Shut Up You Racist!

John's post below ends with a warning.

Say anything bad about Senator Obama and you will be called a racist thus effectively ending any opportunity for an actual conversation.

Here are a few more conversation stoppers:

Jacksonian Democrats might as well be Republicans. I have utter contempt for the uneducated masses - they might as well go raise tobacco and cotton on their plantations and wallow in self-pity for losing a job and being too stupid and unmotivated to find other work.

As for the correlation btw. Hillary and the Jacksonian Democrats - she's a Republican anyway, so it's a natural fit.
Bob of NJ
Apr 03, 2008 10:55:06 AM

Is it not funny that Mr. Barone reaches so far into our past to find a respectable-sounding label for these voters - who could much more easily and accurately be called hillbillies, rednecks, yahoos, flat-earthers, or bigots?

Why treat these goobers with more respect than they deserve? (Oh, right, because they help your candidate win...)
Mike of WA
Apr 03, 2008 11:10:24 AM

Both of these comments were on an article dissecting the campaign in US News and World.

Can't you just feel the love? Senator Obama spreading his magic of bringing people together.

I read an article and one of the comments called Senator Clinton a liar then went on to say how honest Senator Obama had been about the Wright Stuff. I suppose you hear what you want to hear. He said he had never heard any of the sermons in question then said he did. That's candor!

If you support Senator Clinton don't bother going on Kos or any other Obama blogs - you will be vilified and forced away. I hope we at Liberal Rapture will let everyone say their piece, question and still maintain civility. Ironic that Senator Obama represents a new way for politics, a civil way and his supporters think Randi Rhodes was not only right but should be sainted for "speaking the truth." Her freedom of speech is being infringed upon. She can say anything she likes while lambasting Geraldine Ferraro for saying what she believed. Agree with us or shut up. Keith Olbermann had a special comment for Ms. Ferraro, did he do the same with Ms. Rhodes? I don't know because I no longer watch.

When the Wright story came out Norah O'Donnell lamented, "How can we move on from this?" Anderson Cooper thought we should be talking about the issues instead of "politics as usual." (By the way, Mr. Cooper, Reverend Wright in in NO way politics as usual.) When the Bosnia story came out it got more attention than Natalie Holloway and the Duke La cross story combined. No need to talk about issues when you can magnify Senator Clinton's faults for hours and hours!

It's so Bushian. Until his poll numbers dove under 50% nothing he said or did mattered to his supporters because he was "strong." Hooker in the White House press corps there to lob soft ball questions - who cares? Obama lies about his parents? So what, he gives us hope. He's not just likable enough, he's lovable. His dealings with Rezko, what dealings with Rezko -Hillary lied about Bosnia.

Well at least she went. More than 300,000 people have been displaced in Kenya and are living in tents or with relatives. What has their favorite son done for them? Has he gone over to bring the parties together? No, that might involve actual work and what if he couldn't make a difference? How would it look?

Because it's all about perception. There's a scam email going around stating that Senator Obama has done more in his four years in the senate than Senator Clinton has done in eight. It's wrong but you'll see it quoted everywhere. Go to FactCheck.org and it's completely disproven but who wants to bother with facts?

They get in the way of the Messiah.