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Rather: Obama "couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him a state trooper to flag down the traffic"
You Tube - Chris Matthews ^ | March 8, 2010 | Dan Rather

Posted on 03/08/2010 1:59:48 PM PST by Arec Barrwin

Chris Matthews tries to save Dan by interrupting, here is Rather's remark regarding President Obama:

"He couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him a state trooper to flag down the traffic..."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: danrather; obama; rather; watermelons
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Here’s some free advice: Don’t do it.


41 posted on 03/08/2010 2:52:00 PM PST by Marylander
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To: MsLady
They would rip you to shreds if a conservative said that.

But that is just it - a conservative would never say it...how in the wide wide world of sports did he come up with that? is it a saying somewhere? or did he come up with that all by himself?

Sometimes they rip a conservative to shreds whenever anyone says something this stupid. They may portray him as a Rush/Beck listener, right-wing terrorist...

42 posted on 03/08/2010 2:52:22 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: Enchante

I am trying to imagine Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck saying such a thing. They would have death threats by now.


43 posted on 03/08/2010 2:56:32 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: taraytarah

I know that is photoshopped simply because I have grown many a watermelon and I have sold them by the pickup load. That looks like a thirty five pounder and Obama couldn’t carry that much weight with both arms, let alone nestled in the crook of his left arm like that.


44 posted on 03/08/2010 3:04:45 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: RipSawyer

Rush had a lot of fun with Rather and Massa’s statements today. I considered it a top of the year show so far.


45 posted on 03/08/2010 3:06:32 PM PST by Enterprise (Dan Rather said Obama is so incompetent he couldn't sell watermelons.)
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To: taraytarah

46 posted on 03/08/2010 3:20:09 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: RipSawyer
Obama couldn’t carry that much weight with both arms, let alone nestled in the crook of his left arm like that.

Nope. He'd have to have the wife carry it.

47 posted on 03/08/2010 3:22:19 PM PST by taraytarah
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To: Arec Barrwin

WOW!! Rather calls down The KENYAN VILLAGE IDIOT!! “Can’t sell Watermelons!” Mr. Rather, That sounds darn right Racist!


48 posted on 03/08/2010 3:22:50 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: kingattax

MO’s really getting into this gardening thing, eh? Wonder how many more personal staffers she’s hired for “the patch?”


49 posted on 03/08/2010 3:24:21 PM PST by taraytarah
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To: taraytarah

rahm might end up workin there


50 posted on 03/08/2010 3:25:20 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: kingattax

Is watermelon a fruit too?


51 posted on 03/08/2010 3:31:15 PM PST by taraytarah (Victim of massive tagline layoff.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

I bet if any of us made that comment, we be sued, lose our jobs, banned from society, etc.


52 posted on 03/08/2010 3:33:36 PM PST by CORedneck
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To: True Republican Patriot

You think the left is finally starting to figure out that Obama was just given his degree because of affirmative action programs, and is actually the dumbest man to every hold the office of President?

naaa...

They can’t see the truth.


53 posted on 03/08/2010 3:44:37 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: taraytarah
Just wondering, who voted and when was the vote to make watermelon a racist fruit?
54 posted on 03/08/2010 3:54:49 PM PST by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: Arec Barrwin

I think Barry is a great salesman. Look at all the guns and ammo sold since November 2008.


55 posted on 03/08/2010 4:00:51 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Get involved! The world is run by people that show up.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

Wow, how racist is that?


56 posted on 03/08/2010 4:31:46 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“They cant see the Truth?”

Well, they may be just as Dumb as the Rock we have come to know as OBOZO?

It seems to be true in life that those who try to appear the smartest are usually the dumbest!
....so sayeth Albert Einstein


57 posted on 03/08/2010 4:54:30 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: The Cajun

Beats me. I don’t consider it racist. Just delicious.


58 posted on 03/08/2010 4:58:14 PM PST by taraytarah (Victim of massive tagline layoff.)
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To: purplelobster

Yes, its racist—why use watermellon? Why not Laptops, tires, candy, toys. Such as:
“Obama couldn’t sell toys at half price on December 23”
“Obama counldn’t sell lap top computers for fifty dollars on a college campus at mid terms.”
“Obama could sell candy outside a fat farm on Saturday night.”
“Obama couldn’t sell tires on a Georgia dirt road after a rain.”


59 posted on 03/08/2010 4:59:42 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Arec Barrwin

Dan is hilarious! And completely serious.


60 posted on 03/08/2010 6:01:41 PM PST by samsmom
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