on 04/12/2016 12:51:56 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: BradtotheBone

Blasio is married to a black lady so he is entitled to make a Black Joke.

Sarah Palin is married to a part Eskimo so she can make an Eskimo joke. (e.g. Eskimo time).

I am married to a Filipino, so we call it “Filipino time”.


31 posted on 04/12/2016 6:34:27 PM PDT by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor peopledr)
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To: LadyDoc

“Blasio is married to a black lady so he is entitled to make a Black Joke.

Sarah Palin is married to a part Eskimo so she can make an Eskimo joke. (e.g. Eskimo time).

I am married to a Filipino, so we call it “Filipino time”.”

And I’m married to a Honduran, so we’ve always called it “Honduran Time”. If you have an appointment at 10:00AM, 2:00PM is just right


32 posted on 04/13/2016 8:46:10 AM PDT by Gideon300
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