How many mulligans does Clinton get for racist jokes?

[Warren Stupidity]

Just curious.

"Sorry Hillary, I was running on CP time," de Blasio said

Odom responded, "That's not -- I don't like jokes like that, Bill."

"Cautious politician time," Clinton said. "I've been there."

"CP Time" -- also known as "colored people's time" -- is a stereotype about African-Americans running late.

http://pix11.com/2016/04/12/mayor-de-blasio-defends-racial-joke-told-with-hillary-clinton-at-inner-circle/

Hey but what would Leslie Odom know about "CP time"?

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	0 (0%)
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	1 (7%)
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[Buzz Clik]

1. Who told the joke? Who in the room celebrated this joke? Give it a rest; you aren't getting traction

[Warren Stupidity]

2. So that would be how many mulligans?

[Buzz Clik]

11. Non-issue.

[Warren Stupidity]

18. So she gets unlimited do-overs. Interesting.

[Buzz Clik]

23. Nothing to do over. She didn't tell the joke or tolerate it. Christ, you're annoying.

[reddread]

30. now thats funny

[Buzz Clik]

31. ..

[Armstead]

33. I love you...Someone goes to the vatican and he's slime. Tell a racist joke and it's fine

[Buzz Clik]

35. You'll support your comment, right? That I called Sanders slime for planning a trip to the Vatican?

Good luck.

And tell me once more the racist joke that Hillary told. What were the racist words that came from her mouth.

[morningfog]

46. She delivered the punch line. It was scripted./ Don't play dumb.

[frylock]

56. Ah, so she's condemned it?

Link?

[Buzz Clik]

61. Holy shit. Willful ignorance.

[frylock]

64. Finally! A modicum of self-awareness.

Baby steps.

[Buzz Clik]

67. "I know you are, but what am I."

So childish.

Look, I'm sorry that The Mayor endorsed Hillary and not your favorite grumpy old bastard, but shit happens. Get over it.

[frylock]

72. Yes, you are sorry.

[geek tragedy]

3. So far I've seen no one but white Bernie supporters act offended

Van Jones called your (plural) outrage "SILLY" and a "big ole nuthin burger."

Also, BdB is the one who told it.

Maybe you should stick to "But Bernie marched with Dr. King!"

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Leslie Odoms is a white Bernie supporter?

I didn't know that.

[geek tragedy]

6. His line was scripted--he was part of the joke.

Good grief.

[Warren Stupidity]

13. Uh no. And the audience reaction was uncomfortable.

[geek tragedy]

15. He was (obviously so) and your desperation is showing.

Audience reaction uncomfortable because joke was not funny and HRC and BdB possess absolutely zero comedic talent.

You can try to paint BdB as a racist in order to get at Clinton all you want, but it won't work.

[Buzz Clik]

26. +1

[Armstead]

34. They weren't out and out racist. But you all fail to understand the point

Bernie reacts to a protest with a moment of grouchiness. "You asked me here to discuss my economic agenda. If you don't want me to do that I can leave."

Suddenly he is a racist pig who "has a problem" with black people and does not care about racial issues.

Clinton and DeBlasio tell a racial joke and it's fine. Hey, all in good fun.....Hillary and Bill Clinton scold and hector AA protestors and defend the use of "super predators" and --she tells racist jokes and...hey no problem.

It's the double standard and cynical manipulation that's the issue.

[oberliner]

19. No it wasn't

You should watch the whole skit. It was a spoof on Hamilton (featuring one of the stars of that show). Right before Hillary's cameo, de Blasio was instructed by the Aaron Burr character to brag about himself in a more "hip hop" style (a la the musical). He then proceeds to start rapping, which culminates in him introducing his "homegirl" Hillary Clinton (in rap).

[Warren Stupidity]

21. So another vote for "unlimited racist joke do-overs".

Good to know.

[oberliner]

22. There was no racist joke

You may think the joke was not funny, but it definitely was not racist.

[apcalc]

28. Agree

In the skit she had no clue what "CP" meant, and interpreted it in her only way possible " Cautious Politician".
Seems fine to me. Totally non -racial from her point of view.

[Lizzie Poppet]

45. Riiiiiight. She had no idea what it meant.

[frylock]

57. Like with a cloth?

[Buzz Clik]

27. Do you get unlimited do-overs for totally lame, failed threads?

Yes, you do.

[cwydro]

7. Thank you.

This whole thing is ridiculous.

[DanTex]

8. Pretty much this.

[nc4bo]

9. I did not appreciate the Hillary & Bill Comic Revue.

In fact, it was so freaking funny I forgot to laugh.

[geek tragedy]

10. Of course you were offended.

Hillary Clinton was there.

[nc4bo]

14. No, 3 were there, a tone deaf white person who should've known better,

a white person who REALLY should have known better and their side-kick.

It's simple: We have concerns how this could be misconstrued so we must decline performing this particular skit. Provide list the reasons and keep it moving.

[geek tragedy]

16. "And their sidekick." There it is. Irony.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

41. +1

[LexVegas]

4. Concern noted. nt

[Cobalt Violet]

12. she disgusts me more and more each day.

I hope she's not the nominee. I just can't support her at all.

[tymorial]

17. I would like to point out that if this were a group of republicans

both Bernie and Hillary supporters would be losing their sh* right about now over this. You know it. I know it. Can we at least attempt to be consistent?

[Warren Stupidity]

20. It seems we can't.

[Buzz Clik]

24. Bernie's fans are losing their shit, which is consistent with the GOP knuckledragger approach.

I guess that part makes you happy.

[frylock]

58. This makes no sense whatsoever.

[Buzz Clik]

60. Which part?

The "losing their shit"? Count the threads...

Consistent with the knuckledragger GOP bullshit? It most certainly is, and, other than Berners, the only other faction making a deal of this is the dumbest of the wingnuts.

[frylock]

63. Try reading the OP again.

Take your time to fully understand the comparison being presented.

[Buzz Clik]

68. Drop the chum in the water, then drop the hooks. See what happens.

Your routine is stale.

[frylock]

73. I do hope you continue with your fresh takes.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

37. I'm trying to imagine the outrage if Bernie had made this "joke"

I'm pretty sure the DU server would have smoke coming out of it by now.

[Gwhittey]

49. Hell I was called racist because

I stated the fact that African Americans don't have access to internet for information as much as white people do. I even sited a PewReaserch study from 2014 that show the marked difference in access. by 30%.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

69. We live in a world where noting Hillary only wins in southern states is racist against POC.

But this is excused with apology.

[VulgarPoet]

38. Consistency from the Third Way? Unthinkable.

I mean, that squealing you're hearing isn't the sound of a well greased, consistent machine.

[BernieforPres2016]

25. I'm not going to answer the poll, not apparent whether answers are real or sarcasm

But Bill gets unlimited mulligans on everything. Any other President who got impeached for what he got impeached for would have crawled up under a rock and disappeared from public view. He has no shame and will never go away until he dies.

[Karmadillo]

29. As many as she needs?

[Tarc]

32. As many as Bernie gets?

"When you’re white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto" and all that...

[Gwhittey]

51. That is a true statment

Do you not know what ghetto means?
"a part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups."


I understand some Trump supporters think white people are ones who have it hard in the US but did not think Clinton supporters thought white people where a minority.

[Chan790]

36. Honestly, I think it's the lesser problem.

After WJC's BLM comments earlier this week (or was it last week, the days keep flying by) I think the biggest issue isn't that the Clintons are racist...because I think everybody has some race issues they need to work through, whether it's racist beliefs, confrontation of their privilege, confrontation of unquestioned racial assumptions, or confrontation of the inadvertent or avoidable racist consequence and outcomes of their actions...I honestly don't think they're all that comparatively racist contrasted with the average person.

It's the tone-deafness, their unwillingness to even recognize they have white privilege, and from that, their lack of awareness to how much they are part of the problem. A lot of us are part of the problem of racism in America, but few of us seem as willfully blind to their role in it as HRC and WJC, nor have as much influence for change, nor have squandered so much influence or have used it instead to make the problem worse.

Do I think Hillary Rodham Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton or Bill DiBlasio are particularly racist? No.
Do I think each in their own way has harmed minority communities with the things they have done in power? Absolutely.

[VulgarPoet]

39. You'd have to have plungedyour head into a sand pit to not be cognizant of that nt

[Warren Stupidity]

40. Oh you've gone and wrecked my ludicrous poll

with a seriously excellent reply.

Shame on you.

[nc4bo]

42. I agree and think you've done a great job explaining

The nuances of the issue.

[beedle]

44. Yes, good explanation, but still gonna post this anyway :-)

[NCTraveler]

43. I'm going to give you a mulligan here. nt.

[Bobbie Jo]

47. The sudden outpouring of concern is facinating.

Really, it is...

[LanternWaste]

48. You should spend more time telling minorities what to be offended by.

You should spend more time telling minorities what to be offended by.

[jcgoldie]

54. They need all the help they can get

Have to overcome that master/slave mentality.

[polly7]

50. How is Sanders a racist, and does anyone really believe that?

[BlindTiresias]

52. It has been a hillary fanboy line, yes.

Not sure if they actually believe it.

[polly7]

53. If they do, they should learn how to use the internet to look up his history. nt.

[frylock]

55. As many as it takes.

#I'mWithStupid

[Buzz Clik]

62. Playing to an audience? They're a tough crowd, but you've got what it takes.

[frylock]

66. I guess I should feel honored that you've decided to focus your efforts on me today.

Instead, I feel kinda dirty.

[VulgarPoet]

59. Well, how many mulligans have been given to DU's resident antisemites?

Roughly that many.

[tralala]

65. I am a POC and let me tell you, on behalf of POC everywhere,

that the skit is both HILARIOUS, TASTEFUL and TRUE.

Proud to let rich white politicians hide behind me

[Romulox]

70. All of them. In fact, I'm sure Skinner will change the TOS to allow racist jokes, directly. nt

[tralala]

71. Love the white people ITT whitesplaining about how the joke is fine

[Splinter Cell]

74. Anyone....

That believes Sanders is racist, is an idiot.