Palin Rally: Lib media transforms a single bigot into a racist mob »
Posted By Wolfie2007 8 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsDana Milbank of the Washington Post often writes with a good deal of attitude, and his Tuesday column was no exception. In his report on Sarah Palin’ s campaign speech in Clearwater, Florida, laced with mocking Palinisms (“ darn right,” “ betcha” ), he wrote that “ the self-identified pit bull has been unleashed, if not unhinged.” The “ unhinging,” in Milbank’ s assessment, came when Palin charged that Obama still has some explaining to do about his relationship with 1960s Weatherman bomber William Ayers.
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redtomatoComment removed: User banned.76 Replies
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Wolfie20078 months, 3 weeks ago
These bigots were probably Obama operatives working with Milbank so he could write this smear. Someone should record what the Obamites say to the people going into Palin Rallys. I've heard they scream and shout all kinds of insults at those folks. Of course, republicans and conservatives don't raise a stink about it because it just what liberal democrat trash does and we just consider the source, so who cares?
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Goppy8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Modern Republican party ... Christian Conservatives ... if you will ... have ... as their foundation ... a knee jerk racism and bigotry that has harmed our nation just horribly.
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One might say that ... we would have NO race problem in America today if not for the EXTREME Racism from small minded Americans who not only REFUSED to accept Blacks ... Asians ... Mexicans into society ... but WORKED AGAINST the whole concept.
As Racism and Bigotry is the foundation ... the origins of the Modern Republican Party .... I doubt seriously that it will go away any time soon.
Modern Republicans MUST have a group to DEMONIZE .... It's in the DNA.
It's not 'Politically Correct' to hate Black People Overtly now ... so Republicans have shifted their Demonization towards Catholics, The Educated, Mexicans, and Homosexuals.
It is simply a way to 'motivate the base'. To PASSIONATELY motivate the base.
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Candida8 months, 3 weeks ago
Wolfie2007: "These bigots were probably Obama operatives"
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I've posted some links above. Are those all Obama operatives too?
How about this person who interrupted one of Obama's events?
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ibstilyn8 months, 3 weeks ago
I think you might be onto something there Wolfie.. I think ACORN was infiltrated by republicans who purposely engaged in fraudulent voter registration to make them look bad. And while we are at it , those fake national guard records of Bush's that Dan Rather fell for---they were actually the truth put into forged documents so they could be called fake so no one would believe the truth about Bush. That had Karl Rove all over it....
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Remember.. the media seems biased because the truth has a liberal slant to it.... -
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redtomatoComment removed: User banned.12 Replies
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lfergie8128 months, 3 weeks ago
Hey! Here's another Palin rally. Do you see any of these people there?
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http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/alaska-wo...
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lfergie8128 months, 3 weeks ago
Perfect description of the Republican party. They cannot earn up to the mess they have created.
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doggammit8 months, 3 weeks ago
I hear the boos - a chorus of them at McCain's rally - when he tried to appeal for calm. I heard them again when he rebuked the "Arab" comment"... Stop trying to spin what is evident.
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Aside from that I know my evangelical conservative nut fringe up close and personal. Cheerleaders for an Aryan jeebus and the GOP. They don't grow 'em more dumbed down or more elephant hided... slow of foot - slow to adapt... suicidal in a sense - and on the way to extinction.
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grantma8 months, 3 weeks ago
Your right, I have to admit it, I am a racist republican killer of babies (sorry the democrats are) and all things not white.
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They have blamed me for everything in the world except that the blacks have out of wedlock babies by 75 percent, They refuse to go to schools etc.
Not one black is a racist they all vote for pride for Obama and not the Old war hero. (is obama even registered with the draft)
I don't give a damn what you DemoRATS think on why I dispise non working, baby popping, ***** women etc., where now the sky if falling due to the demRATS given loans to people who don't even work.
To say that the Republicans are against educated peolple is as stupid as you can get, we are the educated, you are the uneducated.-
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doggammit8 months, 3 weeks ago
Is that grantma or gruntma? Still working with the New Math I see... Oh, nevermind... You're RIGHT if you think you are...
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Candida8 months, 3 weeks ago
grantma: "They have blamed me for everything in the world except that the blacks have out of wedlock babies by 75 percent"
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I guess the percentage among white girls will soon go up - out of respect for Bristol Palin.
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"I don't give a damn what you DemoRATS think on why I dispise non working, baby popping, ***** women"
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Sabretooth8 months, 3 weeks ago
"why I dispise non working"
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"To say that the Republicans are against educated peolple is as stupid as you can get, we are the educated, you are the uneducated."
Please try to make sure your spelling and grammar are somewhat correct when you decide to brag about your education. Where you come from do you consider passing the 8th grade to be educated? -
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doggammit8 months, 3 weeks ago
"When are the Obama supporters going to run out of race cards..."
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When GOP knuckle draggers stop pulling them out of their hat and playing them - the game will be officially over... -
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k9kssr8 months, 3 weeks ago
My aversion to Obama has nothing to do with race and I am very tired of any criticism of him as being racially motivated. It does a disservice to your candidate. He is going to have to undergo scrutiny and criticism as a presidential contender and (God forbid) if he wins the election. Can you imagine what this country will be like if no one can criticize the president, as they have all presidents, with race becoming the issue?
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memestryker8 months, 3 weeks ago
Some of my major issues with McCain are his views on abortion and gays, his sometimes hawkish views, his sometimes condescending comments, and his late selection of Palin so she's had to practically go through bootcamp to come up to speed.
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Some of my major issues with Obama are his inexperience, his support of anti-U.S. constitution U.N. and government policies, and his ties to ultra-leftist Soros and wealthy bully Bloomberg, who places himeself above the law.
I really don't care about the race/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation of the individual. I am a libertarian, and I have voted democrat more than republican over the years because of the issues important to me. I'm pleased that either a racial/ethnic minority or a woman will be elected this time around. I'm a bit more concerned about the Obama than the McCain ticket, though. I hope whichever is elected will be given either a house or senate of the opposite party to keep him in check.
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k9kssr8 months, 3 weeks ago
His partial birth abortion votes and his no vote on the Born Alive bill for starters. I cannot see this country being led by a man who would vote to withhold medical aid to a baby born alive from a botched abortion. America has fought and sacrificed to stop other countries who practice this atrocity. Now we have someone running for president who supports infanticide.
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Candida8 months, 3 weeks ago
k9kssr: "I cannot see this country being led by a man who would vote to withhold medical aid to a baby born alive from a botched abortion."
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I didn't realize that you belonged to the "Right to Birth" movement. Are you concerned only about aborted fetuses, or does your concern extend to little children? Could you vote for someone who would withhold medical care from them, like President Bush did and all those who voted against the bill that would have provided medical care to children.
You say: "America has fought and sacrificed to stop other countries who practice this atrocity."
I don't know what you are referring to. Where did America fight, and what kinds of sacrifices did it make to stop others from aborting fetuses? Don't you think that's the internal affair of each country? Would you like other countries to dictate to you what you can or cannot do? Other countries may think that the death penalty is barbaric. Should they stop the US from executing people?
What about the children killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and lately Pakistan, not to mention all the children in Korea, Vietnam, South America, and all kinds of other countries where the US has interfered? Don't they count? How about the adults? What is the worth of a million Iraqi lives?
You should understand something: nobody is for abortions. Those who promote sex education do it to prevent abortions. You should also face another fact: you can outlaw abortions, but you cannot eliminate them. The only question is whether they are legal or illegal. Abortion existed at the time of your mother, your grandmother and probably much earlier than that. That's just how things are, and there is nothing you can do about it. The more unwanted pregnancies we prevent, the fewer abortion there will be. -
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HateKoolAid8 months, 3 weeks ago
That bill had nothing to do with 'killing babies just born' and you damn well know it. No infant is purposely killed at birth so stop doing the right wing twist with the truth. Anti-abortionists have been trying to get bills like this passed for years in order to get around Roe vs. Wade. They purposely word these bills to make anybody opposing them sound callous. The only time late term abortions are performed is when the mothers life is in grave danger from pregnancy complications, which by the way are rare. The wording on the original bill "A baby shall be considered born alive at anytime during development" (read at conception) is what the obvious problem was. Once that was resolved it passed.
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memestryker8 months, 3 weeks ago
I really wouldn't worry about that. He recently stated he'd like to see abortion decisions return to the states, probably more strongly than McCain (but not Palin). He doesn't realize that's really an anti-Roe position, from what I gather. I'm strongly pro-choice, and I judge both candidates to be too anti-abortion for my tastes. And the so called "Born Alive" issue is really a play on words. These are not babies that can survive, so it's just spin on the part of the far right.
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My boss is Catholic, and abortion is her #1 issue. My view on abortion is just not a priority for me in this election--although I have consciously voted pro-choice in a number of past elections.
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memestryker8 months, 3 weeks ago
Obama has picked up enough knowledge to be able to talk the issues over the months, but he doesn't have actual experience with the issues. He didn't even have a platform in February, and he just adopted Clinton's when he was finally up against the wall. It's taken him months to finally define his platform.
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Palin has had only 6 weeks, but is also bright and capable. I'm more concerned at Obama's inexperience as president than hers as vice president.
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ibstilyn8 months, 3 weeks ago
Not only would palin be our president , but she'd have pelosi as her vice president. I say all disagreements should be settled by a jello wrestling match if that comes to pass... Palooka Pelosi vs Caribou Barbie.... woooohooo
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OldBetty8 months, 3 weeks ago
And the message the silent ones carry home with them will guide their actions in the days to come. I am afraid. It feels like I have been here before.
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Candida8 months, 3 weeks ago
ljponejolic: "the only thing that matters is he is black and if you disagree with him you are a racist"
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No, disagreeing with him doesn't make you a racist. However, if you feel that you will immediately be labeled as a racist if you disagreed with him on a legitimate issue, that probably is a good indication that you are one.
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theaceofclubz8 months, 3 weeks ago
According to tomatoe this guy is obviously a plant. A plant that saw the cameras on him, felt shame, and then passed his toy off to a child. Cause the McCain base is white as snow, right?
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Foghorned8 months, 3 weeks ago
Palin has been critizied for her inexperience. If you believe the actuarties, Mccain has a 15% chance of not making it through his first term.
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So if Obama gets elected, we have a 100% chance of having some one grossely inexperienced in the office. If McCain gets in, we have a 15% chance of Palin taking over. I'll go with McPalin.-
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lucashallandale8 months, 3 weeks ago
It's too bad that his inexperience has produced so many good ideas for the next 4 years. I guess we'll just have stay with the 26yrs of experience of McCain and continue with the Bush/republican ideals that have destroyed us since the big tax and spending years of the Clinton administration that brought us prosperity and an enourmous budget surplus.
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slate8 months, 3 weeks ago
Yeah I know. I never understood how the left feels ok with Obama’s inexperience and felt its ok because he picked an experienced VP to help with that. However they aren’t intelligent enough to figure out that if indeed McCain were to pass away, all she would need to do is the same thing Obama has done and pick a VP to help her in the areas she needs help in.
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lucashallandale8 months, 3 weeks ago
No matter whay they say, the Republicans are known to use anything they can to scare and divide the American public.
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Rally after rally they continue to mention the candidate as Baroc Hussein Obama. This only to evoke the feeling that he is a Muslim and or terrorist as many of the Republicans have said. Yes yes, they are only using his full name which has nothing wrong with it. But, come on, that's what the intention is, scare and divide. Clinton, Johnson, Carter, etc. all had middle names which were not repeated at every rally because it wouldn't have made a difference.
So, when they sow these type of seeds, and provoke this type of atmosphere, they really have to own up to the consequences.
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orndorffter8 months, 3 weeks ago
I sat here and I juust could not stop reading the comments and I have to say this is the frist time I had read every single one, I'v read alot tonight and I really can't beleave some of the stuff, boy just the comments alone would make a good story and even a great movie if you used every comment, ya all got me wondering something, my Father and my grandparents are full blooded Indian, does that make any of you feel differnt about me? I do know there is alot of racial people out htere, but just because of the color of ones skin makes him less a person. by the way while we are on that subject kill, at the age of four my father and grandfather was killed,left me all these years without a father.
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SantaCruzKidd8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Restless Silence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjfdfbcGBM
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OldBetty8 months, 3 weeks ago
1. I do not believe Sarah Palin believes that Obama is a terrorist, but yes- she did infer that by association, encouraging others to take it as far as they will. For a speaker to take the primal fear that is represented by the word "terrorist" and use it in such a calculated fashion is irresponsible. As for it being only one crazy person, that's just not true. Any person who stands up and yells "Kill him" knows that the mood around him is with his sentiments or he would be afraid to yell it. It is the silent ones who pose the danger.
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2. William Ayers was first a member of the Students for Democratic Action. When protesting failed, the Weathermen took social activism a step further. It is a time that is difficult to explain. The Vietnam War, four assassinations, the civil rights movement, little girls being bombed in their church - it was enough to make a lot of people a little bit crazy. The Weathermen's intention was to disrupt society's "business as usual" attitude to force those in charge to listen. The only people they injured accidentally were members of their own group. They were never convicted of anything and after some years in hiding were allowed to resume regular lives. For the last 30-40 years, Ayers has been a contributing member of society, supporting educational programs and working as a college professor. It is logical that he would have been drawn to a candidacy that represents a societal change in thinking, that has been a long time in coming. To call Ayers a terrorist at this stage in his life is the same as assuming that John McCain is still the irresponsible womanizing midshipman who graduated at the bottom of his class.-
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doggammit8 months, 3 weeks ago
Points VERY well taken OldBetty... Thanks for reminding us!
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doggammit8 months, 3 weeks ago
But she didn't - and "old hippie terrorists" did what they had to in order to put their point across with both Nixon and LBJ. It took some courage and popular activism to do that. You have to be sitting in an MSM bunker not to realize that when politicians forget who elected them and take it upon themselves to pursue nefarious mean to questionable ends people react in droves. The longer those reactions are ignored, the more likely the chance for protest to become "animated". Civil disobedience is as much a part of American political life as oligarchic incest. Spontaneous protest and even terrorism occurs when the will of the majority suffers political abortion. The right to free speech is the right to live life as one (or a consensus of many) see fit and it was not just "hippie terrorists" who found Nixon and LBJ odious - as the judicial (Nixon - impeached) and public (LBJ's unpopularity) record clearly shows.
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Your desire to stereotype and pigeon hole a vocal minority that apparently did speak for a majority of Americans during the 60's gets in the way of objectivity. No one here is claiming that all GOP supporters behave as rabidly as the vocal minority that attend these Palin-McCain love ins. On the other hand, many see these people as part of an alarming trend swept into motion by negative attacks branded into the GOP platform. Not only that but the history of GOP smear and swiftboating is long and easily distinguished among chief party hacks and puppetmasters - Gingrich, Rove & Co. - both elected and non-elected and that perception is not easily disengaged. Nor is it a spontaneous populist uprising - even though it does result in a politic of perception that takes GOP/neocon hardliners and sends them careening off the rails.
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jaern8 months, 3 weeks ago
Worse, Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."
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