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Maybe they need a little bit of Uncle Remus up in the white house.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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In the bit of chatter that surfaced in response to Rep. Lamborn's "tar baby" comment, most folks highlighted the conventional definition of the term as a doll covered in tar used to entrap Br'er Rabbit that's shorthand vernacular for Brother Rabbit, a trickster figure made popular in the pages of the Uncle Remus stories.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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Maybe they need a little bit of Uncle Remus up in the white house.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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In the bit of chatter that surfaced in response to Rep. Lamborn's "tar baby" comment, most folks highlighted the conventional definition of the term as a doll covered in tar used to entrap Br'er Rabbit that's shorthand vernacular for Brother Rabbit, a trickster figure made popular in the pages of the Uncle Remus stories.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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In the bit of chatter that surfaced in response to Rep. Lamborn's "tar baby" comment, most folks highlighted the conventional definition of the term as a doll covered in tar used to entrap Br'er Rabbit that's shorthand vernacular for Brother Rabbit, a trickster figure made popular in the pages of the Uncle Remus stories.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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Maybe they need a little bit of Uncle Remus up in the white house.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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“‘And yourself, she thought in her nainsook, you want him to be Uncle Remus goes to war, then the old happy fishing patriot.’”
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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“‘And yourself, she thought in her nainsook, you want him to be Uncle Remus goes to war, then the old happy fishing patriot.’”
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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The phrase "Tar Baby" originated in the Uncle Remus stories and has been historically used as a derogatory term for African Americans.
HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Turns The Sky Into Milton Friedman's Playground Eliot Nelson 2011
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Maybe they need a little bit of Uncle Remus up in the white house.
James Peterson: Tea Party Tar Babies James Peterson 2011
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