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mimi85

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24. But just think

Reply to jzodda (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 23, 2013, 11:35 PM

Aug 2013

how much fun you missed out on. Especially if you're a guy!

OTOH, you were probably wise and missed out on a black eye (note: black in this context is not a racial slur).

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Do you think the word Obamacare has racial overtones? [View all] jzodda Aug 2013 OP

No, and neither does President Obama think it has racial overtones. wild bird Aug 2013 #1

Not to us it isn't of course but I am not talking about us. jzodda Aug 2013 #3

When they vote consistently against their interests, it isn't racial. It's stupidity. So is this. Squinch Aug 2013 #10

They may not like ObamaCare, but that doesn't mean they use the term in a racially motivated way. wild bird Aug 2013 #18

Welcome to DU, wild bird! Suich Aug 2013 #9

Thanks for the welcome. wild bird Aug 2013 #15

Yes, welcome mimi85 Aug 2013 #25

Thank you for the gracious welcome. wild bird Aug 2013 #26

The subject and verb plurality don't match. That sounds like ebonics. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #2

People who say they are opposed to everything about 'Obamacare' will say they like specific PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #4

If we can step away from this "racial overtones" silliness, there is a serious issue with the ACA BlueStreak Aug 2013 #12

+1000 (n/t) spin Aug 2013 #14

+1000. wild bird Aug 2013 #19

Welcome to DU. We have diverse opinions here, but everybody cares. BlueStreak Aug 2013 #30

Thank you for the welcome. wild bird Aug 2013 #31

The guys you heard at dinner? winter is coming Aug 2013 #5

LOL you are right about that jzodda Aug 2013 #6

So ignorant is right. wild bird Aug 2013 #22

But just think mimi85 Aug 2013 #24

no, and Obama himself calls it Obamacare JI7 Aug 2013 #7

Of course I know this jzodda Aug 2013 #8

Yes, the word "maca", subliminally implying "macaca", is right there in the middle of Obamacare Bucky Aug 2013 #11

How did I miss that? BlueStreak Aug 2013 #13

Now that's some funny shit right there. wild bird Aug 2013 #16

Yep and that's mimi85 Aug 2013 #21

I think the day will come when the GOP wish to hell they never name ACA Obamacare. Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #17

I think that day has already arrived.. in the Cha Aug 2013 #23

Not any more. nt mimi85 Aug 2013 #20

No. nt babylonsister Aug 2013 #27

I don't think so at all bhikkhu Aug 2013 #28

I seem to remember them using "Hillarycare" back when Hillary Clinton was the mastermind brewens Aug 2013 #29

only racists think it has racial overtones. nt dionysus Aug 2013 #32

well what about gingrichcare? there is romneycare madrchsod Aug 2013 #33

No, and he seems to have embraced it. The ACA is not "named after him"... Hekate Aug 2013 #34

Nah, I think it has a nice ring to it Rstrstx Aug 2013 #35

No. It's just ObstetricianAmericanMedicalAssociationCare - what's racial about that? (nt) DreamGypsy Aug 2013 #36