Daily Kos :: Comments Is the canard "Obama as an empty suit" about race ?

My theory, is that old people call Obama an empty (5+ / 0-)

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suit because they can't stand seeing someone younger than them in the White House. My mom says, "He needs a babysitter".

Both theories could be correct to some extent.

It's the constitution, stupid

by CTMET on Sat May 10, 2008 at 05:22:04 PM PDT
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  doesn't help either. Older people have other experiences that inform their views. They can be convinced, but not by dismissing them as cranky old farts.
  
  "There are no happy endings in the Bush Administration". - Randall L. Tobias
  
  by MadRuth on Sat May 10, 2008 at 06:34:58 PM PDT
  
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  - Even if they are? (0+ / 0-)
    
    I keed, I keed!
    
    Doesn't John McCain look tired?
    
    by SciVo on Sat May 10, 2008 at 08:00:11 PM PDT
    
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