Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[PhillyGirl]

nevermind

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

is mccain gonna catch the vapors over this....somehow i think not....my guess is that its just the black politicians that have to apologize and/or explain the actions of every black american


http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/hagee/index.html

It's simple.  It wasn't radical pasty Christians that attacked the U.S. and killed thousands of Americans in the process.

I'm not going to pretend that black/white is not a factor in this, because it is.  But the religious basis of the endorsement is much more of a factor than the skin color.

[ice grillin you]

It's simple.  It wasn't radical pasty Christians that attacked the U.S. and killed thousands of Americans in the process.

I'm not going to pretend that black/white is not a factor in this, because it is.  But the religious basis of the endorsement is much more of a factor than the skin color.

did you watch the debate?.....russett grilled obama on farrakahns hate speech...not the fact that he was a muslim or a terrorist...and anyway this isnt the first time that blacks have been sent over the fire regarding farrakhan...this goes back before 9-11...for some reason all blacks get associated with him but whites on the right would never get questioned about the kkk supporting them

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I suppose the problem has something to do with the perceived link of the Nation of Islam to civil rights or the black community in general.

That said, there have been no debates for Russert to grill McCain about getting endorsed by over-the-top religious zealots.  Naturally, more scrutiny falls on the contest at hand, and that's HRC vs. O.  McCain will get his later to a slightly lesser extent, in line with the fact there are more white Christians that watch TV than black Muslims.

[Stallworth Supporter]

OMG, Obama has Samuel L. Jackson on his side, now maybe Russert will grill him on his foul language loving supporters.

Farkin Russert was a douche...just like Chris Matthews.

[ice grillin you]

matthews is my hero and i really like russert...but i was very disappointed in tim the other night....so bush league...

the rezko stuff fair game...trinity church fair game....farrakhan stuff ignorant

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

the rezko stuff fair game...trinity church fair game....farrakhan stuff ignorant

I don't think any of this matters until Hillary releases tax returns.

[ice grillin you]

unless something new comes out they are all non issues...im just saying its fair to ask him about the first two

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It was fair to gauge his reaction on Farrakahn, but to make a big deal of the verbiage Obama chose to use to "reject" the endorsement was over-the-top ridiculous.

[ice grillin you]

you dont ask people in a debate questions about random americans and their views....barry has absolutely no connection to farrakhan whatsoever...the whole thing was bunk

[MDS]

[ice grillin you]

hahaha

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The nature of these debates has just allowed both candidates to give speeches.  This one was set up with no time limits and no particular rules, so the moderators pushed harder to try to get them to slip up.  Argue about the nature of it all you want, but it tested Obama much more than he has been in most debates, and he really answered the call quite well.

[Cerevant]

Obama staffer tells Canada that NAFTA bashing is just campaign rhetoric.  (Article notes that Hillary probably did the same)

Doh!

[ice grillin you]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/hongop.shtml

On his campaign bus recently, Sen. John McCain told reporters, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." Although McCain said he was referring only to his prison guards, there are many reasons why his use of the word "gook" is offensive and alarming.

It is offensive because by using a racial epithet that has historically been used to demean all Asians to describe his captors, McCain failed to make a distinction between his torturers and an entire racial group.

It is alarming because a major candidate for president publicly used a racial epithet, refused to apologize for doing so and remains a legitimate contender.