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GOP: The Party of Fear
Orcinus —
... But this year, their fearmongering is reaching new depths. As Adam Serwer at TAP recently explored, the talk about Obama as a terrorist has its roots in this ancient sewer, and more important, it has dangerous consequences. Serwer was describing the weekend dustup over the remarks by Rep. John Lewis, the civil-rights pioneer, comparing McCain to George Wallace. As Serwer observes: ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Wall Street had a very good day for a change, and the Dow soared 936 points , the biggest single-day point gain ever. As a percentage, the Dow closed 11.1% higher, the fourth best in market history. * A second stimulus is likely, eventually . * " Jobs, baby, jobs ." * Did Obama push Iraqi leaders to delay a security agreement with the administration? Of course not . * In 2006, Mark Foley's sex scandal cost him his career. It now appears his replacement, Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.), will also see his career fall apart in 2008 thanks to his own sex scandal . What is with ...
Wait, that is actually just old school racism!
Feministing —
... , "terrist" and "commie" at some of the McCain/Palin events. Epithets such as "terrorist," show us the fear and anxiety that lies at the intersection of race, education, potential political affiliation, class and sexuality and the possible threat to normative forms of white male power. But these tactics are nothing new. Adam Serwer at the American Prospect delves deeper. In discussing Congressman George Lewis bold calling out of McCain's use of racist tactics he says, ...
Is McCain About To Be Tinkered And Doled?
Firedoglake —
... Sometimes, the person scented most by identity politics the most is the person deploying the manure spreader. To quote Frank Luntz: ...
BLACK NIGHT RIDERS TERRORIZING OUR POLITICS
Right Wing Nut House —
... “toxic language” and then there’s the race card. No double standard there, Congressman. If it were only Lewis advancing this meme of McCain and his supporters being racist pigs, one might conclude that the Congressman was some kind of loose cannon, firing off on his own accord and not part of any concerted effort to outrageously brand the Democrat’s political opponents as Kluxers. Ah, but the sheets that terrorize need not only be hiding white faces. Here’s Adam Sewrer writing in The American Prospect, equating calling Obama a “socialist” with racism: The hysterical ...
Digest for October 14th
The Republic of T. —
... What Right Wingers Mean When They Call Obama a “Socialist” | The American Prospect - The hysterical accusations of socialism from conservatives echo similar accusations leveled at black leaders in the past, as though the quest for racial parity were simply a left-wing plot. Obama may not actually be a socialist or communist, but his election would strike another powerful blow to the informal racial hierarchy that has existed in America since the 1960s, when it ceased being enforced by law. This hierarchy, which holds that whiteness is synonymous with American-ness, ...
The Ultimate Law: We Will Take Away Your Words
Gates of Vienna —
... Ah, but that’s not what The American Prospect claims. No, indeed. In an essay entitled “What Right Wingers Mean When They Call Obama a ‘Socialist’“ we are treated to an exposition of mind-reading of the lowest order: ...
The Ultimate Obama Law: We Will Take Away Your Words
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... Ah, but that’s not what The American Prospect claims. No, indeed. In an essay entitled “What Right Wingers Mean When They Call Obama a ‘Socialist’“ we are treated to an exposition of mind-reading of the lowest order: ...
