Howard Fineman MSNBC - "and like the long distance runners of Kenya"

[givemebackmycountry]

"He's going to get this done"

He did not really just fucking say that, did he?

Yes, he did.

(Sigh)

(spelling)

[Cha]

1. Oh well, It's a compliment

whether howie knows it or not.

[SnoopDog]

6. I agree...

A person's nationality (at least half since his father was Kenyan) is
usually a source of pride....

[Cha]

16. Exactly..and the Kenyon runners do it beautifully.

I just know some history on howie's swarm ..but, maybe he's really sincere here.

[roguevalley]

19. I remember an olympic movie where they profiled Steven Akwari.

He became injured in the marathon but kept going, coming in about eight hours late, practically crawling and Bud Greenspan (?) had a voice over about honor that still makes me tear up. Compliment.

[goclark]

20. He could have said a lot worse

:shrug:

[MUAD_DIB]

15. Albeit a backhanded one.

[Phx_Dem]

2. That sounds like a Tweety comment. n/t

[O is 44]

11. Ha, very true. n/t

[mattvermont]

3. you know how persistent

the "jungle bunny" can be....WTF is wrong with these people.
Are they analogically deficient?

[BlueIdaho]

4. We have all day long to say nothing much in particular...

And so we say these stupid, trite things...

[Parker CA]

5. Yeah, that was a WTF moment for sure. I couldn't believe I heard that.

[Skittles]

7. well, those Kenya runners DO get it done

I agree though, it is an odd analogy

[Grand Taurean]

8. Kenyans are the world's fastest runners.

So the do get it done.
I do not believe Howard meant anything bad by it.
Now if it was Matthews.....

[Schema Thing]

9. "And now, Republicans will perceive he is fierce, like a Mandingo warrior."

...therefore they will hide in the congressional cloakroom, like frightened toubob settlers.

[KingFlorez]

10. That was really....ignorant

[Lost-in-FL]

12. Yes he did... I heard it. nt

[angee_is_mad]

13. He forgot Obama was black

for a moment. You know like tweety forgets sometimes when his leg starts tingling.

[Cha]

17. lol at the tweety

thing.

[Change Happens]

14. lol...He did!

[jberryhill]

18. There is nothing derogatory in being compared to Kenyan runners

[kestrel91316]

21. Agreed. And ROFLMAO at the caption on that pic.....

[jberryhill]

24. I recently got back from a trip to Nairobi

Heck, I WISH someone would compare me to the lovely people of that country.

[CreekDog]

22. He didn't mean it as a racial stereotype and besides, it was a compliment

and an appropriate one...Obama just keeps going. he did not give up.

thank goodness.

[boppers]

23. He's Irish/Kenyan

He's got legendary stubborn endurance, to combine two stereotypes (and heroic archetypes)... I see it as a compliment.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

25. We talk about Biden's Irish charm... why not Obama's Kenyan endurance?

At some point in having a black president we have to accept that it must be possible to reference blackness without it being a slur.

Fineman wasn't making a 'birther' reference.

[Brewman_Jax]

26. That statement was really

lame. :eyes:

[GumboYaYa]

27. Those Kenyan runners are impressive...that is a compliment for Obama

I wish someone would compare my endurance to those guys.

[Arkana]

28. Obama as Shaka Zulu?

[Mass]

29. And? Why the outrage? Kenyan long distance runners are among the bests.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. I don't find this offensive at all....

He was making an apt comparison.

[grantcart]

31. and the comparison is actually spot on.

[PVnRT]

32. Unrec - How is this derogatory?

Kenyan (and Ethiopian) long-distance runners are the best in the world.

[treestar]

33. Obama is half Kenyan

If someone referred to his Irish side like that there would be no problem.