
08-17-2011
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Originally Posted by US27inKS
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That's been going on for years - I remember back in the '70s the old farts who decried Women's Lib were called racist, anti Zionists were called racist etc. It became the catch all pejorative for anything a sociopolitical opponent said or did, it didn't have to have anything to do with race.
I do think the Black Cloud reference being intended to mean Obama was a bit of a stretch - it is a very standard expression for impending doom.
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