# GOP Minority Outreach (Don't Step In The Macaca) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210 "2008-09-18T21:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/21 "2008-09-19T16:09:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Do you know what I think? I think this is the GOP sending a very strong and clear message to us minorities. > Yeah, I hear ya, ya bunch of cracker motherfuckers. Ditto! But how come I always hear about this stuff so late? Never knew that he was making fun of _my_ people. I could have had something to be up in arms about! Seriously, I don’t understand why people don’t learn to just shut their damn mouths. Why would you call anybody a \_\_\_ if you “didn’t know the meaning of the word”? And if you knew it was racist, more reason to shut your damn mouth. And to address the broader issue of racism…even if you think all of us Indians are ragheads, does it really take anything away from you to keep it to yourself? Especially when you’re living a public life? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/22 "2008-09-19T16:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m entertained because while McCain may have extreme right hands up his ass controlling what he says, I imagine if he’s elected he’ll tell them to piss off and run the country his way. “Vote McCain: He Won’t Do What He Says He’ll Do” They should run with that. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/23 "2008-09-19T16:14:09Z")
I wonder how many minorities will show up to this thing, and how much the ones that do got paid to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/24 "2008-09-19T16:53:41Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I’m entertained because while McCain may have extreme right hands up his ass controlling what he says, I imagine if he’s elected he’ll tell them to piss off and run the country his way. Imagine into one hand, crap into the other, and let us know which one fills up first. > [@](#): > > And whatever way that is, it would be a million times better than Bush. I forget who it was who made the Mc=W^2 suggestion, but I’ve converted it into [an icon](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/Avatars/McDubya.png). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/25 "2008-09-19T17:08:38Z")
Whatever, I still it’ll take a dead girl or a live boy (I believe that is the expression) to derail Obama’s chances. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/26 "2008-09-19T19:13:11Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Do these GOP idiots forcibly remind anyone else of, hell, just about the entire script of Blazing Saddles? Now that you mention it, Biden _does_ look a bit like Gene Wilder. So when does Obama put the gun to his head? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/27 "2008-09-19T19:22:46Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Do these GOP idiots forcibly remind anyone else of, hell, just about the entire script of Blazing Saddles? The only reason I’m even reading the political threads anymore is in the hopes of being able to appropriately respond: “The President is a ni_BONG_” Huh. Well, I guess I’ve posted it now. Bye . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/28 "2008-09-19T19:47:25Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The only reason I’m even reading the political threads anymore is in the hopes of being able to appropriately respond: > > “The President is a ni_BONG_” > > Huh. Well, I guess I’ve posted it now. Bye . . . I’m mostly hoping for a pic that can be captioned “Scuse me while I whip this out.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/29 "2008-09-19T19:59:14Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > I’m mostly hoping for a pic that can be captioned “Scuse me while I whip this out.” [Check here.](http://punditkitchen.com/) I think they had one like that sometime back. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/30 "2008-09-19T20:03:44Z")
Some time back, one Doper posted a link to [this picture of Obama in a cowboy hat.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/400394507/) If you’ve seen Blazing Saddles, it’s almost impossible not to look at the picture and think of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/31 "2008-09-19T21:14:20Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Some time back, one Doper posted a link to [this picture of Obama in a cowboy hat.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/400394507/) Holy crap, he looks hot in that hat! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/32 "2008-09-19T21:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] If you’ve seen Blazing Saddles, it’s almost impossible not to look at the picture and think of the movie. [/QUOTE] That is just ::sniffs:: so great. Hey, the guy is not only handsome, he actually looks dignified in a cowboy hat!\* Sarah Palin, proud purveyor of authentic frontier gibberish. Okay, the visual with the mountain man doesn’t work. But her spate of meaningless twaddle and the reverent, damp-eyed audience of town folks, all white and named Johnson? Yep, it’s got legs. \*He’s also crazy-brave, and so is his wife. I’m quite seriously scared shitless for all of them. Too many poison-mean racists and right-wing fanatics in this country. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/33 "2008-09-20T02:27:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Holy crap, he looks hot in that hat! That’s the first thing I thought, too. Damn, that was smokin’. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/34 "2008-09-20T02:34:03Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Holy crap, he looks hot in that hat! That’s just because you’re imaging the chaps he wearing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/35 "2008-09-20T02:50:37Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Check here.](http://punditkitchen.com/) I think they had one like that sometime back. Oh, good grief, I am SO going to hell for laughing at [this one.](http://punditkitchen.com/2008/09/11/political-pictures-barack-obama-ted-kennedy-get-shot/) ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/36 "2008-09-20T02:54:43Z")
In general, something about minority outreach rally just doesn’t sit right with me. Maybe I just don’t buy that the sentiment is authentic, i don’t know. The whole idea would offend me if I were a minority I suspect but I suppose I probably shouldn’t speak for millions of people. Just my own random thoughts on the article, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/37 "2008-09-20T03:53:52Z")
I’ve been following the news fairly closely, but I’ve not seen if Obama has specifically addressed the Black/Brown issue. I had been hoping he’d pick Richardson for that particular issue. Or did the Republicans throw away the Hispanic vote that was essential during 2004 with the recent anti-illegal immigrant emphasis of theirs? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/38 "2008-09-20T04:27:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Some time back, one Doper posted a link to [this picture of Obama in a cowboy hat.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/400394507/) If you’ve seen Blazing Saddles, it’s almost impossible not to look at the picture and think of the movie. Definitely [Black Bart](http://www.morethings.com/fan/blazing_saddles/blazing_saddles-cleavon_little.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/39 "2008-09-20T05:49:13Z")
Yes, the Democrats feel that they alone can save minorities from the terrible situation they find themselves born into. I understand your frustration at the Republicans trying to take away the Democrats’ voting block. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210/40 "2008-09-20T13:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=Rand Rover] Yes, the Democrats feel that they alone can save minorities from the terrible situation they find themselves born into. I understand your frustration at the Republicans trying to take away the Democrats’ voting block. [/QUOTE] Frustration. Because this is the GOP spin machine _trying_ to win minority votes. And hey, they sure are good at it! Frightening to consider how they think, and act, when they _don’t_ try. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-minority-outreach-dont-step-in-the-macaca/464210.md?page=3)