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GOP candidate to Obama: 'Go to hell'

hazlnut said:
If Obama was a white Dem with an non-foreign sounding name, would we have heard "You Lie!" and "Go to Hell" or Rush Limbaugh calling the President of the United States, "jackass"?? I don't think so.
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Yep. I think so. Bill Clinton was a white male with a non-foreign sounding name. He was (and still is) called a liar all the time. I don't know if Rush Limbaugh ever called him a jackass, but over the years, there were lots and lots of blurbs like this:

Audio: Rush Limbaugh: “Did Bill Clinton hit on those two female journalists on the long flight home from North Korea?” | Mofo Politics

Rather than running to "racist" for an explanation, maybe you should observe the president a little closer and ask yourself whether is the one and perfect messiah, or maybe, just maybe he is deserving of criticism for being an arrogant buffoon.
 
liblady said:
thanks...i'll go with the combination of all factors. i don't, however, think that 20 years ago we would heard a campaign speech in which the speaker told the president to "go to hell", nor do i believe we would have had congressmen belting out "you lie" during a presidential address.
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And we certainly did not have the President during the State of the Union, berate Supreme Court Justices for a decision he disagreed with.

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