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To: Republican Red

Cafferty’s a jerk but, when did “water boy” become a reference to Mexicans?


14 posted on 05/01/2007 6:37:20 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Not sure and they totally misunderstand what context water boy is being used. It’s carrying the president’s water, sort of like doing the president’s dirty work. There is nothing racist about the reference. But leave it to minority coalitions to always take odd references out of context and to see prejudice where there is none.


17 posted on 05/01/2007 6:43:14 AM PDT by rabidralph
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To: Psycho_Bunny
"Cafferty’s a jerk but, when did “water boy” become a reference to Mexicans?"

I think they are making the case that this is closely tied into this racially charged comment...see link

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It's despicable that he gets a pass on such a comment.

33 posted on 05/01/2007 8:19:18 AM PDT by buckeye27 ("Some ideas are so stupid, only intellectuals believe them." -H.G. Wells)
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