I do not want "That One" to spread as a jokey meme.

[lcdnumber6]

Period. I wish it wasn't going to come to this, but it seems that McCain/Palin are going to go for the full-out dehumanization of Obama. Not on just a political level, but a racial level. And, after having a visceral reaction to McCain's venom and gestures in pointing to Obama and saying that phrase, I just am not comfortable with joking about it, particularly after hearing about the "kill him" folks at Palin's rally. So, let's leave it be, however tempting it may be as political hay. Love.

[EFerrari]

1. Obama should just roll out "Still the One" as his walking music.

It would work really well. :)

[lcdnumber6]

2. ohhh that would be good! nt

[EFerrari]

8. Obama and his people are smart as hell. There's nothing these little pigs can do

that they can't handle -- except steal our votes.

Are you registered? Are you sure?! Check! Make your friends check! :hi:

[lcdnumber6]

11. i've spread the word on checking registration!

and voting early! my circle of influence isn't big, but I did my best. calling folks in my 'hood this weekend...although now I'm more worried about our Wa. Governor race....

[EFerrari]

13. One of my friends told me all about King County.

lol

I bet you'll be fine. :)

[lcdnumber6]

16. Oy! don't say that here!

;)

It's sad because Dino Rossi's supporters are out for blood for the purported miscarriage of Justice in '04 in the commie breeding ground of King Co.

Oh well. I'll plunk another couple of hundred bucks down for a recount if necessary to keep Gregoire in.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Oh yeah.....and as it turns out, one of the members of the group that had that hit

Is a Democratic Rep from NY...

[BlooInBloo]

3. I'm all for slapping them silly with it, and not hiding it in the closet....

[lcdnumber6]

7. well, I guess my question is...

can we slap silly all of the latent or not so latent racists who heard that tonite? I hear dog whistles all around. I have not been such a worry-troll up to this point but I am really not liking the track McCain is taking. This is beyond negative politics IMHO.

[BlooInBloo]

10. Yah - and I don't plan on helping them by hiding it in the closet like the OP wants.

[XemaSab]

12. That wasn't a DOG WHISTLE

That was motherfuckin' George Wallace in the schoolhouse door right there...

[lcdnumber6]

17. well...not quite so dramatic...

but the comment did ooze, "who the hell are you to be here?!"

[XemaSab]

18. In the grand history of the Civil Rights movement

Okay, yeah, it may not be the MOST DRAMATIC MOMENT EVER, but after a week of "Hang 'em high" and "Can I help you find your seat in the BALCONY, BOY?" it did NOT go unnoticed.

[Mooney]

5. Too late.

It's already taken on a life of its own. Sorry.

[bluestateguy]

6. "I'm Barack Obama----'That One'----and I approve this message"

would be a great way to end an ad.

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Too late

Sorry, but the cat's out of the bag. It can be steered, it can be framed, but it's here to stay. I say laugh at it, but acknowledge it's a racist "memory" from McCain's past, and it's more proof that he's losing it. After all, if he cannot control himself at such an important moremnt, on a national stage, how can we trust him to carry himself properly in matters of state?

McCain's not a maverick, he's a loose cannon. We need a sharpshootin' gunslinger like Obama.

[Raschel]

14. Why? Ridicule works wonders. McCain's not in the majority. He's a joke and I'm laughing.

[lcdnumber6]

15. okay. hear me out here.

Yes, McCain's comment was stupid and laughable to most of us. But why do you brush it off so easily? I still stand that this should not be a jokey meme taken lightly.

Okay - compromise. If you must insist on spreading the "That One" meme, would you please consider putting it in the context of racial slurs commonly heard in the '60's, which have no place in our society today?

Jesus, I still have to convince some of my relatives that that stupid New Yorker cover wasn't for real.