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(Gawker) Interesting Newsweek was going to run a different cover of Obama last week, but decided not to, because he appeared too dark (with pics of both covers)   (gawker.com) divider line 52
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Car_Ramrod 2008-05-29 01:10:15 PM  
Wow. Not even close to what the article says. Swing and a miss.

That was a lame article to begin with though.

 
Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 01:25:09 PM  
to dark..... ?

 
Marcus Aurelius [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 01:26:26 PM  
Now that I've clicked the link, I can see the issue is black and white.

 
Skleenar 2008-05-29 01:29:01 PM  
Marcus Aurelius: to dark..... ?

You know:

I dork (-ed)
you dark (-ed)
He/she darks (dirked)
They dark (-ed)
we dark (-ed)

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 01:33:59 PM  
Skleenar: Marcus Aurelius: to dark..... ?

You know:

I dork (-ed)
you dark (-ed)
He/she darks (dirked)
They dark (-ed)
we dark (-ed)


Thou darketh

 
Etchy333 [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 02:08:21 PM  
Time magazine approves:

img79.imageshack.us

 
GoodasGold 2008-05-29 02:35:54 PM  
Oh shiat! Is Obama Black??

 
Alien5151 2008-05-29 02:37:29 PM  
So...what's the problem here? Someone's mad because the cover they designed got scrapped for another one? Big deal, get over it.

 
Hang On Voltaire [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 02:37:52 PM  
www.foliomag.com

Obama MUST have a halo on his head

 
Shaggy_C 2008-05-29 02:37:54 PM  
cache.bordom.net

 
wpmulligan 2008-05-29 02:37:59 PM  
What did he appeared to dark?

 
Liberal Elite 2008-05-29 02:39:09 PM  
"to dark"..... to dark to what? Believe or not subby we are actually paying attention to you.


/not obscure

 
exparrot 2008-05-29 02:40:46 PM  
Too bad there isn't way to digitally enhance the pixels using a computer.

/maybe he could take it to a shop?

 
Edsel 2008-05-29 02:41:19 PM  
I kind of wish we were back in the 40s and most of us only knew what the candidates sounded like on the radio.

 
locater16 2008-05-29 02:43:15 PM  
www.indcjournal.com
The Darkness!

 
Theaetetus 2008-05-29 02:45:30 PM  
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"Ron Paul's ready to take the black vote!"

 
BRENDAN-FACE 2008-05-29 02:46:50 PM  
"He appeared to dark" what exactly? I didn't even know that "to dark" could be used as a verb.

I'm nearly positive he appeared too dark; but if that's the case, then I'm afraid that smacks of racism.

 
Im_Gumby 2008-05-29 02:46:55 PM  
To dark or not to dark?
That is the question.

 
Master of the Flying Guillotine 2008-05-29 02:47:31 PM  
GoodasGold: Oh shiat! Is Obama Black??

He'll have to cancel the swimming lessons!

 
Satyagraha 2008-05-29 02:49:24 PM  
gawker.com


and the back of his head blown off can be explained how?

 
Theaetetus 2008-05-29 02:49:53 PM  
Satyagraha: and the back of his head blown off can be explained how?

Non story. Overzealous lens flare.

 
danlpoon 2008-05-29 02:50:31 PM  
Being black is the least of his liabilities.

 
MataHari 2008-05-29 02:53:19 PM  
He has to be the best marketed politician in the history of politicians. I feel like some over zealous ad agency has been setting this up since 2006, and it's all falling according to plan.

 
wpmulligan 2008-05-29 02:53:59 PM  
Satyagraha: and the back of his head blown off can be explained how?

He is this generation's John Kennedy.

 
TheJoe03 [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 02:54:57 PM  
danlpoon: Being black is the least of his liabilities.

But you still consider it a liability? Very telling.

 
Lando Lincoln [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 02:57:00 PM  
BRENDAN-FACE: "He appeared to dark" what exactly? I didn't even know that "to dark" could be used as a verb.

I'm nearly positive he appeared too dark; but if that's the case, then I'm afraid that smacks of racism.


"To dark" as in "to dark something." It's the opposite of lighting something.

"He lit the torch and then he darked it when he was done."

Pretty common usage. You people are weird.

But anyway, yeah, I wish magazines would stop letting people know that Obama is half black. How the hell is he going to win in November if people know this stuff?

 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 02:57:49 PM  
Satyagraha: and the back of his head blown off can be explained how?

Hillary is an editor for Newsweek?

 
danlpoon 2008-05-29 02:57:57 PM  
But you still consider it a liability? Very telling.

That I'm a realist? Yes, Very telling. I base my opinion on history, friend. How many black Presidents have we had so far, Jesse? Hmmm?

Sorry. I'm not the racist boogy-man you've been hunting both years of your adult life. Point your hyper-sensitivity back towards the television screen. Thanks.

 
carmody 2008-05-29 02:57:58 PM  
Given the topic, it makes more sense to go with a "black and white" photo. Seriously.

 
burndtdan 2008-05-29 02:58:23 PM  
i liked their original cover idea...

i89.photobucket.com

 
TheJoe03 [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 03:00:41 PM  
danlpoon: But you still consider it a liability? Very telling.

That I'm a realist? Yes, Very telling. I base my opinion on history, friend. How many black Presidents have we had so far, Jesse? Hmmm?

Sorry. I'm not the racist boogy-man you've been hunting both years of your adult life. Point your hyper-sensitivity back towards the television screen. Thanks.


You're still a dick though.

 
danlpoon 2008-05-29 03:02:11 PM  
You're still a dick though.

Guilty.

 
alt login [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 03:06:24 PM  
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lrw1999 2008-05-29 03:49:26 PM  
Read the artical:

"If poor rural whites and African-Americans could sit down together, they would find that they have much in common."

I smell a sitcom!

 
danlpoon 2008-05-29 03:50:29 PM  
"If poor rural whites and African-Americans could sit down together, they would find that they have much in common."

Wasn't this the premise behind "Chico and the Man?

 
robsul82 [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 04:02:25 PM  
When poor white people figure out they have much more in common with poor black people than they do rich white people, they're gonna be a lot better off.

 
Circle Girl 2008-05-29 04:30:00 PM  
Paedophile_Deluxe: Shaggy_C:


Wow, that's incredibly creepy. I'd rather wake up next to the Burger King than jaundiced Obama.


That's not jaundiced Obama, that's AlbinoBama! Put fangs in his mouth and he's Count Obamacula! Or put him in a black/white striped shirt and black pants and he's Marcel Marceaubama!

In stores now!

/Light-up flag pin sold separately

 
Pagoon 2008-05-29 04:35:23 PM  
I bet if he smiled we sould see em.

 
Pagoon 2008-05-29 04:36:02 PM  
would*

 
burndtdan 2008-05-29 05:21:27 PM  
Skleenar: I dork (-ed)

you really did.

 
nzilla 2008-05-29 05:51:18 PM  
Snarfangel: Skleenar: Marcus Aurelius: to dark..... ?

You know:

I dork (-ed)
you dark (-ed)
He/she darks (dirked)
They dark (-ed)
we dark (-ed)

Thou darketh


FAIL.

Thou darkest

-eth was third-person singular present indicative.

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 05:57:22 PM  
nzilla: Snarfangel: Skleenar: Marcus Aurelius: to dark..... ?

You know:

I dork (-ed)
you dark (-ed)
He/she darks (dirked)
They dark (-ed)
we dark (-ed)

Thou darketh

FAIL.

Thou darkest

-eth was third-person singular present indicative.


When I was a teenager, I though conjugating would be more fun than this.

 
Archae hippy 2008-05-29 06:12:34 PM  
i256.photobucket.com

 
Hindmost [TotalFark] 2008-05-29 06:21:45 PM  
Archae hippy - outstanding

 
HawaiiE 2008-05-29 06:32:49 PM  
Archae hippy - wow. white obama looks mormon and creepy.

 
Krayon 2008-05-29 06:38:32 PM  
HawaiiE: Archae hippy - wow. white obama looks mormon and creepy.
bostonist.com

Frowns upon your shenanigans.

 
bolzy 2008-05-29 07:08:58 PM  
Newsweek, download a free image editor.

i27.tinypic.com

 
thalidomide new and improved 2008-05-29 07:13:15 PM  
MAN, I can't wait until this turd is flushed down the toilet of obscurity. John Kerry's keeping a seat at the VIP table for him.

 
boot20 2008-05-29 09:58:59 PM  
Wasn't it Newsweek that made Condi have freaky eyes?

Oh and Shaggy_C, I hate you...I will never sleep again, that is friggin' creepy

 
Linto 2008-05-29 11:56:15 PM  
GoodasGold: Oh shiat! Is Obama Black??

sort of

 
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