WTF is with Tweety's "You can't do that in China" ad anyway?

[AlabamaLibrul]

Typical Tweety delivery.

Paraphrasing, talking about Obama, "Here's a guy, mixed background, and he says only in this country, my country. You can't go to China and become Chinese! American exceptionalism."

~*~MSNBC - Lean Forward~*~

:wtf:

[LeftyMom]

1. I'm glad I'm not the only one that bothers.

It's five different kinds of ignrnt.

[sense]

9. Absolutely.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. It's that thinking that's about to bite us in ass

[turntxblue]

3. Bingo!

That ad has driven me crazy ever since the first time I stopped long enough to really listen to what he was saying. I truly think Matthews is trying to make a positive, supportive statement, but someone dropped the ball on this. That "go to China and become Chinese" bit is just awful and is fodder for the Tea Party. Pres. Obama didn't come here and become American--he's American by birth, and that ad needs changing! Thanks so much for posting, as I thought I was the only one hearing it that way. I just can't believe that it continues to be aired.

[JI7]

6. you know about the chinese men marrying black women in africa ?

now what are the chances of one of those couples baby's being born in china and therefore chinese by birth getting to the top in china ?

of course china is not a democracy in the first place.

but yeah, tweety could have made the point without mentioning china or anyone else.

[Mika]

4. Actually, he says "....you can't go to China or Japan and become Chinese."

What an ijiot!

That and Rachael's "hippy dippy personal virtue" on conservation. :mad:

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[Art_from_Ark]

8. Typical Tweety, I guess

Tweety's the one who gushed about bu$h looking "manly" in his codpiece-enhanced flight suit during "Mission Accomplished". I don't know why anyone takes that guy seriously.

[JI7]

5. it's about how we are a "melting pot" immigrant mixed etc nation

[SoCalDem]

7. the ad was developed while all the birthers were frothing at the mouth

but by the time the ad aired, the "long form" had been revealed and bin Laden killed, so the ads were a bit unnecessary...but if course someone paid to have them made and so they run..

The thing that irks me is that surely that form could have been produced during the "08 election preemptively, and would have spared us all the nonsense that prevailed for months & months..

[Zebedeo]

10. Yeah,

he is implying that Obama came to the U.S. and became American. Odd.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

11. We channel the channel soon as that ridiculous ad comes on.

We find it offensive and ignorant.

[OHdem10]

12. In the USA, you can become a citizen of this country. In many

other countries, you can live there but not have
citizenship. In Germany, you have to prove you
are of German Descent if you wish to become a citizen.

[housewolf]

13. He's trying to re-frame tand take ownership of he phrase "American Exceptionalism"

He's trying to take it back from the Right and give it a meaning that Lefties can be comfortable with

[Mika]

15. But he implies that Obama is of foreign origin.

"You can't become a citizen and become president .... and look where he is. American Exceptionalism"

He's a drooling idjiot.

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[Motown_Johnny]

14. I've been saying that for months, he did not come here. He was born here

that spot never should have been produced much less aired