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TahitiNut

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16. My ancestors fart in the general direction of Angles and Saxons ... pantywaists they were.
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 01:23 PM
Jul 2012

My ancestors were Norsemen, often called "Vikings" but less commonly known as the foundation of Norman France (aka Normandy). Even the Frenchified descendants of my Norse ancestors kicked Anglo-Saxon butt ... repeatedly.

You mean there's a racist left that Mitt doesn't already have on his side? Scuba Jul 2012 #1
I missed the "Atlanticist" bit Enrique Jul 2012 #2
Well, that would be... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #5
Yeah, that's a new one Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #43
Dog whistle? How about racist to the core? chelsea0011 Jul 2012 #3
Seriously, they've dropped the whistle and flat out calling to the dogs, now. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #11
Sounds more like hog calling to me. Preview of the GOP convention in Florida: freshwest Jul 2012 #49
I thought Romney had a little bit of class. avaistheone1 Jul 2012 #4
We Anglo-Saxons 'ave a lot of bloody class! flamingdem Jul 2012 #6
Whatever would have led you to believe that? nichomachus Jul 2012 #7
Is Mr. Romney aware rocktivity Jul 2012 #8
Those people have no core. nolabear Jul 2012 #9
I don't have a drop of Anglo Saxon blood aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #10
Americans everywhere are crying out for more Anglo-Saxon relations with Great Britain: struggle4progress Jul 2012 #12
Anglo-saxons in Great Britain DON'T LIKE Mitt Romney Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #20
Now, now.. whathehell Jul 2012 #24
We're an hour past "dog whistle" and into full on "Alphorn". HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #13
Best response I read was on another site, tsuki Jul 2012 #39
I have read good arguments stating that we fought on the wrong side in WWI. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #14
So... we should have fought alongside the Germans against the English? Really? Chorophyll Jul 2012 #18
One of my history teachers described WWI as "Queen Victoria's grandchildren fighting each other" whathehell Jul 2012 #21
This is my error. I instinctively read World War TWO where you had said World War ONE. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #22
Oh, no problem...We're all guilty of those kind of oversights whathehell Jul 2012 #25
I was gonna say that the internet has made me too quick to comment, Chorophyll Jul 2012 #40
For the blushing smiley Control-Z Jul 2012 #33
Oh thanks. Let's just test it out... Chorophyll Jul 2012 #41
My pleasure! n/t Control-Z Jul 2012 #42
I had a history professor who pretty much said the same thing dflprincess Jul 2012 #50
My own opinion is that we should never have entered WWI on either side. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #29
Read Germanys Aims In World War 1 fedsron2us Jul 2012 #60
Obvious right wing racist is obvious. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #15
My ancestors fart in the general direction of Angles and Saxons ... pantywaists they were. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #16
LOL!..n/t whathehell Jul 2012 #19
But you lost the American Civil War. ieoeja Jul 2012 #26
Sadly, the Norse gene pool was terribly polluted in the antebellum South. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #35
Always the best way to start a day. lonestarnot Jul 2012 #54
Wow. I had heard the Anglo-Saxon remark but not the others. Chorophyll Jul 2012 #17
And to think here we thought that Caeser67 Jul 2012 #23
Our Non-Anglo-Saxon Presidents Smilo Jul 2012 #27
"Anglo-Saxon" mean "Anglo" (England) and "Saxon" from Scandinavian Places-- Moonwalk Jul 2012 #36
No Mittens Flatpicker Jul 2012 #28
...oops, time for Willard to issue an apology "to those who may have been offended". MarinCoUSA Jul 2012 #30
Nope, they're coming out swinging, attacking the newspaper. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #46
Willard Robme has lost his mind with Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #31
Barack Obama's family tree is very interesting. DhhD Jul 2012 #32
So, Romney = British (anglo-saxon) and the French (he loved his time in France, right?) Moonwalk Jul 2012 #34
Okay, I'll bite. How many votes can Romney expect from the U.K.? Is his dressage horse... Moonwalk Jul 2012 #37
Well, considering the President is part Irish, I guess that's understandable... GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #38
Take Back Mercia! Romney 1012! tanyev Jul 2012 #44
Hahaha! freshwest Jul 2012 #52
Romney is now disputing this by calling it a "FOREIGN paper!" progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #45
If it's the Telegraph (aka the Torygraph) that's the paper most likely to favor Mittsy. MADem Jul 2012 #56
What? Mitt is too classy to say "WHAAAAAT PAAAAAR?" muntrv Jul 2012 #47
I had lunch with my youngest daughter today... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #48
Shared history? dflprincess Jul 2012 #51
He is the only one who attends his own summit. Initech Jul 2012 #53
Is this "advisor" a total nitwit? Land of Hope and Glory? Does the moron understand that that song MADem Jul 2012 #55
No such thing as pure Anglo-Saxon people in the UK. eom Norrin Radd Jul 2012 #57
The way Mitt walks kitt6 Jul 2012 #58
Racist statements, Insult NAACP, Purge Minority Voters - a pattern is developing AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2012 #59
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