Republican Ad Calls Black Women "Ho's" (Huffington Post)

[Judi Lynn]

Republican Ad Calls Black Women "Ho's" (1 comments )
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No one can criticize the GOP for failing to produce sophisticated propaganda that successfully exploits the hopes and fears of white middle Americans. But can the right-wing distraction factory woo minorities with the same techniques? Check out the following transcript of a new Republican ad targeting black voters in 10 battleground states this year and you be the judge:

BLACK MAN #1: "If you make a little mistake with one of your 'hos,' you'll want to dispose of that problem tout suite, no questions asked."

BLACK MAN #2: "That's too cold. I don't snuff my own seed."

BLACK MAN #1: "Maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican."

This ad was financed by J. Patrick Rooney, a white billionaire notorious for funding several misleading anti-Kerry ads that ran on urban radio stations in 2004. The money for Rooney's newest ad flowed through a little-known group called America's PAC, which was founded by Richard Nadler, a veteran Republican consultant who pushed Intelligent Design in Kansas public schools, declaring, "Darwin is bunk."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/republican-ad-calls-black_b_32032.html



J. Patrick Rooney
J. Patrick Rooney

From SourceWatch
Rooney is the former chairman of Golden Rule Insurance Co. and recently founded Medical Savings Insurance Co. which specializes in the health savings accounts created out of the President's 2003 prescription drug plan, according to the Washington Post , which first reported on Rooney's backing for People of Color United. He has provided approximately half the funding for the group which is running misleading ads on African American radio stations. The ads are anti-Kerry, go figure.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=J._Patrick_Rooney

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News: Golden Rule Insurance has lavished campaign funds on Gingrich and the GOP in order to promote its medical savings account scheme--and destroy Medicare.

By Robert Dreyfuss and Peter H. Stone

January/February 1996 Issue

Deep inside the gleaming, lakeside Indianapolis headquarters of Golden Rule Insurance Co., the elevator doors open with a swoosh and a worried-looking man in a trench coat hurries in. "Trouble in Washington," he says to a colleague, with the air of someone who has seen Washington trouble before. "We're in pretty good shape in the House, but the Senate's giving us some problems. Gotta work on them, gotta work on the Senate." The man is Darrell Richey, general counsel at the billion-dollar insurer. And today Richey is very concerned about the fate of a few provisions in the Medicare bill before Congress--provisions that could mean tens of millions of dollars to Golden Rule's bottom line.

As the GOP's plan to dismantle Medicare has moved forward, no other corporation has lobbied as effectively, nor positioned itself as well to reap big dividends from the Republican legislation, as Golden Rule. While doctors, hospitals, drugmakers, and other, larger insurers are going to garner pieces of the Medicare carcass, the relatively obscure Midwestern company--thanks to its unique alliance with the Republican leadership and a network of far-right think tanks and industry groups--is poised to gain a disproportionate chunk.

Golden Rule is an intensely political company, from its patriarchal chairman, J. Patrick Rooney, down to its most junior employee. Behind the fresh-scrubbed, Midwestern faces of Golden Rule's workers lies a hard-edged, ideological fervor whose tone is set by Rooney's own libertarian, free-market views. For years, the company has been known for its unusually aggressive underwriting policies and its battles against regulators and insurance reform legislation in states across the country.

Since the start of the decade, Golden Rule has funneled a staggering amount of cash into the GOP's campaign coffers--including nearly $1 million in the last election cycle alone--to win hearts and minds for Rooney's pet project, Medical Savings Accounts, a kind of medical IRA that heavily benefits the healthy and affluent. Rooney himself has led Golden Rule's political and free-market jihad in Washington, jetting to the capital almost weekly for meetings with key members of Congress--including House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the top recipient of Golden Rule's largesse.
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http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1996/01/medikill.html

[aquart]

1. J. Patrick Rooney is insufficiently taxed.

[Javaman]

68. If he was anymore white he would be translucent. nt

[Kutjara]

2. J-Pat appears to believe...

...that he is "down with the 'hood." He is badly mistaken.

[The Backlash Cometh]

69. I have never been so embarrassed for a white man in all my life.

[Shipwack]

112. Word.... ;) nt

[NMMNG]

3. What an a$$

Not only for the blatant racism and sexism, but for the implication that voting Democratic means you're obliged to abort your fetus. :eyes:

[KittyWampus]

33. is that what this was trying to say? I literally could NOT figure it out

thanks, it had me totally stumped. Read it like 5 times.

[Iris]

48. Or - "You have a reason to vote Rep. so that the gov't. can FORCE the

women you impregnate to carry your "seed" to term.

This pisses me off to no end.

[femrap]

96. And it's all just a 'little mistake'

made by the male, right? Oops...oh well.

How low can these 'Christian' repugnants go?

Just last night I was canvassing and some guy started yakking about his damn seed....wtf? And how HE doesn't agree with abortion. Well, buddy, guess what!! You can't have one...damn idiots.

GRRRR.

[Iris]

141. wait, wait, wait!

You mean an actual PERSON said that to your face? OMG. What a buffoon.

[femrap]

157. Yes, a real live silly man went on and on

about his seed living on and how God had told him to care for it...it was sick. He spoke so pompously and with such a glare of entitlement.

The more I know about sexist males, the more I love my cat. lol!

If he hadn't already told me that he was voting for Dems, I would given a true education on abortion and what women face.

edited for spelling

[Ken Burch]

171. I'd have told him to keep his %$(@! seed to himself.

Yeeeshhh....

[Megahurtz]

113. Me Too.

OMG that's even more disgusting than I thought! :puke:

[drm604]

176. You and me both. n/t

[Sentath]

50. That pretty much lays it out doesn't it ?

It says "If you're a man that wants to own women and control their bodies vote Republicon."

[Iris]

54. Yep. At least they can't be accused of false advertising on this one!

[civildisoBDence]

80. At least they did their research into black vernacular...

"Tout suite"--"snuff my own seed."

Sheeeesh, they must live on another planet...Planet Transparent(ly racist.)

Newsprism

[Iris]

142. Yep. Fat old white guys sitting around trying to figure out how to keep

controlling the world.

[jwirr]

91. or little boys and girls.

[NMMNG]

159. Indeed

Because that's what the Bible tells you you're entitled to. :sarcasm:

[geardaddy]

144. That's why I vote Democrat.

So, I am forced to "snuff my own seed." :sarcasm:

[Bluebear]

4. 'I don't snuff my own seed.'....Hahahahahahahaha who wrote this shit?

[China_cat]

7. More worrying

how in the hell did they find anyone willing to SAY that shit?

[keepCAblue]

119. Voice of some of the ads: Herman Cain

Mr. Rooney declined to be interviewed yesterday. The group referred calls from The New York Sun to a conservative, African-American talk show host who voiced some of the ads, Herman Cain.

Mr. Cain, who once managed the Godfather's Pizza chain and ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from Georgia in 2004, said he was not troubled that Mr. Rooney, who is white, is funding ads using black voices who claim to speak on behalf of the black community."You don't have a lot of black billionaires who would want to fund something like this," he said.




Yes, Mr. Cain; indeed we do think YOU are stupid.

[Judi Lynn]

121. Mr. Cain's book's forward was written by ZELL MILLER. Oh, God.

Small, wierd world, isn't it?

[TheDebbieDee]

152. He looks like a bald Ken Blackwell!

Not that there's anything wrong with being bald!

I'n fact, I think a bald man with a well-shaped head is kinda SEXY!

[Judi Lynn]

8. It's hard to grasp, isn't it? Sounds like they're doing their impression

of one of these guys:

[No Exit]

23. And sure, everyone who uses "hos" also says "tout suite"...

This asshole, with his faux "black" conversation, reminds me of that big gangly nerdy white guy they used to have on "The Jeffersons". Sheesh.

[Selteri]

43. This ad seems to target men though...

What about the fact that these 'ho' women might want to have an abortion and don't care about this 'pimp' who uses semi-sophisticated language to sound better or something? The add is horrible and then atop of it, it's so stupidly aimed toward men, who don't get pregnant and shouldn't really be in direct issue unless they are married to that 'ho' who would then be 'wife' or I'm sure in this commercial at least be promotied to 'hobag' or some other derogatory term since obviously women aren't worthy of respect in this demeaning ad toward blacks.

[Iris]

58. what makes me sick to my stomach

is thinking about a former student of mine who used to spend the night in the woods to avoid her mother's boyfriend. She should be forced to carry some pimp's "seed"?

[humbled_opinion]

64. Or that cop on Sanford and Sons... hahaha..n/t

[SaveAmerica]

154. Toot Sweetzel my sheetzel, ha ha ha you took the words right

outta my mouth. Let's be thankful they didn't use the Jive Dudes from Airplane! for their ad (I dug her rap, my mama didn't raise no dummy, she didn't snuff out her seed).

[kenny blankenship]

86. Isn't it obvious? David Zucker the director of Airplane and Scary Movie

who treated us all to "jive talk" jokes and who now does ads for Republicans.

[Bluebear]

126. "Oh, stewardess? I speak jive."

Surely you are correct.

[Cha]

97. j patrick rooney musta wrote

it..doesn't he look like he could write psuedo-hip hop?

[Withywindle]

165. Clearly going for the Ghetto Shakespeare effect

And missing even that by a mile.

Although "snuffin' my seed" might make a fine slang phrase along the lines of "chokin' my chicken" and "banging my bishop."

[Ian David]

5. Medical Savings Insurance Co.... Air America advertisers? n/t

[papau]

31. NO -LOL - Indiana's Golden Rule Insurance Co doesn't advertise on AAR :-)

:-)

[Zybelline]

6. like Mellon Scaife, this Rooney is sinister

there should be more investigative pieces, in Vanity Fair, Atlantic Monthly, on these incredibly sinister "eminences grises" like this Rooney, I knew nothing about him thank you Huffington !
also that sinister bastard billionaire Mellon Scaife who paid Paula Jones to trigger a coup d etat against Clinton and is still pulling strings and funding all sorts of neo con stuff that would revolt most americans

[sarge43]

9. One question

To whom exactly is this ad suppose to appeal?

[The Backlash Cometh]

71. Pimps, apparently.

They found a target occupation that is suited to vote Republican.

[Cha]

100. After all the best song at the Oscars

was "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp"..

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/bestsongnominee2.html

I would be so insulted if I were Black and I heard this freakin' ad.

I'd be like "WHAT?"

[sarge43]

124. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

:applause:

[kenny blankenship]

129. It's hard out there for a pimp, without some taxcuts

[BronxBoy]

131. It will be a tough demographic......

especially after all the tax proposals?

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/pimp.tax/


LOL

[Matariki]

149. or maybe white suburban wanna be pimps

who have a stable of hypothetical 'ho's' in their minds?

[liberal N proud]

10. They are all sick bastards

Lie, smear and slander!

[Judi Lynn]

11. Kicking!

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[maxrandb]

12. OMFG!!

It's "Airplane" all over again.

Do they have captions for us white folks?

[Olney Blue]

15. More like "Soul Plane"

[TheDebbieDee]

17. LOL ! Just hang loose, blood.......

We gonna catch you on the uptake!

[TlalocW]

24. More like "Amazon Women on the Moon"

B.B. King: Did you know that every 7 seconds, a black person is born in this country with no soul?

TlalocW

[Selteri]

45. Heh, I think the soulless are who they have had to hire... black or not.

So save people like.... and donate to Black's with No Soul - I remember that add, it fits this commercial.

[TlalocW]

53. And it ends with

A black guy in a yellow cardigan recording a cover of, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree."

TlalocW

[Phillycat]

57. "Excuse me stewardess, I speak jive."

[Crankie Avalon]

13. I thought this level of blaxploitation video went out with the 70s? eom

[izzybeans]

14. Was that a scene from airplane?

Did Laura Bush walk into the scene and say "Excuse, but I speak jive?"

[nxylas]

95. And was Mark Foley the pilot?

"Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"

[skiddlybop]

16. This is IT. Election OVER.

Black vote and Republicans...gone.

[Connie_Corleone]

18. Who was the "genius" who thought this would play well?

I dare them to play this ad nationally. It'll turn off every black voter who hears it.

[Ms. Toad]

22. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be the case...

>>"This is so dirty, but it works," a sociology professor at Indiana University, Johnnie Griffin, said. "These are race ads. It's incredible."

While Ms. Griffin said she felt insulted by the ads, she also said a student in her class reported that a relative was thinking of switching to the Republican Party because of them. "Black people are more conservative than anybody thinks. We do have strong family values that people don't seem to stress as much," the professor said.<<

(from: http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=2 , the article linked to by the OP article)

[No Exit]

26. P-toooey! Sure, many blacks are against abortion....

but those would be the same blacks who would probably not want to use the slang "ho's" in public.

And really, I mean, nobody WANTS to abort, I guess--but what intelligent people DO want is to be sure the powers-that-be can't give them orders when it comes to their own personal reproduction or non-reproduction.

[sarge43]

65. And I wouldn't think half of those black voters will

appreciate being called 'ho's'.

[RoBear]

28. So using the word "ho's" --

even having "ho's" is a reflection of family values???

[acmavm]

32. So these blatantly ignorant and racist ads do change black

voters minds because a sociology professor at Indiana U says "...a student in her class reported that a relative was thinking of switching to the Republican Party because of them"?

Bullshit.

[Phillycat]

59. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[butterfly77]

136. We see their true colors shining through*

[hvn_nbr_2]

78. Absolutely. My brother's neighbor's cousin's sister-in-law's grocery clerk

said he was thinking about switching to Republican. What more evidence do you need?

[jwirr]

94. Right! Sociology is GROUP studies and is never based on one

person - that is psychology.

[Quantess]

137. Ding Ding Ding!

Either that's one dud of a "sociology professor", or the whole story is a steaming pantload.

[maxrandb]

130. The Professor must either speak "Jive" or had someone interpret

for her.

Didn't the student say; "Shit man, got's to give GWB 2 his props!. Dems be talking smack, but the GW put the green on with those tax cuts. That damn "ho" Cheney done gave the papers to a bunch of brothers with that PHAT 2 million duck tax cut he was all up into".

Give me a fucking break. This will backfire on the Repugs. Nobody-and I mean NOBODY!-wants to be pandered to like this. Besides. Without captions, the Repukes White Supremecist KKK Members won't understand what the hell they are talking about.

[Ms. Toad]

150. FWIW, the professor is apparently black

"Black people are more conservative than anybody thinks. We do have strong family values that people don't seem to stress as much," the professor said.

[Ms. Toad]

151. I was only responding to the poster who said,

"It'll turn off every black voter who hears it." Apparently not, according to the article.

Personally, I find them disgusting, condescending, and a whole bunch of other negative things - AND I think that on average they will backfire. My point was only that it apparently is not turning off every black voter. There will be the occasional Thomas, Rice, etc. who hates themselves enough to buy into it.

[marmar]

49. "a relative was thinking of switching to the Republican Party"

Umm, believe me, this is the exception that does not make the rule. This ad will turn off, and piss off as it has with me, 99 percent of black voters. You can go find a Johnnie Griffin or some other professor to say the opposite anytime, just as you can find an Armstrong Williams to be a whore for you on Faux, but that doesn't make it true. That whole assertion is complete bullshit.
And the story is from the New York Sun? That should have been a big enough detour sign in and of itself! :think:

[Judi Lynn]

98. I'm acquainted with other work by the man who created this commercial.

His name is Rich Nadler, he lives in a Kansas suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. He has done filthy stuff like this before.

That "work" was covered by many sources locally and nationally. He's an ugly, malicious, nasty person, like ALL the other hate-spewing psychopath right-wingers.

[Cha]

103. See post # 102

:)

[Cha]

102. I call Bullshit! If their values are so

"strong" then why would they vote for the party of the mark foley coverup and the jack abramoff coverup? And the lyin' president(sic) coverup that sends the boys and girls to Iraq to die and be maimed?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

[Marr]

125. The fact that so many people have come to see "conservative" as

a description of nothing more than your stance on a few social issues, like abortion- is just amazing.

Conservatism is an economic ideal; one focussed on recreating the 1890's, to be specific. All the rest is just sales garbage. But people fall for it.

[ecstatic]

133. almost every family has at least one crazy, drunk Uncle

I assume that is the 'relative' she was referring to.

[The Count]

153. And if NY Sun sez it it must be true...Please, this is a rag even Faux

wouldn't touch ...Nor any readers for that matter - I see the untouched bundles being sent back every evening...

[hvn_nbr_2]

83. They tested it with a black focus group and they thought it was great.

The focus group consisted of Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell, J.C. Watts, and Condi.

[lukasahero]

105. Hee. eom

[The Anti-Neo Con]

19. What the repukes will say when confronted about the ad:

"Uhh, he was talking about his garden hose. Yeah, that's it!"

[Thegonagle]

188. Then they'll go on to say he was talking about

a watermelon seed. Uh oh!

[ContraBass Black]

20. Holy shit.

No, that has to be a joke.

[Megahurtz]

115. You would think,

but unfortunately....

[bleedingheart]

21. Figures it comes from a bastard in the Medical Insurance business

their time is running out and they need to squeeze a bit more cash out of the people....

[reggie the dog]

25. tout suite, thats French, now the GOP likes France again???

Well toute suite is shitty french,

over here we say right away as (tout DE suite)

frankly when I lived in Chicago I didn't run into too many black folks that used the word ho and french words at the same time.

In Chicago spanish was much more popular.


Is the GOP really trying to win the black vote with this ad???

[Iris]

56. I thought there was something not quite right about "tout suite"!

now "tout de suite" I would have remembered from high school/college french!

[jilln]

110. I took it to be a clue that they were supposed to be from New Orleans...

Continuing the theme that the victims of Katrina are low-class and didn't deserve any help.

[ecstatic]

128. I honestly never heard the phrase 'tout suite' before reading this ad

And you are so right, who would be using both terms in the same sentence? This is simply mind boggling. :crazy:

[Nickster]

27. I'm still sitting here with my mouth wide open. I kept looking for the

clues that this would be someone's poor attempt at satire and I couldn't find it. How in the heck do wealthy people get that stupid and out of touch with reality? I simply have no words for the level of stupidity this reaches. Wow!

[butterfly77]

82. They are hiding in their gated communities...

and they think that the world should be all white and bush will protect them, the stupid asshole.

[reggie the dog]

29. it gets worse

look at page 2 of the article at http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=1

and you find this gem

""I can understand why a Ku Klux Klan cracker like David Duke makes nice with the terrorists,"a male voice in the ad says. "What I want to know is why so many of the Democrat politicians I helped elect are on the same side of the Iraq war as David Duke."""


well, in concers to David Duke, how does that saying go, even a broken clock is right 2 times a day....

then on page 4

"Asked why he supports the group, Mr. Flanigan said, "I think it's unfortunate that some 90% of African Americans vote Democratic … Rooney has had some success in moving African-American votes.""

Well I think it's unfortunate that ANYONE votes Republican....

[Connie_Corleone]

46. I heard the David Duke ad on the radio a few weeks ago here.

It was beyond belief. I haven't heard it sense.

[Cha]

104. 90% Of African Americans are smart

enough to vote Democratic and that really upsets flanigan.

If they wanted the African AMerican vote so badly why did they ignore New Orleans when she was hit by Katrina? Whose call was that?

Welcome to DU, reggie!

[Rosie1223]

30. That takes offensive

to a whole new level.

[YOY]

34. Might as well asked 'You down with GOP?' (90s reference)

Of course the resounding voice of many of my African Americans would not be 'Yeah, you know me.' more likely it would stil be what it has been for quite a while: 'HELL no!'

[KittyWampus]

35. Reads like something from a David Chapparelle skit.

[Cha]

106. I liked to hear Chris Rock do something

with this and Robin Williams could take and run!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

36. K & R. That is the worst I've seen. n/t

MKJ

[wake.up.america]

37. 'I don't snuff my own seed.' What does that mean? Please explain.

[YOY]

77. Obviously the Republicans are concerned! Let's go to our dictionaries

snuff: Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object) 1. to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
2. to perceive by or as by smelling; sniff.
3. to examine by smelling, as an animal does.

seed  /sid/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, plural seeds, (especially collectively) seed, verb, adjective

–noun 1. the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
2. any propagative part of a plant, including tubers, bulbs, etc., esp. as preserved for growing a new crop.
3. such parts collectively.
4. any similar small part or fruit.
5. Dialect. pit2.
6. the germ or propagative source of anything: the seeds of discord.
7. offspring; progeny.
8. birth: not of mortal seed.
9. sperm; semen.
10. the ovum or ova of certain animals, as the lobster and the silkworm moth.
11. seed oyster.
12. a small air bubble in a glass piece, caused by defective firing.
13. Crystallography, Chemistry. a small crystal added to a solution to promote crystallization.
14. Tennis. a player who has been seeded in a tournament.


Obviously, they are worried about the inhalation of semen! This is moreover about their concern with rampant nasal homosexuality among African Americans!

[thesquanderer]

79. translation

snuff = kill

seed = the life he has planted, progeny

so essentially it's, "I don't kill my own offspring", in response to the other guy suggesting that if he gets one of his lady friends knocked up ("making a mistake with one of his hos), he's going to want get that problem taken care of right away (i.e. abortion)... and the use of "cold" = unfeeling, detatched

[wake.up.america]

85. I am getting sick.

[Cha]

108. So don't "kill" them...and don't let

grow up to be sent to die in republiCON wars, either.

[femrap]

99. Biblical reference....

seed, that is. And I guess the Bible talks about how wonderful the 'seed' is and it must be taken of....blah blah blah...more patriarchial crap to let boys off the hook for any responsibility for reproduction.

Pretty sick ads, huh?

[KoKo]

38. J. Patrick Rooney ....add him to the list of "silents" like

Sir John Templeton. Those who work and fund their conservative causes in the dark...like cockroaches. They need to be exposed for what they are doing and we've got to get this toxic money out of campaigns if we are going to take our country back and have people with integrity elected once again.

Sheesh....I can't believe that ad ...that something like that would run in this new century. Thanks for putting those links together. Exposure of the cockroaches is desperately needed.

[Brewman_Jax]

39. No surprise

repubs have no respect for black people. Their recent posterboy, J.C. Watts, finally got tired of being dissed and wouldn't run again in 2002 to "spend more time with family".

[nuxvomica]

40. One of the ads has an oddly worded slogan

"Democrats say they want our vote. Why don't they want our lives?"
http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=1

Dems should use a variation with images if soldier funerals:
"Democrats: We just want your vote, not your life."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. Well THAT ad was money well spent! LOL

[Canuckistanian]

42. The ad is insulting and makes no sense

First off, it seems to make abortion the responsibility of the male.

Secondly, if you don't like abortions, don't have one. No one is forcing anyone to have one.

And third, who the hell talks like that?

[brg5001]

146. Canuckistanian, you got that right! It's not HIS decision!

Abortion is the decision of the woman, or "ho" in this case, and it's not 'snuffing' anything except an obvious injustice since she is entirely dependent on her pimp.

Really, the entire scenario is so wacky. It sounds like something that MAD TV would come up with to lampoon efforts to recruit Black Republicans.

I hope this is discussed tonight on "News and Notes", the fine NPR show produced by the African-American Radio Consortium. The ad is so obnoxious that it's actually hilarious. I'm sure it will convince successful, caring pimps who embrace "family-values" to run right out and vote for such fine Republicans as George Allen and Rick Sanitorium. Good grief...This is so trippy I am seriously ROTFLMAO. Unnnnnnnbelievable.

[PsychoDad]

44. OMG, it is "The Man".

That's just as I've always pictured "The Man" . :P
Well, that and like Cheney.

I wonder if they hang together with Condie in their Citidel of Whiteness and think this stuff up.


Cheney: We need a "negro" term to bring us the black vote. What would you suggest, Condie?
Condie: You could say Ho. Georgie poo calls me his lil' ho all the time.
Both white men: Brillant!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

52. Yeah, imagining the brainstorming sessions for shit like this is a real

mindbender.

[PsychoDad]

60. Sad truth is....

It was probably "thought up" by a high priced ad agency :(

I hope the GOP got their money's worth :)


Peace.

[Brazenly Liberal]

138. If so, it must be an ad agency run by Democrats

Not because it's racist, sexist and stupid, but because it makes the GOP look racist, sexist, and stupid. In other words, it tells the truth!

[Iris]

47. "The Golden Rule"? Yeah - Do onto others (MEN) as you would have others

(MEN)do unto you. Because, after all, women don't count for very much do they?

[grizmaster]

51. one word- puke

:puke:

[ClintonTyree]

55. You've GOT to be kidding me!

And they expect to ATTRACT minority voters with this add? :wtf: The Republican Party has gone completely down the road, full tilt fucking crazy! I don't want these people running our country and if they ARE going to continue to run it........I'm leaving. I won't live in a country with fucking imbeciles like this running it. If these people are elected then Americans are getting exactly what they deserve and I no longer want to be part of it.

UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!! :grr:

[Iris]

61. Has anyone seen a link to an actual audio clip for this ad?

[msedita]

158. America's PAC Ads Website

Audio clips - check out "Listen to the Ads...#17 Don't Go there"

http://www.voteourvalues.com/

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

160. Holy SHIT. Listen to the ENTIRE AD. Mind blowing.

[Iris]

172. omg. Disgusting. Implying that only Democrats cheat on their wives?

And that's the least disgusting element of this ad!

Herman Cain - what a freak.

[roseBudd]

191. LOL They can't receive money...

Americas PAC

Error Detected


This recipient is currently unable to receive money.

[obreaslan]

62. Have they ever even talked to a black person?

I mean, have they ever seen African-Americans that weren't on TV or in a movie? I would bet they don't see anything wrong with this because they believe all black people talk like this.

It's this kind of attitude about African-Americans that leads people like Barbara Bush to think that "things are working out well" for Katrina evacuees living in the Houston Astro Dome.

:grr:

[sinkingfeeling]

63. How terribly insulting to both black men and women! I can not understand

why the black community is not up in arms over this piece of shit.

[NJCher]

67. give them and others who are offended a little time

why the black community is not up in arms over this piece of shit.

I have a feeling this piece of racist bullshit will be pulled from the airwaves tout de suite.




Cher

[Arkham House]

66. Does a 16-ton weight drop at the end of the ad...?

[Frazzled Educator]

70. You want to dispose of that problem tout suite????

WTF??? That's street cred???

"That's too cold????

Sounds like to valley girls talking instead of two black guys talking. I'm sure DMX, 50 Cent and Chamillionaire say things like "tout suite."

Talk about racism!!!!

[mwar]

72. Looks like the pukes have been watching movies again....

My bitch better have my money
Through rain, sleet, or snow
My ho better have my money
Not half, not some, but all my cash
'Cause if she don't,
I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.

-FlyGuy

They'll use FlyGuy's poem from "I'm Gonna Get you Sucka" for a future Rooney ad regarding Social Security "reform."

[jobycom]

73. Ooooo, they're are taking their propaganda "bilingual."

Can't decide. Either :rofl: or :puke:

[elaineb]

74. Apparently they're aiming for the pimp and "baby daddy" vote

Good luck with that! :rofl:

The "thinking" behind this ad is hilarious in all KINDS of ways.

[TygrBright]

75. Jaw-dropper of the day. My god, you REALLY couldn't make this shit up...

...could you?

Every time I think, "Well, OK, that's it, they've got stupid cornered, sealed, and tied up with a pretty ribbon," they go out and invent EVEN MORE STUPID.

I am totally in awe of the bottomless well of stupid these fools keep drawing from. It's flat-out amazing!

The only thing more amazing are the voters who are still voting for them, alas.

befuddledly,
Bright

[Judi Lynn]

76. I did a search on 1st line of dialogue,found it posted at Free Republic

I just scanned it. They commented in the way you would expect....

http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-news/1720799/posts

[Megahurtz]

116. Ugh! They disgust me so much! n/t

[butterfly77]

81. They are really getting desperate now...

Since they want black women to have the babies, why do they do everything in their power to stop them from taking care of them. Once the babies arrive, they make it their business to stigmatize them and set up policies that cause more problems in the long run. Why do they not want to hire these black babies when they are old enough to work, why don't they want them to be educated. What in the hell do they expect them to do people will do anything to survive. The racists bastards are showing there true colors now that they are desperate.

[warrens]

84. Oh. My. God.

You couldn't be more offensive if you were Hustler Magazine, you nazi thug. This is going to be laughed out of town. Not only is it racist, it's completely tone-deaf. Let him waste his money. It won't get the repukes one single vote.

[kiki]

87. I hope lots of their knuckle-dragging white voters watch it...

...because to those people, this ad basically says, "The GOP supports filling the country with the illegitimate spawn of negro criminals." It's like trying to appeal to the KKK and Huggy Bear at the same time.

What a bunch of fucking clowns they are.

[Judi Lynn]

88. Omigod, I just realized who Richard Nadler is, mentioned in the OP,

as the founder of the group which produced this gem. He's a very short, ugly, lumpy little fat guy who is probably the most hate-filled beastie I've ever seen in a tv political debate. He's on Kansas City's public tv local political show, Ruckus all the time, or used to be, years ago, before I had to stop watching it, due to disgust.



Nadler
This illustration flatters him wildly.

Richard Nadler is president of the nonprofit think tank Americas Majority and co-editor of Daily Dispatch, "a military blog reporting on events in Iraq." <1> (http://www.iri.org/pdfs/05-22-06-The%20Word%20on%20the%20Street%20%20By%20Richard%20Nadler.pdf)<2> (http://www.amermaj.com/presidents_page.html)

Americas Majority, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, is a 501(c)(4) policy group "founded to increase the constituency for conservative causes: free market economics, international anti-totalitarianism, and morals based on Jewish and Christian scriptures," its website states. <3> (http://www.amermaj.com/)

Rich Nadler, according to an April 6, 2006, article (http://www.pitch.com/Issues/2006-04-06/news/strip.html) in The Pitch by Eric Barton, is a Kansas City "conservative pundit" who "runs an activist group called Americas Majority".

Barton noted that the "last time this newspaper reported on Nadler's activities, it was in a story about how he had produced some phone-bank messages urging African-Americans to vote Republican during the November 2002 elections <"Black Tuesday," December 12, 2002>. That story also noted that Nadler had produced TV ads two years earlier for a group called the Republican Ideas Political Committee. The spots featured a woman complaining that her son's violent, drug-infested public school offered 'a bit more diversity than {she}could handle.' The ads were labeled racist by such noted liberals as then-Sen. John Ashcroft." <4> (http://www.pitch.com/Issues/2006-04-06/news/strip.html)
(snip/...)

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Nadler#Americas_PAC

(I have seen the ad mentioned above, and it would make you vomit. The voice intoning "a bit more diversity than {she} could handle" is drippppping with snotty wink-wink, nudge-nudge insinuation, so you will for sure understand it's a loaded comment.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~snip~
......longtime KC conservative pundit Rich Nadler, who runs an activist group called Americas Majority in Overland Park. (The last time this newspaper reported on Nadler's activities, it was in a story about how he had produced some phone-bank messages urging African-Americans to vote Republican during the November 2002 elections <"Black Tuesday," December 12, 2002>. That story also noted that Nadler had produced TV ads two years earlier for a group called the Republican Ideas Political Committee. The spots featured a woman complaining that her son's violent, drug-infested public school offered "a bit more diversity than could handle." The ads were labeled racist by such noted liberals as then-Sen. John Ashcroft.)
(snip/...)

http://www.pitch.com/Issues/2006-04-06/news/strip.html

[BlooInBloo]

89. It's just how white folks view black folks....

... and in other news, dog bites man.

[Blue_Tires]

187. +1

[Andrushka]

90. Wow

If this asshat isn't a contender for next week's "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" I don't know who is! :+

[HuskyOffset]

92. Isn't that T. Herman Zweibel?

Are you sure that's not T. Herman Zweibel, publisher emeritus of The Onion? It sounds like something he would say.

[Nikki Stone 1]

93. "snuff my seed"? (At least it's honest.)

Abortion is not about fetuses, it's about sperm.

Period.

[RexDart]

134. So that's what they call it these days.

I've always used "Flay the bishop".

When I "snuff the seed", I always make sure that there's some kleenex nearby...

[PurpleChez]

101. It actually says that??? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

No...wait...I just live in *'a America.

[sui generis]

107. I say we make an equally tasteless one

for the republicans who don't really want to rely on the black vote

"You don't want all those unwanted lil tar babies running around now, do ya? Well maybe you have a reason to vote democrat!"

And follow it up with an updated version of Step'n'Fetch it wearing bling standing out front of an abortion clinic with his "ho's".

(sorry fellow DU'ers, you I am equally disgusted, not trying to be provocative)

[Shakespeare]

109. My god. How profoundly stupid.

And they think this is going to help them?

[Megahurtz]

111. Of course he wants everyone to vote Republican

so he can hang on to his billions.:eyes: Just another selfish Repuke.

If you ask me, blacks will be turned away by that disgusting, bigoted, insulting ad.

[stubtoe]

114. Woudn't it be hilarious if this ad were to air by mistake in the

"Bible Belt" instead??

:rofl:

[Rocknrule]

117. Reminds me of a Boondocks strip

where a Bush campaign ad airs saying "Hey, it ain't like he don't got n***as voting for him! Don't be hatin'!"

This proves that the GOP is the party of racists and stereotypes

[cui bono]

118. So they're trying to get the pimp vote out... what tools. They have no

idea on how many levels this ad is offensive.

[Zambero]

120. A 3-way merger of Blaxploitation, sexism, and GOP "Family Values"

What a fitting combo, and also a rare glimpse into the workings of the Republican win-at-all-cost lizard brain. In the interest of being "fair and balanaced" I certainly hope we see a good ole boy redneck version of this ad!

[Beelzebud]

122. Republicans - The Party For Those Who HATE Americans.

[ecstatic]

123. Surprised they didn't throw in the "N" word too, to make the ad complete

Completely full of offensive stereotypes, that is. Of course, it would have to be the version of the "N" word that ends in "a."

I'm curious about what specific demographic of the black population they were going after?

[cui bono]

127. Values that this ad advocates...

1. Prositution
2. Unmarried sex
3. Misogyny
4. Having a child out of wedlock
5. Racism


I didn't realize that was what the Repugs says they stand for. :eyes:

[thesquanderer]

139. values

You left out promiscuity...

[kestrel91316]

132. O-M-F-G. This is simply beyond the pale.

Just when I think the ReNAMBLAcans can't get any worse, they give us ANOTHER gift.

[colorado_ufo]

135. Speechless!

I wonder if Oprah has heard these ads?

[Fleshdancer]

140. Well, you can't say they're not consistent on their views of women and....

...minorities (especially black men). It's nice to know that a bigot will always show its true colors no matter how clever they think they're being.

[Norrin Radd]

143. Perhaps they are gardening, and he actually meant "hoes" and

plant seeds?

:sarcasm:

[Warren DeMontague]

145. "Excuse me, sir, I speak Jive"

[Quantess]

147. Kicking because this is the most appalling thing I've seen all day.

I'm embarrassed to be white. As someone else posted, it's beyond the pale, no pun intended.

[progressoid]

148. Uhhh, what the fu....?

[tblue]

155. Any black person who votes for Republicans is out of their mind

[drm604]

156. This connects to something I was looking at yesterday.

The name J. Patrick Rooney rang a bell. Then I noticed that your picture of Rooney is from here: http://www.fairnessfoundation.org. Rooney is the founder of the Fairness Foundation.

The Fairness Foundation was founded in 1998 to assist low income children in getting access to better education and to assist the uninsured in getting good health care.

Sounds great doesn't it? Well, there are some problems...

I ran into the Fairness Foundation while researching something yesterday.

See my post in this other thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2889749#2890348

The Fairness Foundation is the registrant of the domain REPUBLICANLEADERSHIP.ORG which belongs to a K Street organization called the "Republican Leadership Coalition" which may be responsible for another series of ads that claim that it's been proven that WMDs did exist and were moved out of Iraq and into Syria.

If you read my post you'll see that I also ran into the medical savings accounts idea. A company called "Medical Savings Health Plan" has the same street address as the Fairness Foundation. It's website is at http://medicalsavings.com/.

Medical savings accounts seem to be one of Bush's pet ideas (a very bad idea IMHO) for supposedly solving the health care crisis, and a company like "Medical Savings Health Plan" would benefit greatly from it. It looks like this may be the real agenda behind both sets of ads - keep the Repubs in power so they can push employers to switch from health insurance to medical savings accounts thus financially benefiting Rooney.

[KittyWampus]

170. Good job of connecting the dots. Thank you

[mcg]

184. Info on the Fairness Foundation

Who's Behind That Nutty "Nonprofit"?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/28/41552/4124

"It's a front for washington healthcare and education privitizers, including one congressman, one lobbyist and at least two corporate profiteers."

The following is from
http://www.guidestar.org
(I had to register first but it is free)

FAIRNESS FOUNDATION INC
PO BOX 68961
INDIANAPOLIS , IN 46268

The purposes for which the corporation is formed are:

1.To support the efforts of churches in developing alternative schools for their congregations, with special attention to the needs of minority churches.

2. To aid in the financing of health insurance for those American who are not insured and lack the means of paying for it.

3. To support other fairness issues in the public and private financing of endeavors by the American people.

* This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity.
* This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
* Contributions are deductible, as provided by law.

From the 2005 IRS Form 990
The directors are
J Patrick Rooney
Randal E. Suttles
John J. Sullivan
Robert J. Thompson

Rooney, Suttles, and Sullivan are all Directors of
Medical Savings Investment, Inc. and affiliates,
a for profit company.

[mcg]

185. more on the Fairness Foundation

http://hospitalvictims.com
on the contact us page:
"The Hospital Victims Project is a project of the Fairness Foundation, a national non-profit organization that educates and assists the uninsured.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Richard_Nadler

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Access_Communications_Group

http://supremecourtus.gov/opinions/counsellists/cl540-2a.html

No. 02-1315, Locke, Governor of Washington, et al. v. Davey
Argued December 2, 2003

"Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed ...
for the Fairness Foundation by Kenneth W. Starr"

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/02-1315.htm

Kenneth W. Starr Kirkland & Ellis LLP [phone]
777 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Party name: The Fairness Foundation

The same Kenneth W. Starr? What's this legal action about?

[drm604]

189. "What's this legal action about?"

Locke v. Davey

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03pdf/02-1315.pdf

It's an establishment clause case (church state separation). It's easy to guess which side the Fairness Foundation was most likely on.

[Erika]

161. Ho's? Only a GOP could approve.

They sicken me.

[Wetzelbill]

162. "Yeah, but I don't believe in molesting kids, or dying in a war

some white guy lied us into."

"Well, maybe you do have a reason to vote Democrat then."

Now that is toute suite.

[ecstatic]

179. rofl nt

[Wetzelbill]

186. I'll be playing here all week

:)

[CarbonDate]

163. Good....

...I'm glad I'm not the only one who found these ads revolting and condescending.

[Giant Robot]

164. Really this must be a joke

No one can be this...ignorant.

[Wetzelbill]

166. oh how I wish it was

I used to be amazed at the ignorance in our country. For some reason, most of my life, I thought we were smarter and more compassionate than we really are. These last six years have been eye openingly ugly. :)

[tomg]

167. Having gotten the pedophile vote

with Mark Foley, the Republicans are now targeting the Fundamentalist Christian pimp vote. I think next they are going after vegetarian serial killers. This add is so insane, the only person I can see actually mouthing it is Stephen Colbert. Or a republican.

[Felix Mala]

168. The GOP is starting to look like a B-movie SciFi monster...

when the hero finally has the creature cornered it tries to morph into all kinds of ugly, monstrous guises just before the hero delivers the coup de gras.

Although, Rooney has years of experience, as an insurance robber baron, of dealing with "ho's" in the Indiana state legislature.

[tomg]

169. Okay. It's unanimous here, but what about inFreeperland?

I think I'll go visit. Excuse me. I'll be right back.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720799/posts#comment?q=1

Sorry it took so long, but I had to take a shower when I returned. Hmmm. It is not so unanimous. Maybe they are less rigid than we think.

Let's see what workerbee has to say:

This is so dirty, but it works," a sociology professor at Indiana University, Johnnie Griffin, said. "These are race ads. It's incredible."

Cuz everybody knows only Dems are allowed to use race for political purposes!

While Ms. Griffin said she felt insulted by the ads, she also said a student in her class reported that a relative was thinking of switching to the Republican Party because of them. "Black people are more conservative than anybody thinks. We do have strong family values that people don't seem to stress as much," the professor said.

If they're so conservative, why do 95%+ continue to vote Dem? There can be two reasons. One is that they really aren't conservative. The other is that they're too stupid and/or lazy to realize that they habitually vote against their own self-interest.


Well, that certainly is harsh. But what about a critical view of the ad. For that we can turn to To Hell With Poverty who writes

It's a great idea, but the dialog's a little weird:

""If you make a little mistake with one of your ‘hos,' you'll want to dispose of that problem tout suite, no questions asked," one of the men says.

"That's too cold. I don't snuff my own seed," the other replies.

"Maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican," the first man says."

I mean, who mixes "ho's" and "tout suite" in the same sentence??? Anyway good luck to them.


Actually, of the 16 or so comments, these were the only two I could decipher. The others all seem to be speaking in tongues today.

[npincus]

173. OMG- is the ad online? link?

[Generic Other]

174. Jive-ass honkies putting words in black men's mouths

White men writing propaganda in blackface.

We used to call such talk "jive ass" back in the day.

jive n.
1. a. Jazz or swing music.
b. The jargon of jazz musicians and enthusiasts.
2. Slang Deceptive, nonsensical, or glib talk: "the sexist, locker-room jive of men boasting and
bonding."

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jive

[liberalhistorian]

183. Yes, white men in blackface is one of the

first things I thought of when reading this insufferably insulting piece of shit! This is exactly the kind of thing they would, and quite often did, do. I simply cannot believe it's still going on in the 21st-century.

I've NEVER known ANY blacks who talk like that, EVER. Not any of my black friends, or co-workers past and present, or any of my parents' black friends and co-workers past and present, or any of my black classmates; NONE. That's because this is nothing more than what racist, clueless old whites THINK they say, with the aid of self-hating blacks like Herman Cain (one of my mom's black friends had a special word for blacks like Cain, Thomas, Rice, etc., which is unrepeatable, lol).

[npincus]

175. Listen to the "Katirna" track!!!

http://www.voteourvalues.com/

Check out the bongo-drums/ African music soundtrack!!!! Holy Shit!

[Quantess]

177. That man is delusional.

That, or, the GOP is paying him to be a shill. :crazy:

[axollot]

178. Geebus chrisp....do they actually -

They think this will work with the Black demographic? I mean do they really honestly believe that they ALL call women 'ho's and talk like trash? This is not only racist but very much insulting. I find it offensive, degrading and I am a white woman. This is TARGETED?? To the black demographic? I would fire the idiot who though THIS was a brilliant ad campaign.

I cannot imagine how the black community feels about ad's like this. If the republican's want to show how far they are removed from minority groups, the poor and the working poor in this country, ads like this one just put a glaring spot light on it.

Is it any wonder that blacks vote Dem more often than not? And to be honest, Dem's are not fully off the hook, that party has its own fair share of racists amongst them as well - they usually do not wear a neon sign announcing it though!

I wish it was possible to clear out all 3 main branches of Federal Government and install an entire new, uncorrupted group in there. They would not be Rep or Dem, but from a mix of all other progressive political parties.

Do I vote Dem? Yes, however, if there were more independents making it to the final election's besides just rep vs dem. I would choose the independent (as long as I believed in what they 'say' they stand for and have a proven track record). But we all know that will not happen anytime soon, so I am a registered voting Democrat. Because for all the faults the Democrats have, they are still thousands of times better in office (with a proven track record of improving this country!) than any Rethuglican.

/rant off
Ya know, I have been a part of DU's lurking ground since 2002, registered early 2003. I have seen the flux from Moderate Dem to OMG "loony liberals" do exist! (and no I am not calling everyone here loony liberal, that would mean I was one too lol and my husband hehe)

The ads that the Rethugs are coming out with lately to me shows how desperate a party they are. I thought they were desperate with the whole 'swift boat' thing, but ads like this just take the cake!!
Cheers
Sandy (wearing her flame retardant suit, fyi!)

PS/OT:

I had a small Iraq the vote party on Saturday - We all enjoyed watching the film Iraq for sale, as sickening as it is, it was rather well done, my only complaint is it wasn't long enough - there is so much MORE info that needs to come out, I hope this video makes it to some main stream TV (obviously, not network though), even Discovery channel would be great!

Those that could not make it to my place for the film showing, I have lent the video out to. We also did our phone call duty and continue to do so! The big plan though is to have a huge celebraton dinner (hopefully) the night after November's elections. Of course, we will be celebrating, even if we can't get the scum out of FL but really all we want is to get the mojority seats in both the houses! 2006 is so much more important than 2008 (personally) But here is to hoping (and being active about acheiving) we get a great president in '08 too!!

[Judi Lynn]

180. Yep, the ad is insulting to everyone other than right-wingers.

They are really ugly people, who ALWAYS attempt to claim superiority, in order to have a foot to stand on while striking out at everyone else.

You've never seen crap like this from normal people!

The man who actually created this monstrosity has done other filthy ads, but this seems to be the worst. One he did in the last election cycle had a woman viciously implying integrated schools are too violent and dangerous for her white kids.

He lives in a suburb of Kansas City. His name is Rich Nadler. He looks like a large, ugly, sloppy, pasty white, moist, smelly, lumpy old cancer wearing a suit. He crabs and bitches and sneers and insinuates when he is asked to participate in political tv discussions, off in his own little hate-infested world, almost like Gollum, from the Ring Trilogy. I don't know how anyone can stand to either look or listen to him. He's totally diseased.

It was startling learning he had picked up a man willing to bankroll his ads nationally. It should tell you there are some very underhanded, destructive people in movement across the country.

[nealmhughes]

181. Anyone to have the audacity to characterize black women as "hos",

regardless of the terms currency in "hardcore" rap and street vernacular is a fairly warped individual.

No, je m'ajuste, a very warped individual. I taught black studens nearly exclusively for two years at Alabama State, and cannot imagine any of the young women in my sound or sight range being tolerated called that by anyone, and most certainly if my lily white Irish ass heard it.

Does this individual not recognize how demeaning that term is? What a perversion of black culture and black women's struggle?

Dispicable. Disgusting. The lowest form of bait one could possibly take and one that will backfire as well!

I hope that he is surrounded by a group of angry "hos" who take their nails and teeth to him. If he thinks black women are "hos," then maybe they should act like an enraged ho brigade...but then again, most black women would be above that, since they by and large enbody the personification of dignity.

[liberalhistorian]

182. Has anyone else noticed that the Google ads at the top

of this thread are mostly for Golden Rule Insurance? LOL, talk about irony!

[mkb]

190. Differences Among Groups Should Not Confuse Too Much

     This article should demonstrate that every communtiy and
ethnicity has divisions in it, and disagreements as well.
     One should remember the wealthy are not, with few
exceptions, going to stop their attack.  They never mention
the work that is done by rank and file that provides them with
their wealth in the first place; and the discrimination they
have in deciding who they employ in their businesses.
     As the money piles up into the hands of the privileged,
they will try to restrict opposition to their control of
power.  This always includes the threat of war to keep their
system going.
     A Democratic victory will likely only slow this process a
little.  We need to figure out ways to sustain, defend, and
hopefully turn around the situation of our life.  Good Luck.