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McCain-Palin Rally Attendees: "Obama is a terrorist" (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com — File this one under the "give 'em enough rope" column. A pro-Obama blogger in Ohio caught McCain-Palin supporters as they streamed into a rally and asked some of the most salient questions of the day. Like, "is Obama a terrorist?"
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- sjnorth, on 10/09/2008, -22/+832Charming. Obama doesn't even need to campaign with people like these out their representing the other side for what it really is - gross. Where are their white hoods, I wonder?
- Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -185/+18Yes, play the race card, that's a good idea. How about discussion about a legitimate concern instead of bringing out the race card every time Obama gets some criticism?
If McCain had these ties, you guys would be all over it, putting multiple pages up on the front page within minutes.- vanzee, on 10/09/2008, -4/+187I live about 5 mins. from Strongsville, OH and trust me, it's about race.
- wendelgee2, on 10/09/2008, -4/+94No. We're concerned about the economy.
Aren't you?
Just like your candidate, all you can do is desperately hope to change the subject. - ogmwtfbbq, on 10/09/2008, -1/+76lol yeah people using the n word at black reporters in Palin's rally (confirmed by all MSM sources) = racist. You are just trying to hide behind your own bigotry so you make excuses and try to justify it.
- macaca, on 10/09/2008, -5/+78Its not about race card at all. Its about ignorance of people. And let me tell you about your "FRONT PAGE" accusation. Most of the Digg users always digg for substance ( for example: Ron Paul, Kucinich etc. ) because most of the Digg users are rational and educated. Most of the Diggers don't see race or party line but they do see rational and better future for the world.
- Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -78/+8@macaca
You're kidding right? You must be new here. - heystoopid, on 10/09/2008, -0/+47You are certifiably insane if you either condone and/or tacitly approve this new line of attack period , no if buts or may be .
- avrygoodfrnd, on 10/09/2008, -0/+91"Yes, play the race card, that's a good idea"
A) The McCain camp are the ones who aren't talking about the issues
B) These people are obviously racist...
C) You're a troll or you didn't watch the video
D) You're a moron. - jgzman, on 10/09/2008, -1/+38What legitimate concern, exactly? The opposition belives that Obama, Democratic Canidate for President, is a terrorist.
The only legitimate concern is that the GOP seems to be making no effort whatever to prevent their supporters from believing this. Technically, it is not their job to do so, but since they started it, I feel they need to fix it. - GawtMilk, on 10/09/2008, -12/+18Just because a couple attendees think he's a terrorist, it's a GOP party problem? *****. People are idiots. There were a huge amount of Hillary supporters who thought he was a terrorist too. Racism isn't a trait given solely to the GOP. If you check my message history, people often respond to my comments that "I'm just some dumb hick from Kansas". That's racism too; coming from Obama supporters. To assume that there aren't any racist Obama supporters is stupid.
Racism against white people is still racism. A black person supporting Obama solely for the fact he's black is racism. A white person supporting McCain because he's the "white candidate" is racism. I've seen a lot of all three in this election. - Cadicus, on 10/09/2008, -0/+49If Obama was white.. people would not think he was a "terrorist".. period. America is fairly racist.. sad to say.
- Unrealevil, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Legitimate concerns--do share.
Please view the content before commenting. - orlandogeek, on 10/09/2008, -1/+10It doesn't matter if it's about race or religion. There are still a sadly high number of people in this country who despite aligning with the Christian faith are anything but. They are intolerant, racist and believe that if you aren't Christian then you are not right and are going to Hell.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/09/2008, -50/+4Another ***** smear article against McCain.
The libs act as if sites like Daily Kos, Digg, Crooks and Liars, et al, don't even exist.
I've seen PLENTY of hateful rhetoric on Digg aimed at McCain and especially Palin. - wendelgee2, on 10/09/2008, -2/+19Don't you come around here with your moral relativism trying to tell us that hatred based on bigotry and ignorance is the same as hatred based on policy differences and a loathing of the ugliness that McCain/Palin have inspired in this country. And they are the ones inspiring it, don't try to pass it off on a few yokels. This filth is a campaign strategy. And it's evil, and it's not Christian, and it's morally reprehensible, and you should be ashamed for defending it just because you think it might win your party an election. Shame on you.
- Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -40/+4Funny, not one of you have proven me wrong. You've just screamed "racist"! We're talking about handing over the country's direction to one of these two men, and I think they deserve a bit of scrutiny, and when one of them associates with a preacher of hate, and a known terrorist, I think that's a valid concern.
Since none of you can see that, you're all partisan sheep. You don't like to hear it, but it's not even an opinion, it's a certifiable fact. - bluezinc, on 10/09/2008, -1/+24It's not "playing the race card" when the other side says ***** like, "follow the blood lines", implying he's a terrorist because he's.... black? And that his name is "Hussein", like he's one of Saddam's secret children, sent on a mission from birth to become America's president and then blow it all up.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -1/+24@ Wargalas
You're wrong. You need to take off your own partisan glasses and look at the facts about Obama. Take the guilt by association bit. One of the qualities of a healthy mind is the ability to associate with a wide range of people. To hear their words (all by the way, not the out-of-context sound bites), agree with some set others aside, and understand the people behind them.
Obama has heard people who are critical of US policy and society. Hell, if you look around, you'd have to be crazy to believe that we need no criticism. But that doesn't mean he's throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He's a man who can listen to even you. He can put your ideas into a complex network of other people's ideas and find a way toward reconciliation and progress.
His litmus testing opponent can't do that. He's a bully and a manipulator in a party that has made that it's main tactic. We're done with them. Time to start healing. Time to start healing the frightened, angry people in those lines. Let's get him elected and then let's do something more constructive for our communities and our country than "go shopping." - Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -31/+4@bluezinc
You aren't paying attention. No one is saying Obama is a terrorist. We're saying that he's awfully friendly with someone who is. YOU are saying that he's a terrorist because he's black.
@Human
So, by your argument, Obama should be associating with Bin Laden? It's an extreme, but it's exactly what you are saying.
Sorry, but I don't want someone in office who hangs around a guy who plants bombs and kills people.
http://www.rightwinglunatic.com/wp/?p=3420
I especially don't want someone in office who KNEW about it, and did nothing about it afterward, and continued to associate with the person.
Stop with the appeasement and take a hard look at a guy who says he's got good judgment when clearly he doesn't.
We could even argue about Obama's judgment on things like the economy. He has asked for hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks when we couldn't afford it. McCain has asked for almost zero.
Obama asked for millions of dollars for his wife's employer, which she then got a hefty raise for.
Obama hangs around a preacher who preaches hate. Then exposes his children to such a man.
Obama opposed the surge in troops in Iraq, which you can argue he wasn't for it to begin with, but he wasn't in office to vote upon it. When you get into office, you are faced with decisions about events that are beyond your control. Obama was faced with such a decision, and he made the wrong one. - yakski, on 10/09/2008, -2/+20Warglas... you are a MORON!!!
John McCain associated with right wing death squads in central and south america... how come you do not care about that?
John McCain went after and got support from a preacher that spews HATE... how come you do not care about that? After he was publicly embarrassed by his association he disassociated himself... how come you don't care about that?
He fully supported the illegal sale of weapons to IRAN!.. how come you don't care about that?
He fully supported illegal financial and weapons support to the Contras!!... how come you don't care about that?
You are a hypocritical retard!!! - Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -24/+4@yakski
When did I proclaim that McCain was any better? Yeah, thought so. How does shoe leather taste? Perhaps you should actually read what I write and think about it before you spew out idiocy. - wishninja, on 10/09/2008, -1/+14I live in southern indiana and yes it is a putrid mix of race and partisanship.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+15@ Wargalas
Actually, it might have been a good idea to talk with Bin Laden many years back. It's the way of feuds that petty grievances pile up into mountains of difference. The idea that terrorists spring from the womb lusting after blood is nonsense. It is fueled by injustice and ignorance, and by a failure to deal with the human condition in all the places where conflictis still small, and the parties still amenable to resolution. Bin Laden is beyond talking to now. That movement is frozen in a conflict with an opposing force, and has come to define itself by that conflict.
However, there are many other conflicts out there now that we can still head off. The struggle between North Carolinian's and Mexicans was in the news today. Sad stuff all the way around. Things like that are still small enough to deal with. They can be defused.
The trick is to deal with problems where they're small. No heroic rescues. We need foreign and domestic policies that promote fairness and goodness. The conservative movement seems to have written off the possibiliity of goodness outside ther own number, and are huddled together in fear to guard their ***** and their standing in the world. Can't see that they are sowing the seeds of their own distruction. - bwoodwar, on 10/10/2008, -1/+17Wow, Wargalas. You sir are a professional troll. I do think though that your views are a little flawed, so I'm going to step up and try to, as you say, read what you've written and think about it.
"Yes, play the race card, that's a good idea."
I say, as other have, watch the video. A lot of what is said is about race.
"If McCain had these ties, you guys would be all over it, putting multiple pages up on the front page within minutes."
This simply isn't true. McCain has ties to government corruption and a flawed military background, yet there are few stories about it. I'd talk about some of Palin's ties, but then you'd probably say "but I never said anything about her".
"We're talking about handing over the country's direction to one of these two men, and I think they deserve a bit of scrutiny, and when one of them associates with a preacher of hate, and a known terrorist, I think that's a valid concern."
I agree. Some scrutiny is needed. I also agree that "associating with a preacher of hate" is a valid concern, but its been blown a little out of proportion. Since I don't feel like going on about this, I'll just point you back to HumanNouveau post.
"No one is saying Obama is a terrorist."
Ugh... Have you watched either video yet? Yes, they are.
"So, by your argument, Obama should be associating with Bin Laden? It's an extreme, but it's exactly what you are saying."
You really are a hypocrite. Read and think before saying something. That's NOT "exactly" what he is saying. That is an extreme interpretation of his words.
"We could even argue about Obama's judgment on things like the economy. He has asked for hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks when we couldn't afford it. McCain has asked for almost zero."
Wait, wait, wait... back that last sentence up with facts please. When he was Secretary to the Navy, McCain used billions of dollars in pork-barrel spending for unneeded naval projects. Go look up his association with the Carrier Midway.
"Perhaps you should actually read what I write and think about it before you spew out idiocy."
Practice what you preach.
Good enough for you Wargalas? Probably not since you seem to have a knack for taking peoples arguments out context. - subUrbanLEGEND, on 10/10/2008, -3/+7@GawtMilk
I'd say there is a pretty big difference between a black person voting for Obama because he's black and a white person not voting for Obama because he's black.
This is the first time in our history where a black parent can show his or her children that the office of the presidency isn't unattainable. That fact alone - that hope - is worth a vote from a black voter. Up until this year, black voters had no choice but to vote for a white guy. I'd say that pretty much gives them the right to do whatever the hell they want in this election.
Now, if you vote for someone else just because Obama is black, what non-hateful reasoning can you possibly have?
I'm white and I'm voting for Obama for many reasons. One of them is because he is black. Because our country is one of opportunity. - Kronos43, on 10/10/2008, -3/+17Warglas..
just..stop..
you lost. - FcukAllYall, on 10/10/2008, -3/+5know what's REALLY funny... that racist assclowns 4get that B.O. is HALF WHITE
- Royish, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4I live in NYC, trust me it is about race. Ask any NYPD or FDNY.
Almost 100% fanboy republicans. - AugustusOsari, on 10/10/2008, -6/+2Wow. A bunch of bleeding heart liberals and a ***** insane conservative.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4"It's all about the name"
May not be directly racist, but it's certainly bigoted. - Wargalas, on 10/10/2008, -6/+4@Kronos
No, you simply don't want to face my points head on. You're a coward who can't face the fact that I'm bringing up valid points about Obama and the hypocritical nature of Digg users. Sorry, you lose. - opiniastrous, on 10/10/2008, -2/+2I'm going to have to agree with half of Wargalas' statement:
"If McCain had these ties, you guys would be all over it, putting multiple pages up on the front page within minutes."
He is completely correct. So many people here on Digg scream blue murder when McCain's supporters say things about Obama, but then they go and submit/digg articles about McCain that are just as bad. Yesterday there was a submission that claimed McCain would not shake Obama's hand, when:
1) There was a slight misunderstanding (which neither Obama nor McCain seemed to care about) that was clearly visible through their body language, and
2) There was footage to show McCain shook Obama's hand immediately after the debate.
Another example is the "that one" furore. Sure, it wasn't a good example of Presidential speech, but there was nothing really wrong with it. Diggers and Democrats however, cried out about how it showed McCain's disdain for Obama, or that he was racist, etc.
Just so you know, I support Obama*, but I'm not a Democrat. As a real "Washington outsider" (I live halfway across the world), I am constantly appalled at the state of the American political arena and the hateful partisan behaviour that is exhibited day after day. Sure, every political system is partisan, but they base their arguments on policy, not on whether one of the candidates once met some guy who was associated with another guy that was the brother of a guy on the board of the International Neo-Nazi Confederation.
Conclusion: You're all biased. Stop abusing people (and the candidates) just because they don't agree with you and have a real discussion based on what matters - policy and personal ability.
*I just realised that I shouldn't have to mention this, but I do because if I don't give some indication that I'm on the side of those who will digg me down for disagreeing/criticising, then my point of view would never get across. I think that reflects very poorly on the condition of the debate here at Digg. - jer2eydevil88, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3Warglas makes me cringe... Cincinnati represent and sadly enough many people in Ohio also "know" that Obama is a muslim...
Surprised? Don't be. We even have touchdown Jesus down here. http://www.jeeeb.us/ - honeymustardn, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Hahahahahahaha, oh wow
- Wargalas, on 10/10/2008, -4/+1Hooray! I make people cringe! Now, once you've gotten over your full body shudder, know that I'm a regular reader. :) I'm not going anywhere. :)
- pbol01, on 10/09/2008, -8/+114Theese people are *****!
They just want to hate.- HomeSkillz, on 10/09/2008, -5/+24Those two sentences really don't go that well together.
- JDRay, on 10/09/2008, -1/+30I wanted to see ONE of them stop and say something to the effect of, "I think Barack Obama is a Christian who loves his country and has the best interests of America at heart. But I don't believe his policies are best for the country, and I believe that John McCain is the better man for the office of President. So, I'm voting McCain."
But we didn't see any of that, and I doubt it was because the videographer edited them out. - al3x24, on 10/09/2008, -1/+7The best way to fight these people is to let them be and fight for Obama instead. When you fight against something you only make the opposition worse. You can only truly win when you fight for something. That is the missed lesson of every war. Hate can't exist in the presence of love just like dark can't exist in the presence of light.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4I doubt they want to hate. I think they want to stop being afraid. Sybok needed to be in that line.
- eaglered00, on 10/10/2008, -10/+2@JDRay I'm sure several of them did but it wasn't considered interesting enough to put in the video. There are stupid people on both sides, I'm sure if you spent enough time at Obama rallies you could put a nice video like this together too.
- phike, on 10/09/2008, -4/+123"Yes, play the race card, that's a good idea. How about discussion about a legitimate concern instead"
You mean a legitimate concern like how Obama is a terrorist because is name rhymes with Osama? That's what one of the attendees of a McCain-Palin rally said in the video....watch it. It is scary how propoganda can persuade people, no matter how false.
"If McCain had these ties, you guys would be all over it, putting multiple pages up on the front page within minutes."
This must be your first time on digg....those stories have already been all over digg, most with more legitimacy than the Ayers scandal. In fact, a terrorist tie with Palin is the #1 story on digg right now, go look it up.- wherearemymeds, on 10/09/2008, -0/+28Sad thing is that Palin's Alaska Secessionist ties are far worse and ACTUALLY REAL!!!
- DivisibleByZero, on 10/09/2008, -67/+8It's only racist if you call a black guy a terrorist:
http://flickr.com/photos/ectomorfo/209456654/- coheedcollapse, on 10/09/2008, -1/+52You're not getting it. People are calling Obama a terrorist not based on what he's done, but because of his name and heritage. People call Bush a "terrorist" because of what he's done to the country and his penchant for using fear to gain more power. It has nothing to do with how white he is.
- AngryAngryBrian, on 10/09/2008, -1/+48They are calling Obama a terrorist based on his name not his actions.
They are calling Bush a terrorist based on his actions not his name. - heystoopid, on 10/09/2008, -1/+13Wanker .
- DivisibleByZero, on 10/09/2008, -4/+9None of the people who called him a terrorist said why. Closest was the one who repeated the bs about obama training in a terrorist camp when he was a kid (but he denied to give a soundbyte saying he was a terrorist).
So I'd say it's safe to assume that guy's answer is yes, but even he was judging Obama based on (what he thought were) Obama's actions. So call that guy an idiot, but not a racist. If Obama actually had attended a terrorist training school, the guy's argument would be valid. - argaen21, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4How many people did Obama get killed by abusing his power? Ya, zero. Some terrorist!
- azreal156, on 10/09/2008, -1/+123The old lady who kept getting in front of the camera reminds me of scientologists.
- gingerboy, on 10/09/2008, -1/+40Mcpalinology? and the guy advising her not to answer unless it was put in writing..................my god they're sooooooooooo f**kin dumb its unreal!!!
I'd laugh, but I feel sick :-( - smokeydbear, on 10/09/2008, -1/+31She's a bad liar, too. Palin wasn't even the Governor of Alaska two years ago, let alone three, and I really doubt that some random chick from Ohio had heard of and remembered the Mayor of Wasilla. Maybe if she didn't close her eyes the entire time she said that she'd heard of Palin three years ago I'd be inclined to believe her, but her body language screams "I'm fibbing!"
- wherearemymeds, on 10/09/2008, -0/+9aw, she just made me think that she's never had friends or even a pet cat to listen to her. She's probably telling all her oops forgot non friends how she was filmed today.
oooohh, yippee! - lowtolerance, on 10/09/2008, -0/+10is it just me, or does she seem to be really drunk?
- seltaeb4, on 10/09/2008, -0/+16She makes Scientologists seem sane.
- gingerboy, on 10/09/2008, -1/+40Mcpalinology? and the guy advising her not to answer unless it was put in writing..................my god they're sooooooooooo f**kin dumb its unreal!!!
- moomza, on 10/09/2008, -3/+58These are the type of aggressively ignorant people, particularly that mentally handicapped blond troglydyte, that will make Obama's upcoming victory all that more satisfying for me.
- kwansolo, on 10/09/2008, -1/+14but isn't it cute how they absorb neocon talking points? like little hateful sponges.
- minuskelvin, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1it is fascinating! I think it's clear evidence that propaganda works... if it can work with dumb people, I wonder if there is propaganda I'm falling for. I mean, can we really trust anything we hear? I think propaganda maybe works because of fear -- the more afraid you are, the more likely you'll succumb to it. If that's the case, I feel very sorry for these people. However, it makes me afraid. Maybe I'll succumb to a propaganda campaign as a result of my fear generated from their fear. Weird.
- nickert0n, on 10/09/2008, -2/+37Encore!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UxxhYa8K0s- gingerboy, on 10/10/2008, -2/+8The young woman at the end there..................Your country could do with more like her!!!
The old witch that wouldnt let her speak..................you lot should burn her (after using the monty python method of witch testing of course!!)
The woman next to her........did you notice how manty times her 'facts' changed? what a f**king retard!
Not much by the way of grey matter floating about there, pure predudice and hate!!
- gingerboy, on 10/10/2008, -2/+8The young woman at the end there..................Your country could do with more like her!!!
- Shiftgood, on 10/09/2008, -6/+39"McCain you're down in the polls"
"Oh im not too worried, we have an october suprise"
"Really? whats that, fraud? his past? shady contributors? police record?"
"No its even better, We're gonna rally people to assassinate obama"- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+14Reminds me of many of histories authors of racial violence and class warfare. You don't need to say, "kill the others." You just wind people up. Push them a little further and then a little further into their dark, irrational fear, and then let the rest take care of itself. We may be closer to a night of broken glass than we think.
Take the side of love and compassion. Doesn't mean letting the demagogues have their way, but everyone can find a small way to show a kindness. Patch a quarrel. Obama is a superb example. I think that is going to be his greatest contribution when he becomes president.
Turn out to vote. Take all your ID. Be courteous to all. Don't buy the hate. - minuskelvin, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3you guys are both scaring the ***** out of me. i don't know what i'm going to do if obama................. it makes me want to cry right now.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+14Reminds me of many of histories authors of racial violence and class warfare. You don't need to say, "kill the others." You just wind people up. Push them a little further and then a little further into their dark, irrational fear, and then let the rest take care of itself. We may be closer to a night of broken glass than we think.
- NeptuneZen, on 10/09/2008, -29/+6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg
Yeeeeeah, well I guess there are ignorant and racist people on both sides then. But your holier than thou attitude just shows how ignorant you are. Despite what liberals seem to believe with an almost religious fervor, if Obama gets elected, he will not change the country all that much. He could never live up to the hype, and frankly the president doesn't have as enough power to do all the things he's said he would do.
And to reach out to the liberals on digg, I give you: An Ode To Obama Supporters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWw7QncBGSM
Remember guys issues are important, not hype and mud slinging.- thegrantman, on 10/09/2008, -2/+8Buried for being stupid,childish,and most of all,using Pink Floyd to do it.
- oderdigg, on 10/09/2008, -1/+6Don't digg him down.. he's got a point? Oh wait.. n/m
- closedoor, on 10/09/2008, -1/+5you should have just put that first clip up, it was funny regardless of political orientation, but in the end you get buried. Oh and ignorance is one thing but ignorant bigotry tops it easily.
- SpinningHead, on 10/09/2008, -1/+11"Despite what liberals seem to believe with an almost religious fervor"
We are not the ones who invoke god at every turn and use "Jesus Christ is my personal savior" as a qualification for office.
"frankly the president doesn't have as enough power to do all the things he's said he would do."
Nobody expects utopia, but we've seen what men like Bush have done with that power. If anything, I hope he shrinks the power of the presidency to the level it was intended to have.
"there are ignorant and racist people on both sides then."
true, but how many black Obama supporters do you think have voted for a white candidate in the past? How many of these rabid Palin supporters do you suppose have ever voted for a black candidate? - NeptuneZen, on 10/09/2008, -3/+1@spinninghead fanaticism transcends religion. I have no problem if someone is religious (I'm an atheist) its only when they are a fanatic that it will affect my vote. Despite how digg likes to portray Palin, she is not a fanatic, she never tried to ban the origin of man from libraries. She never tried to mandate teaching of creationism in schools.
You hope a Democrat will shrink the power of the presidency? What would ever make you think a liberal would want to decrease the power of any branch of the government? The democrats whole platform is based around adding more to the federal government.
How many people do you think the guy in the video had to ask before he got people to say Obama is a terrorist? Just because some of them think that, first off doesn't make them racist only misinformed. And secondly what make you think all of them would say that? So you have taken a small video of a few McCain/Palin supporters and made sweeping generalities calling the entire conservative base racist. - drewh1991, on 10/09/2008, -1/+8How about this:
Q: "Why do you think he's a terrorist?"
A: "Just listen to his name"
Is that not racism/stereotyping? - gingerboy, on 10/10/2008, -3/+1I'd call it more stupidity, like a 4 year old saying 'cheese' is like a 'sneeze'! (dont know where that came from, and yes its a lame example - but the points still the same)
These people are just retarded brainwashed idiots, stuck in some small minded dogma fed to them by the holy tube - and they lap it up like its their last meal!
Seeing people like that only makes me wonder if idiocracy is really on its way!! - Yatata, on 10/10/2008, -0/+5@ NeptuneZenNeptuneZen : "Despite how digg likes to portray Palin, she is not a fanatic"
Sarah Palin is a "Third Wave Pentecostal" the most extreme strain of Christianity. They are believers in "end times" and will even go so far as to incite the signs (war with the middle east and mass suffering) of the return of Jesus Christ in an effort to speed his return to earth. Please read and watch:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Palin_in_my_Pray ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAWM7E_WMfo&eurl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=881TR0a6J6U&feature ...
"The radical religious right has succeeded in taking over one of America's great political parties. The country is not yet a theocracy but the Republican Party is, and they are driving American politics, using God as a battering ram on almost every issue: crime and punishment, foreign policy, health care, taxation, energy, regulation, social services and so on." -- Bill Moyers
Sarah Palin's churches are actively involved in a resurgent movement that was declared heretical by the Assemblies of God in 1949. This is the same 'Spiritual Warfare' movement that was featured in the award winning movie, "Jesus Camp," which showed young children being trained to do battle for the Lord. At least three of four of Palin's churches are involved with major organizations and leaders of this movement, which is referred to as The Third Wave of the Holy Spirit or the New Apostolic Reformation. The movement is training a young "Joel's Army" to take dominion over the United States and the world.
Along with her entire family, Sarah Palin was re-baptized at twelve at the Wasilla Assembly of God in Wasilla, Alaska and she attended the church from the time she was ten until 2002: over two and 1/2 decades. Sarah Palin's extensive pattern of association with the Wasilla Assembly of God has continued nearly up to the day she was picked by Senator John McCain as a vice-presidential running mate. Palin's dedication to the Wasilla church is indicated by a Saturday, September 7, 2008, McClatchy news service story detailing possibly improper use of state travel funds by Palin for a trip she made to Wasilla, Alaska to attend, on June 8, 2008, both a Wasilla Assembly of God "Masters Commission" graduation ceremony and also a multi-church Wasilla area event known as "One Lord Sunday." At the latter event, Palin and Alaska LT Governor Scott Parnell were publicly blessed, onstage before an estimated crowd of 6,000, through the "laying on of hands" by Wasilla Assembly of God's Head Pastor Ed Kalnins whose sermons espouse such theological concepts as the possession of geographic territories by demonic spirits and the inter-generational transmission of family "curses". Palin has also been blessed, or "anointed," by an African cleric, prominent in the Third Wave movement, who has repeatedly visited the Wasilla Assembly of God and claims to have effected positive, dramatic social change in a Kenyan town by driving out a "spirit of witchcraft."
The Wasilla Assembly of God church is deeply involved with both Third Wave activities and theology. Their Master's Commission program is part of an three year post-high school international training program with studies in prophecy, intercessory prayer, Biblical exegesis, authority and leadership. The pastor, Ed Kalnins, and Masters Commission students have traveled to South Carolina to participate in a "prophetic conference" at Morningstar Ministries, one of the major ministries of the Third Wave movement. Becky Fischer was a pastor at Morningstar prior to being featured in the movie "Jesus Camp." The head of prophecy at Morningstar, Steve Thompson, is currently scheduled to do a prophecy seminar at the Wasilla Assembly of God. Other major leaders in the movement have also traveled to Wasilla to visit and speak at the church. "
- futrsenator, on 10/09/2008, -2/+55these people ***** scare me.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1And they call Obama a terrorist.
Stupid with power is far more terrifying than anything Bin Laden can come up with.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1And they call Obama a terrorist.
- tikibaloni, on 10/09/2008, -17/+8Pikachu, I choose you!!!!!
- 01001001, on 10/09/2008, -3/+31If Obama is assassinated, then McCain-Palin and the angry white mob they've whipped up into a frenzy will all have blood on their hands and both should be held directly responsible. PERIOD.
God forbid this should ever happen, but McCain really doesn't know or is oblivious to the hornets nest he's stirring up by trying to solidify the Republican base.
Why doesn't the Secret Service or someone step in and just put a stop to this? Right here. Right now.
If he thinks the election can be won by scraping the bottom of the barrel with these rural white votes, he's sadly mistaken. Hoping for enough xenophobic, racist, paranoid whites out there that are angry enough to turn out and vote is a piss poor strategy.- eyepennies, on 10/09/2008, -1/+16This has been the Republican thing now for a while. They only care about victory, not governance. They are really good at getting elected, but they suck at everything after that. Morally bankrupt. The same ***** happened last cycle, and the one before that, but this time their opponent is African-American so they have a LOT more to work with to get their rabid base frothing.
- kolobcreek, on 10/09/2008, -26/+2Haha you think this is fun you should meet the fruits that go to the Obama Rallies.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Oh, so these people are fruits, but Obama's supporters are bigger fruits? Is that what this is about, being the least fruity?
For my part, I digg the people at Obama rallies. Not full of hate. Worried, yes. Passionate about the economy, the war, civil rights and human rights, sure. Any thinking person should be. But there's a level of integrity there. Beliefs based on more than fear. Determination to move forward and not back.
Obama rallies are cool.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Oh, so these people are fruits, but Obama's supporters are bigger fruits? Is that what this is about, being the least fruity?
- quantumkate, on 10/09/2008, -17/+8I don't want to represent either side but I have to make a point. How many of the people he interviewed said "no, he's not a terrorist." how many were sound well balanced people? This video is biased, representing perhaps only a small percentage of radicals at the convention. How many answered the questions rationally but were not put in this video?
- eyepennies, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8I hope you are right; I hope that this represents a very small minority. But really, it only takes one lunatic to pick up a gun. Obviously, crazy people don't really need a reason to do crazy *****, but I do think it is deeply irresponsible for McCain/Palin to be encouraging this kind of morally bankrupt mentality in order to win. They won't win, but the repercussions of this tactic will be felt for a long time to come, and I hope nothing ghastly comes of it.
- leadingzero, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Sounds like we'll all be seeing the end of her career soon: http://tinyurl.com/4rok7j
- Asianwaste, on 10/09/2008, -15/+1Pay real close attention to this guy's interviewing techniques. He'll focus only on the people who give the answers he wants. I can guarantee there are some people who can give a fair and balanced answer but that's not what he wants to broadcast so I'm sure they're edited out.
I'm not saying the guys who gave him what he wanted aren't *****, but this video is ***** propaganda and the people who don't see what the author of this video is trying to do are not too far from the stooges on the video. There's brainwashing going on alright, but on both parties.- Shiftgood, on 10/09/2008, -0/+7Its not so much that hes presenting a biased opinioin. Its more that hes just giving us all a freakshow.
Hes highlighting this completely insaine core group of people and showing the rest of the world what they are up against: ***** retarded freaks.
and they are.. they are so dumb its beyond belief... so lets make them into entertainment. - poxonyou, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4"fair and balanced answer" is a red flag to your political viewpoint. Also, answering every problem on the Republican side, or McCain/Plain, with a response like "but both parties (Obama/Biden) are just as bad," is another. The parties are different, the base(s) they rely on are different, and the problems they have are different.
Anyway, I think the interviewer would have come off much better had he been friendly and funny (Daily Show style) rather than being confrontational. He could have made the same point without giving people ammo to attack him with ("This guy's an *****. He blah blah blah"). Oh well, remember we're looking at the type of things supporters believe, not how friendly/confrontational the interviewer was. - Asianwaste, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1---"fair and balanced answer" is a red flag to your political viewpoint
Right and wrong. I'm normally moderate conservative that actually is going to vote for Obama this election. Simply because the GOP has been kind of a ***** up lately and lacks a good domestic recovery policy (which IMO is more important than Iraq and Global War on Terror ATM). GOP needs to sit in a corner for a few years and rethink what they've been doing lately.
---Oh well, remember we're looking at the type of things supporters believe
The point I was trying to get across is that believe it or not, some people support McCain because they believe in his merits rather than some shallow prejudice against his opponent. The ***** the video is trying to create is some generalization that probably only a few geographically centralized bad eggs really believe in. It's the same prejudice and bigotry that the interviewer was criticizing, just aimed else where. It drives a wedge between our people.
The enemy is never as evil as we want them to be. You don't win these fights by painting an exaggerated negative image of the opposition. It's what we did in the Cold War and many other campaigns and it always leads to disaster. You want to win more votes for your candidate, convince the supporters of the opponent that their way of thinking is wrong. You get nothing done trying to convince someone else that those guys are morons.
- Shiftgood, on 10/09/2008, -0/+7Its not so much that hes presenting a biased opinioin. Its more that hes just giving us all a freakshow.
- Arkons24, on 10/09/2008, -12/+4Bill Ayers
- mikemarino, on 10/09/2008, -16/+3This comment will be dugg down, then will be given the most ass backwards answers about how the anointed one has no connection to him. Digg is part of the drive by media now. Republicans can no longer bother responding to this trash. It is a shame that the people of digg believe everything the media has forced down their throats. The majority of diggers are ***** sheep. ***** all of you, and ***** the guy thats going to respond to this. Come November "THAT ONE" will not have a ***** chance at the polls. Then we can laugh for 4 more years saying I told you so. Dumb *****.
- eyepennies, on 10/09/2008, -2/+3Inigo Montoya (this is a fun game!)
- SkinnerBox, on 10/09/2008, -2/+7It is really specious to argue that Barack Obama's limited though real association with Bill Ayers, which no one is denying, should make anyone fear his presidency. Bill Ayers is now a non-violent activist for education in Chicago. If you think that it is a big deal, you are the one believing the yellow journalism that is being forced down your throat.
- whit4brains, on 10/10/2008, -1/+6Bill Ayers...you mean the Dignified Professor at the University of Illinois who was given the Citizen of the Year award in Chicago in 1997 for his work on the ANNENBERG FOUNDATION WHOSE founder contributed to McCain's campaign and has also come out and publicly supported McCain for President.
- Arkons24, on 10/10/2008, -4/+3I only bring it up because every single argument that is brought up against John McCain on this site is the same type of specious argument that pervades your entire way of thinking and the thinking of every liberal that comments in these threads (save maybe about dozen of you I've heard stand up against these pointless and irrelevant stories).
Bill Ayers' connection with Obama is a specious argument, just like everything that your absolute hatred of McCain and Palin is based on.
Look at where Obama has voted and what his record shows and you'll see a record that is completely contrary to the image he tries to portray. All of your reasons you have for voting for Obama are the same reasons that you hate John McCain. Bill Ayers just happens to be just the kind of specious argument that would have 4000+ diggs with multiple articles about the same story plastering the front page if only it were about McCain. - mikemarino, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONfJ7YSXE5w
- aratika, on 10/09/2008, -14/+3And those closest to both campaigns have this to say about both candidates:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/07/politics/f ...
BTW...Did Barry really write his own book? Looks like Sarah is a better wordsmith than your Obamassiah.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/who_wrote_d ...- whit4brains, on 10/10/2008, -1/+5Yes, unlike McCain who hired a ghost writer to write his book, Obama authored both of his books.
americanthinker.com - a site for Americans who can't think for themselves. - Arkons24, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2*****, your ignorance continues to astound.
- whit4brains, on 10/10/2008, -1/+5Yes, unlike McCain who hired a ghost writer to write his book, Obama authored both of his books.
- themastersb, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4Some guy has to many archs in his "M"s on his poster.
- jacobt777, on 10/10/2008, -0/+5This goes to show how ***** dumb some people are....
- roxgod666, on 10/10/2008, -0/+8My lord, i haven't seen so much stupidity in one gathering like this for a while.
- HumanNouveau, on 10/10/2008, -1/+6LOL You don't must not get out to fundy churches much.
- dinot, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1You've obviously never been to hillaryis44.org
- fastang, on 10/10/2008, -12/+2His middle name IS Hussain
- roxgod666, on 10/10/2008, -1/+6*Hussein
Are you from that mob by any chance?
- roxgod666, on 10/10/2008, -1/+6*Hussein
- MichaelY, on 10/10/2008, -1/+5"Barama" ....
seriously?! (and he said that TWICE!) - Schmich, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2This _almost_ makes you wonder if everyone should have the right to vote...You have to take several tests to learn how to drive when voting just requires you to register and be over 18. But yeh, I guess the problem doesn't lie within that right, but instead lies within those people.
- H3llr41s3r, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2http://digg.com/political_opinion/I_is_smart
- 4four1ones, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2Am I the only one that wanted to pistol whip that ***** retarded blonde woman? Repubs support gun ownership rights, right? LOL.
- minuskelvin, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1this makes me feel like another civil war just might happen... what do you think will happen when Obama is elected??? WHY ARE PEOPLE SO ***** IGNORANT????
- SpacePoet, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1We need more of these videos, film em and spread them. America needs a good hard look in the mirror.
- Wargalas, on 10/09/2008, -185/+18Yes, play the race card, that's a good idea. How about discussion about a legitimate concern instead of bringing out the race card every time Obama gets some criticism?
- jamesalfaro, on 10/09/2008, -16/+501We need to get this one on the front page. Republicans have buried the direct video link, which has almost 700 diggs in just 15 hours.
http://digg.com/political_opinion/The_McCain_Palin ...- wendelgee2, on 10/09/2008, -3/+33Burying it won't make it go away.
- cadmiumpaint, on 10/09/2008, -5/+11to be fair, this was covered extensively yesterday on the major news networks....which reaches more people than digg.
- bamatime, on 10/09/2008, -4/+5well we're just gonna have to me "more fair-er"
- okayokayokay, on 10/09/2008, -2/+7No it wasn't! Video clips of the crazies at Sarah Palin rallies haven't been on ANY major news network, because the McCain campaign doesn't allow the media to talk to the supporters.
- darkened, on 10/09/2008, -45/+3Well for Obama suing banks to force them to lend more subprime mortgages to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act, he is part of the cause of the recession we are in which was far more devastating than any attack with weapons against us. So it can be a fitting term.
- danlowlite, on 10/09/2008, -4/+5Uhh, so you say that banks shouldn't comply with a law?
Citation needed anyway.
--not voting for Obama. Or McCain - Cadicus, on 10/09/2008, -1/+16the CRA did not cause this crisis. It is well documented. Thanks.
- jeffbw, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Rather obviously, this was not caused by the CRA, which has been in existence for over 30 years. 80% of the institutions that made bad loans are not even covered by the CRA, which only has to do with banks. You must get your "information" from the Fat Turd.
- fedja, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Complete deregulation of the mortgage and banking sectors is McCain's baby.
- danlowlite, on 10/09/2008, -4/+5Uhh, so you say that banks shouldn't comply with a law?
- ISurfTooMuch, on 10/09/2008, -2/+15We need to do more than that. If you have a Facebook or MySpace profile, post it up there. Let the world see these ignorant people.
Here's the direct YouTube link if you'd rather use that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E - rz8472, on 10/09/2008, -20/+2You Obama people need to get a brain, morans.
- jesus4k, on 10/09/2008, -1/+8Whats a moran?
- 5celery, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3just one brain for all the morans?
- rz8472, on 10/10/2008, -5/+2sigh... http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/get-a-brai ...
- migitalwarfare, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1i'm glad at least rz8472 got the reference, morans
- Staticbursts, on 10/10/2008, -8/+4Oh noes! The McCain Bury Brigade is back at it, burying all anti-McCain articles because obviously McCain has so many more supporters on this site than Obama does! Oh t3h noes this is horrible.
- jdunlop2179, on 10/10/2008, -1/+7No front page??? It has over 1500 diggs in under 24 hours.
- AnalJustice, on 10/10/2008, -7/+1you're worried about this NOT making it to the front page on DIGG?
lets be honest here - sktchr, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4that first video is amazing, it made me want to punch that blond lady in the face through my monitor.
what the ***** is wrong with these people?
how do you get to be so ignorant and stupid and close your eyes to obvious facts?
*****...now i know how bush got elected not once, but TWICE. - skiiper, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2***** wants to impede America.
- bondjpf, on 10/09/2008, -12/+484Amazing...
Talk about brainwash.....- woohaaar, on 10/09/2008, -4/+109...you need a brain first to have it washed...
- alais, on 10/09/2008, -69/+4Please don't disparage obama supporters like that.
- jarjarwang, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3corn
- heystoopid, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4In need of a brain transplant , I see !
- bluezinc, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Obvious troll is obvious.
- ThickGreenPuke, on 10/10/2008, -5/+3since they don't agree with your views, you are a troll. to them anybody anti-obama is pro-mccain. talk about brainwash.
- mtg1287, on 10/09/2008, -2/+12I think doublethink is the better choice of words
- FutureGuy, on 10/09/2008, -2/+24OMG this is one of the most scary things I have seen in a long time. I guess this is the kind of people who would otherwise have attended a KKK rally.
- citizenchan, on 10/09/2008, -3/+16Digg me down, but in all fairness (a trait Obama always displays in the media), those questions are inflamatory. If you went to a rally for Obama, you would hear plenty about the criminal and murderer McCain is supposed to be from Keating back to the USS Forrestal. So, in all reality, there are people who would say similarly retarded things on both sides if you just ask them the right questions and put a camera in their faces.
With that said, "Obama = Osama = bloodlines to terrorism" logic is wrong on so many levels.- AugustusOsari, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4The difference is that McCain actually is a criminal.
- fedja, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2The difference is that Obama doesn't call McCain a traitor even though he cooperated with the VC in captivity.
- timothycrash01, on 10/09/2008, -0/+12But...but...but.....They took er jarbs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJ5oJs3iNY&feature ... - kmiller2087, on 10/09/2008, -0/+13that one bitch needs to shut the hell up.
- Areign, on 10/10/2008, -6/+1naaa, i thought she got the right message across.
- wishninja, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3willful ignorance.
- greeniemeani, on 10/10/2008, -9/+2I consider brainwash more to be the people who digg every Huffington Post story about Sarah Palin and who bury down every single pro-McCain comment. It's a prime example of what brainwashing can do to a group of people.
- mikeevegas, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1I heart trolls.
- mraymond80, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Wow... I am from Central Ohio, and it blows my ***** mind that people in Rural Ohio are like this... Well actually it doesn't, it just goes to show how ***** ignorant and racist people still are... These people need to inform themselves with factual ***** before making ***** ridiculous remarks like in that video... OBAMA/BIDEN 08'!
- arplayer2k, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3I am really disappointed that where I live (SoCal), I might not hear such educated people voice their opinions about Obama. I wish I were at these rallys in the intellectual hotspots of the US (Ohio/Pennsylvania), I would totally have people calling me a Muslim Terrorist. I'm totally proud to be a Muslim, and if that means I am a terrorist by association (Laugh), I guess I am!!!
- statuescrumble, on 10/10/2008, -7/+1Propoganda on both sides man. Those guys are crazy for McCain, this site is crazy for Obama. The irony of all these inflammatory talk against McCain supporters really kills me.
- hangman16, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Did you watch the video!? Damn.
- rossnyc, on 10/10/2008, -0/+5Have you seen Idiocracy?
- Tyking, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4*****, I can't believe my home state of Ohio is full of so many dumb-asses. At least the Northeast part of the state where I live is pro-Obama.
This election is really exposing how retarded a large portion of America is. I don't think I ever realized we were so stupid...then again, we did re-elect Bush. - Updesh, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Who is more likely a sleeper agent for terror, some guy whose name you don't like or a man held in a Vietcong prison for 5 years where he was tortured and brainwashed possibly???
- jkbaylor, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2There should be an application process for people to have babies. The people on these videos are giving birth to the next great brain dead people of America.
- dubious63, on 10/09/2008, -14/+354WOW! It is truly frightening that these people are so uninformed...That blond woman would be the first to turn her neighbors over to the SS in another time...Even when challenged, they can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact, that they know absolutely nothing about someone, who would be one cancer patients heartbeat away from running the country...SCARY AS HELL!!!
- BigBoyBoobs, on 10/09/2008, -4/+25Mavrick... PEW PEW PEW!
http://i34.tinypic.com/2ih19oz.jpg - TSK05, on 10/09/2008, -27/+2Because we know so much more about Obama? I know her approval rating is through the roof (in a leadership position too), and the approval rating of Congress is 9%.
- KaseyCarbone, on 10/09/2008, -2/+6Her approval by whom and for what?
- TSK05, on 10/09/2008, -6/+4By Alaskan people for being governor of Alaska? Or are all those Alaskan people ***** crazy, ***** Alaska, right (and ***** the south while you're at it)? And Republicans are the party of hate, yes?
- avrygoodfrnd, on 10/09/2008, -2/+4Yes, actually. We do. But Sarah Palin, on the other, had, doesn't even seem to know herself.
- bluezinc, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Yeah, her approval rating actually fell 30% since she became McCain's running mate and they actually got to know her a little bit.
Nice try though. - KaseyCarbone, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2The state of Alaska has less residents than the city of San Francisco, a town in which gay marriage advocate Gavin Newsom enjoys much popularity.
Now, which conservative wants to tell me that SF represents the views of middle America?
- Wakkyweed, on 10/09/2008, -1/+37I think it's hilarious that the *****-crazy blond chick insisted that she knew about Sarah Palin three years ago. Three years ago Sarah Palin was just the mayor of a tiny town in Alaska. How did this woman find out about her? Did Sarah Palin send her a mind wave message predicting that she would be picked as Vice President?
- KaseyCarbone, on 10/09/2008, -1/+12Time probably flows differently for that woman. She seems a bit... touched in the head.
- BossKey, on 10/09/2008, -3/+5God is capable of miracles, you know...
- sk11, on 10/09/2008, -1/+8She meant she had read about Palin in the revelations chapter of the bible.
- notanidiot, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Not to mention that she kept poking her head in front of the camera as if she was just dying to speak the truth loudly, when she actually should have turned around, because she was talking out of her ass.
- solid12345, on 10/10/2008, -9/+1Right and Obama has a 30 year history and brand recognition like a Kennedy?
- jozb, on 10/10/2008, -0/+12to solid12345:
Why don't we just ask google from 2001:
Barack Obama
http://www.google.com/search2001/search?q=%22Barac ... Results 1 - 10 of about 671
Vs.
Sarah Palin
http://www.google.com/search2001/search?q=%22Sarah ... Your search - "Sarah Palin - did not match any documents.
EPIC FAIL
- wendelgee2, on 10/09/2008, -1/+7https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/mai ...
- sencity, on 10/09/2008, -7/+14This video should be proof that some kind of competency test should be taken in order to register to vote.
ignorance is the worst enemy of democracy.- pilot3033, on 10/09/2008, -1/+11i dugg you down, not because people should be informed when voting, but because that type of testing can lead to ugly, ugly things that I thought we, as a country, had moved away from.
It is the communities job to socially reject ignorance (just as wed have socially rejected un-provoked violence, and smoking) through action and attitude, not through laws or testing. - sencity, on 10/09/2008, -1/+2I do agree with you pilot that it is the communities job to reject ignorance, but what some of the people in this video are saying is just straight-up lunacy. saying that Obama "is a one man terror cell", Come on!! That guy would look less crazy if he just came out and said he's not going to vote for him because he's black (which is what he would say if wasn't a coward).
when I made the original reply I was thinking that its a little messed up that a person must put in more effort to get a driver's license, than they do to be able to vote.
- pilot3033, on 10/09/2008, -1/+11i dugg you down, not because people should be informed when voting, but because that type of testing can lead to ugly, ugly things that I thought we, as a country, had moved away from.
- d05k, on 10/09/2008, -3/+9why do people think these people are "crazy" or "uninformed"? They're lying on purpose and they know it. To be fair its the same for people on either pole of the political spectrum. Extremists are liars with an overall negative, unhappy "everyone does it my way or dies" agenda.
- rubicante, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Yea it comes from both sides, but there are more on the religious right. Considering their absolute power over the last 12 year, their vitriol is out of place (one might expect it from the left). Anyway, believing in fringe conspiracy theories doesn't set race relations back 30 years.
- solid12345, on 10/10/2008, -3/+1Because liberals cannot distinguish reality from satire. Most of these people no less "really" believe Obama is a terrorist more than the left say republicans are nazis and fascists. They do it just to piss people off who are baiting them on camera.
- notanidiot, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Repubs aren's nazis or fascists, the politicians may be, but the supporters are uneducated redneck retards.
- ScottMitchell, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1"why do people think these people are "crazy" or "uninformed"? They're lying on purpose and they know it."
I think you give these people too much credit.
- homercles337, on 10/09/2008, -0/+6Have you noticed that the Repugs like to say that Dems are afraid of Palin? As if that is a rebuttal to being critical of her. However, i AM afraid of her, afraid of her being in the white house and a heartbeat away from President. I didnt think things could get any worse after Bush, but now i realize they can get worse. Much worse.
- freaktose, on 10/09/2008, -0/+0Republicans right now… are doing the same thing that the Iraqi Information Minister did during the invasion: "Oh, the Democrats are running away in fear and I believe I see them dropping their weapons and heading for the desert!"
http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
- freaktose, on 10/09/2008, -0/+0Republicans right now… are doing the same thing that the Iraqi Information Minister did during the invasion: "Oh, the Democrats are running away in fear and I believe I see them dropping their weapons and heading for the desert!"
- lowbot, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4If they were informed then they wouldnt be republicans.
- BigBoyBoobs, on 10/09/2008, -4/+25Mavrick... PEW PEW PEW!
- SPiHC, on 10/09/2008, -18/+65http://digg.com/political_opinion/The_McCain_Palin ...
^^ The first Digg on this story ^^- joaob, on 10/09/2008, -1/+17Yup and that story was buried before it even hit 50 diggs believe it or not. Otherwise I wouldn't have submitted the dupe.
- junkwheel, on 10/09/2008, -5/+2Looks like the "algorithm" thought...
"McCain! Palin! Obama! Terrorist! VIDEO!!!!!!!"
...was more interesting than...
"The McCain Palin Mob"
That crazy algorithm. - H3llr41s3r, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1http://digg.com/political_opinion/I_is_smart
- RoroCo, on 10/09/2008, -11/+320I don't know whether to cry or laugh... I think I will stick to laying in the fetal position and repeating "maybe they won't breed" over and over again.....
- Claude1971, on 10/09/2008, -1/+50unfortunately Sarah Palin bred, over and over and over again
- nickert0n, on 10/09/2008, -0/+16In the fetal position for that matter.
- KaseyCarbone, on 10/09/2008, -0/+15Thanks for ruining my lunch.
- funkyloki, on 10/09/2008, -0/+11And now her oldest daughter is following in her footsteps.
I kid people, I kid.
- wendelgee2, on 10/09/2008, -2/+9Don't cry or laugh...just donate.
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/mai ... - raskali, on 10/09/2008, -2/+1I think you have to be really careful with a video like this. Like most media, people tend to edit together the worst comments to make a greater impact. The interviewer may have very well gotten many comments from people who didn't feel like that, but that's boring, so we of course only see the worst.
I'm sure you could find just as many people at a Democratic convention who would give equally moronic comments about Palin and McCain, there are lots of stupid, angry people around. What makes the US great however is not the stupid people, but the smart and decent people, and there are LOTS of them - hundreds of millions.
Here's hoping all the good people feel motivated enough to get out and vote for Obama!- 22pages, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2wait, there are hundreds of millions of smart people in the US?
where the hell are they hiding?
i drove cross country this summer from one coast to the other, and while there are pockets of light, it is a pretty dim canvas overall
- 22pages, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2wait, there are hundreds of millions of smart people in the US?
- homercles337, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5Unfortunately, they breed all right. They breed A LOT!
- lowtolerance, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5ever seen the movie "Idiocracy"? one day, the dumb will rule the earth.
- arplayer2k, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3I am with you on this one buddy. But if you notice, a lot of these bigots and tards are old. I have run into similar sentiment from older people I know, and realize it is just the fact that you cant teach an old dog "new tricks:" When these old people start dropping six feet under, there will be a chance for some real change in this country. They might have kids, but their kids seem as stupid as they are, and based on Darwins survival of the fittest theory, their family tree should be a small one. More like a ficus than a tree. :D
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3It's weird, but it always seems to be the boomers. The X-ers and beyond seem to be fine, the boomers and older - just plain bonkers. Sure, they're for whatever candidate - but what the hell?
Why is this? What the hell happened after WWII that made people retarded? What happened in the 70's to stop it?
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3It's weird, but it always seems to be the boomers. The X-ers and beyond seem to be fine, the boomers and older - just plain bonkers. Sure, they're for whatever candidate - but what the hell?
- tempurasama, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1A majority of these people are over 50... so they already did their breeding. Fox News viewers, every single one of them, are so uniformly uninformed. Can we withhold the first amendment from Fox News? since they're not assuming the journalistic responsibilities that warrant it in the first place?
- rossnyc, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3Have you seen Idiocracy?
- Claude1971, on 10/09/2008, -1/+50unfortunately Sarah Palin bred, over and over and over again
- B3000, on 10/09/2008, -13/+300This actually made me want to throw up.
- Cuchanu, on 10/09/2008, -3/+43It made me want to slap a ho.
- LennyAZ, on 10/09/2008, -1/+10Is Cuchanu gonna have to choke a bitch?
- units, on 10/09/2008, -6/+4And this makes me think someone already did.
- leerayIG88, on 10/09/2008, -11/+8This made me want to play some WoW.
- vbschoten, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2someone should keep these people from breeding
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Just a little spill in the Holy Water...
- jamesov89, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3I'm so embarrassed to live in the same state as these people.
- FlippinJack, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1feel free to move!
- Fordi, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3Wait... you're not embarrassed to be within driving distance of the Creation Museum?
- yolanda1222, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0hate to break it to you but you'll find these people literally everywhere. The people at the Palin rally in so-called "leftist" California were almost as bad. Your best bet would probably be Vermont.
Even those "enlightened" countries in Western Europe have multitudes of xenophobic and racist maniacs. As a black woman I felt more discriminated against in Europe than I did in the States, which is pretty incredible considering the horrible racial history of the US.
Bigots and idiots are everywhere on this planet. Ours just happen to be in the same party as the corporate elite, which gives them a lot of power. Really, though, on a whole the US has advanced remarkably in race relations. - boxie3, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0Still, America keeps making wrong choices, like 2000 and 2004.
- japanesepagoda, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3I thought I was once they called the cameraman a "commie *****" in the second video.
How can people suck so ***** much? - djasshat, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1The thing that makes me want to puke is how people CAN'T DISCUSS THE ***** ISSUES! WHY DO YOU PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DIGG HUFFINGTON POST CRAP!
- yolanda1222, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1huff post isn't the best news source in the world, I'll give you that. But John McCain ignores the issues more than anyone else. Obama seems much more willing to focus on worthwhile subjects. Which is admirable and might actually clinch a victory, but given the dozens of skeletons in McCain's closet Obama's passiveness gets a little frustrating to me
- Cuchanu, on 10/09/2008, -3/+43It made me want to slap a ho.
- StupotAce, on 10/09/2008, -13/+246...and yet they still get to vote...
- wrgodwin, on 10/09/2008, -57/+4and so do the IDIOTS that work at McDonalds...GO McCAIN/Palin!!!!
- mu0p, on 10/09/2008, -3/+32I cant even facepalm to that...
Please don't ever write a comment again... - lowtolerance, on 10/09/2008, -1/+5people like you are the reason i moved out of NC. i hope someone spits on your next big mac.
- Blind0825, on 10/09/2008, -3/+2Spits on it? Oh no....I would wish something much worse.
- mu0p, on 10/09/2008, -3/+32I cant even facepalm to that...
- ncaauwe, on 10/09/2008, -3/+9We need a system where you have to prove you have legitimate reason to vote for a candidate :P Simply voting against the other guy? Sorry. Can't think of one believable reason why you want so and so in office? There's the door. Then we'd see some interesting elections... probably a lot more landslide victories, and the country would be better off.
However I don't think it'd go over too well in practice :P- idesign, on 10/09/2008, -2/+3Pass a test to vote... that would be awesome. A simple fact-checking test. I doubt there would be a Republican elected again.
- RoflCoptah, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3sounds like the rigged literacy tests back in the day...
tho this test sounds a lot more fair. - Dimbleby, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2With literacy also comes the ability to spell.
Though I don't want to rag on you too much.
- jlungu, on 10/10/2008, -0/+8actually, what' s really sad is that they WILL vote, while millions of perfectly sane Americans sit home and do NOTHING.
- yolanda1222, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0We need a very strict test for people to earn the vote. Sure, we'll end up being ruled by an intelligentsia, but I much prefer that to an idiocracy.
- ABEL3616, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Ladies and gentleman... my case for abortion: *Refer to main article*
- wrgodwin, on 10/09/2008, -57/+4and so do the IDIOTS that work at McDonalds...GO McCAIN/Palin!!!!
- pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -19/+637the republican party has become a hate group.
- Arishia, on 10/09/2008, -2/+50A hate group that got confirmation from McCain today that hate crimes legislation won't get his support. I wish this kind of campaigning was illegal. When does McCain/Palin speak get the rubric it deserves...HATE SPEECH.
- pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -4/+28of course they are against hate crimes legislation. they want to bring back lynchings.
- Olon97, on 10/09/2008, -2/+34Speech that can be reasonably expected to incite violence is illegal. Also referred to as the "fighting words doctrine."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words
The McCain campaign is pretty close to the line, if not over. Don't forget what happened as a result of that anti-muslim / paint Obama muslim DVD mailer.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/muslim-c ... - Smuikas, on 10/09/2008, -5/+18While hate crimes are excruciatingly deplorable, hate crime legislation is almost as bad. Before you fly off the handle, hear me out - and then feel free to disagree.
A crime is an act. It doesn't matter the motivation behind the act - sometimes (like in murder) it matters if you planned it or not.
Hate is a belief, not an act. So taking into account someone's beliefs with regards to a law is akin to thought crime. While hate is absolutely awful, and I wish we lived in a world where we didn't have to hate (haha, hippy)... making the punishment for something worse just because hate is involved doesn't solve anything. Education solves hate, not giving someone a few extra years in jail - which will probably exacerbate the hate! - pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -1/+12smiukas: a hate crime is different than a crime a passion or a crime of opportunity. when you target a person or a group simply because of their race, gender, sexual preference you are sending a message to the entire community. when they lynched a black man who attempted to vote, they were sending a message to the entire black community "don't you dare try and vote". when they murdered a white woman for driving blacks to voting locations, they sent a message to anyone else who dared to help blacks vote. motive is used in sentencing for good reason. running over someone by accident is not the same as murdering someone because of their skin color.
- comeandtakeit, on 10/09/2008, -2/+2pintomp3 said: "running over someone by accident is not the same as murdering someone because of their skin color."
Right... Like smiukas said... "sometimes (like in murder) it matters if you planned it or not."
My question to pintomp3:
Is running over someone because of their skin color the same as running over someone who is a member of your rival gang? (if both dudes were black dudes)...
Yes it is...
Both crimes were preplanned murders meant to strike fear in the hearts of a community. Ergo Hate-Crime-Laws: Epic Fail. - pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -0/+7comeandtakeit: you chose to be in a gang, you don't choose your skin color.
- alais, on 10/09/2008, -48/+3"the republican party has become a hate group."
Democrats were the charter member.- jarjarwang, on 10/09/2008, -1/+2I see what you did there.
- pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -1/+16very true, but then the dixiecrats switched to the republican party.
- lowtolerance, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1wait...are we talking about joe leiberman?
- eyepennies, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Hate is hate. I don't give a ***** who started it. Let's end it.
- hotvision, on 10/10/2008, -0/+4If anything the democrats dont hate enough. Often too soft when it comes the campaign trail, ie. John Kerry 2004 bid. Republicans ( and Fox News) however appear to have that nice sore loser hate going right now, its a large heap of ***** and ignorance that they apply to their campaign strategy, help keep the blood flowing to the head and clogging up any rational thought. Just gotta sit back and watch (and vote) this year. Should be a fun night on Nov 4th. OBAMA 08
- hwy9nightkid, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Democrats have been much more inclusive than the GOP.. nearly every GOP member is not only white..but male. this is 2008 alais.. Democrats don't campaign like McCain is the anti-christ
- TSK05, on 10/09/2008, -12/+3Right, but Palin's approval rating.... Oh wait, it's given by those ***** crazy Alaskan's, ***** Alaska! And ***** the south while you're at it (that seems to be the consensus here: http://digg.com/health/America_s_Five_Fattest_and_ ... And Republicans are the hate group, right?
- jtinz, on 10/09/2008, -10/+7At least diggers stay calm and clear-headed.
- Bologner, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1You forgot your /sarcasm tag.
- GumshoeMike, on 10/09/2008, -2/+22I wonder where all us true conservatives are going to end up since the Republican Party is now officially the Nationalist Christian party.
The willful self-delusion of these Palin-McCain supporters (and yes, I reversed them purposefully) is stunning and sad. If they weren't so whack-job dangerous to the country it would be funny.
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"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients; and excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains in back of it all."
-- John W. Gardner.- pintomp3, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3it's tough. those who are economically conservative and socially liberal don't have a lot of options. clinton was about as close as it came to that in the past few decades. the elections and debate commissions are run by the two parties so everyone else is locked out. in an ideal world, the republican party would be crushed this election, and the democrats in the following. the founding fathers were against such things as political parties and standing armies for good reason.
- ISurfTooMuch, on 10/09/2008, -0/+9The best thing that true conservatives can do is form their own party or at least informal political grouping and withdraw from the GOP for a while. The right-wing nutjobs seem to want to take over the party, so let them have it for a while. They'll manage to completely wreck it in short order and lose all political credibility in the process. At that point, the real conservatives can come back in, sweep the trash out the door, and try to rebuild the party.
And yes, I'm a Democrat, but I have many friends who are Republicans, and I respect them. My former boss from many years ago was a Republican, and he was also a true gentleman. We would argue for hours over our differing political beliefs, but neither of us got angry. On the contrary, we had fun with it, and when we were done, there were no hard feelings. We could disagree on everything but still respect each other. That's what we need in politics, not a bunch of ignorant, loudmouthed bigots. - shawn1122, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3More like the National ***** party, there are a lot of christians who are voting for Obama, I personally agree with his view and beliefs in his religion moreso than I do with McCain or Palin. Obama is a religious guy, he believes strongly in his faith, but he hasn't let it cloud his judgement or use it to justify something immoral.
- deleo, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8They need to start wearing brown shirts at their rallies. What a bunch of facist pigs. These people aren't Americans.
- Apocolypse007, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1The original fascist party was that of Mussolini's. They were known to wear black shirts. Hitler liked the idea, his party decided to wear black shirts, as not to copy completely. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- TrancePhreak, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8don't hate me bro!
- WildNelson, on 10/09/2008, -0/+12As far as I can tell, the only real motivations of Republicans are hate and fear.
- JoeVet, on 10/09/2008, -3/+5And the bible...or maybe that is just a tool to cause hate and fear.
- heystoopid, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1And denial too !
- skyroket, on 10/09/2008, -0/+16Come on guys. Don't fall into the same trap of generalization. There are Republican people on all levels of the spectrum, and even some "Republicans" that cross over into the left. You can't generalize the entire Republican party as a hate group. You don't think there are at least a couple that also despise what is going on with attacks on Obama?
You expect them to have an open mind when you're arguing and debating with them, but you don't have an open mind when you view them?
Don't get me wrong. The people in this video that we just watched are pretty closed-minded and easily fooled by smooth words, but I have seen evidence their entire party isn't like this.- JoeVet, on 10/09/2008, -4/+4Sorry but I haven't met a republican yet who didn't have a group he/she absolutely hated. Even the most intelligent ones will tell you how America would be stronger by killing all the gays/blacks/immigrants/jews. If there is a Republican out there who accepts all others as Christ would, I have not met them and I doubt they exist.
- lazlonger, on 10/10/2008, -2/+3if they as a party court and encourage these *****, which they do, then they are these *****, one and the same, plain and simple.
- vcn3wb05, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2Thank you for the thoughtful comment, skyroket. I'm one of those that cross over into the middle and/or left. And JoeVet, *raises hand*. I'm one of them that accepts all others as Christ would. Nice to meet you!
- fiatjustitia, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3skyrocket, I see where you're coming from, but we *need* more people on the Republican Right who don't live their lives through hate and fear to denounce it when they hear it coming from their fellow Republicans. I know that some people in that video were thinking to themselves"Wow, I'm all for McCain, but that ***** over there who's calling Obama a Communist isn't helping anything", they stay silent, because they're worried about the backlash. This is understandable, but the Republican Party is at a cross roads- bring back original conservatism, or walk down the path of fascism.
- NevaDieENT, on 10/10/2008, -0/+7I don't get it though what do they expect Obama to do... he is suddenly going to become president and tell the US Navy to start bombing American cities? Hey maybe he is a terrorist and maybe when he is president the real terrorists will leave us alone thinking that Obama will just lead us to self ruin.
- had3l, on 10/10/2008, -3/+2Come on, the people might be idiots, but the guy interviewing was leading the questions. If he pretended to be more impartial he could have gotten more stuff out of them. What's up with asking that woman's name anyway?
- sleeknerve, on 10/10/2008, -1/+1wait, are you guys being ironic in the sense that YOU all sound like a hate group
- kryvor, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1I find the views expressed by those people rather ironic, considering that the Republican party was created in opposition to an Act that would have allowed the expansion of slavery into Kansas... and that the party was originally dedicated to modernization & higher education.
My, how things have changed.
- Arishia, on 10/09/2008, -2/+50A hate group that got confirmation from McCain today that hate crimes legislation won't get his support. I wish this kind of campaigning was illegal. When does McCain/Palin speak get the rubric it deserves...HATE SPEECH.
- Cuchanu, on 10/09/2008, -13/+271Proof that the country will be better off with a Democratic President is that the Republican party is actually trying to ATTRACT people like this!
Apparently everybody that uses their brain is a 'liberal elitist' these days.- justbloggin, on 10/09/2008, -1/+17When McCain stops pandering to the lowest common denominator he will earn some respect, if not the presidency. Perhaps the self respect is long gone. Sad to see him willing to associate with this type of behaviour.
- lowbot, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4Why do people idealize the McCain of the past.
1. His voting record is strict conservative.
2. His Keating 5 scandal is pathetic and dishonorable. If we had real congressional oversight then he probably wouldnt have a job.
3. He let Bush smear him in 2000 with rumors like having a 'black baby' without fighting back or trying to clean-up the discourse.
4. He did poorly in school and has crashed 6 planes.
5. He routinely used the word 'gooks' to describe both Asians and Arabs.
Sorry, but all you know is a PR stunt. There is no 'old McCain.' What you see if what you get. - justbloggin, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2Not suggesting McCain is the best candidate by a longshot, nor am I defending him. Just pointing out the latest slide toward intolerance, racism and opportunism is reaching new lows, even for McCain. Sad that at 72 he is so desperate.
- Cuchanu, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3@lowbot
You are right, you don't really have to know anything about McCain or why he had a good reputation to know it's obviously *****, you just have to look at the pathetic state of his campaign to know that he was (is) all talk.
- lowbot, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4Why do people idealize the McCain of the past.
- inajeep, on 10/09/2008, -0/+16These people don't go away, they fester and reproduce.
- lyzz, on 10/10/2008, -2/+2Your comment is one of the most hateful things I've read in a long time. Plus you're getting dugg up. Sad.
- jstreveln, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5didnt you know?using your brain supports terror?...........................................at least it scares the hell out of these idiots
- Jareth86, on 10/10/2008, -0/+6I'm afriad this is only the shape of things to come. 20 years down the road, expect a christian nation state, complete with blackwater troops wearing cross patches on their uniforms.
- ju5si, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1You mean like this? http://churchofplano.com/
- AndrAIa, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2NO, you're a damned European SOCIALIST!
- justbloggin, on 10/09/2008, -1/+17When McCain stops pandering to the lowest common denominator he will earn some respect, if not the presidency. Perhaps the self respect is long gone. Sad to see him willing to associate with this type of behaviour.
- auntazalea, on 10/09/2008, -8/+196Breaks my heart.
- truspect0r, on 10/09/2008, -1/+18Reminds me of the $cientologists.
- deleo, on 10/09/2008, -0/+9The people at these rallies are turning into a cult of hate. Where are their brown shirts?
- Langford, on 10/09/2008, -0/+17You think you're heartbroken? I have to deal with people in my immediate family with these kinds of attitudes. I can't even discuss issues with them, they get all their ideas from republican hate chain-emails.
- gwoydean, on 10/09/2008, -1/+15Stay strong, black sheep.
- Dejacque, on 10/09/2008, -0/+7I feel your pain. The majority of my immediate family has been staunch conservative for years, and it was difficult as a very liberal college student to not conflict with them. I've found the best way is to beat around the bush and never get engaged if you're afraid of a screaming match. Thankfully my family just feels Obama is too liberal, and not some kind of crazy terrorist.
- camilos007, on 10/09/2008, -0/+3I would disown them and get a new family. But that's just me.
- spamspam, on 10/09/2008, -1/+5You mean the fact that we're wasting resources like food and water for these idiots? And how we could be using them on something more worthwhile? It is heartbreaking isn't it?
- solid12345, on 10/10/2008, -8/+3Callig Obama a terrorist, that is racist
But calling any right-wing president like Reagan fascist thugs, well it's all in good sport!
- booksnmore4you, on 10/09/2008, -5/+178This descent into fascism is what you get when you allow a country's broadcast systems to be overrun by 24/7 hate radio of the ilk of Hannity, Levine, and Limbaugh.
- rondeth, on 10/09/2008, -5/+7As much as I despise Hannity, what is the alternative? I've heard of 'fairness' acts, but I'm not sure if I could support them. If you lean that way, you'll listen to Rush and lap everything up--if leaning the other way, perhaps NPR (not quite as overt IMO). I listen to Rush from time to time and enjoy him, but I'm all Obama in this particular race. I think the answer is to get people to educate themselves, to require the facts on issues without partisan spin.
- jeffbw, on 10/09/2008, -0/+4I'll take a fairness doctrine over this crap any day. And you can't be serious about comparing NPR to the Fat Turd - NPR is pretty straight what they used to call "journalism," whereas absolutely everything that exits the oral orifice of that pig is a massive distortion. Perhaps you could compare him somewhat to Randi Rhodes.
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2I recently started listening to more talk radio and I've tried to remain as objective as possible. I haven't been able to detect any bias in NPR, and I've tried. It's certainly more "fair and balanced" than other sources that claim to be. One thing that's interesting is that Rush is the only major radio talk show host I've heard that goes so far as to revile the other side. Rather than just criticize Obama or Clinton or whoever his current target is, he'll hurl some insults around and follow that up with "but that's how liberals are" or "that's how liberals think". If that happens on the left side of talk radio, I haven't heard it. (disclaimer: I live in an area that's heavily conservative, so there's a lot more conservative talk radio on the airwaves than liberal)
- Dejacque, on 10/09/2008, -1/+1The problem with talk radio is that they don't allow contrary opinions. At least O'Reilly and Hannity and the guys on Fox News try to mitigate their bias. Limbaugh and Savage just spew hatred, and so many people listen because it's controversial.
- solid12345, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3Don't blame Limbaugh that liberals never bothered to tune their radios in to Air America. Don't get the ratings, you don't get airtime.
- TheInformer, on 10/10/2008, -1/+3It goes along with the descent into fanaticism and "ignorism" that you get when you allow a country's broadcast systems to be overrun by 24/7 hating by CNN, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, ABC, et. al. and the ilk of Olbermann and Randi Rhodes, and the hero worship each and every one of them have shown towards Obama.
- SpacePoet, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1Media consolidation had a lot to do with this.
- rondeth, on 10/09/2008, -5/+7As much as I despise Hannity, what is the alternative? I've heard of 'fairness' acts, but I'm not sure if I could support them. If you lean that way, you'll listen to Rush and lap everything up--if leaning the other way, perhaps NPR (not quite as overt IMO). I listen to Rush from time to time and enjoy him, but I'm all Obama in this particular race. I think the answer is to get people to educate themselves, to require the facts on issues without partisan spin.
- shampoovta, on 10/09/2008, -254/+13LOL you should hear what a guy said at a McCain rally today. LOL. They hate this socialist crap. Yay so do I.
***** Obama.- cattletracks, on 10/09/2008, -4/+104Socialist crap? You mean the socialism that is rampant in Corporate America?
- bodisatvah, on 10/09/2008, -0/+17Paid for by Carl's Jr.
- MindStalker, on 10/09/2008, -4/+45You know I don't like socialism much either. But lately our government is spending 10x the amount on corporate welfare than they are on social welfare. F that. I'd like a completely open free market, but it ain't happening any time soon. If welfare has to be going somewhere I'd rather it be going to help people than corporations.
- enki25, on 10/09/2008, -3/+59Wait, you're the blond in this video right?
- licnyc, on 10/09/2008, -1/+17The US already has some degree of socialism just like every other country, it some respects its more socialist then countries you think are socialist. To avoid "socialist crap" you'll have to try a different planet.
- FrenchAnarchy, on 10/09/2008, -4/+18
LOL./s
***** you. - Dumbledorito, on 10/09/2008, -1/+16It's cheaper to pay for a "bare minimum" social safety net than it is to keep sending buckets of money to the wealthy idiots who orchestrated and exacerbated this crisis to begin with.
- Atropos77, on 10/09/2008, -2/+14I feel sorry for you. You had the chance to be born an intelligent person. Sadly though, you were born an imbecile.
I'd be angry though, too if I were you. Your dick of a candidate is going to lose. Sorry 'bout that! Loser! ;) - enantiodromia, on 10/09/2008, -1/+20you must REALLY hate Bush then! he has allowed the largest Socialization of America
- Dejacque, on 10/09/2008, -1/+6A girl on the Internet? Obvious troll is obvious.
- ThsGuyRightHere, on 10/09/2008, -1/+10You had your fun for eight years and the guy you and yours chose to back ran the country into the ground. Clearly your opinion on who's best to run the country is an educated opinion of worth and merit. Dick.
- DasTroll, on 10/09/2008, -2/+10Racist *****. Eat ***** and die.
- cattletracks, on 10/09/2008, -4/+104Socialist crap? You mean the socialism that is rampant in Corporate America?
- okayokayokay, on 10/09/2008, -10/+318These are the folks responsible for Bush's 25% approval rating. They're the only people who are aggressively ignorant enough to think he's doing a heck of a job.
- bhamster, on 10/09/2008, -0/+21"aggressively ignorant"- yes very appropriate wording.
"look at his bloodlines", "look at his name"
People throw around the word "ignorant" too much. Though, in this case it is very fitting.- gwoydean, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Another kudos for "aggressively ignorant".
They think McCain/Palin is one of them, why? McCain comes from a family of Admirals; Palin is a millionaire. Bush...you know.
The only thing wrong to them about Obama is that he doesn't look like them. - funkyloki, on 10/09/2008, -0/+5Aren't there something like a mill
- gwoydean, on 10/09/2008, -0/+8Another kudos for "aggressively ignorant".
- bhamster, on 10/09/2008, -0/+21"aggressively ignorant"- yes very appropriate wording.
