The millions that participated in the Tea Parties of 9/12 (in DC and nationwide) have scared the PR wing of the Democrat Party — aka mainstream media — so badly that while they try to ignore or downplay the opposition to Obama’s social policies, they are also blitzing the airways that any criticism of Obama at all is TEH RAAAAACCCIIISSSSTTT!!11!!1!
NBC features The Worthless One slandering “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American.”
ABC’s Charlie “ACORN? What ACORN?” Gibson sets up a piece entitled “Out of Line?”
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews … well, we know what to expect from Mr. Tingle. David Shuster proclaimed the DC march was … wait for it … undemocratic (because those people won’t accept a black President).
Understand, the many of these Leftists and Democrats making the charge don’t really believe all the dissent is race-driven. However, the race card is a tactic that has worked because the charge is so over the top and it distracts the recepient of the charge into dropping their own argument — either lapsing into silence or going off in trying to defend themselves. This is the Left’s “SHUT UP” phrase.
When a House Dem states the only thing stopping the KKK from rising up and sweeping across the countryside is censuring Joe Wilson, the phrase “jumps the shark” starts to come to mind.
Will the American people finally weary of the “you’re racist!” canard promiscuously tossed out each time a Leftist is losing an argument?
via royf, It appears so.
Twelve percent (12%) of voters nationwide believe that most opponents of President Obama’s health care reform plan are racist. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of voters disagree, and 21% are not sure.In recent days, several Democrats have suggested that racism is a factor. The most prominent to make that accusation is former President Jimmy Carter.
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans reject the notion that most of the opponents are racist. So do 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party. However, just 39% of Democrats share that view. Twenty-two percent (22%) of those in the president’s party say that most of the opposition to his plan comes from racists, and another 39% are not sure.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 8:44 am #
David Harsanyi, echoing a theme long heard in these parts:
James Taranto, Why stupid squabbles over race are a sign of progress. :
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 8:46 am #
Maybe we should aim at one of the white dudes for awhile.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 8:51 am #
“The racers“. After “truthers”, “birthers” etc, neo-neocon coins a name.:
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 8:55 am #
#2 That Rathke scumbag is so white he’s practically transparent.
Comment by Richard Aubrey on 9/16 @ 8:56 am #
One commenter said that trying to defend yourself against the charge of racism is to give the accuser power and to validate the accusation. The accuser can merely refuse to accept the defense.
However, since everybody knows this is a scam, defense is unnecessary as well as useless. Simply laugh and continue with the argument.
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 8:57 am #
Racism? Well what else could the reason be Darleen? The Democrats and Socialists are never going to admit it is because President Obama is wrong.
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 9:06 am #
I can see the new protest signs now:
“It’s not about whites,
It’s not about blacks;
It’s about endless red ink,
And 12,000,000,000,000 greenbacks.
Burma Shave”
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 9:09 am #
Ed Morrissey has a great question:
Comment by Chris S. on 9/16 @ 9:11 am #
I love it when the democrats raise the spectre of the KKK. People have (tragically) forgotten the history of the KKK. It was formed by democrats to keep blacks from voting republican. Strangely enough it still exists for that purpose.
So when a democrat threatens that the KKK will rise, it’s more akin to an extortion threat. “Do as we say or we’ll unleash our white hooded bretheren on you. Again.”
Comment by Jim in KC & Partners on 9/16 @ 9:13 am #
Dude’s half-honky. We need, I think, a good definition of this “racism” in which his opponents are indulging.
Or, you know, we could call it the bullshit it is.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 9:18 am #
And when you compare the number of Democrats who believe in 9/11 Truther scenarios to the number who believe that opposition to Pres. Obama is racist the conclusion is that the Democrats have a large contingent that is willing to believe anything so long as it does not cause them to question their worldviews.
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 9:20 am #
I don’t know – I think they’re sincere about really thinking that your objections to Brackabama are about race – hell, Marcotte has a fall-back in that she believes that you’re not only against Brackabama because of race, your’re against the substance of the Health Care Bill(s) because you’re concerned that the government will allocate resources away from your white grandmother in favor of a shiftless black man.
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 9:28 am #
Mark Steyn: “Dissent is the highest form of racism”.
Jim Treacher: “ACORN couldn’t look worse right now if Kanye West was wearing one of their t-shirts”.
Comment by Salt Lick on 9/16 @ 9:28 am #
One commenter said that trying to defend yourself against the charge of racism is to give the accuser power and to validate the accusation. The accuser can merely refuse to accept the defense.
I stopped playing that game years ago. If your accuser merely seems misguided, yes, just laugh and stick to issues. But if they keep up the name calling, then suggest that they are projecting their fears about themselves onto you. Because you know who they are — in spite of everything they might say or do — and they can’t hide their rotten, racist soul.
Comment by Lt.York on 9/16 @ 9:36 am #
Jimmy Carter is just another stupid black man.
Oh, wait…
SHEESH!
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 9:40 am #
But if they keep up the name calling, then suggest that they are projecting their fears about themselves onto you.
Option II: So, I disagree with Obama’s policies, and you support his direct and deep involvement with ACORN. If the former makes me a “racist”, then the latter makes you and him kiddie-whoring pimps and a pedophiles? Right?
Comment by Curmudgeon on 9/16 @ 9:46 am #
I can only hope the Demunist Commiecrats get their comeuppance in 2010.
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 9:46 am #
Maybe y’all should change the name of the Republican party to the “We’re Not Racists, Honest!” party.
Comment by Old Texas Turkey on 9/16 @ 9:48 am #
Jim in KC – exactly right. The President is as much white as he is black. Fact. Heck the black side of his family abandoned him. It was his maternal (white) family that raised him. Black here is merely a choice of convenience for those that wish to traffic in racism.
Chris S. Point of discussion. I always feel that the argument of historical southern white democrats versus Northern white Republicans is a tenous one. That demographic has shifted much in the recent past as evidenced by the distribution of red vs. blue states. Wherein the old southern yellow dog democrat is now part of the Republican base. It is an argument that can be easily attacked by a skillful opponent. Other posters may want to challenge me on this, perhaps what I am looking for is opinion on how to bolster this line of argument.
I would think that the classical liberal (and neocon wing) has always found more sympathy for the Republicans than Democrats because the Republican party has historically paid (more) lip service to the core principles of classical liberalism. Perhaps that is the tack to take here? It is much easier to use the term/label Republican, but as many fine folks here will point out, PW is not a rabid hot bed for GOP-isms. We are int eh Republican tent more often than not, but we do not put up with the statist ambitions of many in this party any less than we do with the more radical elements in the other tent.
Comment by Silver Whistle on 9/16 @ 9:55 am #
Don’t forget the country’s favourite aging spinster – MoDo fills in the blanks that Joe Wilson forgot to say:
Lies, and the lying liars that tell them. I can’t imagine these bastards actually believe this crap (apart from window lickers like Chris Tingle, william yelverton et al.); this has to be just playing to the gallery. Doesn’t it?
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 9:58 am #
Jules Crittenden takes on the race card.
Great post, but Obama can’t “take the race card off the table” Jules.
It means he would have to muck his hand.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 9:59 am #
I’m a big racist and I’m proud
I used to feel alone in a crowd
Now if you look around these days
There seems to be a racism craze
Oh, I’m a racist
He’s a racist
She’s a racist
We’re a racist
If you don’t vote Obama, you’re a racist too!
Be a racist, act like a racist…
Hey, how’d that black guy get in there?
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:02 am #
Hey, after all his angelic experience in the Chicago machine, Barack is the only One that can pick up a turd by the clean end.
Comment by Eben on 9/16 @ 10:03 am #
racist
Comment by Old Texas Turkey on 9/16 @ 10:03 am #
Snowcone,
Please put your shirt
on when there’s company present.
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 10:09 am #
Barack is the only One that can pick up a turd by the clean end.
Yeah, but he can’t polish it.
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 10:13 am #
I don’t think so.
Unlike a lot of folks here, I’m perfectly willing to admit that there is a racist component to Obama’s opposition. I see it daily. Denying that it exists allows the attackers, who can also see it, to exaggerate its importance.
One correct response is: “So the f* what? Racists have registration cards. They vote. They might as well vote for us instead of you. Now can we discuss the issues, dumba*?”
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 10:14 am #
Snowcone,
Please put your shirt
on when there’s company present.
And snowcone, put your pants on too.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:15 am #
RACIST!!
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 10:34 am #
The mere act of refuting the lies told by the likes of snotnose, Dowd, and their ilk is used by them as proof that their lies were true. It is a strange strange world in which they live.
Comment by I Callahan on 9/16 @ 10:45 am #
Will the American people finally weary of the “you’re racist!” canard promiscuously tossed out each time a Leftist is losing an argument?
Let ‘em keep using it. In fact, encourage it. The more they use this canard, the more useless it becomes.
Bring it.
TV
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 10:48 am #
Pete Wehner:
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 10:49 am #
They might as well vote for us instead of you.
When the racists are always voting with you, it might be time to rethink your positions.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:50 am #
President Carter is flat out wrong. This isn’t about race. It is about policy.
This is a pathetic distraction by Democrats to shift attention away from the president’s wildly unpopular government-run health care plan that the American people simply oppose. Injecting race into the debate over critical issues facing American families doesn’t create jobs, reform our health care system or reduce the growing deficit. It only divides Americans rather than uniting us to find solutions to challenges facing our nation.
Characterizing Americans’ disapproval of President Obama’s policies as being based on race is an outrage and a troubling sign about the lengths Democrats will go to disparage all who disagree with them. Playing the race card shows that Democrats are willing to deal from the bottom of the deck. Our political system has no place for this type of rhetoric.
As the leader of the Democratic Party President Obama should flatly reject efforts by those in his Party, including Jimmy Carter and Tim Kaine, to inject race into our civil discourse in ways that divide, not unite, Americans. *
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 10:51 am #
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Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 9:46 am #
Maybe y’all should change the name of the Republican party to the “We’re Not Racists, Honest!” party.”
Maybe you could change your user name to “I’m a knuckle-dragging mouth-breathing neanderthal troglodyte”
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:52 am #
We’ve got us a 12 percenter! Hi, James!
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 10:52 am #
snowcone, you do realize, do you not, that the KKK is the terrorist arm of the Democrat party?
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 10:56 am #
“Who is fanning the racist flames? It’s pretty clear. ”
Democrats.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 10:56 am #
I seem to be a few threads early. This applies to our new Jim too.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 10:57 am #
“a guy who claims himself as a ’son of the confederacy.”
I could joins the Union League.
And the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
So fucking what?
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 10:59 am #
Look at these protesters. Did we see that kind of hate when Hillary proposed health care reform?
I remember being rather opposed to Hilarycare, yes. No, there were not protesters, but times, they are a-changing.
The protesters have made Joe Wilson a hero – a guy who was one of just a few who voted against removing the Confederate flag from SC courthouses, a guy who claims himself as a ’son of the confederacy.’ Hmmm, no racism there.
Joe Wilson is not a hero over the Confederate flag issue (which, you’d have to be a deunce to say that it represents support of slavery) – but because he gave voice to what a lot of us (racists) were thinking.
Why do the conservatives try so hard to find a black person who agrees with them and hold him up as the ‘proof’ that they aren’t racist? You have to wonder why these people are trying so hard. Racism is not something that often exists in the conscious mind. It manifests itself in all manner of hate, conspiracy theories and is often wrapped in the flag or led by a cross, sometimes a burning cross.
Really? Well, it appears that racism is rather intangible thing. Is it like art? You know it when you see it?
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 10:59 am #
Full Limbaugh quote, to fill in James T’s missing context:
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 11:00 am #
“Why do the conservatives try so hard to find a black person who agrees with them and hold him up as the ‘proof’ that they aren’t racist?”
It ain’t “proof” it’s reality.
The only racists I see around are Democrats.
“Racism is not something that often exists in the conscious mind. It manifests itself in all manner of hate, conspiracy theories and is often wrapped in the flag or led by a cross, sometimes a burning cross.”
See?
Democrats.
What’d I tell you? See my #38.
Comment by Lost My Cookies on 9/16 @ 11:02 am #
What’s interesting to me is that the most racist, and I mean white vs black racist not general racist racist, guy I know is a staunch Democrat who voted for Obama.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 11:04 am #
James T, you do realize, do you not, that slavery was a specifically an institution of the Democratic Party?
Comment by cranky-d on 9/16 @ 11:05 am #
I assume James T is yet another pseudonym for wee willy.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:07 am #
May as well, cranky-d, can’t dance and it’s too wet to plow.
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Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 11:18 am #
Is that a trick question Pablo. Of course not, it is not anti-Semitic, just anti-Zionist. Carter
hates those hook nosed cheap snakey Zionist motherfuckersis all about being an honest broker.Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 11:19 am #
James,
The Democratic Party has kept blacks poor and powerless for more than 50 years now. Their relentless resistance to any sort of competitive innovation and their endless bending over for the teacher’s unions have turned urban public schools into pre-prisons, and their ever-growing taxes and regulatory burdens have driven out their local businesses, so that kids wouldn’t have any place to work even if they could get a decent education. In what way is this helpful, except if you wanted to take away people’s options in order to make them dependent on you?
Democrats suck at governing, they suck at economics, they suck at running a business, and they suck at educating. But they’re very, very good at marketing. They’ve spent more time and effort in the last 50 years blaming all of society’s ills on The Rich than they have on governing, and it’s paid off. They’ve managed to convince most people that they really have the best interests of the poor at heart.
But those with eyes to see know that the only thing they’ve done is to increase their own power, and to take care of their own. The urban poor are no better off than they were three generations ago. In fact, they’re worse off, because the Democrats have worked so hard to erode the stabilizing influences of families, churches, and charities, in order to make everyone dependent on the government for their well being. At the same time, they’ve set up a system where it’s impossible to get a good job without a college degree, thereby ensuring that their poorly-educated populace can never escape.
So, we have a picture of a political party which has increased its power at the expense of its constituents, which has promoted class warfare for so long that anyone with something to lose has retreated to friendlier ground, and which has lied unrelentingly to the very people it keeps under its heel.
Democrats treat blacks worse than a rancher treats his cattle. They are an abusive spouse, telling their abused electorate how much they cherish it at the same time they beat any sense of self-worth out of it and keep it so poor and powerless that it has no way to walk away.
Now you tell me, James (and all of your holier-than-thou fellow travelers) — if deeds mean more than words, who are the racists in this country?
Physician, heal thyself!
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 11:21 am #
#18 Maybe you should change your name to “I support a pro-slavery organization”.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 11:21 am #
Squid, [*polite applause*], nice.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:31 am #
JD,
“The Owner” was in town today and he’s a scream. He takes conservatism to the next level and political correctness goes out the window.
So, I was entangled and I couldn’t call for lunch. Sorry dude.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 11:32 am #
“Democrats treat blacks worse than a rancher treats his cattle.”
Democrats treat blacks like political lawn jockeys.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:32 am #
Amen, Squid. Bravo.
BTW, if I look up Burma Shave or James T at urbandictionary.com, am I going to hurl?
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 11:33 am #
The Democratic Party has kept blacks poor and powerless for more than 50 years now.
Poor, powerless Barack Obama.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:33 am #
I always play the “huge johnson” card. Especially with the ladies who criticize me. We’re people too.
Comment by Matt on 9/16 @ 11:33 am #
snowcone, quick question for you. Do you believe Joe Wilson’s outburst was racially motivated and if so, why ?
Comment by TheGeezer on 9/16 @ 11:34 am #
I hope the racist canard and debate-silencer is now over-the-top, jumped-the-shark, and totally discredited.
Screw them…those who use it.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:34 am #
Poor, powerless Barack Obama.
Amen Snowcone. Amen. You’re so stupid, you said something right by accident.
Comment by Matt on 9/16 @ 11:37 am #
Obama is black but he did not grow up the way in which many many blacks in this country grow up. Obama lived in Hawaii (racially mixed), his grandmother who raised him was white, some of his most influencial mentors were white, the entire “progressive alinky” movement was created and perpetuated by white people.
Obama is not from the project. I don’t give a damn what “authentically black” means but to say Obama is a typical black citizen who ascended to the presidency is just not true.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:38 am #
Al – Same thing happened to me today.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:39 am #
Al – Same thing happened to me today.
So never mind what I said. It’s your fault.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:40 am #
Obama is a conservative plant, programmed to finally bring down the MSM.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 11:41 am #
snowcone, you do realize, do you not, that Eugene “Bull” O’Connor (the poster boy of American racism) was a Democrat?
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:43 am #
You lost me at “snowcone, you do realize” N.’OBy.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/16 @ 11:45 am #
crap. N. O’Brain.
sorry
Comment by Carin on 9/16 @ 11:46 am #
The Democratic Party has kept blacks poor and powerless for more than 50 years now.
Poor, powerless Barack Obama.
So … there are no poor and powerless blacks living in the cities of the US? Good to hear.
Comment by Eben on 9/16 @ 11:51 am #
Freaking hilarious. One fascist comes in decrying repubs for holding up their token black to prove they’re not racist and right after that one of his partners in fascism holds up a token black as proof that the dems aren’t racist.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 11:59 am #
Great point made by Ric in #27. However, racists register with both [parties. You ever talk with some union members? I live in Ohio, so the blue collar union member is ubiquitous and 95% of them vote democrat (NE ohio) And a good majority of them are racist shitheads of the highest order. The point is that yes, there is a racial component to opposition to the Big O, but who cares. That component is so small that it really makes no nevermind. There was a racial component to oppostion of W, too. The MSM never seemed to care about that. To cry racism is the last refuge of scoundrels and fools.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 12:05 pm #
How does snowcone get by? That is one unbelievably stupid human being. And James T is a racist.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 12:19 pm #
“Twelve percent (12%) of voters nationwide believe that most opponents of President Obama’s health care reform plan are racist.”
So that would be 90% of all black people, all white dudes with dreadlocks, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, and every shitty stand-up comedian.
And all but 27 professors in America.
Comment by Lamontyoubigdummy on 9/16 @ 12:21 pm #
Poor, powerless Barack Obama.
Snowcone is right. Po’ Barack, he has to live in gub’ment housing.
I guess the name “White House” is now apparently a racist too?
Good grief.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 12:44 pm #
Correction, I meant to say a good number, not a good majority. Point is there a lot of racist union members who vote straight democrat all the time.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 12:50 pm #
Most liberal friends I’ve had would drop
N-bombs without a second thought.
Comment by TheGeezer on 9/16 @ 12:57 pm #
Mmmmmfphtht. That’ll teach me to have just one more cup of coffee near a keyboard.
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 1:09 pm #
Well, he’s got the title, and he can get The Press to sit up and beg, but what can he actually do?
He can’t get his legislative program passed; Hell, he can’t even tell us what it is! He can’t get people in other countries to do what he wants. He’s losing the ability to suppress his opponents and critics. His advisers, associates, courtiers, and general hangers-on are so uniformly incompetent and blinded by ideological preconceptions that when he gives an order there’s no way to predict what’ll happen. Everything he has done so far has either been a direct restatement of Bush Administration policy or something close to total disaster.
Doesn’t sound real powerful to me.
Of course, he’s still Commander in Chief. I suppose he could tell the military to go conquer Madagascar or something, but even there, by performance so far he’d pick a target that would cost ‘way more than it’s worth, then meddle so heavily in the details that the whole thing would fall apart.
I have some thoughts on how we got there in general.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 1:14 pm #
He can’t get his legislative program passed
I guess that’s the real point to all these pointless right-wing thought experiments…
To avoid facing the shrieking terror that Obama and the Democrats are make thousands of decisions about how America is run every.single.day and you guys are powerless to stop them.
Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 1:17 pm #
Ric,
Isn’t there an element of racism in the Presidents Support as well? If someone votes for you, defends your policies and attacks your opponents soley on the basis of race (especially if it happens to be your race) wouldn’t that be racist as well.
I wonder if the amount of Obama racist support outweighs his racist opposition.
Comment by Blake on 9/16 @ 1:22 pm #
Snowcone, you obviously are a racist.
You look at President Obama, you see someone who succeeded despite his color. No matter what, Snowcone, your default position is to first look at skin color, then look at achievement, lack thereof or political persuasion.
I look at President Obama, I see a Marxist revolutionary. I’m indifferent to President Obamas’ skin color. I am not indifferent to his ideas about the proper role of government, though.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 1:24 pm #
“I wonder if the amount of Obama racist support outweighs his racist opposition.”
I don’t wonder about it at all.
Comment by Bob Reed on 9/16 @ 1:24 pm #
I began to think along similar lines after former President Carter had to go and call us all racists…
http://powip.com/2009/09/adding-fuel-to-the-outrage-or-beginning-the-race-cards-swan-song/
And I definately think that there are racist elements among Obama’s supporters; moreso than among his detractors, I’d wager.
AS Krauthammer said, Racism accusations are the last refuge of a liberal scoundrel!
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 1:26 pm #
In the identity political sense, yes, their is a racist component to the overall opposition. Their is no racist component to my personal opposition, however, and I am getting pretty fucking tired of ignoring the accusation.
Guess again, you aren’t even close.
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 1:28 pm #
To avoid facing the shrieking terror that Obama and the Democrats are make thousands of decisions about how America is run every.single.day and you guys are powerless to stop them.
You don’t seem to understand that most of us don’t care who’s in Washington — the simple fact that ANYONE has the power to make these thousands of decisions is bad and wrong and un-American.
America was never meant to be “run” by a strong central government. Americans are meant to run our own damn lives, and Washington can go back to being the sleepy little swamp town it once was.
You really need to re-examine your ideas about the concentration of power. Your allies won’t be in power forever. What will you do when all of that power is turned over to people you mistrust, hate, and fear?
Comment by Vince on 9/16 @ 1:28 pm #
It’s not “Racism, it’s Socialism” that we object to.
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 1:29 pm #
All I have is personal, anecdotal evidence, but I live in a left wing college town and have a lot of Progressive friends and they we all quite open about one of the big reasons they supported Obama was because he was black.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 1:30 pm #
Snowcone — it isn’t the right-wing that he’s losing. The right has been against him all along, because — and stay with me here –he’s a left-wing machine politician.
22% of the people in this survey are racist. 78% aren’t buying your lies anymore.
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Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 1:34 pm #
Well, Danger, it’s a matter of definitions.
If a white person, or a person of unknown melanin content, disagrees with any slightest portion of the Democratic Party’s position as elucidated by Barack Obama, that’s racist because the only possible reason for such opposition is that the President is black.
If a gang of black youths descend upon a white person, beating their victims with sticks and shouting “Kill Whitey” — I’d have to look up the Louisiana predecessor to the current incident — the blacks are not racist because they’re black, and the victim is racist.
See how that works?
Regards,
Ric
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 1:43 pm #
From Ric Locke’s site: (emphasis mine)
Some of you may remember that this is a fleshing out of a previous comment of Ric’s during the Presidential campaign (and, yes, I’m too lazy to find it.) In that post, Ric postulated that everyone who runs for President could be classified as clinically insane.
Everyone. Party affiliation had no bearing (I think Ric made a “possible exception” for Fred Thompson.)
Think about it for a minute: Why does somebody want to be President these days (or Representative or Senator or Governor or …?) Sure, they talk a good game about “reform” and “trust” and “change” and googly goo but is that why they are in the game?
No, no! Maybe at some point when they were younger they sported idealistic notions of “making a difference.” That idea had become the joke of this very young century and a significant chunk of the last. As we look around and eye the current cast of characters struggling to run our country (or, as Bill Whipple called them, the “Insane Clown Posse”) we see every machination under the sun except the one thing that most of us thirst for: Leadership.
Now we are being told that in order to accomplish great things like health care coverage and Carbon tamping and financial sector reform we need to turn over a greater percentage of our individual autonomy and day to day workings to a power gang that hasn’t proven it can run anything at all, much less cost effectively.
These days the Posse isn’t even trying to hide it all that well. Our President can, with a solemn tone and a straight face, tell us that his health care bill won’t add one, thin dime to the deficit when the vast majority of us (cuz we can read when the CBO issues a finding)know that that’s not even sane, let alone possible. Legislators tell us that cap and trade will create millions and millions of “green” jobs without the slightest evidence that this will happen (while energy costs will probably double for everyone, including the “not-to-be-taxed middle class” in obeisance to a divine gaia pimping.) Heck even the Bush Administration sold us a bill of goods with Medicare Part D and No Child Left Behind, grossly underestimating both the costs and the effectiveness of those two boondoggles.
It looks as though just about everyone who runs for office these days wants to rule rather than serve. That’s what I got out of Ric’s words.
And … because I’m a bit dense, Ric may be back to say “BJT, not exactly…”
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 1:46 pm #
@90 — Ric Locke
And I’ll bet you Snowcone wouldn’t really have a problem with that definition. Would you Snowcone? ….Snowcone?
Comment by Aresay on 9/16 @ 1:54 pm #
Racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist, racist. Did you have enough? Are you ready to give in to our agenda? We got more and we’re not afraid to use it.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 2:06 pm #
“To avoid facing the shrieking terror that Obama and the Democrats are make thousands of decisions about how America is run every.single.day and you guys are powerless to stop them.”
Scratch a leftist find the fascist gibbering underneath.
BTW, moron, what gives Obama or any politician the right to say how “America is run every.single.day”?
Comment by DarthRove on 9/16 @ 2:07 pm #
OT: Finally a czar I think will gain wide support from many here.
I expecially like the poem at the bottom.
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 2:14 pm #
BTW, moron, what gives Obama or any politician the right to say how “America is run every.single.day”?
Um, because they won?
How nice to see Jimmy Carter can still stir the pot at his age.
Comment by mcgruder on 9/16 @ 2:17 pm #
On January 20 we had entered a post-racial golden era, with Washington a veritable Golconda of momentous moments.
By mid September we’re trying to keep the black man down.
Fate and her furies are bitches, every last one of them.
NB: You do realize that we are mere weeks away from a ponderous Salon.com article on how all this boils down to white males feeling threatened by an assertive Black male, replete with open ended questions about penis size and fatherless families?
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 2:21 pm #
“Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 2:14 pm #
BTW, moron, what gives Obama or any politician the right to say how “America is run every.single.day”?
Um, because they won?”
Um, no, it doesn’t, moron.
And it’s nice to see that you admire a known anti-Semite.
Reveals a lot about you, moron.
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 2:22 pm #
No, BJ, you got it right, at least as far as my thesis is concerned. The only modification I would make is that this post doesn’t go into the “clinical insanity” bit — not that I don’t think it’s true, but the essay is sufficient without it.
The reason for the possible exception of Fred Thompson is that he told everybody he’d be willing to do the job if selected for it, but he didn’t move Heaven and Earth to get the job — and the most common criticism of Thompson is that he didn’t try hard enough.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 2:23 pm #
Oooooooo! Czarinas!!
Comment by mcgruder on 9/16 @ 2:24 pm #
race is the wondrous prism of global life.
all grievances can be forgiven or nurtured through it.
in this context, it is all the democrats have.
i dont care anymore. i just dont.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 2:24 pm #
I like the idea of “Dancing With The Czars”
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 2:26 pm #
Ric, I brought up your previous work because I thought the seeking of power for power’s sake segued smoothly into the whole “clinically insane” concept.
Really, really good post, BTW.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 2:32 pm #
By that logic no-one should have complained about anything George Bush did. Because he won.
Did I say logic?
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Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 2:40 pm #
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Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 2:32 pm #
By that logic no-one should have complained about anything George Bush did. Because he won.
Did I say logic?”
I kinda snorfled at that.
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 2:45 pm #
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 2:32 pm #
By that logic no-one should have complained about anything George Bush did. Because he won.
Did I say logic?”
Yes you did. Denounced.
So, also by that twisted metric, we wingnutz were free to aid and abet Bushhitler in shredding The Constitution and establishing the Conservative Reichstag.
Lordy, Lordy, if I could turn back time … *sigh*
Comment by bigbooner on 9/16 @ 2:49 pm #
Ed Morrissey has a great question:
If Jimmy Carter believes that the “overwhelming” portion of criticism towards Barack Obama is due to racism, does he also believe that the overwhelming portion of criticism towards Israel is anti-Semitic?
So I’m listening to Rush this morning and he plays part of an interview with Jimmy Carter from (I believe it was August 2008) where he refers to Obama as a “black boy”.
Now where was Jimmy from? Maybe there’s some truth to what he’s saying about them southern folks.
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 2:49 pm #
And it’s nice to see that you admire a known anti-Semite.
Who, Jimmy Carter?
22% of the people in this survey are racist. 78% aren’t buying your lies anymore.
Aaah Rasmussen, The Fox News of pollsters.
Comment by Jim in KC & Partners on 9/16 @ 2:53 pm #
Something tells me the concepts of “limited government” and “enumerated powers” are unfamiliar to Snowcone.
Comment by DarthRove on 9/16 @ 2:56 pm #
..facepalm..
Snowcone is auditioning for the role of sidekick to Captain Obvious.
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 2:59 pm #
I think, at this point, we ought to ask these people for an itemized list of things which aren’t racist.
This list, of course, is bound to be significantly more brief than the list of things that are.
Comment by daveinboca on 9/16 @ 3:00 pm #
The JournoList private cabal of about 500 by-invitation-only blogger/columnist/commentators have evidently conspired to use the “racist” meme, trope, paradigm, whatever as the default mode when all else fails.
The proliferation of racist slurs by pathetic specimens like Maddow [[s]he straddles categories to land in the last refuge of the scoundrel] means all else is failing.
That or they really believe the Big Lie and Smear tactics for which they so unfairly defamed and derided opponents like Joe McCarthy are actually effective.
And that would mean that in 2010, we may have a Republican House, or at least a neutered Speaker[ette].
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 3:00 pm #
Snowcone is auditioning for the role of sidekick to Captain Obvious.
Huh?
Does this have to do with the UN’s report accusing Israel of War Crimes in Gaza they released today?
Attack Jimmy Carter to draw attention away from it?
Comment by Eben on 9/16 @ 3:06 pm #
It’s nice to see snotnose finally admitting he’s a fascist. Winner takes all, individual rights and liberty be damned.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 3:07 pm #
Ohnoes…the U.N.accused Israel of war crimes?
Get the fuggouta here!
Heh… you’re dumb.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 3:09 pm #
aaaah, the U.N. the Jimmy Carter of world bodies.
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 3:10 pm #
Bingo! Snowcone is alphie/sniggles/parsnip/monkey boy/Neville Chamberlain, much banned denizon of here and other conservative leaning sites..
The whole Israel as War Crimes bitch was a familiar topic for the Alph-meister.
So, Alphie, did you ever get the R & D done on the Balloon Fence Missile Shield? How about the Mile High Dirt Berms? Chop, chop, Alphie, people are dying after all!
After all, Alphie, those kids and profs who died at VA. Tech were no big deal as they were only a portion of civilian casualties … right? RIGHT?
Where have you been for the past several months ans why are you showing your giggly face now?
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 3:11 pm #
Civilian casualties in Iraq. Context is everything.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 3:12 pm #
Snotnose is not even trying now.
Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 3:13 pm #
(while energy costs will probably double for everyone, including the “not-to-be-taxed middle class” in obeisance to a divine gaia pimping.)
A little affirmation for ya BJT
FTA: A previously unreleased analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Treasury says the total in new taxes would be between $100 billion to $200 billion a year. At the upper end of the administration’s estimate, the cost per American household would be an extra $1,761 a year
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:14 pm #
Aaah Rasmussen, The Fox News of pollsters.
Well one thing they do have in common with Fox New is they are correct in what they do more often than their competition. Here is Fordham University ranking the accuracy of polling in 2008 elections.
1. Rasmussen (11/1-3)**
1. Pew (10/29-11/1)**
2. YouGov/Polimetrix (10/18-11/1)
3. Harris Interactive (10/20-27)
4. GWU (Lake/Tarrance) (11/2-3)*
5. Diageo/Hotline (10/31-11/2)*
5. ARG (10/25-27)*
6. CNN (10/30-11/1)
6. Ipsos/McClatchy (10/30-11/1)
7. DailyKos.com (D)/Research 2000 (11/1-3)
8. AP/Yahoo/KN (10/17-27)
9. Democracy Corps (D) (10/30-11/2)
10. FOX (11/1-2)
11. Economist/YouGov (10/25-27)
12. IBD/TIPP (11/1-3)
13. NBC/WSJ (11/1-2)
14. ABC/Post (10/30-11/2)
15. Marist College (11/3)
16. CBS (10/31-11/2)
17. Gallup (10/31-11/2)
18. Reuters/ C-SPAN/ Zogby (10/31-11/3)
19. CBS/Times (10/25-29)
20. Newsweek (10/22-23)
Ahhh! snowcone the poster child for stupidity.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 3:15 pm #
parsnip
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 3:17 pm #
Winner takes all, individual rights and liberty be damned.
It’s not like the Republicans are interested in sharing in the governance of America.
At least the people see all the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 3:19 pm #
cite?
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 3:21 pm #
Bipartisanship?! You have got to be fucking kidding me.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 3:21 pm #
“…the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.”
Ha! See the none, see it quick!, before it’s sold out.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:23 pm #
At least the people see all the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.
My God this person is a complete moron, I’ve said it before but I really believe this is the dumbest poster boi since I’ve been coming here.
Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 3:24 pm #
“At least the people see all the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.”
Which attempts were those Snowblower? The I won declaration? The never fail to take advantage of a crisis strategy? The direction to his supporters to “get in people’s faces”? The calls to stop using fear followed by claims of deadly consequences if his health care plans were not passed?
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 3:24 pm #
Hah! Of course Fordham, Fox News’ favorite University.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 3:25 pm #
Alphie – How is that mile-high dirt berm and balloon fence coming along?
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 3:26 pm #
In the State of the Unit speech, he said to stop the bickering, and that he would consider Republican proposals before dismissing them summarily.
See – that’s the new bipartisanship.
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 3:28 pm #
It was probably the “punch back twice as hard” think, Danger.
Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 3:31 pm #
Snowcone,
Do you have an extra $1761 you could spare for the environment? Come on I’m sure your healthcare savings will make up the difference.
Comment by Eleven on 9/16 @ 3:32 pm #
“Ha! See the none, see it quick!, before it’s sold out.”
heh…I lullzed.
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 3:34 pm #
Concepts are unfamiliar to Snowcone. They can lead to principles, you know.
Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 3:37 pm #
“It was probably the “punch back twice as hard” think, Danger.’
How could I forget that Maggie? That is a much better example than “NO child left behind” and Medicare prescription benefits.
I forgot Rics advice about definitions silly me;)
Comment by RIP Ford on 9/16 @ 3:40 pm #
“In the State of the Unit speech, he said to stop the bickering, and that he would consider Republican proposals before dismissing them summarily.”
Was that before or after he called everyone a liar?
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 3:42 pm #
“Bipartisan”, in Obamaworld, means “getting Republicans on board, so when the thing blows up in our faces we can make Betty Boop eyes and say, ‘but the Republicans signed off on it!’”
And if Olympia Snowe has figured that out and won’t go along any more, you’d better know that the tactic’s worn out its usefulness.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 3:43 pm #
I fixed it for you NYT style.
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 3:45 pm #
Ahhhhh, the left (led by the Peanut Man) trying to pawn Obama’s massive fail as racism…not working guys. Even Obama thinks you are jackasses. Try harder.
Jon Stewart redeems himself (at least a little) with his take on this story.
I haven’t laughed so much from a Daily Show piece since this one.
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Comment by Danger on 9/16 @ 3:48 pm #
And Leadership in Obamworld means giving Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi a blank check and sending them to a mall to buy America’s groceries.
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 3:51 pm #
Apparently, trackback troll has actually seen Jimmah Crater’s Amazin’ Mind Readin’ and Thought Figurin’ Machine.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 3:51 pm #
At least the people see all the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.
Yes. His attempts. Such as they weren’t.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 3:53 pm #
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:23 pm #
Royf – were you here for the Chinese Army Container Ship invasion?
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:53 pm #
And if Olympia Snowe has figured that out and won’t go along any more, you’d better know that the tactic’s worn out its usefulness.
You got that right Ric my jaw dropped when I read she wouldn’t support the bill.
Another tactic the Dems use which pisses me off no end is blaming Bush for the 2008 deficits. When they took over Congress in 2007 and then only passed a temporary budget because Bush wouldn’t agree to the extreme increases they wanted. So when Zero gets in office they pass that ridiculous budget and blame President Bush.
Where is the person who will point that out to the American people because it sure won’t be the lapdog media.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:57 pm #
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 3:53 pm
LOL! I must have missed that one Mikey, was it a good time?
Comment by Eben on 9/16 @ 4:02 pm #
Yes, because I wouldn’t mind the feds running my day to day life it were Republicans doing it…
you’re an idiot
Comment by Squid on 9/16 @ 4:12 pm #
Won’t somebody, anybody click the trackback link and leave a comment? For pity’s sake, the poor guy’s been insulting “wingnutz” for weeks and none of them are rising to the bait. Throw the guy a pity fuck, at least!
For what it’s worth, J.A. Baker, I looked at your site, and I had a good chuckle at your sharp thinking, insight, and creativity. Especially the creativity — I mean, you used a semicolon in that one entry, when all of your thousands of similarly unique Obamabots used a comma in their not-quite-identical entries! Bra-vo!
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 4:12 pm #
Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans reject the notion that most of the opponents are racist. So do 78% of voters not affiliated with either major party. However, just 39% of Democrats share that view. Twenty-two percent (22%) of those in the president’s party say that most of the opposition to his plan comes from racists, and another 39% are not sure.
It would be interesting to know how much of that 22% is African-American seeing as they have been thoroughly conditioned to believe such things by the left in order to keep them on the plantation.
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 4:14 pm #
Alphie/snowcone postulated that the Chinese Army would invade america by hiding divisions of troops in shipping containers, allowing them to be released at the port of LA to RULE THE WORLD!
Hilarity ensued!
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 4:21 pm #
Comment by BJTexs on 9/16 @ 4:14 pm #
Bwahahahaha! damn I’m sorry I missed that one must have been fun, although I laughing very hard right now just thinking about it.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 4:32 pm #
“..facepalm..
Snowcone is auditioning for the role of sidekick to Captain Obvious.”
I think my “elbow licking retard” diagnosis still holds.
Hey, we could play “House”!
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 4:35 pm #
“It’s not like the Republicans are interested in sharing in the governance of America.”
See?
Retarded.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 4:35 pm #
“At least the people see all the attempts Obama makes at bipartisanship.”
See?
REALLY retarded.
Comment by Alec Leamas on 9/16 @ 4:47 pm #
I think this translates from Commie into English as “they won’t give Brackabama a bipartison veneer.”
Comment by Matt on 9/16 @ 4:49 pm #
i guess i don’t understand the obama version of bipartisanship. How many republican votes on the cap and trade? Weren’t the republicans completely shut out of working on a number of bills.
I mean really, be intellectually honest. Obama was when his explanation was “We won.” Bipartisanship, to me, is when there’s a common goal (lets say health care) and both sides work together to come up with a solution both can live with.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 4:58 pm #
Journolist is only a small tip of an iceberg.
We have that we know of:
The 8:45 A.M. call, run by Progressive Media.
Unity ‘09.
Common Purpose.
The message du jour seems to be only racists oppose Obama.
Comment by Rusty on 9/16 @ 5:03 pm #
#124
You’ve never had a headache in your life, have you.
Comment by LTC John on 9/16 @ 5:04 pm #
OK, after #124 you all may have convinced me it is alphie. That does rise to the level of the MILE HIGH DIRT BIRM or the PLA contain-o-horde.
BTW – should I relent and go to the War College – I am so diggin up that PLA invasion plan for a nice parody paper.
Comment by Jim in KC on 9/16 @ 5:08 pm #
I will say this, if going to the War College puts you in Leavenworth, I’ll figure out a way to buy you a beer or two, LTC John.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 5:14 pm #
OT: Report that Gen. McCrystal wants 30 to 40 thousand more troops for Afghanistan. Dems anti-war caucus goes nuts.
Comment by Ric Locke on 9/16 @ 5:17 pm #
I dunno about the War College, but if you look back through the PW archives enough to flesh it out, the proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute might get a kick out of not only the material, but the fact that it originates from a ground-pounder. You’re still supposed to do those interservice thingies, aren’t you?
Might go better if you can find a squid to front for you, though.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 5:22 pm #
iComment by royf on 9/16 @ 3:57 pm #
The Chinese invasion of the Los Angeles by an army debarking from shipping containers? It was hilarious.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 9/16 @ 5:24 pm #
Bipartisanship: “A state of affairs in which Republicans betray their supporters in order to mollify their political enemies and the editorial boards of The Washington Post and New York Times. Cf., capitulation, professional suicide.”
-Tony Snow
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 5:29 pm #
“they won’t give Brackabama a bipartison veneer.”
What’s the difference?
The Republicans would rather pout than govern.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 5:30 pm #
Ric Locke:
IIRC, the war colleges do the inter-service thing. My brother went to the National Defense intelligence College at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., and the students were from all branches of the services.
His thesis paper was a couple hundred pages long (I did editing for him).
Parameters is published on the net quarterly (free pdf!), and is well-worth looking at.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 5:35 pm #
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 5:29 pm #
The Democrats have the presidency and overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress. Go and govern, already.
Larger majorities than GWB had in his first six years; and in GWB’s last two years the Republicans in Congress were a minority. Yet, he was able to govern, and get passed much of what he wanted.
The Democrats have the majorities the Republicans never had, along with the presidency.
Go on; govern.
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 5:36 pm #
Hey, nipply: tell us again about how no one cares about the ACORN story.
Snicker….
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 5:46 pm #
The Republicans would rather pout than govern.
Why don’t you get your own fucking party in line, bitch. You don’t need any Republicans to get things done and knowledge of that fact has been exactly how the Democrats have proceeded since Obama took office. In fact the funny thing is – and this is testimony to what a bunch of emotional infants left wingers are – immediately after the election there was griping and musing about what an awful thing it was that Obama had to wait until January 20th to rule. Then subsequently there was “I won” followed by “i don’t want to hear a lot of talking from the other side.” Hence, the whining is on your side. But then again you’re not speaking from observation or insight but simply regurgitating left wing themes like a good little mindless sheepboy.
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 5:54 pm #
You don’t need any Republicans to get things done
That is correct.
The Dems have been passing plenty of bills and Obama’s been signing them.
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 5:55 pm #
Then why are you on here whining every day, nipply?
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 6:02 pm #
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 5:30 pm
Larger majorities than GWB had in his first six years;
Not to nitpick at all but actually Republican only had majorities in both branches of Congress from 2005 thru 2007 and even then they were small.
108th Congress in the House, there are 228 Republicans, 210 Democrats (including five
Delegates), one Independent, who is aligned with the Democrats, and one vacancy. The
Senate has 51 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and one Independent, who is aligned with theDemocrats.
The 107th Congress from 2001 thru 2004 in the House, there are 222 Republicans, 211 Democrats, and two
Independents, one aligned with each party. The Senate has 50 Democrats, 49
Republicans, and one Independent who is aligned with the Democrats.
Just a pet peeve of mine when people start talking about the 8 years of Republican control.
Comment by B Moe on 9/16 @ 6:04 pm #
And everything is all Bush’s fault.
Perfectly simple.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 6:05 pm #
Then why are you on here whining every day, nipply?
Because he’s lonely, bored and stupid but POLITICALLY ENGAGED!!!! The ridicule he’s subjected to here makes him feel alive and noticed. Like a child who wants attention and whether it is positive or negative is of no consequence. There’s really no other possibility because the fool isn’t the least bit stimulating.
Comment by The Monster on 9/16 @ 6:11 pm #
You can get your very own race card, at the very convenient-to-remember tinyurl.com/TheRaceCard.
Comment by Snowcone on 9/16 @ 6:18 pm #
Not to nitpick at all but actually Republican only had majorities in both branches of Congress from 2005 thru 2007
Didn’t the Republicans have a majority in both Houses of Congress 2003-2005, too?
Comment by Joe on 9/16 @ 6:37 pm #
ACORN’s boss tries to defend ACORN.
ACORN’s boss reminds me of Brian Fellows.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 6:38 pm #
Which raises the obvious question: What factors led to the loss of those majorities?
Actually, the obvious question is why can’t you hold your party together? The truth is that Dems have won a majority with candidates who ran as Republican-lite in conservative areas and now that you have the numbers you wanted all you can do is bitch about Republicans when you don’t even need them.
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 6:41 pm #
Didn’t the Republicans have a majority in both Houses of Congress 2003-2005, too?
Excuse me you are correct the 108th Congress was from 2003 -2005
The 109th Congress was from 2006 – 2008 consisted in the House of Representatives, there are 231 Republicans (including
the Resident Commissioner), 206 Democrats (including four Delegates), and one
Independent, who is aligned with the Democrats. The Senate has 55 Republicans, 44
Democrats, and one Independent, who is aligned with the Democrats.
The 109th switched majorities in 2007 so Republicans had a small majority from 2003-2007.
Comment by SDN on 9/16 @ 6:43 pm #
Well, several years of lying propaganda from the MSM-D is a start.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 6:49 pm #
Fuck the biggest retard followed by his closest competition. Hey, RD how about the fact that the repubs stopped (for some time mind you) even giving lip service to a little thing called limited federal government? I think you’ll find that’s the correct answer. And alphie/neville/monkeyboy/actus/snowcone, it must be so liberating to have absolutely no self awareness or shame. None. I guess it’s an ignorance is bliss kind of thing you got going for you.
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 7:49 pm #
So, what IS your take on child sex slavery, Rilly Dumb?
You appear to be in favor of it.
So, I guess I’m not surprised that you’re worried about people throwing rocks through your picture window.
Comment by Frontman on 9/16 @ 8:08 pm #
Long time lurker, first time commenter. Hope the regulars don’t mind.
“Rather pout than govern”-heh. It would suit me just fine if any one of either party wants to spend more time pouting than “governing”. I think we’ve had just about enough of the governing, if you please.
Selah.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 8:20 pm #
Then it surely must follow that Obama ran as a hardcore Republican, since he won by a substantial electoral margin.
That surely must follow? I guess that’s the kind of deductive reasoning one learns at a community college.
As long as the abridged-for-morons, AM radio version of conservatism keeps confusing losing with winning, I’m afraid this will continue to be the case.
All I see is left-wingers who are miserable and obsessed with Republicans in spite of having the White House and a filibuster-proof majority in congress. I wouldn’t know about AM radio because I don’t have a job that lends itself to listening to talk shows. But I am familiar enough with your quality of thought to wonder how you could perceive anyone else to be a moron.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 8:26 pm #
Frontman – Exactly. I would Congress rather do anything other than actually legislate.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 9/16 @ 8:30 pm #
Comment by royf on 9/16 @ 6:02 pm #
I know, I was generalizing. Jeffords went ‘Independent’ and gave the senate to the Democrats. It just emphasizes how weak the Republican Congress was, doesn’t it? And the Democrats can’t get it together with solid majorities? Thus weak Democratic Congressional leadership, and a weak Democratic president.
And ‘I Want My O-TV!’ isn’t cutting it.
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 8:32 pm #
My ideal government would be a 2/3 Republican majority House, a 2/3 majority Democrat Senate, and a Libertarian President.
What’s that you say? There’s no way in hell they could pass any legislation?
Exactly.
Comment by SBP on 9/16 @ 8:33 pm #
And welcome, Frontman. We don’t bite unless you’re an idiot, which you don’t appear to be.
Comment by Frontman on 9/16 @ 8:46 pm #
Thank you for your courtesy SBP. I have enjoyed this site for a long time and hope I can come in with some well crafted commentary occasionally. I’ll leave the pimp slapping of the trolls to the regulars-you seem to have it well in hand.
BTW, where the hell is pd buttons of late?
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 8:47 pm #
A-fucking-men, SBP. That might be mine, too. And a hearty welcome to you, too, Frontman. Please do comment more often. Pouting keeps these vermin from interfering too much in our lives. That’s a good thing to be sure.
Comment by Obstreperous Infidel on 9/16 @ 8:48 pm #
pd goes on hiatus every now and then. But the man is prodigious when he’s on. So, I think he still has some in the credit column as of now.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 9:29 pm #
How about this, shitstain. If you are going to go on a rant about being man enough to do something, why don’t you first start off with not being a lying fucking coward and hiding behind somebody else’s name? That would be a good start. Alright, I clicked on that link, and now I really do not like you cowardly little fucking asshole. Olbergasm is a fucking imbecile. He would not know a fact if a fact kicked him in his shriveled little nutsack.
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 9:31 pm #
So, asked and answered.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 9:37 pm #
Thanks for the heads-up, sdferr. How cowardly does someone have to be to try to hide behind somebody else’s name?
Comment by sdferr on 9/16 @ 9:41 pm #
How cowardly, stupidly cowardly I think. Darleen oughta zap it and out the perpetrator, I also think.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/16 @ 9:44 pm #
Unbelievable. What a pussy. For some reason the Olberdouche video isn’t loading for me, but just looking at the descriptions of the ones in the queue I get the sense that they’re all opinion pieces. That would lead me to conclude that the anonypussy is William Yelverton since he’s consistently demonstrated that he’s too stupid to know the difference between opinions he likes and facts.
Comment by Pablo on 9/16 @ 10:08 pm #
Hiya, Frontman. Welcome.
I’ve got a better question. Where the hell is Jeff?
Would it kill you to write? You could be dead, I wouldn’t even know! Oy.
Comment by pdbuttons on 9/16 @ 10:10 pm #
hi frontman!
thanks for kind words
trying to up my chops to protein wisdom level..
i’ll blah on hank williams sr. birthday…and of course/
///we’ll always have Rocktober..
anyhow/haiku 4 u…FUBU/
for you…by..universal health care coverage…
Frontman dons gloves..
It’s routine/ bend-over..
“Are you a Doctor?”
Comment by maggie katzen on 9/16 @ 10:10 pm #
facebook, Pablo… facebook…
Comment by pdbuttons on 9/16 @ 10:19 pm #
proof!..that i’m wicky[i patent that word-politico-word wicky up)
here’s my landladies correction/
frontmans rubber gloves
often cleaned clog drains/mend fences
Is he a Doctor?
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 10:31 pm #
I see that this cowardly fucking troll is doubling/tripling down on posting under other people’s names.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 10:51 pm #
Darleen – When you get around to this thread, I want to be on the record as not wanting them banned. Public humiliation and a nice airing of their cowardice should do just fine.
Comment by geoffb on 9/16 @ 11:06 pm #
I know for a fact that sdferr can spell. Trolls not so much.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:19 pm #
Fucking coward. Why must you argue with caricatures? Never mind …
Comment by Darleen on 9/16 @ 11:19 pm #
JD, that was TehAss. Again, as I catch the pathetic turdlette then I will wipe it away.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:24 pm #
No need. I would prefer you leave it up there and just put a note in there that it is a fucking scared little coward that hides behind other people’s names as its own inherent dishonesty and disfunction keep it from acting in any way honest or ethical. Let people see what they do, just “out” them very publicly.
Comment by JD on 9/16 @ 11:55 pm #
Such a fucking coward
Comment by Rusty on 9/17 @ 2:08 am #
Wow, Dirk. You certainly have all republicans figured out. Did you do that all by yourself, or did you have help?
Comment by alppuccino on 9/17 @ 4:07 am #
Then it surely must follow that Obama ran as a hardcore Republican, since he won by a substantial electoral margin.
He ran as a guy “who doesn’t look like all those other guys on the dollar bills” and limp-dicks like you voted for him for fear of being called a racist. And now you’ve thrown us into a black hole. Really black. None more black.
Comment by alppuccino on 9/17 @ 4:08 am #
and limp-dicks like you voted for him for fear of being called a racist.
And because you’re stupid. I didn’t want to leave that unsaid.
Comment by Eben on 9/17 @ 5:28 am #
That’s got to be the best damn trolling that I’ve seen in a long time.
Comment by SBP on 9/17 @ 5:31 am #
#219 Nah, I’ve seen better.
It got TrollHammered instantly, btw. Nothing whatsoever original or entertaining about its little spiel.
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 5:42 am #
Then you disprove one lone criticism as being non-racist and therefore ‘prove’ all criticism is non-racist.
Dirk you shallow thinking dimwit why is this a problem to you, It’s not a problem when the lapdog media shows one sign and uses it to say all the conservative protesters are !!!!!RACSIST!11ELEVENTY!!!!!! now is it.
Even when the signs they show actually belong to the Lyndon LaRouche crowd who happens to be a far left democrat organization. No Dirk you are a imbecile but I bet you know that already.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 5:45 am #
Dirk – As evidenced by your comment, you are a spineless poofter.
Comment by Danger on 9/17 @ 6:00 am #
Comment by N. O’Brain on 9/16 @ 5:24 pm #
Bipartisanship: “A state of affairs in which Republicans betray their supporters in order to mollify their political enemies and the editorial boards of The Washington Post and New York Times. Cf., capitulation, professional suicide.”
-Tony Snow
I miss Tony, he was a good man and I was never prouder of JeffG than when he brought out the arsenal in his defense after he died.
Comment by BJTexs on 9/17 @ 6:23 am #
By Dirk’s standards, Robert Gibbs, Press secretary, is a racist:
Will you now denounce Gibbs as racist, Dirk?
Back the bus up, boys! BEEEEP! BEEEP!
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 6:24 am #
Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are one of a kind. – How can 2 people be one of a kind?
They represent the extremist/racist know-nothing branch of the Republican party – I love it when the Leftists presume to get to define who others are.
where Hannity and Limbaugh are as infallible as the voice of God, – I thought we were talking about Hannity and Beck, but you have already veered of onto someone else, even though Hannity and Beck were supposed to be one of a kind. Apparently, they aren’t that at all.
where ACORN scandals warrant 24/7 headlines and through emotionalism and religious imperatives, – Why do you support the exploitation of underage illegal alien sex slaves?
they elevate themselves as righteous from the godless liberal baby killers. – Being righteous in comparison to the Left is really not all that difficult.
Unfortunately for Republicans, this has become the new face of the party, – Again with your presumption that A) we are Republicans, and B) you get to define who we are.
as evidenced by the Glenn Beck DC Teaparty this weekend. – As evidenced by your comment, Dirk, you eat your own poo.
Much of it is based on fear, ignorance, and angry racism. – Pot, meet kettle. Your projection of your own failings onto others does not make you a better person, and in fact, it proves you are not.
These people have called the president a Kenyan, a Muslim, Hitler, socialist, a homicidal joker and a witch doctor… while pretending to be talking about health care reform. – ZOMG! These people?! Are you kidding me?! RACIST CODEWORD ALERT !!!
This is your tactic: if they suggest any criticism about Obama is racist, then you twist their words and assume they’re saying ALL criticism of Obama is racist. – After having presumed to define us, now you think we are going to let you define our tactics? How about this? Our tactics are to point out where you and your ilk lie lie lie, and where your policies and ideals stray from the principles of our country.
Then you disprove one lone criticism as being non-racist and therefore ‘prove’ all criticism is non-racist. – You really are just a small petty little person, aren’t you? But the projection is strong with this one. Every fringe member of our side becomes the face of, or representative of our side, but on the side of purity and light, the fringe only is indicative of the fringe. Convenient, that.
What is really notable is how these racism deniers go to great effort to showcase a rare black person or pundit at a Teaparty protest (which are notoriously 99.5% white). – Who, and be specific, denies that racism exists? I, for one, believe that you are a demonstrable racist. 99.5% white? Cite please.
For example, on the House floor this week, Virginia Fox [R-NC] went to the effort to identify a dissenter of Obama’s health care reform as an “African-American” (Thomas Sowell), apparently so as to ‘prove’ she’s not racist. – This is considered evidence in your world? Why the scare quotes around “African-American”? Is he not authentic enough for you, kind of like Clarence Thomas?
I think their efforts speak for themselves. – Yes, your efforts speak quite clearly as to who you are, and why you should be mocked and scorned by polite society.
Now, crawl back under your rock.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 6:25 am #
The administration takes accountability very seriously. Damn, what a waste of a good mocha, all over the keyboard.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 6:28 am #
So this is the model of morality you would show to the world, william yelverton the guitar player, stealing someone else’s screen name, writing lies while using that stolen screen name and insulting third parties while using that stolen screen name?
And yet you still wish to claim that you possess a superior insight into right political behavior, that you know a more virtuous policy path than others may suggest, you, a thief and a liar, who would take this liberty with other peoples lives? What a joke you are you pathetic little man. Stop and look at yourself.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 6:34 am #
sdferr – It is about as dishonest as one can be. But the Left does enjoy rewriting what other people have said, so it is no stretch for them to simply starting speaking on behalf of others.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/17 @ 6:36 am #
Dirk definitely smells like TehAss who in turn definitely smells like our favorite guitar/lute teacher. Truly pitiful.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 6:42 am #
I can understand why it chose me, I am not particularly kind to it and its ilk. But sockpuppeting Abe, sdferr, and Darleen?
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 6:43 am #
The thing is, though I guess it is obvious to anyone who thinks about it, doing what william yelverton the guitar teacher has done is fully his choice. No one else can be blamed for his choice. He can steal screen name identities whenever and wherever he chooses and will likely suffer very little consequence, whether online or in meatspace. He can make up lies and attribute them to whomever’s screen name he, william yelverton the guitar player, chooses to steal and no one has the power to stop him. But how he justifies that low act at the same time he vaunts himself as wise in politics, as an arbiter of moral action in politics passes all understanding.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 6:44 am #
I just thinks he’s a mendoucheous twatwaffle, sdferr, but your mileage may vary.
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 6:45 am #
The administration takes accountability very seriously. Damn, what a waste of a good mocha, all over the keyboard.
LOL! No really they do JD they are constantly telling everyone who is accountable, that being BOOOOOOSH!
BTW I saw those posts last night and immediately knew they weren’t you, Lefties are a sick group. They even show up at conservative rallies with racist signs to score cheap political points. They are the scum of the earth.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 6:53 am #
Of course every Totalitarian who ever held actual political power has acted in the very same way, though with far greater consequence to the victims of their evil acts. We merely suffer the trouble of calling the miscreant out, demonstrating the theft, etc. where the victims of Totalitarianism lost their lives at the worst of it. But the apt part of the comparison is that the Totalitarian, while stealing and murdering, is at the same time trumpeting to the heavens his great virtue, his highest moral standing, his strenuous effort in the name of all that is right and good, he believes the death and destruction he wrecks is all justified thereby.
I have little doubt that william yelverton the guitar player thinks in much the same way about his puny crusade on behalf of his political heroes here. He takes it upon himself to decide that the end justifies the means.
Comment by Willie "The Racist" Yelvertun on 9/17 @ 6:55 am #
I like small farm animals, and underage cousins.
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/17 @ 7:08 am #
I can understand why it chose me, I am not particularly kind to it and its ilk. But sockpuppeting Abe, sdferr, and Darleen?
That’s nice of you to include me among the innocents JD, but abusing trolls is about all I do here.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:12 am #
I don’t know what turnip truck you guys just fell off of but I hasten to disabuse you of any thought you have that I am among the innocents in this world. I am a cretin down to my very ingrown toenails.
Comment by Eben on 9/17 @ 7:14 am #
lol,
Harry Reid, Democratic Senator of Nevada, Racist
<a href=”http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/16/harry-reid-health-care-bill-wont-work-nevada/”Harry Reid: Health care bill won’t work for Nevada
Comment by Eben on 9/17 @ 7:15 am #
lol,
Harry Reid, Democratic Senator of Nevada, Racist
Harry Reid: Health care bill won’t work for Nevada
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:18 am #
Jeez, Paul Simon looks like an aging Mafia Capo in that picture.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:19 am #
But check out his carefully manicured fingernails.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:20 am #
Wonder if he boils out his own gelatin to keep ‘em strong?
Comment by Frontman on 9/17 @ 7:20 am #
Good morning PW crew and Mr. buttons.
Right before I went to bed last night (I’m on EDT) I saw that “JD” entry and went to the link. I didn’t realize it was someone sockpuppeting, but after watching KO ramble on semi-coherently, I figured I’d leave it alone. Perversely, the troll may have been making our points for us. They’re entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
PD, I do loves me some rubber gloves. They are multi-purpose.
Comment by SBP on 9/17 @ 7:21 am #
The congresscritters know that at this point any “health care” bill is toxic, so they’ve decided to punt.
Comment by royf on 9/17 @ 7:28 am #
The congresscritters know that at this point any “health care” bill is toxic, so they’ve decided to punt.
Gee you mean that Zero and his crew have voted “present” again? How totally surprising………
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:31 am #
Oh hells no royf, Comrade Zero is still possessed by his delusions of grandeur. He’s got the full Ginsburg to do this coming weekend.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 7:37 am #
Frontman – It is quite safe to assume that I will never link to Olbergasm approvingly, unless he does a whole show about how he is the Worsterest Person in the World, and how big of a lying dishonest small-dicked blowhard he is. Then, and only then, might I link to him.
Comment by Frontman on 9/17 @ 7:43 am #
JD-Roger that. Sometimes I’m a little slow on the uptake. Is there an emoticon for “sheepish”?
Comment by Abe Froman on 9/17 @ 7:48 am #
WASHINGTON – No sooner than the Senate Finance Committee’s chairman released his long-awaited health care bill today than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it’s not good enough for Nevada.
Do newspapers even bother editing anymore?
And welcome aboard Frontman. I lurked for years without commenting as well. Then thor stared giving me homicidal urges and I realized a keyboard was the only thing I could beat him to death with.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 7:56 am #
Likenable to william yelverton the guitar player’s theft perhaps, Photo Fakery at Newsweek Mag, h/t Insty. Lying becomes easy for some people, I guess.
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 8:18 am #
Frontman – subtlety and verbosity are not strengths of mine ;-)
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 8:20 am #
The line rises: Tenn +30
Comment by JD on 9/17 @ 8:25 am #
I am quite certain that Teblow is the most overrated college QB EVAH!
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 8:27 am #
overrated? Faugh. The over/under is set at a ridiculous 52. Over please. Thank you.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 8:32 am #
I mean, how can the kid be overrated when so many sports writers tout lines like this: “At quarterback, he [Terrelle Pryor] is not close to the level of Florida dual-purpose quarterback Tim Tebow, and Tebow is doubtful at the position in the NFL.”
Comment by Danger on 9/17 @ 8:48 am #
I hear Tim Tebow lurks websites for motivational material
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/17 @ 9:02 am #
Re: Gator/Vol game, I’ll be there.
I almost believe the line. Not quite, but almost. Urban takes disrespect very seriously, and he takes it to the field, not the press, and he does it with talent and playcalling, not dirty tactics. Look what he did to Georgia when they dissed the Gators.
Gators pull out all the stops, Saturday.
Like Urban Meyer or not (and I do), the guy is an extremely professional, take-care-of-business coach. The one time he says something bad about another coach, it’s against Ron Zook for instituting policies that result in players being alienated from their teammates. Meyer lives, sleeps, eats and breathes the game of football, and he takes it very, very seriously. Kiffin stepped in it, bigtime, says I.
As far as Tebow’s rep goes, the kid can pretty much do anything that other quarterbacks do, and mostly do it better. He’s not the quickest on his feet, but he’s plenty quick. He’s not the best at making cuts, is probably his biggest weakness. His biggest weapon, though, is that he’s got his entire team behind him. Laugh at the post-Ole-Miss speech from last year all you want, but the truth of it is that he made every last word of it good, and so did the rest of the team.
I’m not sure how he’s going to make this kind of leadership work in the pros, frankly.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/17 @ 9:05 am #
Oh, and what Danger says has an element of truth to it. Tebow absolutely thrives on disparaging comments about him. So does the rest of the team. They don’t get mad; they take it as a challenge.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 9:07 am #
This may be one of the rare games this season (assuming no spate of serious injuries along the way, always a dangerous — if not foolish — assumption) in which Tebow will be allowed to play into the fourth quarter, if not the whole game. The line will be pressed, I think.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 9/17 @ 9:11 am #
Prediction: Joe Haden completes a touchdown pass in this game.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 9:12 am #
Oh, and Fl’s opponents aren’t getting any great bargain when they have to face Mr Brantley either. I feel for them, I really do.
Comment by McGehee on 9/17 @ 9:38 am #
From the link offered by sdferr above:
Good of Mr. Kennerly to wake up and join the rest of us.
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Comment by B Moe on 9/17 @ 12:35 pm #
Tebow is a fucking warrior, I would love for the Steelers to draft him to back up Big Ben.
Comment by sdferr on 9/17 @ 1:40 pm #
Jacksonville is making noises that it wants to get to him first B Moe, though I know nothing of what the drafting order will be.
Comment by Rusty on 9/17 @ 5:33 pm #
#264
I would love for the Bears to buy a quarter back what could complete a pass to their own side.