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August 13, 2008
Race, Patriotism, Fear-Mongering
Senator Lieberman questions Senator Obama's patriotism in York:
“between one candidate, John McCain, who has always put the country first, worked across party lines to get things done, and one candidate who has not.”
This was the big news from the McBush campaign yesterday, but it overshadowed two other instances of McBush awfulness.
_Senator Lieberman made with the fear-mongering by repeating the Bush Republican lie that there haven't been any attacks since 9/11.
_And then there's the race-baiting... Senator McCain is now picking up from Senator Clinton and casting himself as Rocky -- which of course carries a significant racial component. The white underdog versus the black frontrunner. They began by playing the Rocky theme in the arena, and then both Lieberman and McCain made the comparison during their remarks.
Here's a YouTube link with Lieberman's full introduction in York. Warning: it's pulse-pounding!
Race-baiting, patriotism and fear-mongering: The modern Republican Party.
Filed under: 9/11 || Barack Obama || Bush || Hillary Clinton || Joe Lieberman || John McCain || Republicans
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Posted By Bob Cesca | August 13, 2008 8:34 AM
Comments
I lived in York County, just outside York, for 10 years. From what I observed, it's doubtful Obama was going to get much support there anyway & Rocky would be the appropriate analogy for that audience. I know I'm generalizing, and not everyone who lives there is a racist, but I was shocked when I first moved there to see the level of hate.
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at August 13, 2008 1:30 PM
Already posted under another thread, but:
Doesn't John McCain's "We are all Georgians now" sound just a bit presumptuous?
Maybe even uppity?
Posted by: PackyJ at August 13, 2008 2:31 PM
Lieberman accuses Obama of not putting the country first when half the time Joe sounds more like a member of the Kensset than the U.S. Congress.
Posted by: StuporMundi at August 13, 2008 9:03 PM
