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I was just watching the Rice testimony thing on TV. What did Senator Kerrey mean when he said something like, "We don't have to bring up the N-Word"?

I mean, I initially thought that he'd just said something really offensive to Ms. Rice, but she ignored it completely. Is there some other N-Word that I'm unaware of that was made acceptable by the context of what he was saying?

I mean, I'm sure there has to be. No one just says that like that. Not only would it be bigotted, it'd be political suicide! He must've meant something else.

But I have to admit, I simply can't figure out what on Earth it was that he was trying to say.

Rats, I missed that. I was on the phone and typing minutes at the same time. What was the context, Affy, maybe I can figure it out.

I can't remember. I was in another room just kinda vaguely listening. He asked a question, she tried to response, he interrupted her and said one or two sentences before my ears caught the line, "Now, I'm sure that we don't have to use the N-Word here."

Maybe someone else heard it. I know nothing about this Kerrey person (not the guy running for President, of course), but if that phrase is taken out of context it doesn't really help what I think about him.

This is gonna bug me all day long, I just know it. Last day of school before I get Good Friday off, too.

Okay, I was listening to the radio and I heard that clip again. Apparently, Carrey said "We don't like to use the "M"-Word around here," and this was referring to the word "mistake."

I feel a lot better knowing that I just misheard the guy.

*nods sagely*

Yeah, what you said made absolutely no contextual sense, racist or otherwise.

"But I have to admit, I simply can't figure out what on Earth it was that he was trying to say."

Dang, I was really thinking that he was from another planet!

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