he's referring to immigration, not obama. is still dumb.

Tar baby is a perfectly fine phrase.... I'm taking it back.

While it's a dumb thing to say, it's usage is legitimate in the context.

Besides, it's not nearly as stupid as the Huckster making a joke about someone shooting at Obama.

Tom Davis said that?

Nothing to see here. Move along folks.

/the term is perfectly fine in this context.

This surprises me. He's a little crazy. A really nice guy, tho. His middle daughter used to be my best friend.

Wow, the Republican party can't afford to have such an attractive and successful African-American in the woodpile at this point in the election cycle...

I can't wait for the day one of them uses the term "house negro".

This baby is black, it's a dirty thing.

/not obscure

I don't think this guy was trying to be racist, but who the hell uses the term "tar baby" in any context?

The use of tar baby will increase if Romney's on the ticket.
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//Literary references people. Read a book.
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This story made is through? Past the Brittany pics and the dude who got run over by a train while reading a lotto ticket? Those stories were true FARK.

/non-story

Obama's nomination is near!

This is a non-story.

Honestly, with all the real scandals and stupid things being said, something like this shouldn't see the light of day.

He's behind the curve. I saw an Xbox Live gamertag that was "Tar Baby Obama" or something like that months ago.

This thread needs PANCAKES!

For all yall illiterates out there, here's the origin of "tar baby"

Hehe...I remember this from when I was a kid. It's a great word, and used in context. Methinks Subby doth protest too much.

What, a lie-filled headline, on my Fark? It's more likely than you think!

Ed Willy: For all yall illiterates out there, here's the origin of "tar baby"

You know, I really do agree, but pointing out that it's not racist because it was in an Uncle Remus story makes me chuckle...

Damn my hotlinking FAIL!

He should have been more careful. Nevertheless, total non-story.

/Obama supporter
//Florida sucks

What's everyone so upset about? There's no racist stereotype associated with the tar baby story...

Obama is black? Come onnnnnnnnnn. He's whiter than white bread.

Hmm. I bet there is a good chance he knew EXACTLY what he was saying. In context, he was not calling Obama a tar baby at all. Seems like he was refering to immigration. But he knows that the liberal left will be up in arms and say 'omg racist'. That of course makes many swing-vote WASPs up in arms because it was okay in context. Name calling ensues. WASPs lean towards right (McCain) in November.

Two things can bring republicans out en masse to vote McCain in November. 1) Clinton on the ticket, 2) thin-skinned wacky liberals.

The fact you find this not offensive is exactly why it's so offensive.

Paedophile_Deluxe: I don't think this guy was trying to be racist, but who the hell uses the term "tar baby" in any context?

This and especially the bold.

I do not know if I am going to enjoy or hate all the bits of racism precieved or imagined this fall.

Tabatha Static: What's everyone so upset about? There's no racist stereotype associated with the tar baby story...

Only if you see the tar baby and immediately think 'it's a black'. I mean, wtf, were they supposed to make it out of peanut butter or something? The story was originally by a black guy and was a tale much like Aesop's fables.

Note to Republicans: don't use terms like 'tar baby' 'nubianrdly' or 'brazil nuts'. You have a poor track record with blacks and others who believe in social justice, so just don't do it.

Subby is being a troll :D

Hey, I never saw that filter before.

Saiga410: I do not know if I am going to enjoy or hate all the bits of racism precieved or imagined this fall.

I'm pretty sure it's the right who has been accusing others of racism so far this campaign...Maybe it's about time the tables get turned.

Classic Uncle Remus stories of defiance and rebellion to the status quo are not allowed in the history-free, modern idiocracy.

Santayana was only half-right: those who cannot remember the past are not only condemned to repeat it, they're in the goddamn MAJORITY.

Dear Jerk: Note to Republicans: don't use terms like 'tar baby' 'nubianrdly' or 'brazil nuts'. You have a poor track record with blacks and others who believe in social justice, so just don't do it.

I prefer 'niggling'. It sounds even more racist.

Shaggy_C: The story was originally by a black guy and was a tale much like Aesop's fables.

Nah, it was written by a white guy imitating a black (former) slave. But you're right in that it was adapted from African folklore handed down by slaves in an oral tradition.

I'm more concerned with his mixing of metaphors. Thus, this issue is a tar baby for anyone who touches it, with land mines everywhere.

Gentlemen, gentlemen. I think you are being nubianrdly in your estimation of the Republican party.

Subby DRTFA.

/facepalm.

Dear Jerk: You have a poor track record with blacks and others who believe in social justice, so just don't do it.

Uh-huh

Republican:


Democrat:

Prospero424: Nah, it was written by a white guy imitating a black (former) slave. But you're right in that it was adapted from African folklore handed down by slaves in an oral tradition.

Hehe, that's why I said the story was by a black guy (it's a slave tale), but yeah it was a fatcat reconstruction white guy who actually wrote it down. :P

Shaggy_C:
I'm pretty sure it's the right who has been accusing others of racism so far this campaign...Maybe it's about time the tables get turned.

I am sure I did not make a left or right comment there. I enjoy it when people are called on blatant stuff but calling wolf every time someone makes a statement like in TFA or the boy thing just aggravates me. Call wolf enough times and people stop listening.

BTW when did Hillary become the right?

But seriously, folks, this is great noose for Obama.

And that's really the reason that Uncle Remus stories aren't popular anymore: reading stories recreated during reconstruction by rich white men in the voice of a caricature of a former slave can be kind of disturbing if you stop to think about it.

/still likes "Song of the South", but understands why many don't.

DarthBrooks: Uh-huh

I'm pretty sure Republicans hate Lincoln. You never hear the modern Repubs bringing up his name when talking about 'great Republicans'. He doesn't jive with the states' rights agenda just like Dems don't think George Wallace is something to be proud of.

He's throwing a monkey-wrench into the whole Republican propoganda machine.

Shaggy_C: I'm pretty sure Republicans hate Lincoln. You never hear the modern Repubs bringing up his name when talking about 'great Republicans'. He doesn't jive with the states' rights agenda just like Dems don't think George Wallace is something to be proud of.

But he did believe in suspending habeus corpus, so they agree on that.

DarthBrooks: Dear Jerk: You have a poor track record with blacks and others who believe in social justice, so just don't do it.

Uh-huh

Republican: (Lincoln pic)

I was just thinking the other day, "Wow. I can't believe how Lincoln-like Bush and McCain are."

/Parties have changed a bit over time.

DarthBrooks

Liberal:


Conservatives:

Saiga410: I am sure I did not make a left or right comment there. I enjoy it when people are called on blatant stuff but calling wolf every time someone makes a statement like in TFA or the boy thing just aggravates me. Call wolf enough times and people stop listening.

Well, I don't really consider Hillary a real opponent at this point so I assume most Obama detractors are coming from the right :P And they have been the ones pumping up the "Racist Pastor" and Farrakhan crap for months. Every day it's "Obama is a RACIST". No real evidence, but that's never a prerequisite for accusations I suppose. I assume you're talking about the same kind of crap coming from the left and that's what you're "looking forward to".

The Homer Tax: But he did believe in suspending habeus corpus, so they agree on that.

He also liked starting wars of aggression :)

See, this is why I can't wait for October. You see, when Democrats get too excited and make a racial slip-up, they give the wrong kind of compliment (articulate, clean); or they compare two successful African-Americans with no other direct connection except that they are African Americans with similar professions.

When Republicans get too excited and make a racial slip-up, they reference 100 year old Jim Crow expressions or attend neo-Nazi rallies.