I just saw a really horrible video of a segment of the Situation Room on the CNN website. Some of you may have seen it. Wolf and “the best political team” were discussing an appearance by Obama in Florida where he insinuates that, if not McCain, than his supporters are racist. Yep, its SC all over again, time to engage in a little race-baiting. Speaking about his opposition, Obama said the following:
They’re going to try to make you afraid of me…He’s young and inexperienced and…and uh, he’s got a funny name. Did I mention he’s black? (cheers)
The panel went on to applaud Obama’s outrageous statement. He surely knows that when he says thing like that it gives his minions free reign to accuse anyone who does not support Obama as racist. You know, I don’t think even amongst the hardcore, really racist, far right it has been about him being black. They’re all freaked out because they think he is Muslim. The sad part is that when it comes to actual Muslims, it is Obama’s campaign that has shown itself to be bigoted:
The two women in headscarves were asked not to sit in view of cameras at a rally in Detroit on Monday, where Al Gore endorsed Mr Obama.
Hebba Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer, told Politico magazine: “I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against.
“The message that I thought was delivered to us was that they do not want him associated with Muslims or Muslim supporters.”
Miss Aref’s friend Ali Koussan, a law student, said that a volunteer “explained to me that because of the political climate and what’s going on in the world … it’s not good for her to be seen on TV or associated with Obama.”
That’s OK, they can come sit with us. We appreciate diversity and do not fear differing religious traditions as long as they don’t infringe on our own. See, we PUMAS are real Democrats. We remember that ours has always been a coalition of the disenfranchised. By coming together we actually formed the majority in this country for over 50 years. We may not have been in power all those years, but we had our coalition, and it fought for us. We fought for each other. These interlopers made a mistake when they hijacked our party. They thought when they tossed us aside that we would shatter into our respective groups, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, etc. But we did what we’ve always done. We banded together and vowed to have our voices heard. PUMAS are coming to your town Obots. Be afraid, be very afraid…..
…..PUMAS are on the prowl!
Filed under: Barack Obama, Media, Politics, Presidential Election 2008 | Tagged: CNN, Muslim Americans, PUMA, race
Let me guess. Were Roland Martin and Donna Brazile on the panel?
I think that Obama’s statement may have come in for some criticism on 360 last night. On an Anderson Cooper LJ community, Obama supporters were whining that some panel was picking on him by criticizing a remark he made. I didn’t watch 360 (haven’t turned on CNN except for Lou Dobbs in months) but I can only guess that it must have been his remark in FL.
Call me a crazy optimist, but I’m hopeful that his many gaffes over the past week (campaign financing, FISA, the FL remark, the Muslim incident, the Presidential seal – am I missing anything?) will catch up with him.
no it was gloria borger, candy crowley, and what’s that old crank’s name that wolf always talks to? he was the worst. He said that it was a shrewd move for Obama to do this….I didn’t want to link to the video because it is really nauseating. but it was on their front page last night
How is this going to play with the general public? In my state, Massachusetts, he got the lowest percentage of AA voters of any state, 37 %. This might be due to the fact that we had a AA US Senator 30 years ago, Ed Brooke, who I voted for after much thought – he was Republican, one of only two times I voted R. But here’s the thing, you can come in here and call us racist but we know better. My question is, how is his charge of racist behavior going to be reacted to by the majority of people, in particular, of Florida? Will it gain him votes or lose him votes?
andre, I don’t think it will help. in a state like FL he has to court the latino voters, not inult them. I read somewhere yesterday that many of the women in the latino caucus in the House didn’t even want to have their picture taken with him
I agree that it will lose him votes, not just in FL but elsewhere as well. The only people who respond to charges of racism when it’s cynically played as it has been by Obama are guilt-ridden liberals. And that type is already in the tank for him. It’s not going to win him any votes, and it may well backfire. Why does the post-racial candidate keep reminding everybody of his race?
he’s also white. he uses his blackness as a sword. pathetic.
I guess he decided it was a winning strategy. Until video of this event surfaces, here’s how it sounded when he said it in San Francisco:
Obama’s New Campaign Strategy: Laughing at Voters
If that were Hillary or McCain, and the two women were black, there would be Sharpton, Jackson, Wright and everyone else marching in the streets. It just goes to show you that he has the media and the dnc in his back pocket. Where is the aclu? someone should file a lawsuit
not watching the news (not even fox), giving up npr, only reading the local page of the our newspaper occasionally is liberating. i now realize how useless the talking heads and most journalists are. These people ar not like the rest of us. Our local newspaper’s editorial board likes to tell every elected official in our county and state including judges how to do their jobs. They love to use the word “brave.” “Brave” is often used when a judge ignores precedent to get the result the paper wanted on whatever issue it is. If a state official does something blatantly politically motivated but the paper likes it she is called ‘brave.” These people are no different than the rest of us in intelligence. they just have a forum.
katie, thanks for the reminder. Why do people think it is funny when Obama accuses voters of racism? The reaction in Florida was similar, laughs and cheers. This is just another example of the post-racial nightmare of Obama where very serious problems like racism are reduced to one liners. one liners, I might add, that are at the expense of American voters.
Gary,
I haven’t seen that bit in years! I’m still laughing. This “senile delinquent” isn’t going to kowtow to the race-baiting, conscending, issue and ideology free “new politics” of Obamism.
Again I just sit here shaking my head, this guy (BO) is a piece of work. I swear he thinks he can do and say anything and no one dares hold it against him. And what happened at the CBC he said “According to Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. “However, I need to make a decision in the next few months as to how I manage that since I’m running against John McCain, which takes a lot of time. If women take a moment to realize that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corner, that would help them get over it.”(get over it , his is so dismisses I can’t stand it) .. “Look, Diane,” Obama said, according to a participant who attended the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) meeting. “John McCain, if he’s elected, is going to pick a Supreme Court that will roll back every gain women have made in the last 50 years.”
Seeming frustrated, Obama started talking more bluntly about why women should be supporting him over Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) yea get nasty that’s the way to win our vote NOT!!! sorry so long
he was only white when he started his campaign, now it seems he does not want to admit that part of his heritage anymore. bamboozed…hoodwinked? He is doing it to his own race. I can’t believe they don/t see it. My husband is black and is baffled at why they are falling for the okie-doke. must be that kool aid. Now with his “seal” We believe he must be the antichrist. This is a spiritual war, nothing to do with race at all…bama the baby hitler. be afraid..be very afraid.
prplvette85: “he was only white when he started his campaign, now it seems he does not want to admit that part of his heritage anymore. ”
The ads he’s running in MO/KS now are all about how he’s a white Christian from Kansas who shares our values of working hard for what we get.
The counter ad just writes itself.
prplvette85 said:
We believe he must be the antichrist.
I prefer BB’s conclusion—he is the possum king
Katiebird…
Oh, I didn’t see the ads, I live in Northwest Indiana, so I only see the opposite. I guess he changes, depending on the demographics of the states. he is such a hypocrite.
http://www.IOwnMyVote.com
Let’s not forget he claims to be from Kansas when it benefits him. Talk about entitlement! – if not for him then you’re racist. Not because you genuinely think he is inept and incompetent, or outraged over the divisive tactics he has used, or concerned about his associations, or turned off by his arrogance – on and on – so many reasons to reject this man. Yet if you don’t buy the snake oil he’s selling then you are racist. Where is the barf bag? This man is repulsive.
Have a great day everyone, I have got to do some gardening and grocery shopping. My blood pressure rising too early in the morning talking about *61, and I am uninsured….need to enjoy this beautiful weather.
Really? He’s running “I’m Black” ads in Indiana? (head reeling)
opps,sorry. I’m in moderation. Can someone get me out?
At Balloon Juice last night they were rationalizing like crazy to defend him on FISA
“It’s not his fault, he’s powerless”
I thought he was the new leader of the party?
“He hasn’t voted yet.”
But he already said he’ll support the bill
“There is probably secret reasons for the bill they can’t tell us about.”
Yeah, it has to do with PUMA’s hiding Saddam’s WMD’s.
Gary,
I hope you don’t mind if I link to the audiotape here in the comments. Is there a way we can capture this for future reference?
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2008/06/20/tsr.sot.obama.campaign.cnn
I love the way Candy Crowley says that Obama didn’t ever talk about race during the primaries. Apparently he did this in Chicago recently also.
“In similar comments at a Chicago fundraiser last Thursday, Obama told supporters that Republicans would try to portray both him and his wife Michelle as “scary.”
“They’re going to try to make me into a scary guy,” he said last week. “They’re even trying to make Michelle into a scary person. Right?” And so that drumbeat – ‘we’re not sure if he’s patriotic or not; we’re not sure if he is too black.’”
“I don’t know, before I wasn’t black enough,” said Obama. “‘Now he might be too black. We don’t know whether he’s going to socialize – well, who knows what.’”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/20/obama-theyre-going-to-try-to-make-you-afraid-of-me/#more-8043
Where the heck is he getting this stuff? I haven’t seen anywhere except from Obama.
Wow. I just don’t know what to say about Obama sometimes. It’s like he’s digging himself a hole the size of the Grand Canyon…to accomodate the size of his head.
thanks BB, I should have probably linked to it in the post, but I found it so repulsive I just couldn’t….
Hillbuzz suggests BO’s seal could be against the law. She cites a federal law that says any actual use of the Presidential or other governmental seal or the likeness of a Presidential/governmental seal that suggests endorsement by the US government would be subject to a fine.
Will the right make this an issue? Then again, they haven’t been firing on all cylinders lately.
The conservative NRO Campaign Spot blog speculates a clever, Chicagoesque way Obama could have raised all that money last year and this year:
“If the campaign isn’t able to keep up, and donors don’t have to report a donation of less than $200 to the FEC, what is to stop someone from working around the $2,300 per candidate per race limit by donating, say, $19,900 in a hundred donations of $199?”
According to the AP, Obama raised $22 million in May (Clinton raised $16 million). McCain has $32 million in the bank and Obama has $43 million in the bank at the start of June. We’ll see how much BO gets in June and how much the Clinton donors and other sources will add to his coffers.
Maybe that’s why the party “leaders” wanted to end it in June. The BO fundraising machine was running out of steam and he couldn’t handle an extra 2 months of campaigning for an Aug. 5th revote in Michigan. Obama has a slight lead right now, but what will the situation be like in the fall. Is Obama a long distance runner?
Hillary should NOT campaign with this guy. I can not believe he had the nerve to blame her for the Muslim thing. I will NEVER vote for this hack.
BB I also loved how crowley made sure to point out that he has NEVER said anything like this before during the primary. This is demonstrably untrue, as Katie pointed out above..
The money thing doesn’t make sense.
Obama was supposed to be able to raise money like a Vegas casino. He opts out of public financing. The DNC is salivating over the money he will bring in for them.
But his fundraising dropped dramatically in May, and the DNC is so broke they can’t afford a convention.
myiq2xu, this is why he is telling everyone not to fundraise for independent groups. He needs the funds for himself. One message. This is getting scary.
This reminds me of Dubya and his admistration, post 9-11, painting dissenters as “unpatriotic” or “anti-American”.
I am sick of the media failing to do their job. If this isn’t spring ‘03 all over again. SMH.
The video you posted of the Puma’s on the prowl was hysterical.
I saw the Blitzer event last night – no one else carried it.
Bloomberg is suppose to introduce him this morning to the Jewish community in Florida in about an hour. If you saw it, Obama made a similar statement about “scary” at the AIPEC meeting. No one laughed, clapped, or made a noise. He looked a little shocked that he didn’t get a response.
He is the racist. I live in Texas and know of no one that is not voting for him because he is black. There are plenty of other reasons – no one has to even go there.
LOL!!! That clip is so funny. I totally forgot about Hell’s Grannies. Too perfect.
…thanks for this laugh this morning – and a good morning to my fellow Senile Delinquent!
“his fundraising dropped dramatically in May, ”
I have believed all along that his funding (laundered) came from dirty energy like Exelon, but since McCain now is outbidding Obama on installing nuke power, (he wants to spend $4 trillion on it) they are ok.
Once they got the real Democrat out of the race, they don’t need to fund him anymore.
Good morning, docommodity! How are they holding up at the Orange Cheeto this morning? Have they rationalized it all away yet?
BB: Did you see alegre’s email? If not check the Saturday post.
BB:
They are trying hard to rationalize that Obama didn’t screw them.
“Well, nobody’s perfect” seems to be the theme.
Unfortunately, some candidates are a lot less perfect than others.
I loved this comment:
that first sentence kills me. We should think independently, but we should defer to His wisdom. what a bunch of morons.
And they had the gall to attack Hillary on the AUMF? They’re no different than the freepers.
I love
That doesn’t sound like someone with any principles, but it does sound like someone who would vote present over 100 times.
This guy wouldn’t even come near Truman’s kitchen.
You mean Obama’s a hardworking white person? Who knew?
On today’s Morning Edition Saturday (www.npr.org )Scott Simon in his Simon Says Commentary finally mentioned , in his usual faux reverential and cautious tones, that perhaps the public should watch the Obama campaign, as well as the Repubs, for race -baiting. Buried, and I do mean buried, in his commentary was a reference to this behavior during the primaries. I just wrote a scathing letter to NPR asking why the hell it has taken him so long to mention this. Could it be that it might have crucially affected voting during the primaries? Inquiring minds want to know why Chicago native Simon was evah so slow to draw attention to this behavior.
salmonrising,
NPR has been on valium ever since the Bush hostile takeover, they just never woke up..
Bostonboomer,
I still can’t be bothered reading cheetos except the relatively isolated eco diaries where some of us like fabian are still round and a lot of them are so nerdy they didn’t get into the adulation bit, they worship rail transport or other solutions – so I see only the usual eco people there…the hardcore never open them.
As kos says in his book: he despises single issue voters like global warming alarmists: they don’t get eco stuff.
But oh, the yummy schadenfreude sauce on my pancakes this morning – the headlines are full of handwringing!
Talk about racism – look at this.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103056.html?hpid=topnews
Tavis Smiley Will Cut Ties With Joyner Radio Show
One of Sen. Barack Obama’s toughest African American critics is quitting his long association with a national radio show after
facing a backlash from the program’s listeners.
Tavis Smiley said yesterday he will resign in June as a twice-weekly commentator on the syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show” after more than 11 years with the program.
GREAT POST ON CANNONFIRE.
“Why we can’t “Get over it”: Threats from Obama cultists”
…Donna Brazille came right out and on a talk show with Maureen Dowd if Obama does not get the nomination “there will be blood.” She is also defending the Rev. Wright by saying an attack on him is an attack on the black church…..
…Back in February, talk show host Tavis Smiley put on a “State of the Black Union” event in New Orleans. Hillary showed up; Obama sent his regrets. Smiley offered a very mild public criticism of Obama. Guess what happened?
“There’s all this talk of hater, sellout and traitor,” Smiley said to me in a telephone interview. Smiley even mentioned getting death threats, but wouldn’t elaborate. He said his office has been flooded with angry e-mails. “I have family in Indianapolis. They are harassing my momma, harassing my brother. It’s getting to be crazy,” Smiley said.
John Fund, a conservative propagandist who has asked asked whether Obama practiced Islam in Indonesia, says that he has had his “life threatened.”
Hillary-supporting Philadelphia radio talker Steve Corbett attained nation-wide attention when he turned against Obama. Guess what happened to him?
In the thousands of emails I’ve received in the year that “Corbett” has been on the air, I have not received a single death threat – until yesterday.
“We will kill you when Obama become PRESIDENT OF USA.,” the email reads. “You would see!!!”…
What makes this threat to kill me all the more mysterious is that it appears to have been sent through Barack Obama’s official campaign website – barackobama.com – the website that sends me official announcements of Obama’s campaign comings and goings.
The emails I’ve been receiving daily about my unwavering support for Hillary Clinton, including a particularly nasty one yesterday from an Obama volunteer in Wilkes-Barre, have become increasingly aggressive.
So have some of the calls to my show.
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/
Best PUMA video ever!!! ROTFL
I have posted several times on different threads about taking action. No one even acknoweledges my posts. All you do on this site is point out injustices. Just talk, talk, talk. No action. You sit back and wait for something to happen. Nothing is going to come out about BO unless you bring it out. Are you really Hillary supporters or just Republicans acting like it? Just trying to placate us until BO has the nomination. You bring out interesting info, but so what? All you do is blog. I had hoped this site was different, but it isn’t. I will keep searching for some real Hillary supporters who will do something.
Taylor Marsh can kiss my ass.
[...] This is a really funny film from what I think might be the best PUMA oriented site that I’ve found so far. [...]
So, LIzgranny, what are YOU doing? Me, I take the info learned here and various other places and write my letters, make my posts, talk to my elected officials.
Just because I don’t post about doing it doesn’t mean I’m not. Gary and his partner Mawm went to the RBC meeting and blogged about it. They are probably going to Denver. Others on this site have traveled and done quite a bit. Just because they don’t constantly blog about it, doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
The clip kept me laughing out loud for awhile – I’m still chuckling! I love it. I sent it to my brother. We old ladies are organizing! Be very much afraid!!
“They’re buying milk and bread and tea and tins of meat for their pets!” Nobody is safe.
My Mother-in-Law voted for Hillary!!!!! She is 96yo!
The greatest fall-out of this primary is finding out there are so many strong women out there, and we are coming together!