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Racism is Obama's Fault

by Steven D
Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 12:57:45 PM EST

Racism. It's not a white Republican problem, its an Obama problem. But then, according to Rushbo, what isn't?

Mr. Obama's campaign is now trafficking in prejudice of its own making. And in doing so, it is playing with political dynamite. What kind of potential president would let his campaign knowingly extract two incomplete, out-of-context lines from two radio parodies and build a framework of hate around them in order to exploit racial tensions? The segregationists of the 1950s and 1960s were famous for such vile fear-mongering.
Here's the relevant part of the Spanish-language television commercial Mr. Obama is running in Hispanic communities:
"They want us to forget the insults we've put up with . . . the intolerance . . . they made us feel marginalized in this country we love so much."
Then the commercial flashes two quotes from me: ". . . stupid and unskilled Mexicans" and "You shut your mouth or you get out!"[...]
The malignant aspect of this is that Mr. Obama and his advisers know exactly what they are doing. They had to listen to both monologues or read the transcripts. They then had to pick the particular excerpts they used in order to create a commercial of distortions. Their hoped-for result is to inflame racial tensions. In doing this, Mr. Obama and his advisers have demonstrated a pernicious contempt for American society.
We've made much racial progress in this country. Any candidate who employs the tactics of the old segregationists is unworthy of the presidency.

Rush is upset that Obama is allegedly playing the race card by repeating Rush's own words allegedly "out of context." My rebuttal? Glad you asked:

Context that, Rush.

Racism is Obama's Fault | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Racism is Obama's Fault (4.00 / 2)

Scuzzbags. It's all they've got, the hate card.

But they go with what works. Can we survive?

The Who said it best.

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Of course that song ends with

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

And hey...that's true too.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 01:03:59 PM EST

Re: Racism is Obama's Fault (4.00 / 2)

"Barack the magic Negro."

Jeeze oh peas.

Recommended by Hideo Kojima

by robertdsc on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 01:52:58 PM EST

Re: Racism is Obama's Fault (4.00 / 2)

Hey, lay off. Rush knows all about white privilege. It's why he didn't get 30 to life for his drug bust.

by Geov Parrish on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 02:01:45 PM EST

Re: Racism is Obama's Fault (4.00 / 2)

...said the white guy.

Don't tread on me

by BobX on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 02:15:37 PM EST

If a tree falls in a forest... (none / 1)

...who cares?

I'm first surprised that Limbaugh would write something like this for the WSJ; regardless of the partisanship of its readers, I expect that they are smart enough to see through Limbaugh, and don't need his talking points either.

But more surprising and perhaps telling is the number of comments reacting to the article in the WSJ forum: Zero.

Yawn.

by Sawgrass on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 01:29:54 PM EST

Right on, Steven (none / 1)

Rush is the king'o divisiveness, hate and bigotry.

To claim noticing that is somehow racist? Poppycock!

The Wild Wild Left

by Diane G on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 01:43:10 PM EST

Re: Racism is Obama's Fault (none / 0)

Sounds like Rush has been reading too much Susan Hu.

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by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Fri Sep 19th, 2008 at 04:12:01 PM EST

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