17 March 2007

Come on you guys- it's just a schoolyard taunt

Whilst answering questions at a town meeting soon-to-be-ex-Presidential candidate Senator John McCain used the term "tar baby". He later said "I don't think I should have used that word and I was wrong to do so". According to the Des Moines Register the term is "sometimes associated with racist connotations". Could someone please give me a citation in which "tar baby" does not have racist connotations? I will consider it cheating if you send me the McCain quote though.

Anyone want to bet that McCain drops out before the first primary. There hasn't been a primary already has there?

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