We’re not really in the mood to play this game, but we don’t really have a choice.
Imagine if this headline were written about a Republican:
‘He’s Barack Obama, but white’: Beto O’Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primaryhttps://t.co/R98KzOU9tx
— POLITICO (@politico) November 19, 2018
It’s not obnoxious enough that so much of the liberal media is only dialing up the deification of Beto O’Rourke … they have to frame it like this?
Needless to say, Politico’s headline is taking a beating. And let’s face it: They pretty much deserve it.
— JC Ole Bwoy (@Islandreamer16) November 19, 2018
I mean maybe I’d workshop that slogan a bit
— mac (@macjaeh) November 19, 2018
— Fidget ?? (@lilfidget) November 19, 2018
*Politico headline writer*
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
don’t do it
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don’t do it
don’t do it’He’s Barack Obama, but white’
— Elham Khatami (@ekhatami) November 19, 2018
Whoever created this headline slap yourself. Barack was great, Beto is great. Let’s just keep the blue wave moving forward.
— Tye C (@Bald2MenLLC) November 19, 2018
this is a terrible headline. shame.
— C. Donovan Copeland (@cxcope) November 19, 2018
This is possibly the worst headline
‘He’s Barack Obama, but white’: Beto O’Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary https://t.co/QMORX93T0l
— Mozzarella Morrissey A1 (@heimaeyus) November 19, 2018
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I'm annoyed by this title. Is a white Obama suppose to excite us? I like Beto, he deserves better than to be discussed in this way. With any luck he's far more progressive.
— Thomas Linkoff (@ThomasLinkoff) November 19, 2018
“He’s Barack Obama, but white.” Exactly what does that men?
— rosegarten (@Rosegarten) November 19, 2018
I understand the sentiment but if I were black, I would find this offensive. Try saying…he’s Martin Luther King but white and see how that sounds.
— Eileen Ellis (@Eileen_Ellis) November 19, 2018
I don’t give 2 craps about this guy color. Listen to his message…..
— PhillFoss (@phillfoss1) November 19, 2018
No he not Barack Obama, but white. Just stop it.
— Tara Gordon (@islandgirl222) November 19, 2018
— Andrew Fallows ?PAX Unplugged (@kaldrenon) November 19, 2018
There's about 900 things to say about this… but let's just start by throwing this article in the trash.
— Justin T. Brown (@JustinTBrownvvv) November 19, 2018
@davidsiders you latest Politico article with a quote from the Bundler was just so offensive — as if being black was a denigrating aspect of Barack Obama.
… “But white”— Exitium (@Madame_A) November 19, 2018
"obama but white" is the stupidest framing and it keeps getting deployed!
— more like hurrican't imo (@JWJones252) November 19, 2018
People realize that “Obama but white” is not a thing, right?
— Nita Chaudhary (@nitalovesmiles) November 19, 2018
I certainly don’t dispute the premise that Beto excites a lot of Democrats and would be a very strong 2020 candidate. But would submit that “Barack Obama, but white” is not a thing that exists or could ever exist.https://t.co/g3RU52IKo0 pic.twitter.com/wV0cNTrDRD
— Sam Baker (@sam_baker) November 19, 2018
It’s just stupid. Identity politics are stupid.
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