Omigod! Beyond-the-pale comments from some audience members at a Palin rally in OH

[annunakigohome]

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This was posted today...the ignorance is truly shocking.

[nini]

1. This would be funny if it wasn't so scary

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[Rotato]

9. Concerned

"Obama and his wife...I'm a little concerned that they could be anti-white...that he might hide that..."

...instead of being openly and honestly racist like me!

[bluedeminredstate]

12. Thanks for saying exactly what I thought!

Oh, and BTW, Welcome to DU!!


:hi:

[nini]

29. pretty much... they don't even see it in themselves.

welcome to DU! :hi:

[PatSeg]

39. Welcome to DU

These comments are unbelievable. Who would have thought so many people could be so ignorant?

How can Obama be anti-white? Does that mean he's anti his mother, grandmother, grandfather, or even anti-half of himself? Idiots!

[Robb]

2. Oh, good grief.

If it quacks like an idiot... :eyes:

[TheEuclideanOne]

15. "I don't like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash"

We all know that he didn't say that.....Me, however....Well, I am sayin it!!!!

[HopeHoops]

16. I heard McCain quack - "How 'bout that Sarah Palin tonight? Quack? Quack?"

[mod mom]

3. These are the fringe. Their isolation from the rest of society makes them fearful and ignorant.

[amyrose2712]

6. What is sad is that they are not isolated. I live in NJ , I work with

people like that. Hell, I have an uncle like that. My sister just got an email from him that the senate just voted to give illegals SS. A email from frigging 06. I hate people !!! Although, finally my mother believes me that her brother is a racist.

[SemperEadem]

4. that's right.. keep talking on camera

keep showing your faces, beaming so proudly in your ignorance.

[annunakigohome]

8. That is the oddest part...it's like so normal to them to spew this ignorance and hate!

And that older woman who says that if (when) Obama gets in it'll turn into a Black country? WTF?!

[SemperEadem]

10. exactly

and I want to ask her "what is wrong with a black country? What exactly do you think you are going to lose on November 7th that you had on November 6th except some erroneous notion that having had a white man in the white house meant that your rights couldn't be taken away? You think someone is going to come into your house and force you into wearing corn rows and speaking Ebonics? You think you're going to be forced to go pick cotton in the field or something? Be beaten for reading? Your children taken from you and sold off to some work farm? Dragged out of your bed and strung up a tree? What?"

These people are freakin OD-ing on fear!! They need to get a grip.

[LSparkle]

5. Scary and depressing

This is our country, people. I am ashamed that such
prejudice and ignorance still exist here.

[The Shadow]

7. That's What Results From Inbreeding! Wow!

nt

[PatSeg]

40. The movie Idiocracy

was not all that far-fetched, was it?

[krkaufman]

50. Newp. We're already part of the way there.

Let's hope we can turn it around, though.

[PatSeg]

57. I found the beginning of that movie

really creepy! As outrageous as it appeared, it also rang true. Maybe we can give them their own country and pay them to stay there. It would save a lot of money and aggravation in the long run.

[krkaufman]

61. Yes, some of the milestones in moving towards Idiocracy ...

... hit a little too close to home.

[KrazyinKS]

11. You should live here

I see people like that all the time.  I am dumbfounded, what
do you say?  If you say anything then they start to hate you,
she is divisive.  McCain knows that, that is what I find
apalling, he said so in 1999.  He knows better and he chose
her anyway, or Carl Rove did.  They can't seem to figure out
they are sleeping with a MONSTER> 

[annunakigohome]

13. I cannot imagine having to live with that ignorance. Did you notice the Obama supporter and how

afraid he was of their hatred?

[desktop]

14. This is what you get when people listen to rightwing lying hate media

Don't ever forget how destructive the rightwing lying hate media is. When the courts ruled in favor of FOXnews, in that they can blatantly lie under the name of journalism freedom, this country flushed a truthful democracy right down the toilet. How damaging could the lying media be? One of these ignorant folks could be Obamas assassin.

[krkaufman]

47. Sadly ironic that McCain has become an Agent of Intolerance. n/t

[Dukkha]

17. we owe these people a debt of gratitude!

they have done more to get Obama elected than any negative ad we could have done. So much free publicity on what their side REALLY stands for. it has revolted the middle right over to our side.

Here in Ohio this kind of sick mentality is all around the outskirts of the cities. The Klan is still alive and well and dwells in the rural farm areas. Being in an interracial marriage, there are many parts we can never go to out of fear of our safety, not that we'd want to anyway.

[nichomachus]

18. This is the natural consequence

of GOP sponsored hate radio and hate TV.

They've created a monster and that monster just got out of the lab.

[HopeHoops]

19. Well, there's no intelligence test for voting, or for running for office.

[Mojambo]

20. Those people are stunningly open about their ignorance, xenophobia and racism.

I honestly thought we were at the point where people would be too ashamed to express this kind of garbage openly.

Wow. That was an eye opener.

[dgibby]

21. That's the guilt talking.

Racists know what they are, know how they feel about other ethnic groups, know how they treat people who are "different", and they are scared to death that, if placed in a position of power, these people would exact revenge. Despite all their good "Christian" upbringing, etc, they cannot grasp the concept of "turn the other cheek"! Jesus must be so proud.

[vinylsolution]

22. Nice to see Al Jazeera exposing domestic terrorists....

... while our pathetic TV networks accuse Al Jazeera of being terrorists...

[vinylsolution]

23. Nice to see Al Jazeera exposing domestic terrorists....

... while our pathetic TV networks accuse Al Jazeera of being terrorists...

[Sorceress]

24. OMG, lawd, did I just hear that man refer to Obama as a "Negro?" Lawd, help me.

[kwolf68]

25. Yea really...

He's on the right path though...in another 20 years he'll be using the word 'colored'.

[annunakigohome]

26. At first it sounded like the N-word, but I think you are right

I remember a few years ago I was taking a university course and this young Black woman mentioned that when she went down South, there are still places where the Whites call BP 'colored' and it's no biggie! LOL- try that mess over by me and see how it goes down.

[nini]

30. well, you know..'colored' is disrespectful

:eyes:


I feel like we're in some kind of time machine with these people.

[alphafemale]

49. Actually he said Negra. That's ridgerunner speak for the what some people thought he said.

I grew up not far from thar. I know exactly what the racist pig meant.

It's really not a bad place to be FROM...if you catch my drift.

[annunakigohome]

56. So you leave the first chance you get, I take it? What is up with Ohio and PA?

I know it's not all like this, but even in the primaries, there was some of the same attitudes when Hillary was a choice (another White candidate). And someone made that joke about "Pennsultuckey"- basically linking PA with KY. Ohio and PA are northern states, for goodness sake!

[alphafemale]

58. I can only speak of the eastern OH region near the WV panhandle.

Southern OH is different from that. Great Lake Ohio is different again. And Mid-State and Western OH are different from ALL These and each other.

That video was shot about a half hour from where I grew up. Amazing how I didn't realize the people there had such a thick accent.

[progressivebydesign]

27. That's the best of the best, folks. Those people actually think they're SUPERIOR to Obama.

That is the thing I could never understand... these bottom of the gene pool people who believe that someone like Obama and his lovely family are somehow beneath them.

I can only imagine what the journalist was thinking as he interviewed them.. I'd be like "you fucking idiot" under my breath.

[annunakigohome]

28. These video bloggers are really genius in their ability to gain the cretins' trust

They are very matter-of-fact and don't call attention to themselves, which is the best way to bring people out and get them a-talkin'! If the journalist was from a major network or something, they'd be so heavy-handed that the people would have their guard up.

[Berry Cool]

51. They HAVE to. Otherwise, they're on the bottom of the totem pole in society. THEM.

Don't you get it? They are so far down, they have to have someone to look down upon in order to feel good about themselves. The way they see it, all they have left is black people. So long as they can say that no matter how low they are in life, at least they're better than ANY people of a different skin color than them, they can hold their heads up high.

Sad, isn't it?

[BeliQueen]

31. I look at this and I don't get scared or upset.

By embracing the ignorant racists in America, McCain aligns himself with their ignorance. And my feeling is that people don't want to be associated with overt racism.

I think the rejection of open racism will be reflected in the voting results.

That's my hope and prayer.

[90-percent]

32. Conversely,

Howard Stern had a recent bit where his road interviewer guy posed questions about Obama using McCain platform positions.

"Do you like Obama because he plans to stay in Iraq? Oh, yeah, I like Obama because of that."

and so on.

Dem voters can sound stupid, too.

Also has something to do with the premise of the questioning, framing, and all that.

The Dems seem stupid and gullible. The Repubs seemed stupid, gullible and frighteningly ignorant and hate radio brainwashed like sheep.

-90% Jimmy

[Ah Xoc Kin]

33. I don't think people should shut up

just because their views are out there

[Sorceress]

35. Um, sorry, I must disagree. If you are racist and hateful, keep it to yourself.

I know it is their right to be racist and hateful but personally, I would prefer they STFU.

[krkaufman]

48. Personally, I want these people's views to be aired publicly.

... if only to demonstrate their ignorance, and to underscore the type of people who are part of the Republican coalition.

[Sorceress]

64. Good point! I am sure many of the undecideds and independents are not particularly

enthused about being lumped with this group of people. It has to be embarrassing for them.

[krkaufman]

65. Right. And normally the Southern Strategy techniques keep the racism aspect ....

.... under wraps, disguising it as "law & order" or "welfare reform" (welfare queens), etc., which allows the less rabid Republicans to not think about the people with whom they are partnering in their coalition.

[PatSeg]

44. I think they should keep some of these

strong beliefs to themselves. The Secret Service doesn't take such talk lightly and these idiots actually said these things on camera.

[Piewhacket]

34. This is what propaganda and hate speech can produce...

when the education system collapses.

[Solly Mack]

36. I just want to smack people like that

and laugh at them

I just don't have a charitable thought one about people like that

[percussivemadness]

37. obama`s a duck?

[annunakigohome]

38. Come again?

Huh?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

42. He's made out of wood...

nt

[annunakigohome]

43. I dunno, maybe I am just a little slow on the uptake tonight

but I haven't a shred of a clue what you mean.

[percussivemadness]

53. at about 56 secs, one of the muppets says

"if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama"

I was just being somewhat ironic :)

[annunakigohome]

54. Oh yeah...that was odd, wasn't it?

They have got some genius logic there. I hope this doesn't get out in Europe. They'll think we're all freaking MORANS AND LOOSERS!

[percussivemadness]

59. well I`m English/Irish

we don`t think ur all a bunch of morons, just those that even contemplate voting for mccain...

[barbtries]

41. this makes me embarassed

to be an american. such breathtaking ignorance, such blatant racism, such fucking stupidity. it's hard to believe, yet there it is.

[annunakigohome]

55. In all its inbred, jingoistic glory...

Sweet Jesus, help us!

[progressoid]

45. "he thinks us white people are trash"

Well, honey, Obama doesn't think so but this white person thinks you are trash.

Good Gawd, these people are frightening.

[annunakigohome]

52. Yeah, where did she get that impression? And for the record: HE'S AS WHITE

as he is Black! And who cares anyway? He is so noble and tries to stay above the fray...It's amazing how people will use anything to justify their own ignorant tendencies...

[krkaufman]

46. It makes one wonder how tough it would be for any of the network news channels ...

... to get similar comments from McCain/Palin rally attendees. And then do the same for Obama/Biden rallies. And let's see a comparison.

But I'm not going to hold my breath that any network news channel would dare do such a news story, since it would seem so "biased" against McCain.

[chuxarino]

60. The most dangerous people on Earth!

These are the last of the apes talking. Actually, apes aren't this stupid.

[Lefty48197]

62. There really is no limit to the stupidity of Republicans

They're actually starting to believe all the insane things they say.

[Amonester]

67. in reality, it's more like they DO believe all the insane things they...

R TOLD to believe ... it's called PROPAGANDA (or ... catapult...)

it's an old trick, very old trick (to gain power over the imbeciles, mostly)

history is full of these fearful idiots.

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[krkaufman]

66. As a member of DU, I am compelled to formally repudiate and denounce this post

How about maybe we just work on the graduation rate and literacy, eh?