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It's an ugly strategy. And it's especially ugly coming from the $109 million dollar Clintons.
Hillary, McCain and the "Republican Establishment" are blowing a dog-whistle (with a higher pitch than even the best-hearing dogs could hear).
There was a white man in PA who asked Obama if he thought that "elitist" really meant "uppity," and Obama responded, "I think it's just politics." ...BUT HERE IS THE RUB...IF THE WHITE MAN WAS SAVVY ENOUGH TO ASK THE QUESTION, HE MUST HAVE INTERPRETED THAT ELITIST=UPPITY...You best believe that he was NOT the only caucasian who interpreted it that way. They are hearing the whistle loud and clear.
About a month ago, as I (Black Woman)was doing my best to persuade a Hillary/Barack fence-sitter friend of mine (South Asian woman) to come over to the "O" side, she admitted to me that she cast her primary vote for Hillary because "Michelle seemed arrogant" on some interview. ???? The levels of wrongness, the levels of wrongness!!
She ultimately decided that Barack made more sense as a president than Hillary, but I look at my friend in a whole new way now. It was an epiphany. Where I thought we were on the same page about the "arrogance trap", we were miles and miles apart. Still are.
I also saw that video of the white guy in PA asking Obama if elitist = uppity. I'll try and find the link to the video.
I don't think its a dog whistle, its a fog horn.
Substitute the word "media" for the word "high tech" to make this apply to Barack Obama.
It's the media that is Elitist and racist.
How does someone saying that Obama is arrogant or displaying a sense of entitlement become racist?
Wasn't the same "entitlement" charged leveled at Clinton before Obama won IA?
That makes no sense to me.
And what does Mrs. McCain's inheritance have to do with this squabble?
Including but not limited to black Clinton surrogates it's a partial explanation to the nagging question: How they can support Hillary in light of the campaign tactics?
Gotta go, gotta run to Whole Foods and pick up some arugula.
That's not what Obama did, but white politicians do it all the time!
Sometimes they speak it in code like the congressman that called Obama a boy a couple of days ago.
"How does someone saying that Obama is arrogant or displaying a sense of entitlement become racist?"
Please. You did identify yourself as black didn't you? You know the drill! There are many who don't take to educated black folks doing well and Hillary is simply trying to draw on those emotions.
Of course Stepford Cindy is proud. She got a deal with the Feds after stealing pills. She inherited 100 million that she didn't have to work for...GO USA!
The election for President has always been the white man's game. In this game they dominate, they excel. They know the passes and rules. White men know how to WIN! Black men don't do so well in this sport. They flounder as they attempt to play by rules they don't clearly understand..and they FAIL. Then...along came Barack! A black man with mad skills. But, Barack didn't play by the rules..he reset the rules to impossibly high standards. Barack didn't just beat his opponent, HE BEAT THE GAME!....sora like, like....TIGER WOODS.
The white men are mad. They grumble that whenever one of THOSE guys learn to play our game, they end up beating us! They want the black man to stick to his own sports: rapping and bastketball. Now, there's going to be millions of inner city coloured kids training to break into our sport...GODDAMN IT, we can't let him win!
Then came Ms Dragon lady Ferraro, whose sole purpose was to inject race and gender in the race..this opened the door for the Wright controversy.
Now you have this bitter flap..Hell folks ARE bitter, but when u point out that an Ivy League educated Black man is saying it--how do u think it looks to poor working class white America?
Elitist, condescending, out of touch--all code words for: he thinks he is above you, better which soon translates into uppity and who the hell does this n*gger think HE IS!!
lastly I watched that 60 mins episode where they asked HRC if barrack was a Muslim and she replied “I guess not, if he says so”--but earlier in that program--they had a small panel where this guy who was unemployed and had lost his health ins, wife had some illness (cancer I think)..the poor guy was so beaten he was crying.
He was asked who he would vote for, he replied, I like that Obama fella BUT I hear that he is a Muslim and does not read the same bible.
Republicans for the last 8 years have been able to exploit the fears working class voters. They don’t blog and rarely have time to read papers, but they do listen to radio and watch the conservative shows. The RNC plays on their prejudices and make them forget their current plight---that is the reason why these voters flock to the GOP and wonder why their lot in life haven’t changed….they DO become bitter only to get hoodwinked again 4 years later.
At the end of the day---is your racial attitudes so overbearing that it makes you forget about current economic status and well being?
2000-Monica Lewinsky—Bush “I pledge to restore honor and dignity to the WH.
2004 National security—vote for us or Osama will get you. Same sex marriage-you vote for these liberals and they will change the constitution and Homosexuals will take over.
2008-Barak Hussien Obama is the Manchurian candidate who is an uppity Negro who thinks he is better than you!
Black people can be arrogant or snobbish?
Have you not heard of the Links? What about the Boule? jack and Jill anyone?
I number of the people in this organizations don't come from generations of money but they are as snobbish as they come.
No, what is the drill? Cause in the circles I operate in, that type of thought doesn't exist.
Timeline of a media lynching:
1. Saturday Night Live does a skit in which the media is portrayed as being easy on Obama.
2. At the Cinncinatti debate Hillary Clinton accuses the media of being soft on Obama.
3. It's On like Tyrone!
The media and Hillary are bashing Obama so the GOP won't have to.
Shakes,
The existence of those organizations is spun as "empowerment." The inherent elistism those organizations present is completely lost.
You strike me as the type of negro who thanks white folks for not calling you a nigger!
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I have to disagree with this assertion.
When I heard the comment, I immediately asked myself how were my dad and brothers going to take this? So I called them.
My dad, a swing voter, voted for Clinton, then Bush, and Obama for Senate. Leaning Obama for president, he was 'very disappointed.''He just doesn't get people like us. This could finish him against McCain.'
He was sticking by Obama after the Wright incident. 'His pastor may be racist but I'm not going to say that that means he (Obama) is,' he told me.
My brothers, all under 40, busy raising families, trying to get ahead, work hard and love to hunt, play paintball, and enjoy the outdoors in their spare time.
They are all Catholic. All swing voters. They are split, 2 for Obama, 2 for McCain.
They all voted for Obama for Illinois Senator.
They all agree that this is going to hurt Obama with white men their age. Why? Because it makes him look 'snobby' and 'phony.' My brother don't like snobs and phonies. But I do not think that is the same thing as calling a black man 'uppity.'
Is this a dog-whistle? I don't think so. Racists were against Obama from day one.
Why? Because I acknowledge the existence of racism in some places and people, but don't dwell on or look for racism everwhere?
You are OUT OF ORDER and there is no excuse for your disrespect of this blog and it's readers!!!!!!! NONE! I think you are absolutely despicable!
Against Race Politics
BWA HA HA HA HA AH AHAH
Yep. I know the drill.
d,
come on. I'm right here on this...the way you write, I know you speak the same way....you've encountered being called ' Uppity'. We ' Uppity Negroes' can smell one another, even via keyboard.
And this is SOOOOO about 'UPPITY'.
Period.
Obama has lived a life of experience and achievement in very insulated environments: The Ivy League and south side Chicago politics.
In the rarefied, liberal, politically correct,academic world he was able to develop and showcase his talents.
Always aspiring to politics, he used his position as a community organizer and a member of a prominant black church to gain advantage and credibility with the 'machine politicians' in Chicago.
When Obama ran for Senator from Illinois, his more challenging competition self destructed in sex scandal. The Republican party is a shadow of its former self and the best they could do was recruit Alan Keyes. No Republican or Independent I know voted for Keyes.
So, in that sense, I feel Obama's comments were elitist. He truly has little knowledge or experience with rural America other than reading 'What's the Matter with Kansas'.
Sadly, when some folks become afraid they tend to do REALLY stupid things.
No more steppin and fetchin!
Yup!!!!!
D,
bet you got kinfolks that don't like your uppity ass.
I want my President to be 1337, instead of redneck and tupid.
Obama for '08 and '12! Settle for nothing less.
He is isn't he. He also has a wife who can think. And, perhaps, that's the real problem.
Nope, never. Quiet as it's kept, I'm the intelligent underachiever.
But this isn't about me. I've been accused of arrogance, and it's not once been from the "uppity negro" standpoint.
You can be arrogant and stand on your achievements-which is what I do-without being uppity.
I don't see the racism.
Obama has this problem among white rural voter because they are the group that is most removed from his own experience. They hunt, they bowl, they drink beer, they belong to a traditional church and they express their love of their country by flying the fag and wearing lapel pins, and they don't eat arugula.
they are not who Obama knows best.
Obama would have been better off to admit the obvious differences, racial, educational, and cultural and not presume to know their motivations. He would have done better to acknowledge his limits. Offer solutions he truly believes in, trust in his message and assume the best about rural whites, rather than the worst.
if he had done that, no one would be talking about how 'uppity' he is. They would be applauding his courage to admit his limitations.
The Angry Negro vs. The Media (aka The Angry White Men)!
Vote for Obama at TIME!!!
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOOOOOOOOOOOTE!!!!!!
At 12:43 he was at #35, by 6:44 he was at #18!!!!!
Rev. Wright is on the list too.
You're wearing me out - you just don't get it!
Please go to the following post and point out to me how Obama's comments were any different than Clinton's other than Clinton saying these white Southern men were paying the price for liberty.
I'd also like to get your thougts on the liberty statement.
I'm white, my family has roots in rural Indiana, and south side blue-collar Chicago, I have cousins and uncles who are farmers, and I don't get it?
Jill is wondering why this "meme is sticking" and I am trying to give you a view into the world in which I live.
I simply reject the "What's the Matter with Kansas?" premise.
Could it be one of the reason's why Dems lost to Gingrich was because it wasn't about the 'wedge' issues?
Re: your request for my thoughts on the liberty statement, here goes:
I interpret the liberty statement to say that until the Democrat party can find a way to reach out to white, rural voters and give them a piece of the pie, too, we are never going to have a Democrat majority.
'...making them pay the whole price of liberty' could mean 'offer them only white guilt for the sin of slavery?'
I don't agree with this either, because I don't think voters concerns and problems are necessarily solved through big government programs.
Thanks for asking me my opinion. I enjoy the debate.
BTW ALL my family agree that Obama would win in a landslide, if he were a conservative!
I knew you were white, I understand that your'e trying to tell us about rural white voters and how they will be offended and which way they will vote.
But, as long as you are be so revealing please do tell us about the racism - tell the whole story.
Jill is not asking why this meme is sticking and they are telling you why - it's the part you're not telling us.
On Liberty - your true color shows. Our ancestors, civil rights leaders, brothers, sisters, children, nieces, and nephews have paid and are still paying for the price of our liberty.
That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard...think about it. You are astoundingly manipulative.
Truth be told we paid for your liberty.
I'm going to let you go with that one, but understand, we understand you, we understand you and your brothers - that has been our task (a tax on our liberty) to understand.
Of course there are racist, whites, blue-collar and rural who will not vote for Obama, but it is not because of his 'Bittergate' statements.
Racists know no party affiliation. In fact, in my own family, the bigots are life-long Democrats.
My interpretation on Clinton's quote was not to voice my feelings about liberty, but to 'decode' it.
Bill Clinton was speaking about white southern men, so I was trying to interpret it from the viewpoint of white southern men.
I do feel that 'white guilt' is real. Look no further than liberal commentator, Mark Shields, quoting a Republican congressman, Tom Davis, as saying ' He said, "With one vote, you can eliminate 400 years of guilt with that vote."
I do, in fact, share your view on Liberty.
See how hard it can be to get into someone else's head? My bad.
And just to add:
Only whites are responsible for slavery.
and are you saying that your 'understanding' of me is something that I demand (a tax is not negotiable) in exchange for your liberty?
I make no demand of you. I would appreciate your understanding my point of view, but it is not required. You are free to think of me as you choose.
I am opposed to taxes!
I thought he was speaking directly to white Democrats who were opposed to his nomination because he was a conservative Republican who had left the "Democrat party plantation."
The Dems need to do some soul searching before they begin to project their racism onto Republicans.
like I said, you're pathologically manipulative. That is a character trait of predatory reptiles. Humans have the potential to evolve beyond the reptilian model.
d., is not black, you know how I know? For one, what self respecting black person is a McSame as Bush supporter? Secondly black folks don't identify themselves as black folks to other black folks.
If the speech had remained behind the closed doors of the private fundraising, it would not be an issue but like Black People in America, no one wants to be Anylized about their shortcomings and that is what Obama did in a political version of BEHIND THEIR BACKS. Even during the last debate in Philadelphia, Obama conceeded that he made a mistake in doing that. I respect that he acknowledged the foot-n-mouth error and will take steps to fix it.
SAY WHAT?!!!
It's the Trinity Church of Christ.
Please read and go to this church's web site and read what is written there. It is very alarming.
Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their web site, you will learn that this congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to Africa.
No where is AMERICA even mentioned. Notice too, what color you will need to be if you should want to join Obama's church... B-L-A-C-K!!!
Doesn't look like his choice of religion has improved much over his (former?) Muslim upbringing.
Are you aware that Obama's middle name is Mohammed? Strip away his big smile and smooth talk and what do you get? Certainly a racist, as plainly defined by the stated position of his church! And possibly a covert worshiper of the Muslim faith, even
today.
This guy desires to rule over America while his loyalty is totally vested in a Black Africa!
I cannot believe this has not been all over the TV and newspapers.
This is why it is so important to pass this message along to all of
our family & friends.
To think that Obama has even the slightest chance in the run for the presidency, is concerning.
i hate that obama fuck hes a good speeker just like the rest of them people need to join against this anticrist and make sure he dont get elected what has happened to this country its falling apart a women and a black for pres ??? whats going on here we are fuckrf if he becomes pres he has no idea what hes doing hes telling people what they want to hear just like what the blacks do to these mud hole race traders these days its cool to be black they have a "bet " there own tv station ther own college fund with there own black hiostory class there own month if we had any of these it would be racist and pulled and sued its reverse racisum every race is tought to have pride of there race but the white race white pride is racist and can get you in allot of trouble fuck that shit white pride world wide im proud to be white ..now is that racist???
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