The cartoon, released on Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government site last weekend, depicts Michelle Obama as overweight and chowing down on a bunch of hamburgers while she talks about her campaign to promote healthy eating.
Our President, Barack Obama is drawn with huge, outsized ears and tells her, that her campaign is going to hurt his re-election efforts. “Shut up and pass the bacon!” she replies.
Lawrence O’Donnell condemned the controversial cartoon of Michelle Obama, calling it a “racist obscenity” O’Donnell would only show one panel of the cartoon, and not show the rest of it.
“Because it is a racist obscenity.” In his view, President Obama was depicted “in a half man, half animal form, with ears that don’t exist in the homo sapien species.”
Are we being too sensitive on this subject? Or are President Obama’s critics being blatantly disrespectful??
🙂 Sorry for the late post people, my day is running into overtime.
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we as black people need to stop being so sensitive and owning racism and bigotry. this isn’t any worse then Sarah Palin being depicted as a pig with lipstick or the millions of other satirical cartoons
Tracy. you’re forgiven sweetie. 🙂
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THANK YOU!!!
There is not a damn thing racist about this cartoon. Just because these two are minorities does not make them off-limits. And they are in no way calling her fat, only a moron would take that away from this cartoon.
It’s satire. Look it up.
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Agreed we always point and laugh at others but as soon as someone says something about us we want to get all up in our feelings about it SMH
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excatly!!!
george w bush got shitted on worse every single day of his presidency for 8 years
he deserved it, but still
and michelle is getting off light compared to the shit Hilary took
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George W Bush DESERVED his skewering. In fact, he’s probably the single biggest reason that Obama got elected to begin with. As far as Hillary goes everybody knows she ran the country for 8 years.
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@Jamilla,
They also drew Michelle Obama’s arms with those man-like shoulders and biceps., you see that?
Yeah, political satire my ass!
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YO!!! this is stupid ya’ll.
im certain michelle is one of the fittest first ladies ever. fuckin haters!
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exactly @sane.
i just dont understand this…
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They are just exposing their own ignorance and lack of class that’s all. Even if she were overweight there would be nothing amusing about it
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I see it like this, if they are gonna keep having all these parties and still serve the same ole “Fattening Foods like the rest of “Us”…You can’t tell “Us” don’t eat this, but you are eating it..
come on, son…LOL..
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It’s satire. Look it up
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NO YOU TELL US
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It’s satire. Look it up
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The meaning of Satire:
the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize faults
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It’s satire, no one is off limits, not even the Obamas.
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It’s satire, no one is off limits, not even the Obamas.
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I can agree.
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this isn’t any worse then Sarah Palin being depicted as a pig with lipstick or the millions of other satirical cartoons
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@DIVINEDIVA: Wtf? Sarah palin is not the first lady! She is just a fukkin nut job. People never disrepect other first ladys.
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@DIVINEDIVA: Wtf? Sarah palin is not the first lady! She is just a fukkin nut job. People never disrepect other first ladys.
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Exactly. Laura Bush lectured people about drinking and driving after she frikkin killed somebody, and there were no disrespectful cartoons about her.
But No, it’s suppose to be ok because the Obama’s are black, this is to be expected…right?
GTFOH!!!!!
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we as black people need to stop being so sensitive and owning racism and bigotry.
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Their main goal is to get us all hyped by sprewin hate…but that’s what white people do…that’s their thing…not ours!
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why are black people excusing the most racist and disrespectful of stereotypes? This damn cartoon!!!!!
Ya’ll have turned into some spineless jellyfish.
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“SATIRE MY ARSE”
Every president gets made fun of Yes but thats not the problem but why make the attacks personal?
But going after the ‘love ones’ of these presidents has always been low to me.
michelle is not a politician and she didnt sign up to be a public figure she is a wife supporting her husband and i think satire like this is trashy period!
Michelle is INDEED a fit person she may have some thighs and a butt but you can def tell she exercises and diets., so the fat depiction of her was purley created to down her. smh
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Don’t like it, in fact, I think its messed up …
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@Ionna: Being offended is the biggest waste of time ever.
Stop crying. Who cares?!
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@Ionna: Being offended is the biggest waste of time ever.
Stop crying. Who cares?!
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News flash people: You can’t control what others do or say. What you need to do is control your emotions and reactions and stop taking everything so seriously.
Black people who get offended too easily make it hard for the rest of us blacks. Yall make everyone hate us more b/c they feel like we play the victim too much. Cut it out!
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It is after all political satire, i mean IMO it’s not even racist.
It’s politics people plain and simple
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It’s politics people plain and simple
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keep telling yourself that, if it appeases the insult boo. i ain’t buyin it.
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its disrespectful and i dont even get it. #epicfail!!
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We need to IGNORE IGNANT motherfuckers who do this! thatisall
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its disrespectful and i dont even get it
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Exactly @EBONY, where was the punch line…………………
Uhm, sometimes people are too sensitive, but this comic was dumb and tasteless.
Republicans suck!!!
Offensive? Not really, just plain stupid.
I still don’t get the joke…………
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why are people coming for michelle when she is only the the wife of the president she doesnt have any power and i never heard of anyone disrespecting laura the way they hound michelle
thats the only thing that gets me.
But overall this was ‘petty and corny’ i guess because she is trying to help ameirca live longer and lose weight they turn that against her??
@EBONY: i just didnt get it either.
They always have michelle depicted as something very unpleasant and thats the part i dont like.
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@EBONY: I kind of don’t get it either.
Seriously I don’t understand the point of the comic and ain’t trying too.
Is it suppose to be funny? Is it suppose to reflect some sort of truth?…Seriously…
I just think the whole thing is stupid, but leave it to Tracy to stir controversey.
My girl!!!!
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Sometimes we do put too much value into certain things we see and hear. It was done to provoke us that’s all.
^^^Thanks Tra for now leaving us hanging boo.
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LOL!!
This is too funny..Maybe if she wasn’t saying one thing and doing the opposite then i could see an issue with the cartoon.
Whatz up people?
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Maybe if she wasn’t saying one thing and doing the opposite then i could see an issue with the cartoon
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How is she doing the opposite? Did she open up a hamburger joint that we didn’t know about?
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UH.
THEY’RE ON HER because of that SUPERBOWL MENU the news reported on wks ago.
..Their SUPERBOWL PARTY was 98% ALL FAT AZZ FATTENING FOODS AND SNACKS.
(google white house superbowl menu) contrary to what she’s going around the country talkin about.
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Sorry for the late post people, my day is running into overtime. -> Thought you were away again.
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Michelle Obama is a beautiful black woman., in every manner of describing beautiful.
And being from Chicago I am very proud of her.
Hopefully little black girls off all walks will draw inspiration from her.
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Well it’s disrespectful and stupid. But honestly former President Bush got treated with far more disrespect.
The cartoon doesn’t even make sense regardless. Both the President and the first lady are in great shape.
Though this may be a jab at Obama always trying to appease the opposition!
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I don’t think this is necessarily racist. I’ve seen them do the same sort of illustrations about Bush and Clinton.
However, these type of cartoons are extremely disrespectful and a gross exaggeration/distortion of the truth.
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However, these type of cartoons are extremely disrespectful and a gross exaggeration/distortion of the truth.
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EXACTLY
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Fine if the cartoonist doesn’t agree with the First Lady’s agenda, but to make her look like she is hypocrite by showing her pigging out and obsese is pathetic.
The First Lady is not a hypocrite. She is extremely fit, works out and eats well. So the cartoon was an epic failure.
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I agree @Queen, some poeple will do anything for attention and I seriously doubt Michelle is hypocritical of what she advocates.
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He is still our president and deserves respect from everyone. Like someone already stated, no one has done this to ANY of the other first ladies who are in worse shape and are a million years older than Michelle. It may not be racist but its still disrespectful.
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It may not be racist but its still disrespectful
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It’s not disrespectful, it just doesn’t make sense!
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it just doesn’t make sense!
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i think it’s a stereotype that black women are fat and angry? Just MO.
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I find this racist as fuck!!!
No one has ever IN HISTORY disrespected a president or a first lady the way Barack and Michelle Obama have been disrespected.
Fuck the Tea Party. I would shoot all of those redneck hillbillies right between the eyes.
Love you Trace*
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Fuck the Tea Party. I would shoot all of those redneck hillbillies right between the eyes.
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LMAO
You just had to stick that ‘i love you trace in there didn’t you?’
Damn!!!! Have you no shame?
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I love me some “BigBelly” you are so funny…
And what you said is true. ROFL!!!!
That cartoon is very racist and white folks come on here with black avatars, thinking that is a good Disguise.
You guys are so transparent, the way you post remove all doubt to what you really are. Silly Hillbillies.
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That cartoon is very racist and white folks come on here with black avatars, thinking that is a good Disguise.
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I’m a white girl and in no way ever do I disguise what I am, #1, for it doesn’t matter and for #2, i’m far from racist.
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all the ‘white people’ in these ‘ceo’s streets’ holla back!
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No disguise here>> it is, what it is…and i am in no way responsible for the actions of those individuals who happen to share my skin color.
RIGHT DON’T HAVE A COLOR AND WRONG DON”T EITHER!!!!
I may not always agree, but i respect my ‘ceo community’ and i respect this blog’s host.
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DAMN!!! @Adam, i respect you too!!!!
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@Adam, i RESPECT WHAT YOU SAID dude, you aight with me.
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That cartoon is very racist and white folks come on here with black avatars, thinking that is a good Disguise. —> No disguise here either., you only hide behind a disguise, when you actually have something to hide.
I love my ‘ceo people’ and dats on a real! black and white.
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@Al,
I’m a white girl with no racist puns intended…I love this blog’s host’ as a writer which is the reason i stand with the ‘ceo community’
Stop throwing us all into one category, that being how you see us as “RACIST”
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white folks come on here with black avatars, thinking that is a good Disguise.
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@Al, i think i’m the only white girl on this blog with a black avatar. I’m bi-racial but not in dusguise.
How’s everybody this afternoon?
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@Al, i’m a white girl but in no way racist, prejudice or transparent. i love my fellow man period. and respect the fact that we’re all NOT gonna agree but disagree on so many levels..
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Well damn!!!!
@Al, what did you start right here?
I’m LOL, somebody is always startin shit here and not behavin.
well now that all the white folks done came in and had their say, is it safe to move on? LMAO!!!!
You people, wow.
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well now that all the white folks done came in and had their say, is it safe to move on?
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NO! NOT SO FAST,
@AL, IT’S NOT FAIR THAT YOU’VE JUDGED US HERE BASED ON OUR RACE, WHY IS OUR COLOR BASED ON OUR COMMENTS? WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT FAIR. RACIST’ SPEW HATE, AND I RARELY SEE THAT HERE ON THIS BLOG.
ALMOST EVERYBODY HERE CALL EACH OTHER BITCHES, HO’S, HEIFERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE REGARDLESS OF THEIR COLOR.
WE DON’T ALL AGREE BUT RACIST SPEWING, I DON’T SEE TOO MUCH OF THAT HERE BECAUSE THAT’S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT TRACY WRITES AND I KNOW ‘BLOG QUEEN’ AKA TRA BELL IS NOT A RACIST
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AND I KNOW ‘BLOG QUEEN’ AKA TRA BELL IS NOT A RACIST
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No she’s not…and feel what ya’ll saying.
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Well wow!!!
Looks like every “CAUCASIAN” here on the ceo blog came out to unite.
Go head now, I ain’t mad atcha!
I still thought we were ‘one family’ united regardless tho.
WE DON’T ALL AGREE BUT RACIST SPEWING, I DON’T SEE TOO MUCH OF THAT HERE BECAUSE THAT’S NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT TRACY WRITES @Shawnia, I agree
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I still thought we were ‘one family’ united regardless tho.
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@mrs., we are but there’s always gonna be one/and or some who say otherwise.
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Maybe that’s suppose to be oprah and steadmen…..cuz that’s who she looks like oprah…lol
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I don’t see any racism in this cartoon. Why shouldn’t the President and the first lady be subjected to cartoon such as this?
Oh never mind, I know.. It’s because they’re black.
Damn I forgot..
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I don’t see any racism in this cartoon
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Me neither.
wasnt racist just straight up disrespectful
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I think I could handle it better if it was a more accurate depiction of the first lady. Michelle is an avid exerciser and is in tip top shape, but here she is overweight and being gluttonous.
Then a caption that she is trying to “control”…Making it as though she is the one running the country and NOT her husband…sick.
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I think I could handle it better if it was a more accurate depiction of the first lady.
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EXACTLY
Then a caption that she is trying to “control”…Making it as though she is the one running the country and NOT her husband…sick.
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Again….EXACTLY
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THATS WHY THE U.S IS GOING TO HELL, ITS TO HATEFUL ….
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THATS WHY THE U.S IS GOING TO HELL, ITS TO HATEFUL ….
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Not the U.S. Boo but it’s people.
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This is just what they probably knew would happen…people getting all worked up over a satirical cartoon.
Unfortunately the Constitution allows them to write or draw whatever they want.
Just from seeing, reading and watching how she reacts to a lot of the BullShit that goes on around her, she probably ignored this shit and never lost sleep!
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You are free to say what you want in this country…still the “cartoon” appears to be “tone deaf”.
I saw/ read NOTHING funny or insightful.
M.O. tho….
It’s not worth getting all worked up and that’s for sure.
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Very distasteful, disrespectful, and cruel….Oh and it is racist he portrays our President and First lady as ignorant gluttons always trying to under mind the President and his wife…SMH
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Please, this is bullshit!!!!
Michelle is freakishly tall, but far far from fat.
I don’t think anyone knows how they interact in private either.
From what I’ve observed aside from the fight against obesity campaign, Michelle pretty much stays out of the spotlight.
If I had to take a guess I would say Barrack has the more unhealthy lifestyle with the smoking and all.
I don’t think I ever saw a caricature of Bush with ears bigger than his head. The cartoon just seems dumb. It’s pretty clear the cartoonist just felt like throwing baseless insults at the two of them.
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Who ever drew that needs to be fired… not for racism, but for seriously corny and terrible attempt at humor.
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Bottom line people: Dont stoop to their level. Thats the only time they can ever get anything out of us.
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We’re better than them, and we know it. No need to resort to their foolish tactics.
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There should be a double standard here!!!!
Michelle Obama is the First Lady of The United States of America and has said nothing bad about anyone that we know of. She hasn’t called anyone names that may have criticized her or her family. She hasn’t atttacked anyone’s political views or social sensitivities (or lack of them).
She shows herself to be a devoted spouse, mother and advocate for ordinary citizens (e.g. families of veterans, children ,etc.)
This is not to say she is above criticism, but it should be fair and respectful of her position as it would be for any other First Lady.
I just don’t recall another FLOTUS having their physical appearance attacked this way or their platforms for citizen causes.
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@I agree
It’s not about the cartoon being merely inappropriate. How about absurdly inaccurate to boot?
Also? We’re defending a decent, principled, hard-working woman who’s helped many people over the course of her career, and who is using her new role to address a critically important social issue.
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Quite frankly, I’m surprised the above cartoon didn’t depict the Obamas eating watermelon and fried chicken.
I’d expect nothing less from a bunch of racist fucks.
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The watermelon and fried chicken was last year. It’s only going to get worst the closer we get to the election.
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The more they post these kind of things the more Obama supporters will turn it around and inspire more people to vote him into office again in 2012…and I for one will be one of those people… I did not care for Bush or his policies but we should never disrespect our President or the first family….ever.
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The cartoon is so lame? not because it’s a cheap shot but because it has no resemblance to the truth.
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LOVE YOU MICHELL OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WITCHA FINE, THICK CHOCOLATE AZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LOVE YOU MICHELL OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WITCHA FINE, THICK CHOCOLATE AZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DIGG IT! –> Don’t nobody want a BONE but a dog!!
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WOOF-WOOF!!!! My Niggas, WOOF-WOOF!!!!
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Morning gentlemen: Just lurking to see if we’ll get a new post soon.
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Whaddup Zena!
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Ain’t nothing anthony…are you ready for your day today.??
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Ready or not, my azz don’t have a choice. lol.
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Hey Now Zena. What’s good gurl
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Sup Xmen, how’s our boy doing?? 🙂
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LOL Oh please! don’t go there this early in the morning
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LOL!!!LOL!!!LOL!!!
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Sup Xmen, how’s our boy doing??
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I was talking to Xmen @Anthony, NOT YOU
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I was talking to Xmen @Anthony, NOT YOU
I know! lol.
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your good
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