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drm604

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2. I don't know how old you are

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:07 PM

Jun 2012

but these kinds of animated racist stereotypes were common when I was growing up in the 60s. Lots of ads and even children's cartoons had such characters. This parrot would have fit right in.

This video is, of course, at jab at Romney's seeming cultural cluelessness.

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I know it's The Onion, but it reminds me of that Taco Bell dog. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #1

I don't know how old you are drm604 Jun 2012 #2

I'm 49 and I remember the "Frito Bandito". HopeHoops Jun 2012 #3