My lord, the peasants are at the gate! They look pissed!

First!
Quick roll-up the windows on the polls and lock the doors!
I swear they all love a democracy until everyone wants to vote, then they freak out and come up with ways to deny them or denigrate them. Its the same as women s suffrage, oh women don't understand the issues, how could they possibly make any sort of real, thought out, opinionated choice?

Sickening shit, that.

I dunno about you, but I've always been afraid of carloads of white rednecks. Does that make me a racist or bigot, even if I am white? It's because they are dumb and think they are smart, and think they have some kind of "god-given" right, because they are white.

these kinds of people from the fringe reich gop
are clearly racists and "domestice enemy combatants".

i guess the president like with 911, instead of doing
anything to quell this race-baiting by the gop is
probably sitting back and shitting his pants as usual.

What was Harvard Law? (ps: editor of the law review)
Columbia?
Professor of Constitutional Law, state senator, US Senator?

Their supposed "antidote" to the "inexperienced" Obama was supposed to be Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin, who thinks fruit fly research done in France does not benefit the "common good." Sarah Palin, who has no idea what the Vice President's job description is. Sarah Palin, who thinks that the First Amendment means the press is free to not criticize Queen Moose Hunter.

For some people, a "brother" just can't work hard enough to gain their respect.

Arrrrgh. I really cannot wait for 5 November, although I know this nonsense will not magically all stop then. Expect it to get worse.

On behalf of my state,I sincerly aplologise. jebus! Must We be a laughing stock every f***ing day? Arrrggg

The Las Vegas Sun just called to say they're gonna run this letter I sent them this morning. It'll be in the paper tomorrow.

As I view and listen to this endless, snarling, vitriolic smear campaign against Barack Obama, I find it important to keep in mind and to tell others that these smears also implicitly -- no, overtly -- extend to all of the undeniably honorable and accomplished public figures and professional people who have endorsed and actively support him. It is nothing more than an increasingly clear sign of the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the McCain camp.

Mr. McCain, you have approved this endless stream of vapid and dishonorable ad hominem attacks. I hope you soon have ample time to contemplate the shame you have wrought on your own reputation and the damage you have done to the national discourse.

Robert E. Gladd

I won't use the "A" word...but although I was young...I remember the terrible events of those days...and what it did to the country.

Lunatics have no limits, and I know who will be to blame.

And well said, Bobby.

Here is a white guy that used to be a republican, you can vote for.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/465.html

It goes on to say, "This is their chance to get a black president and they seem to care little the he is at minimum a socialist and probably Marxist in his core beliefs." The Republican volunteer says that is because, "After all he is black- no experience or accomplishments but he is black."

To summarize... black, socialist, Marxist, black, blackity black.

What if they're only on their way to the drive-in to see the latest Tyler Perry movie?

Here's Storck's official public email:

chairman@hcrp.org

Please contact him and ask him why there was not one word in the email telling supporters why they should vote for McCain.

"How dare these dark people exercise their right to vote in our election! The nerve!"

Ahahahahahhahaaa... can't wait for next Wednesday morning... the river of tears flowing from all these Republican recessives will be massive.

Has he NOTHING to say about all this? Does he really not know anything of what is being done in his name? Does he not care?

Pathetic...sad and pathetic. The man calls himself a hero and wraps himself in the flag. Ugh.

There was a time that I thought he was better. There was a time that he seemed to have some level of self respect.

Now...he has nothing. He is nothing.

THE Mccain/palin 'chicken little McCarthyism' No guts, no honor, desparate and inciting riot in the lowest common denominator which they are both part of now...

There many who are studying whether this is 'actionable'!!! the research looks good...Inpeach Bush and prosecute McBush -Palin....

BOYCOTT BUDWEISER!

And SLIM JIMS!

BOYCOTT COKE

And Pop-Rocks

you can lay this bullshit at the door of Bush too.

As President...he is President of ALL the people. But he divided the country. He laid the groundwork for this horrific situation. He didn't govern for all, which was his job as President.

A pox on him as well.

GOP pandering to racists?!! SHOCKING!!! Not surprising, considering Pinellas Park is a safe haven for the Klan in.

Add this sicko to the list of people who don't deserve to call themselves americans. This man is pure filth and a disgrace to the state of Florida.

What the fuck do you have to do in the good, ol' US of A to get fired, charged with a criminal offence, charged with treason, deemed incompetent and forced out or, just generally, shamed into resigning?

Oh..c'mon...too easy...be dark skinned and have a Muslim sounding name.

"If the McCain/Palin campaign has done anything, it has exposed the worst in our society. Couple that with the hate talk that infests the once-public airwaves from the likes of Rush Limbaugh and the xenophobic, racist rants of the right wing blogs and this is what you get."

Actually, it's Obama's fault for being a black man who doesn't know his place. We knew it would come to this--give the coloreds a chance to vote and there go OUR rights to be shitheads! No wait, let's get out there and PROVE what shitheads we can be!

Snark off.

Although white people like me live relatively removed from the threat of racist thuggery, it's time we became aware of what many blacks in this country know from experience, which is the ugly underbelly of everyday civil discourse. It seems inevitable that as we grow up as a society, all the vile prejudice that's been swept under the rug will have to be dealt with. In his way, Obama is the man who has energized both bases, and it is time we shored up our defenses to protect him and ourselves. The threat posed by these people has many times before taken out our agents of change, and we have to be vigilant this time. It may take many more generations before we eradicate racism (though it's unlikely we'll ever succeed fully), but if we look at how far we've come, it's inspiring to envision where we can go in the future.

...those blacks are soooo scary.

Seriously, fuckhead, go back to your gated community, lock the door, and huddle with your AR15 for the rest of your life. You never know when those carloads of blacks might end up, horrors!, in your neighborhood.

Proving that the right wing has been slinging mud throughout our history...oh...and sleeping with their slaves.

I wonder what color the sky will be on Wednesday morning? Maybe the air we smell fresher?

All those racist GOP heads exploding; will probably sound like the popping of plastic bubble wrap.

Man, its gonna be great. Can't wait.

What a surprise. I'm shocked anything like this would go on in Hillsborough County Florida. How soon we forget.

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/19/Hillsboroug...

http://www.truveo.com/A-fourth-police-abuse-v...

It was a 'get out the vote message' alright. For racist hayseeds.

The McCain supporters there in FL are too busy banging their sisters to get out and vote early.

To many members of this forum -- I would be one of those "Rednecks" you claim to be so scared of: I drive a truck, live in a double-wide trailer out in the middle of the country, usually have my bow in the back of the truck, drink a beer with my pizza, have a dog, hang out with the guys once in a while. Oh yeah I guess I have another strike against me, I am retired military...so I guess I should be voting for McCain.

If you thought that you would be dead wrong, you have placed a stereotype on me unfairly due to appearances.

I am fairly liberal individual, that is right an individual, who finds the vitriol from both sides--liberal or conservative tiring at best, divisive to our country at its worst.

What I don't understand after reading the comments on this blog is that many of the respondents are as being as bad as the Republicans they are complaining about. They are discussing how bad the Republicans are and if I am reading between the lines correctly - how they are the root of all evil. To me there are lots of individuals in that party who are jerks and idiots, but for the most part many of the other individuals don't agree with what they are doing, but strongly disagree with the direction that Senator Obama would take us if elected.

That is okay, it is okay to not agree with each other, that is what makes our country different than many, we can disagree, but we have to live with the majorities decision. If we don't agree with the majority, then we work until we are in the majority which is what is happening this year.

Barak Obaman is a significant individual in our countries' history, no matter if elected or not, he has caused a paradigm shift in perceptions in this country about how this country views a person of color and how the middle class majority can change the power structure of the country by doing a very simple, but powerful thing -- VOTE. As was shown by his defeating Clinton in the primaries. Who really thought that she wouldn't be running for president last year at this time

There are truly honorable people in the republican party that don't agree with the crap going on, but truly believe that in what the party platforms are and are voting for McCain for that reason. I believe that most of them are far beyond the "hate" messages that the Campaign managers (I call them cornered rats), are using. Since those methods have worked in the last two elections to get their candidate elected, which I believe is wrong and strongly hope the American public won't be suckered into this time.

I strongly disagree with the racism or hate messages that the Republican party is attempting to do during the closing months of this election...the scare tactics to get the "white" majority in this country to vote for someone who is only 1/2 like them, not totally like them. I work hard to break down stereotypes of all types, but if I was to be walking in Roxbury in Boston at night, I would feel as uncomfortable as a person of color would walking down my dirt road at night, though in fact they might be safer. :) Not very politically correct of me - was it...but was it honest and truthful -- to me -- yes.

Senator Obama is trying to run on the issues, and for that reason I chose to vote for him, I agree with his "message" and the direction he will attempt to move this country if/when he is elected. But I am afraid that the wounds that the Country has received during this campaign will take a while, if ever to heal.

The fringe of both liberal and conservative camps need their crap to be called out and be held responsible for what they are actually doing -- tearing apart America, instead of working towards making the country a great place for all of us to live, instead of a "lucky" few. I believe strongly in free speech, but to allow this hate talk from both ends of the spectrum, without sanction or consequences to those doing it, simply to improve ratings to make advertising revenue (the more controversial, the more money comes in it seems) is a poor indicator of the direction our country appears to be heading.

So I hope that Senator Obama, becomes the next President of the United States and that he is able to LEAD us through this difficult period in our history...I personally believe that he is better suited and has the potential to do so, much better than Senator McCain.

He at least knows the Constitution and what it actually says, having taught Constitutional Law for more than 10 years versus others who may have read it at one time.

By the way, I am more than willing to sit down have a beer and discuss what I have written about with anyone that is willing to discuss this intelligently, based upon the issues, not the rhetoric. So you don't need to be scared of me because I have a bit of red on my neck.

The Repubs are going to have a tough road ahead if they continue to appeal to just the religious right and racists. Interesting that those religious people can coexist with the racists.

Agreed, there is a lot of name-calling on each side, and one reason why Obama has appealed to many people is that he's managed to rise above the negativity and name-calling.

BUT, that said, there are two distinctions I'd like to make:

1) I don't think it's fair to compare what's being said by GOP party officials with what's being said by comments on a liberal blog. Certainly, you may read a comment on this site where someone calls McCain a racist, but I certainly haven't heard anything like that from the talking heads on TV or anybody representing the Democratic Party.

Whereas Obama has been tagged with terms like "Marxist," "Communist" and "Socialist" by everyone from McCain's spokespeople to GOP officials to Hannity, Limbaugh and Dobbs. This is deception and smear on a mass-market scale, not some random people commenting on a blog.

2) Yes, I agree it's not nice to stereotype and call people names like "redneck." But again, I don't agree it's equivalent to the out-and-out hate you're hearing and seeing from, I won't say McCain supporters, but anti-Obama people. That if Obama becomes president, the country will go black or Muslim. That everybody knows a black can't be a first-string president. That he's the anti-Christ. Hanging effigies of him from trees. Shooting bears and draping them with Obama signs.

I don't believe you've heard Obama supporters saying or doing similar things, and it's unfair to draw some equivalency between calling McCain and old-timer or Palin a dumbass and the coordinated efforts by GOP PARTY LEADERS to spread racial fear about how the blacks are taking over or suggesting that Obama is a terrorist and a Muslim and a Marxist.

I'm on practically every Democratic mailing list out there, and I still haven't gotten the email about how McCain wants to turn America into a Fascist state, much like Hitler's Germany.

Tell 'em Count Floyd: "Ooo it's going to be scaaaary, very scaaary. So scaaary that you should just stay home."

E Pleb Neesta
Why don't we franchise abortion clinics and let the market decide if it's good or bad?