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To: Zakeet
More from Angela Rye, Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus

She said that "a lot" of conservative opposition is racially-charged, citing the use of the word "cool" in an attack ad launched by Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS superPAC.

"There's an ad, talking about [how] the president is too cool, [asking] is he too cool? And there's this music that reminds me of, you know, some of the blaxploitation films from the 70s playing in the background, him with his sunglasses," Rye said. "And to me it was just very racially-charged. They weren't asking if Bush was too cool, but, yet, people say that that's the number one person they'd love to have a beer with. So, if that's not cool I dont know what is."

27 posted on 06/11/2012 2:36:56 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun

I see that the word ‘cool’ has now been added to the ever growing list of racist, dog whistle code words.


108 posted on 06/11/2012 5:26:41 PM PDT by chessplayer
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