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Blue_Tires

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29. I work on a college campus and the black students were even MORE fired up than four years ago
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 01:51 PM
Nov 2012

Talk about "splitting the atom"!

There is a lot of truth in how tone-deaf the GOP was in all of this...You think we don't see/hear the insults (especially for those of us in the south)? You think we can't decipher your racially-coded buzzwords when tossing red meat to your base? You think STILL dredging up the birth issue more than FOUR FUCKING years after it was settled is funny, or cute? You think we forgot about all your racist bumper stickers, t-shirts and posterboards? You think we forgot about any number of thousands of instances of disrespect to the office of the president from congress and the USSC (and I'm referring to the stuff that goes way beyond partisan one-upsmanship)? You think we forgot about some no-name podunk congresscritter calling the president a liar during the state of the union address, and getting fucking CELEBRATED for it??

I could go on, but my hands are starting to tremble so I'll stop here

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" Somehow they got ‘em to vote" gateley Nov 2012 #1
Last election cycle some GOP political op got caught saying... phantom power Nov 2012 #4
They still live in the world of... BanzaiBonnie Nov 2012 #12
Ok, so we're not the only ones having "bozo moments" TrogL Nov 2012 #14
In all fairness... Wayoff Nov 2012 #17
Welcome to DU, Wayoff! calimary Nov 2012 #26
should be followed by "despite our providing far too few voting machines" n/t VWolf Nov 2012 #9
'They' had time. Blanks Nov 2012 #33
Of course, don't you know they're all just lazy layabouts waiting for their gubmint check... truebrit71 Nov 2012 #20
That stood out with me as well libodem Nov 2012 #22
That's what's funny. It wasn't Obama that got them to vote at all.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #24
thanks for posting... kick and rec OKNancy Nov 2012 #2
Best. Analysis. Ever. JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #3
One of my cubicle mates is African American yardwork Nov 2012 #5
The wing-nuts were disgusting regarding Michelle siligut Nov 2012 #15
They were things that many Americans believed were only in the past. yardwork Nov 2012 #23
I work on a college campus and the black students were even MORE fired up than four years ago Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #29
Did you see Obama on Leno? Blanks Nov 2012 #34
I hear you. We prevailed. yardwork Nov 2012 #35
That's funny..she looks exactly like my Cha Nov 2012 #36
She's smart, graceful, professional, gorgeous....she's the best First Lady in my lifetime! yardwork Nov 2012 #41
Plus, I think the first time around, a lot of black people never thought America loudsue Nov 2012 #6
And they didn't just piss on non-whites... phantom power Nov 2012 #7
In right-wing wacko world wealthy white men are "job creators" PA Democrat Nov 2012 #11
Yeah, you can call 'em that. You can stick the term "job creators" on an elephant's butt, too. calimary Nov 2012 #27
Yes, that is an apt description of the faux news-loving people Tennessee Gal Nov 2012 #8
I heard them talking about this on Morning Joe today PA Democrat Nov 2012 #10
And their likely assumption that the AA community was too stupid to notice or care. CakeGrrl Nov 2012 #21
LET them go over the cliff..... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2012 #25
Fuck 'em. LET them go over a cliff. calimary Nov 2012 #28
They weren't "dog whistles." TahitiNut Nov 2012 #13
In other words, zentrum Nov 2012 #16
It makes it easier for them to believe they lost because of African-Americans siligut Nov 2012 #18
They lost because of a ton of reasons.. African Americans are our Cha Nov 2012 #37
Kicked the clock of Mittens... NYtoBush-Drop Dead Nov 2012 #19
...Aryans. Rozlee Nov 2012 #30
Lots my my friends and family are not yet evolved. DCKit Nov 2012 #39
Mitt's sense of entitlement felix_numinous Nov 2012 #31
Our Moms and others here on DU made sure that wasn't going to happen. DCKit Nov 2012 #32
Not calling them "they" would go a long way toward your cause. DCKit Nov 2012 #38
This, I knew would happen! FrenchieCat Nov 2012 #40
+1000 Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #42
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