Here we go...Scarborough pushing "Obama looked darker" than usual last night

[BeyondGeography]

And he gets Jonathan Capehart to play along. Shame on you, Jonathan.

[FrenchieCat]

1. What does that even fucking means?

:shrug:

[BeyondGeography]

4. Darker than he usually looks...Capehart even speculated that he may have gotten a suntan in Florida

Unreal.

[FrenchieCat]

5. But what would that mean?

I'm trying to find out the significance of this?

Want to remind everyone that Obama has got Mandigo Blood running through his body?

[BeyondGeography]

7. Scarborough said, in so many words, some white folks probably would have preferred

the lighter version on Barack Obama than what he thinks they saw last night.

You asked.

Nobody else would touch it, except Capehart, who just made a permanent ass of himself.

[FrenchieCat]

17. I dont know, Sarah Palin has a Tanning Bed,

and she can see Russia when she's laying in it, as far as I know.

Have they talked about that yet? :shrug:

[undeterred]

36. He wore a suit that accented his race.

Hell I don't know what it means. Its ridiculous.

[Kutjara]

2. No mention of how fetchingly cadaverous McPOW looked? n/t

[K Gardner]

3. NO FUCKING WAY @!! Did he SAY that??!!

[npincus]

10. OP not correct, Capeheart introduced the notion

and tried to explain it, and a discussion followed (which I tuned out of).

[BeyondGeography]

20. You're totally wrong, Scarborough prompted him by saying "what do you see that is different"

about Barack Obama last night? And then Capehart answered. They discussed it in advance; the white guy gets cover by having the black guy appear to bring it up, and Capehart, good MSM soldier that he is, plays along and fools people like you.

[Kahuna]

31. You are correct!!!! nt

[RockaFowler]

6. I am disgusted with this show

My husband just said that this Joe Scab is a complete tool. It's the first time he's seen him and he thinks he's a complete idiot. Where do you come up with crap like this??

[watercolors]

8. Mc Cain looked whiter than normal!!

so there!!

[Window]

28. LOL! He looked like a pasty ghost.

[npincus]

9. NO.... Capeheart brought it up

[OKNancy]

13. That is right. Also it's true. He did look like

the makeup was darker... or the lights.
I think Capehart knows,as a black man, what some idiots would have in the back of their mind.

[newfie11]

11. Who cares what color he is. He could be green as far as I am concerned.

What matters is we need his ability to get this country out of the mess it is in NOW thats to the white repugs.
BTW I am white.

[FrenchieCat]

15. Thank you. That was my point.

If they wanted to talk "race" they could have talked on the symbolic point that Obama was debating in Mississippi at Old Miss and the history behind that.

But I guess, skin color in a superficial way was more rewarding to the two assholes carrying on the discussion.

[demodonkey]

35. He did look kinda green on my TV set. McCain looked purple. Who cares. nt

[genna]

12. what does the pigment of his skin have to do with anything?

we know he's half black. what does being blacker than what joe's expectations mean?

[chupacabranation]

14. Oh. My. God.

That is unbef*ckinglievable.

I hope they get dragged through the mud for this.

Back to the Dark Ages, where they belong. Maybe some quartering is in order.

[izzie]

16. Maybe it is envy. Obama looks so good and so well.

Being McCain's age and paper white like him I enjoy looking at some one that looks as fit as Obama. If he looked darker it is most likely who he was standing beside. Joe can not seem to help him self. He will talk about anything even when he is full of hot air. He was the same in Congress.

[eshfemme]

18. WTF?!?!

Why is this not being called out for being the racist BS that it is? You don't fucking comment on someone's skin color because that has nothing to do with anything.

WTF?

I'm just... WHAT THE FUCK!

[iceman66]

19. I would take it as a good sign,

if the other side has to resort to this.

I don't think it will do anything to help McCain as he has already had the racist vote locked up for some time.

[Obamarama]

21. They were even questioning if people would translate that to him looking "more sinister"

I kid you not. They were pondering if this perceived difference in skin tone would make some people view Obama as "sinister."

I wanted to throw my cup of coffee at the TV.

[deminks]

22. Capeheart may have brought it up, but Joe said it made Obama look sinister.

I think they discussed it before hand. Joe Blow even brought up how "sinister" it made Obama look. Stunning racism. I thought my Saturday mornings were safe. I turned the set off, going outside while I can still breathe fresh air. I hope my grandchildren remember what it smells like.

Obama won, racist pigs on Morning Jerk, get over it.

[rxdem84]

23. So dark skin = sinister. Get this piece of shit show off tv!!

[frogcycle]

24. truly the most outlandish topic yet

scabrous just proved he is a total waste of space

btw, Obama looked GREAT! And I did not notice his being darker, if in fact he did.

I did notice, however, that he is really slim. And I just hate him for that. In fact, shlumpy mcnumbnuts looked like my kinda guy. I particularly like it when he rolls up his sleeves and opens his collar, and his shirt is half untucked, with his gut hanging out a little. Now THAT is my kinda guy. I think I'll vote for him even though he is a brain-dead bigoted idiot, because his yellow teeth and pasty complexion make me feel all comfy and that skinny guy makes me feel fat.

[C_U_L8R]

25. Maybe it's just that McCain looked whiter than usual

what bullshit

[Samantha]

26. I didn't read this nefarious implication to this issue

I thought the person who applied his makeup chose a shade too dark. It was a cosmetic misfire. Standing next to McCain, with his white hair reflecting the light, the comparison between the men looked even more startling. Perhaps it is simply my gender that prompts me to think this.

The one thing I have repeatedly noticed about Barack Obama's appearance the last few times he has publicly appeared, is how much he has aged the last two years. There is gray above his temples, and that too reflects the bright lights of the camera. And sadly, it reminds us of his mortality. What a gift this man is to the American public, but his contribution is a thing of the Now. And we need to appreciate that, how lucky we are to have a chance for this man to lead us out of the crater where Bush* has dumped us. I think this stressful election has taken its toll on this man only in his 40s. And I hate to think that. He hasn't even gotten to the hard part yet.

But looking at the overall appearance in the two men, their postures, their poise, their demeanor, it seemed strikingly obvious to me that Barack can go the distance of enduring these extremely critical future years ahead of us, but Mccain's ability to do so seems doubtful. (And we know his failure to do so would leave us with Sarah Palin.) This overall bigger picture seems the salient point to me, not the cosmetic misfire.

Another thing that reared its head as I watched Barack debate was the memory of Sarah Palin's first public speech. She constantly demeaned Barack and took sarcastic, cutting barbs toward him. His impressive performance last time coupled with the memory of her attacks on him that night made her look even more unacceptable. With his command of the facts and her obvious lack thereof, she makes fun of him? What a gross miscalculation on her part.

[hexola]

27. I think Obama DID look darker, eyes hollowed out...on purpose, I think.

[Essene]

34. agreed - but to make it a talking point on television is absurd.

[BlueIdaho]

29. In what context is that statement EVER ok?

Email the bastard and call him on his bullshit!

[bunnies]

30. Obama looked tan to me.

Like when he came back from Hawaii. Why bring it up? Beats me. But he did look tan. Just saying.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

32. Oh, bringing out the "scary black man" ploy, eh? n/t

[Essene]

33. This needs national media attention... make fools out of these people, please

[LibraLiz1973]

37. That is so fucking disgusting, I want to punch Joe in the kisser.

Racist asswipe

[SDJay]

38. Sickening

Whatever it takes to get noticed, I guess, eh, Joey? That intern sure looked deader than normal in your office that day, too. Let's have a panel discussion on that, asshat.

[Pathwalker]

39. Stephanopolis said the same thing. Terry Moran gave him a wierd look,

and I turned the channel. Frankly, I didn't notice - I was too busy just being impressed with Senator Obama, and pissed and pissed at McNasty. His refusal to even look at Senator Obama was just so damned offensive! Churlish, condescending, and nasty!

[colonel odis]

40. joe just can't forget he went to Bama. perhaps he was trying to imply that

obama looked more like a field slave than a house slave.

field slave = dangerous, inarticulate, can't have them around your wife or daughter, too crude

house slave = more refined, more articulate, more manners.

in the bizarro world of joe's upbringing, obama will always be a slave of some sort. his mission is to convince people that obama isn't the tolerable type you'd let work in your house, but the mean, half-animal type who you'd work to death in your fields.