Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has become the fourth leading GOP presidential candidate to shun the PBS debate this month at a historically black college in Baltimore. The debates will go on as planned, despite the absence of Thompson, former mayor Rudy Giuliani, former governor Mitt Romney, and Sen. John McCain. Each campaign cited scheduling issues as the reason for their absence. Nevertheless, the rejections underscore the consistent absence of GOP candidates at minority voter forums.

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Cornel West writes:

The Debate at Morgan State: GOP at a Crossroads with Blacks and Hispanics

The GOP debate in Baltimore at Morgan State University, led and moderated by Tavis Smiley, and currently being snubbed by the leading candidates, is a pivotal moment in this election. It is a litmus test for a Republican Party that, in the past, has run away from black voters and only selectively interacted with Hispanic citizens.

At this moment in American history, it is clear that either the Republican Party wisely embraces people of color, or it chooses to be a losing political party in the future. The courage and vision of Tavis Smiley, and his often overlooked but historic Covenant movement, has put the limelight on this dilemma of the Republican Party.

We shall see which choice the Republican Party makes in regard to people of color in particular, but most importantly to their future as a party in the American democratic experiment.
www.huffingtonpost.com

Frankly speaking, personally and for myself, I have no idea what Cornell West is getting so all fired uppity about, especially when you consider that his claim to fame is writing a book about the cultural nexus between John Coltrane and Anton Chekov.

There is nothing overtly or covertly racialist about the GOP contenders for the title of Ruler of the Free World His Exellency Most Plenipotentially not wanting to debate at the venue specified. It's at night, in a dodgy part of town, and not safe, especially for people of their ethnic persuasion. There are many fine country clubs or armories where the debate could have been scheduled and you can be sure the Republicans would have made themselves available in such locales.

Remember, Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and the slave holders were Democrats. Not much has changed in the intervening centuries.

God Bless Rudy!

Like the blacks in Baltimore really care, when only 50,000 show up to vote for Mayor last week. I live here, last debate at Morgan, the Black candidate Michael Steele, had oreo cookies thrown at him. I wouldn't come either. Hell, I wouldn't walk down the road the campus is on....you definatley need a bullet-proof vest to do that. Since the city has been run by Dems for 50+ years....well, thats all I need to say.

Just a snipet from the Baltimore Sun today....
www.baltimoresun.com


*City man sentenced on armed drug dealing
*Two die after shooting in Northeast Baltimore
*Shootings by police climb
*6 people dead in a span of 16 hours
*2 men shot in city in separate incidents

That's bullshit Boa.. The other 5 candidates are going.. Whether or not it IS the result of racism, it surely stinks of it.

Its fine with me because it will give Ron Paul yet another chance to stand out.

No different than the dems not showing up for the Fox broadcast debate.

This is not all that surprising. Of all the white men running for prez, who would be more likely to be found under a white hooded robe than our dear Freddy Boy????

He never could have been elected to dogcatcher in Tennessee without the kkklan stamp of approval. You'd have to spend a long time looking to even find a photo of Freddy next to a black man.

I think it is pretty great that the Republicans are ceding the black vote to the Democrats.
Thanks.

He never could have been elected to dogcatcher in Tennessee without the kkklan stamp of approval.

Who is your beef with? Thompson or the entire state of Tennessee where, according to you, a white man can't get elected to anything without the support of the KKK?

That is a lot of rage you are packing.

It looks to me like dem Repulicutions don't be wantin no votes from any o' day coloured peoples. Dats a shame. Ain't like day gonna gets all de white votes, ummm hummm.

"Of all the white men running for prez, who would be more likely to be found under a white hooded robe..."

Wellll, he ain't runnin' for prez, but he's a senator in West Virginia and HAS been for decades.



No different than the dems not showing up for the Fox broadcast debate.

Posted by sawdust


Unless, of course, you consider that the dems gave a reason - FOX is widely ridiculed for its obvious bias and inaccurate reporting.

The dems probably won't go to a debate sponsored by MAD magazine, either.

"FOX is widely ridiculed for its obvious bias and inaccurate reporting."

Hmmm...how "widely?" Is it all those folks doing the "widely ridiculing" that make Fox the most "widely" viewed?

"Fox the most "widely" viewed?"

Are you including NBC, CBS, and ABC? Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson are both pulling in over 7 million viewers every night, and Katie Couric around 5 million. IIRC, BillO gets about 3-4 million.

As a Republican I won't be voting for the four non-attendees anyway. I'll admit I have been extremely frustrated, angered, and eventually saddened with John McCain over the past four years-- the other candidates could kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned.

It's quite possible that what is involved here is really more sinister. The GOP base is so prejudiced that even discussing issues with African-Americans and Latinos is seen as a sell-out. The point is not that you oppose someone's interests: you have to delegitimize them as a political force. It is essentially an accompaniment to Karl Rove's disenfranchisement strategy: after all, if a group of people isn't worth speaking to, then it isn't worth letting them vote, either.

Rove's "faith-based" charity initiative was never a policy proposal: it was an attempt to funnel money to certain urban ministers in the hopes of getting enough African-American GOP votes, or at least diminishing turnout, to allow the Republicans to carry some critical swing states. When that failed, disenfranchisement was Plan B. This is just another part of the puzzle.--- Jonathan Zasloff


www.samefacts.com

"Are you including NBC, CBS, and ABC? Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson are both pulling in over 7 million viewers every night, and Katie Couric around 5 million. IIRC, BillO gets about 3-4 million."

Yeah.

www.stateofthenewsmedia.org

"Hmmm...how "widely?"

So widely that Fox News is considered a synonym for right wing bias. Even righties would reluctantly have to admit that, if they chose to be honest.

JustGettinAlong:

PLEASE !!! It's because Fox is so popular that so many still believe that we found WMD in Iraq, and that Hussein had something to do with 9/11.

Could the fact that you don't know the results of surveys of FOX (and other) viewers indicate that you, too, are a FOX Noise devotee?

"So widely that Fox News is considered a synonym for right wing bias."

By you and MoveOn.org anyway. I suppose you KNOW there's no left wing bias in any of the other networks, right? However, the MAJORITY of viewers prefer Fox news over the other networks for whatever reason and it tickles me that it pisses you off.

"www.stateofthenewsmedia.org"


That only covers the cable networks and ignores the others.

"Could the fact that you don't know the results of surveys of FOX (and other) viewers indicate that you, too, are a FOX Noise devotee?"

I don't pay much attention to surveys in general, on Fox or anywhere else. I guess I just don't really care what people participating in surveys think and who trusts those surveys anyway? I bet you believe that nine out of ten dentists recommend Crest and eight out of ten dogs prefer Alpo...right?

By your own source (I'll let you do the digging) Fox News has 1,599,000 nightly viewers (2005) and NBC has 10,300,000 or thereabouts.

Jest,

Did you even read your own link? (Ya gotta love it when folks link to stuff disproving their own claims.)

A retraction would be in order.

"There is a pattern here," Smiley told the Huffington Post. "When you tell every black and brown request..........blah blah blah"

The chances of me voting for any of the Republican candidates seem to decrease daily.

But race baiting is never a good thing.

Wow, no comments on my 1st post. Thats a first.

"FOX is widely ridiculed for its obvious bias and inaccurate reporting."

Well, I tuned into Mr Chris Matthews last night, to see the most BIASED news report I have ever witnessed. Chris was comparing Abu Gharib and the war on terror with the kid who got tassered. Yes, blaming the Bush administration. Even had two of his cohorts on there, some dude, and some chick from codepink.....Blasting Bush for this.

Unreal, yet so typical. How sad.

Yet, it's FOXNEWS who is evil!!!

Ahhh...what happened to the 50s when father was white and he knew best? How we miss the days when you could look around you and not see a single black, brown or yellow person. What happened to the days when you could graduate from a high school located a few miles from a major metropolitan area and not have a single black face in your class?

This troop of candidates is not just teeing off for a round of golf folks, they're trying to take this country back...back to those good old days.

Well, I guess Thompson just lost his bid. If I were the other candidates I would run this up the flag pole every chance so the only thing he could do is try and defend his conflict. And when the research shows him in his hotel boinking a young Lad the truth will be told.

This sort of thing worked for Bush to get the nomination. Remember McCain's "black" baby and Bob Jones U? It worked for him in "winning" the election for President when they made a few empty gestures suggesting the opposite of what their real political strategy was. Remember the 2000 Repub Convention dog and pony show featuring minorities?

It may still work for these Repub front runners wooing the Rethug base, I guess that's why they ARE the front runners for the nomination. Maybe they figure they can backtrack by making the same sort of empty gestures as Bush did for the purposes of the nationwide election November next year. It will be a tragedy if they are right.

""Well, I tuned into Mr Chris Matthews last night, to see the most BIASED news report I have ever witnessed.""

First, Matthews is a pundit not a news reporter IMHO.
Second though I do agree, Matthews is expressing more outrage lately at the Bush administration. I happen to agree with that but I can understand that you would see it as bias. Now you know how it feels for a lib to watch Fox News where the bias is not limited to the pundits but flows right along in the news casts too.

Danni,


I watched the recent Bush speech on Fox.

The post-speech analysis was excellent. They had a good mix of Conservative and Liberal viewpoints and all were well-thought and well-communicated.


Maybe they were just having a good day?

JeffJ - who gave the liberal viewpoints?

Mr Spaghetti talking to campaign director-

How many people will be there?

We project 3500 and a nationwide television audience, sir.

And out of the 3500, how many are projected to vote for me?

Our expert says 400 votes at most.

FUCK 'EM! Make up a story.

OK, Sir.

Monte,

Juan Williams was one of them.

They had a blonde woman who's name I don't recall (it was the first time I've seen her on Fox).

This would alienate their base; the white male.

Blacks have been voting for the Democrats for years and years, with nothing to show for it. For some reason, every election season has the Dems making the same promises. Why would you continue to vote for the same party if the promises are never kept? It is beyond comprehension.

So, why the blacks continue to vote for the party that wants to keep them in poverty is a mystery. I don't understand it. Many blacks are still dependant on government for their everyday substinance. Is this acceptable? Is this what the blacks want? Is this their version of the American dream, to be a slave of the government? Obviously, the Democrats want to keep the black population in this state of dependency, needing big government to be their family provider.

On the other hand, the Republican party wishes for all Americans to be free from government dependance. We want to wipe out poverty. We want to eliminate the need for welfare. We want to create economic freedom for everyone. We want a booming economy where everyone who wants a job can have one.

If I were a candidate, my pitch to the black folks would be, "instead of waiting for a government handout, wouldn't you rather have a steady paycheck?

With this in mind, the Republicans should go to the black college debate to try and change the hearts and minds of the black population. It really is in the best interest of us all.

Matthews... where do I begin?

Definitely NOT biased toward the left.

His criticism of Bush is tame compared to the regular disparagement he hands out to the Dem's.

Ever hear him get all wet talking about Giuliani? Its damn embarassing to watch.

If I were a candidate, my pitch to the black folks would be, "instead of waiting for a government handout, wouldn't you rather have a steady paycheck?

You'd be ushered out of the building immediately after saying that.

Sharpton grabbing one arm and Jackson grabbing the other.

I guess dey house buffas Condoid and Colon musta let dem down soz dey see it aint no use ta appeal to minorateez.

Ebun dey favorite cheely been Gonzo had to go back out side ta sleep in da bunk house.

Very nice Republican4Ever,

Ever heard of Willie Horton? Ever heard of Katherine Harris? Ever heard of New Orleans? Ever heard of the misleadingly named Ken Blackwell in Ohio? No? Look them up and then tell us again how the Republican Party is the only sane choice for minorities.

Oohrah,


Just like Dems looked weak by not appearing on FOX, my side's excuses for not showing up are lame.


I agree in regards to the candidates in question. However your analogy isn't perfect. The Dems, as a party, shunned FOX as a debate venue. At least some of the Republican candidates are showing up for this.

Very nice Republican4Ever,

Ever heard of Willie Horton? Ever heard of Katherine Harris? Ever heard of New Orleans? Ever heard of the misleadingly named Ken Blackwell in Ohio? No? Look them up and then tell us again how the Republican Party is the only sane choice for minorities.

Posted by BlueInBushland at 2007-09-19 02:50 PM

Willie Horton, a minority who was convicted of first degree murder, sentenced to life in prison, furloughed by Dukakis, then while on furlough, committed another felony.

Katherine Harris, the former Florida Secretary of State, upheld the rights of the voters by stopping the selective hand recounts. The selective hand recounts were happening only in the counties where the Democrats, and not the Republicans, might find more votes.

New Orleans, a city populated by minorities who elected a helpless Democrat mayor. A city who had years to improve the levies, but did nothing. A city where school buses could have been used to carry the people out of Katrina's wrath, but instead were kept dorment, eventually becoming flooded.

Ken Blackwell, the former Ohio Secretary of State, made an unsuccessful bid as the first African American candidate for governor of a major party in Ohio.

How does any of the above discount the Republicans as being a "sane" party for the minorities?

"Matthews... where do I begin?

Definitely NOT biased toward the left."

Please, pass it this way, we don't have that strong shit here in Bmore.

Mathews slams the 'conservatives', and the 'religious right' every chance he can. Please pay attention when you watch.

Danni,
Yes, I can see how you must feel watching FoxNews....but I get the 'republicans suck' on EVERY news channel.....MSNBC is the worst IMO.

Debate No-Shows Worry GOP Leaders

Candidates Are Urged to Attend Forums Sponsored by Minorities

We sound like we don't want immigration; we sound like we don't want black people to vote for us," said former congressman Jack Kemp (N.Y.), who was the GOP vice presidential nominee in 1996.

"What are we going to do -- meet in a country club in the suburbs one day? If we're going to be competitive with people of color, we've got to ask them for their vote."

Making matters worse, some Republicans believe, is that the decision to bypass the Morgan State forum comes after all top GOP candidates save McCain declined invitations this month to a debate on Univision, the most-watched Hispanic television network in the United States. The event was eventually postponed.

"For Republicans to consistently refuse to engage in front of an African American or Latino audience is an enormous error," said former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), who has not yet ruled out a White House run himself. "I hope they will reverse their decision and change their schedules. I see no excuse -- this thing has been planned for months, these candidates have known about it for months. It's just fundamentally wrong. Any of them who give you that scheduling-conflict answer are disingenuous. That's baloney."

www.washingtonpost.com

"What are we going to do -- meet in a country club in the suburbs one day?"

Old quarterbacks occasionally still throw touchdowns.

As a black Republican I completely understand why GOP candidates are shunning black forums. Why bother? Black Republicans will vote Republican and everyone else (70+%) will vote Democrat.

The Democrats have completely fooled blacks into thinking that Republicans are racists so why should the GOP waste time debating infront of voters who will never vote for you. Time is money.

The reality is that its blacks who are boxing themselves into a corner by always voting Democrat so there is no fight for their vote. Dems know the black vote is locked up for them which is why they are spending more time on white and Latino voters. No suprise that even the Dems don't do a darn thing for blacks. Every poverty stricken crime ridden black area in this country is run by Democrats from South Central L.A. to New Orleans to Southside Chicago- every single one. Crime gets worse, school dropout rates are rising and teen pregnancy is rising. Blacks have to wake up to KNOW that Dems don't really care outside of nice speeches. There is no actual ACTION to support blacks. Blacks have to give Republicans a chance so that at least their is actual fight for their vote. Until they do that nothing will ever chance for blacks in poor areas of this country.

UTASTAFF,
I used to have a job where I met people from all over the country every day. I even became friends with alot of them. I can only speak from experience, but I'd say that the racists I met were republicans 9 to 1.


The extremely ugly and racist, "blacks are too dumb to vote their own self-interest" asininity isn't any prettier, nor any more rational, when coming from a (supposed) black Republican.

"The Democrats have completely fooled blacks into thinking that Republicans are racists so why should the GOP waste time debating infront of voters who will never vote for you."

And, God forbid the Republicans would EVER want to do anything that might help change that perception.

"Blacks have to give Republicans a chance so that at least their is actual fight for their vote."

Wouldn't that be more likely if the candidates would actually engage with the Black community?

I have never met one racist Republican but plenty of racist Dems. The reason why Dems support affirmative action is grounded in racism. They feel that black sare inferior and unable to compete with whites. Dems DON'T support affirmative action for minorities like Asians for instance because they are considered smart but apparently blacks are dumb to Dems. Republicans believe that blacks can compete with Whites if they gave the effort. I grew up in an all back section 8 apartment complex and most blacks did not give a rats but about academics.

Republicans like George H.W. Bush put the ONLY black man on the Supreme Court. Carter and Clinton never tried. George W. Bush placed blacks back to back as Secretary of State! - 4th in line for the presidency - the highest positions EVER held by blacks in the U.S. governement. NO DEMOCRAT EVER GAVE BLACKS THAT KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT!!!! EVER!! Proof again that Dems just TALK B.S. like they are better than everyone else but they are the true racists. Actions prove this!!!

I have heard Hillary Clinton make two separate speeches at black churches where she puts on a fake black southern preacher routine. She never does that speaking in front of white or Latino audience because she respects them and only panders to black stereotypes - what a racist!

I can only speak from experience, but I'd say that the racists I met were republicans 9 to 1.

Posted by Hagbard_Celine


How in the hell do you know?

-I have never met one racist Republican but plenty of racist Dems.

Try hanging out in Men's Rooms and tapping your toes. You'll meet lots of Republicans.

The one's that don't want to blow you are the racists.


Eberly,
Fair point. The only way I know is that the racist republicans were more willing to share their views on the subject.

UTASTAFF,
The reason that dems support affirmative action is that they know there is no way on earth that schools will be funded with anything other than local taxes and that will forever perpetuate the inequality. Solve the elementary and secondary education issue and affirmative action will be a thing of the past, an embarassingly necessary reminder of a time gone by.


As a black Republican I completely understand why GOP candidates are shunning black forums...

Posted by utastaff


A black republican? Isn't that like being a log cabin republican? But I guess it's ok. Jesus wants you to be a republican after all.
I guess Rove's "faith-based" initiatives to buy black and hispanic votes through their churches did have some pay-off.


Blacks have been voting for the Democrats for years and years, with nothing to show for it.

So, why the blacks continue to vote for the party that wants to keep them in poverty is a mystery.

Is this their version of the American dream, to be a slave of the government?



Breathtakingly simple-minded, demonstrating a remarkable ignorance of the history of the black experience in the US(what a surprise).

Love how you worked in the "slave" reference, though.

How stupid only democrats cater to "special interest" groups. Why do we even have "black college students groups" it's like I am taking "Hispanic studies" or 'Peace Studies" or "Gay and lesbian studies" which are basically people saying "I hate america and white people and I would like a 4 year degree in it"

You know your gonna get a bunch of malcontents who are gonna blame racism for them being in college and having to pay for it, or not having any cinnamon to sprinkle on their latte.
They'll ask questions like "why do republicans hate black people?' Why do republican not want to give whiny black people everything they want?" and "The democrats promise us many goodies for our votes, why don't you?" you know the typcial liberals, spoiled brat, whiny america hater questions.

R4Ever,

We see things differently. I forgot about McCain's black baby and Bush's visit to Bob Jones U before when making those outrageous suggestions that the Republicans might be engaging in racial politics as well as religious and sexual politics too. Can't wait to hear your rationalizations of those two facts but I'm not holding my breath.

I certainly agree that the Democrats are guilty of taking African-Americans for granted and that African-Americans are often their own worse enemies. Who needs George W. Bush when you have William Jefferson and Ray Nagin? It still doesn't alter the fact that Republicans have cynically and deliberately used racial politics ever since Nixon's Southern strategy to target the racist Democrat South in the 60's and turn them Republican. Just why do you think the South is so overwhelmingly Republican these days? They all believe in traditional fiscally responsible Republicanism and staying out of foreign entanglements? Yes, that'll be it, that's why they voted for George W. Bush.

Perhaps we could draw an analogy with the support the Republicans have traditionally enjoyed from the military when we talk of voting blocs being taken for granted. But maybe in the age of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney the Republicans can't rely as strongly on that support as the Democrats can on the support of African-Americans. So we won't go there, will we? Best not.

African-Americans have figured out who is at worst neutral and who is at best neutral to their interests and they vote somewhere in the region of 90% Democrat, not UTA's 70%. Are you suggesting they are all deluded or perhaps you believe they are inferior in reasoning ability when they vote in roughly the same numbers for Democrats as older white men in rural Alabama vote for Republicans?


HillBillyJihadists.

Allah has promised them 72 younger sisters to molest when they die.

Love how you worked in the "slave" reference, though.

Posted by midiman at 2007-09-19 04:43 PM

Thanks, I thought it was pretty clever, as well as being quite accurate. In fact, I believe my entire post is quite accurate.

Seeing how the Black culture has disentegrated over the last few years, MLK is turning over in his grave.

I never seen people who live in a place that allows them to go to college on my dime, bloviate about stuff they know nothing about, protest guys who actually have the guts to fight for their country, instead of sit around a starbucks or a college dorm room slapping each other on the back over how "courageous' they were to carry a picture of Bush dressed like Hitler..What a bunch of wussies and whiney babies..Which is why in my company I only hire ex-military, because I know they have a work ethic, integrity and team spirit..beside I am trying to figure out what I would do with someone with a degree in "peace studies" what are they good for except an example to my kids of how NOT to be

I have heard Hillary Clinton make two separate speeches at black churches where she puts on a fake black southern preacher routine. She never does that speaking in front of white or Latino audience because she respects them and only panders to black stereotypes - what a racist!

Posted by utastaff

And it's kind of embarrassing, too - sorta like when someone's Mom has had too much to drink at a neighborhood block party.

If a black guest gets pelted with Oreo's I wonder what a bunch of white Republicans would get hit with?

No thanks - this looks like a big Baltimore Handshake as far as I'm concerned.

"And it's kind of embarrassing, too - sorta like when someone's Mom has had too much to drink at a neighborhood block party.

Posted by MrFair at 2007-09-19 05:25 PM"

Is that still buggin you, Fair? Although your mom ain't no MILF, she's most entertaining.

Hillary owns the Democratic Party and the black vote. FDR was in favor of the KKK and lynching and he still got 90% of the black vote. Nothing ever changes.

Just vote for us and we will keep the federal "needle" in your arm and you will never have to worry. You and your children will thank us in the long run for destroying your family traditions, your faith and your self-sufficiency..Just keep voting for us.

Hillary "Dear Leader" Clinton

No different than the dems not showing up for the Fox broadcast debate.

Posted by sawdust at 2007-09-19 09:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

Which race did that alienate? Is 'cracker' actually a race?

Is that still buggin you, Fair? Although your mom ain't no MILF, she's most entertaining.

Posted by mOntecOre


Very rude response Monte and out of proportion to the observation I was making.

When I think about George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and Tom DeLay and Bill Frist and Larry Craig and Alberto Gonzales and Donald Rumsfeld and Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney and Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell etc etc et fucking cetera, read the posts of the rightnuts here and listen to the endless whining victimhood, stupid lies and vile character assassination emanating from right wing media outlets I suppose I ought to be glad.

Glad that my life experiences have nudged me politically left of center. Glad that I find it impossible not to regard the aforementioned as evidence of a deep-seated moral and intellectual decay mixed with a very unattractive arrogance, jingoism and hubris. Not so much pride riding for a fall as a positive invitation to be whacked upside the head by nemesis. An invitation that will surely be accepted November next year.

So why am I not glad? Probably because even more than democratic parliamentary systems our particular system of government needs a reasonable ebb and flow between competing philosophies each of which modifies the other to keep it from getting out of line. Nothing could be further from that ideal than the arrogant way Bush has operated because he had unassailable majority support for so long in Congress and it's been bad for the country. Put the Democrats in with a similar majority which is the natural backlash against Bush and even though it couldn't possibly be as bad as his eight years of cronyism, corruption and scarcely credible incompetence mixed with stupidity, vindictiveness and hubris it's still not desirable.

In the final analysis I can live with it for a few years, though. Anything to see the back of that horrible human being and president and his handlers and cronies.

Of course Republicans avoid blacks. The typical voting rightwingers hate niggers (even though they rarely admit it).

Wise up. Cheney said it himself - "I only need 51%". Of course, he neglected to add that they only need that 51% support on 1 day every 2 years.

Republicans don't think holding office is about serving the public interest. It's just about exercising power. They don't care about anyone who won't vote for them, and the black vote is just too much trouble. Therefore, why waste any time talking to you. It's not like it matters to them what you think - they're not going to deviate from their agenda for your benefit anyway. The whole point of Republican governance is that your government owes you nothing, you're just supposed to shut the fuck up and do as you're told.

Seeing how the Black culture has disentegrated over the last few years, MLK is turning over in his grave.

Posted by Republican4ever


And of course, that's the fault of the Democratic party.

One thing about Bush, he ceratinly has a variety of tools to work with.

Gee ... Civil Rights legislation, voting rights, desegregation, affirmative action. Yup .. they'd me much better off without any of those things.

You guys are really in your own little world, and it used to bug me. As you beome increasingly marginalized, though, combined with the fact that there's really very little likelihood that I would ever leave the northeast in favor of a red state, you've become kind of funny.

From a respectable distance, of course.

Midi says, "... little likelihood that I would ever leave the northeast in favor of a red state ..."

Here is an example of how the Soviet Union managed to change nazism/fascism into a "rightwing" movement, instead of being another form of socialism akin to communism.

They juxtaposed the idea of "imperialism" with "fascism" and which evolved into the 3rd Reich being "rightwing" instead of "leftwing".

In the same way, the DNC works, in concert with the MSM, to avoid the socialist association with the color "red", and so they designate "rightwing" states as being "red", while "leftwing" states are assigned as "blue".

Another attempt to make the "rightwing" into fascist, imperialistic nazis ... although "red".

COMMONSENSE: My point is that the Dems did not do the Fox Debaten in some part because they did not feel they would get fair and balanced treatment at Fox. (they were also caving to thier base, but I will leave that aside). Don't you think the Repubs feel the same way about how they will be treated at a debate like this? Why would you put yourself into a hostile situation like that?

Honestly I think both parties are wrong. If you cannot make your case to Fox listeners or to the students of a Black College then do you really have a case to present.

As I tell my kids it is not how you handle the good times, but hou you handle the tough times that display your character.


In the same way, the DNC works, in concert with the MSM, to avoid the socialist association with the color "red", and so they designate "rightwing" states as being "red", while "leftwing" states are assigned as "blue".

Another attempt to make the "rightwing" into fascist, imperialistic nazis ... although "red".

Posted by tadowe


Hey tadpole, I think the MEDIA came up with the red vs blue thing without the "co-conspiracy" of the DNC, based on the colors they used on political maps.

But of course, don't let that stop you from venting your paranoid drivel about socialists and communists.

I've actually missed it - the other Bush tools lack your flamboyance, even if their prose is a bit more coherent most of the time.

Midi says, "Hey tadpole, I think the MEDIA came up with the red vs blue thing without the "co-conspiracy" of the DNC, based on the colors they used on political maps."

I think the misdirection is obvious and monolithically endorsed as a "good" choice for "maps".

"But of course, don't let that stop you from venting your paranoid drivel about socialists and communists."

You could contradict my commentary about Nazism being a socialist movement, but you can't ... you know it was and so merely try and mock the conclusion.

"I've actually missed it - the other Bush tools lack your flamboyance, even if their prose is a bit more coherent most of the time."

All partisans are slavish devotees to party. I'm sure glad I'm not one.

"You could contradict my commentary about Nazism being a socialist movement, but you can't ... you know it was and so merely try and mock the conclusion."

Tad ... you are so far out in ... pardon the expression ... right field on this one that you aren't even in the ball park. Sure, the Nazis called their party "National Socialist". Later the Communists would call their various nations "Democratic Republics". Both were misnomers.

This rebuttal is much better than anything I could say on the matter, so I'll refer you to this piece :


www.huppi.com

All partisans are slavish devotees to party. I'm sure glad I'm not one.

Posted by tadowe


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What an absolute turd. "Tadowe", indeed.

Dcinma says, "Sure, the Nazis called their party "National Socialist". Later the Communists would call their various nations "Democratic Republics". Both were misnomers."

You just make the claim! I provided some reasoning, and you simply deny it. That's very studious of you.

"... socialism requires worker ownership and control of the means of production."

Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

What group of "workers" in the Soviet Union owned the means of production?

"In Nazi Germany, private capitalist individuals owned the means of production, and they in turn were frequently controlled by the Nazi party and state."

The control of the means of production was the "ownership" of the means of production. No iron mined, no steel produced, no manufactured good made without order of the state, the 3rd Reich.

"True socialism does not advocate such economic dictatorship -- it can only be democratic."

"True" socialism is communism; socialism's perfection. True socialism does not exist and never can exist, and since the world is not a perfect place. What state based on socialism has there been that is democratic? Name one.

"Hitler's other political beliefs place him almost always on the far right. He advocated racism over racial tolerance ..."

Is Jesse Jackson a member of the far right? Yet, he is a racist!?! I presume the "author" of this to be incorrect, and since racism knows no party, but is endemic to the whole human race.

"... eugenics over freedom of reproduction ..."

Stem cell research to perfect the human embryo and cure human disease. Cloning to play at immortality or for spare parts. The ending of unwanted life by euthenasia ... all sponsored by Leftist/Democratics!

"... merit over equality ..."

To the NAZI socialists, the German race was superior to most of the rest of humanity. To Leftist/Democratics, they are superior to the dregs of humanity calling themselves "conservatives/rightwing". No other group of Americans have the right slant on running the USA, except that they are Democratics. Merit on the right is not the equality the Democratics mean when they talk about controlling our society. They are socialists and that will be the way it goes.

"competition over cooperation..."

With Leftist/Democratics failing to cooperate in winning a war in Iraq, but rather competing and using that war as a stumbling-block to success in Iraq; muckraking and issuing daily calumny to discredit the rightwing and win a partisan victory by losing in Iraq.

"... power politics and militarism over pacifism, dictatorship over democracy, capitalism over Marxism, realism over idealism, nationalism over internationalism, exclusiveness over inclusiveness, common sense over theory or science, pragmatism over principle, and even held friendly relations with the Church, even though he was an atheist."

Capitalism over your precious Marxism ....

Unreal! No wonder there are so many ignorant Americans running around with liars of socialism so invested in promoting stupidity and cowardice, failure and defeat ...!

Scumsucking traitors!

Tad....

Step away from the computer, go to the medicine cabinet and get your pills. You are clearly way off your medication today...


Turdowe regurgitates the old rightwinger hogwash about Hitler being a Socialist because that name appears in the Party title, lmao!

"Hitler saw socialism as part of a Jewish conspiracy. Many of the socialist leaders in Germany, including Kurt Eisner, Rosa Luxemburg, Ernst Toller and Eugen Levine were Jews. So also were many of the leaders of the October Revolution in Russia. This included Leon Trotsky, Gregory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Dimitri Bogrov, Karl Radek, Yakov Sverdlov, Maxim Litvinov, Adolf Joffe, and Moisei Uritsky. It had not escaped Hitler's notice that Karl Marx, the prophet of socialism, had also been a Jew."

"Hitler's reputation as an orator grew and it soon became clear that he was the main reason why people were joining the party. This gave Hitler tremendous power within the organization as they knew they could not afford to lose him. One change suggested by Hitler concerned adding "Socialist" to the name of the party. Hitler had always been hostile to socialist ideas, especially those that involved racial or sexual equality. However, socialism was a popular political philosophy in Germany after the First World War. This was reflected in the growth in the German Social Democrat Party (SDP), the largest political party in Germany.

Hitler, therefore redefined socialism by placing the word 'National' before it. He claimed he was only in favour of equality for those who had "German blood". Jews and other "aliens" would lose their rights of citizenship, and immigration of non-Germans should be brought to an end.

In February 1920, the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) published its first programme which became known as the "25 Points". In the programme the party refused to accept the terms of the Versailles Treaty and called for the reunification of all German people. To reinforce their ideas on nationalism, equal rights were only to be given to German citizens. "Foreigners" and "aliens" would be denied these rights."

excerpts

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

Mussolini said that Fascism was better defined as Corporatism. Hitler had the support of the corporatists in his country, and any revisionist history that claims he was anything other than a Fascist megalomaniac is ludicrous.



Corky goes on, "Turdowe regurgitates the old rightwinger hogwash about Hitler being a Socialist because that name appears in the Party title, lmao!"

Whatever someone else said about Hitler does not change the facts -- the 3rd Reich was a socialist state -- top to bottom.

Sieg Heil -- Victory Welfare

Face it, the "history" promoted by the SU, since they were attacked by a fellow socialistic state, has been to spin socialism into being "rightwing". At least as far as NAZIism was concerned.

However, if you Leftist/Democratics want to call your fellow American capitalists "NAZI", go right ahead! You're inveterate liars, anyway! One more won't hurt your unprincipled, antipatriotic, subversive party one bit!

"Whatever someone else said about Hitler does not change the facts"

lmao! The "facts" being anything that proceeds from that scum-filled, traitorous hole of yours.

You make your whiny tantrums almost worth the price of admission with your lame retorts.


Ahahahhhaha!!


Apparently, facts are like kryptonite to Turdowe.

Bye, bye, sweetie.


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