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(Telegraph) Asinine The British people want Barack Obama to win because "its time for a black president." Citing to all their black Prime Ministers absent from the article   (telegraph.co.uk) divider line 129
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Party Boy [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:09:15 PM  
Probably tired of getting dragged along with the neocon war plans too.

 
Walker [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:17:07 PM  
It's

 
TurboCojones [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:23:37 PM  
tit's

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:24:29 PM  
hey, hey, hey, wait just a minute- it's a lot easier to tell other people what to do than to do it yourself

 
Phocas 2008-09-13 03:24:45 PM  
Didn't you British learn from what happened to Kerry? STOP telling the US how to vote, we're ornery and will put the other guy (no women yet) in office.

How about a ringing endorsement for McCain?

 
GoldSpider 2008-09-13 03:25:14 PM  
members.airsoftcanada.com

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:25:17 PM  
It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.

 
Exodus2001 2008-09-13 03:25:49 PM  
If the British people want Barack Obama to win, start saying you want McCain to win. Better yet have France endorse McCain too.

Barack Hessian Obama is not going to win.

 
SeismicJizzer 2008-09-13 03:26:56 PM  
Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.


The republican base's stupidity doesn't surprise me.

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:27:44 PM  
Exodus2001: If the British people want Barack Obama to win, start saying you want McCain to win. Better yet have France endorse McCain too.

Barack Hessian Obama is not going to win.


Obama is an 18th-century German mercenary?

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:27:44 PM  
Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I like this gem


Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.



lolz

 
sarcastrophe 2008-09-13 03:30:10 PM  
Beck Bristow: I like this gem


Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.


lolz


That's just awesome.

 
Hot Lunch 2008-09-13 03:30:38 PM  
OK here's the question: is this a valid stance?

Does it make sense to want to have a black president and just get it over and done with(regardless of BHO being a better or worse candidate.)

Would it be reparations enough if the American people, not the politicians, voted in a (half) black guy just to show that we're all equal partners?

Or should we all pretend that race has nothing to do with this presidential contest?

 
Exodus2001 2008-09-13 03:31:56 PM  
Tsunami Ditka: Obama is an 18th-century German mercenary?

Um no, he's a secret Muslim 18th-century German mercenary.

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:32:29 PM  
Beck Bristow: Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I like this gem


Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.


lolz


What are they talking about, Corsi's book? LOL.

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:33:18 PM  
Exodus2001: Tsunami Ditka: Obama is an 18th-century German mercenary?

Um no, he's a secret Muslim 18th-century German mercenary.


Um no, he's a radical Christian secret Muslim 18th-century German mercenary.

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:33:19 PM  

more:

Like many others, I'm surprised that Charles Moore would support Obama. Beyond his personable qualities, Obama is quite far from conservatism, and his radical pro-choice position is appalling.


www.cbu.edu

 
Aarontology [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:33:38 PM  
Hot Lunch: OK here's the question: is this a valid stance?

Does it make sense to want to have a black president and just get it over and done with(regardless of BHO being a better or worse candidate.)

Would it be reparations enough if the American people, not the politicians, voted in a (half) black guy just to show that we're all equal partners?

Or should we all pretend that race has nothing to do with this presidential contest?


No. If people want Barack Obama to become president, it should be because they believe he is the best person for the job based upon his policies and positions on the issues.

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:35:08 PM  
aaand this one


Most Americans love God and their country.

Most Europeans loathe God and their country.

Reject Christ at your own peril.

 
Sgt Otter [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:35:53 PM  
Beck Bristow: Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I like this gem


Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.


lolz


Michigan?

 
pvd021 2008-09-13 03:37:57 PM  
sarcastrophe
Beck Bristow: I like this gem


Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.


lolz

That's just awesome.


Funny you mentioned this. I've heard a lot of black politicians in Michigan cater to the stupidity and ghetto mentality that is so prevelant in Michigan. Any black person that sounds intelligent and educated gets painted as being stuck up and not being 'one of them' or the people they represent and essentially loses any election. Its generally the more ignorant and ghettofied persona that gets a candidate voted into Michigan. Note the recent major facing criminal charges and the black woman who went on a ghetto tirade at some commissions meeting. And I'm not from Michigan so I can't vouch for this, but I hear this point coming from many people who live in and around detroit.

//From Washington DC.
//Can't really poke fun at Detroit

 
Larry Mahnken [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:38:15 PM  
Uh, the UK is only 2% black, the US is over 13% black.

 
Murkanen 2008-09-13 03:39:36 PM  
The British people want Barack Obama to win because "its time for a black president who understands the importance of listening to people more informed on a subject than you are."

Fixed that for you Submitter.

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:40:03 PM  
lol hotlinking is bad

 
Flying Code Monkey 2008-09-13 03:40:57 PM  
Dear Brits, you aren't helping. Remember that a lot of people here take pride in defying international opinion, no matter how reasonable it may or may not be. It'll be a while before we're able to change that attitude, but we have to do it ourselves.

(instead, send condescending letters to American citizens begging them to vote for McCain!)

 
12349876 2008-09-13 03:42:34 PM  
Beck Bristow: Oh yeah? Appealing? He has more naked, blonde ambition than Madonna and has trampled over every "brother" and "sister" he used to get where he is today.You have obviously not read the in-depth study of how he rose to power in Michigan.

Ambition is losing a bid for the presidency and then changing all of your positions so you can win it the second time.

 
zerkalo 2008-09-13 03:43:39 PM  
So what? Britain had a Joo Prime Minister, now we get a secret Muzzie Prez

/Trolls across the water

 
justdweezil 2008-09-13 03:44:51 PM  
Why do the Brits need a black Prime Minister when they have a comparatively smaller black population and a better civil rights history?

 
This Amp Goes To 11 2008-09-13 03:46:28 PM  
I didn't realize that 13% of the British population was black.

Oh wait, it's not.

 
jaylectricity [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:48:04 PM  
Beck Bristow: lol hotlinking is bad

It's not the hotlinking, it's because the filter changed the URL from sh*t to shiat. It's a picture of Reche Caldwell with wide eyes and the score 28-28.

 
GoldSpider 2008-09-13 03:49:19 PM  
justdweezil: Why do the Brits need a black Prime Minister when they have a comparatively smaller black population and a better civil rights history?

I'm not sure you really want to bring Great Britain's colonial human rights history into this particular argument...

 
Peter von Nostrand 2008-09-13 03:49:40 PM  
Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.


It's always amusing to see Americans get all pissy because another country comments on US politics. Yet these same people that constantly insist it's our right to tell everyone else what they should and should not do.

 
Hang On Voltaire [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:50:02 PM  
They had a 1/2 American PM. That could count as a minority

 
Logweasel 2008-09-13 03:50:14 PM  
Flying Code Monkey: Dear Brits, you aren't helping. Remember that a lot of people here take pride in defying international opinion, no matter how reasonable it may or may not be. It'll be a while before we're able to change that attitude, but we have to do it ourselves.

The people who are going to decide this election don't read the Telegraph.

 
whizbang [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:51:13 PM  
zerkalo: So what? Britain had a Joo Prime Minister, now we get a secret Muzzie Prez

/Trolls across the water


A Secret Joo, too --
was baptised in the Anglican Church at 13.

 
johnnyrocket 2008-09-13 03:51:37 PM  
i130.photobucket.com

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:51:48 PM  
Peter von Nostrand: Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.

It's always amusing to see Americans get all pissy because another country comments on US politics. Yet these same people that constantly insist it's our right to tell everyone else what they should and should not do.


Good point. It's a good indication of the attitude of these people - America is always right even when it's wrong, above everything, kings of the world.

 
PUFTAS 2008-09-13 03:52:08 PM  
Subby sure showed Great Britain!

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:52:09 PM  
jaylectricity: Beck Bristow: lol hotlinking is bad

It's not the hotlinking, it's because the filter changed the URL from sh*t to shiat. It's a picture of Reche Caldwell with wide eyes and the score 28-28.


good to know, did not know the filter extended to urls

 
GoldSpider 2008-09-13 03:53:07 PM  
It's not like the British have a history of interfering with our internal affairs...

heatherpiche.com

 
lotustuned 2008-09-13 03:53:37 PM  
GoldSpider: justdweezil: Why do the Brits need a black Prime Minister when they have a comparatively smaller black population and a better civil rights history?

I'm not sure you really want to bring Great Britain's colonial human rights history into this particular argument...



Civil rights not colonial human rights. There's a difference. Think of it as the difference between the treatment of native Americans and the civil rights movement of the 60s.

 
GoldSpider 2008-09-13 03:55:37 PM  
lotustuned: Civil rights not colonial human rights. There's a difference. Think of it as the difference between the treatment of native Americans and the civil rights movement of the 60s.

Nevertheless, Great Britain has a pretty piss-poor history of interacting with brown people.

 
Tsunami Ditka 2008-09-13 03:57:34 PM  
GoldSpider: It's not like the British have a history of interfering with our internal affairs...

I'm not sure George III's actions were "interfering with our internal affairs," at least in the way you seem to imply.

 
Peter von Nostrand 2008-09-13 03:57:42 PM  
Tsunami Ditka: Peter von Nostrand: Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.

It's always amusing to see Americans get all pissy because another country comments on US politics. Yet these same people that constantly insist it's our right to tell everyone else what they should and should not do.

Good point. It's a good indication of the attitude of these people - America is always right even when it's wrong, above everything, kings of the world.


Cue "America - Fark Yeah" pic in 3.. 2.. 1..

 
Beck Bristow 2008-09-13 03:57:46 PM  
GoldSpider: lotustuned: Civil rights not colonial human rights. There's a difference. Think of it as the difference between the treatment of native Americans and the civil rights movement of the 60s.

Nevertheless, Great Britain has a pretty piss-poor history of interacting with brown people.


but they gave them cricket!

 
Hang On Voltaire [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:58:25 PM  
lotustuned:

Civil rights not colonial human rights. There's a difference. Think of it as the difference between the treatment of native Americans and the civil rights movement of the 60s.


Do you know who the blacks or Europe are?

 
Hang On Voltaire [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 03:59:00 PM  
Sorry, should be "of Europe are?"

 
hasty ambush 2008-09-13 04:01:28 PM  
Peter von Nostrand: Tsunami Ditka: It's always interesting to read articles from British outlets about American politics - mostly for the comments.

I have to laugh at snooty Europeans who actually think we Americans care a whit about they think about us and who we elect as president. Europeans (and I include the Brits) have always been jealous of the U.S. because you have never, nor will you ever, be the strong, confident, courageous and generous
country America is. You are really quite a pathetic bunch.

Wow.

It's always amusing to see Americans get all pissy because another country comments on US politics. Yet these same people that constantly insist it's our right to tell everyone else what they should and should not do.


You might want to take that up with Michael Moore

Friday, January 20th, 2006
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election

"Oh, Canada -- you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right? I know you have a great sense of humor, and certainly a well-developed sense of irony, but this is no longer funny. Maybe it's a new form of Canadian irony -- reverse irony! OK, now I get it. First, you have the courage to stand against the war in Iraq -- and then you elect a prime minister who's for it. You declare gay people have equal rights -- and then you elect a man who says they don't. You give your native peoples their own autonomy and their own territory -- and then you vote for a man who wants to cut aid to these poorest of your citizens. Wow, that is intense! Only Canadians could pull off a hat trick of humor like that. My hat's off to you."

Link (new window)

 
TripleK 2008-09-13 04:01:55 PM  
justdweezil: Why do the Brits need a black Prime Minister when they have a comparatively smaller black population and a better civil rights history?

HA!!
Would you like some sugar with your tea?

 
JQPublic [TotalFark] 2008-09-13 04:02:46 PM  
justdweezil: Why do the Brits need a black Prime Minister when they have a comparatively smaller black population and a better civil rights history?

A quarter of the Earth begs to differ.

 
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