Vivek Ramaswamy, The ‘Funny’ Name Thing Isn’t Cute When You Do It

Yahoo!, HuffPost ^ | 8/31/23 | Ian Kumamoto

[DallasBiff]

Duringthefirst Republican presidential primary last week, Vivek Ramaswamy introduced himself by saying that he was a “skinny guy with a funny last name,” echoing a line from former President Barack Obama. Although he was referencing and, in some weird way, aligning himself with the former president, it just didn’t hit the same way it did when Obama said it for several reasons.

First off, boo, you do not reflect the values of other people of color in this campaign like Obama did. Not even South Asian Americans. So your little joke didn’t come across as playful — it came across as placating

[DallasBiff]

The left hates Ramaswamy, what little haters.

[Guenevere]

Why post this?
It’s offensive and juvenile

[Bayard]

Don’t you dare leave the plantation.

[for-q-clinton]

Wow this author is a huge racist.

[DallasBiff]

Why post this? It’s offensive and juvenile

Just pointing out the left.

[thegagline]

Ian Kumamoto is obviously a racist.

[LibertyOh]

I think the comment was intended to get a response from Christie that enabled Vivek to reference the “hug.” Masterfully played.

[rightwingcrazy]

“First off, boo, you do not reflect the values of other people of color in this campaign like Obama did.”

Because people with pigment are only allowed one opinion, the leftmost one.

[econjack]

But Ramaswamy’s rhetoric is actually pretty racist and anti-immigrant. He described the movement of undocumented immigrants into the U.S. as an “invasion.” He characterized people coming in from the Southern border as criminals, much like Donald Trump has on many occasions.

He is NOT anti-immigrant. He is anti-undocumented immigrants and so are a lot of other people, me included. Hundreds of thousands are entering the US illegally and those who do so are, but definition, criminals. We have a path to legal immigration. Any other form of immigration is illegal and those who so act are criminals. You may not like what Ramaswamy says, but that says more about you than it does about him.

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First off, boo, you do not reflect the values of other people of color in this campaign like Obama did.

Says Ian Kumamoto. Japan is a First World Country. It was an aggressively imperialist power, not a colony of anybody else. Get off the victim train.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Many articles here are from liberal publications. But its good to see what the leftists are talking about.

[9YearLurker]

The MSM has been pushing him.

[ronniesgal]

i did not find it offensive.

[Irenic]

His name isn’t that odd or funny.

There are some cracker names that make people LOL.

He’s playing identity politics, much like Obama and Obama is who he reminds me of.

[Red Badger]

HUFF AND PUFF POST?........................

[sopo]

“you do not reflect the values of other people of color in this campaign like Obama did”—”Obama is a culturally white man inside a dark skin”—Cornell West

[libh8er]

“ you do not reflect the values of other people of color “

What are the values of colored people not shared by non colored people ?

[xp38]

Duringthefirst Republican presidential primary last week

I know this is a typo but they meant to add debate otherwise the actual first primary isn't until next year. In any article one reaches a point where one gives up if the errors reach a stage of critical mass.

[chopperk]

One name you cannot change in Vivek’s past is Soros.

[fireman15]

Ramapastromi is more supportive of President Trump than any of the other Republican candidates. The author, Iam Kuntakinto is a little sensitive about those who can’t spell or pronounce his name correctly. But it doesn’t seem offensive or juvenile to me.