# Put the white back in the White House **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587 "2012-10-13T02:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/81 "2012-10-16T14:36:11Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Cite, you retarded-ass motherfucker? I’m not the requestee, and I’m not retarded, but I am assed, and a motherfucker. Here’s the quote in context (yes, Barack Obama has uttered the phrase ‘typical white person’ in the middle of a sentence!): > [@then senator Barack Obama](#): > > [The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn’t know there’s a reaction that’s been been bred into our experiences that don’t go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that’s just the nature of race in our society. We have to break through it.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/obama-grandmother-typical_b_92601.html) Racist mofo! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/82 "2012-10-16T14:44:29Z")
> [@camille](#): > > Randy Newman has a song out spoofing this mindset: > > [“I’m Dreaming (of a White President)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvLeQbwuKys) God Randy Newman is a national treasure. Lyrics and satire for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/83 "2012-10-16T15:37:54Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I’m not the requestee, and I’m not retarded, but I am assed, and a motherfucker. > > Here’s the quote in context (yes, Barack Obama has uttered the phrase ‘typical white person’ in the middle of a sentence!): > Racist mofo! Thanks for that. Definitely a quote that can be taken the wrong way, though maybe not as stupidly as ralphie boy tried to use it here. “Put the white back in the White House” is straight-up racist, not mildly xenophobic. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/84 "2012-10-16T15:43:08Z")
Me, I prefer “Bet on Black!” (picture of casino table!) (Thanks Jimmy Kimmel!) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/85 "2012-10-16T16:55:54Z")
> [@Gradivus](#): > > Frankly, since anyone with an IQ above 50, no matter how racist, would know wearing a shirt like this to a Romney rally would be picked up and used against Romney, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out this is an Obama “dirty tricks” squad member, as was done in the past, in Tea Party rallies for instance. Are you saying Obama plants are the only people at Romney rallies with IQs above 50? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/86 "2012-10-16T17:05:26Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I love it when people conveniently ignore documented, openly-admitted racism amongst republicans. > > Seriously, we live in a country where if you go to particular states and line up all the republicans, nearly 1/2 will tell you that blacks and whites should not have the legal right to marry. Oh, sure. When presented with the fact that about half of the republicans in those states would tell you that blacks and whites should not have the legal right to marry you IMMEDIATELY assume it’s because they are racist. Typical liberal prejudice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/87 "2012-10-16T17:05:56Z")
I’m not a racist but I like black people. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/88 "2012-10-16T18:33:48Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Anything that starts out with “Not to be racist, but” or “I’m not a racist, but” is invariably followed by a racist statement. The “but” negates the “I’m not a racist”. I’m not a racist but sheep trampling M&Ms makes finite state machines angry. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/89 "2012-10-16T19:32:45Z")
And by “sheep”, you mean “Wooly-Americans”. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/90 "2012-10-16T19:40:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t know if I’ve ever tasted halal hotdish before… Consider yourself lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/91 "2012-10-16T20:09:08Z")
I’m not racist, but I AM tired! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/92 "2012-10-16T20:59:37Z")
Dunno if I’m racist or not. A little uncomfortable in a room full of black people and I’m the only white guy, but that happens so rarely, who knows? I’m _totally_ uncomfortable in a room full of white tighty-righties. Only really comfortable in a room full of weirdos and pervs. Here, for instance. Or alone. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/93 "2012-10-16T21:58:55Z")
So…what makes William McKinley “the whitest of them all”? If he really wanted to score points on that, Newman should’ve brought up that McKinley was replaced by a Dutchman. Edit note: Responding to Randy Newman’s _I’m Dreaming of a White President_. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/94 "2012-10-16T22:18:02Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > I don’t think he’s joking. [**Anduril** has a pretty hard time identifying racism.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572378&page=3) (the fun starts on that page). FYI: different people have their page settings set differently. It’s generally better to link to a starting post, [like so](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12734236#post12734236). ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/95 "2012-10-17T00:36:53Z")
> [@Gradivus](#): > > Obviously, it’s not an official Romney/Ryan T-shirt. Yes, there are racists in the world, the First Amendment allows them to spew racist messages, and you can find them in every party. There are racist Obama supporters too: > [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/stacey-dash-defends-twitter-article-1.1177976](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/stacey-dash-defends-twitter-article-1.1177976) > > Frankly, since anyone with an IQ above 50, no matter how racist, would know wearing a shirt like this to a Romney rally would be picked up and used against Romney, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find out this is an Obama “dirty tricks” squad member, as was done in the past, in Tea Party rallies for instance. I’m not sure that there is such a thing as an “official” anything any more. In fact, I would opine that true freedom of speech renders the concept of Official meaningless. One person wearing a t shirt of their own design carries as much weight as their message as fifty thousand t shirts at a rally. Why? Because if the one person’s message resonates with enough people, their words will make a difference- whereas those 50K shirts may be meaningless pap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587.md?page=4)