Obama: Don’t let McCain “hoodwink” or “bamboozle” you
posted at 4:00 pm on October 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Delivered, with exquisite nuance, within two minutes of congratulating Maverick for toning down the rhetoric yesterday in Minnesota and within a few hours of Rep. John Lewis comparing McCain to George Wallace, a smear for which the campaign is demanding an apology. In fact, Obama used this same rhetoric against the Clintons before the South Carolina primary and was called on it by the New Republic, among other lefty websites. TNR contributor Cinque Henderson:
His use of the phrase is resonant. It comes from a scene in Malcolm X, where Denzel Washington warns black people about the hidden evils of “the White Man” masquerading as a smiling politician: “Every election year, these politicians are sent up here to pacify us,” he says. “You’ve been hoodwinked. Bamboozled.”
By uttering this famous phrase, Obama told his black audience everything it needed to know. He was helping to convince blacks that the first two-term Democratic president in 50 years, a man referred to as the first black president, is in fact a secret racist. As soon as I heard that Obama had quoted from Malcolm X like this, I knew that Obama would win South Carolina by a massive margin.
It’s code, in other words, used by The One when he wants to accuse his opponents of racism but doesn’t want to do it so directly that he’ll be held accountable. I’ll let Jonathan Martin take it from there.
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Spot on anniekc. I travel to bases all over the country and meet conservatives from all backgrounds. I haven’t talked to one who hasn’t said, when is he going to turn up the heat on ACORN, FM/FM and others. When is he going to get fired up. If he’s waiting to get his tone of the campaign to an acceptable “media approved” level, it ain’t going to happen.
Senator McCain, you asked us to “Fight with you.” We’re ready!
If we have to lose, let’s go down fighting. In the paraphrased words of Sam Houston, may the ruins of the Republican Party be the monument of my grave. No other party is worth fighting for. And damn the opinion of the MSM!
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:10 PM
This poser will never be my president! He’s a disgrace, brought up through the ranks of Chicago style politics. He’s nothing more than a smooth talking, corrupt, ends-justify-the-means politician (which makes him perfectly suitable for democrats) and it will catch up to him. Sadly, probably not before November, but the truth is a funny thing and it will come full circle.
alwaysright43 on October 11, 2008 at 5:11 PM
I think Rush said it first…
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122178554189155003.html?mod=yahoo_buzz
I’m tired of Fox News running this story every 10 seconds. they are certainly perpetuating the Representatives claims.
I don’t think they made as a big deal about Rush’s statements.
elraphbo on October 11, 2008 at 5:11 PM
gracie, did you miss that whole Obama vs Hillary thing?
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Well, if anyone is looking for a 4-8yr mind $uck this is it.
The future is staring right at you.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Actually MoDo is supposed to be publishing a column tomorrow in which she accuses McCain of “inciting” crowds against Obama. So basically Obama warns about guys in hoods, and MoDo compares GOP supporters to lynch mobs.
Wethal on October 11, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Don’t ban me bro!!!
Akzed on October 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Don’t go that route. Don’t turn yourself into a conservative nutroots. He’ll be my president.
Allahpundit on October 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM
It could be just part of his acculturation, and he used it offhand and without any particular meaning. Not defending Obambastic, per se. Just playin’ the ‘let’s be fair’ card.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM
I can’t help but notice he’s not saying it to McCain’s face.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Nothing new here. But I wonder were is Hillary Clinton’s pride in this? Or her supporters? Are they going to sit and watch the same game that was played against her in the primaries being played now against McCain and Palin? Just a thought.
clemycali on October 11, 2008 at 5:16 PM
That’s fine, except as I say, he was called on this rhetoric earlier this year, so even if he didn’t know where it came from before, he knows now. If McCain picked up some language haphazardly that turned out to have been coined in some racially charged context and was then informed of it, would he be given a break the next time he used it?
Allahpundit on October 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Great line! Next debate prep material!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 11, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Of course not. And at the last debate, Obama will revert to the reassuring, smooth-talking moderate who can convince the working class whites and on-the-fence independents that he’s no threat to their liberties or their bank accounts. Maybe Obama will toss a small compliment McCain’s way to show he’s “gracious” in victory (until 1/20/09, that is).
Wethal on October 11, 2008 at 5:18 PM
I listened to that broadcast and those statements were completely out of context. But I’m sure you never listened to a minute of the show. If you ever have any questions about Mr. Limbaugh or what is really said on his program, feel free to ask.
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:19 PM
All of this is so ironic since Teh One chose Joe “Inserts foot in mouth” Biden as his running mate.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 11, 2008 at 5:19 PM
McCain says blockhead things repeatedly, I’m sure even the ‘O’ does the same.
Doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be called on it, and hard. Just saying I don’t think any pol is so smart and so smooth that you can live by every word proceeding out of their mouths.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Anyone who is an “independent” and still doesn’t know who to vote for is probably too freaking stupid to get what Barry’s doing.
Besides, people have been told all sorts of conspiracy theories about the eeeevil Bush for the last 8 years, so telling them that he won’t allow them to be hoodwinked and bamboozled flatters their egos.
We’re smart. We know Bush/Cheney/Rove are the devil. I won’t let that happen again. Trust me.
Buy Danish on October 11, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Again–the guy is going into Pennsylvania, where Lynn Forrester de Rothschild just set up a campaign office for John McCain, and where Hillary supporter Ed Rendell is governor, and reapeating the racist language he used in South Carolina before the primary there.
He is purposefully humiliating Hillary again. The giving her the finger, the flicking her off his shoulders and off his shoes like dog poop. The 99 Problems but a b**tch ain’t one, playing “Addicted to Love” as Bill Clinton left the stage at the DNC, and the Malcolm X language.
This is a guy who shares the Malcolm X ideology. He believes that “white man’s greed runs (did he mean ruins?) a world in need.”
And he apparently also believes that he has nothing to fear from Hillary and Bill Clinton. I hope that they prove him wrong.
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 5:22 PM
I have wondered what the Clintons were up to myself. Bubba was to campaign for Obama once the Jewish holidays were over Thursday night.
I keep clinging to some slim hopes about the election. One of them is that the Clintons will not let Obama get elected if they can do so without leaving their fingerprints on it. Hillary is not only done for as a possible POTUS, but Obama would have effectively squelched the Clinton /DLC faction in the Dem party and kept it from ever having influence in the party again.
Wethal on October 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU&eurl=http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/21/143317/391
Not even a little chance. If you watch this video, you can see it is used purposely and for the effect he intended by repeating it.
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Let the moron stoke the racial fires! He’s preaching to the choir is Philly! He’s got 99% of the black vote wrapped up.
Malcolm X is back….too bad this baffoon cant come up with his own lines and speechs
OSUBuciz1 on October 11, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Obama himself says that Malcolm X is his hero. But he doesn’t know where this language comes from, or what Malcolm X was about?
Yeah, and I could have a magic pink unicorn in my back yard.
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 5:25 PM
I just read Allah’s analysis. Spot on. And thanks for the reminder about Cinque Henderson. I think I’ll use it as a stock response to idiotic emails from my liberal friends who think Obama is divine.
Buy Danish on October 11, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Don’t go that route. Don’t turn yourself into a conservative nutroots. He’ll be my president.
Allahpundit on October 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Really? Good for you, AP, however, BO won’t be my president. Not evah. And I’m not nutroots. I’m older than most of you, and this crap is like a replay of my youth. It’s shit, pure and simple. If you want to suck it in, go for it. I won’t. And it’s my last stand.
Ban me if you like, but you need to figure out what’s going on here.
BO will never be my president. Never. Full Stop.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 5:26 PM
The PUMAs are much more committed to working for McCain than an awful lot of conservatives. There’s a group of them doing a bus tour of Ohio, and I mentioned Lynn Forrester de Rothschild’s opening a McCain office in PA. Donald Trump is out speaking for McCain…
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Where are you moving?
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Rendell’s wife would have been a short-lister for SCOTUS had Hillary been nominated and elected, and Eddy might have been an AG pick. While Eddy has to GOTV for Obama, I think he knows Obama has a long memory, and Midge Rendell had better be satisfied with the Third Circuit, because that’s all she’ll ever get if Obama gets in.
Wethal on October 11, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Tiresome Troll alert
very active the past day or so, with the same crap packaged just a little bit differently each time
Janos Hunyadi on October 11, 2008 at 5:29 PM
No, funkychicken, I didn’t. I’ve been here all the way. Mrs. Palin doesn’t have the miles Mrs. Clinton has on her, but she’s got the convictions and the “guns” (not the ones with bullets). Different person at a different time…it would knock the Dems off stride for the 2 weeks it would take to walk into office with a beauty queen and and a real American hero.
And by the way, BuckeyeSam’s idea of Mrs. Palin doing a press conference to explain her abuse of power and set the stage for her Presidency is a fabulous idea.
Thanx for reading my post.
gracie on October 11, 2008 at 5:30 PM
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Offhand? It’s part of his daily stump speech.
Do you need to hear the Rev. Wright use Malcolm’s words in his notorious Chickens are Coming Home to Roost speech again to finally get it?
Buy Danish on October 11, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Sorry AP, but I repeat…
He said the most vile and partisan things about the military and voted no to funds while my brigade was engaged in combat against enemies of this country. He doesn’t deserve to be any servicemans president or CinC.
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I will have to concur.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Where are you moving?
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Unlike Hollywood gasbags I’ve made my plans, and unlike the celebs I will act on them.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Attack, attack, attack.
Hillary failed because she assumed the media would do a background check on Obama and report the good, the bad and the questionable about Obama.
The media only reported the good.
Hillary should have been educating the public every day with “Who really is Barack Obama?”.
Hillary failed because she did not attack Obama enough.
Hillary failed because listened to all the people and press complaining about her attacking Obama.
McCain is following in the same footsteps as Hillary.
Everyday day there needs to be a new chapter and follow-up on earlier chapters trying to educate the public and answer the question, “Who really is Barack Obama?” (Answer: He is a far, far left socialist with an deep empathy for Marxist communism, Muslims and for blacks getting back what they feel they are owed to them by whites. You basically take the Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright philosophies/agendas and smash them together – that is Obama.)
——————-
Obama is now coasting to election day, trying to look unthreatening to white voters. His 30-minute commercial on TV will be so “white”, voters will think Obama is Fred McMurry from the TV show “My 3 Sons” or Ozzie Nelson in “The Nelsons” show Ward Cleaver in “Leave it to Beaver”.
Non-threatening and cool…don’t put fear in the white voters.
As Obama wrote in his book on the trick he learned with dealing with white people:
“It was usually an effective tactic, another one of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied as long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved–such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry all the time.” pg 94
———————-
Attack, attack, attack.
albill on October 11, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Let’s see, the Obamaboozler is the pot calling the McKettle black?
eaglewingz08 on October 11, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Tiresome, yes. Troll alerts are very tiresome. Tired. Tired to death.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:34 PM
The President is still the President even if you didn’t vote for him. Even if you think he sucks. That’s the way it works.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Where to?
Get used to it, troll.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:36 PM
We did land on the White House, the White House landed on us.
Borislav on October 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Si te futuas, gaudeam.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Yep. ACORN trainer/lawyer Obama has been at ground zero of this whole PC-inspired mess: everybody is “entitled” to own a house whether they can afford one or not, and the gov’t should be guaranteeing all these crummy sub-prime loans so we can make the American dream of homeownership a reality for every minority and illegal alien. Obama helped train these ACORN thugs, the same ones who go out and intimidate banks to make more CRA-mandated loans to people who can’t afford them. Obama also represented ACORN in a lawsuit against a bank — suing the bank for not being more irresponsible in its lending practices.
Now Obama the economic genius wants to solve all the problems caused by years of irresponsible gov’t borrowing and overspending (to support the kind of PC idiocy that Obama and ACORN advocate) by doing even MORE borrowing and spending. He’s proposing yet another gov’t “stimulus” — giving away hundreds of billions of dollars that we don’t have. Brilliant! And after that, he’ll raise taxes on “the rich” and on businesses — because we all know how much that kind of action always stimulates the economy.
It’s as if Obama supporters are nostalgic for the Great Depression and want to see it return. Looks like they may get their wish.
AZCoyote on October 11, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Unlike Hollywood gasbags I’ve made my plans, and unlike the celebs I will act on them.
Where to?
Tiresome, yes. Troll alerts are very tiresome. Tired. Tired to death.
Get used to it, troll.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Me? A troll? You are sadly mistaken.
No. I’m not a troll.
Embrace BO as your president for four or eight years. I’ll be interested in your comments.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM
This is for trailboss:
On December 1, 1963, when he was asked for a comment about the assassination of President Kennedy, Malcolm X said that it was a case of “chickens coming home to roost”. He added that “chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they’ve always made me glad”.
Rev. Wright wasn’t using this phrase “offhand” either.
Buy Danish on October 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Not the rules the liberals played by as my unit lost 14 comrades over two deployments.
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Opdray eaddray.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Or opdray eadday, either one. Point is, we’re on to you.
Not you, trailboss.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Ya know, which Jewish holidays? Could have been Passover for all I know LOL
And did it strike you as weird that Baptist Bill Clinton would be out of commission because of Jewish holidays?
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Hawk, having now watched both videos, I will have to concur with your conclusion. Neither time was accidental. He was addressing a particular audience, and using the phrases they understand all too well.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Word up.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 5:44 PM
The only thing I embrace is the American electoral system. If he wins, legitimately — which I don’t believe he will — he will be the president whether I like it or not. This is not the Daily Kos.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:44 PM
So the right has no right to be angry, when for the past eight years, we’ve had to tolerate “Nazi”, “racists”, “terrorists”, “death to Bush” movies, cartoons, sites, letters, displays, posters, chants, etc.?
If that ain’t the pot calling the kettle black.
madmonkphotog on October 11, 2008 at 5:44 PM
I stand doubly corrected.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Or opdray eadday, either one. Point is, we’re on to you.
Me? A troll? You are sadly mistaken.
Not you, trailboss.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Ask Ed. You’re being a jerk, Jim.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Uhh,
Uh-Oh, you’re grounded!
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Someday, we all will. But just for you, today:
Oete fututure, te saluto!
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:47 PM
trailboss, you need to hang out at HuffPo, not here
here, you ruin threads with constant unintelligent bullsh+t criticism of McCain and ass-kissings of Obama. You get in the way of intelligent discussion, which is your primary purpose
Do you really think we don’t notice? Why is it that you leftard clowns ALWAYS think you’re smarter than conservatives?
and you’re almost always wrong………..
Janos Hunyadi on October 11, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Gents, let’s simmer down, please.
I fear we’re headed for a schism in the conservative blogosphere if The One wins. The rejectionists will go one way, the rest of us will go another. I wonder what our traffic will look like by spring.
Allahpundit on October 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Good for you. Seriously. A hard core troll wouldn’t admit that.
Buy Danish on October 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Is there somebody in particular you’re trying to impress? We know you’re impressed with yourself, so I’m assuming it’s somebody else.
I wasn’t calling you a troll. I was calling the troll a troll. I disagree with you, but you’re not being trolly about it. Please accept my apology for the confusion.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM
You are bound for a tragic bout of unhappiness if you let yourself continue with that line of reasoning. Honestly, is this how you think about things in life?
Here’s the deal:
If you tell me that the sitting POTUS is not your President, you are either not a citizen or you are a secessionist.
If a member of the armed forces thusly detaches himself from America and the command of our CIC, he’s a traitor.
Don’t let an election taint your American values. Don’t be a turncoat.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM
What does anyone think would happen if John McCain said something that sounded remotely like it came from The Turner Diaries?
Would the media let it pass like this?
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Just letting my true feelings for you out in the open, Jim.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:52 PM
The friggin simpletons on the left likely endangered our troops and missions with their similar denouncements of President Bush.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Thank you. Just because some have to try to pigeon-hole me cause I don’t automatically agree with them, doesn’t mean I’m a troll. Hard core contrarian, yes, troll, not so much.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:54 PM
They’re already planning to raise you taxes
ConservativePartyNow on October 11, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Yes, very.
Wethal on October 11, 2008 at 5:54 PM
So let them. If they reject the system when it doesn’t produce the result they want, they’re no better than those they decry. Who needs ‘em?
By the way, thank you for saying “if.” There’s that silver lining!
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Say it in English, genius, if you’re so open about it.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:57 PM
I agree but the left never respected that philosophy these last 7 years. But those on the right should never lower their bar to their level. Reminds me of a quote I heard: “Never argue with an idiot, they will only bring you down to their level, then beat you with experience”. (the “idiot” being liberals, not any comments here)
Ozprey on October 11, 2008 at 5:57 PM
I’m an active duty officer in my 31st year of service to this country. I’ve be through wars in Central America to fight Marxism and in OEF and OIF to fight against radical Islam. I have an absolute right to consider his legitimacy in any way I choose to frame it considering “his” and the majority of the Democratic Party’s “traitorous” behavior while I was deployed to any and all of these conflicts.
hawkdriver on October 11, 2008 at 5:57 PM
If he’d called McCain a ‘cracker,’ they wouldn’t have let it pass, but because this is not so well known, they will turn a blind eye.
It’s plain wrong, but minorities get lots of ‘passes’ when they use racist phrases. A candidate for prez should get no passes on this one. Like I said earlier, I stand corrected on his usage.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Twoconservative on October 11, 2008 at 5:58 PM
As our 9%-approval ratings corrupot and paid-off Democrat Congress now feels that giving the same deadbeats who refuse to pay even their first mortgage payments and who are now living in taxpayer-subsidized houses more food stamps and EITC, aka “Welfare from already brutalized Taxpayers”, I can’t see how this building anger will not result in something rather tangible.
We haven’t seen anything yet…
TexasJew on October 11, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Can’t. Don’t want to be banned yet.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 5:59 PM
I think it is sad people calling mccain campaign making people angry.
Every friggin campaign obama is on has horrible and mean signs…Like Bush is a terrorist.
We live in a bizarre reality.
tomas on October 11, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Indeed.
Allahpundit on October 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
You do realize you’re basically making the chickenhawk argument, right? Do you buy it when it comes from the other side? I don’t.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
nice try, troll. You’re clever, but not intelligent or well-educated. You try to hide that, but can’t pull it off–people like you rarely can hide for very long
Access to an on-line translation site only makes you more obvious–but of course you think the opposite
One of the traits which gives you away is your constant re-cycling of Demo talking points and hackneyed anti-conservative cliches. You actually believe that if you alter them a little bit each time, we’ll think you’re Real Smart and have new ideas and insights
Janos Hunyadi on October 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
I think HotAir is well-funded to compete for a long time in the marketplace of ideas.
You guys dish passion without bluster. HotAir’s refined dissemination of powerful and often unpalatable truths is the crack in my pipe. I’m hooked. So is everybody else. Nobody’s going anywhere.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
I wasn’t calling you a troll. I was calling the troll a troll. I disagree with you, but you’re not being trolly about it. Please accept my apology for the confusion.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Whatever.
A bit of advice for you “pundits:” Check yourselves, because you really are not as clever, funny or wise as you may think.
No harm done, Jim or to AP. We have tough times ahead of us.
I’m a trader, pure and simple. Trading isn’t just dumb luck looking at charts. A good trader reads markets and has an insight into people. That’s where the money is, understanding people.
That’s where the pols go.
Cody1991 on October 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Didn’t think so, troll.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 6:01 PM
talk about racially tinged
lodge on October 11, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Thank you for your service. I will respectfully disagree with you as I grant you wide berth.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Got a life, outside of Troll Patrol, I mean?
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Seconded.
trailboss on October 11, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Well, I wasn’t. My bad for not differentiating between the two quotes.
Look, the guy who gets elected is the President. They’ll have to accept it if it’s McCain, and we’ll have to accept it if it’s Obama. I think they have more reason to accept our guy, and less emotional capacity to do so, but still. That’s how it works.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 6:04 PM
That is the lamest threat ever. If you keep it up, I’m gonna say something stupid. Don’t test me bro.
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Now McCain do you still respect Obama X???
thmcbb on October 11, 2008 at 6:04 PM
I for one haven’t voted yet, so I am not going to talk about obama being mine/yours or anyones elses president. Last time I checked we still have an election on Nov. 4th. I am sure the dems love it that they are being successful at demoralizing us.
Twoconservative on October 11, 2008 at 6:05 PM
+1
Spirit of 1776 on October 11, 2008 at 6:05 PM
I really get tired of Obama using this Denzel Washington line from the Malcolm X movie.
If Obama is such a bright messianic figure, you would think he could come up with his own lines.
Captain America on October 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM
allah, you never said which comment drew the ban hammer threat
funky chicken on October 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Ask Deval Patrick about that.
Spirit of 1776 on October 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM
racially tinged = right wing slang for “tinted windows”
The Race Card on October 11, 2008 at 6:08 PM
The President is still the President even if you didn’t vote for him. Even if you think he sucks. That’s the way it works.
Jim Treacher on October 11, 2008 at 5:35 PM
So what are you saying?
That we are to become happy slaves to a corrupt and corrupting system that is bent on destroying our future, our freedoms and our free enterprise system simply to buy votes from subsidized voters who produce practically nothing and who continually parasitize the rest of us?
What’s happening here was not some act of G-d. Nowhere before in the history of the world have people been able to buy houses without downpayments or verifiable employment. It was political corruption and worse..
The long-term winners here is China and the Asian markets. And if they have a brain in their heads, they’ll continue to save, work hard, pay their bills and tell us to drop dead.
TexasJew on October 11, 2008 at 6:09 PM
<a href=”">The whole speech from the movie.
If this is what Obama really thinks, we’re in a world of hurt.
29Victor on October 11, 2008 at 6:12 PM
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