Has anyone else heard this new "watermelon" phrase?

[d.amber]

I was listening to my favorite talk show host Dave Ross here in Washington State, and this wacko freeper came on. I think Dave kept him on because he was so funny. Claimed that Obama wasn't born in the USA..ect.

But then he called a friend of his a 'watermelon' because he rode his bicycle to work. Dave asked him what a 'watermelon' meant and he said it was someone who was green on the outside and red on the inside.

In otherwords, democrats are now communists on the inside. Where is this coming from? It's out in weirdo land. Anyone else hear this phrase?

[Bicoastal]

1. I'm an unripe blueberry:

Green on the outside, blue on the inside. :hi:

[Ian David]

2. It sounds like it means a pro-environment Republican to me.

And if that is NOT how it's currently being used, let's hijack the phrase to MAKE it mean that.

[lightningandsnow]

3. Weird.

Wow, so wanting not to dump toxic crap into the air and water makes one a communist? :wtf:

The stupid, it just hurts sometimes.

[NoodleyAppendage]

4. Too bad shit doesn't have a different colored shell, otherwise we'd have a good analogy for Repukes.

At least watermelon is sweet and tasty...Repuke "shits" are stinky all the way through.

J

[rateyes]

7. No need for the change of color. Shit is a perfect analogy for Repukes

just as it is.

[Overseas]

5. Younger people may not be using Red = Commie. Could be "red state" Red.

I'll bet there are some Libertarians and Republicans who do Green stuff but don't believe in progressive government.

[blogslut]

6. His friend is a genius

Not only saving the environment but saving perhaps thousands of dollars a year as well as prolonging his life with healthy exercise.

[GoesTo11]

8. They have just what our country needs right now. More name calling.

It's got electrolytes.

[NWPatriot]

9. Yeah...I've heard it too.

Ultra-conservatives view anyone who wants to help the environment as an "obvious Marxist enviro-wacko". To them, environmentalism = anti-business, anti-profit, anti-capitalist, anti-American.

That's just anti-truth and anti-smart.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. A stance supported by the Soviet regimes' sterling environmental

record.

How many ways can you spell "dumb"?

[jody]

10. Recent reports suggest watermelon has aphrodisiac qualities. n/t

[NWPatriot]

12. Really????

*shouting back to the kitchen* "Honey...is watermelon still in season??"

[jody]

16. "Viagra in Fruit Form - Watermelon is a Natural Aphrodisiac" one of many links below

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/857505/viagra_in_fruit_form_watermelon_is.html

[endarkenment]

11. Lets start a civil war!

[nosillies]

13. I've heard it used before, meaning an environmentally sensitive repug

Red in this case meaning the color of the repug party, not communism.

[Ramius]

14. Not to mention the racist implications of "Watermelon"

[Bucky]

17. Ummm... not. The watermelon refers to someone not voting for Obama.

Do the math

[Quantess]

18. The most obvious connotation.

They might as well say Democrats are like fried chicken and collard greens.

[Bucky]

20. Yes, unless you bother to think through what the person was actually saying

in which case it has nothing to do with race at all.

[Bucky]

19. It sound like just one guy's personal nick-naming. Red & green mean many things

Red can me Republican, communist, angry, embarrassed... or in the case of the Wall Street bail out all four. Or it might just refer to Cincinnati baseball fans.

Green can mean envious, new, greedy, capitalistic, Muslim, environmentally concious, or Kermit the Frog in a difficult mood.

[RaleighNCDUer]

21. Just look at the context -

it's referring to someone who is ecologically friendly, and mentioned disparagingly by a conservative. A conservative will not disparage one of his own "red staters", so the only, obvious interpretation is commie red. By inference, an Obama supporter, which adds another aspect to the "watermelon".

Context is EVERYTHING.