The Republicans are much angrier about a Black man spending money

CreekDog

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Sat May-30-09 10:17 PM
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The Republicans are much angrier about a Black man spending money

...than about thousands dying in a war based on lies.

Which is why I don't think we should worry about what angers them, rather, we should worry about what DOESN'T.

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firedupdem

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Sat May-30-09 10:19 PM
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1. +1 n/t

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Enrique

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Sat May-30-09 10:21 PM
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2. I don't think most freepers care that he's black

Edited on Sat May-30-09 10:37 PM by Enrique

they care much more about him being a democrat.

edit: I was wrong, I just went over there, it's different from what I remember. People are making blatantly racist statements and no one is calling them out on it.

I remember racism was not ok over there, people would call out the racism, maybe the non-bigots have all left in disgust. :shrug:

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CreekDog

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Sat May-30-09 10:24 PM
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4. scratch the surface

lots of anger at women and black people over there. find the themes in what angers them --it's people they are angry at, and it's certain types of people oftentimes.

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HopeOverFear

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Sat May-30-09 10:25 PM
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5. Yeah, actually, they DO

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ProSense

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Sat May-30-09 10:25 PM
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6. Oh, they care about both.

They're all flocking to Rush because they fear they're losing something. Minorities (Obama, Sotomayor) are gaining more power.

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Jennicut

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Sun May-31-09 07:58 AM
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15. Exactly. They are afraid because minorities are no longer going to be the minority.

In the future they will be the majority in this country and that leaves them frightened and the rest of us laughing at their ridiculousness.

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thewiseguy

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Sat May-30-09 10:25 PM
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7. On FR it is largely about the color of his skin.

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Lilyeye

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Sat May-30-09 10:32 PM
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8. I am guessing you haven't seen some of the racist bullshit that has been posted here from there.

Edited on Sat May-30-09 10:37 PM by Lilyeye

They have said that Michelle looks like a gorilla; that Michelle and the President were going to turn the WH into a section 8 housing project and that black culture has hurt America. There is more I won't even get into. Yes they hate all democrats and would attack a white one, but many of the attacks against the President and his wife have been very racial. In the President's case, if it was strictly about him being a democrat the racial stuff wouldn't even be a factor.

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Enrique

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Sat May-30-09 10:37 PM
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11. yeah

I hadn't been there in a while, it seems Obama has brought something to the surface in them.

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unblock

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Sun May-31-09 08:00 AM
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16. many freepers think the only difference between "blacks" and "democrats"

is that "democrats" includes black sympathizers.

as for the racism thing, freepers and right-wingers have always been racists and that's deeply embedded in their policies. the only thing they ever object to about overt racism is the wiser ones among them know that it usually doesn't play well these days. that's why they go for ever-so-slightly more subtle forms of racism, just enough to rile up their base while giving their leaders plausible deniability.

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Arkana

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Sun May-31-09 08:03 AM
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17. No, they're horrible racists

and if they'd had their way 150 years ago Obama would be a shoeshine boy in their cloakroom.

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CreekDog

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Sun May-31-09 10:48 AM
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18. Ahem. 50 years ago

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gauguin57

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Sat May-30-09 10:23 PM
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3. Hello! White president went to a broadway show? Where was the poutrage?

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firedupdem

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Sat May-30-09 10:34 PM
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9. No Outrage...

he was supposed to do those things. The Obama's are arrogant, and acting out of place. What the hell is wrong with them?

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Cha

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Sat May-30-09 10:38 PM
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12. Needs to be sent to the media outlets

Edited on Sat May-30-09 10:39 PM by Cha

so they can know st ronnie went to see mickey rooney and anne miller in Sugar Babies on Broadway back in the days of trickle down.

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babylonsister

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Sat May-30-09 10:37 PM
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10. Nah, the rethugs have been and always will be worried about their own

asses. Not their constituents, not their government, just their own asses.

OK, most of them. I can't think of a single stand-out though who thinks differently.

Heh, he/she wouldn't be a rethug.

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cagesoulman

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Sun May-31-09 01:13 AM
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13. Were they this mad about Condi Rice at spamalot and buying shoes during Katrina?

Or is Republical concern restricted to failing businesses?

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Christa

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Sun May-31-09 07:47 AM
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14. That should be on a bumper sticker!!

:toast: :fistbump:

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