"That One"

The 2008 version of “You People”. Has it really come to this? Sen. John McCain couldn’t even refer to Sen. Barack Obama as person, as a man, instead he’s a ‘That’. A thing, an object. Sen. McCain dislike (or is it disdain?) for Sen. Obama was more than obvious! Maybe I’m being overly
sensitive? But with Tina Fey Gov. Palin’s borderline racist attacks against Sen. Obama, McCain/Palin surrogates oh so subtle reminders of Barack’s middle name (Hussein) and supporters screaming ‘terrorist’ and ‘kill him’ at their campaign rallies, I think I am justified in believing the ‘that one’ comment was more than Sen. McCain just condescending and sarcarstic.

What’s McCain gonna do at the last debate? Call him ‘boy’? Too obvious? How bout ‘uppity’. Its been used before by a McCain supporter. It is amazing to me just how nasty the McCain campaign has become. And just I love the coded language McCain and Palin have been using.

“I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America.” Palin has said.

In other words he’s not like you and me — you know, white. Keith Olbermann referred to this in his special comment Monday night saying,”it’s a nifty trick to remind the white folk that (psst) Obama is black.”

But it doesn’t seem to be working. After last night’s debate, the polls from the various networks — NBC, CBS, CNN, and even FOX News (they didn’t cook the numbers??? Truly a sign of the Apocalypse) — the American people have said Sen. Obama won the debate in a format that was suppose to be in Sen. McCain’s favor. Heck even some Republican’s are calling it for Obama, including Bill “I’m a Gambler” Bennett.

“I confess I so much admire McCain, but I just don’t think the campaign is equal to the story,’ he said. “I just don’t think it’s equal to the man, it hasn’t been. … We needed a breakthrough, talking about the economy. I think he was a little better than last time, but he didn’t break through enough, and he’s behind. So it just wasn’t good enough for McCain in terms of what it had to be.”

Ouch.

So much for the race baiting Sen. McCain, it looks like ‘that one’ won the debate.

Pepperidge Farm Interracial Cookie Ad

I saw this posted over at the MoKelly Report. Pepperidge Farm has a new print ad for their Milano Cookies. The chocolate is portrayed as a woman (a black woman) and the light golden cookie is the man (a white man). Mo seems to think there some deeper racial meaning to it.

The ‘dark chocolate character’ seems to be female in nature…made to look like ‘she’ has long hair (or a weave) and long flowing ‘dress.’ That and the fact ‘she’ is shorter than her ‘White’ (or Asian or Latino) counterpart.

Let’s delve further…

Is the intimation ALSO that this ‘Black woman’ is the meat in a ‘White man sandwich?!’ (Note the caption below the logo…)

“Every taste has a feeling.”

Mo’Kelly is just sayin’…look at the cookie to the left too. Two White/Asian/Latino men “book-ending/sandwich breading a Sista…

Hmmm…

And what about the more ‘subtle’ racism…yes Mo’Kelly said racism.

The attribution of those things being “bold” because they are dark and ” light golden” tread dangerously close to the implied good/evil & white/black connotations of old……

I personally think its kinda funny — making sexual and racial references for a cookie. I wonder if we’ll see a similar ad for the Oreo cookie. Can you imagine?? Two dark brothas sandwiching a blonde chick….

Pepperidge Farm Interracial Cookie Ad

I saw this posted over at the MoKelly Report. Pepperidge Farm has a new print ad for their Milano Cookies. The chocolate is portrayed as a woman (a black woman) and the light golden cookie is the man (a white man). Mo seems to think there some deeper racial meaning to it.

The ‘dark chocolate character’ seems to be female in nature…made to look like ‘she’ has long hair (or a weave) and long flowing ‘dress.’ That and the fact ‘she’ is shorter than her ‘White’ (or Asian or Latino) counterpart.

Let’s delve further…

Is the intimation ALSO that this ‘Black woman’ is the meat in a ‘White man sandwich?!’ (Note the caption below the logo…)

“Every taste has a feeling.”

Mo’Kelly is just sayin’…look at the cookie to the left too. Two White/Asian/Latino men “book-ending/sandwich breading a Sista…

Hmmm…

And what about the more ‘subtle’ racism…yes Mo’Kelly said racism.

The attribution of those things being “bold” because they are dark and ” light golden” tread dangerously close to the implied good/evil & white/black connotations of old……

I personally think its kinda funny — making sexual and racial references for a cookie. I wonder if we’ll see a similar ad for the Oreo cookie. Can you imagine?? Two dark brothas sandwiching a blonde chick….

From ‘Elitist’ to ‘Boy’

While the mainstream media continues to focus on Barack Obama’s so-called offensive “bitter” remarks, almost no one is talking about a really offensive remark made about Sen. Obama by a Kentucky congressman.

While speaking to donors at a fundraiser in Kentucky, Rep. Geoff Davis said about Obama, “That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button.”(source)

Did he really just call Barack Obama a BOY? I mean really, REALLY! It’s 2008. Does this Geoff Davis guy still think its 1948? Davis has since apologized and written a letter asking for Sen. Obama’s forgiveness (read it here).

And while every so-called political pundit from Lou Dobbs to Pat Buchanan makes mountains out of molehills over “BITTER-GATE”, not one has expressed outrage over this truly offensive comment.