Berlusconi says Obama is 'tanned' (632 hits)
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Submitted by Scott Jamze (View user info) at 2008-11-07 11:37:25 EST
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7715016.stm
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has provoked criticism for describing Barack Obama as "young, handsome, and tanned".
He made the remarks after a meeting with the Russian president in Moscow.
Opposition politicians in Italy said Mr Berlusconi's remarks about the US president-elect were at worst, racist and at best, undiplomatic.
Mr Berlusconi shrugged off the criticism, saying those who disagreed with him were humourless "imbeciles".
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If Obama doesn't find it funny then presumbably he's a 'humourless imbecile' too. Well actually, for all we know...
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Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2008-11-09 13:48:59 EST (#)
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Obama has a great, light-hearted approach to race relations. "Mutts like me." None of this self-victimization crap. Martin Luther King would be proud of him, unlike a lot of blacks who claim to represent their race.
He got into University without affirmative action, too.
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2008-11-08 23:26:29 EST (#)
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I enjoyed dropping a -2 on this
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-11-08 19:47:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-11-08 19:47:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-11-07 16:45:34 EST (#)
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Berlusconi gaffing his way through the day isnt news, its just his day
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-11-07 14:58:32 EST (#)
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In a black and white world, the half cast man is king.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-11-07 13:49:08 EST (#)
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He's Italian, Italy invented fascism. Mussolini in 1922 said 'Right, we're all fascists,' but most Italian people are always on scooters, going, 'Ciao!'"
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2008-11-07 13:39:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-11-07 11:48:15 EST (#)
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People should lighten up. At least he didn't describe him as "octoroon" or "high yella."
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High yella. Now there's an expression I haven't heard in a coon's age.
You're from GA right? I lived in Orlando in the late 70's and first encountered that expression there. You never hear it here in the Midwest.
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2008-11-07 12:23:28 EST (#)
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It's not like he told Obama to lighten up.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-11-07 12:13:50 EST (#)
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I don't understand the problem. His white half presumably does get tan.
Submitted by DanielJackings (user info) at 2008-11-07 12:12:20 EST (#)
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Yeah it's not like he called him a half nigger.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2008-11-07 12:05:44 EST (#)
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--Mr Berlusconi shrugged off the criticism, saying those who disagreed with him were humourless "imbeciles". --
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<ego>I know how he feels.</ego>
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-11-07 12:05:10 EST (#)
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yeah it's not like he called him a mulatto
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-11-07 11:52:06 EST (#)
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Yeah, I read the news too.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-11-07 11:51:40 EST (#)
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Im with jeanneee its not like that idiot called him an oreo.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-11-07 11:48:15 EST (#)
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People should lighten up. At least he didn't describe him as "octoroon" or "high yella."
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-11-07 11:41:06 EST (#)
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Hahaha. Class.
With Obama winning the election and Lewis Hamilton winning the F1 championship, it's been a good week for slightly black people.