Hannity brings Reverend Wright back into focus...

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by JCricket

BHunter - I love cool words and to mess with semantics. I still need to look up some of your words as I have no idea what you really said, only a guess.

"No, the important point is not Obama's skin color, but the content of his character. A character that seeks to associate with most of the elite accoutrements that he consciously castigates for political gain."

Translation: It's not that Obama's black (but don't forget... he is black). It's just that he's an amoral toady who tries to ingratiate himself with the powerful while pretending to hold them in contempt so as not to alienate the proles.

John

[painter]

Originally Posted by bhunter

The Southern Strategy racial connection no longer seems relevant. Perhaps, there are other reasons for the South turning towards the GOP just as there might be something other than perceived racism that turned the black voter away from the GOP. An obvious reason would be the rise of Christian Fundamentalism during the seventies coupled with the democratic appetite for secularization of public, or at least open political, life. Whether or not this was good doesn't negate that there was an interaction between the two. On the other front, a succession of democratic congresses continued to create more and more programs to help the poor. Sadly, a high percentage of blacks were in the group benefitting from these programs. The dynamic here in California with our large hispanic population may shed some light on the matter in the near future. My point is that there is more going on than some nefarious racist plot perpetrated by republicans 30-40 years ago.

Good points!

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by JCricket

To exhibit a language coefficent of greater than one during the interpersonal transfering of summarized ideals equates to complicated and somewhat opaque interpretations of the expressions put forth.

You should eschew obfuscation while espousing elucidation.

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by JJIII

I may have to steal that to use for my signature line.

Feel free to copy and paste and use - just don't quote, as I am not really sure I said what I thought I was saying.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by jcricket

feel free to copy and paste and use - just don't quote, as i am not really sure i said what i thought i was saying.

bam! :d

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Dang francais spewing librarians....

Really. He needs to stick to speaking Ummurrican. That commie French crap will make you eat snails and stop bathing.

Regards,
Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by painter

Good points!

No they're not. They're LOUSY points.

Here's the real test;

Find me a Klan member that votes Democratic. I'm pretty sure you'll have a tough go of it.

I live in the south. A lot of the fine white folks 'round here hated Obama the day they laid eyes on him, especially the older ones. But, to be fair, it's not just the south. I know plenty of bigots in Ohio who were pro-labor Democrats right up to the day Barack came to dinner. Then, they started buying guns-n-ammo and making jokes about growing watermelons on the Whitehouse lawn.................

I remember my nephew commenting....."Uh, oh. There's a porch monkey in the Whitehouse. The shits gonna hit the fan now!"

But, it was all about the policies, you know, the bad ones that they don't like....whatever they are.

Regards,
Dave

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by bobabode

bam! :d

qft!:d

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by painter

Gov. big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. TJ

"TJ"? Thaddeus Jerkwad? This one isn't from Jefferson either. It's from GF (Gerald Ford). So, you replace one bogus quote with another bogus quote? I hope you didn't pay much for that book of "Jefferson quotations".

http://www.monticello.org/site/jeffe...-wantquotation

John

[painter]

There you go again....


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