First, they characterized Sen. Barack Obama as Curious George on a T-shirt. Then they put him and his wife Michelle on the cover of the New Yorker characterizing them as a radical militant Islamist. Okay, we get it, there are people who really don't dig that a black man has a serious shot at becoming President of the United States. No surprise, we've seen people mixing that haterade since Rev. Jesse Jackson ran in 1984.
Now, a woman in a California conservative group, the Chaffee Community of Republican Women, has been distributing a mock food stamp with Obama's picture on it, complete with Kool-Aid, ribs, a bucket of chicken and a Watermelon. I mean, damn! Will it stop? In fact, let me answer my own question: probably not. ...
The closer Obama's presidency comes to being a reality, the more we'll probably see of garbage like this. And if he's elected, you can best believe the fringe nuts will come out of the woodwork, snivelling and drooling in their anger that for the first time in history the Commander in Chief is not a white male.
I saw a clue of that at rallies for Sen. John McCain where people all but screamed: 'you have to stop that black guy from getting into office!' To his credit, Sen. McCain has rebuked his followers for saying such things.
But unfortunately, this is probably the beginning of years of racist garbage the likes of which we haven't seen since the early 60s. I'm not fanning any flames, but I think people of all backgrounds, creeds, orientations and nationalities should be prepared for a certain sector of America to show its ugly a$$.
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By: Mike on 10/20/2008 7:21AM
There are still some white people like that as well as there are still some black people like that. The problem isnt his color, it is his disrespect and dislike for this country. It is also the fact that he is muslim, ya know, the group that has attacked us repeatedly, killed thousands of innocents in the WTC, and vow to kill all who dont follow allah. THAT is the problem.
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By: Laura on 10/20/2008 8:51AM
People, who have all of the senses that God gave them, never cease to amaze me. Why call Sen. Obama a Muslim,...and he is not. Isn't that called Libel? Why...because a certain group of Americans, who came here on the Mayflower for Religious Freedom,...and succeeded in wiping out the true American,...the American Indians. They took their lands, killed raped, murdered,...oh wait,...this sounds just like what they did to the African American ancestors in the past. It seems to me that no matter what they touch,..they kill it, steal it, sell it, break it, but I do know that not all White Americans are not like this. Just like some African Americans are not the drug dealing, gun toting, gang bangers, that we are perceived to be.
I just pray that God enlightens those who have such deep hatred. We all bleed red blood.
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By: Laura on 10/20/2008 8:52AM
People, who have all of the senses that God gave them, never cease to amaze me. Why call Sen. Obama a Muslim,...and he is not. Isn't that called Libel? Why...because a certain group of Americans, who came here on the Mayflower for Religious Freedom,...and succeeded in wiping out the true American,...the American Indians. They took their lands, killed raped, murdered,...oh wait,...this sounds just like what they did to the African American ancestors in the past. It seems to me that no matter what they touch,..they kill it, steal it, sell it, break it, but I do know that not all White Americans are not like this. Just like some African Americans are not the drug dealing, gun toting, gang bangers, that we are perceived to be.
I just pray that God enlightens those who have such deep hatred. We all bleed red blood.
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By: Lisa on 10/20/2008 8:57AM
The ignorance of some people never seems to amaze me.
Though the Obama Bucks is a very racist depiction the REALITY is that given todays economic situation there are thousands of people from all races who are just a few paychecks away from wishing they could actually use these bucks. Times are too hard and too uncertin for this kind of stuff.
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By: Gloria Stevens on 10/20/2008 9:10AM
Its sad that we still have these kind of people in this world, and whats even worst is that they eat MORE
fried chicken, ribs and watermelon than the average African American. And if statistic and facts were really to be published in all honesty there are MORE of them getting food stamps than whats being told. Don't forget Caucasions have always hid behind us, for instant we were their cooks,(they ate good) nannies,(raised their kids because they didn't know how) and the ones whom the "master" wanted to creep with since they couldn't get the satisfaction in their own bedrooms.
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By: Steven on 10/20/2008 10:56AM
Here's my Mexican-American two cents: This fool objects to Curious Obama t-shirts? Where's his outrage over comparisons of Bush as a chimp? Or does he only roll one way? The cover of the New Yorker? A leftist, Democrat-oriented rag. The Community should wake to that FACT that the Democrat Party is the new plantation. A Dem shot Lincoln, the Dem welfare state destroyed the black family, Dem R. Kennedy had it in for MLK, and now a blind community will vote because the Dems put up a slick-talkin' (talks like a WHITE man, so ar-tick-yoo-lit) front man who ain't got a drop of slave blood in him. Y'all been voting the same for Lord knows how long and nothing changes! So yeah, go ahead and vote Dem again fools, like anything's gonna change this time. And keep pushing the Reparations angle, the 99.9% of us who don't have slave-owner ancestors will love you for it! Let the healing begin, people! Move on! Dig Cosby!
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By: rdrow on 10/20/2008 11:23AM
Hi, Mike. Former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell wants to send this message to you: "I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America."
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By: Renee P. on 10/21/2008 9:02AM
To the Mexican-American. You are the stupidest person to comment. Do you think the Republicans care one bit about you? If so, you need to smell the coffee. For someone to be so naive and igornant in this year of change is beyond comprehension. You have listened to the Republican rhetoric and believe it. You need to log on to Fact Check.org and learn truth not biases.
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By: Lisa on 10/20/2008 1:20PM
Steven,
You sound very bitter. You may not be a Dem or a fool but you have no better standing in this great nation than the Dems and the fools in this country. I hope you are going to exercise your right to vote on election day. Sorry you missed your lunchtime soccer game.
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By: DPHAMES on 10/21/2008 12:48PM
YO, for real doe! On some real sh!t! I ride for Obama, anything pop off we will pop off!!! Yall killed Martin Luther King, Malcom X, and Now people are disrespecting President Barack Obama, everyday on the news radio, internet. Its gonna be some real problems for real if something happen, or this disrespectfulness bigortry keep happing. Yall need to let the man shine, if you wanna be president, the yall hatin ass white crackers need to freakin run. Im tellin yall keep it up and Im gonna get involved! I am the streets, and we can take it there, forget the police, army , navy, whatever national guard. We can go to war! I do declare! Any Problems holla at me direct (516)469-6151 BIA BIA !
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