Repubs: Obama is a scary, scary commie black nationalist

[cali]

Oh man, they need to do better than that. Whatever else you may say about Obama, he's a prodigiously talented politician who has built a political organization that's nimble and responsive. Furthermore, Obama never comes off as angry or threatening. His demeanor is the opposite of that.

I have no doubt that Obama will respond quickly and forcefully to swiftboatian smears and attacks.

This is a guy who knows all about the iron fist in the velvet glove- and how and when to use it.

Obambi, my ass.

[EFerrari]

1. I hear Delay called him a Marxist on some radio show.

They have nothing. lol

[ColbertWatcher]

2. They may have no message, but they do have the media. n/t

[AlinPA]

3. They control everything in radio and TV. nt

[EFerrari]

4. Media mogols are looking at the beginning of Democratic control

for the foreseeable future AND they have no control of the tubes.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Yup! The people control the tubes!

[jefferson_dem]

5. Shammity has taken to calling him "The Radical" Barack Obama and Boooortz refers to him as a marxist

It's hilarious watching these idiots drag out these silly stale labels.

They got nothing.

Yesterday, Shammity was saying "I know he's a good speaker and it's easy to get caught up in the moment...but step back and say...who is this guy really. He's really a RADICAL --- oooga booga." Bwhahahahah. Contrast that smallness with Obama's postive, forward-looking message of "Hope" and "Change".

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Interesting...

...that just means to me that they will be pulling William Ayers our of their asses come fall.

[bunkerbuster1]

24. Booooortz thinks anyone who doesn't back his insane 30 cent national sales-tax is a "marxist"

This fraud is finally getting some pushback from Jay Bookman over at the AJC, who calls the FairTax rubes "Cultists."

But, we digress.

[Snarkturian Clone]

8. Jesus fuck, here it comes.

I think I heard some RW hate radio the other day just complaining about him being "Soooooooo liberal"

[KharmaTrain]

9. The Whisper Campaign Has Been Relentless

Hate radio has been loaded with racism from the moment Obama announced...and the more he's succeded, the louder that hate has turned up.

It really began with the "Obama is a Muslim" game that started with various wingnutters like Laura Ingraham picking on his middle name and thenit wasn't that he was a nig...err black...he was a Muslim. Then came Michelle's comments about not being proud of this country and then that became a double bagger...sexism and racism...those ungrateful nig...err colored people. Then there was the Wright smear...no doubt Obama harbored every evil thought Wright had "in spades" (yes, I heard that term used) and surely if he's got one scary black person in his life, he must have many.

The racism will be worse as Obama become more of a threat to actually win...I'm all but certain we'll hear the slogan "before it's too late" to pop up and Gramps to try to portray himself as the "great white hope". Senator Obama will face racism like Jackie Robinson did...but this type is more systemic and subtle...it won't be said direct, just a wink and a nod is needed...the seeds of racism have long been planted and milked by the right wing. It's what brought them together in the first place.

Senator Obama has to be careful on how he addresses these slimes...getting caught up in fighting them distracts from a message far more important he offers...and that inclusion, not exclusion. Let the surrogates handle this and expose the racists wehre they exist.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. You mentioned the solution right in your post.

Jackie Robinson.

All the old people will remember baseball before Robinson and they might even remember where they were when he played his first game. (Maybe not, nonetheless...)

Old people also had Arthur Ashe and Nat King Cole.

The younger generations may not have any idea what it was like to have professional baseball (or any sport for that matter) without everyone playing, but, they do have Tiger Woods and he is the closest in their time to a ground breaker like Jackie.

We can just remind the racially frightened that Obama is like Jackie.

[KharmaTrain]

15. We've Come A Long Way...I Hope

The fact Senator Obama not only won the nomination but was a serious candidate shows the progress that has happened in this country. It was many Jackie Robinsons...or Nat King Coles or Bill Cosbys or Martin Luther King or Jesse Jackson and so on...it's been a progression of acceptance of blacks by a majority in this country...and in some ways I feel this was spearheaded by my generation....the ones who came up in the 60s and refused to accept the racial stereotypes and the first real outreach between the races.

We still have racism...and we're seeing its newer form...one that is no longer socially accepted on the surface but still given the wink and nod behind closed doors. It's also a coded game of class warfare...racism always takes the attention way from the real opporessors. It's like Lou Doobies blaming the "illeguls" for destroying the economy rather than those who employ and exploit them...the real lawbreakers. Oh well...

Here's hoping my faith in the American people and its ability to rise above not just race but sexual discrimination has been one of the advancements in my lifetime.

Cheers...

[ColbertWatcher]

16. What I meant was...

...Obama is just another first, just like Jackie.

He isn't the frightening Secret Muslim the GOP are trying to say he is.

[bunkerbuster1]

25. Pass along what Rachel (Mrs. Jackie) Robinson had to say about Obama:

from http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/04/obama.history/

Obama is a "champion of social change."

"His success is a reminder that no one who dares to stand up and challenge the status quo does so alone."


That, I find inspiring, on so many levels.

[sellitman]

10. It's the voting machines he needs to worry about.

If they are fixed like the last 2 Presidential elections were then we are screwed. The election map is completely different with Obama running too. The States we have to moniter will change. I hope we are able to adapt as fast as the Repigggies most certainly will.

[geckosfeet]

11. Don't worry. They will do much much worse. You think the primary was bad,,,,?

[cali]

12. I think Obama has the chops to fight back effectively and

I think people overestimate the repukes this year.

[geckosfeet]

13. Perhaps. All I know is I (and a few others) underestimated them in '00, and '04.

[cali]

17. well, I didn't. I understood that Gore and Kerry made mistakes

that made it possible for the repukes to steal it. And I further understand how radically different the political environment is now compared to 2000 and 2004.

[Donkey_Punch_Dubya]

18. It's not THAT different from 2004

I remember Kerry and others saying that was the most important election of our lifetimes. Millions were outraged at everything the Bush administration had done in 4 years. More new voters registered for that election than in any time in the previous 30 years. The total votes jumped from 103M to 122M. It seemed like a crucial point to make a change, like now.

And look what happened. We need to be vigilant because they WILL try to steal it, try to prevent minorities from voting, try to purge voters, try to swiftboat Obama.

[cali]

21. oh, yes it is. the zeitgueist has changed significantly

and

- there's no sitting prez

- a war that was popular is now highly unpopular

- the dem nominee is vastly outraising the repuke nominee

- more state party machinery is in the hands of dems

- there are now significantly more registered dems than repukes

- the economy is in far worse shape

- the repuke brand is far more tarnished

- the repuke machine is in worse shape

It's more like 2006. And btw, the repukes were unable to steal even 1 of 3 special congressional elections in heavily repuke districts this spring.

There are indeed big differences.

[LeftinOH]

19. 'Liberal, far left-wing, black activist, Muslim'....its their mantra now; get used to it

..that, and the predictable 'no experience', and 'no substance'.
:puke:

[mainegreen]

20. Oh really? Then where's his afro and chest hair? Huh? HUH?

Sorry.
70's flashback.
:P

[Canuckistanian]

22. Tom Delay called him a "Marxist"

Just heard this on Bill Press's radio show.

[bdamomma]

23. the repigs are spewing again.

what sick people