Author Topic: Ex-Trump Adviser Tells Black Fox News Guest He's Out Of His 'Cotton-Picking Mind' (Read 2036 times)

edpc · « **on:** June 24, 2018, 04:49:38 pm »

President Trumpâ€™s former deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, told a black Democratic strategist appearing on â€œFox & Friendsâ€ on Sunday that heâ€™s out of his "cotton-picking mind.â€

Bossie and strategist Joel Payne got into a heated exchange about the rhetoric used in debating immigration and other issues during a discussion moderated by Fox News host Ed Henry.

The men were discussing former CIA Director Michael Hayden posting a photo of Auschwitz in reference to the Trump administrationâ€™s since-ended policy of separating immigrant families at the border when Bossie made the comment.

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/393841-ex-trump-adviser-tells-black-fox-news-guest-hes-out-of-his-cotton-picking-mind

edpc · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2018, 04:49:54 pm »

Womp womp.

RoosGirl · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:04:51 pm »

Pfft, like someone from Boston knows anything about picking cotton.

endicom · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:08:40 pm »

That's a common term having nothing to do with race. Hayden was worse than offensive.

Oceander · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:09:36 pm »

Quote from: endicom on June 24, 2018, 05:08:40 pm

That's a common term having nothing to do with race. Hayden was worse than offensive.

Exactly.

TomSea · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:14:45 pm »

Check out who he said it too, Payne, he's on the Democrat plantation, is that another such reference? And he was accusing others of being racist. Tough.

edpc · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:17:10 pm »

I wonder if the controversy makes Bossie feel like he's been sold down the river?

dfwgator · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:22:08 pm »

So like I'm supposed to be outraged by this?

Emjay · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:24:34 pm »

This is a reach and all the posters making outraged comments know it. It has no racist significance to any sane person.

truth_seeker · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:27:12 pm »

It should be clear, that Hayden is/was very much part of the "Permanent Deep State" consisting of cereer bureaucrats, appointees, officers,, etc.

Hayden, Brennan, GHW Bush, McCain, Clinton, Obama, and c***less others.

How Dare, an Outsider like Trump attempt to enter Our Power Structure?

Only We Know What is Best for America"

And we have the means, and will Use "Any and All Means Necessary," to Keep Control

RoosGirl · « **Reply #10 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:27:26 pm »

Quote from: Emjay on June 24, 2018, 05:24:34 pm

This is a reach and all the posters making outraged comments know it. It has no racist significance to any sane person.

Can you even read? What posters have made outraged comments? Not even one. Next you'll be accusing people of supporting child abuse like @TomSea

edpc · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:32:57 pm »

Quote from: truth_seeker on June 24, 2018, 05:27:12 pm

Hayden, Brennan, GHW Bush, McCain, Clinton, Obama, and c***less others.

I figured you meant Bill for this to be accurate, but I remembered the spy magazine cover.

Right_in_Virginia · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:37:20 pm »

Quote from: truth_seeker on June 24, 2018, 05:27:12 pm

It should be clear, that Hayden is/was very much part of the "Permanent Deep State" consisting of cereer bureaucrats, appointees, officers,, etc.

Hayden, Brennan, GHW Bush, McCain, Clinton, Obama, and cuntless others.

How Dare, an Outsider like Trump attempt to enter Our Power Structure?

Only We Know What is Best for America"

And we have the means, and will Use "Any and All Means Necessary," to Keep Control

Oceander · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:37:59 pm »

Quote from: Emjay on June 24, 2018, 05:24:34 pm

This is a reach and all the posters making outraged comments know it. It has no racist significance to any sane person.

What posters would those be?

Emjay · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:39:05 pm »

Quote from: RoosGirl on June 24, 2018, 05:27:26 pm

Can you even read? What posters have made outraged comments? Not even one. Next you'll be accusing people of supporting child abuse like @TomSea

I can even read. I learned that skill early. When I see a bunch of posts in a row by predictable people that I have on ignore, I assumed that they were delighted to assume racism. Maybe I was wrong. I'll go back and read the posts ... because reading is part of my skill set.

Emjay · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:41:13 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on June 24, 2018, 05:37:59 pm

What posters would those be?

Wow!!! I should have learned from Bad News Bears not to assume.

TomSea · « **Reply #16 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:41:18 pm »

Quote from: RoosGirl on June 24, 2018, 05:27:26 pm

Can you even read? What posters have made outraged comments? Not even one. Next you'll be accusing people of supporting child abuse like @TomSea

@RoosGirl

Sorry, for the vile things said here about people who hold the same views as Ted Cruz, those defending what Peter Fonda said or talking about age, seemed to be doing it. Grow up!

RoosGirl · « **Reply #17 on:** June 24, 2018, 05:43:37 pm »

Quote from: TomSea on June 24, 2018, 05:41:18 pm

@RoosGirl

Sorry, for the vile things said here about people who hold the same views as Ted Cruz, those defending what Peter Fonda said or talking about age, seemed to be doing it. Grow up!

240B · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2018, 06:09:29 pm »

What's the meaning of the phrase 'Cotton-picking'?
A general term of disapproval, of something that is troublesome or a nuisance.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html

Sanguine · « **Reply #19 on:** June 24, 2018, 06:14:12 pm »

Quote from: TomSea on June 24, 2018, 05:41:18 pm

@RoosGirl

Sorry, for the vile things said here about people who hold the same views as Ted Cruz, those defending what Peter Fonda said or talking about age, seemed to be doing it. Grow up!

Who the hell here is defending what Peter Fonda said? @TomSea

endicom · « **Reply #20 on:** June 24, 2018, 06:14:58 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on June 24, 2018, 05:09:36 pm

Exactly.

I searched for 'pea-picking' and came up with this:

Out of your cotton picking mind
Posted by ESC on September 26, 2005

In Reply to: Out of your cotton picking mind posted by Francis Vassallo on September 26, 2005

: Are you out of your cotton picking mind? I have heard the phrase before. The meaning is not in question, just it's origin. My son thought it was a racially sensitive phrase. I never thought of it that way, though I understand how it can be. It would be helpful to understand it's origin.

Both whites and blacks picked cotton in the South. But I probably wouldn't say it to a black person. Here's some information from a previous discussion:

COTTON-PICKING - as an adjective cotton-picking "is widespread as a term of disparagement. Damned, darned." From the "Dictionary of American Regional English," Volume 1 by Frederic G. Cassidy (1985, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., and London, England).

: : Actually, I think it's more light-hearted/ teasing than disparaging. "Keep your cotton-picking hands off my sandwich."

A similar phrase -- "Bless your little pea-picking heart." A phrase used by country singer/entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/43/messages/460.html

WingNot · « **Reply #21 on:** June 24, 2018, 06:57:42 pm »

Well he was out of his watermelon, fried chicken, greens eating mind then.

edpc · « **Reply #22 on:** June 24, 2018, 07:00:26 pm »

Payne offered a truce and invited Bossie to 'Cracker' Barrel after the show.

roamer_1 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 24, 2018, 07:21:45 pm »

Quote from: RoosGirl on June 24, 2018, 05:04:51 pm

Pfft, like someone from Boston knows anything about picking cotton.

What's funny is how prevalent that phrase (cotton-pickin') is in my daily vernacular. My initial reaction was 'The guy's probably a redneck...'

If he were, it wouldn't mean a damn thing... And none of the blacks I know would be offended either, btw. Heck, they are as prone to use the term as I am.

ABX · « **Reply #24 on:** June 24, 2018, 07:22:18 pm »

The origin is not racist nor a reference to slavery.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cotton-picking.html