". . . President Obama just back from vacation looking tanned and relaxed . . ." (On CNN just then)

[skip fox]

this just in . . . Hmmm.

[treestar]

1. LOL

:rofl:

They must have that canned for all presidential vacation returns.

:rofl:

[lovepg]

Sure he is relaxed he is gonna have the finest health care paid for the rest of his life.

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. +1 nt

[spanone]

32. ..and well he should.

[lovepg]

33. Well we all should! nt

[cali]

35. Newsflash: African Americans can tan.

[AspenRose]

2. Shit.

*facepalm*

[virgogal]

3. That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.

[madrchsod]

4. the kids must be running cnn today.....

[2Design]

5. what he had four days off - who are they kidding ?? N/t

[orpupilofnature57]

6. I'm a Ditch digger , I had a blast on the Cape ,I was allowed to relax.

I hope we stay right up the MEDIAS ass as they can make or break this.

[incapsulated]

7. Um, we *do* tan, you know...

Especially those of us who are half white, several shades darker in my case.

???

[anigbrowl]

11. Don't interfere with my right to claim oppression by proxy

;-)

[incapsulated]

12. I actually *do* find all this offensive, I can't get complimented on my tan?

Because I'm half black?

Like Obama? Like we don't sit in the sun trying to get tanned, as well? Like we are aliens immune to the sun?

WTF, seriously.

[orpupilofnature57]

14. I agree

[xultar]

15. It is this kind of thread that makes me wonder about DU sometimes. This is offensive

my brother even got sun poisoning one time.

Why are 'Liberals' laughing @ this.

[eShirl]

25. I would hope it's mere ignorance rather than malice

[xultar]

26. It is ignorance. Last week I had someone try and tell me what I thought was racist

Wasn't. This thread shows me that du isn't the place where white people can trump my black experience.

[KoKo]

27. Huh? What the FUCK are you talking about?

:shrug: Could you put it into "plain speak?"

[xultar]

34. I'm saying I'm not going to let a DUer tell me something isn't racist

when it isn't because I've had 40 years on the planet as a black woman and I know WTF I'm talking about.

[treestar]

28. So did the President tan over this vacation?

Is he darker than he was?

I haven't noticed that, but then I'm white (=racist). I mean, that's all it takes to be one per many on DU.

Is the term used still, "tanning?"

[incapsulated]

31. Oh get the fuck off it

This thread was all about laughing at CNN saying that Obama was tanned.

Because we all know black people don't tan, it's so funny, he is like naturally tan, hahahaha.

Get off the cross, people need the wood.

[treestar]

37. Well then it was OK for CNN to say it

He is darker than he was before going on vacation.

Is this true? I could not see it. Does this mean I am a racist? I did not notice the President's tan.

But someone at CNN noticed.

[WeDidIt]

8. Double Facepalm

[eShirl]

9. this thread is teh stoopid

[xultar]

13. What are you laughing @ Black people, African Americans can tan.

This is stupid offensive thread.

Who thought liberals would laugh @ this?

[orpupilofnature57]

16. I hope and think it was to criticize CNN ,and the most offensive thing

Friendly Fascism.

[xultar]

18. Criticize CNN for what? There's tons of things to criticize them on, stating that

President Obama can tan is far from one of them.

[orpupilofnature57]

21. I see it as just one, of many " of them " Casuistries , are their language..

not Ours ,yours and mine.

[incapsulated]

17. My point exactly

And ignorant.

I can see a tan on a naturally chocolate skinned person, ffs.

And I bet my tan lines make a lot of yours look lame. :P

[orpupilofnature57]

19. I AM STUPID ABOUT NO LINES ,and i'm a scrawny canuck.

[incapsulated]

22. I know for a fact they have a sun up there :P

I even sunbathed in Montreal!

[madinmaryland]

20. This thread is worthless without pics...

:rofl:

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. Holy shit! That dude is black!

:rofl:

[Orsino]

36. We can just be glad that this didn't come out in the campaign. n/t

[SoCalDem]

24. Update: CNN, the worldwide leader in news

that was on their crawl the other day.. I guess they proved it:)

[Hekate]

29. Of course he does. Besides, that sentence is newsroom boilerplate for presidents...

... just returning from vacation.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. :eyes:

Hekate

[KoKo]

30. "tanned" and "relaxed?" OMG.....

he has a permanent TAN...what the heck is this supposed to mean. :eyes:

[liquid diamond]

38. I find this funny. Some people are blowing this way out of proportion.