Racist and Ignorant McCain/Palin Supporters in Ohio
Oct 10 at 11:11am by Jagwire X
I ran across a couple of interesting blog posts in which some enterprising bloggers (Blogger Interrupted and BlueOhioan) got their cameras out and asked people standing in line for a McCain Palin rally in Ohio what they thought about Barack Obama, John McCain and Sarah Palin. It’s truly scary. I don’t mean like kind of scary like Halloween, I mean really truly terrifying like Nazi Germany.
From Blogger Interrupted:
It’s no wonder that the slightest incitement from Sarah Palin or John McCain will turn one of their rallies into a lynch mob. Just talk to the folks who attend.
My camera was rolling for literally seconds before people happily said to me, on camera, that Barack Obama is a terrorist. If I hadn’t spent most of my time at the event inside, waiting for the candidates to show up, I could have gotten dozens of these people on tape.
The McCain-Palin mob in Strongsville, Ohio
The McCain-Palin mob in Strongsville, Ohio
Anthony Fossaceca of BlueOhioan:
These people will stop at nothing to further spread the lies and hate that surround that campaign. Bill Ayers, Osama bin Laden, Muslim terrorists, Hamas, PLO, Arab - all things we heard in connection to Barack Obama in yesterday’s crowd line at the Strongsville McCain rally.
Hate First
The one of the things that strikes me in these videos is how ill-informed these people are, and how hateful. These people want John McCain and Sarah Palin in office because it will allow their magnificently tiny worlds to go on existing in their heads. I got news for you people, the future is coming and you my sad pathetic creatures are the dinosaurs.
The other thing that really gets me is how these people just seem to think that, well, how well do we really know Barack Obama? And I think, how well do you really know John McCain?
Well, let me tell you, he known to be unethical. He cheated on his first wife (who was disabled due to a car accident in 1969) with his soon to be second wife, he was involved in the Savings and Loan Scandal in the 1980’s and was known as one of the Keating Five. I don’t care that he’s expressed remorse for these acts - it shows that he is capable of them and reflects on his character. The fact that John McCain is veteran of the Vietnam War and was a POW does nothing to bolster my faith in him. I’ve know a lot of ‘nam veterans and everyone one of them is unstable and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. That doesn’t mean they aren’t war heroes and it doens’t mean their bad people but if we need a “steady hand at the tiller” then John McCain certainly isn’t it.
McCain and Palin’s allegations toward Barack Obama are, if you bother to look at the facts, completely unfounded, and are being used to create a boogey-man out of Obama. To his credit Obama has remained very steady and unlike McCain has stayed focused on the issue which is what you as citizens should really care about!
There seems to be a strange attraction to the right wing of the political eagle in this country of the very wealthy and the ignorant despite the rather large gap between the two. It’s as if being a dumbass has now become some sort of badge of honor for the right. This is something I am going to have to write about in a follow up post, so be on the look out for that.
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Racist, Fascist and Lying Their Heads Off
Oct 8 at 2:02pm by Jagwire X
McCain is behind in the polls because he has no real plan for the average citizen and Obama does and anyone that’s paying the least bit of attention knows it. So how does the McCain campaign react? Do they get their shit together and come up with a plan other than “the heels are on, the gloves are off?” No, they don’t, they rely on attacks against their opponent, more and more lying and general fascist attitudes. It’s become clear now that the McCain/Palin team is composed of and attracts racists and fascists. There is little doubt about the kind of administration we would get should they get into office. One that would transform America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Oppressed.
At this point Sarah “Pit-Bull” Palin’s campaign rallies have apparently degenerated into some sort of neo-nazi pseudo-pogroms against the media and Barack Obama.
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post wrote:
Barack Obama, she told 8,000 fans at a rally here Monday afternoon, “launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist!” This followed her earlier accusation that the Democrat pals around with terrorists. “This is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America,” she told the Clearwater crowd. “I’m afraid this is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to work with a former domestic terrorist who had targeted his own country.” The crowd replied with boos.
McCain had said that racially explosive attacks related to Obama’s former pastor, the Rev.Jeremiah Wright, are off limits. But Palin told New York Times columnist Bill Kristol in an interview published Monday: “I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more.”
Worse, Palin’s routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric’s questions for her “less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media.” At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, “Sit down, boy.”
Palin says, “This is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America.” You’re right Sarah he doesn’t see America the way you see it, he sees it the way our founders saw it. He sees it as Benjamin Franklin saw it when he wrote: Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
She goes on to say, “[Obama] is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to work with a former domestic terrorist who had targeted his own country.”
In February 2008 (long before it even became a “topic” of the McCain campaign), Obama spokesman Bill Burton released a statement from the senator about the relationship between the two: “Senator Obama strongly condemns the violent actions of the Weathermen group, as he does all acts of violence. But he was an eight-year-old child when Ayers and the Weathermen were active, and any attempt to connect Obama with events of almost forty years ago is ridiculous.”
CNN’s review of project records found nothing to suggest anything inappropriate in the non-profit projects in which the two men were involved. Internal reviews by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic “have said that their reporting doesn’t support the idea that Obama and Ayers had a close relationship”.
That’s a lot of news sources saying the same thing for them to all be wrong.
Oh, and, dear Sarah, your interview with Katie Couric went off so awfully because you are an idiot. You think the mainstream media is liberal but you are wrong, if anything in their attempt to be impartial they favor the conservatives because of the Right’s over vocal attacks. In this case I am referring to the fact that if the McCain campaign attacks Obama the media will generally not look into facts but will rather just say, “Oh, well here’s the equivalent attack from the Obama campaign.” That’s not journalism, that’s equivocation.
Meanwhile rallies that McCain himself attends the crowd is no better.
Greg Sargent from Talking Points Memo writes:
After John McCain delivered the central question of his speech today — “Who is the real Barack Obama?” — the first, and loudest, supporter seems to yell:
“Terrorist!”
McCain listens as his planted crowd member yells terrorist
That’s what John Aravosis and Marc Ambinder heard, and it does sound like it.
Who is the real Barack Obama? Are you really asking? Who the fuck is the real John McCain and what have you done with him?
This really pisses me off to no end. I hate smear tactics, and have no tolerance for people who are so desperate for their power grab that they will sink to these depths, demonstrating their obviously racist bent using typical fascist tactics of scaremongering and party supporters planted in the crowd to whip them into a frenzy. What will the McCain/Palin campaign October Surprise be? A black man committing a domestic terror act?
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$400 haircuts vs. $520 Italian leather loafers
Aug 1 at 8:08am by Jagwire X
McCain's $520 Shoes
I think Chris Hayes gets this just right.If I were a right-wing blogger, and I found out that Barack Obama was wearing Ferragamo loafers that cost $520, I would spend about 50% of my waking hours making sure everyone knew this. I would mock him for being an out-of-touch elitist and make jokes like, “If you think that’s a lot, you should see how much his purse costs ” I would send the link to Drudge and wait for Instapundit to pick it up, and then watch gleefully as Fox News ran segments about how Barack Obama’s $500 loafers vitiate his entire economic platform.
But of course, I’m not a right-wing blogger. And the $520 shoes belong to John McCain. And frankly, I don’t think how much his shoes cost matters one whit for how he’d govern the country.
Put it this way — if Barack Obama paid $520 for a pair of Italian loafers, every voter in America would know about it. Every media outlet would report it and every Republican would talk about it.
I’m reminded, of course, of John Edwards’ $400 haircuts. Last year, that story was everywhere, with the Washington Post writing multiple articles about it. “How could Edwards relate to regular folks if he has that kind of lifestyle?” the media asked, over and over again.
Indeed, the media seems to go to great lengths to look for evidence to bolster the far-right meme that Obama is some kind of outsider. From bowling to orange juice to arugula, reporters love to characterize Obama as something less than a “real” American.
Well, McCain has a half-dozen homes and spends on shoes what some families spend on rent. All the while, he advocates more tax cuts for millionaires, opposes increases to the minimum wage, and tells Americans their economic problems are in their heads.
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John McCain, the new Ronald Reagan?
Jul 29 at 12:12pm by Jagwire X
Pretty Good Timetable
I don’t mean in a good way either. I feel bad for anyone with Alzheimer’s but John McCain has worse memory issues than Ronald Reagan. That’s really not fair, even to Ronald Reagan, his memory problems didn’t start until late in his presidency. More likely McCain is a pathological liar. Maybe he’s just a bit deranged.
So you were probably thinking the other day, after all the chastising McCain has directed toward Obama for pushing a timetable for withdrawing from Iraq he wouldn’t go on CNN and supported a timetable himself. He did, clever fellow. One day McCain said he thought sixteen months was a “pretty good timetable”, the next say he claimed never to have said the word “timetable.” Funny.
But wait there’s more. McCain is too weak to keep his policy straight what with the chronic changes and denials in his statement. His shoot from the hip demeanor that the media seems to love so much must certainly lead to some interesting backtracking in the McCain camp. Why isn’t the media calling him out on this? Who knows. The media has always liked McCain for some reason and seem willing to give him a pass for just about any foible.
The Real McCain 2
Make no mistake McCain will be worst than the currently assumed worst president. How anyone could believe this guy is beyond me. If he’s such an obvious liar then even the staunchest Republican’s should question him. If he suffering from memory impairment do we really need someone sitting in the Oval office who is going to forget what the big red button is for? No thanks.
This is a guy whose memory is so sharp that he has missed more than half of the roll-call votes since January 2007. At this point it is more than any other senator including Senator Tim Johnson who spent most of 2007 recuperating from a brain hemorrhage. He even forgot to vote on money for Iraq and Afghanistan and the new GI Bill which he opposes. If he can’t be bothered to do his current job how can he be expected to act as president should he manage to win somehow?
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FOX News Outed as Mouthpiece for Bush Administration
Jul 28 at 11:11am by Jagwire X
FOX News Busted
It should probably read: FOX News Outed as Mouth of Sauron. Not particularly surprising.
On July 25th 2008 on Hardball with Chis Matthews, Scott McClellan, former White House Press Secretary, admitted that the White House uses FOX News as a propaganda machine. McClellan says, “Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House,” adding that they were given “talking points.”
McClellan also told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann that “it was done frequently, especially on high-profile issues” and that FOX News often gave the White House “its desired results.” Current Press Secretary Dana Perino would only tell Olbermann, “I’m not aware of that.”
As I said not surprising - FOX News’ claim of “Fair and Balanced” is utterly laughable at this point.
If FOX News is complicit in this as it seems to be the it is nothing less than propaganda though a state organ. As Rachel Maddow says in the video, “it’s not Pravda.”
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General Clark’s Comments on John McCain
Jul 10 at 3:03pm by Jagwire X
Face the Nation
There’s been a bunch of hub-bub about what Wes Clark said about John McCain. It took no time for the what he actually said to get completely distorted.
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Because in the matters of national security policy making, it’s a matter of understanding risk. It’s a matter of gauging your opponents, and it’s a matter of being held accountable. John McCain’s never done any of that in his official positions. I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in Armed Forces as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in Air- in the Navy that he commanded, it wasn’t a wartime squadron. He hasn’t been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn’t seen what it’s like when diplomats come in and say, ‘I don’t know whether we’re going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle it-’
Bob Schieffer: Well-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: ‘ -it publicly.’ He hasn’t made those calls, Bob.
Bob Schieffer: Well, well, General, maybe-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: So-
Bob Schieffer: Could I just interrupt you. If-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Sure.
Bob Schieffer: I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences either, nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down. I mean-
GENERAL WESLEY CLARK: Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be President.
Bob Schieffer: Really?!
Note that Bob Schieffer is the one that says “ridden in a figher plane and gotten shot down.” Clark does not in anyway question John McCain’s military service. Clark does state the fact that McCain’s command was not a wartime command but even then doesn’t do anything but state known facts. What he’s saying is that McCain military experience doesn’t make him any more qualified to be president than Barack Obama.
When it comes to experience Obama is more qualified than our current president, who, if you will recall, was a state governor and had absolutely no experience on the national level when he took office.
The plain truth of the matter is that getting riding (was McCain really riding and not piloting?) in a fighter plane and getting shot down and having military service don’t really count as qualifications for president.
See, the thing is, it isn’t.
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Petition Against Fox’s Racist & Hate-Filled Smears
Jul 9 at 3:03pm by Jagwire X
FOX Smear Michelle Obama
PETITION AGAINST FOX’S RACIST & HATE-FILLED SMEARS:
“FOX must stop injecting racism, prejudice, and fear into our political dialogue. We intend to hold FOX, its advertisers, and its personalities accountable for FOX’s attempts to smear the Obamas.”
Sorry FOX, we won’t let you trash Michelle Obama.
My favorite part is where the various pundits of Fox say “Why does she think America is a downright mean country?” I think the answer is right in the video. I’m not proud of my country when it most visible citizens (those in the media) act like a bunch of cliquish junior high school students.
There are things to be proud of about America but not everything, this isn’t paradise people.
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Bandwidth Barons Want More Money for Fewer Bytes
Jul 9 at 11:11am by Jagwire X
Internet Map
One day soon, when you get your Internet connection bill and it is much larger than you expected, don’t blame Hulu or Microsoft for offering you funny videos or a new security patch, blame your service provider for not evolving with the Internet.
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The Fantasy Years
Jan 28 at 5:05pm by Jagwire X
The Fantasy Years
Everyone should read The Fantasy Years. It’s a novel by Charles Baker about how America was lead astray by an assault on reality by right-wing (read neo-con) pundits. I’ve know about it for a while now but I haven’t gotten that far into as yet.
From the site:
The Fantasy Years is a novel about the magical effect a particular strain of popular politics has had on Americans throughout the 1990s. The blook is just as much about the forces that helped seed and shape extremist political views among the public as the end result of such views. Rush Limbaugh and right wing think tanks form the chorus, a handful of Americans muddling through the 1990s make up the cast.
Once again I recommend it to everyone interested in how we got from the Greatest Generation to where we are today.
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Steal This Country
Nov 7 at 1:01pm by Jagwire X
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Well it’s Steal This CountryTM day. I’m curious if the mainstream media will continue to gloss over election fraud and voter manipulation. I have absolutely no faith whatsoever in the election process at this point. I do not trust electronic voting machines - never have - as a programmer I know what can go wrong and that’s without people deliberately adding code that might be used to manipulate votes. I don’t like that I can’t get a paper receipt of my choices. Hell anything I order online and can print out a receipt for. Anything I buy at a store I can get a receipt for. But something as important as voting - “Nope, sorry pal, you’re out of luck. Just trust us.” Yeah, right.
No transparency means no trust in my eyes. As things stand now, voting is a privilege. It should probably be mandatory for everyone over the age of eighteen. At least that should be the case in national elections, hence the will of the people. When elections are won based on who can market their candidate better and move people to vote based on that marketing determines the turnout there’s something seriously wrong with this basic premise of a democratic republic. Failing the marketing campaign there’s always the possibility of just altering you non-transparent, receipt-less electronic vote.
I am extremely disgusted with the amount of corruption in our government. There is so much I can’t even keep track of it all. The level of hypocrisy that the Republicans have managed to attain alone should be cause for their being voted out of office, or in some cases jailed. No sane person should even consider voting for any of them at this point. I think it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Now I’m not saying the Democrats don’t have problems - no one party could ever come close representing me but the Democrats are generally closer than the Republicans at this point.
Its obvious that a two party system is not working. Vote for the lesser of two evils. Meh. I want some freaking choices here people! I want to be able to elect candidates that arent politicians, but rather statesmen. I want to see the money taken out of their pockets. I want to choose someone who, really cares about the environment. I want to elect a scientist. I want religion out of politics. I want to elect candidates who have a long view. I want to elect someone who doesn’t care about politics. I want to elect no one.
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