Hillary apologizes for racially insensitive joke

[BTox]

Second apology by the left in two days - must be a record! Nice job, Hillary, joking about Gandhi working in a gas station. They showed the video clip of the "joke" on the news this morning - what a dope.


hillary apologizes

 

[Phil]

Second apology by the left in two days - must be a record! Nice job, Hillary, joking about Gandhi working in a gas station. They showed the video clip of the "joke" on the news this morning - what a dope.


hillary apologizes

She should not be apologizing for racial stereotyping, but because the joke wasn't funny.

Where are our priorities, man?

 

[Attrayant]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

 

[Phil]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

Dude, I can't stop looking at your avatar.

 

[American]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

Because she is the epitome of militant political correctness and would be the first to scream like the shrill screaming b!tch that she is if a conservative had made such a joke.

 

[hgc]

OK. It hardly qualifies as a joke. More of a quip. As to funny or not, I'd have to hear the delivery. Knowing her, it probably was not funny. Comic timing is a natural trait, and she was not so blessed.

But, ahem, wtf is wrong with what she said? I assume the intended humorous idea of this remark is that Ghandi, a great and important man, arose from mundane origins, but those origins are transferred in the quip from his reality to ours. I guess Humoroligists have a technical term for what I'm trying to describe.

But, oh no! Just so happens that lots of Indians (S. Asian variety) do that in this country. Big deal. PC run amuk. She's a schmuck for apologizing, but then politics is a nutty world.

My biggest question is will fauxnews.com include this event in their regular round-up of PC abuses.

 

[Attrayant]

Because she is the epitome of militant political correctness...

Pointless namecalling.

...and would be the first to scream like the shrill screaming b!tch that she is if a conservative had made such a joke.

Demonizing somebody for something you suspect they might have done, if the situation had been different. How quaint. Your posting style is as banal as ever.

 

[BTox]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

Maybe you're right, it was a brilliant political strategy. Or perhaps she's just a bigot. This isn't the first time...

 

[Jocko]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

Okay, here's a good example of how things work around here.

Rush Limbaugh gets caught doing drugs = hypocrite.
Hillary casts ethnic slurs = mistake.

Newbies please take note.

 

[Upchurch]

Okay, here's a good example of how things work around here.

Rush Limbaugh gets caught doing drugs = hypocrite.
Hillary casts ethnic slurs = mistake.

Newbies please take note.

Note further:

Rush Limbaugh gets caught doing illegal acts (doctor shopping) and doesn't own up to it = hypocrite.
Hillary Clinton makes an ethnic slur, owns up to it, and appologises = stupid, but not hypocritical.

 

[Brown]

OK. It hardly qualifies as a joke. More of a quip. As to funny or not, I'd have to hear the delivery. Knowing her, it probably was not funny. Comic timing is a natural trait, and she was not so blessed.

John F. Kennedy had good comic ability. So did Ronald Reagan. And Bob Dole. And Barney Frank. Even Richard Nixon, when he was in a good mood, could tell a joke with some skill.

But Hillary Clinton doesn't have that ability. Her husband doesn't have it, either. The two of them should refrain from making jokes.

I could say the same thing about others, including a few who fancy themselves as humorists.

 

[Brown]

By the way, Gandhi is not above being the butt of a joke. If you want to hear some really funny Gandhi jokes, watch Robin Williams's "Live on Broadway." (It's actually a pretty good performance, and even folks who don't care much for Williams will enjoy themselves.)

 

[NoZed Avenger]

Rabid right wing ideologue/zealot that I am, I think this qualifies as unthinking/not funny, but also a good example of oversensitivity on the part of those complaining.

Too many people are sitting around just -hoping- to find someone say -anything- that can be taken the wrong way and used for publicity.

Apology made; issue over. (please.)


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[NoZed Avenger]

John F. Kennedy had good comic ability. So did Ronald Reagan. And Bob Dole. And Barney Frank. Even Richard Nixon, when he was in a good mood, could tell a joke with some skill.

/Hijack

Let me say Gerald Ford here, too -- at least for 1 clip I saw. Chevy Chase was at a dinner where Ford was speaking. Ford got up and, when passing Chase, tripped and spilled note cards for his speech everywhere. I -think- (its been a long time) that he briefly sprawled on Chase for support before reaching the podium.

Once there, he pulled out the real cards from his jacket pocket and said "Good Evening. I'm Gerald Ford. (looks at Chase) . . . And you're not."

His delivery of Chase's SNL line was good, especially given Chase's impersonations, I thought.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I missed the part that makes her a dope. Was it because she made a mistake, or because she apologized for it?

She is a dope because she is stupid. This whole Ghandi thing is irrelevant.

 

[American]

Your posting style is as banal as ever.

Yeah well you're bug ugly and I don't like anything about you or who you are and what you're doing with your sad life. I do cool stuff. You don't do anything special. So there.

 

[Troll]

Lott makes a comment honoring a guy who once held views of segregation and gets people asking for his head. Lott made no comments pertaining to race or anyone other than the man being honored at the time.

Clinton makes a stereotype based joke and an apology is okay?

Two people with the same job, two different incidents, two different outcomes, so far.

 

[KelvinG]

As with most things in politics, this is a classic case of overreacting.
Yah, it's kind of stupid what she said, and as other posters have pointed out, not particularly funny. But, is it really that nasty a thing to say.
What would the critics have her do? Resign her position in the Senate? Please.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Lott makes a comment honoring a guy who once held views of segregation and gets people asking for his head. Lott made no comments pertaining to race or anyone other than the man being honored at the time.

Clinton makes a stereotype based joke and an apology is okay?

Two people with the same job, two different incidents, two different outcomes, so far.

Oh forchistsakes. I heard this BS comparison on KneeJerk Hive Think radio yesterday morning.

Let's go ahead and not fallaciously equate:

- A stupid joke suggesting a revered historical figure worked in a gas station
with
- A honest suggestion that the nation would be a better place if a segregationist had won the 1948 election.

Come on man... you can do better than this.

 

[Troll]

Oh forchistsakes. I heard this BS comparison on KneeJerk Hive Think radio yesterday morning.

Let's go ahead and not fallaciously equate:

- A stupid joke suggesting a revered historical figure worked in a gas station
with
- A honest suggestion that the nation would be a better place if a segregationist had won the 1948 election.

Come on man... you can do better than this.

Kneejerk in this but not on Lott?

Hillary was openly stupid in her joke. People had to dig into Lott's meaning to find something to whine about. Did he ever say things would be better because of his segregationist views? No, he simply said something nice about an old fart of a politician at a time when people were honoring the man. Why not give all the other people there honoring him crap for honoring a former segregationist? I mean do we really want to appear that it's okay if you ever held a stupid view in your past?

What the hell are you going to say if W.VA or politicians honor Byrd one day? That they support the freaking Klan?

I never said one was worse than the other in their comments. I'm merely saying the reaction of people and the media to the comments by both are a little out of proportion. There seems to be a sense of wanting to brush one off while digging into potential hidden meanings in the other.