Doesn't take much for folks to have a Freudian slip does it? Ex network news anchor Dan Rather woke up from his Metamucil induced nap to talk about Obama and his lack of salesmanship when it comes to healthcare reform.
That's right, you heard that correctly. Rather said, "he couldn’t sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic." Foot. Meet mouth.
I understand what Rather was trying to say, that Obama is doing a poor job of selling his agenda. Rather thought he would make some witty analogy to get a nice soundbite, and the first thing that came to his mind when thinking of Obama and not being a good salesman was....watermelons. Sigh. It never stops does it?
I can think of about five analogies that would have fit better than the nonsense that Rather used without even trying. How about, "Obama couldn't sell water in a desert", or "Obama couldn't sell bread to starving man". See how it works? Now someone please explain to me what watermelons and state troopers have to do with not being able to sell anything?
I think it has everything to do with the fact that Obama is black, and as as everyone knows black folks just looooves us some watermelon. Why, Obama has his watermelon flown in on Airforce One fresh everyday, and at the taxpayers expense, and his watermelons are harvested by enslaved buxom blonde missing white women.
See how silly that sounds? No worse than what Rather said.
What I think happened, is that old man Rather had an old man flashback, and momentarily forgot his was in public and not just having a little chit chat with his pal. He really was going to say, "he couldn't sell watermelons to a bunch of niggers", but then his brain re-engaged with his mouth and he changed it midstream to the "state troopers to flag down the traffic", which of course makes zero sense.
Somebody please come get Dan Rather and escort him back to the home.
