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What's the opposite of 'dog-whistle'? Steve Clemons of the Washington Note goes there
From Helene Cooper's White House Memo in today's NY Times:
"Barack Obama is bringing in all of the pit bulls and attack dogs and spear hunters into his administration," said Steve Clemons, a fellow at the New America Foundation who also writes a blog called The Washington Note. "We all thought he was going to be a 'tending the fields' type."
"Spear hunters?" A 'tending the fields' type?" Wasn't this sh*t supposed to magically disappear after we elected an African-American?
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Here's the link directly to Ms. Cooper's piece.
I didn't find it at the link you provided.
I should think that Clemmons would be a bit more careful in the language he uses, not that I think, being a long time reader of his blog, he intended it the way you apparently took it.
None-the-less, the metaphors he used were thoughtless.
November 18, 2008 11:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hi Chris- Thanks for the link.
About my link: I hadn't intended to include any link, and have no idea how Barack Obama's name became one. (I'm new to this whole blogging thing, and undoubtedly hit some button I shouldn't have...)
November 18, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not thoughtless...the proper term is "stoopid"
November 18, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink