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What's so wrong with opening yourself to some radical ideas every once in a while? Isn't that a good thing?
Screw Bill O'Reilly
But that could make you [gasp] question your government, and we don't do that here. We consume. If we did that here, there would have been riots the past eight years. As long as we have our A/C and our cable, and our Ipod, we really don't give a poop what happens to the constitution or the rest of the planet.
Have we all seen this filthy stunt trying to pass as news?
Per usual, Wonkette sums it up best...
"GOP Gal Claims Savage Negro Mugged Her … For Obama!"
Never mind the murdered black bear covered in Obama signs, the 78-year-old black Baptist preacher and Army veteran whose Obama sign was replaced with a Confederate flag, the mass tire-slashings of cars parked at Obama rallies, or the “Kill him!” and “Terrorist!” chants at Palin’s klan rallies. What this campaign — meaning, “McCain’s campaign” — so desperately needed is an extremely fishy tale of a brave white woman getting mugged by a Black Man who then carves a symbol into her face. Somebody’s been watching too much Twin Peaks on the Netflix ….
This weird, hysterical story got the MONSTER GIANT THREE-DECK SIREN treatment on Drudge for part of the afternoon, and then it was mysteriously downgraded to a little link on the side. Maybe that’s because the original sensational claim was just a little too perfect (for McCain) to survive scrutiny: That this loyal 20-year-old McCain phone bank volunteer in (of course) Pennsylvania was robbed at an ATM last night because, uh, she had a McCain bumper sticker on her car, parked nearby we guess? So the liberal mugger negro took her sixty bucks and MUTILATED HER WITH A KNIFE.
Oh, and the mutilation was political, because the criminal Obama supporter CARVED A LETTER IN HER FACE!
B!
For “B”arack Obama, of course!
And look here is a picture from a wingnut’s website, as currently seen atop the Drudge Report. Uh, and the MONSTER was so gentle that the gal refused medical treatment, for her mutilation, which is … a backwards “B” kind of indented on her cheek? You know, like if you did this to yourself, in a mirror? Not that we’re implying such a thing! Everybody knows black people can’t write their letters worth a damn, and always go for the tough “B” when they could get away with a much simpler “O.”
The story comes from — wait for it! — Richard Mellon Scaife’s wingnut Pittsburgh daily, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The attack, of course, “happened outside the view of the bank’s surveillance cameras.” The woman is from College Station, Texas.
The city’s non-wingnut paper, the fine Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has a far less hysterical article, with this interesting bit from the police:
“This is what she’s telling police,” police spokeswoman Diane Richard said. “We can’t substantiate it at this time.”
Where have we heard this before? Some teevee guy, Geraldo? Nope. Donahue? Nope. HELP US COMMENTERS …. Thanks:
In 1989, as fascination with Morton Downey Jr’s TV show began to wane, he was involved in an incident in a San Francisco International Airport restroom in which he claimed to have been attacked by neo-Nazis who painted a swastika on his face and attempted to shave his head. Some inconsistencies in Downey’s account (e.g., the swastika was painted in reverse, suggesting that Downey had drawn it himself in a mirror), and the failure of the police to find supportive evidence, led many to suspect that the incident was a hoax and a plea for attention. A few months later, the show was canceled.
Obama’s campaign released this statement: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the young woman for her to make a speedy recovery, and we hope that the person who perpetrated this crime is swiftly apprehended and brought to justice.” More like swiftly made the Chief Justice of the new Supreme Abortion Court.
Anyway, this stinks. Happy Willie Horton Day, everyone. We will predict this story will fully unravel in about 48 hours. Weird times.
That girl is such a hey nanny nanny and deserves to have a B carved into the side of her face
Has anyone else been thinking about what sort of nastiness we might see on election day, due to all the racist white folk becoming increasingly terrified at the prospect of a black man in the white house? I dunno. I'm a little worried. Or maybe I just think too much.
That girl is such a hey nanny nanny and deserves to have a B carved into the side of her face
Has anyone else been thinking about what sort of nastiness we might see on election day, due to all the racist white folk becoming increasingly terrified at the prospect of a black man in the white house? I dunno. I'm a little worried. Or maybe I just think too much.
A friend of a friend has already bought a shirt that says "they don't call it the White House for nothing."
However, I like to look on the positive side of things - he does think Obama is going to win!
And I did something naughty. My husband had not decided yet. He was not for either candidate and was going to vote for a third party. He told me his vote could be bought for Japanese Anima. So I bought it for Obama. Was that bad?
And I did something naughty. My husband had not decided yet. He was not for either candidate and was going to vote for a third party. He told me his vote could be bought for Japanese Anima. So I bought it for Obama. Was that bad?
I should've googled Japanese Anima first, but I karma'd you anyway. A vote for Obama is a vote for Obama....... You Go Girl......
This is the third one I remeber hearing about in the news
Just released: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement arrested two men in Tennessee who had plans to rob a gun dealer to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and "as many non-Caucasians" as possible, an official said on Monday.
An official from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said police found the men in the Jackson, Tennessee area with a number of guns, including a sawed-off shotgun, in their car.
"They wanted to go to a place where they could shoot as many non-Caucasian as they could," the official said, noting that the men first planned to rob a gun dealer. "They also had a plot to assassinate Sen. Obama."
Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, is leading Republican John McCain in opinion polls ahead of the November 4 election.
If Obama takes all the states Kerry won in "04" (which looks like he will) it would be over if he took either FL or OH. If for some reason he doesn't take either one of those states, a VA (13 votes) and NV/NM (5 votes) combo would meet the magic # of 270.
*edit - Also, a combonation of IN,IA, MO would do the trick as well.
If the Electoral College map looks like that one week from today, Obama might have this won before polls close in Mountain & Pacific time zone states. I plugged the Eastern/Central states into the CNN electoral map calculator and got 264 EC votes from just those time zones. I didn't even include SD/MO/ME/NE to get that. Those states still a total of 20 still up for grabs in the eastern half of the country. He could be over the top nationally before polls have closed in the western half of the country.
This could be the shortest election night I've ever seen... How's Wolf Blitzer going to fill all that airtime?
Post by strumntheguitar on Oct 28, 2008 18:10:09 GMT -5
Obama held a rally at my school today. The capacity for our convo center where he spoke was 10,000 and there were atleast that many who were denied entrance cause it was too packed. People were camped out since 7:30 am for his speech at 5:15. I was one of the people who were denied after standing in the cold for 3 hrs, but he did come out and give a short 5 minute "cliffnote version" of his speech and expressed his gratitude for the overwhelming numbers to show up.
It was pretty cool I suppose... although I would've loved to been able to see his whole speech inside