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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt one point, I looked at the fishbelly whiteness of Rmoney and thought his
makeup people had screwed up, because President Obama had such a nice color, while rmoney looked anemic. Woot! I am an old southern white lady, too old to have lived through school integration, so I am not used to looking at AA people. People can change. I think we are going to win. Thank you, PBO.
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At one point, I looked at the fishbelly whiteness of Rmoney and thought his (Original Post)
morningglory
Oct 2012
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Whisp
(24,096 posts)1. I was waiting for Mitt to pull out his spray tan can when talking about immigration.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)4. you know what got me about his immigration response was
the use of the phrase "illegals", which Latinos and ME consider extremely offensive.
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)2. I'm anemic. And I don't look anything like him.
I have that olive skin complexion from southern Italy...
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)3. Amen my sista
I'm AA and totally agree with you. Maybe mittnocchio's team was trying to use skin color as a contrast too. Don't know. But it was weird.