Comments on: UPDATE: LA Progressive: Palin “Racist”

By: Kushin Los

Kushin Los — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:39:40 +0000

It’s curious that they would know that Sambo has been used as a racist epithet when most people have never heard of the word.

By: LoudandClear

LoudandClear — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:54:14 +0000

The level of their discourse will cause lukewarm voters to look toward McCain.

By: morthanenough

morthanenough — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:21:46 +0000

In response to the statement indicating that everyone who is not native or black talks that way about them, It’s just not so.
I’m a 25-year resident of Alaska, my husband a lifelong resident and Alaskan Native. We are now residing in Ohio as a result of some family issues here. I can attest that I’ve never heard the epithets described in this article. I’ve lived all over the state at different times and have been exposed to a broad cross-section of the population. I promise you, I’d have heard them if they were at all common. This is a blatant lie.
I agree also, that the Sambo expression is outdated by about 50 years.

By: thekingtut

thekingtut — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:49:43 +0000

I’m 47, and the only time I’ve ever heard the word sambo used was by the Sex Pistols in their song New York.

By: bdunbar

bdunbar — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:25:01 +0000

Yeah. I doubt if someone Palin’s age would even know about the Sambo thang.

She’s four years older than I am – but I know about the Sambo thing.

‘Sambos’ used to be a restaurant, as well.

I’ve never, ever, heard anyone my age use it as a slur. Or anyone older for that matter.

By: ortzinator

ortzinator — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:04:22 +0000

Dems: playing dirty to elect a man who says he wants to end playing dirty. Or something.

By: The Machine

The Machine — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:49:15 +0000

Yeah. I doubt if someone Palin’s age would even know about the Sambo thang.

Actually based on a story about an East Indian lad, some tigers and some pancakes.

By: tv2112

tv2112 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:11:39 +0000

I wish they sue the living crap out of these asshats that make shit up. If they got slammed with a character defamation libel suit and lost everything, maybe they would learn to not be a total asshat. I need to go to lawschool when I retire…I’d make millions off these tools (probably there parents actually). Anyway…would be nice for liars to be punished. And damn…last time I heard Sambo’s was when we had those restaruants out in San Diego (they were like a Denny’s). They closed pretty quick and became Coco’s.

By: keyboarddude

keyboarddude — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:05:33 +0000

This is wonderful. They can’t see to attack John McCain because they known the’ve got NOTHING so they attack his VP choice.

I want to see the VP debates and have Biden say something appallingly stupid to just finally put this crap to rest.

Oh, and Hillary is a beetch.

And I think Obama is a black guy.

I’m so controversial!

By: Doo

Doo — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:27:20 +0000

They had another quote from the waitress at the restaurant it was, “My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.” That article come off like an made up, “Onion” story.
I like the source at the end, a businessman that lived in a different city than Palin and moved out of Alaska before she was Gov. Nice hatchet job.