The rank-and-file Federal workforce is roughly the same, in my experience.

No place is immune.

I know it seems strange, but the single place where I've personally seen the default racial division broken apart and rendered obsolete is in the military. And it's taken, what, 60 years of application since Truman's directive to integrate for that to happen in any lasting, useful way?

The fact that people are surprised at this blatant display of racism is but one more example of how clueless we are collectively about how truly uncivilized our broader society really is.

Denial is our most dangerous adversary.

We have a huge nazi skinhead problem here and a bad aryan nations problem as well.

John Mccain Called his wife WHAT??

let them choke on their vomit -  

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and most doubt he could do it

Obama About To Break Advertising And Fundraising Records

Barack Obama is days away from breaking the TV advertising record set by George W. Bush in 2004 of $188 million, and has been outspending John McCain by a ratio of four to one, thanks to Obama's decision to opt out of public finance. And that's not all: the campaign is expected to announce in a few days that it raised over $100 million in September, setting an all-time record for a single month.

Go Obama, GO all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated the Confederates at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg.


"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

I wanted him to run because I wanted the answer to this question:

Would White people vote for a Black man for PRESIDENT?

I didn't know the answer to that question; I only knew that I wanted the answer.

The annals of history of this country have been riddled with White people choosing WHITENESS over common sense.

It was obvious that this country had gone into the toilet.

My concern was, for many White folks, would they choose to go down the same road of insanity with McCain because Obams was Black?

So, while the story in Pennsylvania might upset some, when I read it, I LOL. Just as I did when I read over at MyDD.com, the experience of someone canvassing in Southwest Virginia:

They came upon a trailer. On the flagpole was the Confederate Flag, flying high. On the lawn was an Obama sign.

The image is jarring; makes you shake your head, and then count it as an Obama miracle and keep on going.

I wrote awhile ago that the Black middle class was the first group to go to Obama because they could identify with him so much. they could watch him, and see his travails, and the double standard, and the 'moving of the bar', with nobody commenting on it in the MSM, but always, we noticed. We could relate to Obama because of our travails in the White Corporate World.

To be honest, most White folks don't want to hear the answer to the question:

What did Barack Obama do to EARN your vote?

He earned it, IMO, because of the respect that has grown for him, traversing this minefield known as Presidential Politics, with one hand tied behind his back during the Primary Season, because he couldn't be seen as the Big Black Brute picking on the poor Wittle White Woman Hillary. He earned it, as we've watch everything in his life be microscopically examined, while the obviousness of what they aren't doing with OTHER candidates is blinding in it's double standard glare. He earned it, because as Black folks, we've watched as they've dealt one racist taunt upon another at him AND his wife, and he's still standing there, along with Michelle, with grace, elegance, calm.

There have been times during this campaign where I believe ONLY Black folks understood what Obama was up against. And, because we do, and how he's handled himself, IMO, he's more than earned our respect, and our vote.

The greatest danger of an Obama administration is that after November 4 liberals will say "We won" and go back to their non-involved lives.

In fact, the remnants of the modern conservative movement are counting on it.

You're shocked there's racism in this campaign. Shocked, I tell you, shocked?

I'm shocked that so many self-professed racists are in fact going to "vote for the nigger" or "vote for the colored boy".  And if they put it in those terms they are not giving you a polite "Yes".  They are really going to vote for Obama.  I don't know how extensive that phenomenon is but I suspect it's gaining strength in union areas.

And it really is the economy and the incompetence of the Republican administrations.

Will it be enough?  The suspense of that question is enough to stop suicides or premature emigrations.

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

It saddens me but doesn't surprise me. And lately--it has just made me laugh!

Really!

Take, for instance, the asshat with the stuffed monkey. Did you see him? A complete fucking loser. He has nothing. He is nothing. He looked like a fat pedophile on parole. But when he found out that the cameras on him were news cameras, he suddenly gave his toy away. Real brave there, Chester.

That doesn't traumatize me--that makes me laugh. And it gives me strength.

But I am happy that attitudes are coming out in the open. Denial is harder when the truth is revealed. Folks can't pretend it's "all in your mind" or you don't have a "sense of humor" or that folks are being "overly sensitive." Of course, looking at ugly people and their ugly attitudes is not fun. OTOH, lots of hearts, minds and eyes have been opened. And you meet people who are genuinely pissed off by the behavior, too. That's always a good thing.

And the best thing: There are people who are PISSED about what they see, and are willing to write and name it.

:)

Can't hear ya, Peach!

There's lots of casual sexism out there on all sides.

There's lots of casual homophobia out there on all sides.

Don't act surprised.  Don't act shocked.

Act aware of it.  Speak out against it when you see and hear it. Act BETTER, because we can each change our own actions.

But above all, act like it's unacceptable behavior.  Because that's what it is.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

Yep, that is certainly true.  I state this because the ACTION is so much more important than the WORD.

I'll take the vote, regardless of how it is stated.

Of course racists are going to vote for Obama. The whole idea was that he is the sort of black politician some white racists will vote for. If I was that canvasser I would be laughing. Yes, racism is widespread, but this year it isn't going to hold us back.

And yet, a black man has been nominated for President of the United States, and may very well be elected. That says a great deal about how far this country has come just in the last decade or two.

I personally could not care less about the race or gender or national origin of any candidate, and neither Obama's race nor Clinton's (or Palin's) gender is of any interest at all to me in making a choice. However, if Obama is elected, I will not only be celebrating the fact that the United States - and in my opinion, the world - have dodged a very dangerous bullet, I will also be celebrating what electing a black man means for American society.

As someone who is not black, or even very dark skinned, I consider the fact that a black man is where Obama is to be far more significant than the fact that there are still people in this country who are overtly racist. And anyway, as one of my black colleagues and I agreed the other day, it is only when things like race and ethnicity are not issues worth mentioning in situations like this that we will be able to relax. I hope to see the day when it is no longer remarkable that a black man and a white woman battled for a major party nomination.

What I find incredibly offensive is that small kids are having to see and hear this garbage, many for the first time, and I imagine they're quite confused and upset because of the fact that Obama, whom they're looking up to, has done nothing to deserve this kind of hateful speech.

That's what truly bothers me.

My hope is that he wins, and then we can all enjoy laughing at these idiots.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.