Racist GOP mailing depicts Obama surrounded by KFC, watermelon, and food stamps. (Think Progress)
A local California GOP women’s organization’s most recent newsletter claims that if Obama is elected, his face will appear on food stamps, rather than dollar bills like other presidents. The group then included a picture of “Obama Bucks” — a phony $10 bill with Obama surrounded by racist imagery:
The president of the organization, Diane Fedele, didn’t understand the charges of racism: “I didn’t see it the way that it’s being taken. I never connected. It was just food to me.” One African-American member of the club said that upon seeing the newsletter, she “cried for 45 minutes.” “This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party,” she added.
Remember when the Conventional Wisdom was that Obama was a better candidate for the Democrats than Hillary because they would attack her on a lot of nonexistent stuff and no one would dare attack Obama on race? And remember that the nonexistent stuff attacks on Hillary came from the so-called left, and not the right?—Caro
Ex-editor Lundy gets to the bottom of WBT radio's constant attacks on Obama (Poynter Online)
Walker Lundy says the talkers on Charlotte's WBT radio manage to conclude -- on every issue every day -- that Barack Obama is dangerous and disloyal to America. The former Philly Inquirer editor called the station's general manager for an explanation. Rick Jackson told him it's not politics, just business. "Two things drive me: the dollar for our shareholders and protecting our license. We go where our listeners tell us they want us to go."
The Brainy Governor of New York Can’t Name Any Obama Accomplishments (by SusanUnPC at No Quarter)
Can anyone provide a list of substantive accomplishments that Barack Obama can claim, besides winning office and going to college? The one executive job Obama had — when Bill Ayers hired him to chair the $50 million Chicago Annenberg Challenge — meant that he had to carry out Bill Ayers’ radical school reform initiatives, at which he was a miserable failure since the entire project was a failure. Then there’s the one chairmanship that Obama was given in the U.S. Senate, as [chair] of the European Affairs Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee… [H]e never held a single hearing… Now there’s this: “MSNBC’S CHRIS MATTHEWS: ‘Can you give me a case where Barack Obama has reached across the aisle and cut a deal and gotten something done for the country? One example.’ GOVERNOR PATERSON: ‘Well, Senator Obama has been there two years and I can’t cite an example right now.’”
Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Part 2–Independent Thinking: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY/LATRINE NEEDS THE TY-D-BOL MAN (by InsightAnalytical-GRL)
While cleaning the toilet the other day, the Democratic Party came to mind…I’m not kidding!... I knelt down to pick up something on the floor and lo and behold! I saw stuff I hadn’t noticed before, stuff I thought I was getting cleaned when I scrubbed the bowl. But NO! I had missed the buildup around the thin line of little round holes at the very top of the bowl, hidden under the rim…. I HAD MISSED THE HIDDEN CRUD!...
[T]he entire episode suddenly reminded me of how we’ve been waking up to what’s under the facade that is the Democratic Party, how we’re seeing “under the rim.”
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lol
it's not racists.. it's just the Republican way.
"I supported Alan Keyes" see she's not racists..
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stori...
She said she also wasn't trying to make a statement linking Obama and food stamps, although her introductory text to the illustration connects the two: "Obama talks about all those presidents that got their names on bills. If elected, what bill would he be on????? Food Stamps, what else!"
I recall that Hillary's unfair "baggage" was considered...
her cross to bear, but I don't recall anyone saying that Obama would never face racially motivated attacks from the Right. Who was saying the latter?
but her baggage wasn't the sexism --
her baggage was Clinton's affairs and their money things.
The racism was totally expected--and there's been far far less of it than what the Obama campaign/supporters have yelled about.
The sexism wasn't expected at all--especially not from Democrats towards other Democrats--and it's been truly shocking to many of us.
I don't have a link ...
... but I definitely remember that Obama "couldn't" be attacked.
I felt her pain when I first saw the C*NT T-Shirts
It made me want to cry. But it's been like this for nearly a year now for women. I can't work up a fury over the REAL racism now. We *knew* this was coming but the word has been used so cavalierly that it has virtually no meaning. Is it racist? Heck, yeah. But it's not nearly as bad as being compared to a brainless vagina.
Come together at The Confluence
Come together at The Confluence
Open Secrets is wonderful--
that lobbyist contribution thing is just what's needed.
top spenders for the past 10 years-- http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php... --
Lobbying Client Total
US Chamber of Commerce $398,224,680
American Medical Assn $190,662,500
General Electric $173,052,000
American Hospital Assn $152,947,280
AARP $140,492,064
Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America $135,663,400
Edison Electric Institute $120,195,999
Northrop Grumman $118,315,253
Business Roundtable $112,280,000
National Assn of Realtors $107,960,380
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $104,256,172
Lockheed Martin $102,800,721
Freddie Mac $94,854,048
Boeing Co $93,138,310
General Motors $93,001,483
Exxon Mobil $90,166,942
Verizon Communications $87,048,610
Southern Co $86,290,694
SBC Communications $79,851,656
Fannie Mae $79,497,000
I bet they've all gotten exactly what they wanted from Congress.
See, that's just wishful thinking:
Obama could be, and was, attacked. Still is, even among Dems.
Hillary was supposed to be inevitably the nominee, remember?
I could go on, but really, the last 18 months have shown me so many reasons to believe that no candidate deserves my unconditional support, it's hard to have any enthusiasm "for" anybody.
All that said, though, I have no problem knowing whom I intend to vote against.
No McCain. No Palin. No Way. No How.
1 John 4:18
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
only the media called her "inevitable"--
and are you saying that Obama could and was attacked for his race among Dems?
I only see those who don't want to vote for him because of it but most attack his lack of resume and accomplishments, and his lies and his sexism--and we all see his calling everyone who's against him racist--both then and now.
Compare media "inevitable" narratives
With HRC it was, like, "Damn it, the she-devil is going to win." When Obama won Iowa, he became the inevitable one to the narrative of, "All hail our new God!"
I honestly don't think she chose to present herself as the inevitable one (as if she had a choice in the media portrayal) because it was always, as everything Hillary Clinton-related in the media, going to be seen as a horrible negative. What Clinton tried to do was remain above the fray (i.e. to minimize damage) because she knew the knives were out for her if she dared defend herself, which would be seen as a horrible, brutal "attack" against the ever-so virtuous men.
O/T: Does someone want to start a thread about possible cabinet picks? I'm so damn curious as to who Obama will pick to be Secretary of State in particular. I keep hearing Kerry (and Dodd).
yup--she held back, & they also
didn't think Obama would go there--but he did--officially making calls of racism a campaign strategy, all at the same time he was calling her "willing to do anything to win".
And she still won all the Blue states (except IL). He never was able to close the deal with most registered Democrats.
Clinton and inevitability
I think that the "inevitability" thing sprang from actions that the Clinton campaign took in pursuit of early endorsements/contributions... pointing out her strength in the early polls, and talking about how Clinton would remember her friends that supported her early on.
The media took these standard campaign tactics, and turned them into the "inevitability" meme -- and then created The One as the perfect candidate.
True, Paul
You're right. She did what any other politician would do and basically said, "Look at all these important people I have backing me. I'm your best choice, Democrats." I mean, that's the whole point of endorsements and fundraising prowess.
Let's add this to the roundup above, shall we?
Sacramento, California: the GOP has removed an 'offensive' image from their website, according to Fox News.
and since I refuse to link to Fox, CBS has more:
here.
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! Knowing that we’re not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
upstate NY here had him as Osama on the ballot--
in Albany (or near there)--and i can't even count the number of times people on tv--including those who love him like Chris Matthews--have called him Osama.
"Joe and the Feeding Frenzy"
"... how can people look at the scrutiny Wurzelbacher has received in the last 24 hours and not think there is some kind of bias at play? John McCain cites a regular old American in his debate-something that can annoy me when it's a sob story about how the government has failed someone—and people cheer for the guy, identify with the guy, and so he has to be taken down? Obama has a pretty comfortable lead in the polls right now. He can't possibly be afraid of Joe the Plumber. I don't get the media feeding frenzy. ..." -- http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfacto...
I am in the state of shock over the vetting of "Joe The Plumber"
His voting record is revealed: what happened to the privacy in the voting booth and why is the public official allowed to reveal that information?
His and his bosses financial information revealed to the whole world. His boss might be sanctioned by the Union. All because a guy dared to ask a question. Lets just take him out back and shoot him.
he there
it is a public record.
Shut up about poor widdle joe's privacy. Your voter registration is probably the most public information in the world. Any candidate or citizen can walk down to the election officials and get a CD of all registered voters. Heck they can find out if and when you requested an absentee ballot.
And if you vote in a Republican primary, you are a registered Republican in Ohio, so IT IS NO VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.
And here's a rule of thumb, do not go on CNN or appear in national campaign ads unless you want people to dig into your motivations.
That was a lovely reply
Glad I could be here to allow you to take out your anger. I apologize in advance, but I will not be shutting up until and when I decide to do move on to shinier things (or Lambert bans me). No fucking way!
Oh, and by the way, my question was not about his registration, but about the reveal of his vote.
Voter registration records are public.
and, while I'm not in favor of taking the GOP lead in anything, I'm not really surprised, after what happened to the woman Kerry gave a job because she was fired for having a Kerry bumper sticker and what Malkin's stalker-bots did to the SCHIP kid's family, that Joe the Plumber's ... indiscretions ... caught up with him.
I don't see anything revealing his vote. His registration, yeah.
Far as the voting record itself, where do you think candidates get all that "didn't even bother to vote in the last XXX" mud to sling?
It's public record.
The only thing anonymous (used to be) how you marked your ballot.
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! Knowing that we’re not going to kill today! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
I am glad I was mistaken
about his vote been revealed. I thought I read somewhere that he voted for McCain in the primary. Must have been hallucinating.
this is how you silence ordinary citizens
if you dare to speak up, the same could happen to you, and it's gotten easier to both hunt down information and publicize it.
the latest i've seen is that now there's something wrong with joe's drivers license too, though i didn't follow up on reading the blog posts.
There are so many ways now of silencing citizens
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26875980/
school-provided prison jumpsuits
how apropos.
check out the poll in that article -- Are dress codes and uniform policies a good idea? of 11799 responses [so far], 78% said yes.
"This presidential campaign has been an offense fest."
-- Why humans are so quick to take offense, and what that means for the presidential campaign. -- http://www.slate.com/id/2202303/
"... Rarely has it been thought that the way to show you deserve to be the most powerful person on earth is to demonstrate you're also the touchiest. This presidential campaign has been an offense fest. From the indignation over a fashion writer's observation about Hillary Clinton's cleavage, to the outraged response to the infamous Obama New Yorker cover, to the histrionics over "lipstick on a pig," taking offense has been a political leitmotif. Slate's John Dickerson observed that umbrage is this year's hottest campaign tactic. And we can assume it will reach an operatic crescendo in these final weeks before Election Day. ...
People instinctively weigh whether a leader who's laid back makes them worry that he won't stand up to enemies. And they consider that a hot-headed leader may be intimidating to foes, but that he also might create more of them. ..."
We expect Republicans to go there
but we don't expect liberals to. And the ugly started against another Democrat.
Now we see the liberals going as low as the republicans against their opposition....and in some ways, even lower. "C*nt", "Abort" and a gun to a candidates head is all okee dokey with the new winners. And the media and democratic politicians indulge in the ugly as well. (Were we always this bad and did I just notice?)
I used to be outraged by the republicans. Now i see it's just basic human behavior to hate and attack no matter the letter by your name.
It's easier to feel good about ourselves because at least we're not republicans! They're horrible! Let's blog about it and send links to youtubes and make nasty images of Sarah Palin. But how many of us spend even 1/100th of the energy actually DOING something to back up that which we profess to believe? Volunteer at a shelter? Pro bono work? Anyone go over to Iraq to help the people? Adoption of a child? Take in a homeless person? Stop driving their car?
We don't scream because we're passionate about actually doing the hard work to change things. We scream because we get to demonize the other and so boost our lazy-ass-hypocritical selves. And my god, the screaming is fueled with so much hatred and ignorance.
I disagree with George Lakoff - we are not the party of empathy. Not at all.
"If we have to have a dictator, who better than Obama"
- progressive blog commentator
yup--also it's tribal/group id--
many of us have been rudely awakened to our own false and no longer operative assumptions about "our party" and how so very many of us simply don't matter anymore--after decades of fighting to have places at the table and voices that were heard by pols.
we've always demonized the other side tho (based on their actions and the impact of those actions)--and they've always demonized us.
and this cycle is not as nasty as many in the past--not at all.
"STONE HER! STONE HER!"
Latest chanting at a Palin rally. Lovely.
It really is full blown medieval misogyny.
Ok Amberglow, was it really always this bad?
Can you think of other races where a group of people openly
chanted for an act of violence against a candidate?
"If we have to have a dictator, who better than Obama"
- progressive blog commentator
But she deserves it, remember?
She's "bad."
My favorite part is when Obama supporters use allegations of bigotry (racism) against Palin...to unleash bigotry (misogyny) against Palin.
Sick shit.
Link from the Inky
On "stone her".
Not sure it's any worse than it's ever been -- though, for me, how Hillary got treated made it clear how bad it was. I guess the difference is that I expect Republicans to be complete assholes. I didn't expect it from Democrats, let alone "progressives." My attitude really is starting to be Let the dead bury the dead.
[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Foodstamp
The foodstamp card is so, so over-the-top I almost can't believe it, and the "just food" excuse is so sad that I don't know what to think. I do wonder how big this club was and how many people saw this before it was released, because I would hope that she was the most oblivious person in her club.
BTW, on Hillary's 'inevitablity', anyone here who thought that the media ran that narrative out of anything other than the feeling of feeling stuck with her is crazy. It was so obvious that when they spoke of her 'inevitability' that it was painfully and grudgingly. They talked about it helplessly, though, it would seem to me, now, that they were actually whistling for a challenger by their very use of the word 'inevitable'.
On Hillary's side of the narrative I think that she knew that she had to intimidate coming out of the gate given that she knew that the media would only talk about her neutrally (as opposed to talking about her negatively her like they'd done for years). If they didn't like her, well, at least they were going to have to recognize her power. If she'd have crawled in graveling for their acceptance, she'd have never lasted for as long as she did.
But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...
"Bush Aides Say Religious Hiring Doesn’t Bar Aid"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/washin... -- "In a newly disclosed legal memorandum, the Bush administration says it can bypass laws that forbid giving taxpayer money to religious groups that hire only staff members who share their faith.
The administration, which has sought to lower barriers between church and state through its religion-based initiative offices, made the claim in a 2007 Justice Department memorandum from the Office of Legal Counsel. It was quietly posted on the department’s Web site this week. ..."
Caro--
Editor and Publisher has a new blog-- E & P Pub -- it's not bad -- http://www.eandppub.com/
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