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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:00 PM Original message |
Gumbel: Lack of Blacks Makes Winter Olympics 'Look Like GOP Convention' |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like an astute observation to me. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Why? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Limbaugh: The lack of white faces makes the NBA finals look like an NAACP convention |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Indeed. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I agree----God,can't we all just enjoy a sport and forget about color--please. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. How long before he's forced to apologize due to a barrage of hate mail and corporate pressure? |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I doubt he'll step down |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Because yeah, we don't have enough fresh controversies on DU |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. since he said it four years ago, I'm guessing it will be a while |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's why I'm rooting for the Ethiopians! |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. more about Robel Teklemariam |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Thanks so much for that info! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. LOL is my thought. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Winter Olympics certainly contain plenty of sports |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Apparently, Gumbel is blind to the teams from China, Japan and South Korea... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. he didn't say that all the athletes were white |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. What lack of blacks? |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. Can't argue with the racial comparison but age wise there is a huge difference. |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sounds like something an idiot would say. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And did..... |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. GLURK...okay another keybbbbbbbbbboasrsrd bites the dussssssst |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Shani, Shani, Shani!!! |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Geez, I was oblivious to the fact that the USA does not let those of color |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Remember the Jamaican bobsled team? |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Haven't watched TV for about 20 years... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Jamaican bobsled didn't qualify this time. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Winter sports have traditionally been "white" sports |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Curling is expensive? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. it's like chris rock said |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Those small town Canadians have bags of money. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. You really need to do some research about hockey, especially in Canada |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. You mean Apollo Ono & JR Celski are white?? |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Are Apollo Ono and JR Celski black? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Saying the Olympics look like a GOP convention = |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. no, the quote was "a paucity of blacks that makes the winter games look like a GOP convention" |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I've always seen the Winter Olympics as sports for rich white people. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
52. And yet you'll find many, many winter athletes who had to..... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. WIll he notice the larger number of black participants at the summer |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. how many blacksare on the swim teams? Rowing teams? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Probably not as many as the 100, 200, 400 meter, or the various |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Yeah,but the water is frozen in the Winter Olympics. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. Gumbel's remark made in 2006. Resurrected recently by wingers. nt |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. My dad grew up in Waupaca,Wisconsin (rant) |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. Gumbel is a tool |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Black people are too smart to be outside in the freezing cold! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. no white or asian has ever broken 10 seconds in the 100 meter dash |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why do I keep hearing Paul Mooney and Wayne Brady laughing in my head? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Well, my husband did say today to me, "Look at all those white Europeans skiing" |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't understand any racial hubbub about any activity unless certain races are excluded |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. this is several years old now |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. And thus was born NBA All Stars versus Winter Olympics All Stars. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
45. I get his point, but I disagree. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. delete |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. He was wrong then, and wrong now |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
55. There was a black German guy figure skating tonight |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
56. Don't you all know that snow and ice are racist? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
57. "White people like Wayne Brady because ...." |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. "...he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. ^^^As said by comedian Paul Mooney on Dave Chappelle. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. +1 n/t |
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