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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 06:15 PM Aug 2014

Mark Levin Blasts President Obama for Vacationing At ‘Whitest Place on Earth’ (Martha’s Vineyard)

“What do they say about Disneyland, Disneyworld, the happiest place on Earth?” conservative radio host Mark Levin said on his show Friday. “I think they say about Martha’s Vineyard — for you racialists and race-baiters out there — I think they say it’s the whitest place on Earth.” Levin spent some time criticizing President Barack Obama for taking his family to a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard while “there’s genocide going on” in Iraq.

He lists off some more horrors being committed by the “Islamo-Nazis” before asking, “Why would we expect the president to cancel his vacation to Martha’s Vineyard?” While he found it “amazing” that Obama is finally “showing some muscle” in Iraq with military airstrikes on ISIS artillery, he could not get over the fact that he was, in the same week, traveling to “the whitest place on Earth.” “And we know how you hate whites,” Levin continued, saying Obama would be better off vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands. “He talks race, he uses race, he pushes race. Vacation? Martha’s Vineyard.”

While Martha’s Vineyard is no doubt a ritzy island with more than its fair share of white people, Levin is clearly unaware of its rich history as a summer destination for wealthy black families. This is particularly true of Oak Bluffs, where African-American families began summering as early as the 1890s. The town’s main beach became pejoratively known as “The Inkwell,” a name that was later embraced by the people who frequented it.

During President Obama’s first year on office, MSNBC’s Touré wrote an article for New York Magazine titled “Black and White on Martha’s Vineyard,” which speculated about how the Obamas’ vacation experience on the island, known for its “self-imposed racial segregation,” might differ from that of the Clintons. While the Obamas do stay in one of the more traditionally white sections of the island in Chilmark (primarily for logistical reasons), as Touré predicted, they do make an effort to spend time in Oak Bluffs.


http://www.mediaite.com/online/mark-levin-attacks-obama-for-vacationing-at-whitest-place-on-earth/

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Mark Levin Blasts President Obama for Vacationing At ‘Whitest Place on Earth’ (Martha’s Vineyard) (Original Post) big_dog Aug 2014 OP
In the highest pitch on Earth, no less. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #1
” “And we know how you hate whites,” Levin continued, saying Obama would be better off vacationing i lunasun Aug 2014 #2
Exhibit #3... kentuck Aug 2014 #3
wow, Levin really said that Obama hates white people? alp227 Aug 2014 #6
The Savage Weiner will psychoanalyze PBO and say he hates himself for being half black... freshwest Aug 2014 #10
Where does Levin vacation? n/t cloudbase Aug 2014 #4
Fuck Mark Levin. nt TeamPooka Aug 2014 #5
This is not true. Oak Bluffs, a town in MV, where the ferries dock, was founded by freed slaves. CTyankee Aug 2014 #7
Oak Bluffs liberal from boston Aug 2014 #9
WHY DO YOU HATE WHITE PEOPLE, MR. LEVIN???!!! freshwest Aug 2014 #8
I think alot of it is a safety thing Marrah_G Aug 2014 #11
Seriously? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #12
This means Levin is an utter idiot...the AA community on MV is legendary. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #13
Mark, what the hell is your point? July Aug 2014 #14
Just when I think the GOP can't sink any lower... Initech Aug 2014 #15
Honestly, fuck you, Mark Levin. nt AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #16

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. ” “And we know how you hate whites,” Levin continued, saying Obama would be better off vacationing i
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 06:34 PM
Aug 2014

saying Obama would be better off vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands
just reading this hate makes me want to puke
He hates his own family now ?? Levin sure wants his haters to forget our president is biracial and to think instead he was born in Kenya and gonna go all Mau mau on whites any day now.
This hater should vacation in the sewer tunnels or a garbage dump of his choice but the rats will not welcome his low class ass

alp227

(32,054 posts)
6. wow, Levin really said that Obama hates white people?
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 07:36 PM
Aug 2014

So do those on Stormfront.org who would wish death on Levin because of his ethnicity!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
10. The Savage Weiner will psychoanalyze PBO and say he hates himself for being half black...
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 08:44 PM
Aug 2014
If he's still spewing his ignorant race hatred...

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
7. This is not true. Oak Bluffs, a town in MV, where the ferries dock, was founded by freed slaves.
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 08:01 PM
Aug 2014

The Vineyard is where they came to establish a settlement and the town honors them today. You can find Skip Gates there, riding his oversized triciycle. The island is a Democratic, liberal stronghold and plenty of black people take that ferry to and from the island in the summer.

Many people don't know this. Now you do. Pass it along to anyone you know who tells you different.
If they do, tell them they're thinking about Nantucket (a vacation land for republicans)...

9. Oak Bluffs
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 08:41 PM
Aug 2014

Thank you CTyankee. Local news interviewed locals there who were excited & support President Obama!!! In fact it was reported that the President will spend time in Martha's Vineyard but will return to Washington DC leaving Michelle & their daughters there.
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freshwest

(53,661 posts)
8. WHY DO YOU HATE WHITE PEOPLE, MR. LEVIN???!!!
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 08:14 PM
Aug 2014
WHY NOT VISIT WHITE PEOPLE???

I AM... OFFENDED!!!




Do I need a icon here? Okay, for those who don't know me:

Don't let that chickenshit get away with it!!!

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
11. I think alot of it is a safety thing
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 08:59 PM
Aug 2014

Otis AFB is close by and they can see who is coming and going from the island.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,209 posts)
12. Seriously?
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 09:02 PM
Aug 2014

G DUHbya was on vacation a total of 382 days during his presidency. Congress only works three days a week and takes the whole month of August off.

This asshole has the nerve to complain about Obama taking a vacation?

July

(4,751 posts)
14. Mark, what the hell is your point?
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 09:35 PM
Aug 2014

That our black president takes his also black family to a largely white area is a bad thing?

That our black president shouldn't hang out with white citizens?

That our black president should only go where there are a lot of black people?

I can't come up with an interpretation of your remarks, Mark, that doesn't make you sound at least a little bit racist.

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