The Republican Party Continues To Be Haven For Overt Racists
It would be naive to believe that racist do not exist in every political party. That said, no mainstream party has so used race as a systemic method for dividing people with the expectation of achieving a particular goal.
This is not an accident, it is by design. The Southern Strategy was popularized by Richard Nixon's strategist Kevin Phillips. It was continued with Ronald Reagan kicking off his campaign in Philadelphia Mississippi, the place where three civil rights leaders were murdered, under the pretext of states rights.
Below is a snippet of what the McCain campaign has devolved to. No self-respecting human being should be a part of this party. This is the reason the ranks of Independents and Democrats continue to grow. I am sure the party will be relegated to the racists, haters, and self-haters in the not too distant future.
McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show It was kind of strange, dintcha think, that John McCain came to the defense of his supporters last night after Barack Obama pointed out that people at McCain/Palin rallies were shouting out "terrorist" and "kill him!" in reference to Obama. Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:
Yep, McCain must be so proud. The rest of us, well ... let's just say those polls should tell the story. |
Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama's face on food stamp
The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps." |
Top Tampa GOP Figure Circulates Joke About Killing Obama Al Austin, a longtime, high-level Republican fundraiser from Tampa, today sent to his list of political contacts an e-mail containing a joke that refers to the assassination of Barack Obama. When asked about the e-mail, Austin said it was a mistake and apologized and that he wouldn’t knowingly have circulated it. He said he planned to send an apology and retraction to the same e-mail list. The joke concerns a group of schoolchildren discussing the definition of “tragedy” as opposed to “great loss” or “accident.” The punch line comes when one child says that if an airplane carrying Obama and his wife, Michelle, “was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens,” the event might be a tragedy “because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.” Austin acknowledged sending the e-mail to his list of political contacts but said he forwarded it without fully reading it and didn’t know what it said. That list included at least two reporters. According to the forwarding history on the e-mail, it had gone through at least two other individuals before being sent to Austin on Tuesday. Austin, a prominent real estate developer long known as one of the state’s leading Republican campaign fundraisers, has served in recent years as finance chairman for both the national and state Republican parties. |
| McCain To Appear With Virginia GOP Chairman Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden  Earlier this week, Time magazine’s Karen Tumulty reported on how Jeffrey Frederick, the chairman of the Virginia Republican party, gave GOP volunteers talking points on “the connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden.” “Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon,” Frederick told 30 volunteers. “That is scary.” Though McCain campaign spokesperson Gail Gitchoo told the Washington Post that “the McCain campaign disagrees with the comparison that Jeff Frederick made,” McCain himself refused to denounce Frederick’s comments. Asked by Virginia television station WSLS if Frederick’s comparison was “appropriate,” McCain said, “I have to look at the context of his remarks.” |
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