ExposeObama Exposed: The GOP’s Sleazy Nutcases Surface

[kpete]

ExposeObama Exposed: The GOP’s Sleazy Nutcases Surface
By: David Neiwert Tuesday April 29, 2008 9:00 am

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But the GOP's ad is only part of the picture regarding what's happening in North Carolina. For the bigger picture, we need to talk about Floyd Brown and Bruce Hawkins.

You see, in addition to the Wright ad, there's a right-wing operation titled "ExposeObama.org", operated by our old friend Brown, running ads on North Carolina stations that are even more incendiary, even more obvious in their dog-whistle nature -- overtly associating Obama, through imagery and implication, with black criminals.

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And right there at the front page of the ExposeObama site, you'll see a prominent link to a piece by Hawkins that compares Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Black Liberation Theology to the Ebola virus. Charmingly eliminationist, don't you think? (And coincidentally, it also significantly bolsters Wright's claim yesterday that the attacks on him are really about attacks on "the black church.")

The ExposeObama ad campaign makes the North Carolina GOP ads look tasteful in comparison -- which is clearly the point. Pushing the envelope is a right-wing nutcase tradition, and it works like a charm in moving the public discourse so far to the right that any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.


much more (tons of links, info, what were in for)at:
http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/29/exposeobama-exposed/
and for research purposes:
http://exposeobama.com/brucehawkins.html

[xfm]

1. hmm

the racism at play is grotesque but predictable.

[Barack_America]

2. Since when did Black Liberation Theology make anyone bleed out their ass?

Just sayin'. Weak comparison.

[Barack_America]

3. Kicking for a general election "heads up"

Not many people saw this with all of the Wright uproar today.

[Melinda]

4. And no doubt a few of his *assosciates* are now just regular good ole DUers.

Just sayin'.