I missed Sweetiegate until today. Would someone please PM

[rzemanfl]

me if Obama calls someone a honky, offay or peckerwood? Otherwise I have better things to do.

[ColbertWatcher]

1. What if he says "cracker"? n/t

[rzemanfl]

2. Offer him cheese with it? Seriously, from my time in this area,

cracker is not considered an opprobrious term in all contexts, nor is redneck.

[hisownpetard]

3. I heard he ordered some of them the other day - with hot, sugared TEA!

Blasphemy!

[rzemanfl]

6. Well at least he didn't order tea with HONEY that would have

gotten all sorts of flack.

[Clovis Sangrail]

8. 'cracker' apparently isn't racist where I am

I never really knew there was any other meaning of the term until I moved to the south.

[applegrove]

9. GOP types used to call Bill Clinton "He's a cracker" when he was President.

My dad went to the odd cocktail party in Florida at the time and couldn't believe it.

[Clovis Sangrail]

10. you see it all over the place

advertisements for "cracker cooking" or "cracker furniture" or whatever.
I've been told it refers to the early settlers of the area who cracked whips to herd cattle.
:shrug:

[jgraz]

4. Sure, sweetie. No prob.

:P

[rzemanfl]

5. You're a doll. Thanks. n/t

[rzemanfl]

7. Many thanks to the person who recommended this thread!

You are a sweetie!!!!111

[rzemanfl]

11. Both of the people who recommended this thread are real

sweeties.