As always, but some people may simply be unaware of other interpretations and perhaps even have a knee-jerk reaction. Fox News is famous for that sort of thing.
The King of metaphors strikes again!
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As always, but some people may simply be unaware of other interpretations and perhaps even have a knee-jerk reaction. Fox News is famous for that sort of thing.
Always happy to fill a void.
Bondo fills a pretty good void on an old pick up truck.
Absolutely.
Different folks interpret things different ways - I saw it as nothing more than him saying who our government needs to prioritize using car seating as an analogy.
Obama said middle class families were far more important than lobbyists/special interests and that while Republicans were welcome, they took a back seat (not a back of the bus) to middle class families.
My family's car seating changes constantly based on who outranks who - and as someone who is typically relegated to the back seat (age and size trump in our vehicles), I don't find this offensive.
Frankly, I think you are just in the mindset to BE offended, so EVERYTHING is offending you or has an offensive meaning.
Especially in an article where the President is also being criticized for supporting his Republican friend over the Democratic candidate. :roll:
Obama said middle class families were far more important than lobbyists/special interests and that while Republicans were welcome, they took a back seat (not a back of the bus) to middle class families.
My family's car seating changes constantly based on who outranks who - and as someone who is typically relegated to the back seat (age and size trump in our vehicles), I don't find this offensive.
Frankly, I think you are just in the mindset to BE offended, so EVERYTHING is offending you or has an offensive meaning.
Especially in an article where the President is also being criticized for supporting his Republican friend over the Democratic candidate. :roll:
Perhaps he was referencing his attempt at bipartisanship that was met with a giant wall of NO! His point is that the democrats will show up with the tow truck and drag us out of the ditch, the Republicans will then claim that they could have done it themselves and the $65 tow bill was too high.
Classic case of sour grapes with Caprio.
Well Andy,it obviously bothered some other folks as well...
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/...s/2010/10/27/id/375089?s=al&promo_code=B069-1
lack Republicans Demand Obama 'Bus' Apology
Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010 04:17 PM Article Font Size
By: David A. Patten
Black Republican leaders are demanding that President Barack Obama apologize for what they consider a racially insensitive remark that he made on the campaign trail this weekend.
During a campaign swing the president said, "We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for a ride, but they gotta sit in back."
Dr. Timothy F. Johnson, the black Republican who heads the Frederick Douglass Foundation, told Newsmax in an e-mail Wednesday that Obama should immediately apologize for the offensive reference to the Jim Crow era.
"Once again the president is perpetuating the racism that exists, and [is] portrayed by the so-called Civil Rights organizations and their leaders," Johnson stated.
"Americans are sick and tired of these divisive statements the president continues to make," he added. "Our first objective is November 2, 2010.
"Next is to find the next president of the United States, and retire President Obama to Chicago, Hawaii, or Kenya in Nov. 2012," stated Johnson.
Johnson is not alone in finding the president's "sit in back" remark offensive.
Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association, tells Newsmax: "As evidenced by his words and actions on numerous occasions, President Obama deliberately engages in the politics of race-baiting for partisan political gain, a tactic Democrats have used since the days of slavery. I believe Obama knew a racially-tinged image would result from his saying Republicans should be put in the back of his metaphorical car, and he would not even consider apologizing."
What if a Republican president had made such a remark? asked Fox News contributor Monica Crowley. She said it would have triggered an uproar from Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
"I think after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, riding in the back certainly does have some Civil Rights and racial overtones to it, and you can't tell me the president of the United States wasn't aware of it when he said it," Crowley said Wednesday on Fox News. "I found his comment there appalling [and] I found his refusal to address it in a straightforward way also appalling."
The "sit in back" remark is part of a pattern of increasingly divisive rhetoric from the president in the run up to the midterm elections, Crowley said.
In one recent example, on Monday President Obama urged Latinos to "punish our enemies" during a Univision broadcast.
?If Latinos sit out the election," Obama said, "instead of saying, ?We?re gonna punish our enemies and we?re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,? if they don?t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it?s gonna be harder . . . "
Crowley added: "This is nothing new. Ever since this man became president nearly two years ago now, he has constantly used this kind of incredibly divisive rhetoric. He seems to forget that he's no longer campaigning.
"He's the president of the United States. The president is supposed to be the president of all the people, even those who disagree with his agenda and who disagree with him," Crowley said.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs did not shy away from the controversial "sit in back" statement when asked about it in a press briefing.
He portrayed it as part of the ongoing metaphor that the president has used to assert Republicans drove the economy into a ditch.
?The president said this weekend that the Republicans are going to ride in the back and the middle class will be in the passenger?s seat,? Gibbs said.
In a none-too-subtle jab he added: ?We?re certainly concerned with backseat driving.?
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Black Republicans Demand Obama 'Bus' Apology
What ever happened to social correctness being an affront on society?? Haven't I heard that recently on another thread? :scratch:
The President could have said any type of metaphor and would have been criticized by some group.
President: "Let's pull up our socks and work" -- The League of Senior Golfers seeks an apology: "The President clearly meant that us Republican Golfers, who are Senior, are lazy, plaid wearing, wealthy elites with droopy socks who golf secretly to plan the destruction of the middle class."
President: "Republicans have been as helpful as a chocolate teapot." --The League of African American Woman's voters demands an apology. "Clearly, the President meant people of color and since as woman, we eat more chocolate, meant to infer we had big butts".
The President could have said any type of metaphor and would have been criticized by some group.
President: "Let's pull up our socks and work" -- The League of Senior Golfers seeks an apology: "The President clearly meant that us Republican Golfers, who are Senior, are lazy, plaid wearing, wealthy elites with droopy socks who golf secretly to plan the destruction of the middle class."
President: "Republicans have been as helpful as a chocolate teapot." --The League of African American Woman's voters demands an apology. "Clearly, the President meant people of color and since as woman, we eat more chocolate, meant to infer we had big butts".
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