Video: 12-year-old called racist for wearing Palin t-shirt
posted at 4:37 pm on October 17, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Any proof that she actually was called any names? Nope, but that didn’t stop national media from trumpeting the lie that someone yelled “Kill him!” about Obama at one of Palin’s rallies last week. Consider this the logical end result of Murtha smearing his constituents by declaring them racist because they preferred Hillary to The One, of John Lewis comparing McCain to segregationists, of Obama surrogates accusing Republicans of racism, and of Obama himself musing about Maverick’s difficulties with people who don’t look like the people on the currency. It takes a lot of messaging to penetrate so deeply that even middle-schoolers start absorbing it, but Team Barry and their water carriers have been happy to oblige. The healer, they call him. Click the image to watch.
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No shame.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Aha! Obama is RESPONSIBLE for this! [or he should be, if we're going off the Palin precedent]
lodge on October 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM
She and her family will be smeared in 3… 2… 1
null on October 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM
What is going on, gee, please grow up you wonderful and thoughful democ-rats
foxone on October 17, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Blonde hair, blue eyes, looks pretty suspicious to me. To the re-education camp, post-haste!
Vashta.Nerada on October 17, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Her address will be on Kos in ten minutes.
Akzed on October 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, that’s racist for sure!
tdavisjr on October 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM
RAAAAAAAAACIST!
YOOOOOOO WHERES MY BELUGA CAVIAR AND LOBSTER!!!???!!! MOFUGGAS BE TRIPPIN UP IN THIS WOLDORF HISTORIA MAN!!! < RACIST AND I DONT CAAAAARE!!!!
I’M SICK OF THIS DAMN ELECTION BEING ABOUT RACE! SICK OF IT!
Cardiganfox on October 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM
I’ll kickstart the smear campaign talking points:
1) This little girl’s name isn’t even Joe!
2) She’s not a licensed plumber!
3) She doesn’t even pay taxes!
What? It’s all 100% truly true facts, people. That’s what she gets for wearing that shirt!
Gilda on October 17, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Of course its racist! To oppose Bambi and be white is racist!
/Liberal thinking
CrazyFool on October 17, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I believe it. I’ve been called a “racist” and far worse from strangers when I’m wearing my Palin t-shirt.
lansing quaker on October 17, 2008 at 4:46 PM
The kid talks more reasonably about politics than some of my neighbors. At least she understands that there ARE issues beyond skin color.
Quisp on October 17, 2008 at 4:48 PM
I hope we are going to see some courageous black civil right leaders call out Obama for setting race relations back a couple of decades.
neuquenguy on October 17, 2008 at 4:49 PM
I’ve gotten that tripe from my neighbor, all because of my bumper stickers. I believe it too.
I’m also very proud of that girl for volunteering and being politically knowledgable. I can only hope the same for my kids, although that’s exactly what I intend to encourage.
Anna on October 17, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Oh gawd. It’s “unacceptable” but we can use it as a “teachable moment.” I hate those liberal buzz words.
Brat on October 17, 2008 at 4:50 PM
The camera man made sure he got a good shot of the Bible on the coffee table. Niiiice.
AubieJon on October 17, 2008 at 4:52 PM
i bet she is related to “JOE the Plumber”
custer on October 17, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Nauseating.
ronsfi on October 17, 2008 at 4:53 PM
From the story, it sounds like the teacher heard it, which makes me wonder why they didn’t interview her.
Either way, I have no problem believing it. I’m sure many of us here have similar and worse stories for things just as benign.
Also, I’m with Anna. I don’t have kids yet, but when I do, I hope they get involved like that girl. It’ll make it a lot easier for them to keep from being indoctrinated by college professors and peer pressure.
Esthier on October 17, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Somebody send that young lady a Rush Limbaugh “Club Gitmo” tee shirt…
I live in the South. When my kids were in high school, one of my daughter’s friends was suspended for a week because the truck he drove to school (which, by the way, belonged to his dad) had a rebel flag license plate on the front. However, the Malcom X shirts, Che Guevara shirts, etc. were all fine with the school administration.
uncivilized on October 17, 2008 at 4:53 PM
You mean, aside from the teacher who witnessed the events reported.
Oh well, I’m sure this girl just made it up so she could get her 15 minutes of fame.
Spirit of 1776 on October 17, 2008 at 4:54 PM
“Teachable moment.”
So, if I were a student in this girl’s school, and said ni*ger to any black student, I would not get in trouble but could use the word to start a dialogue?
I find that impossible to believe.
madmonkphotog on October 17, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Along with her last report card and her parents’ tax return.
Labamigo on October 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
I’m sure this going to be all over the news and all the reporters are going to demand Obama answer why he and his surrogates have created such a hostile political environment …. no just fucking kidding. Acutally the media is going to destroy this girl. LOL!!!!
CanadianGuy on October 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
“We don’t want to tell people how to think, sweetie – we just want to show them how.” – Serenity
Think about it.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
That sounds like you’re in Alabama, where I am. One encouraging thing I noticed this week on the Auburn campus during an annual thing called Hey Day: There was a College Republican booth, Gay Pride booth, Frat and Soroity booths. I couldn’t find a College democrats booth.
AubieJon on October 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Should be “what to think”
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
This is first class race baiting.
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
She obviously needs to be sent to the Obama Praise Choir Camp to be indoctrinated to the truths of Dear Leader.
vcferlita on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Movie was even better than the show.
Esthier on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Obviously she’s JTP’s secret love child.
thevastlane on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
She’s not 12. She’s 12 1/2. Skipped a grade. Has a tax lien against her for taxes owed for volunteering for a Republican. Doesn’t have a license.
McCain should have vetted her first.
danking70 on October 17, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Sick.
Claypigeon on October 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Has it happened, or was it just a dream?
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Howard Wolfson actually said that about JTP on Fox this morning.
CanadianGuy on October 17, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Yep, except it’s coming from across the street rather than across the globe…
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Sure…a dialogue with the principle, followed by a dialogue with your mom when you called her to pick you up, after you had been expelled.
uncivilized on October 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Whether we realize it or not, this racist accusation stuff is resonating with the electorate.
swami on October 17, 2008 at 5:03 PM
She epitomizes first class classiness.
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:03 PM
She could have defused this entire situation by simply responding with “f&ck you, b!tch”. She would have lowered herself to whomever’s level and they’d have had a good laugh. /sarc off.
AubieJon on October 17, 2008 at 5:04 PM
This is a first class t-shirt.
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Folks, there’s gonna be a backlash. Good for us.
marklmail on October 17, 2008 at 5:06 PM
*so very sick of this pathetic black/liberal whinging*
LimeyGeek on October 17, 2008 at 5:06 PM
I’ll bet. Who else thinks that middle America has has just about enough of every little thing McCain’s camp says or does is “Racist”?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:06 PM
It’s really a positive thing that those insults were being hurled toward Whitie……I mean, how many teachable moments do teachers get nowadays?
-burp-
Joe Comment on October 17, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Apparently only black men are allowed to say that
LimeyGeek on October 17, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Brat on October 17, 2008 at 5:09 PM
In our re-education camp, we are all forced to wear “black face” and call each other “brother”, and listen to Rev. Wright 24/7………………
Seven Percent Solution on October 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Well, AP, you got the Outrage Meter off the scale today, must be payday!
Seriously, though, I’m afraid some HA’ers are going to have strokes before November 5th if you keep this up.
trailboss on October 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Oops…you’re right…add “dialogue with a ping-pong paddle”. Also known as “getting three licks” when I was in school.
uncivilized on October 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
She should be sent to Obama’s firts class charm school.
That’ll teach her!!
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
How do you keep your collective heads from exploding?
uncivilized on October 17, 2008 at 5:12 PM
The “teachable moment” is Barack Obama trying to become President by setting a tone of insulting women and destroying the progress of civil rights.
Are they teaching that?
Maher, Silverman, Bernhard, SNL et al are certainly thinking of ways to destroy this girl. SNL will probably have a skit with her as Sarah’s love child with JTP. The others will call her foul names. Letterman will mock her relentlessly, etc.
By the way, did anyone see the color the inside of their house was painted? Oh yeah, they are so racist.
econavenger on October 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM
The kids need to be beaten. Period.
Those parents need a good slap, too. They’re not upset at the school that took insults being directed at her daughter and turned it into a political discussion instead of punishing them? If that were my daughter, I’d be in the teacher’s face in an hour.
MadisonConservative on October 17, 2008 at 5:14 PM
That is a firts class color pink!!
If she was wearing white, she would be kicked out of firts class.
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Obama doesn’t have to teach us these things.
That’s the advantage of being able to delegate your astroturfing to an effective campaign organization.
NeighborhoodCatLady on October 17, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Don’t worry, I’m taking a low dose aspirin every day.
Brat on October 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Obama, bringing people together.
Hope and change and hatred.
Hening on October 17, 2008 at 5:18 PM
We should all remember where this stuff originated, with the Kos induced DNC chair. The fish rots at the head first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRlrF4Y7Rc
swami on October 17, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Someone get me a Truth Squad on the line, stat!
Texas Rainmaker on October 17, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Maybe she should have added “sponsored by Code Pink” or a pink triangle on the shirt and everything would have been okey dokey.
Brat on October 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. MLK
I cannot help but believe that MLK meant the above for all people even though it was especially true for his children. It is amazing that the tables have been turned by Obama and his ilk and things have been totally reversed.
God help us…
Believer88 on October 17, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Maybe the Banu Obama will hack her my space page and try to set her up for suicide.
BL@KBIRD on October 17, 2008 at 5:21 PM
During the primaries, my 10 year old boy was talking to a bunch of kids at the lunch table at his school about the Hillary/Bambi fight.
When my little guy said, that if he was old enough, that he would never vote for Obama, one of the kids looked him in the eye and said, “What are you anyway, a racist or something?
My son told him, “No, because I’m a conservative is all”
He told me about it that night. So, we went to the web and Googled, Michael Steel, Ken Blackwell, Judge Thomas and Thomas Soul and cut and pasted their photos and bios, and printed it out for him.
The next day at lunch, he handed the papers with the info to his little Obama supporter and told him, “If any of these guys were running for president I’d vote for them”.
The other kid said, “They aren’t qualified because they’re republicans.”
True story.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 17, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Well as to why they made it a first class political discussion instead of getting mad?
I blame first class classy Karl Rove!
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:24 PM
A future GOP’er with Malkins!
.
Where can I send her a shirt?
abinitioadinfinitum on October 17, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Can’t have Republicans running a republic can we?
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:25 PM
That tshirt should be red, not pink! I hate pink…yuck!
txstar on October 17, 2008 at 5:26 PM
gumble on October 17, 2008 at 5:26 PM
2nd lawsuit challenges Obama’s citizenship
Man demands state verify birth records or remove senator from ballots
Note: It is incumbent on ALL Secretaries of State in all of the United States to BOTH accurately verify Voters AND candidates. Barack Hussein Obama has sealed his “Hawaiian” birth records and also records in Kenya.
Failure to verify and certify qualification for ALL candidates in a general election by any Secretary of State may be a cause of action (dereliction of duty) and criminal charges may be filed.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78111
Also:
The Video that could cost Obama the election
http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=68
First Lawsuit against Obama and the DNC:
http://www.obamacrimes.com
AdrianS on October 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Courage!
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
GO ASHLEY GO
sonnyspats1 on October 17, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Brainwashed.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
One can only hope there is one Secretary of State left in the Union with the strength of character to demand a legal copy of THE ONE’s birth certificate. Imagine if, regardless of his actual citizenship status, if he were to be thrown off the ballot in a blue or battleground state.
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Allah and Ed sure you have done a first class job at displaying first class stupidity to the first class HotAir readers.
Good job first class team of first class bloggers!!!
Mcguyver on October 17, 2008 at 5:33 PM
With as much stuff as we KNOW is illegal about what he and his cohorts are getting away with… don’t bet on it.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 5:34 PM
I’m glad to see that these parents are discussing meeting with a lawyer to sue for harassment. It gets on my nerves to see these news blurbs where there’s already a lawyer sitting there talking about the emotional damage to the child and what would make it right ($$$$).
In 7th grade, my sister was attending a magnet school in the inner city. At lunch, a girl randomly walked over to her, declared that my sister was way too white and poured chocolate milk all over her.
When my mom called to talk to the vice principle, he said, “Well, we have no way of knowing what your daughter did to provoke her.”
That weekend, my mom bleached my sister’s hair platinum blonde and sent her back ‘even whiter than before’.
Perhaps it wasn’t the most mature way of dealing with the situation, but, my sister is one of the coolest cucumbers I know now. Sticks and stones can still break her bones, but, words bounce right off of her.
JadeNYU on October 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Sorry…I was missing an incredibly important “not” in that post.
It should say:
“I’m glad to see that these parents are NOT discussing meeting with a lawyer to sue for harassment.”
Sorry about that.
JadeNYU on October 17, 2008 at 5:38 PM
On the contrary, that was probably the best response to such hostility.
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:38 PM
But associating with criminals and terrorists isn’t, unfortunately, a disqualifier for office. Being a naturalized citizen, or an illegal alien is.
If any state in the union fails to recognize the Senator as a native born citizen then we have the basis for a federal challenge to his taking the office no matter how many hundreds of thousands of votes he steals.
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
The nerve of your sister..
being born Caucasian and all..
/sarc
DaveC on October 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Why not split the country into two halves and they can keep their half shoved up their arse? Joe Biden would go with it.
Griz on October 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Did you notice how they got a shot with the bible in the foreground. Seems deliberate to me.
MarcusBrody on October 17, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Now.. to make a bad situation worse,.. Your sister could have walked over to the girl and say, “I want you to get ahead in life.” and poured white milk over the girl.
DaveC on October 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
OOOooo! THAT would be so awesome!
Browncoatone on October 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM
This whole thing has me spooked.
ManlyRash on October 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM
In our re-education camp, the leaders have begun to call “racist” to everything……….. We are “racists”, our clothes are “racists”, the food is “racists”, the sky is “racists”, the law of gravity is “racists”, up is “racists”, down is “racists”………….
………… in silent protests, we have smuggled in a little story and have been passing this around.
Seven Percent Solution on October 17, 2008 at 5:47 PM
ROFL!! Keep fighting the good fight 7%!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Of couse she’s a racist, she white.
But the fact that she is blond means she is a racist on the KKK grand imperial wizard level. That’s almost as racist as Sen. Byrd.
/s
TheSitRep on October 17, 2008 at 5:54 PM
This “Racist!” slur should be about as effective now as “Your mother wears army boots!” and now deserves no more than the playground “I know you are but what am I?” in return.
Heck, I think I’ll start using it again.
Dusty on October 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM
What’s wrong with my mother’s boots???
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 17, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Get this: I just checked my mailbox, and underneath my Dr. Who dvds there is the square flier from a (guess which party goes here) Congressional Campaign Committee. On the front: a picture of a suited monkey, saying “The last guy who had the job lost three billion dollars, so they figured even a trained monkey can do better than that.” Now, I guess it’s lucky that the target is white, female, and Republican – if the Republicans ran an ad with a monkey against a Dem., you just know someone would cry “racist!”
And, hey, my mom actually did wear Army boots! I never got that insult!
Anna on October 17, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Sorry, I kind of breezed through the comments here. But I want to ask you all if you caught this in the segment:
At one point the cameraman gets the camera lens at level of the coffee table, which happens to have on it an open bible on a bible stand, so you get a close up shot of that bible with the family sitting on the couch behind it.
Subtle imagery of evangelical nutwings or my imagination?
Sultry Beauty on October 17, 2008 at 6:13 PM
it’s “Your mother wears COMBAT boots”
you young people need to get your meaningless sayings and obscure cultural references correct……..
( yes, we have no bananas )
Janos Hunyadi on October 17, 2008 at 6:14 PM
gotta buy one of those shirts for my daughter in kindergarten..
just because
DaveC on October 17, 2008 at 6:18 PM
A wonderful young girl! A bright hope of the future of the Republican party!
The racist thing is getting way old. Racist this, racist that. I just don’t care anymore.
My McCain yard sign is getting ripped up nearly every day. The wire is being bent and the plastic is getting torn. A black friend of one of my kids admitted to tearing it up one night. He apologized but now i guess it’s someone else.
Here in PA, Murtha is calling western Pennsylvanians racists. I voted for Lynn Swann last election!
I’m wondering how many blacks voted for him? I doubt Murtha did!
2012 ticket Palin/Swann!
JellyToast on October 17, 2008 at 6:30 PM
So, AP is truly a liar.
Yes. I said, AP IS
Tommygun on October 17, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Doesn’t she know there’s no place for independant thought in the public school system?
(I wish I were being sarc.)
rightwingmom on October 17, 2008 at 6:50 PM
eh, political attire is banned from She took a chance, and they called her on it. Calling her racist over it is just wrong. There’s nothing racist about this election, at least it shouldnt be to any educated person. Its come down to these two guys and one is just not what the country needs right now and he may very well not even be a citizen to be running in the first place. Thats work someone else is doing. Someone needs to show he’s even legally in the country at this point.
johnnyU on October 17, 2008 at 6:51 PM
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