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March 12, 2008
Pennsylvanians: Reject and Denounce Racism
If you live in PA, are white, and are voting next month in the primary, I strongly encourage you to reject in its entirety the attempted racist manipulation of the Clinton campaign in its desperate efforts to secure your vote.
Let us be frank: Hillary Clinton and her campaign unleashed the yapping hate-speech of Geraldine Ferraro with clear intent: to stoke the ire of any white person who has ever thought affirmative action deprived them of a job, to stoke the fear of any white person who ever felt threatened by crime statistics involving black people, to stoke, in short, the idea that anyone can be defined by the color of their skin and not the quality of their character.
Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro stand squarely with a long line of racist American politicians including Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott and George Wallace. They have all used ethnicity as a bludgeon to keep down not only African-Americans, but also to keep white people scared and ignorant and thoughtless.
Pennsylvania voters, I urge you to reject this manipulation of you. Because at its core, that is precisely what this shameless hate-speech is: a callous attempt to manipulate your vote.
But in a few weeks, you can tell Hillary Clinton that you don't view the world that way. That you're not driven by fear and devoid of thought. That you prefer facts and truth to distortion and lies. That you don't care what color a person's skin is, what gender they are, where they're from; you care about what they've done, what they're doing, and what they plan to do.
Just say no to racism.
Posted By JumpyPants | March 12, 2008 09:23 PM | DIGG ME!
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Ya hear that, Bob? Just say no, and tell your neigbors. Use lots of guilt with the waffling ones. Reject, Denounce, Repudiate (that's the new one, yes?).
Posted by: lnbno13 ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.bobcesca.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 12, 2008 09:56 PM
No guilt required. Just read the comments of Geraldine. Or show them Olbermann's special comment video. No guilt at all, Inbno13. But I guess you're with the Clintons on this one, huh? Black people: having everything handed to them on a silver platter in the USA.
Posted by: JumpyPants at March 12, 2008 11:11 PM
Jumpy, I think you need to review the comments lnbro has posted here in the past. If she's a Hillary supporter, she's hidden it well enough to qualify for some kind of stealth award.
Posted by: bajasteve at March 13, 2008 06:35 AM
Sorry, Baja, it was late, and I misinterpreted Inbno's comments as sarcasm. That's a problem with me. Apologies to Inbno! (I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.)
Posted by: JumpyPants at March 13, 2008 07:15 AM
I was kidding, I'm just not very funny. I'm on your side, buddy! I appreciate all your posts, JP. I've been a rabid Obama supporter since the 2002 DNC speech. I'll just try to keep my mouth shut and/or not make stupid comments. Sorry, man.
Posted by: lnbno13 at March 13, 2008 08:05 AM
Rabid, huh? Remind me not to get within snapping distance! :o)
Posted by: bajasteve at March 13, 2008 10:04 AM
Oh, and thanks, Steve. BTW JP, I was just loving on you yesterday, you're much better at the sarcasm than I am.
Posted by: lnbno13 at March 13, 2008 10:54 AM
You're too kind, JP said with utter sincerity.
This sincerity thing is growing on me. But it probably won't last.
Posted by: JumpyPants at March 13, 2008 11:09 AM
You know what Kinky Friedman said about it, right? "The most important thing you can have is sincerity. Once you learn to fake that, you can do anything"
Posted by: bajasteve at March 13, 2008 11:14 AM
Correction: Respected since 2002, Rabid supporter since the DNC speech in 2004.
Jesus, I wonder how much other stupid shit I can spew today? Bad day. I'll just shut the fuck up now.
Posted by: lnbno13 at March 13, 2008 06:15 PM
Sarcasm is just a clever way to hide true feelings and attitudes.
- Blah Blah
Posted by: BlahBlah at March 15, 2008 12:59 PM
Not if you have a mouth that will say anything you damn well please at any given moment. Sometimes sarcasm is just sarcasm.
Posted by: lnbno13 at March 16, 2008 11:59 AM
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