"Waterboard/ Barack Obama" was on the Sacramento Republicans' website: Watermelons and KFC
By John Amato Thursday Oct 16, 2008 1:30pm
And you thought this type of hatred was just regional.
Sacramento County Republican leaders Tuesday took down
offensive material on their official party Web site that sought to link Sen. Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden and encouraged people to "Waterboard Barack Obama" – material that offended even state GOP leaders.Taking credit for the site (sacramentorepublicans.org) and its content was county party chairman Craig MacGlashan – husband of Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan.
The Bee asked MacGlashan about the content after seeking his reaction to hate-filled graffiti that was spray-painted over an Obama display on a fence at Fair Oaks Boulevard and Garfield Avenue.
In recent weeks, MacGlashan, an attorney, joined local Democratic party officials in condemning vandalism to political displays.
The vandalism to the Obama display appeared to have been done overnight Monday. A racial epithet, profanity, "KKK" and the words "white power" were clearly visible from the roadway. Six of the nine fence panels were defaced.
"What you are describing to me is not free speech, it's vandalism. We don't condone it," MacGlashan said.
But he defended his Web site. "I'm aware of the content," he said. "Some people find it offensive, others do not. I cannot comment on how people interpret things."
Move over Rush Limbaugh, you have some company. I've talked about the far reaching tentacles right wing hate talk radio have sunk deep into our society, well obviously it's even in CA. I'm sure Bill O'Reilly will do a segment on this, right?
UPDATE: More GOP racism directed at Obama.
- A San Bernardino County Republican group has distributed a newsletter picturing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on a $10 bill adorned with a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken.
Pam sez: How about some Obama ribs 'n chicken...plus a nice slice of watermelon for the darkie?....what's with the bucket of KFC?
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given all the hate he's going to face as president.
The 8 years the Repugs hated and smeared the Clintons, while President Clinton was in office, is going to look like gradeschool stuff in comparison. Why do Repugs hate Americans?
with your "in comparison" comment.
The campaign of hate against Obama will be breathtaking.
This time, though, we can be ready!
The attacks on Clinton were pretty straightforward.
The attacks against Obama are going to be coded and visceral. Much more dangerous.
I have seen hate on both sides.
Even on this website, calling McCain by so many names,making fun of Palin and calling her names. At least take the responsibility and admit that the left is propagandizing hate also. It's all over the blogs on this website and others.
Please read the facts on who really has the hate in America. These are proven to be true, the record of Congress and history prove it.
http://members.tripod.com/~GOPcapitalist/demo...
There is hate on both sides,but the hateful things from Republican sites like this is disgusting and should be offensive to all decent human beings no matter whether Democrat or Republican. The things said about Obama have been far worse than anything said about McCain or Palin. It is racist and should not be allowed. If you support McCain that is fine, but threathing Obama should never be condoned. Why are some Republicans trying to scare people into voting for McCain. Don't they have confidence enough in his record and accomplishments.
How can words be parsed? Hate is hate, no matter the party affiliation,one form of hate is not worse or better than another form of hate. For the record, the point I am trying to make is that it is not one side, but both sides that are spewing hatred and it is not acceptable.
I would just like to see CNN, MSNBC and others to admit there is hate on both sides instead of just reporting half the story.
The difference is that hatred of Obama is taking racist forms and outlets, while dislike of McCain and Palin are due to their loathsome personalities.
Let us not parse words here,
You say hatred of Obama but use dislike of McCain.
Really? that is not dislike that was tearing up the area outside the Republican convention this year, that was hate my friend.
The GOP's entire existence is based on lies, and fooling people into voting for their own economic destruction. They accomplish this, by getting them to hate someone else. It is pure evil what they do.
Nothing the democrats do (making fun of their hypocricy) is even in the same league. Sorry pal, you'll have to sell that moral equivallence bullshit of your's on the corner of Stupid Blvd and Idiot Avenue - cause we ain't buyin' it here!
I beg to differ, but nonetheless, you are admitting the democrats are hypocrites and you are ok with that? Wow, just wow... as for lies, the democrats say they are for the poor, but they institute programs to promote people to stay poor. If someone was giving me free housing, free food, free health care, free school, and a tax rebate to boot,(even though I didn't pay taxes) where in the world is the incentive to work and pay for anything?
Hey just keep working so I can continue to get my check, what if everyone had that attitude? Think about that one before you decide to respond. Self responsibility, it is a great idea, try it sometime.
I was an orphan at an early age. Nonetheless, I am in the top 5% of educated people in this country (I paid for it myself while working fulltime on the midnight shift in a hospital), and I could probably buy and sell you. I also have a large family that I support on one income (mine), so that my wife ca stay at home. Oh, I also have a very large house too, so STFU you idiot!
Why don't you take your head out of your right wing ass, and quit lumping people into stereotypes, which is all idiots like you can do.
And when a dumbfuck trust fund imbecile steals 12.7 trillion dollars of taxpayer money to give his cronies, well..., let me just say that if you were within reach right now, giving me that republican party "responsibility" bullshit, I would smack the crap out of you!
Punk!
Oh, and since your not very bright and have a low reading comprehension, I did not say the dems where hypocrites, though some of them are occassionally, I said they make fun of republican hypocricy.
God you people are stupid!
For someone as educated(as you say you are) you surely do not speak as an intellect. Using words such as stfu, punk, etc... shows how low the intellect really is.
They do those things in the UK, Sweden, France, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Denmark... need I go on?
Oh and I would rather be taxed at 90% than let some child be sick, hungry, hiomeless and cold. My being a Democrat has nothing to do with it, my being a human does.
People like you really fucking piss me off. I am typing this from work now, from a country that provides all of those things you are talking about. Self-responsibilty? Don't make me fucking laugh. Ugh, people like you disgust me, as if it is poor people's fault for being poor. You expect people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, only there are no boots. Fuck right off.
Where do you get your "facts" John? Please explain exactly how the Democrats are instituting programs to "promote people to stay poor"?
Please remove your head from your ass. As for personal responsibility, please refer to the GWB administration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Society
Please read up on these.
The problem is, some of these programs are good, but, there is very little accountability in a lot of things.
for example, why does a mother continue to have children that she knows she can not afford, but she knows the taxpayers will pay for it?
Why does a person who may be fully capable of working, not want to work, because they can sit at home and collect a check?
I have seen many times in my industry, where people may want to work but as soon as you say, drug test, they leave.
I am not saying all programs are bad, what I am saying is that the accountability factor in this country is very much disappearing as a lot of people would like to blame the other person and not look into the mirror. I don't expect to change how people are voting here, but hopefully, maybe some will at least look at these programs in a different light.
Considering the fact that whenever the GOP are having a convention there tends to be unnecessary arrests (You guys love to target reporters and students I notice), home invasions with swat police, tazering, police on citizen violence and more... I'm amazed that people weren't getting upset sooner.
Now you guys having blatantly racist, hateful rallies where people are calling for the murder of a political candidate.
What's more, it's out in the open. It's highly unlikely that the Secret Service don't know at least some of the people making these threats. Last time I checked, it was very much against the law to threaten harm to a political candidate.
I haven't heard anything about arrests of maniacs threatening Obama. You have to wonder why?
Sure there are nasty things said about McCain, but there aren't going to be attacks on white people as a result. Black people will be on the recieving end of some hateful abuse from rabid Obama haters. You can't compare the two. Also, the stereotypes on that phony $10 affect all black people. Now I will wait for you to bring up the reverse racism canard.
We learned it from you, okay? We learned it by watching you!
I never called anyone on your side a name. I only spoke the truth. The truth is that Republicans are hateful arrogant self obsessed killers.
They are the worst sort to run a nation. They are not as intelligent as Democrats BY FAR, because you can't develop your mind while you're busy drinking, getting high, going to concerts and sports events, and spending every spare minute of your life raising hell on board a motorcycle, a motor boat, or some such Earth destroyer.
You are selfish and not to be pitied. YOU are too dangerous to pity.
You need to be put out of business.
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Im a proud liberal I get stoned,drunk,and go to concerts whats the beef Sir.
John,
Why are you here? You're too stupid to change any of our minds. I've noticed on every thread you come in here and spout off some nonsense. Then you run away like a coward.
These things were on an official GOP website. Crooks & Liars is not an official democratic party site. It's a blog. A good one, but certainly not officially sanctioned by the democrats.
Yes, there's nonsense on both sides. But it's unofficial for the most part. Putting up propaganda on an official GOP website that compares Obama to Osama and uses disgusting racial slurs is the official party line of the GOP. Just listen to sarah palin call Obama a terrorist over and over. It's right there for you to see. It's right in front of your face. It's ugly and real.
Go to Malkin's site or Fox News. You're making no friends and changing no minds here. It would take a much smarter and more persuasive person than you.
At this point, you look just like a troll. Which you may well be. Go troll somewhere else.
There's nothing wrong with hate when it is well deserved.
Hatred towards Obama has only been from racists.
Hatred towards McCain and Palin has resulted from how sleazy and dishonest they are.
societies usually fall apart along old fracture line. Race is going to come back to haunt us. The Rupuklicans are really playing with fire.
They could literally cause a violent civil war or even, godforbid, a "race" war.
I've lived in places where ethnic violence has utterly destroyed a country. We are not immuned.
If it happens I will hold these people responsible just as the Nazis were responsible for the violence in thier society.
BASTARDS!
Think back on all the hate Clinton faced. This is going to be the norm for any Democratic president, maybe compounded with Obama because he's a person of color. The wacky right will villify any democrat in power, and the left is going to have to find a way to counter it. I just wonder when we're going to have a literal civil war. These right wing gun nut are just going to start breaking into people's houses with signs supporting Democrats and start shooting.
I can shoot too. Very well. I'm no pasty stereotype liberal either. I'm a patriot who's sick of Fascist thugs destroying our future. I believe a more progressive nation that actually cares about its people is possible. I don't advocate violence, but if they want a war, I'm willing to oblige.
they're willing to use violence -- physical, psychological, financial, verbal.
They count on no opposition -- except ineffective -- to their violence. And on this point, they're usually right.
I'm a proud liberal- but am by no means a pascifist.
My mother is white, my father black- and I can assure you if any racist scum puts a hand on me, they will lose alot more than their hand..
It was the Democrat far left that was outside the Republican national convention, throwing bricks through cars, calling names to people, throwing eggs on people.
Give me a break...
I'm a gay man, and I've run into *countless* right wingers who wish me dead, or accuse me of being sub human for being what i am- Democrats strive to end bigotry, Republicans want to expand bigotry. There may have been some over zealous Democrats outside the Republican convention, but that was nothing compared the the number of right wing bigots outside the Democratic convention, where the words 'n*gger' and 'faggot' could be seen on more than one sign, and spoken from the lips of many repugs.
Let's have some definitive proof of your allegations John.
Your guys pepper gassed Rage AGainst the Machine when they joined in a protest march, after having their free concert aborted by your guys. Nice!
Danger danger, warning warning.......
You are not going to believe what happened to me on Saturday.
I was going to park in a strip mall in order to pick up my wife. A large black truck pulled in front of me to turn with a huge McCain/Palin yard sign attatched to it that said "real leadership, from real leaders." When I read that, I started cracking up laughing and shaking my head. I proceeded to park my van and call grandma at home (who was watching the kids) to see how things where going.
After a five minute phone call, I got out of my van and was putting my cell away when I heard someone yell "hey you." I looked up and it was the dude in the black truck. He points to his giant sign and growls at me "you got a problem with my sign?" Immediately I stopped and thought, I'm not taking any crap from this right wing moron. Our exchange went like this:
NoGWB: Anyone who would even consider voting for that guy (McCain) after the last eight years, has to have a screw loose.
Right wing idiot turns beat red and goes nuts!
Right wing moron: Oh yeah, why you driving that g** d*** piece of foreign sh blahblahblah (I have a new toyota van).
NoGWB: Funny you should bring that up. I have bought twelve Fords since 1991. But since ALL 7 of my brothers and brother-in-laws lost their jobs, I decided to get the better investment this time. If just one of the hadn't become unemployed under McCain and the republicans, I would have still bought another Ford.
RWM: Oh yeah, (literally spitting mad) well I hope you loose your job too!
NoGWB: Well, if that idiot McCain gets elected I probably will, along with everybody else who is lucky enough to still have a job. In case you haven't noticed, jobs disappear under republicans! I then told him he either wasn't very observant, or he just wasn't very bright, because its as obvious as night and day. Then I told him I hoped he would loose his job too!
RWN: (Jumps out of truck) Well I'm retired pal. I don't work anymore.
NoGWB: Well when the stock market - thanks to republicans - goes down to 3000 you won't be. You'll be working for $3.00 an hour too eat poison from china bought at Wal Mart; which is all your republican buddies think your worth!
RWM: Yeah! You no good commie, pinko, socialist (some unintelligible bullshit), etc.........
NoGWB: In case you haven't noticed, the pinko's are on Wall Street getting their socialist hands all over the communist government run by your republican pinko socialist commie pal's. You are an idiot, and incredibly boring! (I then walked into the store as he swore some more).
When I got inside I noticed he was still behind my van. I thought he might slash the tires. It looked like he was taking my liscense plate number. After about 30 seconds I walked back outside to see what the idiot was doing. He finally took off when he saw me.
i told my wife, "if some NRA nut shoots me from the field across the street, he will probably be driving a black truck with a giant McStupid sign on it."
The reason I write this post, is to warn all GOOD people to beware of these mean, hate filled angry assholes, who are being incited by the Rove scumbags. Their entire world of lies is crumbling around them, and they don't have the intellience to understand why. They really are very sick. All I did was laugh at this assholes sign, and look at how he reacted. Beware.......
Yes, beware, but do stand up to them.
After the obvious complete failure of the sham and scam that is conservatism, the repukes will do well to STFU! After Chimpy destroyed the country - once he stole everything of value him and his cronies could get their hands on - they won't find too many takers willing to listen to their hate filled idiocy this time around - except for their sick kook base.
They also won't have the "give us a chance" bullshit that Gingrich sold back in the 90's at their disposal. Been there, done that, no thanks GOP.
Once the 2nd REPUBLICAN GREAT DEPRESSION is finally acknowledged, the vast majority of the people are going to be looking at liberal policies to repair the destruction the conservatives caused, and if they keep spouting their idiotic bullshit, all they are going to accomplish this time around is more lost seats every two years.
What these stupid bastards haven't realized yet, is the only people they can fool all the time is their racist, imbecile base. Independents have all gone toward the light - liberalism!
But since conservatives are not the sharpest knives in the drawer, I expect them to continue to tantrum themselves right out of existence.
GOOD RIDDANCE! Republicans, the 28% party - just like the were when I was growing up. Man that sounds good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlenVc4yjA4
Not as surprising but just as disgusting, McCain supporters in Ohio say what they really think about Obama: http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/he-...
Can't for the life of me understand how they don't see or care that we all see them for who they are... these racist bastards in the gop and republican party, and their supporters... they think this looks good on them?! it's abysmal and disgusting and kkklear where their heads really reside on their bodies... up their collective asses!
Please read on, I know reality may hurt but the truth shall set you free.
A little known fact of history involves the heavy opposition to the civil rights movement by several prominent Democrats. Similar historical neglect is given to the important role Republicans played in supporting the civil rights movement. A calculation of 26 major civil rights votes from 1933 through the 1960's civil rights era shows that Republicans favored civil rights in approximately 96% of the votes, whereas the Democrats opposed them in 80% of the votes! These facts are often intentionally overlooked by the left wing Democrats for obvious reasons. In some cases, the Democrats have told flat out lies about their shameful record during the civil rights movement.
Democrat Senators organized the record Senate filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Included among the organizers were several prominent and well known liberal Democrat standard bearers including:
- Robert Byrd, current senator from West Virginia
- J. William Fulbright, Arkansas senator and political mentor of Bill Clinton
- Albert Gore Sr., Tennessee senator, father and political mentor of Al Gore. Gore Jr. has been known to lie about his father's opposition to the Civil Rights Act.
- Sam Ervin, North Carolina senator of Watergate hearings fame
- Richard Russell, famed Georgia senator and later President Pro Tempore
Behold the right's favourite tactic: when losing, obfuscate! Even if these are accurate facts (which are no doubt taken out of context and cherry picked to boot), they're irrelevant on two counts:
A) Ancient history, completely out of synch with the modern political landscape
and
B) This is not commentary on the rascism or hate of Republican politicians (although that laundry list grows ever longer) but rather their supporters, who have catagorically and repeatedly shown a pronounced degree of both those attitudes for decades.
Fortunatly I'm not from Sacramento ... but I'm ashamed nevertheless.
It's present here in Connecticut, as blue a state as there is.
Also here in Oregon, sadly.
Boston is very liberal- i live in a town outside Boston with a huge openly gay population, and i'm proud ours is the first state to legalize gay marriage. Rachel maddow even has a place in western MA.
BUT our local talk radio is 99% right wing-There are 2 uber radio bigots on Boston radio- Jay Severen and michael Graham, and both seem to be just itching to call Obama a n*gger. They both routinly call him a communist and a terrorist, and call him Osmama rather than obama.
there's a wide geography for this audience--sf has savage (used to have melanie morgan); a lot of guys from nyc (sean h, o'reilly, etc) ...
just glad we have havens of civil discourse and obviously, this time have mobilized a good voting block. vigilance is important, not easy, can't say it's ever all fixed or it's done.
----and credit to all who work to overcome and thrive amid the mental, cultural barriers
The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, and the cracker doesn't fall too far from the box. There doesn't seem to be a depth to which they won't sink.
The true colours of the RePubicHair party are showing: whites only.
I'm not sure this is racist. I'm sure these are the same Hillary haters that wanted to see her slimed instead of Obama.
If you've ever been to Sacramento and the surrounding areas, you would understand who some of these people are: bible-thumpers, low knowledge voters, trailer trash, rednecks, etc.
So you're saying they're not ignorant racists, they're only ignorant racists. Gotcha!
It's amazing how they find things, such as racial epithets, debatable. There are things that are absolutely unacceptable - you would think their party would know that, considering how much disinformation they feed the media on all the things they consider "unacceptable"... just terrible.
In Vermont now, but from California. The thing you have to understand about California is this; 10 miles inland it might as well be Oklahoma.
I'm sure they'd be all uber offended if people started alluding to '3 toed Oakies' in regard to this kind of Californian, as some of my CA friends do. It's a bible belt area.
Based on my personal interactions and experience, the bible belt crowd are the most exclusive, finger-pointing, condemning, pig-headed, sanctimonious, self-righteous bunch of no-thinking losers anywhere on this planet.
Not to mention official:
That's not me, of course. That's an official RNC robo-call.
But, perhaps we should think of it this way. At least two former slave states are on the verge of helping to elect an African American the President of the United States!
If I may correct myself, yes it is racist. Does anyone know if the ACLU of NAACP are getting involved with this?
I don't even get a hat tip on the fried chicken and watermelon thing?
[Deezus, this article was written before I saw the email (I assume you wrote) about it. Better luck next time-Sitemonitor]
They seem to feed off one another's anger or ignorance or whatever you call it. They must get together and get all riled up.... or all liquored up. I'm sure about one thing, they are a sick bunch of fu*ks.
And on that ever so ladylike note, I'll say good evening to everyone.
Make them pay for their ugly shit. For each robo-call, donate $5 to Obama; for each ugly letter, send it back to them postage due. For each slam of the Dems, make a donation to Planned parenthood. This kind of shit can be made positive by putting our money where our mouths are.
I'd be broke by the end of the year.
Everytime I think of Obama becoming president, I just wish my Grandmother would have lived to see the day. She didn't have a racist bone in her body. She would have just adored Barack and Michelle. She also had a name for people who acted like this: poor white trash.
Isn't Sacramento where that lunatic of a Conservative radio host/Fox Noise contributer Mark Williams was based out of? Wouldn't surprise me at all if he had something to do with this.
who came to his rallies during the debate. He also claimed no responsibility for the threats and jokes demeaning Mr. Obama. What is even worse is that he turned "one repudiation" (from the old lady who called Mr. Obama an Arab) into many.
And now the Sacramento GOP is doing this?
All I can say is that I'm not surprised by this. Like I've mentioned many times, people of color (including myself) have dealt with racist crap like this all of our lives. What the Sacramento GOP did was not new.
They only got caught.
And probably their thinking that they were going to get away from this isn't new as well. And it isn't new that there are going to be people who laugh at this and think nothing of it.
But the distress of this entire situation (along with what the folks in Ohio said in the al Jazeera piece as well as other incidents) hinges upon the anger and lack of empathy that a quarter population has for people who have "brown skin".
They treat us as if we are strangers to our own country. And believe it or not, they still treat us as strangers even though we too have family ties tracing back five generations or more.
Well, people are going to repudiate the Sacramento GOP all they like, but I am rather pessimistic on the notion that they won't get the picture. Instead, they are going to think that their "First Amendment rights" are assaulted by the PC police.
What they don't realize is that they play a part in dehumanizing people of color. They revel in that lack of empathy. They also celebrate their ignorance regarding the implications of their behaviors.
All in all, their behaviors are symptomatic of the times ahead unless there is an effort made in this country to be honest about race. This discussion of race cannot be made on the dominant culture's terms. Instead, it should be based on the honesty of all parties.
Until then, nobody learns anything.
[*gets off of soapbox*]
Ceci:
You're so right. And it's so sad.
I grew up in a neighborhood that was majority reformed Jewish. And as a community, nothing was stressed more than the need of people whose relatives perished in a Holocaust of prejudice to see what we had in common with other oppressed people of the world, including right here in America. At my elementary school, we didn't have Christmas or Chanukka celebrations. We ensured that every person of every race, color and creed was allowed to speak and celebrate their heritage. Seriously, that's what we did in my public school when I was in 1st through 5th grade.
I learned quickly what a bubble I lived in, when my family moved to affluent SoCal suburbia. Blatant racism, sexism and homophobia abounded. And indeed, it can seem like no one ever learns.
I suppose, though, I would still like to focus on some positives. After all, at least two former slave states are on the verge of helping to elect a black man as president! We are a flawed country, one where freedom and oppression live paradoxically side by side. I hope Dr. King was right -- that the arc of history may be long, but it bends toward justice.
I also appreciate you telling your story in regards to this issue.
Karen says:
I am thankful for the progress that has been made on many fronts when it comes to race. For myself, I consider this election a watershed moment in my life in which I've had to witness someone of color ascend to the highest position in the land.
Even with Mr. Obama's historic run mirroring a sense of dignity and pride, I know that the work toward the races appreciating a true equality from one another isn't done. I have hope that this election has begun the process of self-introspection in all of our lives about treating each other with respect and dignity. And I also hope that justice comes in which past wrongs are righted and that the conversations about race can be relevatory and life-altering.
I believe people can learn and evolve from their experiences. But that does not make me blind to those who want to stop progress in its tracks. In that way, the tales of racism are many due to people fighting against the change we as a country need.
That's why it is important to note that the work goes on each and everyday.
And, I am glad that a light is shone on these injustices so it can raise the awareness and consciousness of people to be more sensitive to the plight of people who are disenfranchised with the system.
Other than that, your words hit the mark so greatly. And I, like you, believe in the promise that it is to come in this country.
Beautifully said, Karen - thank you. As a minority myself, I have also felt, like Ceci, the effects of stereotype and assumptions. With Obama, I feel great hope that we are moving forward - imperfectly, as you said, but nevertheless forwards. Thanks to both you and Ceci for your sensitive comments.
I think the changes in this country warrant all of us to assess the full implications of what is happening. We must acknowledge the hope as well as shine a light on what is hindering progress as well.
Without such reflection, we all suffer in the long run.
When he said he was proud of the people attending his rallies, I figured he was just brown-nosing and trying to make Obama look petty & reactionary or something. Yes, as you know, many of the "Joe Sixpacks" are extremely racist and some won't admit it, some flaunt it. Ignorant and proud of it. If Obama were white, he'd be leading 85%. Sometimes I wonder if there really is hope for the human race. These idiots don't help any. And the guy's a lawyer??? Where'd he go, Liberty University??
Last night McCain blamed the "inappropriate" comments at his rallies on a token few crazies. Now that it's clear there is an organized group of republicans in Sacremento hurling racist insults, has he made any comment about this today? If he has, it's not coming up on my Goog. How about you? McCain - do something... for Chrissakes, you old fuck!
I still wonder why people think this man is honorable. I've said this many times, but it grows in stature everyday. The man is truly a national disgrace. And he had no intention of using his leadership position to make this racist behavior stop.
That would be like dismantling the white privilege and entitlement he has received all of his life.
If this is true in its details, sad.
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As Election Day draws closer, I will not be surprised to see violent breakouts in certain parts of the country, because you can guarantee that these kinds of coded hate-filled ads and speeches will only intensify in frequency and virulence; all it takes is for one unstable nut to decide that he’s entitled to act on his blind hatred, masked as nationalism. Maybe not even necessarily an unstable nut. I’m not trying to engender fear, but I’m concerned by what I’ve seen and heard in the last few weeks, coming from the right-wingers. This win-at-any-cost strategy is truly disturbing, and incredibly sad. Encouraging divisiveness across racial lines is dangerous, especially for a country already seething with xenophobia. How blind can they be to this obvious fact? Unless that is indeed what they want - a race war. The only kind of prophecies that worry me are those that are self-fulfilling.
A friend of mine said she's afraid that an act of terrorism (between now and election day) might prompt McCain to flex his "national security experience". Horrible. The conspiracy-theory equation behind that is folks assume it would be an attack by AQ or "people not from here". If I thought about that for a minute, and took a hard look how some republicans are behaving, I'd worry more about the fringe lunatics born and raised in the US of A. The more afraid GOP'ers are of losing, the more they try to intimidate people. All it takes is one idiot, one hateful, deranged lunatic. I fear that person more than any dirty-bomb or chemical attack hysteria. But the trouble is, problems are not just with one person when we're talking about McCain/Palin lunatics.
This isn't anything I focus on, but I am concerned with the tone of McCain's campaign because it is empowering hatred.
McCain doesn't want to win this election. He wants to start a war in his own country. Americans versus Americans. He's the scum of the earth.
Maverick my ass.
New McCain attack ad http://blip.tv/file/1361304
I think that Rush Limpdick got his start in Sacramento. What is it about Sacramento that breeds these kind of assholes?
Lots of inbreeding here. and they are wanna-be farm boys and cowboys.
On the west side you've got the beautiful Bay Area, on the east you have the stunning mountains of the Sierra Nevada. In between you've got this hole of a city called Sacramento.
I grew up in the foothills and live in the Bay Area. Sacramento only has the Dixieland Jubilee to recommend it.
...each and every one. Gag.
I Drive by that intersection every day here in Carmichael.There is about 9 lengths of fence painted white with GIANT sized OBAMA painted in black on each section.
The first time I saw it, I said that it is a magnet for GOP paste eaters to deface. And they did. Yea, Carmichael made National news (kind of). Too bad it was not the good kind of Publicity. I would not be surprized if the dolts i work with did it.
RE: "And you thought this type of hatred was just regional"
Well congrats to C&L for realizing that it's not just us inbred retards in Thuh South that have the lock on racism. Take a note from the DNC and make it a 50 State Strategy to combat racism; it's not enough to point your fingers at us rednecks anymore.
Signed,
Your Friendly Obama Supporter, Donor, and Volunteer with a Funny Accent
And well said.
So these people show Michelle Obama's picture with the quote about feeling proud of her country for the first time in her adult lifetime. Can't they understand that it is actions such as these that formed her opinion? They must live in a bubble thinking that racism is a thing from the distant path which makes it more unbelievable considering they are a prime source themselves.
about how their racism affects others, they will still be stuck in the same rut. In short, they are still dehumanizing people of color. When they don't have any connection to anyone different than themselves, they are going to be mired in their narrow-minded views.
Without cultural awareness, they will not see the nuances of what Mrs. Obama said. But ultimately, I suspect, they don't care. They know what they are going to know and that's that.
And that's very sad.
... if you have seen this
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE...
I'm sure McCain will respond that there is always "fringe" out there, and he's proud of each and every one of them.
for bringing this to light. sheesh...scary stuff
I am very afraid,
The $5,000 Mr. McCain is going to give us in the near future is not going to help me find any insurance below $30,000 and we are lucky! We are Canadians. We can go home.
Thats what happens when a gov inflates the money supply.
Its basic economics 101, something which WcCain obviously didn't take or failed at school/college.
Meanwhile in Ohio, them crazy repugs are muttering in fear.
This is the type of people who go to Palin rallies.
Warning their quotes to the camera are scary and extreme, NSFW etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqcfqiXCX0
PS; John as a favour for postings this story this morning in an open thread, any chance of resetting my account(s) to a single 'ferrofluid' one and emailing me a password please, I prob screwed up when registering once or twice.
[I got this. I am sending you a new password to the email we have on the one account I found-Sitemonitor]
PPS; any chance of a Bush countdown clock on C&L, we are in sub 100 day territory now, party time :)
and happy politicking
Too busy barring reporters from Palin fans and installing cell towers for AT&T and Verizon I reckon.
Just had a guy walk into my gallery - our Oct show is 'Politik left right and center' and launched into a shouting rampage about a banner i did for the show. He was screaming how McCain was a hero and how dare i and how i wasn't a good American, and a liar, and how Obama was going to steal the election and was a thief and his wife was a socialist and how we liberals yaddayaddayadda - the thing was, and i am no stranger to controversy with my art - how VIOLENT he seemed and desperate. And this was just some guy off the street reacting to my (actually rather silly piece). i have a feeling all hell may break loose if/when Obama wins the white house. YIPES!
That's why I hope that if Mr. Obama makes it into the WH, there are teaching moments involving the entire country on the nature of race.
He got the ball rolling with his speech on race, if people paid close attention to the Senator's words.
Can only be transformed by a stronger educational system, a truly uncontrolled media and by Americans who care enough to stick around and continue to struggle.
I agree this is exasperating. Mindlessness is a terrible thing to boast.
Racist and disgustinfg but fairly typical from the right at this point: http://brainrageblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/how...
- oh yeah in case anybody cares - the banner was called 'My Dream Ticket' is fashioned just like the McCain Palin signs but features John McClane (Die Hard) and Michael Palin (MPFC) and reads McClane/Palin victory 2008 - silly really - but i think the GOP has lost any semblance to a sense of humor - unless it is offensive racial 'humor'.
I just got off the phone with Robert Rego, president of the San Bernardino Valley Republican Assembly, 909-496-1210. He was trying to defend the Chaffey Community Republican Women's Newsletter, 909-982-6880 that had the 'Obama Bucks', watermelon, ribs, KFC and all.
He explained that watermelon in SoCA was merely a basic food staple, totally appropriate for use on a food stamp, and that only a 'reverse' racist as myself would see that as a racist slur.
Okay, got it.
Get him to say it on camera.
Mike Malloy called it right- the Republican party is a hate group- any anytime they do advance black people within their ranks, such as Condi Rice and Colin Powell, they are always in postions where the whities in charge have total control over them.
This reaffirms my hatred for the Republicans and all they stand for-
I am a white woman,born and raised in the Ozarks. Racists are all around where I live. I have sometimes wanted to move away,anywhere where the people are smarter and nicer.I guess there isn't such a place. This hatred is so deep within these people,I don't know what it would take to change them.But you know what,I have taught my kids how ignorant and nasty, bigots are.My mom and dad taught us kids,we teach ours,and so on it goes. Some day? Yes,some day.
There are lots of places where the people are smarter and nicer. To find them, go to CNN's election precinct-by-precinct map and look for the blue ones.
Dear Lord...I'm so thankful for my lovely wife, our health, the members of my family, my friends and now Lord, I think I'm most thanful for you providing me parents who lived on the north side of the 49th parallel.
The difference between Canadians and Americans Lord is, we find it as easy to accept people and Americans find it to hate people.
There will be lots of room in heaven Lord...thank you for that too.
What an embarassement is this that is going on. 232 years old and you're still back in mid 1800's. A leader is only as strong as his nation.
What a joke!!!! It has taken almost two years of primaries and presidential speeches and debates. Almost 1/2 billion in both parties spending and now, it's come down to everyone is talking about "Joe The Plumber"????
Hey you bunch of fucking Appalacia Yahoos.......The world is asking....Is all it took....really? And Americans call themselves intelligent? HAHAHAHAHA. Be proud you're still given human race status!
Eat shit Appalacia hater.
"I" thought this kind of shit was just regional??.... Ehh nah, not really... I'm fully aware that one doesn't have to drive too far beyond altamount pass to find rightwingnuttia U.S. of A..... I only wish I could believe this kind of hateful shit was confined to certain specific regions...
I will offer for what it's worth, that in spite of all this bullshit hate directed at this moment at Barack Obama... It does seem as though that vast redder than red 'heartland' whom are suppose to march lockstep with the GOP and all things touted conservative because... well just because someone told them to... These great gops of red states might just have some outbreaks of shades of blue occurring..... Just might... We'll see for sure in about three weeks folks. Will sanity prevail??? Stay tuned, we'll see....
And yes, while some try to cheapen and turn this whole election deal into just another reality T.V. show or prime time soap opera with all manner of bullshit tangents, the rest of the world is watching and waiting as well. And the rest of the world is hoping for sanity to prevail here as much as I, as much as anyone on this site or anyone anywhere who gives a damn what happens to this nation. But it's really up to all of us, all us American citizens native born or not, to ensure that sanity does in fact prevail..... Vote accordingly........JD
Republican Women, Federated
Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated
P.O. Box 974
Upland, CA 91785
Diane Fedele (President) diane1354@mindspring.com
Phone: (909) 981-0493
Fax: (909) 982-6880
Meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm
Magic Lamp Inn, Rancho Cucamonga
(referred to in the story at http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE...)
Here in Erie PA we have our own racism going on..."Vote Right, Vote White
http://yourerie.com/content/fulltext/?cid=27231
I didn't know racism were smart enough to rhyme.
Is it unacceptable to recognize the reality of the fact that Obama’s program will lead to food stamps and the return of the black community to enslavement with the government as the new plantation master? I think not. When will we stand up for free speech? When will we expose the national socialist agenda for what it is and will become? Is it wrong to expose these dangers to the very groups that will suffer the most, and reflect the truth as to where they will end up with Obama (regardless of his own race, creed, and color) as the head master?
The food stamp reflects the danger to our minor community, not a reflection of Obama’s heritage, but Obama’s political content. Let us not be frightened by the neo-racist left that has now engaged in Joseph McCarthy tactics to silence the truth, lest we all will be forced to board Obama’s euphemistic train to our own destructive destiny, with no one left to save us.
When will we quit cowering to the voices crying racism, as a mechanism to shield us from the reality their own true agenda?
Never again can we ask how Hitler did it in Germany. The same forces are in play here today, under new names, new people, new causes, but the same ideology. We have yet to see who or what they choose as the scapegoat of the twenty-first century, maybe you, maybe me. Silence is consent.
Robert Regio, President San Bernadino Republican Assembly
Oh Robert? Your post evolks a two word answer from me to your charges... What BULLSHIT!!!! JD
Regio? Isn't that Italian?
Is it unacceptable to recognize the reality of the fact that Obama’s program will lead to food stamps and the return of the black community to enslavement with the government as the new plantation master?
Interesting that you phrase it that way, as if it was only black people who receive WIC and SNAP benefits.
Anyone accuse you of racist pandering today? No? Then I will.
All black people get food stamps in live in the hood? I guess that includes the Obamas, Oprah, my cousin and her rich doctor husband, and the assortment of black teachers, nurses, social workers and other working black people. I would include myself, but I now live in England.
Ooh, this burns me the fuck up! There is no monolithic black community for God's sake.
Here's your socialism,
comradegauleiter.When in doubt, bring up the Nazis!
I don't know who you really are, but such an incoherent screed is far beneath the dignity of any member of the State Assembly. (I was unaware that the Nazis were opposed to racism.) If this was really written by you, I hope that you have a real job lined up. You have been living off of the fat of the taxpayers too long.
For the record, it is President Clinton who tightened up the requirements for welfare. I do not agree with every part of what he did, but you are barking up the wrong tree here.
LOLWUT?
How ironic that you namecheck Hitler, when your whole spiel probably sounded better in the original German.
Go polish your jackboots, Robbie.
Mr. Regio,
I sat here for quite awhile trying to come up with a clever "zinger" to offer in response to your racist rant and came up empty.
Then I figured out why. You have so disgusted me that all I can feel in response to your post is just that: disgust. Oh, and fear, too. People like you scare the crap out of me. Thankfully, you represent a rapidly dwindling segment of the population. I can't wait for the day that you and people that think like you breed yourself into extinction.
...you can't spell it right?
Are you just that stupid or are you stupid AND a fraud?
Moore has more.
And McCain is proud of these people.
I'm frankly getting really tired of defending Sacramento the past two days ya'll. These freepers exist EVERYWHERE. Quit slamming regions because of the nitwits that happen to live there.
Sacramento is the capitol of California. It's a political town. The city is strongly DEMOCRATIC. The county is also majority democrat (43% D to 32% R). Our suburbs, like many around the country, lean more Reep. As you step into our more rural areas, the likelihood of stronger Reep registration increases.
I'm tired of yahoos on the blogs slamming my home. I grew up in Tahoe (beautiful), have family in both the Bay Area and the Napa Valley (nice) but I CHOOSE to live here. It's a fantastic city, surrounded by other beautiful enclaves. Yes, some are more republican - somehow that's what sprawl, megachurches and malls have born in many of our communities - but there are also fellow brethen living in those places as well.
Keep to the facts of the story. Don't be as ignorant as the disgusting asses who put this tripe on the county reeps website. They're BITTER. They're LOSING.
And please don't read this as a defense of the content. Hell no. I'm just furious at the wrongheaded characterizations of my home. Enough.
Hear! Hear! Although when I lived on the Bay we made fun of the Tomato, it was all in good humor -- Sacramento is a very nice place with decent people. Heck, some of my best friends..... :)
Most Republicans are good people.
Even places like Chico respond with a suitable outcry when they get hit with hate literature.
The real lesson here is what can happen when people get into a crowd where the leader starts demonizing the opponent as a pal of terrorists and other vitriol. The mob mentality makes people commit actions that they regret.
You are quite right, Sacramento. It exists everywhere. Even in the most Blue/liberal communities there are going to be a few that just seem to have a need to embrace this kind of hatred and bigotry.
When it's all said and done, is anyone really surprised by the Repug's antics?
We all knew what was coming within the last 20 days; this is who they are. Secondly, who here is really shocked by their actions. This is who they are!
It must be so difficult to be a black republican, especially now. I'm sure there are members of that Sacramento group that are black. Can you imagine how they felt when they opened their newsletters and saw these messages and those Obama food stamps? How the h-e-double hockey sticks can they defend these people? And why would they join a political party that clearly hates them?
this is really disheartening. The intersection where this vandalism occured is less than 2 miles from where I grew up and lived for 20 years. I moved away in 1981, and while Sacramento was always a cow-town, I never encountered racism or "white-power". It is really sad to see this shit taking hold in my hometown.
Scooter ~ Hate to burst your bubble, but if you grew up near where this vandalism occurred, you grew up in a nice middle-class neighborhood in Sac (good for you, no really!). My husband teaches out in Rio Linda (yes, one of Rush's favorite kicking bags) and trust me, there is a contingent of "peckerwoods" out there who are loud and proud. It's deeply disturbing in 2008, but it exists, and it's been here a long time.
It's time for the real values voters to stake out their territory. Those of us who want to see our country move forward are going to have to make a stand to counter the insidious decay that still grows in our nation. While my first instinct is to fight back with insults and violence if needed, I also have to remember the history of the civil rights movement. I'm a white guy, but have long been inspired by the many leaders of the black community, both famous and forgotten, whose real blood was shed to lead us to the opportunity that a man of color could lead the country. I want to remind myself as well as others that greater people than me have warned us that the way of violence will never lead to peace. We have a great enemy, to be sure, in the racism and everyday prejudice that is coming out of the woodwork, and will continue to foment if Obama is elected. I am not a religious man, but if there's a larger purpose at work in the world, I can only hope that it is to shine a light on what we have left to do as a society in eradicating hatred and maliciousness from our civilization. I want to remind myself and others that these issues are what minorities face every day of their lives while we (speaking for myself--fairly privileged white people) only see it when it becomes extreme. It is very, very important to keep a level head as we prepare to wage a battle of wits with people who don't believe in what I believe are the American ideals of peace, prosperity, kinship and good will. We must defeat them with our knowledge and the light of reason. I'm not someone who believes that there is never a time for taking up arms to protect onesself, but it must be as an absolutely last resort. Meanwhile, whatever we can do to protect Mr. Obama, and by extension ourselves, must be done. The actions of these thugs must be exposed and we must all stand up against their poisonous rhetoric. But don't let them make us one of them in the process.
Some rich Republican white men and women will stop at nothing to stop Obama from winning. This is fucked up and frightening. These folks are inciting the situation
...And that lady had the cajones to say "she thought the ribs, chicken, and watermelon were only food."
I didn't realize that there were Klan sleeper cells in my state.
Yeah well these former sleeper cells are now awake.
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll...
Most of the bigots left the democratic party after the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed, gained more bigots during the Reagan administration and has finally perfected itself in the cesspool of filthy republican thought. What I want to know is why are intelligent tolerant people hanging with the republicans? Bigotry is like pornography--you know it when you see it. How can people of color, homosexuals, tolerant people be a member of the republican party? Then religious intolerance must be added to the mix of ignorance, bigotry and hate.
As a native Californian I am embarrassed and ashamed that crap like this still exist. And as for that far right wing nut job named Robert, wow, people like you truly scare me.
Note to all racist scumbag republican assholes:
If you want to test your "manhood," which I doubt, because you are actually all cowards, come down to Tampa and attack this gay man. It will be fun for my freinds to watch you get,{Edited.}
And if its a civil war you want, I've got my rifle and Glock, and my sharpshooter qual, {Deleted, Please do not advocate violence here.SiteMonitor} The racist right wing doesn't know that it will get stomped if they keep up their shit.
Maybe I'm missing something but I don't get it. In Europe such an outrageous racist act as this http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/... would put someone in jail in an INSTANT. It's called a HATE CRIME. Why, oh why, is this obscenity's creator, Diane Fedele, not being prosecuted immediately under Hate Crime laws???? Someone, please, please, please explain. And where oh where is the ACLU on this???? Any explanation would be most appreciated. Thanks! She belongs in JAIL. Where is the law?????????????????
Can we please start a petition to imprison Diane Fedele under hate crime legislation? There must be a lawyer out there who can deal with this - http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/...
Come on, someone, please. Let's make an example of this. It's our duty to put an end to this and to enforce the LAW.
Thanks.
I met Jakob Holdt, the son of a Danish preacher who traveled throughout the US in the 70's and made a powerful slideshow of his experiences with racism called "American Pictures." I recall him telling me that racism in the north was worse because it was less obvious and thus denied by most northerners.
Put differently, there are so many racist motherfuckers in this country there's no way the South could contain them all....
"After making Joseph Wurzelbacher famous, McCain learned 3 key facts -- Joe owes back taxes, isn't licensed and Obama's plan would cut Joe's taxes."
McCain is so FUNNY!
This is no less stunning than what appeared at the Republican Women's booth at the Napa Town and Country Fair last year: an "I [heart] GITMO bumper sticker. I was so stunned and was so sure that no one would believe me when I passed along this story that I took a damned picture of it because I was sure that I would be asked to prove such an incredible tale.
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Looks like I was wrong about how incredible that story would sound. This is just more of the same.
What goes on in these people's minds that gives them reason to think that this kind of bulls&^t is not just OK, but a good idea?
At the top of the poster, it says "Hugo Chavez, Jane Fonda and Hamas are all voicing support for Barack Obama".
This heading would be just as accurate:
"Great Britain, Europe and Australia are all voicing support for Barack Obama."
... thrown at Hillary, John, especially that expressed by the so-called progressive blogosphere?
I never saw you ONCE speak out against it.
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
How sad to think that once the Republican Party was considered the party of ideas. Al Jazeera - that's right, Al Jazeera interviewed Ohioans after a Sarah Palin rally to get their opinions of Obama. I was shocked. This is the 21st century and the stuff that was pouring out of these people's mouths chilled me. Take a look and see for yourself.
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