One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
By PaganPower on June 26, 2008 at 2:06 AM in Barack Obama, Race Card
Ripped from HillaryGreenMountain.org
Latest edition: Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas plays the race card on Obama’s behalf. Is she auditioning for VP, or is this the rhetoric of the new Democratic Party?
Awesome, I’ve always said “a spades a spade”. Go ahead, make my day.
Since Obama came out and said his new style of campaigning will focus on issues and avoid the negative gotcha politics of the past and he has yet to address any issues except for a few broad brush generalized statements followed by crowds chanting yes we can and now he is using negative campaigning to accuse his opponent of future negative campaigning by falsely imputing statements that will never be said, is it proper to say the pot is calling the kettle black?
Well, he addressed FISA and look what that got him. Hee hee. He committed several gaffs last week trying to act like he’s going to campaign on the issues. Didn’t he say that about the primaries? And is it just me, or does it seem like every time he “tries” to address some issue, he gets it wrong? Every time?
I mean, he’s Mr. New Politics, the bright, clean, new guy, who’s gonna do the hopey-changy, yes-we-can, stuff. So, how is it he gets it all so wrong? So like the same-ol’, same-ol’ Washington stuff? And aren’t his hope-a-dopes getting a little bit cramped from all the pretzel twisting maneuvers they keep having to do in order to continue their unwavering adulation of their messiah?
Guess when all else fails, whip out the good, old, reliable race card.
Smearing the opponent by making himself seem
a victim worked well for B.O. in the primary.
The NYT noted that our unifier hasn’t given Clinton
a penny toward her massive debt, yet expects
her to ask her donors to support him.
What a f*king jerk.
I think every Obama office has official Twister breaks.
They have to stay supple, after all.
insert apostrophe here’
McCain should take the quote of Obama from the linked article and turn it around to:
“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me,” the presumptive Republican nominee said. ‘”He’s old and senile and he’s got a funny stance. And did I mention he’s lost his bearings?”
McCain has too much class to do that, and Obama has already accused McCain of losing his bearings. Obama refuses to engage in a true debate forum with McCain because he knows McCain possesses the quicker and sharper extemporaneous command of facts and reason.
bo is the one who keeps forgetting what he’s saying.
Good point. Also, how many states there are.
Hey, guess who the latest “under the bus” victim is? Scarlett Johansson. Barry must have decided that her claiming they are e-mail buddies didn’t put him in the best light. He actually made the poor girl look like she’s living in some kind of fantasy world.
What a guy. Now go on Scarlett, wedge yourself in there between grandma and Reverend Wright. And don’t get too comfortable, because I have a feeling it’s going to be getting even more crowded very, very soon.
Oh man, I’ve gotta tell my husband about this! We laughed and laughed about that one. Shoot, we’re so danged old, we didn’t even know who she was! Took some single guy at dh’s office to let him know (and that guy was laughing even harder than we were).
First thing we thought was, “Bet Michelle was MAD when she saw that girl!” What’d MEchelle say about Hillary keeping house? Uh huh. More chickens coming home to roost.
Speaking of roosting chickens, maybe he needs a bigger chicken coop, too?
More under the bus.
“As of this evening, Mike Klonsky is no longer blogging on the Barack Obama for President website. Mike Klonsky has role in the Obama campaign, former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers’ longtime comrade-in-arms from their days in SDS to the Chicago School Wars they fought in the 80s and 90s alongside Barack Obama.
Earlier today when one went to the Community Blogs on the Obama website there was the Klonsky blog on education policy and something he calls “social justice teaching.”
Tonight, all you get at the same URL is: “Invalid blog/profile URL.” Today’s softer version of the Stalinist airbrush.”
ht/ rezkowatch.com
He’s become a non-blogger.
Wasn’t it nice of Obama to throw them the tattered remains of our Constitution - to burn if they need to stay warm?
Aaaah, do you think it would be outta line if I wedged myself in there between Scarlet and ANYONE!!!!!
I can’t believe Obama thinks ANY one can position him as a ’scary black man’. The only thing I’m frightened of is his lack of experience, arrogance, and policies. He’s a metrosexual, arugala-eating leftie who is about as physically imposing as a teddy bear.
His wife is the scary black man. Now that Rev. Wright is under the bus, Michelle is the spiritual mentor and has been all along.
lol….michelle ” a scary black man “…..too funny !
No no no, didn’t you catch Olbermann the other day? Obama CANT be an Elitist because “his father came from Kenya.” On the flip side, McCain MUST be an elitist because “his father was an Admiral.”
Get it now? Elitist attitudes are determined by BIRTH, not culture! Obama could ride around in limos eating arugala while his wife shops exclusively at organic food stores for just the right cheese assortment needed for the Lear jet flight to the Cannes Film Festival, and he still would not be an elitist because HIS FATHER CAME FROM KENYA.
And just in case this isnt enough, remember he was “raised by a single mom” on the “mean streets of Chicago” (it must be true, because Keith Told Me So.)
Olbermann has become a parody of himself.
As for elitist, it has nothing to do with race, birthplace, culture or money. Elitism is an attitude. And Obama has it. As does Olbermann who thinks his rants are anything more than the temper tantrums of a pathetic hack.
Olbermann wants to see the worst hack in the world he only needs a mirror.
Did Keith not read the part about Obama Sr. abandoning Barack at the age of 2? And that Barck Jr. had virtually no contact with his father?
That’s why he stopped debating Hillary. Every time they had a debate, people got to see for themselves who was actually in command of the issues and was a true leader (and not an “evil monster.”) After the debates, his numbers always went down. He can’t maintain the Messiah illusion when people actually listen to him talk about substantial concerns. So what does he do? He avoids it altogether–now, refusing to join McCain in Town Halls around the country. New politics? Yea, new in the sense that reality doesn’t seem to matter–only marketing.
This race card from Sibelius is disgusting. He is going to bring the whole Party down to his level. I guess we need a “Code Book Manual” so we don’t accidentally blurt out something like “candy!” and find out it’s racist.
Add “fairy tale,” “inexperienced,” and “liberal” to the manual. (Or ANY criticism of BO). This gets more farcical by the day.
I really think this is nothing more than their attempt to diffuse the Wright issue before it rears it’s ugly head again.
They’re trying to make it untenable to ask, “Why’d you stay in that church for 20 years?”
Let’s make it so that they can’t avoid this question, shall we?
Only with Obama can someone take the phrase “he’s not qualified” and turn it into a racial issue. Jeebus!
I personally think the incessant use of the race card is great. It pisses off the electorate. I am hoping to see them use it on TV every single day until people just trip over each other on November 4 to shut these race baiters up. Seriously, you should be glad he uses the “victim” crap every time he gets caught looking like all the things he is: A liar, a fool, a duplicitous panderer, a buddy with terrorists, a Jew hater, a Woman hater, a White Person hater, inept, and an inexperienced manchild chicago thug with issues.
I love the way Sibelius is now an expert on the winning campaign’s MAP! Is she SERIOUS?
The only hope he has of becoming president is to ensure that he is not scrutinized closely.
The use of the race card is done every time they get a little uncomfortable with any potential scrutiny.
The overuse of the racecard is going to do him in.
You cant keep using the race card distraction everytime you are asked to stay substantive and explain your issues.
You cant use the race card to substitue for character, wisdom, judgement, and qualifications.
race baiting is no better than racism.
In fact i believe its worse.
Racism is the result of ignorance.
Racebaiting is the result of understanding exactly how to manipulate racism to your advantage.
>>>>Racebaiting is the result of understanding exactly how to manipulate racism to your advantage.
Exactly!!
“The Uniter” is so low on substance that he couldn’t win the nomination without dividing the party by falsely accusing the Clintons of racism.
And the A-list left bloggers went along with it!! With all the race-baiting going on at DK, TPM and other Obama blogs, I’m wondering if many of the race-baiting commenters were Trinity members.
So now we have a country that believes the Clintons historical statements were racially motivated.
When Obama APOLOGIZES for intentionally allowing their comments to be distorted as racist, I may consider voting for him.
Since Obama doesn’t apologize, it’s doubtful I’ll be removing my “Democrats for McCain” bumpersticker.
Excellent points Jeremiah.
Pictures are worth a thousand words, but sometimes a few words say a hell of a lot!
We have an AA blog telling us Obama is a ‘calculated and cynical’ S.O.B.:
To say Hillary (or Bill) doesn’t care about AA’s is the biggest line of sh*t. Bill’s office is located in Harlem. This AA blogger seems to be speaking code to AAs to expect hands out if Obama is elected:
(read: Whites voting for Obama are SUCKERS!)
What does “if you think Hillary would be better for us” mean? Aren’t all people supposed to be equal? Or, is he expecting favoritism based upon race? Reparations maybe?
Plus:
At least he admits Obama is a puppet, and there is a puppet master elsewhere pulling Obama’s strings.
Obviously, they haven’t figured out yet that Obama is not as progressive as they thought when they voted for him in the primary.
The AAs better be prepared when they figure out Obama’s REAL agenda.
You people are pathetic. She lost, get over it.
And this stupid white american outrage of the so called “race card” is midirected. Instead, you should be outraged about the racism among white americans. Where was the outrage when PA voters said race was an issue, huh? That’s what I thought. Yet, you act as if you are upset that the race card is used. I take it that any time a person wants to tackle the issue of racism in America, that is using the race card.
So, the question becomes–how can one address racism without being accused of using the race card?
They are not “addressing” racism–they are USING racism, in a very calculated and manipulative way, to give Obama an advantage. It is all about portraying him as a victim, as someone who is being treated unfairly solely because of his race. The fact that both Sebelius and Obama himself have tried to undermine the validity of the inexperience argument by mentioning it in the same breath as his race is outrageous. That IS playing the race card. One has nothing to do with the other–Obama is woefully inexperienced, and his being black doesn’t, and shouldn’t, innoculate him from that criticism.
Ferraro was right. A white man with Barry’s resume would have been laughed off the national political stage months ago. But then it’s “racist” to say that, isn’t it?
Ferraro nailed it, 100%. If BarDork were not black his bony behind would be back in Chi-town or the Senate already.
Affirmative. Action. Candidacy.
And the bad kind of affirmative action, too. The ‘you’re not qualified,’ ‘quota’ kind.
Ferraro was right. A white man with Barry’s resume would have been laughed off the national political stage months ago. But then it’s “racist” to say that, isn’t it?
Can you imagine if a woman had run for president with O’s resume?? I wonder if they would’ve even given her a press conference to announce before ignoring her completing. It’s all such a sham, and that’s why he’s flopping around like a fish now–he’s way over his head.
Thank you MaryPat!
Big difference between ‘addressing’ racism and ‘exploiting’ it.
But notice how every poster continues to do this. If I were supporting BO because I thought he stood for something but was up against racism, I would every chance I got, be speaking about the merits of his platform and his leadership ability.
But do Obama supporters do this? No! Insead, they keep insisting that race is the only reason behind white people not supporting him. They simply can’t defend his candidacy beyond that.
There’s nothing racist about not wanting to support a candidate that you believe won’t make a good president because he’s given you a multitutde of reasons to doubt his character, and his preparedness for the job.
So play the race card all you want.
All oObama is doing is trivializing real racism to the detriment of the AA community.
Ob is destroying every AAs chance of ever running for president again.
Isn’t it racist for AAs to only vote for OB because he is black?
We have seen, thanks to OB, that AAs are very racist.
“You lost. Get over it” is exactly what the neocons said after they stole the Presidency in 2004.
I guess all thieves talk alike.
Would the expression BLOW ME be to rude doyathink? Or should we let yer “downlowin” candidate earn HIS Presidentialwannabee knee pads?
You people are pathetic. She lost, get over it.
I thought this article was about Kathleen Sebelius—not Hillary Clinton. You’re the one bringing her into it.
Maybe people aren’t thinking about race so much any more, because the average American is just trying to survive from day to day. I’m more worried about how I’m going to make my house payment this month—not whether or not a black man is elected president. Now, call me a racist. I guess people who are still in college with Mommy and Daddy supporting them wouldn’t be able to understand what I’m talking about.
Its really not worth it, but here goes anyway: can you explain to me why AA voters going 9-1 for Obama is not voting based on race, but whites voting 6-4 for Obama is?
I meant whites voting 6-4 for Hillary of course.
Shut up, moron.
We are the people who are going to make sure your Messiah not only loses but gets his ass kicked in November. That is, if the coupists complete their “Eff You” to their voters in August.
You and Stick Man are a joke. Tell Barry that Scarlett Johanson heard from Larry Sinclair that Barry’s Johnson ain’t up to par and that the hook-up is off. Barry will have to settle for the email correspondence instead.
Hey, we just effed over 5 million voters. But get over it.
I bet you would have felt the same way if we put you in a time machine and sent you back to the 3/5ths days, huh?
Jackass.
C’mon Summer I’m sure you’re a big girl and can tell that there’s a difference between getting race out into the open and making policy changes
to make things better for AAs
AND
saying people are racist if they don’t vote
for BO.
I will never vote for a person who uses intimidation tactics to get votes - you know that is what he’s doing as well as I do. It just doesn’t feel like intimidation to YOU, cuz you think he’s just so cool
and you’re all primed to follow him wherever he leads.
Something else to be aware of: this primary was rigged, more and more people are becoming aware of this fact, and we’re not getting over it. Not this election cycle anyway.
Hey summer, you’re quite the bummer!
I’m against racism where ever it rears it’s
ugly head, even in CHURCH!
BOWL bigtime!
He hasn’t won yet, and she hasn’t lost yet. So don’t count all the chickens in Barack’s hen house yet.
Why don’t you address the racism of blacks by voting 92% for Obama?
Why are Obots so dumb? Seriously. “She lost get over it.”
A. She did not lose. She was the popular vote winner. He was an engineered, selected candidate.
B. This has nothing to do with Hillary. It is all about the Obama. Of all the candidates running, he was the last on my list, even early on. He is unqualified, arrogant, hypocritical, and lacks judgment (for starters).
If you can’t see the difference between injecting race into every situation for your advantage vs. being a real leader that fights for equality and elevating the public dialogue, then read some Martin Luther King Jr. or Ghandi. Obama is an empty shell using gimmicks to get ahead.
Name caller. You’ve no high and mighty right to call anyone pathetic. It’s YOU who dishonestly fails to mention - Jesse Jackson Jr helping Obama to solidify the AA vote in SC by accussing Hillary of racism “Katrina tears”. It’s YOU who is so dishonest as to fail to note Jim Clyburn calling the Clintons racist on behalf of BO because they called him “inexperienced”. YOU are the pathetic liar. Coming here and calling dissenters “racist” is nothing new from the dumb ass likes of you.
Obama’s campaign began this year with a win in Iowa. The statement made by Jesse Jackson, Jr., Obama’s National Campaign Co-Chair to the Washington Post:
“The natural reminder here is O.J. [Simpson] — how does an African American candidate attack a white woman?”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/04/AR2008010400117.html
Obama has race baited and used sexist terms during the campaign. Obama never objected to the above hateful statement. He continues to play the same game. The above statement wasn’t addressing race-it was a hateful statement.
I wonder if race was an issue for the 90+% of African-Americans who happened to vote for Obama.
Ya think?
You moron… Racism was NEVER a factor till your boy brought it in…
Excuse me, this is off-topic, but Blogger has just locked my Hillary or Bust blog, based on their spam bot identifying it as spam, or someone flagging the blog. I am sure it was the latter. So this is the new kind of censorship Obama people want. If they don’t like what you say, they’ll try to get your blog shut down. I’ve already seen one Hillary blog disappear out of the blue. I’ve filled out the form to have an editor review my blog, which means I have to wait four days for a response. If they are an Obamabot who hates Hillary people I am screwed. Looking into possibly moving the blog. What a nightmare.
That has happened to several anti-BOBO blogs today.
I would suggest that everyone boycott blogger and move to a more supportive environment.
Check some of the down thread comments for suggestions of where other pro Hillary-anti BOBO bloggers are going.
These Obamabutt heads are really pissing me off — it is their way or no way it seems.
I would suggest that everyone go and do some pay-back — hit the pro-BOBO blogs by flagging their asses — just like they are doing to the anti-BOBO blogs.
Pay-back is a bi*ch.
That’s right Obama!
Keep pissing on everyone’s First Ammendment Rights!
Enjoy the luxury of the msm NOT reporting everything you do.
Remember the Drum?
The Drum was the means of communication in Africa. That Drum still exists in word-of-mouth.
We’re not going away.
And if we have to, we’re taking to the streets to spread the word.
Thanks, I’ll check the thread for the other suggestions…I may just move the blog to my own webhost…which means I need to get a domain name set up and move the blog contents over…not too hard in wordpress but still….arggghhh….
Contact Google/Blogger and complain about it.
You can write columns at http://www.inewstube.com
Registration is free and I can guarantee there isn’t a pro-Obama agenda!
Think about how they will silence Americans if Obama wins in November. Obama and his supporters are scary and do not support the First Amendment.
This just happend to 30year dem. Did they send you an email?
I got an automated email telling me my blog was blocked. I had to go enter in a code to request an editorial review, which would happen within four days. If I did not respond within 20 days they’d delete the blog completely. (Good thing I was not on vacation.)
Probably it’s a strategic move by the Obama blog center.
The same thing happened to me about 7:30 pm (PDT) last night. I am a member of the justsaynodeal coalition and a lot of the members have been hacked.
And did you also know that there are 57 cards in that deck ?
and here I have been playing solitaire ’till dawn with a deck of 51…
The deck is stacked, marked and a casino wouldn’t touch that deck with a ten foot pole.
I guess if one is black and white one can speak out of both sides of one’s mouth with forked tongue and get away with anything..
NOBAMA!
Good one! You’re a real card…
Even if the the “Race Card” were a deuce, the Obama campaign would still play it and the OFB brownshirts would cheer as though it’s an ace.
It is not racism if I judge Obama by the content of his character instead of the color of his skin. I find his character to be sorely lacking and deficient in comparison to all other opponents of his party he has faced in the primaries, and also as the presumptive nominee in comparison to the presumptive nominee of most of the other parties.
I think that the Obama campaign is going to try and play on white guilt for the general election. Unfortunately for them, white guilt only works with far left liberals. Getting 90% of the black vote got him the nomination, but blacks only make up about 13% of the electorate which won’t do them any good in the general election.
You’re right. The race card will backfire on him in the GE. He’s going to find that the “white guilt” isn’t as prevalent as he thinks it is.
How could the republicans have played the race card for the past 8 years when there wasn’t anyone of a different race running as a major candidate in 2000 or 2004?
Good point.
Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro, $6,800 New York State Tax Warrant
Obama’s mother’s original Social Security Number Application
http://www.webofdeception.com
Hmmm. Interesting document. If that is Stanley Ann Dunham’s actual birth date, that means she was 17 when Barack was born. On this application she states she is 16 and unemployed, which means she wouldn’t be considered an Emancipated Minor in most states when she got pregnant. That might mean that her parents had the legal right to send her off somewhere “quiet” to have her baby.
Can anyone make the connection for me as to how she supposedly met Barack Sr. in a college class when she was 16 or just barely 17?
Obama’s mother was born 11/29/42.
Obama was born 8/4/61.
It appears Obama’s mother was 18 when Obama was born - 6 months after she married his father.
6 months after she married his father.
Have you seen a marriage certificate? I have not seen any confirmation there was even a piece of paper from city hall.
Link?
Very interesting website. The Obama’s haven’t voted since 1998?
The original ss# application gives BO’s mom’s ss# number. Googling it brings up various links. Anyone interested in playing with this?
Scrolling down to the Obamas’ voting records on this site, Michelle’s gender is listed as “MALE” ….huh?
Larry Johnson = Larry Sinclair - credibility
SusanUnPC = Ann Coulter - charm
PaganPower = James Dobson - integrity
Obama’s arrogance and elitism is on full display with his remarks that Evangelicals “haven’t been reading their Bibles.” Who made Obama God??
Obama sounds like Iranian Mullahs - and very INAPPROPRIATE remark from a presidential candidate.
But very appropriate from a member of Trinity Church indoctrinated for 20 years with hatemongering and judgmental attitude - rather than absorbing the teachings of Jesus - love, tolerance, humility, etc.
Obama/Wright08
Barack Obama = Bill Clinton - Everything
my comment is in response to the one made by the obama troll!
You obviously FLUNKED MATHEMATICS!
Hey thanks for your input. We promise to give it all the weight we think it deserves.
Obama = Phleger + skin tan
BOBO is one of the biggest hypocrites EVER.
He managed to land in a spot on the globe — Hawaii where it was an advantage to be “of color” — a brown kid in Hawaii is the most dominate individual IN Hawaii. He would basically go unnoticed — big fricking deal — he is brown. He was damned lucky to be brown in Hawaii — he didn’t stick out like us blond white kids.
Anyone who falls for his “race card” game is a damned fool. So — GOP are you going to let BOBO get away with playing you guys for the biggest suckers in town?
We know he was also at an advantage because his grandparents were well off and he went to the MOST EXPENSIVE high school in the islands.
Now the rat-bas*ard has the nerve to play the race card — he is using the AA community. He is a user of the worst kind.
I certainly hope that KARMA wakes up and bites his self centered butt — pretty damned quickly!!!
OK — it is now up to the GOP — how are you guys going to deal with the racist Obama?
I’m an Independent — so I want to see you smart guys in the GOP use the truth to get Obama to shut the f*ck up about his brown skin.
And stupid BOBO thinks a joint appearance with Hillary is going to make us all come together and worship at his feet.
I DON’T THINK SO — in fact
PUMA –
I don’t see the GOP doing anything. I have talked to some Republicans who think losing the election to Obama will allow the Republicans to re-build as Obama will be dropping the ball.
Yes - that sounds logical.
I am not going to be a fool and wait on the dock for the Swiftboat to come.
There’s a reason for Obama’s arrogance. He’s almost certain that he will win. This is why the Dem Party dissed it’s base.
They wanted to turn us off so we’d be so disgusted we’d stay home. They’re banking on Dmecorats to be unable to vote Republican.
Which is why I finally realized I had no alternative.
If the Swiftboat comes, I’ll be happy.
But I don’t think it’s going to come.
And you know what? This is the smart move.
Any president now is going to have a horrible time. Once Obama fucks up royally, the Repubs can return to their dominance over the WH.
I hope this is not true. But it wouldn’t surprise me if it was.