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Like Barack Obama Really Takes Cabs

Barack Obama's use of the "can't get a cab in NYC" anecdote might not have been the right thing to say at the CNN debate, but I am black and a New Yorker, and if it's not true all the time, it's true enough to not make it a lie. [NYS]

In a characteristic failure to think things through, BET execs are stuck with 6 episodes of Charlie Murphy constantly referring to the We Got To Do Better as Hot Ghetto Mess. [LAT]

Al Sharpton (surprise!) criticizes GOP candidates for being no shows at the NAACP and Urban League conventions. [STLPD]

Meanwhile, NYC Mayor Mike "I'm not running for president" Bloomberg, who recently went from being a Republican to an Independent, spoke at the Urban League convention yesterday.[NYT]

Three white officers in Milwaukee were convicted of beating up a black man when they were off duty. [MSNBC]

Jul 27, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 6 Responses

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Tagged: Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Charlie Murphy, Crime & Punishment, GOP, Mike Bloomberg, Minority Report, NAACP, NYC, Urban League, We Got To Do Better

Comments (6)

No. 1 · yappay

That Al Shaprton, needs to get laid, bad. So, much pent-up tension. Always, 'plaining.

*I kid, I kid*

He just annoys the arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh out of me.

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 10:02 am

No. 2 · Brooklynisis

BTW - it is very hard for Black *men* to get cabs sometimes. I have had to hail a cab for complete stranger Black men and then they dive in like rock stars and thank me…

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 11:32 am

No. 3 · blackmistressdiva

Brooklynisis - I totally agree. I never have problems when I am in NYC at all. The only time I have ever had a problem hailing a cab is here in SF when a cab pulled over for me, and then at the same moment this older brotha tried to spit some game at me….the cab driver sped off. I guess he though the guy was getting in the cab with me?? So I turn to the man, and he says, "see, they don't give niggas no love out here." LOL. As if the cabbie wasn't just about to pick me up!

Anyway…Obama needs to stop using that line though b/c it's tired, and unless you are in NYC/SF/Chicago/places where people take them, you don't care about cabs or people trying to catch them. Sorry.

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 1:04 pm

No. 4 · daria

He speaks arabic, doesn't he? He should have no issues getting a cab.

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 11:15 pm

No. 5 · daria

What's the only difference between a NYC republican and a NYC democrat?

The (R) after their names, instead of the (D).

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 11:17 pm

No. 6 · Obamarama / Stereohyped

[...] My favorite black candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and yours, Barack Obama, was snapped yesterday being chauffeured around New York City. Because we all know he wouldn't have been able to catch a cab… [...]

Posted: Aug 23, 2007 at 5:01 pm

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