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Gagging and swallowing

Blacks are gagging on the donkey but not yet ready to swallow the elephant.

— George W. Bush, quoting Charlie Gaines, while addressing the 2004 National Urban League Conference

According to the transcript, this comment was answered with “laughter and applause.” My first response was more along the lines of a dropped jaw. Simply amazing.

Lots more fun commentary on this by doing a simple Google search for “gagging on the donkey” (admittedly, rather amusing in itself).

iTunes: “Nica’s Dream” by Blakey, Art and the Jazz Messengers feat. Silver, Horace from the album Jazz: The Definitive Performances (1956, 11:53).

Posted in Politics. See also: Desperation | Kevin came through | May Day! | Just a coincidence | Legal pornography? .

By Michael Hanscom
July 27, 2004

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  1. Claude said
    on August 3, 2004

    I think he’s trying to imply that Republicans have bigger dicks. Subliminabley ofcourse.

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  1. Rancorous Pedantic Freak linked to this post on July 28, 2004

    Gagging on the donkey?

    Say what? Blacks are gagging on the donkey but not yet ready to swallow the elephant.— George W. Bush, quoting Charlie Gaines, while addressing the 2004 National Urban League ConferenceSource Eehhhhhhh? Come again? Gagging on the donkey? What the fuck?

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