Bush's Gross Racist Quote to Urban League

[mondo joe]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040723-8.html

Do you remember a guy named Charlie Gaines? Somebody gave me a quote he said, which I think kind of describes the environment we're in today. I think he's a friend of Jesse's. He said, "Blacks are gagging on the donkey but not yet ready to swallow the elephant."

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Weird!

(cough)

[BOHICA06]

2. Racist??

[TrustingDog]

7. saying that Blacks suck animal cocks....

mmm, yeah, kinda rascist.

[Cicero]

10. I thought it was a bad rendition...

...of "Straining at a gnat, but swallowing a horse." Or something along those lines.

Not racist, just really really strange.

Later,

[jjmalonejr]

11. That's quite a leap you're making there

Sorry, I don't see it.

[TrustingDog]

12. sounds like beastiality to me...

gagging, swallowing, animals....

[bossfish]

23. Santorum and Cornyn must feel vindicated...

[BOHICA06]

14. How about the plate of donkey

is overdone, but I not ordering any elephant.

It's how I feel about Tripe - has me gagging, but I'm not even going near the Liver!

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Why should blacks be required to fellate a political party?

[Cicero]

4. Don't think its racist

Weird as heck, and inspiring of a :wtf: moment, but not racist, IMNSHO.

Later,

Stephen

[eyesroll]

5. Not necessarily racist, but gross

Eew.

[Cat Atomic]

6. Is that some sort of Texas dirty talk?

:p

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

30. I'm an eighth-generation Texan

and I've NEVER heard any crap like that.

Gagging and swallowing and animals??? How sexual can he get???

[jedicord]

8. At least he didn't bring up box turtles!

That's just WRONG!

[CaTeacher]

9. I agree, doesn't seem racist--but a very gross

and statement--with sexual implications (perhaps homophobic).

[Fridays Child]

13. What a dirt bag. It's the oldest trick in the book...

...to attribute a quote to someone else so that you get the advantage of it without any of the fallout it might cause. Bush is saying, Hey, I'm just the messenger, here, so don't shoot ME, okay, folks?

And our boy in the White House takes it even one step further by associating this Charlie Gaines with Jesse Jackson, a man the right wing loves to hate. So, while it may be an odious, if true, quote, his audience (which, no matter who he's actually speaking to, is always the fundie bigots) has been informed of the less than "white, right, and outta sight" source from whence it came.

I repeat: what a dirt bag.

[peekaloo]

15. Wouldn't it be funny if

just like that famous Tennessee/Texas quote (won't get fooled again), the actual quote was along the lines of "blacks are lagging behind the donkey but not quite ready to follow the elephant".

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[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. Bush is quite the boor for such a silver spoon crowd kind of guy

It's amazing. The man must be exceedingly stupid.

[Lisa]

33. it's his version of "slumming"

He thinks he's being cute and adorable for "coming down to the level" of those from a less-privileged social/economic background. In his smug ignorance, he just assumes that poor rural people are crude and stupid. I don't think he realizes (or wants to know) that the so-called "common" folk can be MORE polite and better-spoken than the caricature he's presenting.

I think it would totally freak him out to see "ghetto" or "hillbilly" types speaking grammatically-correct standard English, being well-mannered, and discussing current events, science or the arts without using obscenities. (They can and do.)

For an interesting historical example, see Robert Hughes's "The Fatal Shore" -- he discusses an Australian prison warden who loved showing power over his prisoners by emulating them, while constantly reminding them that there was no way they could ever be a member of the social elite, like him!

[The Night Owl]

17. Gagging on the donkey?

I suspect that Bush's comment about blacks "gagging on the donkey" was definitely some kind of underhanded insult. We should cruise Freep and other racist hives and see how Bush's comment is being received. I bet they totally understood and appreciated Bush's coded lingo. Let's not forget... Bush speaks in code to Christian fundamentalists all the time.

[Karenina]

25. GROTESQUE AND HORRIFYING!

Right up there with "hitting the trifecta."

Yes. PLEASE. Anyone who can stomach FR, do go take a look. Certainly THEY picked up on his "codespeak."

Hey Karen, 25%!

[ramblin_dave]

18. Who was Charlie Gaines and can anyone find that quote

online somewhere?

[bossfish]

21. Can't find it yet, but if I googled..

"Charlie Gaines"+"elephant" and got seven hits.

One of them was this...sort of funny

http://www.vaginaldavis.com/blog/2003_11_01_arc.html

(may want to watch it if you're opening in public or at work)

"... Hot hot hot. Finally saw Gus' "Elephant" Geniustrata if i do say so myself.
Those cute boys in the film, photographed with slavish love. ... "

[gatlingforme]

19. Huh? comes to mind whenever Bush talks.

[UdoKier]

20. It's pretty damn suggestive...

and the entire speech is condescending and rude. He didn't dignify Revs. Sharpton and Jackson with the title "reverend", then he went on to parrrot the old GOP line that blacks vote democrat because they are too stupid to know that the GOP's pro-oligarchy policies would be better for them, that they are too stupid to know what is in their best interest.

If anybody's being fooled and taken for granted, it's working class and suburban Christian whites, who actually believe that Bush is a Christian just because he claims he is, even when his policies literally shit on every page of Christ's teachings in the Bible.

[noiretextatique]

22. the entire speech WAS condescending...that's racism, folks!!

of course he would probably condescend to anyone, but the contempt he displayed with this particular audience (coincidentally mostly black :eyes: ) is indeed indicative of his and his party's RACIST values.

[baldguy]

24. How do you swallow an elephant?

One bite at a time. But you have to kill it & cook it first.

[hippiegranny]

26. oh my god

that's horrendous! are they setting him up to look asinine now?

[qanda]

27. My husband couldn't believe he actually said that

He made me swear that I was telling the truth. We are black and we are offended.

[dave29]

28. Thats just plain weird

and more evidence we need to get rid of the party mascots. They are not being put to good use.

[sandnsea]

29. Where's Mondo Joe?

I'm just lovin' these hit and run posters.

Hey Mondo Joe, where'd you go??? Why'd you make a post about a supposedly racist remark if you weren't going to stick around and explain yourself??

[mondo joe]

35. I had things to do.

I think no matter how you look at it it's racist.,

Is he saying blacks are too stupid to understand a political party or its platform?

[rumguy]

31. What the hell does he mean?

It's one of the oddest statements I've ever seen.

[daleo]

32. They seem to be using a lot of weird sexually suggestive language

This reminds me of all the "sloppy seconds" talk regarding Kerry's choice of Edwards for VP. I just can't imagine someone using this line in a speech, unless it was a not so subtle insult.

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