My only problem: He should habe said, " *punch* the tarbaby.

[pvtbuddie]

Goody. I get to start this one.


"Snow's briefing also produced a couple of backpedals, several pointed rejoinders - and at least one turn of phrase that raised eyebrows.

Asked repeatedly about reports that the government has collected records on millions of Americans' phone calls, Snow said, 'I don't want to hug the tarbaby of trying to comment on the program, the alleged program, the existence of which I can neither confirm nor deny.'

The expression, which refers to a character in the most famous of the fictional Uncle Remus stories, is sometimes used to portray an inextricable situation. But, as the word also has been used as a derogatory term for blacks, it raised eyebrows when spoken from the White House podium."

_ From AOL News (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060516181209990016&ncid=NWS00010000000001)


Brer Rabit and the Tar Baby (http://home.nycap.rr.com/cyclone/disney/sots/tarbaby.htm)

[Bowles]

Goody. I get to start this one.


"Snow's briefing also produced a couple of backpedals, several pointed rejoinders - and at least one turn of phrase that raised eyebrows.

Asked repeatedly about reports that the government has collected records on millions of Americans' phone calls, Snow said, 'I don't want to hug the tarbaby of trying to comment on the program, the alleged program, the existence of which I can neither confirm nor deny.'

The expression, which refers to a character in the most famous of the fictional Uncle Remus stories, is sometimes used to portray an inextricable situation. But, as the word also has been used as a derogatory term for blacks, it raised eyebrows when spoken from the White House podium."

_ From AOL News (http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060516181209990016&ncid=NWS00010000000001)


Brer Rabit and the Tar Baby (http://home.nycap.rr.com/cyclone/disney/sots/tarbaby.htm)

And naturally Tony Snow being a republican could have only intended it as a derogatory reference to blacks.

Quick someone call Jesse Jackson!

[pvtbuddie]

I thought no one was interested.

[Centurion44]

Anyone else remember the public school teacher that was fired for using the word "niggardly" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=niggardly), in context, to a black student?

For those too lazy to click the link- it has nothing to do with race.

[Bing_Oh]

Anyone else remember the public school teacher that was fired for using the word "niggardly" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=niggardly), in context, to a black student?

For those too lazy to click the link- it has nothing to do with race.
Reminds me of my high school Spanish I class. We were learning the colors in spanish. We got to black...negro...and it caused an uproar amongst a few of the black students. Our teacher had to explain that the word "negro" was around long before it was a derrogitory racial word.

[djack16]

Anyone else remember the public school teacher that was fired for using the word "niggardly" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=niggardly), in context, to a black student?

For those too lazy to click the link- it has nothing to do with race.
I was about ready to drop this one. I hate this administration but this is ridiculous. There are more important issues with REAL weight behind them than these semantic games.

The man obviously meant the inextricable situation definition.

[djack16]

Reminds me of my high school Spanish I class. We were learning the colors in spanish. We got to black...negro...and it caused an uproar amongst a few of the black students. Our teacher had to explain that the word "negro" was around long before it was a derrogitory racial word.
I had a similar situation. My Spanish teacher asked if anybody was offended though. One black kid asked "If I am, do I get outta the work?" We all got a good laugh (and, no, he didn't get out of it :D ).