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ChipperbackDemocrat Donating Member (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 03:19 PM
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They are at it again..
"Start of tonight's newscast: Is America ready for a black president?

I'd more expect this from Fox that anybody else, but once again it goes back to something I've always believed and have seen in my life.

The Right Wing must scare white people to win elections, and they feel that white people are the easiest people in the nation to scare, thus they have an advantage.

Of course they are going to play the "Evil Black Giant" card about Obama, because they have to. They can't win on policies straight up and they know it. They can't win on record, and they know it.

The GOP to win in 2008 has to play the race card. They are going to do it, and I hope they do because that'll actually help the greater process that I feel this year's election could serve in a greater effort to perhaps bring peoples together.

If you are not white, you are going to learn a lot about the white people in your life as we head along this journey. If you are white, you are going to learn a lot about the non-white people in your life as well. To me that could be the real story of this election and I believe and hope it can be a positive story.



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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 03:24 PM
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1. I get incredibly pissed off everytime I hear that disgusting meme.
'Is America ready for a black president' my fucking ass. What, 43 rich white men wasn't enough?
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 03:25 PM
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2. America can't survive another old white guy. nt
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 04:13 PM
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3. America Certainly Can't Survive Any More Mad Cowboys


This one sure looks mad to me.

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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 04:21 PM
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4. B@L to "news" media: You aren't supposed to "create" the news. Stop trying even if it is the only
only way to cover your sorry keesters.
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 07:57 PM
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10. Corporate news is desperate - they can't control the Internt, so they are appealing to the older
white crowd and/or those who don't have internet access, IMHO.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 04:56 PM
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5. Fucking Racists. How dare they say
Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 04:57 PM by zidzi
"Obama is playing the race card"? They're lazy, incompetent mediawhores who have no interest in a Democratic President winning and are coming up with any damn thing they can to try and turn people off Obama.

The only problem is their other choice is 100 year war mccain who would bring another 4 years like the last 8 years that the m$$$m brought us.

Edit~ They're are suppose to be The Watch Dogs not The Lap Dogs.
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 07:58 PM
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11. July 24: CNN: "Being Black in America" THAT ought to be interesting...
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 08:34 PM
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15. Yeah, I want to be sure to watch that one nt
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 08:28 PM
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14. Obama tried his hardest to not make
this about race but they wouldn't let him. He's the best one for the job and it's too bad some people get caught up in the differences and not what unites us.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 05:16 PM
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6. As Chris Rock said, "We were ready for a retarded person"
or words very close to that.

he got lots of flack for using that word
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 08:24 PM
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13. Thanks for reminding me..
When Chris Rock was asked if America was ready for a Black President..he told them: "Well, America was ready for a retarded president(sic)..

And, he did use the "r" word and he makes an excellent point.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 08:42 PM
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16. omg that's sooo funny!!!

:rofl:
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barack the house Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 07:28 PM
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7. It certainly has brought a lot to the surface but out in the open is the best place to deal with it.
Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 07:29 PM by barack the house
This election will be very healthy for America in the end.
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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 07:30 PM
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8. Don't feed the nonsense
(that's my opinion)
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1Hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 07:53 PM
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9. "Is America Ready for a Black President?" DL Hughley says so on this YouTube
Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 08:27 PM by 1Hippiechick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJOF1Z4lMs

edited tsubject to add YouTube clip
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 08:00 PM
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12. Who's scaring who should be a question posed this election
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papapi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-24-08 09:45 PM
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17. I'm ready for a Martian for President if he/she/it can straighten out . . .
the fuckin' mess the repugnantcans have made out of our nation. Of course it would require us to send a lander to Mars to plant the U.S. flag. Oh that's right we already did that. We must have a Martian who has all his/hers/its credentials in order. And of course the repugs will have a mountain of RED tape our Martian friend will have to wade through. If our Martian doesn't have a religion, I guess we'll fight over which religion can claim him. Being extraterrestrial, our Martian candidate will have to prove that he understands what problems wars can solve, since that's the way we use our power to steal what belongs to someone else. Above all else, our Martian will have to prove that he/she/it is not racist, sexist, elitist, gay, black, white, green, old, young, Buddist, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, vegan, purple, unbalanced, fat, thin, blonde, brunette, left-handed, infertile, divorced, insane, undead, left wing, right wing, radical, liberal, progressive, conservative, cloned, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

So there you have it. There is not one single god damned living creature on this planet that deserves to be OUR PRESIDENT!

Obama '08 !!!
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