Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[PhillyGirl]

I don't care if you're Dem, Republican or whatever...you can't not feel good seeing Gabby Giffords walk onto that floor today. That was amazing.

[MMH]

Why in the farg do farging republicans give a shtein that Obama reads from a teleprompter?

I mean, seriously. Who cares?

Because we are under the assumption that they are not his thought or words. He is an empty suit.

By the way, why is the left so opposed to a balanced budget amendment?

I didn't realize John McCain was a pinko....

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/doug-lamborn-tar-baby-obama-apology_n_916017.html

"Even if some people say, 'Well the Republicans should have done this or they should have done that,' they will hold the President responsible. Now, I don't even want to have to be associated with him. It's like touching a tar baby and you get it, you're stuck, and you're a part of the problem now and you can't get away."

The GOP, ladies and gents.

[ice grillin you]

they never miss an opportunity to crawl on down in the gutter

i love this comment...

He regrets that he chose the phrase 'tar baby,' rather than the word 'quagmire.'



cause you know tar baby and quagmire are so easily interchangable

[MDS]

must read new yorker piece detailing osama raid

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/08/110808fa_fact_schmidle?currentPage=all

Pulitzer ahoy

[ice grillin you]

hey journalism major......magazines arent eligible for pulitzers

[MDS]

maybe thats why people like scott templeton can win one

[lurking wierdo]

they never miss an opportunity to crawl on down in the gutter

i love this comment...

He regrets that he chose the phrase 'tar baby,' rather than the word 'quagmire.'



cause you know tar baby and quagmire are so easily interchangable

The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage according to Random House, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact.

Nothing to apologize for. Proper usage. He should have let it stand on it's own.

[lurking wierdo]

I don't care if you're Dem, Republican or whatever...you can't not feel good seeing Gabby Giffords walk onto that floor today. That was amazing.

I couldn't agree more.

[Sgt PSN]

they never miss an opportunity to crawl on down in the gutter

i love this comment...

He regrets that he chose the phrase 'tar baby,' rather than the word 'quagmire.'



cause you know tar baby and quagmire are so easily interchangable

The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage according to Random House, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact.

Nothing to apologize for. Proper usage. He should have let it stand on it's own.

This is why you"re an idiot, a racist and the most awful person ever.  The visual image that comes with the words "Tar Baby" is why you don't actually say them.  Who gives a shtein if it was used in the proper context or not?  When you're talking about your (black) president, find another word or phrase that gets the same message across.  You telling me that of all the words and phrases out there that can be used to describe "sticky situations" that tar baby just happened to be the first to pop in his head?  You're a piece of work. 

[PhillyGirl]

I have Republicans saying the same horseshtein on my Facebook page about this. I unfriended all but one.

[Geowhizzer]

they never miss an opportunity to crawl on down in the gutter

i love this comment...

He regrets that he chose the phrase 'tar baby,' rather than the word 'quagmire.'



cause you know tar baby and quagmire are so easily interchangable

The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage according to Random House, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact.

Nothing to apologize for. Proper usage. He should have let it stand on it's own.

Unfortunately, you seem to have failed to read, or comprehend the very next sentence in your Wikipedia article:

The Tar-Baby is a doll made of tar and turpentine used to entrap Br'er Rabbit in the second of the Uncle Remus stories. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes. In modern usage according to Random House, "tar baby" refers to any "sticky situation" that is only aggravated by additional contact. The expression tar baby is also used occasionally as a derogatory term for black people (in the U.S. it refers to African-Americans; in New Zealand it refers to Maori), or among blacks as a term for a particularly dark-skinned person. As a result, some people suggest avoiding the use of the term in any context.

[Sgt PSN]

Snap! 

[MMH]

Classic rhetoric.  To keep only the part you like of an explanation.

[ice grillin you]

Classic rhetoric.  To keep only the part you like of an explanation.

actually his favorite part is the part he left out