We Have Now Entered Into the Open Expression of Vile Racism Phase of the Campaign

[WeDidIt]

Hanging effigies.

Racist stereotypes in political newsletters.

Racist jokes sent in emails.

Keep in mind, we've only begun this phase.

In the next 18 days, it will become even more openly racist. It will become even more vile. And there is the risk that it will become violent. The viscious racists are no longer afraid of keeping their vile nastiness secret.

Be vigilant, DUers. We're in for a tough ride during the end game.

[Guaranteed]

1. Yup.

It's coming to a head.

But this is where we win.

[geckosfeet]

2. Ladies and gentlemen please fasten your seatbelts. Turbulence ahead. eom

[IsItJustMe]

9. As Betty Dadis once said, "It's gonna be a bumpy ride."

[Solomon]

3. Yep. I was about to write the same kind of thread.

It's gonna get real bad.

It'll be just like one of those twilight zone episodes that when the fear finally resides, people will look at each other and realize how fucked up we are.

[WeDidIt]

5. The important thing now is to start taking names and recording addresses

These fuckers will be dealt with. Remember how long it took the SPLC to take down the neo-nazis in IDaho? Same difference, except these assholes are coming out of their hidey holes and are exposing themselves to the bright lights.

[ladjf]

4. They are "playing with fire" and we might all get burned. n/t

[PermanentRevolution]

6. "These are the times that try men's souls."

"The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value."

Thomas Paine
"The Crisis"
December 23, 1776

[elleng]

7. Thank you,

(((PermanentRevolution.)))

[PermanentRevolution]

17. Thank you, too...

Thanks to all of you. Everyone who has been fighting this fight. We're so close, I can taste it. We are on the cusp of history, and we will make it happen. I have never been more certain of anything than I am of this.

[VenusRising]

29. Those Revolutionaries were amazing men.

To keeping our heads about us. :toast:

[RagAss]

8. I'll stay and fight.

[Lugnut]

10. It's disgusting.

I'm ashamed of some of my fellow Americans.

[WeDidIt]

16. This election is about more than the American People

This nation is nearly to the top of that mountain Dr. MArtin Luther King Junior climbed back in 1968.

My dream is to see the promised land as he did. I may not get to the promised land with the rest of America, but on November 5th, I hope to see it.

We shall overcome.

[EFerrari]

11. ACORN Boston office broken into, maybe Seattle too, but unconfirmed.

Hang in there, people.

[SoonerPride]

12. I predict violence before it is over.

The tenor of the McCain rallies is entirely to blame.

[Lerrad]

13. Tonight I have been feeling sad, afraid, worried that something will happen....

... and your post did not help me much.

I don't know what, but I have this feeling that something very bad is going to happen. So bad that I'm afraid their may not even be an election. The last time this feeling came over me, the phone rang and I found out that my father had died. I have that feeling again, but it i snot about me, it is about this election.

Please someone talk me up.

[DeschutesRiver]

28. I know people who went to Mississippi during the worst of the Civil Rights era

to see that some form of justice prevailed.

Back then, the horror endured was far beyond breaking into offices, it was not effigies that were being hung, and the racial slurs were thick and heavy in every conversation. In some ways, it felt like this but times a million.

So many hateful people back then; a whole country that had for YEARS and YEARS been totally geared to not letting a black person drink from the faucet that a white could use or use the same toilet, or the same entrance door, or sleep in the same motel, or vote, or earn a living, or file a lawsuit, or not be treated like a former possession, or just live a god damned life in peace and enjoyment.

Not only is the harassment of these last few days before the election nothing like the horror of the Civil Rights era or the crap society we had before that; it is a triumph that a wonderful, smart and gracious black man is going to be the next President of the United States.

The way you fix that feeling of dread is to keep fighting for this victory UNTIL THE DEAL IS CLOSED. Like Obama has said repeatedly. Now is not the time to exhale, but to focus hard on the goal. This is what I am reminding myself when I have moments of feeling just like you described your feelings.

I acknowledge them, okay, maybe wallow in my fears a bit, then give myself a little history lesson, and push on. Don't let fear defeat you; use it to motivate yourself.

[AwakeAtLast]

14. And it's because they have nothing left

Nothing. They are cornered and beginning to realize that it is over. They will not go down willingly, unfortunately.

[RagAss]

15. Agreed. Who the fuck do they thing they're scaring...some of us have lived with violence our entire

lives. Do they think we're not going to sit and fight to the death? What's the alternative? Living with their shit? Let them bring it on if they want violence. We don't seek violence. But some of us are very familiar with it. Enough said.

[RagAss]

18. k&r

[WeDidIt]

19. Thank You

We ARE Overcoming.

[cliffordu]

22. Yep.

[Hansel]

23. Amen. Yes we are. n/t

[high density]

20. I didn't expect McCarthyism to make a comeback

This is nasty.

[Hansel]

21. Yep. Because the Grand Wizard McCain has told them

it's okay for them to come out of the closet. Good. Now we know who they are and exactly what they stand for. So they can quit the self-righteous holier-than-thou over-the-top hyperbole about how Christian and patriotic they are. They are common thugs and hate-filled trolls and should be treated as such.

[dgibby]

24. Yep, I've been talking about those dog whistles for 2 wks!

Now they're not even using code anymore, are they?
Well, on the bright side, Michelle Bachman really stepped in it tonight with a nice push from Tweety. Her opponent has gotten $60K+ in donations since she was on Hardball earlier. Looks like he'll probably break $100,000 by morning!

[undergroundpanther]

25. effigies

Reminds me of what the "terrarists" do in images used in propaganda over here.. they hang and burn effigies too..
American terrorists are on the RIGHT.They hang effigies..I can't help but notice the similarities.
That's why the RIGHT pretends they do not exist.But to the right these thugs ARE their base,their loyal to the end deluded zealot conservative 'jihadists'

[bunny planet]

26. Quote from a Staple Singers song for these racist pond scum

'Take the sheet off your head brother, it's a brand new day!'

[TragedyandHope]

27. Sadly, my family has been feeling this coming since Iowa

I knew it was coming too, but that doesn't make it any easier. It really feels like we're in a time warp headed straight back to 1861.

We have to follow Obama's example and keep calm, cool heads, but stay strong and steady.

It's always darkest before a new day. Making history isn't easy, but it will be more worthwhile than we can fully appreciate right now.

This is not air-quotes "change," this is real CHANGE. Change, as in our country will never be the same after this. It's a pivotal moment in the story of America.

YES WE CAN!

[symbolman]

30. How DARE the FBI Allow someone to Hang Obama in their Yard?!!

Anyone who doesn't Arrest this man immediately is guilty of THE SAME Racist mind set!!

I DEMAND as a citizen of this Country that the FBI Arrest this rabble Rouser for at minimum Threatening a Presidential Candidate or at least for Incitement to Riot..

How Dare the FBI Ignore this Threat and Allow it to continue, to be broadcast to the Community as an advertisement to Provoking Harm to A Legitimate Candidate?!

I hope Obama wins the Election and Fires each and Every Agent who had Knowledge of this, and that includes the Head of the FBI AND the Secret Service!!

This IS a Credible threat, and total provocation!

DO YOUR JOB or Quit the service!

[stevietheman]

31. History buffs may recall the "Revolution of 1800" -- there are similarities here. n/t

n/t

[GoesTo11]

32. But we should at least be thankful for John McCain for forcefully repudiating this

Not!

Think how easily he could take a stand against this. He could rail against each one and say that his legacy is to take racism out of American politics whether or not it helps him win the election. But nooooo.