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S.C. State Senator Posts Osama-Obama Photo On His Website

huffingtonpost.com — Bigotry has a name and its Kevin Bryant.

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  • redmannine, on 07/21/2008, -32/+351absolutely Disgusting and shameful
    • haterofps3, on 07/22/2008, -8/+32free speech is beautiful though!
      • RudeTurnip, on 07/22/2008, -5/+63The freedom is beautiful, but the speech can be ugly.
      • kimmik, on 07/22/2008, -14/+5You are a retarded ***** who ***** his mother in her dirty ass.

        ... just using freedom of speech.
      • jmccgod, on 07/22/2008, -8/+2Your profanity however, is not protected. So go ***** yourself.
      • Managua8Green, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2Not when you're a government representative.
      • MWeather, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1Not as beautiful as getting your ass kicked for abusing it.
      • jebaird, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2but where does it cross the line and become slander/libel?
    • neoform, on 07/22/2008, -7/+28What's the difference between Sen. Kevin Bryant and a piece of *****? Just a little.. oh wait.
      • smacksaw, on 07/22/2008, -0/+40The difference between the men in the picture and Kevin Bryant is that those two men are wearing a white sheet as a turban, while Kevin Bryant wears his white sheet as a pointy hat and a mask with eye holes cut out.
    • withears, on 07/22/2008, -10/+13No it isn't.

      It's typical republican behavior.

      We need to make sure that Sen. Kevin Bryant is a big issue in this election.
    • 5urr3al5am, on 07/22/2008, -22/+10Obama and this liberal cronies are going to need MUCH thicker skin than that come election time. Look how poorly the main stream media has treated GWB? And as always.. Huffington Post, what piece of sh!t newspaper.
      • dpantages, on 07/22/2008, -7/+14Thats because G "Dubya" talks with the aptitude of a fifth grader. At least Obama sounds articulate when he speaks....
      • tkstock, on 07/22/2008, -8/+3Oh, well let's elect him then!

        (Oh, wait, wasn't Hitler a pretty good speaker?)
      • CryRightardCry, on 07/22/2008, -2/+3LOL
        What a sad sack.
        Why does he need a thick skin? Do you rightards really think you can avoid real issues all the way until November?
        Thick skins are needed for personal attacks. Are you planning on giving up on the issues and just attacking him personally? That figures.

        You don't like the Huffpost? Is is the facts or links backing up claims that bother you?
        You can always flush on back to LGF with the other floaters.
      • tkstock, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2I think Obama is avoiding the issues, unless you think "hope" is an issue.

        If you want to discuss issues, read both of their stances on domestic and foreign policies, then ask yourself these questions:

        1) Which policy increases the government bureaucracy the most?
        2) Which plan has the most chance of wrecking the economy? (will take some knowledge of macro-economics)
        3) Whose plan will benefit Islamic extremists the most?
        4) Whose plan will lower energy costs and increase energy supply diversity the quickest?

        You can't assume you know their plans by reading them here on Digg - go to their website and read them both for yourself.

        BTW, the answers are 1) Obama's 2) Obama's 3) Obama's 4) McCain's

        Sorry I couldn't put the answers upside-down and backwards at the bottom of the page...
    • zeazzz, on 07/22/2008, -8/+2No we don't, then he will get the stupid attention that he wants. The only reason he posted that image in the first place was to get attention; his blog usually gets absolutely no traffic. I just say we forget about him and his stupid site - or use the Digg Effect to permanently kill his Republican server.
      • 5urr3al5am, on 07/22/2008, -2/+2weak
      • CryRightardCry, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1@55urr3al5am
        Yeah, it is really weak of that Senator, but to be fair he's GOP and has nothing else to go on but lies and misinformation.

        Hey, congrats on being the sort of unethical piece of ***** that would actually defend stuff like this.

        Still haven't enlisted, you cowardly warmonger?
        How embarrassing. I'd be ashamed if I were you, but I have integrity. You probably just think it's funny to warmonger and have real men do the fighting for you.
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 07/22/2008, -9/+5Racism.
      • QuadZeroRoute, on 07/22/2008, -3/+13Muslim is not a race. Can't be racism.
      • 5urr3al5am, on 07/22/2008, -3/+4I believe MacSuxWindozSux meant to add a '/sic' to their comment. Cause it's kinda stupid and ridiculous .. and hey, that's what a '/sic' tag is all about
      • CryRightardCry, on 07/22/2008, -3/+1@Quad

        Oh gee, you really have him pinned in a corner with that logic, rightard shill.

        LOL
        It's sad that THIS is what you rightards pin your hopes on.
        Well, we can either pretend you have a brain and can figure out that ARAB is a race, or you can pretend you have a brain and figure out BIGOT fits in there.
        Either way, kudos to you pieces of ***** for defending it. How PROUD your mothers must be.
        Oh, were your moms rightard bigots too? That would explain a lot.
      • obamayomama, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1@ Leftard; "Oh gee, you really have him pinned in a corner with that logic, rightard shill."

        Actually, he's correct, so yeah, when someone makes a statement that's incorrect and it's refuted by an indisputable fact, that kinda "pins" the former. Of course this may be lost on you, since I've noticed you don't like to let pesky little things like facts get in the way of your arguments, instead resorting to brainy, 'your mom" type comments.
    • OwdenBowden, on 07/22/2008, -13/+5WOW. The truth Hurts and the Diggers are going wild.
      Sad to see that Digg has become a haven for the Cults of Paul and Obama; and heaven forbid you say anything that is taken as negative (even if it is the truth) about your leader beans.

      You people are worse than the Cult of Scientology.

      Keep drinking the cool-aid.
    • PopcornDave, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5It's just pandering to an illiterate and/or uninformed constituency. Really I'd expect no less of someone trying to pander to the fears of the uneducated although I've seen educated people parroting the link of Obama and the secret shadowy Muslim connection.
    • noprtyaff, on 07/22/2008, -12/+5Now he just needs one that notes that there is no difference between McCain and Bush and I'd say he is just about dead on. God forbid we should offend anyone at the Fluffingtonpost or their messiah, but lets be reasonable here:

      Both have middle-east names.
      Both Osama and Obama have religious true believer followings.
      Both are empty vessels.
      Both are extremists.

      Have a nice day.

    • Wavemancali, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Go to the site, post a comment, express your disgust. I did.
    • 1Bad, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2Thank you "The New Yorker" for encouraging this *****. After all if the liberals who support Obama, make "funny" comics about Osama being a terrorist, then everyone should be able to do it. Stupid ***** assholes.
      • imsoclever, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1Grammar?
      • kufu91, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1you do know that this is the kind of thing the new yorker cover was satirizing right?
        "He added: "You know, blogs are for satire and whatnot and, um, that's why it's up. It's similar to the New Yorker picture. Maybe that's why this has gotten so much attention, because of that thing that came out a couple days ago.""
        just because he's incoherently trying to pin this on them doesn't mean he isn't pandering to ignorant xenophobia.
      • obamayomama, on 07/23/2008, -0/+0They may be assholes at the New Yorker, but they're not stupid.... .. lots of publicity to back up magazine sales.
    • ieatpizza, on 07/22/2008, -6/+6FFS, I'm not trying to defend the guy, but would everyone please stop being little pussies about everything? So what if he has a tasteless picture on his website? That's his choice. Does it REALLY offend you that much or do you just want to make a big stink about every little thing? If you don't like it, don't look at it. That's freedom of speech. And yes, I would say the same thing if a democrat did it. I'm sick of the U.S. being full of pussies that get offended at every little thing.

      Go ahead, digg me down, you know I'm right.
    • rebotfc, on 07/22/2008, -2/+5SORRY FOR SHOUTING BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT .....

      If his comments wont approve our valid criticisms as all comments need approval, that means the BLATANT RACIST replies were APPROVED BY SENATOR BRYANT!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Pillage, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2you are just realizing this? The Huffington post has been disgusting in shameful since its inception.
    • Karai, on 07/22/2008, -3/+1Honestly? This is the first thing I thought of a couple years ago when this whole thing started. I thought "No Amerikkkan is going to vote for a black man with a name that sounds like Osama, they are too ***** retarded to get past such things."

      But it seems I was (thankfully) mistaken. There is hope yet in Amerikkka, but I still think it should be nuked. :|
      • obamayomama, on 07/23/2008, -0/+0When I first read your comment about nuking "Amerikkka" I was angry, Then I went to your profile and learned that you're "A 20 year-old person from Canada," and was instantly at peace in the knowledge that you're from a land of idiots, and basking in the springtime of your folly. I hope that when the first Nuke falls, it's way up top in North "Amerikkka."
    • avrygoodfrnd, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1You're right, completely diggsgusting.
    • boowana, on 07/23/2008, -2/+0You're right, completely disgusting. But you have to give credit to creativity and effort to make funny. I support Obama but you have to be able to laugh just like the recent magazine cover Obama should have said he thought it was funny press would have loved it.
    • HopeMonger, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Time to get this guy out of office... please help me spread the word. His opponent in the fall is http://www.meadorsforstatesenate.org/
  • zephc, on 07/21/2008, -41/+253south carolina is full of racists, so that an asshat like this holds any seat of power there is not surprising.
    • Telvin, on 07/22/2008, -83/+9i'm from south carolina you twice inbred piece of white *****. and guess what? this fall i'm going to harvard, major: Physics, which will lead to a doctorate in Astrophysics, because i really like dark energy. Know what that is, ya dumb *****? Do you know what black body radiation is? do you even know for the goddamn love of god what hawking radiation is? do you know why green is not red? Or why we share (a tentative) 95% of our genes with chimpanzees? Do you believe humans came from chimpanzee? cause you're wrong. chimps and humans share a common ancestor, ya *****, and to say that south carolina is so stupid to elect a ***** like this hat guy- did I vote for him!? ***** this stupid Digg mob-ruled *****. you are all generalizing generalizers, and that means you're all retarded monkeys. (monkeys have tails, apes dont- bet you didn't know that!)

      • zephc, on 07/22/2008, -6/+48"i'm from south carolina"
        I lived in SC for 6 months (Columbia), which isn't as long as you, but it ***** sucked (the food and the climate didn't help)

        "you twice inbred piece of white *****."
        Yawn. I misread that as white bread - it is late.

        "and guess what? this fall i'm going to harvard, major: Physics, which will lead to a doctorate in Astrophysics, because i really like dark energy."
        Good for you, Harvard is a hard school to get into.

        "Know what that is, ya dumb *****? Do you know what black body radiation is? do you even know for the goddamn love of god what hawking radiation is? do you know why green is not red?"
        Yes, my first major in college was Physics, before I switched to CompSci. I was studying this stuff when you were still playing with Power Rangers.

        "Or why we share (a tentative) 95% of our genes with chimpanzees? Do you believe humans came from chimpanzee? cause you're wrong. chimps and humans share a common ancestor, ya *****, and to say that south carolina is so stupid to elect a ***** like this hat guy- did I vote for him!?"
        Tangent much? Anyway, did I say everyone in SC is racist? Of course not. I met a number of cosmopolitan people in Columbia, but you can sure meet a LOT of racists when you get out of the city (and plenty still in the city).

        "***** this stupid Digg mob-ruled *****. you are all generalizing generalizers, and that means you're all retarded monkeys."
        Spleesh, settle down before you have a stroke.

        "(monkeys have tails, apes dont- bet you didn't know that!)" Of course I did. Anyone who didn't take high school bio in the Bible Belt knows this.

        I hope in college you learn to calm the ***** down, you're going to get a nosebleed if you keep this up. College (especially in a place like Harvard) will be a humbling experience, when you are no longer the biggest fish in a tiny pond, but find yourself with many, much bigger fish, in a really really big pond.
      • Telvin, on 07/22/2008, -42/+3i go to the university of utah and i am an english major. i was totally lying and pulling ***** out of my ass that i'd heard on the history channel. but i am still much smarter than you, regardless of whatever.
      • marx2k, on 07/22/2008, -1/+12"i was totally lying and pulling ***** out of my ass" With a little fiber, you don't have to pull as hard
      • ventralnet, on 07/22/2008, -2/+7well from your post it doesn't look like you'll be lasting long at Harvard unless daddy has the money to back it up....
      • ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/22/2008, -8/+8Hello, my name is zephc. I like to emphasize my impressive educational background to gain leverage. My long paragraph does nothing to prove or disprove the original argument but it looks very impressive. Well, it would if my knowledge of physics matched that of the English language.

        Hey jackass, no one gives a ***** about what you've studied. Did you ever consider that the rest of us aren't interested in the field you are interested in? Cause men educated in the field of physics can't possibly be racist, right? Do you guys take some kind of super mega ultra radiation bath that makes you impervious to that?
      • publiclurker, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8Your lack of writing skills is all the evidence needed to show that you couldn't even find Harvard on the map.
      • ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4Oh man, my bad Zephc. I scrolled up to see the name and I ended up with yours somehow. I meant Telvin, of course.
      • Kral, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9"because i really like dark energy"

        So that's like "I have a black friend"?
      • shibXcore, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7"***** this stupid Digg mob-ruled *****. you are all generalizing generalizers, and that means you're all retarded monkeys."
        Wait...*we're* the generalizers?
      • Telvin, on 07/22/2008, -11/+1so, just that it's clear: I do not study physics. I do not live in, nor have i ever been to, south carolina. I am not going to harvard next semester. I live in Utah. Utah is a crappy place. And saying I like dark energy is not like saying "I have a black friend;" that doenst make any goddamn sense! but I am racist against mexicans, even though my mother herself is a dark-skinned mexican, which means, since i didnt get my dad's genes, that i am a dark-skinned mutt. I have an asian friend named joonk-ku, so maybe that's the same as saying 'i like dark energy.' god, you guys are so stupid.
      • max420, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4@Telvin

        That outburst makes you sound like a complete idiot, more then anything else.
      • kenedamick, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5That was one of the most astoundingly retarded posts I have ever read on Digg. Congratulations.
      • Evilena, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Calm down. He is just pointing out that you come from a state where actually understanding evolution and physics is something to brag about. Congratulations on getting into Harvard. You wouldn't have learned much at a state school.
      • Jookly, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1You mad?
      • StopThePresses, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0Why so serious?
      • Telvin, on 07/22/2008, -4/+1so which outburst, max 420 (psh!) makes me sound like an idiot? i'm not refuting the charge, i'm just curious. And mr. kenedamick sir, what's so 'astoundingly retarded'? once again, i won't deny the charges of sounding like a complete moron. but joon-ku and me are very good friends. and i am one-half a mexican, but resent the wannabe gangstas that swarm downtown. thats not real racism, but it is.
    • haterofps3, on 07/22/2008, -11/+40That is some nice generalization there!

      Can I play too?

      Americans are so self important!
    • kingp, on 07/22/2008, -2/+46Hey! I'm not racist and I live in SC.

      There's a lot of racism in the SC, and it's not just whites, but all kinds. Regardless, this is completely distasteful and stupid of Bryant. I'm not voting for any of the numbnuts in state office come next election.
    • clemsontiger, on 07/22/2008, -11/+11Yeah that was a pretty broad generalization right there. Might want educate your self before you start spouting off at the mouth and showing us your ignorance.
      • PawnsOfJoshua, on 07/22/2008, -2/+2It would only be ignorant to deny that there is a substantial racist sentiment in S.C. He didn't call *you* a racist, he simply stated that the populous is full of them, which it is.
      • siszam, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Pawns, there is racism everywhere. I live grew up in the south but now live in California. I've lived in many states. In California there are Mexicans who hate whites and whites who hate Mexicans. In Mexico many Mexicans hate blacks. In New Mexico some American Indians hate whites. Grow up and stop fearing southern people and demonizing them because they have an accent. Most of the people who throw ridiculous accusations around about southern racism have never been to the south. They are the ones guilty of hating a whole group of people out of ignorance. Stupid people are everywhere. The south has no more or no less than anywhere else.
    • kevbryant, on 07/22/2008, -13/+7did you know that racism is a form of predjudice (basically the result of making assumptions about an entire group of people)?

      so ... when can we expect your formal apology to the state of south carolina?
      • byronm, on 07/22/2008, -5/+16As soon as the constituents of South Carolina grow some balls and take action against Hate, Bigotry and Racism then they may deserve something... until then, SC is known for how it is because of HOW IT IS.
      • MacEnvy, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4Wait ... dude ... are you Kevin Bryant? Or do you just identify with his idiocy so much that you chose him as a role model and username?
      • kevbryant, on 07/22/2008, -6/+4i AM my own Kevin Bryant haha. And hell no I don't identify with this loser! I just know that people in SC aren't inherently racist. You're the one that chose to use the word "envy" in your username. But no worries.
    • HopeMonger, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4Unfortunately there are some pockets of racism alive and well in this state, as I am sure there are in every state. The thing to do is start now and change that... whoever the Dems run against this man in the future will get a donation from me... I suggest everyone does the same. Perhaps a road trip to do a GOTV ralley?
    • SuperVepr308, on 07/22/2008, -9/+8I live in SC and there is less racism here than I have seen up North. Blacks and Whites have lived together here for a long time and in most cases we get along just fine.
      • publiclurker, on 07/22/2008, -9/+9As long as they remember to stay at the BACK of the bus, right?
      • SuperVepr308, on 07/22/2008, -5/+5Think what you want dude. I live here and I know how things are. We work together, go to church together, our kids go to school together, etc etc. Grow up.
      • satirenine, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5I live in SC too and the vast majority of the time blacks and whites get along. Racism can be found everywhere but racial harmony can also be found everywhere and I believe race relations are getting better with each generation.

        That's the way the media is though, they sensationalize everything and I think people become trained to oversimplify reality. That's not preventable but it can be helped. It's too bad reporter don't act more like scientists and less like commentators. The media is an essential part of a democratic society but these days it's more like ad-based entertainment.
      • PawnsOfJoshua, on 07/22/2008, -5/+5"I live in SC and there is less racism here than I have seen up North."

        Ooop...there goes your credibility.
    • Muyoso, on 07/22/2008, -10/+3You are an idiot. This is in no way racist. Is it stupid, sure, but there is NOTHING racist about it. What you liberals need to understand, is that its perfectly ok for a white man to criticize and make fun of a black person. I find true racism in how liberals treat blacks, like they need protecting and aren't capable of being treated like the rest of us. Care to explain to me how exactly this picture is racist?
      • jstancom, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3This is not simply making fun of someone dumbass,

        This is trying to discredit a presidential candidate by associating him with militant Islam and Osama bin Laden.

        It is a cheap shot and uncalled for. Many people are already misinformed on Obama's beliefs simply because of HIS NAME and its reinforcing a stereotype, much like I associate people like you with an inability to finish a book.

        Make fun of his style, his policies, but it is not appropriate to make statements as said in the picture.
      • PawnsOfJoshua, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Because Bill/Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry were NOT painted as muslims. The fact that they resort to such a tasteless and unfounded act of propaganda is testament to the fact that these good 'ole boy state senators do not want to see a black president and will even sacrifice their pretense of integrity to prevent it from happening. So just shut up with the denial, because it only makes you seem stupid. We all already know why they make these baseless claims.
      • Evilena, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1"What you liberals need to understand, is that its perfectly ok for a white man to criticize and make fun of a black person."

        As long as you do it in a non-racist way.
        Its not racist for me to call Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell traitors.
      • Endemoniada, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1It's never wrong to make fun of a black person, but it IS wrong to make fun of a black person BECAUSE he is black. Get the difference?
    • labber223, on 07/22/2008, -8/+1I don't really see how this is racist. It isn't playing on Obama being black but him being a Muslim. You could make a stretch about it being prejudice about Muslims, but it was probably more like saying Obama has the same values and was raised like Osama. However, like all liberals anything negative directed at Obama is racism because you say it is.
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -5/+0Muyoso has it right. Sen Bryant caricatured a person, not a race; he did not mention Obama's race (he is a mulatto); and Obama is not the spokes person for a particular race.
      So there is nothing racist about criticizing Obama; its politics.
    • ndfn8, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6I'm from South Carolina and I'm not racist. I voted for Obama in the primaries, and will vote for him in the general election. I can't believe that someone from our state would stoop this low to attack a candidate. I'm moving.
    • CalvinMonk, on 07/22/2008, -7/+2Crime Statistics - Hate Crimes - Race Related by state shows SC as # 21
      California as # 1

      http://www.statemaster.com/graph/cri_hat_cri_rac_r ...

      Now would you like to back up your data?

      • PawnsOfJoshua, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3These statistics only demonstrate that the good 'ole boy system protects white perpetrators of hate crimes.
      • nfury8ing, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Want a tinfoil hat to go along with your CRAZY suit?
      • fool13, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Good statistics. California is #1 because of all the Hispanics. SC has one of the highest population of blacks on the country, well in the 20%s yet one of the lowest hate crime rates. Says that PawnsofJoshua is a moron and idiotic generalizations about racism in SC make you just as bad as the senator who posted that ugly picture.
    • JigoroKano, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3“And I want to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there’s not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break down segregation and admit the ***** race into our theatres, into our swimming pools, into our homes and into our churches.”

      Strom Thurmond -- SC Sentator 1954-2003

      He never really renounced his views. That's pretty much proof that SC is racist. I grew up there too.
    • Khanvalescent, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1Generalize much?
    • Protuhj, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4In SC and not racist... I hate everyone equally.
    • fool13, on 07/22/2008, -4/+1Actually it isn't racist. oBama, oSama. Theres a one letter difference, it doesn't take a genious or a racist to see where the similarities are.
    • fool13, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1The guy's trying to make Obama seen like he is connected to Arab and other Middle Eastern countries. A quick google search reveals:

      Barack: Form of the Hebrew name Baruch.
      Hussein: It is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "good; small handsome one". The name of a prominent person in Shiite Islam and a royal name in Jordan.
      Obama: a Luo name (male) from Western Kenya (Nyanza Provice) which may derive from "obam," which conotes "bending" or "leaning".
      Found first two at some random baby names site and his last name at -
      http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/Scho ...

      I'm not too privy to why his parents decided to give him an arabic middle name or a hebrew first name. If his middle name wasn't Hussein I seriously doubt there would be any Obama-Osama connections although I may certainly be wrong. His last name is clearly from Africa but idiots will choose to remain ignorant.
    • zer0nix, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1quite frankly, i'm just waiting for someone to do a kramer; i'm so disappointed it hasn't happened yet.
  • dn11, on 07/21/2008, -55/+19*****. ***** New Yorker magazine giving these assholes ideas, nice job. I swear New York you are out of touch with the rest of the country if you don't think that imagery is a big deal - that goes for you too Jon Stewart.
    • dn11, on 07/21/2008, -13/+2*ISN'T a big deal
      • Calibur, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2hey! you had your 60 seconds edit.. use it! :)
    • glucoseboy, on 07/21/2008, -4/+11Exactly! All this talk about Obama having no sense of humor. I thought the new yorker cartoon was not appropriate satire because it deliberately plays into the hands of those folks who want to manipulate the fears of those American's who can't comprehend the concept of a black president, much less one with the name Barack Hussein Obama.

      http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barack ...
    • KokomoNYC, on 07/22/2008, -2/+3I don't really like what the New Yorker did. I thought that image was beneath them. Still, I think it's a kinda lame to say things like "People won't get the satire. The only satire we should print is satire that people will get."
      • theaceoffire, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6The problem is that people don't get things you tell them directly... if we could ignore those who are stupid, this wouldn't be an issue.

        However, since we rely on people who believe the earth is flat to help elect our president, we can't go around making things worse.
    • sspeedracer, on 07/22/2008, -5/+10Leave Stewart out of this.
    • ahvi, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5I really thought it was hilarious because it actively made fun of all the idiots who kept framing Obama as a Muslim. Maybe it's just my New York sensibility, but it was quite obvious that it wasn't serious. I really can't believe the media picked it up and forced Obama to denounce it. Well, he's running a fantastic campaign so far so we'll all win in the end... hopefully.
    • OilyTheOtter, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8This has nothing to do with the New Yorker. I can't believe this Senator said he was trying to do the same kind of thing on his blog. If he is interested in writing comedic blogs, he's in the wrong business.
    • nycmac247, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7"New Yorker magazine giving these assholes ideas,"
      so let's ban GTA since kids will shoot up the city, right?
    • whodoes, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4And all that comes to mind when i hear this argument about "giving them ideas" is HOW can we protect the fragile minds of the GOP ? Wont somebody PLEASE think of the republicans... !? These poor little unsophisticated minds are so easily bruised and battered by the slightest hint of nuance or the non-literal. SOMEONE has to stand up for them and protect them. These folks think its somehow intensely revealing that his middle name is Hussein and his last name RHYMES with Osama.
    • caramba420, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1It's absurd that the Senator would try to use the New Yorker cover to try to justify his actions. The NY cover was a satire on how blatantly racist the right is.
  • grlykool, on 07/21/2008, -14/+59I know he'll be sharing a room w/Larry Craig at the convention.
  • grlykool, on 07/21/2008, -16/+108Obviously this guy has never read the Bible.
    • soot, on 07/21/2008, -2/+69I love how "God-fearing" Republicans never seem to take issue with promoting blantantly bigoted personal attacks when they serve their own political interests.
      • bradyglen, on 07/22/2008, -0/+17too right you are
      • orlyfactor, on 07/22/2008, -1/+9Yoda?
      • denizen42, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6They're hypocrites.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/22/2008, -12/+3Yes because democrats have neeeeever done anything like that.

        /facepalm
      • Rotzooi, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8PolishLogic, there is a difference between incidental stupidity and structural misleading of people.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/22/2008, -7/+2Is there......

        So basically you're saying when side A does it, it's incidental stupidity, but when side B does it, it becomes structural misleading of people.

        Good to know.

        You all act soooo upset at this, but if this was something meant to take a shot at McCain, you'd be applauding it, and calling the person a genius. It's probably the reason why I usually assume all outrage from Obama supporters over things like this is 100% phony.

        Otherwise you'd be almost as upset at the Rolling Stone cartoon of a caged McCain being surrounded by slant-eyed, buck-toothed Vietnamese, as you were over the Obama cartoon on the New Yorker.
      • tkstock, on 07/22/2008, -2/+2Yes, the hordes democrats decrying that McCain wants to stay in Iraq 100 years is structurally misleading.

        The hordes of democrats saying McCain is a war-mongerer is structurally misleading.

        The hordes of democrats who claim McCain would just be a Bush third term is structurally misleading.
      • mmeiser, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1If I could digg this comment up twice i would. It's this partisan politics / "ends justifies the means" attitude that really pisses me off whatever side it's coming from. People who believe so vehemently in their candidate or party that they suspend basic human courtesy / morals / ethics.

        Of course the New Yorker has taken it to a new level, it's not partisan politics, it's "the attention justify the the means".

        And this is perfect proof of what the New Yorker's bold bigotry does:

        "You know, blogs are for satire and whatnot and, um, that's why it's up. It's similar to the New Yorker picture. Maybe that's why this has gotten so much attention, because of that thing that came out a couple days ago."

        It emboldens other bigots (in this case Kevin Bryant uses it as an excuse) to step out of the shadows and make their mark also.

        The New Yorker bears a great deal of responsibility for encouraging ignorance and bigotry across the nation with their cover.
    • haterofps3, on 07/22/2008, -2/+49'Love thy Neighbor' is easy Republicans don't have black Neighbors.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/22/2008, -7/+2I blame high property values for that.

        /rim shot
      • GuacamoleSan, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1From the comments page:
        "Thank you for your interest in the picure recently posted on this site. As this picture has gotten plenty of attention, I would rather change the focus of this discussion to Sen. Obama’s record on National Security."

        Translation: Uhhh, *****. People are visiting my site. Uh....SCREW THIS. OBAMAS AN APPPEASING TERRORIST!
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -2/+4When did Diggers decide politics and public policy should be guided by the Bible?
      • Rotzooi, on 07/22/2008, -3/+3Since there's an infestation of right-wing nutjobs.
    • Kral, on 07/22/2008, -4/+11I don't know, there's some pretty messed up stuff in the bible.. Slavery, rape, etc.. Maybe the problem is that he /did/ read it?
      • OUChevelleSS, on 07/22/2008, -6/+6Your assertion is a misunderstanding of the Bible...although it would make sense from someone who just wants to crack it open and make negative claims.
      • deekismusic, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6Negative claims? The Bible clearly condones slavery, and even goes on to describe how much a slave is worth, and beating practices by which allow for nearly anything short of murder.
  • SheilaNoya, on 07/21/2008, -10/+215It looks like Kevin Bryant needs to know how people feel about his childish stunt:

    http://kevinbryant.com/contact/
    • TheCooler72, on 07/22/2008, -0/+28Great idea, but if you don't want to give him all of your vital info, his email address is BRYANTK@scsenate.org.
    • TheCooler72, on 07/22/2008, -0/+53I emailed him, and got the following, including his cell #:

      Thank you for contacting me and I hope your summer is going well. Currently, the legislature is in recess until January 2009. If you need immediate attention, Ms. Debbie Parker in my Columbia Office would be glad to help you. parkerd@scsenate.org 803.212.6204 or you may reach me on my cell phone at 864.202.8394.
      • Kral, on 07/22/2008, -2/+17If only 4chan were up..
      • MarkOfTheDead, on 07/22/2008, -4/+3not your personal army.
        well, maybe the raidfags are.
    • shieldsmw, on 07/22/2008, -11/+3yes, I'd like a Bryant for Senate yard sign.
    • CrazyDEX, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7yes, I'd like to introduce him to my neighbors

      ..... So we can tell him to his face how this is a disgrace to him and his office
      • Dquist, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2I just wanted a yard sign shipped to my home in S.C. ... you know, because I live at, um... 435 S. Jefferies Blvd, in Walterboro.

        Thank you Google maps.
    • highlymodified, on 07/22/2008, -0/+27"http://kevinbryant.com/2008/07/18/vacation-and-fun ...
      You, Senator, should be ashamed of your portrayal of a United States Senator in this manner. You have compared an intelligent and eloquent member of the US Senate with one of the world's most wanted terrorists based on similarities in spelling.

      Does that feel Christian to you, Senator?
      Do you think you make the Republican Party look better with this petty smear?

      I suggest to you that however you feel about the policy or character of a presidential candidate, you do not disgrace your faith and party with rhetorical tactics normally found in grade-school playgrounds.

      Please refrain from such "B.S." in the future."

      Sent
    • Lazerous, on 07/22/2008, -0/+9You could always reply by posting directly to his blog...

      http://kevinbryant.com/wp-login.php

      assuming you can figure out the password for Wordpress.
    • MoClippa, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4If I had bigger balls I would have probably sent him a photo link to a nice Goatse subtitled:

      The Difference Between Kevin Bryant and this?
      Not much.

      But... I have an itty bitty pair of balls.
    • BobTheG, on 07/22/2008, -2/+2I replied. Call him a douche.
    • HopeMonger, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Here is a link to his opponent... this guy really needs some help to win in the fall in this state. http://www.meadorsforstatesenate.org/
  • actorboy, on 07/21/2008, -13/+110Bryant: "I've got some questions about Senator Obama's ties to -- such as his comment that we should negotiate with Iran. Iran's a country that would like to destroy Israel, that bothers me."

    Yes, God forbid we actually sit down and have a talk with someone who wants to destroy Israel. I guess some Republican's subscribe to the "Just ignore them and they'll go away" strategy.
    • 7Mystery, on 07/22/2008, -2/+43Obama got a lot of heat for saying that last year. What is the Bush administration currently doing: negotiating with Iran!
      • actorboy, on 07/22/2008, -2/+26The Republican plot to keep McCain from looking like Bush 3: turn Bush into Obama.
      • avrygoodfrnd, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0actually not really, all they did was make it look like they were negotiating for the mass public to see, in reality, if you remember, it wasn't a negotiation at all- we basically told them that they have two weeks to tell us whether or not they are going to abandon their program, and if not AND until then we shall continue to impose sanctions on your country.

        Some negotiation...
      • IpecacNeat, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Obama also said that if intelligence showed there were terrorists in Pakistan, and Pakistan wasn't cooperating, he would strike. Guess what the Bush administration did.

        Hey Bush, why not just have Obama run your foreign policy for you! But Obama is soft on foreign policy, right? Give me a break. Obama has been right on just about everything.
    • Kanten, on 07/22/2008, -1/+18And why should we care about Israel so much? We lost over 3000 innocent lives partially because of them.
      • marx2k, on 07/22/2008, -1/+13The Israeli lobby is ginormous.
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_ ...
      • actorboy, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6It doesn't really matter what you personally feel about Israel -- countries with nuclear and/or developing nuclear technologies bombing each other in a region where tempers are already flared tends to lead to world war. You don't have to choose sides to appreciate the need for peace.
      • macdady843, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3Maybe because they're one of our only allies in the Middle East.. just a thought though :-)))
      • Kral, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5Something to do with some jewish zombie with a rapist father that will fly down from an invisible place in the sky and I think kill us all(?) but in a good way if we bring Israel's neighbors to the brink of annihilation. Go team Jesus!
      • Xondar, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1That would actually be 4000. However, you ignore casualties from other nations yet again.
    • ProjectGSX, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8The irony is that he demonizes Iran for wanting to destroy israel but apparently disagrees with Obama wanting to talk to Iran before we decide to destroy them. Which is it Kevin? Is attack without talk only bad when its the enemy who wants to do it?
    • MammasMilk, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8So following Bryant's, and what appears to be the prevailing Republican logic, I shouldn't even talk to Bryant about this or any issue. I should just go kick him in the nuts and that will solve the issue.

      See how it how it works Republicans, that's how you want it, you keep saying it, so don't cry when you get it.

      *****.
      • johnnyboy239, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4Aye..... Sir, you are forgetting one thing however. People like him don't believe in "logic" or "facts"
      • zer0nix, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1if you believe in logic, you're a damn rationalist.

        if you believe in facts, you're just a dirty physicalist.

        good times.
  • fixty, on 07/21/2008, -12/+83As an experiment, let’s judge Bryant by his own apparent standards of integrity:

    Q. What’s the difference between Osama bin Laden and Bryant?

    A. Nothing. They’re both fear mongering swine.

    Or maybe someone who looks like a porcine douchebag par excellence shouldn’t, as a general rule, be so eager to cast stones based on appearance.
    • haterofps3, on 07/22/2008, -31/+2your right one is responsible for the torment of thousands and the other is Osama... wait what?
  • glucoseboy, on 07/21/2008, -9/+44You can't make this stuff up.
  • PATSCRU, on 07/22/2008, -15/+205Stay classy South Carolina....
    • anillop, on 07/22/2008, -2/+8Its like you read my mind with that statement.
    • lybrel, on 07/22/2008, -2/+8The US, uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.
    • cornfedbiff, on 07/22/2008, -5/+11Go ***** yourself South Carolina
    • WickedSix, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Getting real old, real fast....
    • fool13, on 07/22/2008, -3/+1A quick glance at your profile reveals you live in LA, you have no right to comment about anything.
    • Mikecol, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1This guy represents South Carolina about as much as George W. Bush represents the United States - which is, not at all.
    • ptsuk, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1S.C. ! "Still, Crap"

      heh oh i see what i did there........
  • tcbishop12, on 07/22/2008, -8/+50People who live in glass houses like State Senator Bryant should be careful. Because you can post a comment on the site and even e-mail Kevin Bryant so he will know exactly how you feel about his conduct....(hint, hint)

    http://kevinbryant.com/contact/
    • sloppychris, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3There's a saying that goes "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones".

      Ok, how about: nobody should throw stones.
      • powderedsnow, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4regardless of housing situation...
      • British0zzy, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4unless you are trapped in a glass house with a stone...
  • 7Mystery, on 07/22/2008, -11/+4By the looks of him, I think he's jerking off too much. Where is Larry Graig when u need him!
  • MellerTime, on 07/22/2008, -8/+22We sent Lindsey Graham to the US Senate. What, you think our local senators are any different?
  • disappointment, on 07/22/2008, -11/+3When your philosophy is that Barack is weak on terrorists, and therefore (in the eyes of this Senator) is similar to a terrorist by name and alleged policy.
    • johnnyboy239, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2then what? I'm pretty sure you didn't finish that sentence "when your philosophy is this.... then?"
      • disappointment, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1I'm sorry. It was quite early in the morning when I added that, I must have lost my thought.

        I should have said something along the lines of:
        When your philosophy is that Barack is weak on terrorists, and therefore (in the eyes of this Senator) is similar to a terrorist by name and alleged policy, you make these generalizations.
      • IpecacNeat, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1But the thing is Obama isn't even close to Osama in "alleged policy". Osama is a radical Jihadist bent on the destruction of the West, and Obama is the total opposite.
      • johnnyboy239, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1I'm assuming that you don't actually agree with these claims and are just trying to explain their actions.

        Even so, those are not generalizations that even someone with that mindset should make if they act in a logical fashion.

        Premise 1: X's name sounds like Hitler

        Premise 2: X is weak on anti-nazi policy

        Therefore,

        Conclusion: X is the same as Hitler.

        Even with these premises the logic does not flow, however it is quite obvious that premise 2 is false in the first place, and that premise 1 is a complete non-sequitor.

        People like this senator do not use logic, they use scare tactics, if you want to explain his actions it's as simple as saying he believes the public is stupid enough to believe ridiculous claims not built on fact but on fear.
  • havochawk, on 07/22/2008, -8/+3Unfortunately this elected official has chosen to remove his sensibilities from the equation of public servant. Are we to stand for a society whose leaders are of such poor morale standing? Or have we given that comfort up, along with the sense of self that can be achieved when you right what has been wrong.
    • malman4, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2don't understand what his morale has to do with anything....
  • Rudegar, on 07/22/2008, -6/+8looks like he had silicone cheek implants
    • orlyfactor, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8They go great with his silicone brain implant!
      • bennison, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1I can't believe I loled. Now everyone is looking at me funny.
    • apextek, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2no its just inbreeding
  • rrc7cz, on 07/22/2008, -8/+55He should be allowed to post what he wants... freedom of speech, remember? At the same time, the people of SC should be free to kick his ass out of office for being such a douche. If he remains, this says as much about his constituents as him...
    • RetlawST, on 07/22/2008, -3/+20However his comments are getting close to slander. If I were a public official and claimed that the only difference between an international murder and the county clerk was their name, I would very likely be removed from office.
    • KirbyMorph, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say or do whatever the ***** you want just like the right to bear arms doesn't mean you can go around cutting the arms off of bears. If you think there's freedom of speech, go walk into an airport and scream you have a bomb and see what happens.
      • jbassfretless, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1"...just like the right to bear arms doesn't mean you can go around cutting the arms off of bears..."

        The hell it doesn't.
  • Nintendesert, on 07/22/2008, -32/+28I laughed. That's pretty funny. People better develop some thicker skin, W has been called everything from a Nazi to a monkey and accused of all sorts of atrocities. If someone can''t roll their eyes and laugh about the name play, this is going to be a very long election season for you. It's only going to get worse.
    • MacEnvy, on 07/22/2008, -2/+36Bad analogy. When's the last time Bush was pictured next to Hitler on the official website of a state official?

      Random Internet forums != Politician's personal websites
    • Bluestatelib, on 07/22/2008, -2/+9The differences are that Bush is already president and much of the negative things said about him are true. Obama will never get to be president if we allow these ridiculous smears to take root in a certain part of the electorate. Already, 12% of Americans think Obama's a Muslim. It won't take much to convince many of them and others that he's at least a terrorist sympathizer too. We must stay vigilant and prevent these smear tactics from Swift-boating Obama.
    • caramba420, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2Bush had the choice to not be a fascist *****. Obama never had the choice of what to be named.
      • ICNH, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1This. It's one thing to be criticized for being a retard, and another thing entirely to be accused of having connections with a hated terrorist on the basis of your name. The least the senator could have done is come up with a decent argument. People like him in power should use the position to get well-voiced, eloquent opinions heard (in addition to, you know, doing the job) - not encouraging elementary school-style jabs at a presidential candidate.
  • DeFex, on 07/22/2008, -13/+5Digg Denial Of Service.
    send him some large and useless files.
    swap file comes to mind.
    • drgmdp, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3why would you try to bring down a server by sending it a huge file / hour?
      wouldn't be better if you send it hundreds of little files / minute?
      and then, how could you automatically send hundreds and hundreds of files to a server without triggering antispam scripts or anything?
      i thought DOS attacks were the other way: YOU sent *petitions* to the server to saturate it...



      (seriously asking)
  • slantyeyed, on 07/22/2008, -32/+8so the difference between oBama and oSama isn't the B and the S?
  • thatfunman, on 07/22/2008, -6/+7"I do think he's probably more sympathetic to nations that allow terrorism than I would prefer." You can't spell pretentious while skipping the word penis! Seriously, is it me or is this year's politics pretty racy? Hot damn.
    • caramba420, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4He's right, though. I just read about how Obama gave $40 million to the Taliban a few months before 9/11.
      Wait, nevermind...That was Bush.
  • jeremyduffy, on 07/22/2008, -15/+27That guy should lose his job. Spreading false and inflammatory rumors has no place among state leaders.
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -12/+0Osama bin Laden hates America.
      Barrack Hussein Obama hates America.
      They might be of different religions, but diggers think religion is BS; therefore a little BS is the only difference between them.
      No rumor here.
  • RadioFreeOpium, on 07/22/2008, -8/+33He even looks like a slimeball
    • modernsavage, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Haha, yes! I swear the first thought that popped into my head when I saw his pic was "Used Car Salesman"
  • LukasSmith, on 07/22/2008, -31/+13Yeah because digg users never make fun of names or people. The average digg user has about half the respectability of this guy. I suspect digg users do hundreds of things more silly then Bryant. Hypocrisy will get you nowhere digg.com.
    • DevilDriver, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10How many Diggers are US Senators?
      • thedogfatherx, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1None and they never will be. A lot of them are just angry sad human hypocrites.
    • Vindicoth, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10The average digg user isn't a state senator.
    • kenedamick, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4You are a ***** idiot. I knew there was a reason why I had you blocked.
    • kidathinnes, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Do you not understand that US Senators are held to a different standard than 20 somethings surfing the internet?

      moron
    • LukasSmith, on 07/22/2008, -2/+320 somethings who think they have the right to judge US Senators. The average digg.com has nothing to say worth hearing apparently. You just confirmed my beliefs, Moron.
    • malex, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2"The average digg user has about half the respectability of this guy."

      Oh, I don't think you're dragging the median down _that_ far...
  • jmpeagle, on 07/22/2008, -24/+10i thought it was funny

    If some Americans are easily manipulated ignorant retards, then it's their own damn fault for not appreciating education and critical thinking. Naturally, politicans and businessman will try and sway their views for their own interest. There is nothing wrong with that. You can't force people to become intelligent. Unfortunately, one of the prices of liberty is the right to be a dumbass.

    "The biggest argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter" -Winston Churchill
    • ChayesFSS, on 07/22/2008, -2/+2Allowing some to prove what idiots they are makes Obama's job that much easier.
    • Mejari, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6I would normally agree with you, jmpeagle, let the retards lie, but when those "easily manipulated ignorant retards" give us another Bush presidency, it kinda affects me.
  • Pittance, on 07/22/2008, -6/+12Here is this man's professional email address: BRYANTK@scsenate.org . I wont tell you what to do, but I sent him a very scornful email. Doubt he will care, but maybe if his server crashes due to how much hate mail he receives from this, he might wise up.

    I just found the comment section for this picture. His fans are incredible, but typical. I also am leaving him a bit of feedback.
    • Pittance, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4To anyone who cares, I received an automated email back from this senator, the first line reads: "Thank you for contacting me and I hope your summer is going well. Currently, the legislature is in recess until January 2009."

      What?! How can a senate for an entire state be out of session for 5-6 months of a year? Especially an election year? I guess South Carolinians aren't getting anything done legislatively until then.
  • eliot2000, on 07/22/2008, -5/+9It's at:
    http://kevinbryant.com/2008/07/18/vacation-and-fun ...
    I think we should all go look at it.
    and reload the hell out of the page. It gets better every time.
    • crestfall, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3it's moderated now
    • PamalaLauren, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1Not the newest post. I just posted a comment on his explanation for why he put the stupid picture up in the first place.
  • amightywind, on 07/22/2008, -22/+6That is an awesome ad! Obama really stepped in it by wearing that ridiculous sheep herder outfit.
    • Simplysped, on 07/22/2008, -11/+1lulz were had
    • crapmatic, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8At first I really did think he might have been Muslim at one time, but I googled up that turban picture and came up with a CBC story about a 2006 incident:

      "U.S. Democratic rivals Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton are trading barbs over a photo of Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006. The Associated Press photo, which is circulating on the Internet, shows Obama wearing a white turban and a wraparound white robe. The garments were given to him by elders in Wajir, in northeastern Kenya .... Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and says he has never been a Muslim, but false rumours continue to spread online."

      I guess I've been in a cave but that explains it.

      • amightywind, on 07/22/2008, -11/+4Not fully. Obama's brother Malik is a devout Muslim, as is his father. Obama is known to have studied in a madrassa. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. It is hard to call the Afro-centric United Church Christian in any meaningful sense.
      • Mejari, on 07/22/2008, -2/+7you know, except in the sense that they worship Christ. Apparently that's not meaningful tho. And you do know he barely, if at all, knew his father, right? Oh, and his brother runs an electronics shop (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6333496). Doesn't sound like a 'militant' to me. But of course, you will ignore these facts and continue spouting your 'amightywind' from your 'mighty ass'
      • kidathinnes, on 07/22/2008, -2/+4God you are a ***** moron mighty
      • sjm20k, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2who the ***** cares what religion anyone belongs to? each brand of ***** smells the same. wind - the only reason you're playing this angle is because you're a ***** with nothing better to do than try and make feeble minded lemmings like yourself follow you over the cliff.

        i honestly think we have a serious education problem in this country judging by the number of people who lack the cognitive ability to think for themselves.
  • breakaway, on 07/22/2008, -11/+8What a ***** moron. How can this possibly help his campaign?
    • bsmang, on 07/22/2008, -1/+11It couldn't in many places outside SC..
  • JimmySpaza, on 07/22/2008, -38/+4Well, there are a few similarities between Obama and Osama, you have to admit. The Muslim connection thing for one.
  • Simplysped, on 07/22/2008, -17/+7How come it's okay to laugh at this when we do it a million times to bush and mccain, or like a dinosaur and mccain... or a skeleton and mccain etc... but it makes me so angry when it happens once to Obama! >:O
    • Jektal, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8There is very little deep-sown hatred for monkeys (Bush) or dinosaurs (McCain)

      A -lot- of people have very deep rooted fear, hatred, and ignorance of certain other races, in this case blacks to whites. Also, a -lot- of people, especially in post-9/11 and post-Bush America have a similar irrational hatred and fear of "Muslims".

      Playing to either of those unfairly is a horrible thing. It'd be like being buddies with Hitler (or, being forced into an uncomfortable acquaintance against your will if it makes you feel better about the analogy) and making a joke about the neighborhood baker:

      if you say "that baker is a lizard! Look at the way he keeps sticking his tongue out! haha! Lizard baker!", then you're making fun of the baker, so, whatever. Move on.

      On the other hand, if you deliberately say "that baker is a Jew!" You're being a dick and a piece of *****, because you know what that means to Hitler, and you can predict that something very bad is going to happen to the baker because of your words.
    • Fr33th0t, on 07/22/2008, -0/+4I don't see anyone hawking outright lies about Bush or McCain in order to convince the public that they are not American. Sure people make fun of them, assume they are doing something that perhaps they are not, or even call them some rather snarky names--none of that has the same goal that the Obama - Osama smear does.
    • raquel9e, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8The difference here is that it was posted on an elected official's website.
  • j0hnk377y, on 07/22/2008, -5/+9You ain't seen nothing yet, and look how offended people are getting... Wait until Sept and October people. This is the big leagues. Make a big deal out of it and more eyes see it.
  • crapmatic, on 07/22/2008, -5/+20So his constituents are bigots and F150-driving rednecks? Guess he needs to get to work doing some gerrymandering to capture a classier portion of SC.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 07/22/2008, -5/+3Hmmm and you have a problem with "rednecks" how is that any different than calling someone a "*****" both can be derogatory, unless it is two brothers calling each other Niggah's or two people from the country calling each other Rednecks. Why is it the left has such a problem being open minded when it comes to ones chosen life style? Some people don't like cities and the accompanying high crime rates and chose to live in the country.

      I am digging you up because people need to see how the Liberal Left Fascist see other citizens who have chosen a different life style. Your karma has taken a nose dive today crapmatic.
      • metaliq, on 07/22/2008, -2/+4Liberal Left Fascist?

        Shut the ***** up.

        Gosh. I am so freaking sick and tired of the Right Republican Retards (LOLZ!!!!) using smear tactics, associating leftism with evil. I highly doubt that you have any idea WHAT it even means to be a leftist.

        And yes, calling someone a redneck is not a perfect thing to do. But it is FAR from calling someone a "*****". You know why? Because of the history of those words, and the power that one claims by referring to African-Americans, people that have enslaved, abused, and still dwell in a racist society, as *****. And you know who still uses that term the most? "Rednecks".

        Being a redneck is not a life style choice--- it is generally seen as being ignorant and ego-centric. "Rednecks" are republicans because they are told to be. They have blacks because that's how they are brought up. Education vs leisure. Whatever. I don't really need to argue with you, because I doubt you have read any of this.

        The terms redneck is derogatory, but it is more so descriptive, where the term "*****" is demeaning and prescriptive.

        So don't even compare.
        And quick using blatant smear tactics, Deranged Hitler Penguin. You're not winning anyone, just making yourself look like an *****.
      • malex, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2How is it any different?

        Here's a hint:
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Duluth-lynching ...
  • chairlift, on 07/22/2008, -16/+3Wow, its a picture, we as average everyday people who use the internet see worse pictures than this all the time. Most of you act like he ***** on your mothers or something, he posted a slanderous picture of a presidential candidate. It's the first amendment, we don't need to go cut his nuts off...tehe. But seriously, this is a joke and you all are the evidence to how crazy Obama has made the American people, if this is how bad people are 4 months before the election, I am scared to see what happens closer or even if he gets elected. You act like he is some great messiah come to save the planet, he is one man, he can't "save" the planet, he can't "save" this nation, he can sign bills passed by the Democrat Majority Congress who would do all the thinking for him.

    We need to take life more seriously than getting bent over a picture.
    • bbqsalad, on 07/22/2008, -2/+3He will not save a thing, he will continue to hurt this country as every president has. Greed is the human way. It is a job to these people. They have no honor and could care less about going down in history as some great servant of the people. How pathetic it is to watch people get so excited over nothing more than a puppet. This country is *****. And our freedom is not worth destroying the future.
  • GreatSunJester, on 07/22/2008, -1/+7And here I thought bigotry's name was Don Imus and Jesse Jackson! Wow, I guess bigotry is a state of mind not unique to race or political affiliation.
  • thatguy331, on 07/22/2008, -33/+9And if the Obama website had one of those pictures comparing Bush faces to monkey faces, you'd all think it was halarious.

    BURIED FOR HUFFINGTON POST SPAM

    Digg seems to be nothing more than a Huffington Post repeater these days.
    • sindex, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6Fortunately the Obama camp is above that. Not all of his supporters are, but *he* is. And there's the difference.

      I buried you because you're an idiot who can't see the difference between your imaginary situation and reality.
      • thatguy331, on 07/22/2008, -5/+1Obama rides a white unicorn on the cloud of Hope!

      • sindex, on 07/22/2008, -3/+1Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that.

        Fortunately, I'm not one of them.
      • kidathinnes, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2Thanks to the idiot president I'm sure you helped elect, hope is all a lot of people have at this point.
    • bsmang, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1awww. pity party!
  • kevbryant, on 07/22/2008, -1/+89i guess i should change my name?
  • CoMpUtErITGuY, on 07/22/2008, -15/+6That is an awesome picture! I couldn't tell them apart!
  • coryvb123, on 07/22/2008, -2/+5Everyone, go to the site and leave a little comment on that post...
  • FonzsXe, on 07/22/2008, -4/+3Someone should spit on this guys motherboard.
  • LesterKing, on 07/22/2008, -3/+16Here's this guy's 15 minutes of fame.

    Its back to obscurity for you, Bryant!
  • honemasterT, on 07/22/2008, -6/+10Left mine.. suggest that everyone else do the same..

    # Unedumacated White Southern Folk Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
    July 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 am

    Good on ya! For a minute there I thought that the Southerners hate of the black man had gone the way of lynchings, Jim Crow laws and the KKK. I’m glad to see that its still alive and well.

    Typical.. carry on that oh so proud southern tradition of racist hate.

    Totally unprofessional, bunch of f’ed up white trash rednecks I tell ya!

    There would be more posts here if it weren’t for the complex math (sic) :-) involved to get past the spam protection!

    I shake my head
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -4/+4The race card "If you criticise Obama you are a racist" is easy to play, and actually impresses liberal shills; but it's a flimsy, transparent, defensive mechanism.
      • malex, on 07/22/2008, -2/+4If you make fun of someone for having a foreign sounding name... then yeah. Racist is a pretty accurate term for that.
      • DerangedPenguin, on 07/22/2008, -5/+3malox i am a bit confused, liberal-fascist have been making fun of George W. Bush's accent for the past 8 years, and it is not considered racist. No one is making fun of Barack Hussein Obama's name, the Senator is exercising his First Amendment rights, is that only wrong when it goes against the anointed one and OK when it goes against someone like Tony Snow?
      • malex, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4"malox i am a bit confused"

        No kidding.
      • metaliq, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3@DerangedPenguin

        liberal-fascist?

        I really don't think that you understand words.

        Buried for being an idiot.
    • honemasterT, on 07/22/2008, -2/+3true, but the fact is that it's still alive and well in the south. Have you ever lived there? I have, and have family from there, and have seen it first hand. Not to jump to 'sweeping generalizations' but still I call it how I see it.

      heck I'm sure my comment wont even get approved on the site.. dont care really
      • sd2001, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Racism is just as "alive and well" in the north as it is in the South. Having been born and raised in SC and lived in NYC, Connecticut, Chicago, Tampa, and Atlanta, I can honestly say that I've seen just as much racism (all races guilty save for, perhaps, asians) up north as I have in the south.

        Want proof? Just check out and Rants and Raves section on CL on any day from major northern cities and you'll see how their citizens' *really* feel about one another.
    • DerangedPenguin, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2Once again an educated person has made a prejudice statement about someone who lives south of the Mason Dixon line. Why is it that Liberal-Fascist have such a problem with people who have chosen a different life style, or perhaps speak differently. He is expressing his first amendment rights, there was nothing racist about comparing Barack Hussein Obama to Obama Ben Laden, any more than calling George W. Bush and idiot.

      • metaliq, on 07/22/2008, -1/+4@DerangedPenguin

        liberal-fascist?

        I really don't think that you understand words.

        Buried for being an idiot.


        On top of that, you're absolutely wrong. There is a hysterical amount of racism involved with comparing Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden, because there is no comparison. Calling George W. Bush an idiot, on the other hand, is proven.
      • honemasterT, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1just call em like I see en bro!

        I've lived south of the Mason Dixon line and have observed it first hand.

        I dont have a problem with that sort of so called 'free speech' at all, and the guys right to say such. But if you are in the public spotlight and pull this sort of stuff, you cant whine when you get 'called out' for it either.

        You gotta think about who you are representing.. in this case, it makes the guy look backwater, and really really ignorant, racist, and stupid.

        Liberal Facist? hmmm.. you're talking to someone who voted for Ron Paul in the primaries dude.

    • honemasterT, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1bwahahaha.. that was funny.. threw me for a loop there as well! ;-) HA!
  • nabeelshana, on 07/22/2008, -2/+4Hmmmm..... Maybe he was George Allen's understudy at one point.
  • sindex, on 07/22/2008, -4/+18"You're adding comments too fast. Slow down."

    Finally got my comment posted though. Spam the ***** out of this guy. Welcome to the Digg effect.
    • chaser324, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10My comment has already been deleted. Notice that the number of comments seems to be going down instead of up now.
  • amida, on 07/22/2008, -4/+33Somebody at GOP headquarters is pissed: "Didn't this guy get the memo? We dropped that talking point about Obama negotiating with Iran when *we* started negotiating with Iran!"
  • bsmang, on 07/22/2008, -2/+7If you post a comment on his blog as "Jesus Christ", you get to see the other comments that are awaiting moderation with that name. Awesome. Mine was the one stating that he could use a good *****.
  • dynamojoe, on 07/22/2008, -5/+27After all the noise about Rev Wright a few months ago, this retard STILL doesn't know Obama's religion? Way to stay current, *****.
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -5/+0Unless you're saying Obama's religion is Marxism, not sure what the connection with Rev Wright shows us.
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -5/+0Unless you're saying Obama's religion is Marxism, not sure what the connectin to Rev Wright shows us.
      • johnnyboy239, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6Let me spell it out for you here, i'll make sure to make it easy to understand so that you don't have any problems..

        Reverend Wright was a Pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, by itself that sentence should explain everything that needs to be explained to a normal person, but then again you did post your question twice so let's get started.

        A pastor is defined as "a minister or priest in charge of a church. "1 so this guy was in charge of a church,

        a church is "a building for public Christian worship. " 2

        Christian worship is referring to worship done by people who find the religion Christianity to be to their suiting

        So essentially what this means is Reverend Wright was a Christian Leader in charge of a Christian Church.

        Now Dynamojoe was assuming that because everyone now knows about Reverend wright and they know that Obama went to the church they would know that he practices Christianity.

        So to answer your question, Obama's connection to Reverend Wright shows us that he practices Christianity.


        1: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pastor
        2: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=church&x= ...
    • rz8472, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5Well it's simple. Obama is a radical Muslim brought up in a madrassa and wanted to appear Christian so he could run for higher office. Only someone as radical as Rev. Wright would bring in someone like Obama, since Hating America(TM) was their shared overriding ideology anyways. Now Obama has left the church and presumably has become an atheist. Which means that he's automatically a Marxist Commie as well.

      /sarcasm
    • malex, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2I guarantee that Bryant is aware that Obama attends a Christian church. He probably just thinks he's a liar, and is too big of a coward to actually accuse him of such.
  • veenenen, on 07/22/2008, -2/+12I don't see any ads on his site. At least he gets to pay for some wonderful bandwidth and cpu overages.
    • vladimirpoopen, on 07/24/2008, -1/+5Assuming he's in shared hosting environment. Anyhoo... I'd bet he's found a way to get us tax payers to pay for the costs of the site.
  • bsmang, on 07/22/2008, -4/+1What is a "***** lebur"?
    • zer0nix, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1***** lebur...
      ***** lieber...
      ***** lover (from german)...

      unless i'm misunderstanding, perhaps it's a circuitous way of calling a guy a fag.
  • MonsterChaOS, on 07/22/2008, -8/+34Since I'm sure his comment system won't approve what I posted there, I will repost here:

    "Senator Bryant, I am appaled by your apparent racism and hatred. How confused are you that you actually post this kind of trash?

    Everyone knows Obama is a God fearing Christian, and always has been. ( http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp )

    You keep spreading your lies in the same fashion Hitler did, repeat until believed, but it only shows the lack of intelligence from your supporters.

    McCain is a bumbling idiot with no real qualifications to be president. He says he has foreign policy experience, but then he can’t remember the difference between Sunni and Shia, can;t remember what nations exist anymore, or which ones border which. He has also publicly stated that he would leave Iraq if the Iraqi’s wanted us to, which the keep saying they do!, but now says he won’t leave.

    I am tired of this flip-flopper McCain (61 and counting : http://www.alternet.org/election08/90956/ ) getting a free pass while everyone worries about smears on Obama that have no basis in fact.

    You sir are a coward if this is the best you can do, you can’t fight on issues, so you spread more malicious lies. Typical Rightwinger these days sadly."
    • southwestnut, on 07/22/2008, -13/+2Left wing skid mark......
      • MonsterChaOS, on 07/22/2008, -3/+12oh, you sure showed me.

        ...idiot.
      • southwestnut, on 07/22/2008, -11/+1What was there to show you? There is no point trying to argure with someone that thinks that they have the ultimate opinion and all other are wrong. Do I really care what you think? nope, I just love drawing the true nature of the leftist
      • Gev1982, on 07/22/2008, -2/+12True nature of the leftist? He voiced his opinion and you responded by calling him a "Left wing skid mark". You made absolutely no attempt to try to explain yourself or justify your position--you simply called someone else a name and acted hateful when called on it. Seems to me like you are showing your colors--douche bag.
      • Mejari, on 07/22/2008, -5/+4How is just un-artfully insulting someone 'drawing the true nature of the leftist'? What, the true nature of a leftist is to call you an idiot when you say something stupid? How dare they!!!! As far as responses to a completely random and offtopic insult go, 'idiot' was probably the most mild one you'll ever see. But hey, why am I posting this? There's no point trying to argUE with someone that thinks they have the ultimate opinion and all otherS are wrong.

        Hypocrisy is fun, isn't it?
      • southwestnut, on 07/22/2008, -6/+1actually a douche bag is clear.......

        and to what point should I explain myself? do I owe one? nope. he said his thought I said mine.

        The only thing I will say is I am tired of Obama being portrayed as some "grand beneficence" of the world and "woe to all who oppose him". Really tired of this kind of crap showing up on the front page several times a day. Why even bother explaining when throngs of liberal diggers will bury you if you do not line up with what they say. Coin had two sides, when someone points out a possible other side of Obama suddenly he is a racist or hate monger or ____________________. Heaven forbid we look at BOTH canidates under a microscope for who they really are.

        I can not wait to see Hype:The Obama Effect.

        Bury me for this, I do not care, votes good or bad mean nothing to me, but we all can agree, Digg is a good place to blow off steam
    • bonhoeffer, on 07/22/2008, -7/+1Where's the racism? You think that because Obama is a mulatto he shoiuld be shown with lighter skin?
      BTW: Posting you unpopular view on a website for all to see is hardly cowardly.
      • MonsterChaOS, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6Posting you unpopular view on a website for all to see is hardly cowardly. = True

        Trying to link a respected US Senator (and the next POTUS) to a radical terrorist simply because of their name/color = cowardly.
      • soot, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3Ugh you idiot, you don't even get it. This is about slandering somebody and equating them to a terrorist killer and spreading the lie that he's a muslim radical, showing him with "lighter skin" is sidestepping the point.
    • radiofrequency, on 07/22/2008, -8/+3The twenty years Obama spent in a racist, anti-American, afro-centric church that focused on black liberation theology doesn't make him a "God fearing Christian".
      • EricSchC1, on 07/22/2008, -2/+9So what if he's not?! Many "God fearing Christian" presidents have proven to be ineffective leaders.
      • PamalaLauren, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5What do you say of the white people that attend that church? Is that just forgotten and ignored? It does have white members. I frankly don't think you know a damn thing about what that church preaches.
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