McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show
By David Neiwert Thursday Oct 16, 2008 9:31amIt was kind of strange, dintcha think, that John McCain came to the defense of his supporters last night after Barack Obama pointed out that people at McCain/Palin rallies were shouting out "terrorist" and "kill him!" in reference to Obama.
Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:
“I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?”
“When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.”
“He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.”
“He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.”
“He is friends with a terrorist of this country!”
“He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama.”
“Just the whole, Muslim thing, and everything, and everybody’s still kinda - a lot of people have forgotten about 9/11, but… I dunno, it’s just kinda… a little unnerving.”
“Obama and his wife, I’m concerned that they could be anti-white. That he might hide that.”
“I don’t like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash… because we’re not!”
Yep, McCain must be so proud.
The rest of us, well ... let's just say those polls should tell the story.
[H/t to Ta-Nehisi Coates, via Spencer Ackerman. Transcript via Prose Before Hos.]
UPDATE: Transcript altered to reflect, as some commenters point out, that the man in the video did not use the actual "N word."
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watching these poor, uneducated, brainwashed beasts come un-hinged, after the hell their Corporate masters have put us all through. Suck it up, tools, here comes the Reality Train.
About time for these ignorant sheeple to understand the route the wanted us all to take, so they didn't have to use their brains, did not work, does not work, and will not work.
Wake up, sheeple!
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Mccain supporters getting boo'd and heckled is not comparable to the level of hate displayed in this clip. Why are you comparing regular boo'ing and heckling to this clip of people basically advocating Hitler and Nazism's basic ideals.
While the respondents' answers are appalling, a comparison to Nazism is uncalled for and inaccurate. No one here advocated genocide. They showed tragic levels of ignorance and prejudice, but none suggested extermination or other forms of violence. Comparing these poor peoples' views to those of Hitler cheapens the gravity of his crimes and is an injustice to them, wrong though they may be.
McCain and Palin are running their campaign, like Hitler when he first being his campaign to take over Germany. With speeches of hate, lies to the point of almost riots and increasing the insane rage of the crowd this was Hiitler, when he first being. This is Palin today. Palin ask about banning books, Hitler banned books from 1933 -1944, except books of Germany orgin.
What kind of a person enjoys hearing the crowd saying things like, "kill him" "off with his head" "terrorist" a person who has no soul and doesn't care about our country are the people. They only care about getting to the top at all cost.
Kill that ******!
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if you are so big and bad, verify yourself,I am assuming that you have the fredom of speech, so why hide what you want to say let your presence be known, because I am a black man in this world and you want to say something like that.You are just proving your point how ignorent people can be, so to me you are just another coward who yell's pointless chants and hides under a sheet with holes cut out. Me i am proud to show who I'm proud to show who I am, and that makes me an American.
While the respondents' answers are appalling, a comparison to Nazism is uncalled for and inaccurate. No one here advocated genocide. They showed tragic levels of ignorance and prejudice, but none suggested extermination or other forms of violence. Comparing these poor peoples' views to those of Hitler cheapens the gravity of his crimes and is an injustice to them, wrong though they may be.
While I understand what you're saying, you must also understand that that is how it started with Hitler. It started with Hitler himself instilling fear into the citizens of Germany and history only repeats itself. I mean if you were to go all the way back to Egypt when Jacob and his sons moved there, Israel were hard labourers and honest and guest what? The Pharoah instilled fear into the Egyptians saying that the Israelites are many and that they will take over, and we all know what happened to the Israelites after, so history only repeats itself. I trust that you remain open towards these words.
Just wondering if you've ever picked up a history book? If you had, I'm sure you would find that anti-semitism in Europe, not just Germany, was already prominent before Hitler came to power. This allowed him to rise quickly to power but Hitler did not create the fear. In the late 18th century, in particular eastern Europe, there were a number of Pogroms against Jewish populations.
Aren't you aware of the hatred inherent in America? The same kind of hatred and pogroms (jim crow law's) that are present today.
For some reason (bigotry/ignorance) people are refusing to see that it IS the same thing as what lead to the Holocaust.
Godwin's Law invoked. Conversation is now officially over.
It's not as if they are verbally defenseless. The protesters and the hecklers are playing on an even field. I've seen much worse between Mets and Yankees fans.
The racism and hatred that's surfacing in the GOP majority small towns and burgs across America is a whole different ball 'o wax.
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These people have to be the dumbest people in the world. I can't believe that there are still ignorante people like this that are even allowed to speak. But as the saying goes, "Stupid people say stupid things" Obamma fights for the country not a race get it together people. Jesus help them!!!!!!!
This is all so depressing! You know racism exist in this country, you've experienced it but this race has brought everything out all at once. When they make race an issue, they're not just attacking Obama but every single African American whose back this country was built on. They might as well be telling us all over again that we're not human.
But look at what the polls are telling us!
They're telling us that the majority of the people in this country are ready and willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with people of another color to take our country back from the hands of people like this.
Got Hope?
I do.
Keep your chin up. African Americans are seeing some ugly treatment in this. White liberals are, too. We're "commie faggots" who should "go back to Russia", "baby-killers", "libtards", etc.
It's the politics of hate, and it's directed at anybody who opposes the Republican platform. We're here with you. You're here with us. Let's keep it going, ya'll!
...It is amazing to me that these people profess to believe in God. They hate abortion yet support the death penalty. They want to infect us with their views and opinions and don't the grace or dignity to agree to disagree. Instead of "drill baby drill" their mantra should be "kill baby kill". Hate is so ugly.
Besides being ignorant, these folks would also be the first to complain about the "guv'mint" intruding in their lives if they had an oil well or "nucular" plant built on or near their property. The sad thing too is that it's not even worth trying to change their minds as they are so ignorant. It makes me sad.
You're right. They want to deny women the right to choose, but then they also want to deny single mothers any kind of assistance that they need to raise those unwanted children.
these unwanted children should have thought about how to not get pregnant to start with,,they go out party,or hook up with every tom dick,harry,then end up pregnant over and over then they know government will help them with welfare food stamps,wick so they think it's ok to continue to have babies,,more you have more you get from government,,,we now have thre generations of welfare parents,,that's the shame,,most don't know or care who fathers the babies,,because the fathers can't be there in order to get money,,,sorry way to brings children in to this world,,,and you wonder why kids are so angry .they don't have a man around to teach them right or wrong,and all they see is a mother, her actions only show the kids their future is welfare
Seriously, the GOP shouldn't pay you for this post. It's kinda lame.
Oh man. You need to learn a thing or two about reality.
The majority of people having abortions DO NOT do this as 'birth control'. It is a difficult and heart-wrenching decision for them, it's not a "quick fix" as you implied. I've known people that were brutally raped that chose to terminate the pregnancy. She was distraught over this decision, but to look into the eyes of a child and be reminded of that night would have been just too much for her. The girls/women that are "hooking up with every tom, dick and harry" are the ones that are generally using the pill....it's HIV education and assistance that they'll need.
The Republican Right Wing are SO out of touch. I'm a single mom...not my choice mind you. I was a stay at home mom when my ex-husband left. He didn't contribute anything financially to the children for a year (and now does through a wage garnishment). I HAD to go on welfare until I was able to get a job, and then various types of other support while I was working. You can't support 2 children with most entry levels jobs in this country. The reality is this; There are those of us out there that need assistance in some form or another. It's not a constant thing for many of us, it's just from time to time. Help with fuel in the winter, help with gaps (crater sized) in health insurance, help with childcare expenses. We're working, we're volunteering, we're voting. We're the ones trying to raise our children to become incredible adults, so that maybe in thier lifetime, many of these social issues can be fixed. This unfortunately can not happen though with so many small minded ignorant people like yourself thinking that your knowledge of the world is accurate. Please get a life...and live it honorably.
Is it more important for people to not go bankrupt from having children and to be able to provide proper medical care to newborns? Or is it more important to force all mothers to have children, even from rapists, and make them pay for it too? You can't look at generally what works. You have to be aware of the impact of the exceptions.
I agree.
Another thing that bothers me about these fundie religious types.... they believe in the sanctity of life, until it comes to the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children who did NOTHING to us, or anyone else for that matter.
Either all life is sacred or ir isn't.
And if it's not, you are all, each and every one, hypocrites of the worst kind.
Its a good thing they only represent about 28% of the country, which is still insanely large (no pun intended) but at least they won't win and they might even learn something in the next 4 years !! Probably not though...who am i kidding...Ignorance-God-Uneducated Masses = The Right-Wing Core Repugs !!
Go Obama Go !!
EXACTLY what I was thinking, that they are so against abortion calling it baby killing yet they think it is okay to go to another country and kills tons of innocent people along with our soldiers, it is extremely hypocritical. I am christian and I don't see how it is the christian thing to do to go to war! It makes no sense...I was taught to think about what would Jesus do when making a decision, and I am sure he wouldn't say "lets go to war..." So why do these people think that the GOP is for christians?!
I am not for it or against it, but I think a woman should have a right to choose, especially if it is the result of a violent crime of rape or incest....and after watching this video, this may sound kind of mean but wondering if perhaps some of them are products of inbreeding themselves, which may be why they are against abortion. (ok, I know, that wasn't nice...)
Lets hope Obama gets into office. We really need a change, and with him in office our children will hopefully grow up with a better sense of everyone is equal and less racism in this country.
I am prochoice, but I really tire of fellow pro-choicers comparing the death penalty to abortion. I've had children, so I can see where the pro-lifers are coming from. Think about it from their point of view, they see the fetus as an innocent child. Most of the people on death row are cold killers, some of children.
You see I'm prochoice and pro-death penalty. Although I believe the fetus is alive, its the woman's decision, the fetus is growing in her body after.
Death penalty-people who are against the death penalty seem to show a lot of compassion for the criminals, but none at all for the victim. Before getting angry at me and calling me a "shudder" Mccain support, just think about this. That is just as bad as saying the fetus of a rape victim has more rights to me.
Now that rant is over, the rally may as well have taken place in my area. I'm surrounded by many ignorant sheeple.
"We're here with you. You're here with us. Let's keep it going, ya'll!"
Thank you-beautifully said. Shoulder to shoulder we will go forward and help this country find it's mind, heart and soul again.
You know, I am hopeful. Although comments like the ones in this video are disturbing, I have to say that I am not shocked by them or surprised.Inspight of them, I am hopeful. I see thousands of people of all races, all of them proud Americans supporting Barack Obama and that makes me hopeful and it makes me proud. I understand the people who spew hate.I understand that it comes only out of fear. Fear of what they don't understand. All things happen in their time, and I believe that it is time for a Barack Obama... not because he is Black, but because it is time for people like the ones in the video to be given the opportunity to see that black people are people. We want the same things in life that any other American wants. Barack Obama is many things; he is black and he is white, he is a father, a husband, a christian, a person who is filled with hope and pride for his Country, the United States of America. It is time for people like the ones in this video to see that we are just people. That is all.
Excellent sentiment!
I am a white woman and I will stand beside my African American brothers and sisters any day. I am like you in my faith in Obama and the politics of hope. I am NOT like these people. We will prevail in this if we stand up against the hate together with our voices and our votes. My husband and I shake our heads when we hear McCain say he reaches across the aisle. Talk is cheap when I'm watching what he and Palin are doing with their horrific politics. Country first my A SS . He is a divider not a uniter.
It's pretty sad that we the democrats and the other Americans may have to suffer and cover our heads in shame, if this dangerous team of McCain/Palin is elected. McCain is just stuck in stupid, just like G. W. Bush, yes I said...he is STUPID LIKE BUSH! Palin is just evil...a pretty face with a wicked spirit. As an African American babyboomer, I find this election to be very stressful, for the hatred that comes with being ignorant and uneducated is so blatant, and I am afraid that someone is going to get hurt. Obama-Biden 08!
Thank you. These are inspiring words: 'side by side', 'shoulder to shoulder'. I'm moved enough to write from here in London.
I am a white American woman, married to a white (dual citizen) English man, and I, too, have faith that we can, side by side and shoulder to shoulder, help calm the irrational fears of these poor people. I don't mean poor in an economic sense, but there's that, too. And I don't mean to be smug, elitist, or condescending. Yes, of course I'm fearful for Obama (and his family's) safety. And I feel that Sarah Palin is deliberately setting in motion something that is too hideous to talk about. In her lust for power (and lust for attention: because in today's world, the lines of power and celebrity are blurred, and this sudden media attention is no doubt quite heady for her) she is playing on ignorant and small minded people's fears. I'd like to believe that is unconscious, but I have a terrible feeling it isn't, and that's where the true evil resides: in people that are smart enough to know better. And while Sarah Palin might not be all that well read, one thing she isn't, is dumb.
But I believe that what is at the core of all this anger is fear. And the rest of us - the silent majority - have a choice. We can react with anger and fear, or we can lead, as Barack and Michelle Obama, and Joe and Jill Biden are doing, by example. I am very moved by the wonderful comments I'm reading here. We must keep up the momentum, Americans, and not assume that Obama/Biden will win. We must all vote, because you'd better believe these kind of people are not going to stay home and be complacent. We must get our HALF BLACK, but also HALF WHITE, candidate in the White House so that we can show these people that they have nothing to fear.
I believe that when the quality of all Americans' lives start improving, when our standing in the world starts changing (and trust me: from where I sit in London, if the rest of the world could vote, it would be a landslide for Obama), then and only then will these people calm down. Some might never change. But that doesn't mean we have to become like them. As long as I read moving comments like I'm reading here, of people who are taking the high road and practising forgiveness, I, too, have faith. Because that open heart, that sense of charity and forgiveness towards our fellow man, that is the true foundation for Christianity, and for all other faiths. And that includes the Muslim faith as well.
peace
I am european and cannot vote. But our feelings and thoughts are with you. Neil Young wrote this 2006:
We're lookin' for a leader
With the great spirit on his side
Someone walks among us
And I hope he hears the call
And maybe it's a woman
Or a black man after all.
Sounds like a prophecy. Keep the spirit.
Chris
I just saw this, and got a bit tearful. I was a big Neil Young fan - and met him years ago, in NY - but I didn't know that song. I'll check it out.
Thank you so much. That's why I, and other men but mostly women, have been campaigning every weekend in London for the past 6 or more weeks. We'll get him & Joe Biden in, I believe that, and under their leadership, we'll all make this world an infinitely better place.
Great documentary clip on this song - Looking for a Leader.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZejS7ix_s9g
Your words are eloquent and I feel heart-felt. I too am very hopeful that we are witnessing history in the making and a turning of the tide. I also feel that we must not lose momentum and make sure that we all (Obama supporters) get out there and vote...especially because we do not have this thing won YET. Make no mistake, I believe in the power of the people and the voting process....however, we have already witnessed, in recent history, an election being won by "stealing" votes and tampering with ballots. There are already "schemes" and "plans" in place to do the same thing with this election. The "people" shown on this video, spouting their racist nonsense are not the one's we should be worried about....we need to be concerned with the GOP members that "volunteer" at these polling places, or have access to ballots. When staring at a no win situation, people become desperate......think about it. How did Bush win? Do not think for one minute that the same thing could not happen again in McCain's favor!!
Thank you.....well said! I think everyone is appalled by the hatefulness, the back-biting and the wedge being driven in this campaign, one that divides our wonderful country. I have hope and faith that Obama will prevail and knock that wedge to "kingdom come."
Thanks Shoulder. Reading your comment brought tears to my eyes. We're all in this together. & Black people, our people have been through worse. Less focus & not let these hicks get to us. We have to stand together with the good people of America to make this happen.
Although it's disgraceful the ignorance and filth displayed at Republican "KKK"rallies,I agree with Ellawensmom. No matter what happens, I have to say that I am proud of white America. Major strides have been made in history. An African-American made the major Democratic ticket; and he's closest to the presidency ever. History IS about to be made, and assures that any minority child knows that they can be president one day. It's about time also that America faces racism. These country hicks will have to come out of their little narrow-minded shells, and face their "fears". The audacity of that woman who stated that "This is a Christian nation"; and in the same sentence saying that the "Blacks will take over"! My God!,unbelievable!Where's the love and compassion for fellow humans no matter what? And you can honestly see that they have NO CLUE what they're saying! God help them! (and us), But it's about time, and it won't be easy once O'Bama gets in. The work will just begin; for everything he does will be scrutinized. All in all, again, I'm very proud of America!
Let it roll off your back. Some people want this country to revert back to the 60's because they cannot handle that all men are created equal. They like to feel like they're better than others because otherwise, their life would seem meaningless. Thats the bottom line.
As an African American female, I really appreciate your support. You White Americans have mine, as well. You are right, we have to work together to make this country what it should be and I have hope for the future that we can make it happen. The polls show that real Americans do not support, as a matter of fact, decry these hateful tactics of the Republicans.
No doubt--count me in (white man 7 years younger than Barack...). My grandfather was in riots against the fascists in London. Maybe there's some kind of basic human compassion in all of us but I found myself spontaneously fighting the racist kids in the playground when I was about 6 years old!
I truly know that love is stronger than hate. We are about to find that out. No matter what happens on November 4 Obama has already brought to the surface the poisons in America, and has been manifesting an incredibly inspiring and healing energy. I've never felt so passionate about an election in my entire life and I know many others who feel the same.
My favorite political poet Shelley would have said:
Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number
We are many--they are few.
As a Green alien, I really appreciate your support. You White Americans have mine, as well. You are right, we have to work together to make this country what it should be and I have hope for the future that we can make it happen. The polls show that real Americans do not support, as a matter of fact, decry these hateful tactics of the Republicans.
*yay for comma splices*
As my satire shows, telling us your race is like telling us that you're a lifeform. I really thought we were above that. It doesn't matter what race you are.
Please think about what I've said. If you truly wish for change, start with yourselves. The way your phrased your comment, "as an african america," it seems almost as racist as those supporters. Your comment was ignorant and full of contempt for the destruction of racial borders. Branding Obama supporters as the real Americans really shows how unamerican you are yourself.
Whether African American/Black, Caucasion/ White, Heterosexual/Homosexual, Democrat/Republican it all boils down to one thing we are Americans. Americans who hate to see what has been done to our country. We need not let individuals such as these divide us. We will not let their ignorant voice rise above ours. They do not define us we do. Let them continue to live in their microverse which is not indicative of the United States as a whole while we work on building the bridges that will connect us again after this campaign is over. My final words let there be hope.
Obama/Biden 08
You have brought tears to my eyes and your comment is a gift to this blog.
I am inspired by your comment, we can do this Americans " Shoulder to Shoulder".
This moment belongs to all of us, and it is our country that demands us to stand together.
These people and their ignorance are holding on to all they know however we know and can do better.
" -The serenity to change the things we can [shoulder to shoulder] and the wisdom to know the difference."
It is really how sad this really is. People putting race first over the welfare of others is truely depressing. What is even sadder is the deep hate these people have and what even makes it worse. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT NOR HAVE THEY EVEN RESEARCHED ANY OF THE THINGS THEY ARE SAYING...
HONEST OUR WORLD NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, HATE AND ANGER.
Hey Iamwoman, I wish I could say something to take your depression away unfortunatley some people have the misfortune of having DR.s drop them on their head at birth.This man is living proof that it is a more common occurance than once thought. I am a 49 year old white man and I have always lived with the hope that Dr Kings dream would become reality in my lifetime.I certainly dont think we have come along fast enough by any means. Regardless whatever it takes, this country of yours and mine will overcome this backwards kind of thinking inch by inch if we have to. Take care
You are soooo right. I agree with you absolutely.
But, there is a bright side to this.
If you had this election ten or twenty years ago or even in '04 you'd have heard a lot more of this than you do today. Be assured we ARE making progress in this country on racism. These folks are the uneducated, scared minority. Unfortunately they are still here and you can find their ilk all over the country. Hang in there! We are ALL Americans.
Iamwoman, when any race is attacked, we are all under attack.
This is America dammit!
It still amazes me that some people think "Black Only" when they hear the term "Civil Rights". They can't see themselves in the mirror.
And then to attack Obama for being Black when every wrong thing that is going on today is by a nearly all-White government is not only irrelevant. It is ignorant.
These are people who often have little to show for their work and are so afraid and angry that they are going to lose more, they are on the attack. They can't see that their troubles are still being created by the candidates that they choose, and chose in the past.
I agree with your comments. These people can't even feel shameful because they think they are above other races. And sometimes, it does get very depressing.
"im afraid blacks will take over the country."
ok. 1st of all. we wont. and 2nd of all who care if we do! White people have takin over he country, but we dont make racis comments like that. close minded people are scared of change. and we are human. we r all the same. and all equal. racism is a huge issue and i experience it everyday. but to see people attack obama and every african american in 8 words makes me want to be sick.
Sorry but I have heard my share of racial epitaphs made to whites why the likes of Farrakhan, Sharpton and others, including the black rapper community. Step off the soap box. I think this election has completely driven a giant divide in our country, has brought out the most vile comments, BOTH SIDES, watching Twitter comments about death to Cheney, rude and vile jokes about Palin's handicap child, or her daughter, McCains age.
I say if you won't say it to your grandparents, then you shouldn't say it on a blog or in person to someone else.
The folks in the video are un-informed and of course given air time because it sells.
Again we as a nation are screwed, by all this election hyperbole.
Farrakhan, Sharpton, "others," and the "black rapper community" have nothing to do with Obama and his campaign.
The people in this video are McCain voters. Please try and make a distinction here, and stop making excuses for racism from conservatives.
Twitter comments? Probably 13-year-old boys with nothing better to do. Once again, your comparisons fail.
I will vote for Bill.
I just want to say to you that there are a lot of people on your side. Blacks are not alone. Go back and look at the footage of Martin Luther King and the peace marches and you will see Jews and whites and blacks all walking together. If the minorities of this nation bind together than this little, fearful, hateful group of low-life scum will have to move over and get the hell out of the way. Fear is behind racism. Fear is the tool of the right wing in the Republican Party. It is just amazing that the good people in the Republican Party do not stand up and condemn the ones causing the rift in America. Or maybe there's nothing good left in that party.
I think what is most disturbing is the ferocity with which the right is playing the race card. My mom, husband, sister and I are all just in shock. How can ANYBODY be getting away with this? Is this even legal? If it is legal, why is it? This is like watching the death throes of the Klan!
Of course it's legal. In fact, they have a constitutional right to be bigots.
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech."
They're attacking not only African Americans but every right thinking person in this country. They are not true Americans. True Americans fought WW II against people with this sort of mentality.
This exposes the base of the Republican Party. These are the people who make up the first threshhold that all national Republican candidates must win over to go on the national ticket. It sure explains a lot about how truly unAmerican the Republican party is at it's core.
I couldn't agree with you more that this is the base. It's that 28% that still supports Bush. I'll bet that after this election, they will become politically irrelevant.
I disagree with you that they are un-American. American means they can say what they want, vote like they want, love their guns, attend their bigoted churches, never read a book, wear their flag pins and claim a monopoly on patriotism. They are quintisential American because America=tolerance.
There is just about as much ignorance among these comments disparaging these several ignorant citizens in the video, as the level of ignorance in the McCain supporters on the video. Good grief! So somebody found and recorded 8-10 misinformed people. You can just as easily do the same thing in the heart of Obama's supporters.
You are so correct in feeling the way you do. Every time I see a white person that speaks about Obama's race, I want to puke! It is sad that we are in 2008 and still have to deal with this ridiculous mess, and it really is a mess.
Does a white person every think about how we feel as human beings when we have gone through so much to get where we are today, do they think about the fact that there are plenty and I do mean plenty black people that have moved on and are trying to make a life for themselves and their families, without relying on past memories?
It really sickens me. I knew it was here (racism) but to see it as I have recently, it is a sad moment in our history. To think of some ignorant fool thinking that blacks will take over because Obama became the prez, whites have been prez forever, have they all taken over the country simply because they were white.
The way I feel right now, after this election blacks should just give up voting and contributing anything to America at all that does not benefit them and their family directly. It is a shame!
Thanks to McCain/Palin, if they win this race, blacks will be set back 100 years, as well as the women!
I don't think it's depressing at all.
It doesn't make me sad to see racism rear it's ugly head and be flat-out rejected by the majority of America. These fools actually think the racism will scare people away from Obama and it just scares people away from them.
When someone, in this case Obama, rightfully earns your respect- you better damn well use more than just your or his skin tone to trash a person I respect. That's across the board be it race, gender, sexuality, etc. I use The Google so you better goddamn have your facts straight because I don't like being lied to and having my intelligence insulted.
I'm from a small town in Texas considered liberal by its neighbours. Racism is prevalent here, though often unadmitted. I'm just returned from Mississippi where the word 'nigra' is enjoying a big come back. It's pretty horrible.
Let me tell you folks something, I have yet to meet a black person that knows how to shut the hell up and just do their damn job without bitchin all day long. And I'm getting really sick and tired of ya'll thinking my people owe you something. Get your facts straight! We bought Africans from Africans. We freed Africans long before Africans freed Africans. If I had it my way you'd still be in chains you ungrateful bastards!!
I'm sure you know very few Black people. But keep on, people like you are so amusing to me. Your fear is palpable. Suggestion, WHEN Obama and Biden take this next month you should really consider getting a passport (as Im sure you've never ventured outside of this county) and moving out of the country...OR, why don't you all move to Alaska then go ahead suceed from the Union....Thank you.
LMAO...... Honestly....are you serious? Evidently, you must reside in a state sanitarium or somewhere. How about getting out and talking to real, productive black people. And please, don't judge a book by it's cover. I am sure, to the masses, I would appear to be nothing more than just a regular young Black thug. But stop and take a closer look. I pay taxes and child support. I hold doors open for women of all color and age. I say yes sir and yes ma'am (I'm from the South). I love my country and served in the Army. And if you asked anybody who had the fortune of running across my path, you would be hard pressed to find one, that wouldn't tell you that I'm one of the most honest and sincere people that you have ever met. But don't get it twisted, with comments like yours, we are all still in chains (Black and White). Thanks for your time.
In your case I have met to see a white person recognise a black person as human beings. So shut the hell up you poor jobless white bastard and go beat your wife, because it looks like you blame everyone but the real person responsible for you loss of home and job, BUSH! McCain is just like Bush. And if he is elected more people will loose their jobs and homes. If Obama is elected it will show black kids that gangs are not the answer. Kids of all races will see that there is more to life than a gang and a life of crime. You personally did not set anyone free, nor did your parents or grandparents. Or else you would not call anyone ungrateful. Blacks are still repressed in America. They can't get higher education, higher paying jobs, or be respected. Because white people reserve that for white people. I am a white woman who is tired of republicans who think that women are useless. I am tired of people saying blacks are gang thugs and not useful to society, because of Bush more people went on welfare, and If McCain is elected millions more will go on welfare. Americans did not buy blacks from africa, they kidnapped them and used them to build the very thing whites are destroying. They forced blacks to serve in war and never honored them. And when someone asks another what they think of Harlem...People reply with "A place where blacks live in gangs, sell drugs, and are violent". Look at the humiliation of blacks by the L.A. police. The lack of health care and jobs. They turn to crime in the same manner many white single mothers turn to stripping and prostitution. Just so they can raise their kids, because a white mans country wont give them the ability to go any higher. You are bigoted and hateful and drunk. instead of complaining about blacks complaining see the truth. You are a white man full of contempt,hate and complaints. take a moment to fix your life and stop complaining brfore you complain about other people's complaints
I am white. I am voting for Obama. For him to be President would be one of the most wonderful events in our nation's history.
Sadly, I think there will always be sick people who hate someone because of their ethnicity.
It is just mindboggling that a person could hate another person because of their SKIN COLOR. It is the most moronic, ignorant decision imaginable.
what has been revealed in this campaign is BLACK RACISM and BLACK SUPREMACY. in the words of vernon jordan, "there is no such thing as reverse racism. racism is racism and all racism is wrong." racial differences are a reality which each inidividual on earth should proudly realize. discrimination is a positive quality of the mind to tell one thing from another and we need more of that. knee jerk reactions falsely deprecating OR ELEVATING a special interest group by race or other external difference is a sign of lack of evolution.. we evolve through struggle by facing challenges through millenia of effort. it is a good thing to work struggle and grapple with what we face.
no one can take away anyone's freedom. it does not come from government. we are born that way. all we have to do is exercise our freedom. if you don't exercise your rights, you don't have any.
domination is the other side of the coin of servitude and neither is free.
sarah palin and john mccain are both straightforward and it is easy to feel that. i support their ticket and want less government. interference makes us all disfuncional and can be dug out of our nervous systems by each on of us individually to attain our unfettered natural state which is birthright.
I really feel for you. As a white guy, I have always insisted that race was still a huge issue in USA even though some happy-talkers want to deny it, but I never imagined so much trash. "My boyfriend ain't real happy about him being black." Then WTF is wrong with your boyfriend, honey? Is he mental? Why would you date somebody like that? -- A *really* ugly side of modern American life I am sorry that we all get to see/sorry it exists/didn't really believe it could be so.
"No-drama Obama" doesn't get too excited about it, though. Shoot, he's gonna get elected President in two weeks and these bigots will have to like it or lump it!
People just don't get it. He is a Christian. His name just sounds muslim. Even though no one liked Rev. Wright, he was a pastor of a Baptist Church, hence a Christian. Get a clue people. Wake up!!! He was raised by a white family and in all the commercials all you see is his white mother and his white grandparents of whom he loves!!! How can he be anti-white when that is half of him. Listen to him not the people against him. Put clean good information into your brain. Are you going to take the time to know him or are you going to let negative voices cloud your mind. This country has been run by white men all of this time and look at where we are now.
I am sorry, color does not guarantee wisdom or experience. Bush has been in office for 8 years and look at where we are in the country and in the world. At the lowest point that we have ever been in all the years we have been in power. We suck and you want another rich man who has never had mis-meal cramps and let's count his 8 homes to lead us into what he feels is a good thing. His wife owns a huge company, do you think for one minute you can relate to him? Does he relate to you? I have to eat soup for dinner and I will not be checking in to work in the morning. I have been laid off since March of this year. We have been going through a lot and McCain does not understand that. Do you answer your phone if a bill collector is calling?
McCain does not have me in his plans for the future. Clearly, get a clue people.
Our country will be more garbage and we need to save us NOW. Please, stop dismissing him and start listening to him. He has your good intentions at heart too.
I am so tired of trying convince ignorant people about a good man named Barack Hussein Obama. At the beginning of eevry competition. we know that there will be a winner and a loser! They are white racist-bigots will never vote for anyone black or brown. So let them wallow in their toilet of stupidity and hatred, as far as I am concerned, the toilet is where they belong! As far these bigots being Christian...NOT! to be Christian is to be "Christ-Like." My bible tells me that Christ is so pure that He cannot lie! So they ARE NOT CHRISTIANS,...they are "FOLLOWERS of the DEVIL." The racist bigots can lynch a man on Saturday night and be in church on Sunday singing "Rock of Ages", all while they believe they did God a favor the night before. Let these redneck, ignant racist go and wish them well as they vote for tweedle dee and tweetle dumb. When the uneducated fools make minimum wages and McJerk tax their helathcare...we don't want to hear a word from the idiots. We I run into you racist bigots in the soup line...I don't want to hear one word about the gov-ment!
Hmmmm. They get it allright. They are bigotted, ignorant jerks that live at the bottom of the social barrel in this country. Meaning that the majority of people in this country wouldn't want anything to do with them. They are embarassing. McCain/Palin pander to their bigotted ideas. McCains campaign reinforces their bigotry by sending out lies and half-truths about Obama. You could tell these people Obama is a Christian a hundred times and back it up with printed facts but because they don't trust any media nor anyone who doesn't agree with their BS they'll never accept the truth so just give it up and forget about them. Eventually they will become extinct and go away on their own like the dinosaurs that they are.
Actually, Rev. Wright is not Baptist, but an ordained minister of the UCC.United Church of Christ, which here in New England is mainly what used to be Congregational...first denomination to have black, female and gay clergy. Howard Dean is also UCC.
you say LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW. we are fortunate that we have not had another 911 attack.
if it were not for white people, there would not even have been a free country. this country was founded by white protestant christians. the notion of freedom did not come from africa. slavery came from africa.
obama's church is christian in name only. christianity is not about hatred like reverend wrigt's racial tirades. the christianity of obama's upbringing came from BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY and it is all racist. it is part of the NATION OF ISLAM. islam accepts jesus as a prophet and a muslim can also be a christian in that sense. but a muslim is only a good muslim if he fights jihad and promotes the conversion of every person on earth to islam and those who will not convert shall be killed in jihad. that is the prophecy of islam. if you want to be forced to go to a mosque and support women being suppressed, beaten, and castrated which is the method advocated by mohammed in the koran, vote for obama. he is muslim. he is not only muslim, he is part of THE NATION OF ISLAM and has been endorsed by THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY. i saw it on-line and you can too by googling AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTY. OBAMA is seditious.
you have as much freedom and opportunity as john mccain. why not exercise it and be a success and get yourself a great life that you build out of your own strength and integrity because you are a free human? that is what america is about.
i know. my family has been here since before the american revolution and we had one signer of the declaration of independence. i am proud of my country. i am proud of my family. i am proud of my race. proud of my sex. i work hard and am going to have a great year regardless of what any politicians do. politicians are not taking my power and freedom and do not rely on government. i rely on myself and my relationship wiht the divine.
i recommend it. it is a life worth living. seize the opporunity. now is the time for all free people to come to the aid of their country and vote mccain palin.
The ignorance depicted in the post above is just unbelievable! Slavery came from Africa? perhaps Africans sailed all the way from America to Africa to kidnap, rape, murder and drown innocent people! I'm sick and tired of listening to these White supremacist lazy idiots that try to blame slavery on Africa! You white supremacists were so "hard working" that you had to go to Africa and kill to obtain "free labour". If it was down to me, every African-American should be given a 500 year work holiday, because that's what White America had! 500 years of free labour, and some of the beneficiaries of this inhuman carnage have the guts to call African Americans lazy and unworthy of the highest office. Let's face it all White supremacists do is exterminate people wherever you go. It was you that killed over 100 million innocent Africans, it is you that killed over 6 million innocent jews, it is you that exterminated over 500,000 Polynesians, it is you that attempted to exterminate all the black people from South Africa and Zimbabwe, it you that attempted to exterminate the native Indian population and you have the audacity to call yourselves Christian? Someone needs to inform you that you came to America as ex-convicts and unwanted outcastes from Europe. America was not inhabited orignally by people of European descent, go figure! Native Americans are the only ones that have a rightful claim to this land. But in typical fashion you decide "oh must be great to settle here", then you exterminate the native people and take over. Only Christian when its suits you! You Bible toting Christians should at least read the ten commandments, especially the one that says "thy shall not kill" - no if, no but's, "thy shall not kill..period!" Yet you stood by and watched the lynching, bombing and rape of African Americans for years and you want to tell me about Christain values and morality! Please!
McCain is a descent Man. Honourable and a true patriot. Obama is an equally descent man, a patriot and great American who was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth like McCain was, but worked his way up. That's what America is about...not getting a pass, but working your way up! In my opinion, the fact that Obama can stand toe-to-toe with McCain is a testimony to Obama's strength. Palin - well I just wonder how such an ignorant dumb-ass could become a governor, talkless of a possible VP.
Hypocrites...you have the audacity to criticise Reverend Wright - someone needs to remind you people of George Wallace and J Edgar Hoover. I wonder where you were then eh? Reverend Wright never put a bomb in a church! Reverend Wright never burnt crosses outside someone's home! Reverend Wright never lynched or raped anyone! Reverend Wright never dragged a man around town tied to a pickup truck! Reverend Wright didn't sit on all white jury that acquitted those that beat Rodney King senseless!
Bottom line Obama/Biden 08.
Would love to see the face of those racists when Obama wins...perhaps they'll emigrate to South Africa....ooops just remembered...there's already a black guy there too...sorry!
Whoever you are, you couldn't have done a better job getting the right words out. Thanks so much
Funny that people are afraid to question Obama about his relegion or his idea that we should spread the wealth. He was raised in a Muslim household and classified as a Muslim in his early school records. He was not raised in the USA. You read about how the Muslims treat women and Christians yet because he is such a smooth talker he is great. The republicans should have gotten Huckaby. It's as if they want to lose. Raceism is everywhere. In Africa the tribes hack each other up, and in other countries they do too. Wake up! racism is a human condition. I think that it's not the government's right to take my hard earned money and give it to someone who fiddled away their time like the grasshopper while I sacrifised, worked hard to get mine like the ant.
McCane is right, big business create jobs, if you raise their taxes they will just leave and we lose more jobs.
Im sorry, are you a time traveler from the 1940's? Because last time I checked Hawaii was part of the U S of A Moron!
In Africa they hack each other up? Did you pull that of your butt? And what are we doing in the middle east right now? Is shooting them better than hacking? Is there a scale for this?
You pulled that crap from nowhere! Muslims dont treat women like crap, its some sects that do. Like there are Christian men that make their women have 20 babies and stay at home like a slave all day.
Do you only believe stories from Fox news or can you read?
Racism is a human condition? You're a friggin moron.
What the hell is this? A scene out of Deliverance? The only thing missing is the banjo music.
I've heard a lot of these people have been trying to come onto Crooks and Liars but so far none of them have been able to get past the 2+2.
"I've heard a lot of these people have been trying to come onto Crooks and Liars but so far none of them have been able to get past the 2+2."
Now that's funny !!
Ha,ha,ha,ha, I am with you on that. People to me are just afraid of change, and i look at the fact that i don't want to go another 8yrs. of hard times, and say just in case John wins and something happens,
then we will have a bimbo in office.
Ohio is going to be tough for Obama-Biden, but i am still optimistic about his chances of winning the state. I believe the forces of god will defeat the forces of evil.
Amen to that!!!!
It's no wonder so many people are so ignorant, when our education system is ranked, what was it, 32nd? Of course, ignorance does not excuse hatefulness. Lots of stupid people at least aren't racist. This kind of sentiment from ill-informed, backward morons just makes me sick.
You could not have said it better. Of course if as a people they are uneducated that is a formula for IGNORANCE + HATEFULNESS = "RACIST MORONS" EDUCATION is a key ingredient to alot of people who can't see past the color of someone's skin. Get EDUCATED you MORONS.
You REALLY think it is only one side? Report both sides please, oh wait, I will do it for you.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitic...
Video shows the hatred and animosity towards the McCain camp.
This video (waste of time though it was) shows no hatred--just people booing the same as they would at a baseball game. I didn't hear anyone yelling "Kill them" or "Sarah Palin is married to a terrorist". If you walk through almost any neighborhood in the U.S. you will see this same thing--people are sick of Bush, Republicans, and McCain and Palin, who promise nothing more than 4 more years of the same ... or worse. The funniest thing in this video was toward the end, the three heavy ladies in front of the "Real Imposter" Booth, all cheering McCain. Now THAT was funny, and every so apropo!!
Get the spin right, no one said Kill Him, the Secret Service cleared that one. Again spin, spin spin.
I heard people booing McCain supporters, but did not hear the rabid racism I heard in the video from McCain Ohio supporters. Like Obama said last night to McGrumpy/McOut-of-touch, America does not care about our hurt feelngs. America cares when rampant racism and unfounded attacks on a race of people and the reputation of the Next president. How can any self respecting American be a party to this kind of blatant racism. You Republicans need to STOP the HATE!!!!President Obama, sounds so right!!!!
Ah yes. The NASCAR crowd.
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Makes me proud to be an American (NOT).
Boo's???
Your comparing boo's to racist comments!
yout an idiot.
Learn how to spell. It should be you're an idiot, not yout an idiot
Video shows hatred and animosity?
lmao. They were booing. I heard not ONE death threat.
YOU FAIL!
I watched your video and it is hardly they same. Being booed by people is not the same as the neocon racist in this video propogating hate and fear. America is better than that. All men are created equal means all races, men and women, straight and gay, all religious backgrounds. America is ready for positivity, hope, and love. We will move forward and think progressively leaving these racist behind us. We must or this country is doomed. The tactics Palin/McCain use are straight out of the fascist handbook. Divide by differences, get people to act out of fear. It is pathetic and unAmerican.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
I haven't heard that in a long time. It always gets to me. Yes, there a lot of older people here in Ohio that believe the hatred that comes from this awful woman. Most don't know how to use a PC to get the real info. They listen to Fox News and take it for the truth. There are a lot of plain mean racists, too... But remember this... There are also a lot of us that like that young man from Illinois. Keep your chins up and go vote. Obama/Biden yeah "That One".
See McCain and Palin doing it
http://www.myzine.com/action/viewvideo/10223/...
Mccain and Palin are playing cheap politics becuase they are scared and aware thats the only way they can win this election. People need to think first what they are talking about. All uneducated and illitrate people were together in the video.
If only these dumbasses will wake up and realize that Obama is half white. But that would admit he's almost one of them.
When I meet folks like this (rarely do they let it show to this degree unless they feel safe), I say to them "Don't worry so much about it, remember half your vote is going to a white guy". Some don't even realize that they are being mocked, with this statement, they're just, duh...
Odd comment, almost one of them! He is one of us all, he is human, we are all human and that makes us all one, we are not animals, although we act like it many times, we are one, period, we are our brothers keeper no matter what ethnic group we come from , we are ONE!
Amen.
Amen.
Uh actually we are animals...we share 99.7 % DNA with Chimpanzee's and like 50% of our DNA with mice dude. News flash, we're an animal too !!
Not that it matters, but it is pretty strange that people ignore the fact that he is White as well.
THANK YOU, if you look at it he is equal,1 part black and 1 part white, whats wrong peopl.
Actually, that's the wrong idea you have Mr or Ms "happy". It isn't that Obama is half white and that it then follows as truth that "he's almost one of them". I know you probably didn't mean that to sound racist, but your phrase "almost one of them" (meaning "whites") indicates you think if Obama had 2 black parents that he would be an alien or some other species from those people, or different from you, me or anyone else - biologically and racially speaking. This is the problem in dissecting people just to assign some value to make their identity more palatable to mainstream America.
The fact is that just about everyone natively born in the U.S. with generational lineage here going back more than 2 generations is in reality of "mixed race" regardless of how far back you go. In fact, this is true on various continents. So-called whites and blacks (at least in America) each have a mixture of the other in their lineage as well as with some native american, creole or latin ancestry.
Even my suggesting "mixture" is just a way of identifying a supposed difference that on exists superficially as to things we call traits related to skin color, eye color, hair texture and any other superficial physicality. Scientist say that on a deeper level, cell-based that is (I don't remember the exact scientific terminology and cannot find it right now), there is no difference between so-called white & black, or even asian or latin, etc. It's all just non-sense.
Check the following resources for clarity:
"...Race is primarily a sociopolitical construct. The sorting of people into this race or that in the modern era has generally been done by powerful groups for the purposes of maintaining and extending their own power" Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows...
...meaning it has no real basis for claims of biological difference. If it did, interracial children could not be produced in the first place and Obama and others - in fact, none of us would exist because it would not be possible.
And if you cannot believe that, then try this one on for size:
"...America’s strict racial lines are, in fact, blurred. One-third of white Americans, according to some tests, will possess between two and 20 per cent African genes. The majority of black Americans have some European ancestors."
Source: http://pmsol3.wordpress.com/2007/07/25/13-whi...
I could produce more info on this, it's just too much info for one posting. So the main difference between those ignorant asses and common sense folks (including Senator Obama) is just that; their ignorance and obviously less evolved intelligence - the only difference. Sorry the post is so long - had to get that out.
..... because they are.
To quote one of the trashees, "if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck . . ."
These people are so pitiful, that I feel sorry for them because they will wake up in hell one day. Apparently, they must think God is also ignorant. Becareful who call themselves a Christian, apparently these people are not serving the God of the bible, they must be serving a god.
I agree they are brainwashed and not to informed, but some of the stuff I just read here damning them for their opinions sounds just as bad as what they are saying. come on, hate is hate, no matter who it is directed at ; it still is ingrained in people. It seems we all need someone, or something to hate, or get upset about. Just let them express what is on their mind (that is part of America), at least they are being honest about it. Express your opinion at the voting booth.
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I am a republican and I am none of those things. There are extremes on both sides of the spectrum. My grandparents are democrats, yet we share a lot of the same beliefs. You cannot say ALL republicans are like this and ALL democrats are like this... to do so makes you just as ignorant as the people from this video.
Painting with a broad brush can be counter-productive, of course; but, are you going to go against your party affiliation and vote for Obama? Are you going to vote for a party that is - on site and when it happens, not "repudiating" it later - tolerating calls to "kill" a presidential candidate, tolerating accusations in a crowd that he is a "terrorist," and tolerating a man walking around at a rally with a Curious George doll with the name of that presidential candidate on its forehead? If someone knows all of this and still votes for McCain/Palin, they can be labeled as ignorant but in fact, they are racist.
I totally agree. Why wasn't McCain's answer regarding the people shouting out in his crowds (actually his praise of those people) brought to the forefront by the Media pundits? Didn't anyone notice how racist and stupid it was for him not to condemn these remarks instead of saying how much he likes them and is proud of his crowds.
Disgusting! Just like the woman who said Obama was an Arab and McCain didn't bother to say, that it is ok to be an Arab. He is a sorry old man.
Also, at one McCain rally, some crowd members yelled and I think threw something at an African-American technician and told him to "Sit down boy"
It doesn't matter if you aren't saying it at this point. This is your party and you are doing NOTHING to stop it. You better pray and hope these nut jobs don't end up doing something this whole country will regret... like steal and election or shoot a good man because of the color of his skin. Cause so help me if that happens it will be as much on your head as it is on these crazies caught in video after video at REPUBLICAN rallies!
Your entire party is sowing the seeds of HATE... and if you all don't do something to put an end to it... this country will be the worse for it.
These are also the types of Republicans who think that moderate Muslims, because they appear to do nothing to constrain and punish extremists, are somehow complicit.
And yet, when Republicans who consider themselves mainstream do nothing to constrain and punish the extreme elements of their own party, they just hum along and do nothing...but they're always willing to point out that same thing about Muslims when they're looking to justify warfare. If they really want to punish these extreme elements, perhaps they should consider forming a new political party and succeeding from that party that continues to count on these extremist's votes. But then they wouldn't be hypocritical, and hypocrisy is what being a Republican is all about.
But the people on the video are who your party is *pandering* to--and they continue to prey on their fears, racism, ignorance and insecurities--and they are hoping that it will be enough to lead them to victory.
If Obama is a terrorist because he sat on a charitable foundation board with Ayers, then why aren't you just like the people in that video? Take your party back.
Exactly. They pander to idiots because they're vote-whores. Most of the Republicans where I live vote the way they do because they're somehow terrified that Obama will break into their house and steal their precious hunting rifles. How maddening.
You are an "anonymous" republican, guess that is safe since these people are on your side -- what is important is "Mr/Ms Anonymous" is that while they share your side of the fence, I hope that you are NOT on their side.
The point being made via John Lewis, Jesse Jackson,Jr., Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, AND Lynne in Alabama is simple:
Play with fire, and somebody's bound to get burned. Why would a person running for the distinquished office of the Presidency/Vice Presidency (of little to no character, mind you) incite such violence??? well, guess I just asked and answered my own question!
No/low character breed ignorance that embarrasses those of us who actually embraces the 21st century...
Its hard to belive that we are so far behind as american.
I'm black i have seen the hattred all my life, this is not new to me!go head and pretend that racisum don't exist. I know that the nation has came a long way since the sixty, that horrable time in america.
But we learn to become closet hatters,these people are comming out the closet, and there some that didn't need a closet.
if you know someone that holds rascist veiws, ask them if they are going to the grave ignorant?
I'm a dem im voting my intrest, black or white, and if that's Obama, and he f**ks up he will be voted rite no question, on top of that no matter who's in the white house we get screwed in the end, I'm just tired of beening dry f**ked by the republcans
The sixties weren't the only phase in American history that was horrible. How can you leave out slavery and the Jim Crow era that still persists today in parts of Ohio and else where.
I have been to an Obama rally and never heard a single shout from the crowd suggesting that McCain should be killed. I never heard anyone claim that McCain was a terrorist. I never heard anyone claim that McCain committed treason. I never heard anyone say that McCain's head should be severed. This is such a ridiculous knee jerk retort espoused by the McCain campaign that has no shred of truth. There are people who say "No More Bush" or laugh when Obama repeats some ridiculous claim or statement made by McCain. However, the republicans have not pointed to a single incident involving an Obama crowd member threatening McCain's life. They keep mentioning t-shirts with "terrible" statements, but they never say what these t-shirts supposedly say. I have never seen anything offesive or racist referencing McCain.
And the poor woman who said (black people)..."are going to take over". TAKE OVER WHAT? This is going to become planet of the apes-ish? All of a sudden all of the brown-skinned people are going to be promoted to CEO of every business, rule the military, church, schools, and transportation, commerce, hospitals...everybody else is just going to have to get in line behind them? Lady! People!! Please get a GRIP! You have a BI-RACIAL person seeking the presidency of the US just as men and a couple of women have done from the beginning of this country. What? All of the people who looked like the "black" half were supposed to say I'm not voting for the "white" half? OH MY WORD??? The most intelligent thing I ever saw on the stupidity of this craziness was an old Star Trek show with a 1/2 black 1/2 white conflict. Both groups were 1/2 black and 1/2 white. The problem? The had to fight because the WRONG 1/2 was black or white. Sad, sad, sad.
And has a history of not working well with the minority Alaskans. She is the only Alaska governor not to recognze the annual African-American Juneteenth celebration in Alaska. She replaced a longtime Native American representative on a gaming board with a Caucasian. She just seems really unsophisticated and inexperienced in dealing with minorities. Yet she aspires to an office where she will be traveling the world, attending funerals and other ceremonies where she could well be the only Caucasian! Is this the sort of person we want representing the supposedly greatest, most advanced country in the world? I think not!
I well remember that black-white Star Trek show. It was one of the greatest illustrations of the stupidity of judging a person by their color. Thanks to Teeninchee for bringing it up.
These people are representative of a deep fear that is inane in the uneducated masses within the United States. Most people are not aware that racism was a way of dividing the poor and cause in fighting so that they would be totally unconcerned when the 20% percent of the rich would consume 80% of resources.
What these yahoos fail to realize is that, they are poor in America and therefore unimportant until it comes to an election. The rich will engage them in war, take away their benefits, tax them on their benfits and tell them, you shouldn't have to pay taxes *which is code for, I shouldn't have to pay taxes for your dumb azz, I want to keep you ignorant because one day, you may wake up and realize, you are not a full participant in the American dream. You are on the fringe.
McCain stated something that was really interesting, he called this element "fringe" meaning not totally inclusive.
I almost wish he would win so that Joe Six Pack can see how much they mean to McCain. McCain and Dumbo are going to have to kiss some major booty to get any policy passed and some of the booty is going to be black, asian, and latino.
Wake up white people, look in your pocketbook, look at the future of your children and then pull up a portrait of John McCains family. He has blond, brunette and a bangledesh child in the mix. He loves when you show your ignorance and live in your fear place so that once again, the Republicans can pull a fast one you.
I would respect these idiots if they were supporters of Ron Paul or Bob Barr. At least these two are true representative of their idealogue without engaging in histrionics..But vote the way you want to..
Here is what the founding fathers thought of the masses. They felt that the vote should only be for the male white landowner or proper temperment and education and that the masses were too stupid to find their way out of an wet paper bag. I find that after looking at the McFailin ticket and their supporters, maybe the founding fathers-Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams may have been right after all.
I remember that episode. It was so profound and spoke to race relations in America so aptly. I often wondered though if it was lost on the truly racist and bigoted.
I, too, would like to know what the "terrible" t-shirts supposedly said. I attended an Obama rally, and can vouch for the fact that not only were there no radical comments shouted against McCain -- he was never even "booed".
McCain's comment about alleged happenings at Senator Obama's rallies sounds like another case of projection to me!!!
There have been several Obama rallies where McCain was booed; HOWEVER, Obama IMMEDIATELY told them to calm down and said something to the effect that this nation owes Senator McCain our gratitude for his service.
Not once (even when McCain HEARD someone yell out and call Obama a 'terrorist') has he truly told his supporters to stop talking like that. I would have a lot more respect for the man if he would actually speak out against these types of supporters, but he fails every chance he gets. He [McCain] has actually only spoken up twice and pushed back saying that Obama was "not an Arab. He is a decent family man" as if Arabs are incapable of being decent family men. And the second time was when a man said he was scared of an Obama presidency in which McCain replied "you don't have to be afraid of Obama as president..."
Beyond that, McCain has done nothing to curb the anger generated and spewed at his and Palin's rallies.
I have also attended Obama rallies and Obama does not incite the crowd into frenzied hatred for McCain. He's too busy talking about the issues and his detailed plans to address them. In fact, at one rally, a man said McCain s***s and everyone around him shushed him and told him it was disrespectful, that's not what we are there to do. He stopped. When Obama honored McCain's sacrifice for the country during Vietnam, the crowd applauded.
This is true. And those who express this sentiment, at least they are getting it out. They have been taught to fear that which is different for so long. We tend to fear the unknown. It is sad that after all of these years, when people have had the opportunity to get to know other people of different ethnicities, races, cultures, languages, there are so many who have chosen to remain isolated in their ignorance. Saddest of all is the poor soul who thinks SP is filled with the Holy Spirit.
It's easy to believe a lie when you don't endeavor to know the truth. One such lie? My Republican father was part of the group that integrated the USAF when the Army Air Corps became USAF. In the trenches of North Africa, Italy and Germany young soldiers would follow him at night because their parents told them "colored people" grew tails after dark. Dumb? Yes. Hurtful to everybody? Yes. True? Nope. And that's a corny one.
Please try to reason with the ones that you know and I'll do the same.
You are right. I have quite a few republican friends and they are not the brain washed folks that are at theese rallies. Oh and there going to vote Democrat in this election.
Then we can assume, your being one of the enlightened, that you'll be voting for Obama.
Very thoughtful of you.
The big problem is that these are not "extremists." They're sincere people who are just too gullible or too ignorant to understand that they're being brainwashed by extremists. If they have a pastor who actually gave them the facts about these subjects they wouldn't be saying such dismal things. Even the ones with bigoted views (based on their ages I'm not going to say racists, just cultural neanderthals). They might still support McCain, but they'd be making an informed decision, not one based on deliberately fostered ignorance.
Exactly. That's the scariest part--all of these people are extreme, and, as numerous videos depicting McCain supporters at other rallies show, they aren't the exceptions. These psychos are legion, and I wouldn't be hugely surprised if someone among them is planning to assassinate Obama if he gets elected. The democratic process only works so long as people don't tamper with it like that.
All those white girls who have blond hair with dark roots
And black people with bright red hair.
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What's left on board wasn't worth saving.
Loves it!
I'm so ashamed to live in this state. Please don't judge us all by these morons.
Wasn't he from Ohio?
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Guilty by association.
That's the game McCain wants to play.
Nah, we won't as long as you don't hold it against me that I'm from Arkansas.
I'm ashamed to say that I live in Misssourah.
Thank gd I'm not from here (I'd have to shoot myself - I'm glad pailin isn't around.)
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