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Bloomberg apologizes after critics say his calling Booker 'well spoken' was racist
The Hill ^ | 12 06 2019 | Owen Daugherty

Posted on 12/06/2019 7:53:11 PM PST by yesthatjallen

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To: HIDEK6; Tea Party Terrorist

“Ive long cringed when white people call black people articulate.”

Ha, GMTA. I was just going to reply:

Why?


61 posted on 12/07/2019 2:22:20 AM PST by VMI70
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To: yesthatjallen

Articulate, well spoken? IDK but he does have a great head of hair.


62 posted on 12/07/2019 2:24:12 AM PST by Zack Attack
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To: yesthatjallen

Chris Rock had a great stand-up bit about this issue years ago:

“Whenever Colin Powell is on the news, white people give him the same compliments: ‘How do you feel about Colin Powell?’, ‘He speaks so well! He’s so well spoken. I mean he really speaks so well!’

Like that’s a compliment. ‘He speaks so well’ is not a compliment, okay? ‘He speaks so well’ is some shit you say about retarded people that can talk. What do you mean he speaks so well? He’s a f@&$ing educated man! How the f$&@ did you expect him to sound, you dirty mother$&@er? ‘He speaks so well.’ What are you talking about?

What voice were you expecting to come out of his mouth? ‘Imma drop me a bomb today’, ‘I be Pwez o dent!’.”


63 posted on 12/07/2019 3:00:35 AM PST by Atticus
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To: yesthatjallen

How about booker the white privileged black man


64 posted on 12/07/2019 3:08:18 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: Eddie01

Except for a black liberal.


65 posted on 12/07/2019 4:14:42 AM PST by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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The only thing Bloomberg has is MONEY...

He has no personality, is boring, and OLD...he will be 78 on Valentines Day 2020. and would be closing in on 79 at the time of the 2021 Swearing in date for POTUS..THAT IS TOO DAMN OLD TO BEGIN A NEW CAREER...

Listened to some of his interview with the King person, and found it dull, lifeless, and worthless...He has a live in mistress, no other word to call her, as they have never married...so what would she be called if he were to buy the White House?

I'll stick to my current, working POTUS, DJT..he is doing a great job...just wish he wold walk pass the Fake Media and use his twitter...He needs to have a weekly chat from the Oval Office that requires all networks to cover...jmo...but I would like to see that...

Going to be a long year ahead...
Does anyone know if Bloomy is a drinker, smoker, and what is his medical History? just wondering...

66 posted on 12/07/2019 4:17:51 AM PST by haircutter
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The only thing Bloomberg has is MONEY... He has no personality, is boring, and OLD

He's thinking that would be his appeal - no drama, no chaos. That worked for voters in NYC, and he's gambling it could work nationally.

Does anyone know if Bloomy is a drinker, smoker, and what is his medical History? just wondering...

Bloomberg is fanatically anti-tobacco, but you have to wonder if somebody his age wasn't smoking 50 or 60 years ago.

He says he's in great health and his mother lived to 102.

67 posted on 12/07/2019 4:28:03 AM PST by x
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To: yesthatjallen

How does Bloomberg know? I thought Spartacus only spoke latin.


68 posted on 12/07/2019 5:09:29 AM PST by chuckee
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To: yesthatjallen

Liberalism at its finest.


69 posted on 12/07/2019 5:41:57 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (God Bless America. Thank you, Kate Smith!)
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To: VMI70

Because the one saying a black person is articulate implies the default is that they are not articulate.

Ever heard a white guy called articulate?


70 posted on 12/07/2019 5:57:36 AM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (Cis and Trans people do not exist because Gender Identity is quackery.)
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To: yesthatjallen

He must know that the Democrats have made speaking the truth unacceptable/unlawful.


71 posted on 12/07/2019 6:45:35 AM PST by blam
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To: yesthatjallen
Let me give this a try. Would the following be racist?

Compared to the senile former VP, the raving lunatic, socialist senator, the geeky, hyperactive fake Indian, and Mayor Buttplug, Senator Booker seems fairly reasonable and well-spoken.

72 posted on 12/07/2019 8:31:42 AM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

“Ever heard a white guy called articulate?”

I would call Buckley, Limbaugh, Zelden, et al., articulate, because they have the ability to verbally string sentences together logically.

I would describe me as verbally inarticulate, because I am not blessed with their ability. I do, however, have a pretty good command of the English language.

Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, et al. are articulate. Corey Booker, on a comparative basis, is not.

If Williams or Sowell said that I was inarticulate, I certainly would not expect an apology.


73 posted on 12/08/2019 3:45:52 AM PST by VMI70
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