A Newsmax article that exposes Obama's rationalization and excusing of racial hatred, that would help to perpetuate racism if he were elected president:
Especially interesting is the contrasting example of Condoleeza Rice, and what she endured, without rationalizing and perpetuating hatred she grew up surrounded with.
A Newsmax article that exposes Obama's rationalization and excusing of racial hatred, that would help to perpetuate racism if he were elected president:
Especially interesting is the contrasing example of Condoleeza Rice, and what she endured, without rationalizing and perpetuating hatred she grew up surrounded with.
Wow.
Based on that and other right wing articles here, I don't think too many far right wingers will vote for Obama.
I've been impressed by Barack Obama's style (if not substance) in this campaign. His domestic agenda is far too liberal for me and the company he keeps is troubling, but I've not felt put off by most of his rhetoric.
But then he makes these comments about small town voters in Pennsylvania. They're a reminder that he buys into the Marxist divisive strain of thought shared by people like Rev. Wright.
Prior to this, Obama seemed to understand plausible arguments offered by people who disagree with him. Whereas Hillary Clinton says she's a fighter -- she'll go to Washington and fight off those nasty Republicans--Obama casts himself as someone who understands that Republicans aren't nasty people.
That's why these remarks may be particularly damaging to Obama -- they call into question whether he really grasps the mindset of those whose beliefs differ from his own.
I've been impressed by Barack Obama's style (if not substance) in this campaign. His domestic agenda is far too liberal for me and the company he keeps is troubling, but I've not felt put off by most of his rhetoric.
But then he makes these comments about small town voters in Pennsylvania. They're a reminder that he buys into the Marxist divisive strain of thought shared by people like Rev. Wright.
Prior to this, Obama seemed to understand plausible arguments offered by people who disagree with him. Whereas Hillary Clinton says she's a fighter -- she'll go to Washington and fight off those nasty Republicans--Obama casts himself as someone who understands that Republicans aren't nasty people.
That's why these remarks may be particularly damaging to Obama -- they call into question whether he really grasps the mindset of those whose beliefs differ from his own.
On Hillary fighting nasty Republicans, it's really a case of there being issues that there isn't common ground on that she'll fight for. It's not a case of her thinking Republicans are nasty & the fighting is just for the hell of it.
Both newspapers were complimentary of Clinton, but said Obama’s ability to inspire is more likely to lead the country in a new direction.
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“There is little doubt that a second Clinton presidency would further the deep divisiveness that characterizes American politics - a divisiveness that dug itself deep during the Clinton presidency, and even deeper during the Bush-Cheney years,”
the Scranton endorsement reads.
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“The first task for the next president is to get past that. And it might not be possible if the presidential cycle goes Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton.”
There are so many great lines in Obama's speech...it's worth watching all nine minutes and 21 seconds. This is a candidate who knows how to fight back.
I have to imagine this speech is causing some serious heartburn over at Clinton HQ in Arlington, VA.
There are so many great lines in Obama's speech...it's worth watching all nine minutes and 21 seconds. This is a candidate who knows how to fight back.
yeah, if your a socialist douche.
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I have to imagine this speech is causing some serious heartburn over at Clinton HQ in Arlington, VA.
probably
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
Needless to say, I've got a bone or two to pick with Barack Hussein Obama. But I'll give him credit where it's due — when an AP reporter made a mental error by asking him about "Obama bin Laden" still being at large, the candidate handled it with good humor.
Needless to say, I've got a bone or two to pick with Barack Hussein Obama. But I'll give him credit where it's due — when an AP reporter made a mental error by asking him about "Obama bin Laden" still being at large, the candidate handled it with good humor.
Whomod? Your just going to plow on throwing as much mud at Hillary while ignoring Obama's flaws. You stopped being critical of him not long after Edwards dropped out. Whatever, I don't hate Obama but he isn't perfect nor is Hillary the evil machine talking points you go with.
The billionaire founder of Black Entertainment Television says Barack Obama would not be a leading presidential candidate if he were white and that the Illinois senator's campaign has "a hair-trigger on anything racial."
The Charlotte Observer reported on its Web site Monday that Bob Johnson, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's top black supporters, was commenting on remarks previously made by Geraldine Ferraro, another Clinton supporter.
"What I believe Geraldine Ferraro meant is that if you take a freshman senator from Illinois called 'Jerry Smith' and he says I'm going to run for president, would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?" Johnson said. "And the answer is, probably not."
"Geraldine Ferraro said it right," Johnson added. "The problem is, Geraldine Ferraro is white. This campaign has such a hair-trigger on anything racial it is almost impossible for anybody to say anything."
Ferraro, a Democratic candidate for vice president in 1984, stepped down last month as an adviser to Clinton amid controversy over comments she made to the Daily Breeze newspaper in Torrance, Calif. "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," Ferraro said. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."
Obama campaign spokesman Dan Leistikow called Johnson's remarks "just one in a long line of absurd comments by Bob Johnson and other Clinton supporters who will say or do anything to get the nomination. The American people are tired of this and are ready to turn the page on these kind of attack politics."
Johnson, who owns the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, is a longtime friend of both Hillary Clinton and former President Clinton.
In January, Johnson seemed to refer to Obama's acknowledged teenage drug use while introducing Clinton at a South Carolina event. He said the Clintons "have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues — when Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood; I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in his book — when they have been involved."
Obama wrote about his youthful drug use — marijuana, alcohol and sometimes cocaine — in his memoir, "Dreams From My Father." Johnson later denied that he was talking about Obama using drugs.
In a letter posted on his web site today, the musician known by his fans as "Brrruuuuuucce" endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president, siding with the first-term senator as "head and shoulders above the rest" -- an indirect put-down of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). Obama "has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that's interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit,"
I'm a big fan of [most of] Bruce's music, but has his endorsement every meant anything?
Springsteen's help -- including an Election Eve performance in Cleveland -- failed to boost Kerry in the decisive battleground of Ohio.
In obama's case, bragging rights from a big name in the rock & Roll pantheon which is in itself a category overwhelmingly white and male..
So it makes a slight impact, if only symbolically.
Just as I said Richardson's endorsement doesn't translate into suddenly getting some mythic Hispanic bloc vote. It merely shows people that a big name in the establishment thinks you've got a better shot than the other guy/gal. It's more a reassurance to undecideds, when coupled with other factors, can help to sway someone.
Whomod? Your just going to plow on throwing as much mud at Hillary while ignoring Obama's flaws. You stopped being critical of him not long after Edwards dropped out. Whatever, I don't hate Obama but he isn't perfect nor is Hillary the evil machine talking points you go with.
It'd be less disturbing if it didn't look as if Homer was in the 1970's era pussycat theatre chain. I'm still not sure if the popcorn was photoshopped in what with that expression and his hands strategically placed...
In obama's case, bragging rights from a big name in the rock & Roll pantheon which is in itself a category overwhelmingly white and male.
Which meant shit for John Kerry, as noted above.
Originally Posted By: whomod
It'd be less disturbing if it didn't look as if Homer was in the 1970's era pussycat theatre chain. I'm still not sure if the popcorn was photoshopped in what with that expression and his hands strategically placed...
That's right, whomod. There are actual, unretouched, pictures around the internet of Homer Simpson in a porn theater stroking a giant schlong and we've all seen them.
Hey, you're the one who seems to think we should all be focused on his race and give him a pass for being half-black. I was just trying to help you out by reminding that "evil racist doctor" of Obama's proud half-Nubian heritage.
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the "Hussein", and "Obama Bin laden stuff" ain't working out?
"Hussein" is his middle name and, you might recall, I expressed a certain admiration for Obama's handling of the incident in which a reporter accidentally referred to "Osama" as "Obama".
In a LA Times op-ed piece, Shipler sounds a lot like whomod as he explains how racism supposedly lurks in the minds of any one who dares criticize Barack Hussein Obama:
In a country so changed that a biracial man who is considered black has a shot at the presidency, the subterranean biases are much less discernible now than when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. They are subtle, unacknowledged and unacceptable in polite company. But they lurk below, lending resonance to the criticisms of Obama. Black professionals know the double standard. They are often labeled negatively for traits deemed positive in whites: A white is assertive, a black is aggressive; a white is resolute, a black is pushy; a white is candid, a black is abrasive; a white is independent, a black is not a team player. Prejudice is a shape shifter, adapting to acceptable forms.
For example, it also turns out that calling Obama elitist is actually a racial slur:
"Elitist" is another word for "arrogant," which is another word for "uppity," that old calumny applied to blacks who stood up for themselves.
Here's another example:
Casting Obama as "out of touch" plays harmoniously with the traditional notion of blacks as "others" at the edge of the mainstream, separate from the whole. Despite his ability to articulate the frustration and yearning of broad segments of Americans, his "otherness" has been highlighted effectively by right-wingers who harp on his Kenyan father and spread false rumors that he's a clandestine Muslim.
You can see how the Shipler/whomod method works: every criticism of Obama is "racist". If you say Obama is inexperienced, that's another word for "young," and a young male is a boy. You just called Obama "boy" ....you...you... bigot.
I've mentioned before that I think Obama has been largely admirable for not making his race a factor in the election. However, the more of his surrogates who do make me think that this is only so that his surrogates can do so for him.
And as you say, G-man, it's a card that can be spun to label ANY criticism of Obama as "racist".
And Obama can, for the most part, let his subordinates play that card to the hilt, while he continues to project his false image of being "above the fray".
The only thing is, as I've said many times, Colin Powell was selected by a majority of Americans as the candidate they would have chosen over anyone else in 1992, 1996, and 2000. And there are any number of other highly successful black politicians. The notion that the American public would allow these other black office-holders to rise as far as they have, and then deny the presidency to a guy based on skin-color, is just wild conspiracy.
It's a clever spin by Obama to appeal to black racists, who want to perpetuate race politics, perpetual victimhood, and racial quotas forever. And these liberal policies are, in truth, the most condescending racism of all, despite cloaking this mindset in handouts given under the name of "social justice".
Vindictive prejudicial stereotyping of whites for objectively criticizing Obama. Slapping false racist labels on non-supporters, to hide the Obama campaign's own racism and blaxploitation. It is truly Whomodian.
All I know is that Obama is Black; and he is, therefore, someone who's political and social message I can't question for any reason whatsoever. As a Black man running for president, everything he says needs to be taken as the absolute truth until he says something that contradicts it, in which case that becomes the absolute truth. As a white man, it would be nothing but racism for me to saying anything that was outside the realm of high praise and loyalty to that great Ebony Prince Barack Obama.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
this is the first time the mainstream media has delved into the William Ayers issue, one of the many below-the-belt zingers that Hillary has been trying to throw at Obama... Barack Obama took his first public grilling on his relationship with Bill Ayers last night, and between the moderators' pressing and Clinton's follow-up, it had exactly the effect the Clinton campaign hoped: finally injecting the issue into the public discussion. At the moment, "Ayers" is the fifth most searched term on Google, according to Google Trends; "Ayers Obama" is 15th. "William Ayers" is 26th.
Yes. How DARE the media ask a presidential candidate about his friendship with an admitted terrorist?
Who do those reporters think they are? Didn't they get the memo?
Dammit, people. Let's remember: Obama is Black.
It's racist to ask him about any issue he doesn't wish to discuss.
Let's try and be more sensitive to him prior to the coronation, m'okay?
We only hope he stops with Colbert and Stewart. If he brings out the big gun-Keith Olbermann, we're all doomed.
In all fairness, this post-debate analysis includes both Air America's Rachel Maddow as well as conservative Pat Buchanan.
to everyones credit, they devoted more substantive talk in 3 segments than Charlie Gibson was able to achieve in 2 hours, 1 devoted exclusively to furthering every innuendo he could squeeze in about Obama. Buchanan's take on Clinton's Imperial presidency statement, in clip # 3 was especially good and something almost all the media ignored while sifting thru the slime.
When Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton for another televised Democratic candidates' debate last night, it was more than a step forward in the 2008 presidential election. It was another step downward for network news -- in particular ABC News, which hosted the debate from Philadelphia and whose usually dependable anchors, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, turned in shoddy, despicable performances.
For the first 52 minutes of the two-hour, commercial-crammed show, Gibson and Stephanopoulos dwelled entirely on specious and gossipy trivia that already has been hashed and rehashed, in the hope of getting the candidates to claw at one another over disputes that are no longer news. Some were barely news to begin with.
The only thing is, as I've said many times, Colin Powell was selected by a majority of Americans as the candidate they would have chosen over anyone else in 1992, 1996, and 2000. And there are any number of other highly successful black politicians. The notion that the American public would allow these other black office-holders to rise as far as they have, and then deny the presidency to a guy based on skin-color, is just wild conspiracy.
It's a clever spin by Obama to appeal to black racists, who want to perpetuate race politics, perpetual victimhood, and racial quotas forever. And these liberal policies are, in truth, the most condescending racism of all, despite cloaking this mindset in handouts given under the name of "social justice".
Vindictive prejudicial stereotyping of whites for objectively criticizing Obama. Slapping false racist labels on non-supporters, to hide the Obama campaign's own racism and blaxploitation. It is truly Whomodian.
Funny you mention Powell since he too recently praised Obama and repeated his points for him.
So unless Colin Powell is really a racist black, this caricature sort of falls flat.
If those numbers hold or grow for Obama there goes two of Hillary's talking points: (1) that she has a better chance of beating McCain; (2) that she's going to win the primary popular vote.
Hillary Clinton says Obama should stop complaining about taking hard questions at Wednesday’s ABC News debate — since he’ll have to face a lot tougher issues if he becomes president.
In an interview with Fox 29 in Philadelphia, Clinton said of her Democratic opponent, “I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked. Being asked tough questions in a debate is nothing like the pressures you face inside the White House.”
“I’ve been through, what, 23 of these debates?” she said. “As I recall, I was asked some pretty tough questions in nearly every one of them.”
In North Carolina, Obama echoed critics who said ABC’s moderators were focused on trivial matters — and that they seemed tougher on the Illinois Senator than his New York counterpart. “Last night I think we set a new record because it took us 45 minutes before we even started talking about a single issue that matters to the American people,” he said. “Senator Clinton looked in her element. She was taking every opportunity to get a dig in there. Ya know? That’s alright. That’s her right. That’s her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit.”
Clinton’s response: if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. “The special interests are going to be a lot tougher than 90 minutes of questions from two journalists and we need a president who is going to be up there fighting everyday for the American people and not complain about how much pressure there is, and how hard the questions are,” she said. ...
FOX Now to be fair Clinton has also complained about tough questions. On the other hand I don't remember much if any sympathy for her when the campaign did it. Obama complains & we see a whole bunch of columns criticizing ABC for asking him tough questions.
Now to be fair Clinton has also complained about tough questions.
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On the other hand I don't remember much if any sympathy for her when the campaign did it. Obama complains & we see a whole bunch of columns criticizing ABC for asking him tough questions.
Still, after that tantrum she had about being asked the first question in every debate and her crying about how mean the press was to a female candidate, she really has zero credibility with which to attack Obama on this issue.
The only thing is, as I've said many times, Colin Powell was selected by a majority of Americans as the candidate they would have chosen over anyone else in 1992, 1996, and 2000. And there are any number of other highly successful black politicians. The notion that the American public would allow these other black office-holders to rise as far as they have, and then deny the presidency to a guy based on skin-color, is just wild conspiracy.
It's a clever spin by Obama to appeal to black racists, who want to perpetuate race politics, perpetual victimhood, and racial quotas forever. And these liberal policies are, in truth, the most condescending racism of all, despite cloaking this mindset in handouts given under the name of "social justice".
Vindictive prejudicial stereotyping of whites for objectively criticizing Obama. Slapping false racist labels on non-supporters, to hide the Obama campaign's own racism and blaxploitation. It is truly Whomodian.
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Funny you mention Powell since he too recently praised Obama and repeated his points for him.
So unless Colin Powell is really a racist black, this caricature sort of falls flat.
My point was that Powell (a black man) was selected by a majority of Americans as their Presidential candidate of choice over ANYONE ELSE running, consistently, in 1992, 1996 and 2000. And Powell wasn't even running. Far from being "a society that won't let a black man rise to the level of president", as a columnist who shares your hatred and stereotypes of Americans alleges. These are consistent polls that disprove that slanderous notion.
That alone renders allegations that the Americans wouldn't accept a black man as president to be so much excrement, so clearly not the reality.
If the American voters don't pick Obama, it's not "racism", they clearly are ready for a black candidate, and as Powells polls make evident, have been for more than a decade, if a decent black candidate is offered.
If Obama is rejected, it is clearly a rejection of his record and approach to the issues, NOT his skin color.
Regarding Powell "praising" Obama, he praised Obama's tactics in a particular instance, not Obama's overall candidacy. Pat Buchanan (in your Olbermann Youtube clips, and pretty much weekly on other programs) has praised aspects of Obama as well, I wouldn't call that an endorsement either. It's just political commentary on aspects of the candidates.
Powell in the same above clip also praised Hillary and McCain, and the wide range of diametrically opposed political beliefs expressed in this election, in what Powell praised as the astonishingly peaceful election process we have, when opinions are so divergent, as compared to the volatile process in other nations. Most of all, Powell praised our uniquely open election process in which all three candidates were a part of, rather than praising or "endorsing" Obama or anyone else.
Like virtually everything else you link here, you spun that clip as something it was not.
