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I don't usually comment on here, but enjoy lurking in the background, but this video hit close to home for me today. Just yesterday at work, I had one person want to borrow a scraper to get that Obama sticker off my car. Another predicted the end of times if "That One" got elected. Then an email tying Obama to Iran, Pakistan, terrorist friends and other lies came to my inbox. My brave son wore an Obama shirt to school yesterday knowing he would be ridiculed. Last night he was taken aside at his youth group at church by the leaders about his shirt. It was done in a jokenly matter, but we all know they weren't joking. I get angrier and angrier every day at the incredible racist, hateful, stupidity of people in this country, I may have to think about moving to Canada like my husbands wants.

Beware the dumber than dogshit voting bloc. They're dumber than dogshit, and they vote.

Well, there you have it in a nutshell...especially that obnoxious girl that kept sticking her face in the camera...

Wow...it's been mentioned on this blog many times that some nutjob is gonna try to do something radical. All Sarah Palin is doing is stoking this hatred and driving these nuts into a frenzy...

Jesus.

I am stunned by the unveiled racism and lack of critical thinking in this group. Over the past week, I have become optimistic about the election, but hearing and seeing this makes me worry.

I am going to the NLR campaign office today to pick up yard signs, tshirts and posters...maybe I am a maven of influence.

The fleeting thought I had for a moment to vote for McCain after HRC was gone embarrasses me in my own mind.

You can thank Reagan and Rush Limbaugh and whoever puts up the money for all of this propaganda. Destroy the media and empower ignorance and democracy is in peril, nothing less.

I don't know if...Jesus can help those funny little people JD.

I watched you brief video of Palinites. There were better questions to ask rather than how long.

Ask them what is the first official act a new president does?

Would they support internal sweeps by Blackwater?

Do you support Blackwater's Internal Control contract with the U.S. government?

If you think that Rally of the Mindless Racists was spooky then go to my blue name and
listen to short attractive, Jewish woman talk about the Old/New Ten-Step Program.

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That is some scary stuff.......and the sad part is that interview could be easily repeated right here in Little Rock.

Commentary: Voting against Obama doesn't make you a racist

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/09/beck.issues/index.html?section=cnn_latest

I travel all over the country and work directly with people who deal with the racism in this election and it does my heart good to see construction workers and others take on their union brothers and sisters on the issue. On the one had it has been good to have the conversations and on the other it has been hard to hear how they hide bigotry behind words like "he's not like me" or "I just don't trust him". Members of organized labor know who will be better for this country from their perspective. I am not taking anything for granted and I keep a close eye on my yard sign knowing that it could well disappear before the election is over. Vote early and take election day off to encourage others to vote. Personally I am voting for "that one".

It is always shocking to see just how willfully uninformed the American electorate is. So many revel in their lack of curiosity. Their ignorance can at least be admired for its sheer brazenness.

"Commentary: Voting against Obama doesn't make you a racist"

Obviously not. However, calling Obama a terrorist because of his name makes you a prejudiced dumbass.

Bush and Cheney. They seem to be on target to bring the world to it's knees by the end of January.

Never before has there been an African-American presidential nominee. So without question, race is going to be a part of the conversation.

Race-baiting doesn't have to be and yet it is happening in this campaign. Twice this week, surrogates for Republican candidate Sen. John McCain have made a point of calling Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Barack "Hussein" Obama.

The implication here is clear. It's foreign sounding. It's Muslim sounding. It's un-American sounding. It's dangerous-sounding. What it is, is race-baiting. And that is what is dangerous.

But let's also be careful here and use our heads. Some Obama supporters on the left are up in arms over something McCain said at the debate Tuesday night -- when he referred to Obama as, "that one."
McCain: It was an energy bill on the floor of the senate, loaded down with goodies. Billions for the oil companies. And it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? Might never know. That one.

Some people have interpreted that comment as having racial undertones. Give me a break.

I can hear my grandfather talking about one of his kids or grandkids as "that one." He used it a lot. Maybe it's a generational thing. Maybe it wasn't a term of endearment the way it was when my grandfather used it. Maybe McCain did mean to be disrespectful. But racist? I don't think so.

You know, we should be holding these candidates accountable for what they say during this campaign and hope that in these final days they do try to maintain a little dignity. But we've also got to check ourselves. We've got a responsibility, too, to not get over-heated. What we say matters, too.
Whoever wins this election, we are all going to have to rally around that person. Given what is happening to our economy, all that is going on in this country right now, none of us wants the next president to be a failure, whoever he may be. Do we?

>>Some people have interpreted that comment as having racial undertones. Give me a break.<<

all2,
You're a pretty good apologist. Let me ask you this.
Why couldn't McCain have just said
"Barack voted for it." Why did he carefully choose the mantra "that one?"

Both candidates know the questions in advance. Both rehearse each and every word
that will comprise their response. There are such things as "key words and phrases" and
every speech writer and debate coach knows them. He's shaping an image. It's beyond
dog whistlin and his debate managers know it. So there's your "break."

"That one" is street talk for nigger.

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The sad thing about those people in the video is that, if you presented them with iron-clad proof that their opinions were wrong, they would still believe what they said.

No, we don't want ANOTHER failure in the WHouse!! Having said that, listing the most annoying/ineffectual traits of Bush, then passing McPain thru the same strainer, yields: FRIGHT!!! Someone out there tell me how McSame is actually DIFFERENT from Bush - substantive personal/policy differences only, please.

Here are some notable ALIKE hints: incurious bordering on intentional ignorance, faux Christian, total lack of the "introspection" gene, ideology trumping reason, certitude applied to complex/nuanced issues and the scariest of all - picking associates based upon loyalty/zealotry rather than competence: see Palin, Sarah.

On top of that he has become the contradictory, willful, nutty, angry old uncle that everyone steers clear of at the family picnic...he's gone over the hill folks, admit it!!! If that's not enough, meditate on this image: President Sarah Palin
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Don't these folks have a NASCAR race to go to somewhere?

When is the South ever going to quit being so, you know, Southern?

What are the chances of these people remembering what day you can vote and where to go?

"Voting against Obama doesn't make you a racist" No, on the face, it doesn't....unless you say "I'm not voting for that f"ing n*****". A statement I've heard FAR too often in the past year. It is a sad, tragic statment on our country that here in 2008 there are still people who think that way. We don't think critically as a nation, we accept whatever story sounds best and we judge people for idiotic things. And we think we'll be a superpower forever....?

Whether it was racial or not, it was disrespectful in the extreme for a Senator and Presidential candidate to speak to another in that manner. McCain's foul mouth and irrational hot temper is famous among his "friends" and peers.

No matter how you slice it.. that's what should be of concern and entirely unacceptable about McHothead potentially being in charge.

I'm worried about these folks on the video.. they re as angry as I am.... but they don't know why or really seem to care why. It's obvious they have read no more newspapers than Sarah Palin. It's obvious they will vote on behalf of their worst traits, against their countries own best interests. They will vote to insure they remain angry... not to diminish their anger... and that's very sad... and more than a little dangerous for the rest of us on so many levels.

I've said it before and I am sure I will says several more times over the next 3 weeks, but, of you don't have time to look into the issues in depth, there are plenty of folks on the ballot this year and all one really needs to know is DO NOT VOTE Republican.. never never never vote Republican. Vote Obama, Nader, Barr or McKinney.... but never vote Republican and never vote for Mark Pryor (a Republican in all the wrong places).

At least they didn't stone the reporter...or start building a bonfire.

Dumber than dogshit and filled with hate...a deadly combination.

The pause McCain took before saying "that one" reminds me a lot of the way my Grandmother spoke at times as she got older - she would be talking about someone, and suddenly forget the person's name. Rather than admit she forgot, she simply tried to cover it up by saying "that one" or "you know who".

Combine that little slip with the slip in his speech the other day where McCain called the people around him "prisoners" instead of "citizens". I honestly don't believe McCain intended "that one" to be a racial reference: I do believe, however, that it could be an early sign of dementia. That may also help to explain why today's McCain is SOOOO much different from the McCain of 8 years ago. Caribou Barbi, on the other hand, is just plain Nuts!

Oh yeah...nice to see your name, internetta. I remember you from the long-dead LCD blog.

What about Cindy McCain stating that Obama voted against funding for the troops like her son?

Obama voted for the funding with timetables and voted against funding without timetables.
McCaina voted for the funding without timetables and VOTED AGAINST funding with timetables.

Cindy McCain should be brought up on charges of treason. She is trying to undermine our democracy by lying to voters.

vernal touches on a point the media isn't covering enough. I know it's a sensitive topic but McCain is up there in age and his health is, minimally, fair...

I read that he is on Ambien to help him sleep. Fair enough. Lots of folks don't sleep well...me included. However, any doctor will tell you that you must have about seven hours blocked off to allow the medication to do it's job. If you don't sleep and you have taken the medication then there are seriously risky side effects...like sleep walking...and it can be addictive...

If elected will McCain just quit taking it? Maybe, maybe not. For me personally, I don't want the POTUS having to block off seven out of twenty-four hours daily. Can't have that. And what if he has to be woken up in the middle of the night to deal with some crisis? What if he doesn't even consciously know what's going on?

I can't stand McCain politically but this is very serious and his medical records need more than the few seconds per page the press was allowed to scan. And it's not just Ambien. He has been taking supplements that folks take for dealing with dementia and Alzheimer's...

How many days are left until the election...26? Again, I know it is a touchy subject...this "ageism" thing, but really...

And check out this link for more...

It should also be noted that the Ads by Google at the top of my page are: Waking up at 2AM?, Sleep Aid Free Trial, Senior Cell Phones and Strongest Sleeping Pills...

Seriously...

Good Grief! No Wonder They Are Desperate!

Have any of you checked the presidential markets today?

Sambo = .807
McBitch = .185

Never has there been a spread like that since the primaries when Huckabee was so low.

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eLwood, because i like you, I will admit your use of the Sam word really annoys me and disappoints me about the kind of person I try to believe you are. It's not funny at all. Please consider an alternative. Thanks.

eLwood, That's not the first time you've used the word Sambo to describe Barrack Obama. Are you ignorant of this racial stereotype? I'd expect to hear that sort of shit at a Palin rally but hate to see it used here.

Ya know our wingnuts worry that any association with gay people might rub off and make you gay. This anti-Obama woman is as close as it gets to turning me 100% flower arranging, drape hanging, makeup wearing gay as it gets. Lord God and Allah and Richard Simmons.....what a freaky nut she is!

Notice readers and writers of this blog....that none of the people on this video clip knows a whit more than Sarah Palin. Dumber than a box of hammers. But their vote counts the same as yours. Very very scary. And notice that the wingnuts are getting meaner the closer it gets to the election.

I think this is the same event where the McCain crowd turned on a black cameraman.....just cause of the color of his skin. Is this 1957 all over again? It's high time we encase Obama in a coffin of bullet proof glass. Same for when he takes office.....his JFK moment will always be just around the next corner thanks to haters like these. How sad.....what a country!

I think vernal made the first real stab at this "that one" phenom. McCain would have been better served to say "him" and point than to say "that one."

"Him" would have at least given an indication that McCain thought Obama is human, instead of seeming to refer to him as an object. I think it was a viseral attempt to lash out at Obama combined with him momentarily forgetting Obama's name. You can't ignore the dehuminizing quality of "that one," and I don't believe for a minute it was an accident. Look at McCain's manner when saying it--vicious glee--not respect.

I won't go as far as saying this is racist, I have heard similar intonations come from others in circumstances that did not involve race in any manner, but they did involve disdain.

Another consideration in this is McCain's ad about Obama being "the one," a comparison that has not gone unnoticed here on this blog. I can't imagine that that line of attack and that ad had no impact on this choice of usage.

Not that ANYONE on this blog needs defending by me, but I'm QUITE sure that eL's use of Sambo - which I believe he sorta "''splained" once, is a "statement" about the Morons who continue to attempt marginalizing O'Bama with racial/cultural/religionist BULLSH!T (like on the video) - not a slam. KNOW he'll weigh in soon...and that's my take.
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Angry? Yes; but this is very mild compared to some of Obama/Biden mobs - check out this video as an example - if you allow video responses or people can look it up on YouTube.
DNC Protestors Attack Fox reporter. http://www.youtube.com/
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all2blame, why did you not cite the Campbell Brown commentary as such?

THese are the same people who cheered the Brown Shirts in Munich in 1933.

"A crowd will believe anything if it's repeated enough."

---A. Hitler, MEIN KAMPF

Sometimes...the nastiness of an otherwise innocent word can be neutered by taking it by the horns and using the hell out of it...sometimes.

They showed this exact same contempt for Kerry - it isn't solely about race. Republicans have successfully, over the years, convinced a segment of the public that being a Democrat, voting for a Democrat, etc., is tantamount to being a traitor. They will tell you to your face - as my son's mom-in-law recently did - that 'voting for a Democrat will cause you to burn in Hell'.

There is obviously some hatred for Obama because of his race, but the majority of the vitriol is because he is a Democrat and to forget that is to be naive, and to blame it on racism just reinforces their belief they are right because they don't see it as racism and they believe all Democrats yell racism, or sexism, about any and everything.

It's a mistake to blame this on Obama's race and you fall right into the hands of the propagandists when you do so.

I just can't relate to so much obvious hate and racism. Henceforth we better insure that all "after-birth" residue is checked before and after disposal to prevent such deformed human being born. We sure don't want anymore of these lower than pond scum half-humanoids running around.

Nice try 'wndsong'...that's anti-war protesters and a dumbass FAUX reporter/cameraman charging into the middle of the crowd.

Appalling is the only word I can think of to describe my reaction.

As someone said, it could be repeated here. I overheard 2 women at lunch the other day saying they think that Palin did a good job at the debate. Of course, the TV channel on in the restaurant was Fixed News--as it seems to be in almost any place you go that has a TV--the doctor's office included. I'm not suggesting it needs to stay on MSNBC all the time either. It would just be nice to know that people are exposed to a variety of viewpoints and not the constant drivel spouted by the far right.

And to say Sarah Palin has had more news interviews than Obama! What shell did that woman come out of? What a bunch of uninformed, hateful people!

"Who terrifies you most?"

Click to find out.

Ugly people!!!!

Who terrifies me the most?

The Marty Feldman look alike

Click on my blue name to find out about Palin's "Sambo beat the bitch" comment which elwood is referring to.