Frightening Article in New Republic RE: Hillary Protestors

[woolldog]

These people scare me.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/05/31/scenes-from-today-s-rbc-hillary-protest.aspx

THE NEW REPUBLIC

Scenes from Today's RBC Hillary Protest
May 31, 2008

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Two blocks away from the northwest Washington Marriott where the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting right now to try to figure out Florida and Michigan, the Hillary protesters are occupying an utterly alternate (and healing-free) universe: a universe in which one of the big lawn rally's speakers yells that the Democratic Party no longer is in the business of "promoting equality and fairness for all"; in which a Hillary supporter with two poodles shouts, "Howard Dean is a leftist freak!"; in which a man exhibits a sign that reads "At least slaves were counted as 3/5ths a Citizen" and shows Dean whipping handcuffed people; and in which Larry Sinclair, the Minnesota man who took to YouTube to allege that Barack Obama had oral sex with him in the back of a limousine in 1999, is one of the belles of the ball.

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Has it come to this? We tend to assume the Hillary camp's hot rhetoric--that Obama's less ready than McCain to be commander-in-chief, that the DNC in Florida is like Mugabe in Zimbabwe--is studied, purposeful, that they can't really believe it. That may be true at the Lanny Davis level, but by the time it trickles down to Hillary's most grassroots supporters, it becomes deadly serious.

It's easy to sink into despair here. Standing and watching all these Democrats chat up Sinclair--who's retained Montgomery Blair Sibley as his lawyer and says the Republican National Committee has also been in touch with him--makes me want to fall to my knees, rend my garments, and start insanely screaming, "Wake up! Wake up! You'll hate a President John McCain!" But the rhetoric from the top has imparted its poison below, and the bitterest criticisms of Obama gain traction as they circulate through the virulently-pro-Hillary echo chamber. "Would you rather have a president who had an affair or one who was a murderer ?" Jeannie, the Greensboro Democrat, asks a fellow in a floppy Tilley hat and Hillary buttons. "That's a good point," he replies.

Following instructions from Obama HQ, almost no Obama supporters have shown up to protest, amplifying the impression of the alternate Hillary universe. But around the edges, a few small signs of the other universe peek through, the one in which Barack Obama leads and most Democrats don't suspect him of multiple felonies. Inside the Marriott's gift shop, the sales clerk tells me that Democratic bumper stickers have been selling like crazy today. "Mostly Hillary?" I ask.

"Actually, mostly Obama," she giggles.

[papapi]

1. McLame bullshit.

[babylonsister]

2. It's been frightening for awhile; also check out the youtube here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x131791

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=140620&mesg_id=140620

[woolldog]

6. Sorry, I didn't see you had posted this already!

:hi:

[babylonsister]

7. No probs! I post in obscure forums and groups, 'cause I can! nt

[JimGinPA]

3. LOL

"Actually, mostly Obama," she giggles.



:rofl:


K&R

[anonymous171]

4. Some people really do swallow her spin as gospel truth.

It's pretty sad.

[Colobo]

5. Obama is the nominee. They need to stop whinning.

[woolldog]

9. We're going to need a high youth turnout to overcome the

bitter older white women who are pro-Hillary. Hopefully the Obama campaign can think of ways to encourage youth turnout.

[babylonsister]

10. rodeo, rodeo, rodeo! Hey, Katz!

What do you think about PR and tomorrow? :popcorn:
Here's a link to something that might have merit:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x131769

[kevinmc]

8. There isn't enough of those Loons to worry about .......

they make a lot of noise and drama.

[gateley]

11. How disturbing.

And it's not just support for Clinton, it's a visceral hatred for Obama.

[NC_Nurse]

12. That's what bothers me. And he's been nothing but gracious.

It's really scary how these people have been brainwashed! :scared:

It adds to my fears for his safety.

[woolldog]

13. We're dealing with some of these nuts right here on this forum.

[NC_Nurse]

15. Indeed.

[earthlover]

14. Visceral hatred for any black person going to the front of the bus I suspect

[guruoo]

16. Hate begets hate.

[Blondiegrrl]

17. "... leftist freak"

Man, what alternate universe are we living in, in which Democrats accuse other Democrats of being "leftist," "socialist" and "liberal"?

[AZBlue]

18. How did it come to this indeed?

It's mind-boggling.