Cardboard Obama told “Go back to Kenya” at Romney rally

[angka]

Source: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

As thousands of Romney supporters lined up outside his Monday night rally site at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, liberal groups and the Obama campaign did whatever they could to get their own message heard.

But even with a small airplane circling overheard trailing a banner about Romney’s 47 percent comments, the voices ProgressNow Action wanted to hear were those of Romney supporters as they passed by the group’s cardboard cut-out of President Obama and rolling video camera on their way inside.

On Tuesday morning, the group posted the four-minute video on YouTube, in which dozens of Republicans pass by cardboard Obama and, in a few cases, can’t help but hurl less-than-politically correct comments its way. You can watch the video below.

“Go back to Kenya!” one person says.

“Strangle him!” says another.

Read more: http://kdvr.com/2012/10/02/cardboard-obama-told-go-back-to-kenya-at-romney-rally/

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See also:

Romney Rally Crowd Full 10/1/2012

Video: Romney supporters uncensored in Denver yesterday
http://www.coloradopols.com/diary/18595/video-romney-supporters-uncensored-in-denver-yesterday

[muntrv]

1. Thousands of Romney supporters?

[NICO9000]

23. That probably means about 500 in real numbers

Since Mittens lies about everything anyway, I'm sure his crowd-counting skills can be very creative also.

[OldDem2012]

2. They really can't stand the fact that an African-American is President...

...Pretty sad state of affairs 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 147 years after the end of the US Civil War, and 48 years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

[gateley]

3. Losers on parade.

[wilt the stilt]

4. I stayed in that community for a month

it is really nice and I think these people came from all over. I would actually like to move there. There are assholes everywhere and Denver is a very liberal city. I live in Atlanta and there is no comparison.

[chollybocker]

5. I see white sheeple...

And they're all so sad.

Zombie-boy at 1:38 is quite disturbing, but the guys in suits *hiding their faces* at 2:41 is a very special treat. I'd hide my face, too, if I were you...

[.99center]

6. Alot of the people look like they're

About to be robbed, until they notice it's not a real African-American.

[lunasun]

20. +1

[onehandle]

7. Racist Fuckwad Idiots. nt

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[joshcryer]

8. While a lot of those people are undisputably racist...

...and some are downright nasty, I was glad it wasn't as bad as I've seen in other teabagger protests. The majority were civilized and laughed it off.

It's just a damn shame all those young people (particularly young women) were going to that event. Hell, I shouldn't even say that because most of them were people who are retired and Romney promises to effectively screw them, but somehow they don't realize it.

I dunno. I wish I saw what the protest sign looked like. Was it just Obama or did they post other stuff? I would've at the minimum had a sign there that had a list of facts that Romney / Ryan support.

[angka]

52. There wasn't a sign

Just the cardboard cutout of Obama, wearing a small button that said "Thanks Obamacare." That's it, no other visuals, and the camera operator and person holding the sign did not provoke the crowd in any way. This was all their reaction to the cardboard cutout.

[Ash_F]

9. Wow, they look enthusiastic about supporting Romney.

[Ash_F]

10. Best part was the racism at 3:15

Oh and the "hail Caesar" at the end. In 4 years, that is the first time I have heard that one.

[joshcryer]

15. That woman was a hoot. "I feel for them. They support Obamacare? I feel sorry for them."

Then goes on to imitate a racist ebonics-style (terminology?) voice.

[Ash_F]

18. Yep, really doing their candidate favors.

I'm not sure if Romney isn't the one I should feel sorry for at this point. Keep it up folks.

[cheriemedium59]

11. Racist bastards! I am surprised they are not waving a confederate flag..

[mountain grammy]

12. One guy was hiding his face...cute.

Rally, really? Thousands? really? KDVR is a fox affiliate, they called 20 teabaggers with signs on a corner hundreds of protestors and gave them 5 minutes of "news" time. I swear to God!

[AverageJoe90]

40. 'Librul byuss' my lily-white Texan ass........nt

[tawadi]

13. Didn't watch it

But I'm sure its disgusting.

[skeewee08]

14. Same here tawadi

[rrp3]

16. WTF

HOLY CRAP REPS ARE STUPID!

[nc4bo]

17. They go like lambs to the slaughter....

The selfish, the me-too'ers, the wannabe's, the naive, the low info, the racists, the bigots, the frightened masses..............

After November 6th, I may pity them. Before November 6th, they can swallow glass as far as I'm concerned.

[central scrutinizer]

19. polarization on display

thought experiment: suppose we were all walking to a DU meetup and someone stood there with a Romney cutout and filmed us walking by. Would it have been much different?

I would hope much less racist and much more creative and wittier, but pretty much it would be the same as this video. People are passionate about their candidates.

[nightscanner59]

31. Likely responses would be above the fray seen here

Fox news followers tend to be well trained in throwing epithets and other politically incorrect statements publically.
To make it a true reverse experiment, Romney would have to hold commander in chief office. Democrats respect the office unconditionally. Many of these would not.

[Ash_F]

32. I would be interested in such an experiment.

I bet Dems would do better, if only for being a less homogeneous group.

[angka]

55. Personally,

I think Democrats would do better for many reasons both circumstantial and moral. Nobody would be using racist epithets against Romney because Romney is a white man. But Democrats would also, I firmly believe, be both more fact-based (which isn't hard) and less embarrassing (statistically having fewer uncultured goons in their midst).

[Paulie]

21. What dwarf planet was this made on

Plutocrat?

[Maynar]

36. HA!

Good one!

[DemKittyNC]

22. What is up with these people?

And their need to yell at inanimate objects?

Although I have to admit, it is at least a big step up from an empty chair.

[young_at_heart]

24. Are these people really Americans?

I would not like to live next door to any of them.

[Vietnameravet]

25. Yes it looks like tens of supporters showed up!

We CANNOT allow this campaign of hate and obstruction to succeed..

[Liberalagogo]

26. Basically, there's just one word to describe these people:

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COWARDS

[lexx21]

27. What really irked me was....

that the people shown are so blissfully ignorant.... and they really don't mind. As long as they keep having sunshine blown up their collective asses, then the world is right with them.

Now you have the seniors among them who are clueless to the fact that medicare will be on the chopping block, along with social security. The younger people in that crowd don't seem to realize that unless you have a wad of cash in the bank before you are 50, you are going to be totally screwed.

But Romney sends jobs overseas.... guess you won't have that wad of cash in the bank after all. You will just be screwed.

[sakabatou]

28. They're just full of love, aren't they?

[Grassy Knoll]

29. Where's the dumb fucker with the......

stuffed monkey ? Same idiots 4 years later.

[tjwash]

30. Ahh yes...shades of sarah palin's little klan rallies she held near the end of the 2007 campaign

Luckily it will be over pretty soon.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

33. In general I thought it fairly benign

one or two with some 'questionable' remarks but mostly psh....................

[CoffeeCat]

34. You know what is so hilarous about these people?

What's most hilarious is that they actually believe that Mitt Romney gives two shits about them.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have no respect for these people. They're being used. They're too stupid to figure out that they're the targets of right-wing and Fox News brainwashing. You brainwash them, stroke their egos and tell them what to think--and pretty soon you've got 40 percent of America working to enrich the top one person and destroy the rest of America.

Boy are these people going to be pissed when the jig is up. They'll know that they were used like lemmings, and we'll be able to say that we told them so.

Everyone always wonders why the right has such a heavy radio and right-wing media prescence--and why the liberals don't. The reason is because billionaires and corporations fund right wing radio in order to bamboozle the idiots. The Fascists and the corporate overlords knew that the left was too intelligent to fall for their bullshit. So, they're in the process of brainwashing the right into doing their bidding.

So far, they've been talked out of the dignity of healthcare--and we're the only Westernized nation on the planet that lacks national healthcare. They've talked these idiots into wanting LESS regulation for the banks--even after the mortgage implosion. They've talked them into advocating for lie-based wars and torture. They've advocated for having their Social Security taken away, their Medicare vouncherized and their Medicaid gutted. They've advocated for higher taxes and fewer deductions for themselves, but windfalls for millionaires, billionaires and multinational corporations. These people happily mock against renewable energy and fight against any resources devoted to climate change--because they're all so much smarter than the entire scientific community.

I could go on, but I'm starting to get nauseated.

Look at these people. They are just average people. Average people who think they're somebody because Glenn Beck has convinced them that they are smarter than the people who watch CNN. Glenn and Hannity give them the inside scoop, don't ya know? The inside scoop that the rest of us are just too dumb to see. These average people have been duped just like the many citizens were duped by previous dictators It's amazing how they can be talked into fighting against their own best interests to further enrich people who detest them and think they are a joke to be used for their own personal gain.

[Baitball Blogger]

35. Let's face it. Before the election, those cameras are going to be picking up Repubs

using the "N" word. I predict it. They can't help themselves.

[secondwind]

37. Not a black face in the bunch..........

[VWolf]

49. To be fair, I think there was ONE black woman n/t

[durablend]

50. No doubt a plant n/t

[progressivebydesign]

67. No, I looked. There was an Easter Indian woman... no black people at all. nt

[MADem]

38. I would be a bit afraid in that crowd, and I'm not afraid of too many things.

There's some real hate in those eyes.

[theKed]

39. The most troubling thing I pulled out of that

was the dude with the "47% for Mitt" sign. I'm not sure if that's what he was actually trying to say but it came off like "I'm, poor, 'entitled', and ready to be shat on by the Republican ticket."

[Mnpaul]

41. Reminds me of a Monty Python skit

[barnabas63]

47. +1

[bookman]

42. The Obama Phone

I heard so many comments about the Obama phone. Since I don't listen to Rush or read Drudge I had no idea.

but..


http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/27/924011/the-truth-about-the-obama-phone/


These people really will believe anything.

[DaveJ]

59. Yeah it's really the "Reagan Phone" created under the Reagan administration

But when did facts ever get in the way of their vile racist hatred which is evident in this video.

[angka]

64. This really was pervasive.

The number of people talking about "Obama Phones" suggests it's gone viral on the right.

[AsahinaKimi]

43. AMERICAN IDIOTS!!

[JohnnyRingo]

44. Way too many young people in that line

That really bothers me that someone in the 18-27 age group identifies with Mitt Romney. I'll never understand.

[Gal Friday]

45. The White, The Fat, The Stupid

And I'll bet none of them have served in the Marines. But you know they have ttheir flag lapel pins!

[barnabas63]

46. These displays won't help Rmoney....

...hope it goes viral.

[davidpdx]

48. I believe it. I'm going to pass on watching it because of how negative it is.

Instead I'll tell a quick story...

The other day my mom called and we were talking. She lives in Southern Oregon (where I grew up) and I have been living in South Korea have the past 8 years. My mom very rarely talks about politics. About halfway through the conversation she said, "David I need to tell you something". At which my eyebrows went up thinking this was serious. She went on to tell me that her long time friends who is a Christian and her husband say really nasty things about Obama and it's gotten to the point that she doesn't want to be around them anymore. My mom said she can't believe how racist people are and that it just disgusts her.

I told her it didn't surprise me a bit and I'd feel the same way. Then I said, "if it's any consolation they are going to be in for a huge shock the day of the election."

[Javaman]

51. so first they talk to empty chairs, now they yell at cardboard.

if there isn't a better example as to why we need to give more funding to mental health in this nation, I can't find one.

[marions ghost]

53. Two mindsets

Closed, inflexible, rigid, self-centered, heirarchical = right wingers

VS

Open, flexible, generous, community oriented, democratic = the rest of us


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[Odin2005]

54. I see a bunch of OLD WHITE PEOPLE!

[DaveJ]

61. Probably lots of retirees during the work day

When I have days off I see lots of old retired people out during the day. That said, most younger people vote Democratic, so if we can make it through the next 20 years we might stand a chance.

[progressivebydesign]

66. I hate their smugness. One disaster away from being one of the 47% and they think they own the world

That's the problem with them.. completely self satisfied, and full of their own shit.

Fortunes turn in an instant.. the minute one of those vile suburban women there find out their husband has been doing the secretary, filed for divorce, and hidden the assets. Boom.. 47%.

[hockeynut57]

56. still waiting

for all the people who said" if obama wins( the 2008 election) i'm leaving the US to make good on their promise. not only would that open up a lot of jobs, it would raise the country's average IQ

[maddogesq]

57. It's the inbreeding Mag.

))

[NICO9000]

58. 99.9% white, of course

I did see an Asian woman, but that was the only non-white I could spot.

Once again, the Rethug women are even worse than the men. I don't know what the hell is wrong with them, but they are really nasty pieces of work.

I also love how one of them gets the 47% comment wrong (something like we are the 47%...) and the sign "47% for Romney" was just a sick joke to me. These cretins are gonna get a big shock in a month. All their smug superiority won't help one bit. On the bright side, they'll have another four years to home their racism to a very fine point.

[DaveJ]

60. What really bugs me, is their vile wretched laughs

One thing that I never do, is laugh at people with whom I disagree. Lots of people do it, but Rethugs, especially. If you disagree, address the point, laughing proves absolutely nothing.

I know, they do it intentionally to get under peoples nerves, but I just never got why anyone resorts to becoming lowlifes, just to irritate others. I can't imagine people like that being in control of the world, attempting to transform the world into a place of contemptuous thuggery.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

62. "Target practice"?????

Did someone actually say that?

[angka]

63. Several, actually.

Including one moment where someone said that right after another said they're "peaceful people." Nice irony.

[progressivebydesign]

65. Not the worst of the day: "Strangle him" and "cut off his head" were WAY more disturbing. nt

[angka]

68. Agreed.

I think the violent statements are being underrated. It's very nasty stuff.