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MellowDem

(5,018 posts)
34. Welcome...
Tue Jan 17, 2012, 02:26 PM
Jan 2012

I don't think anyone on here was defending Juan. He's a bigot himself. See why he was fired from NPR.

Also, calling Obama the "food stamp president" is simply a dog whistle to bigots everywhere. Just like the old "welfare queen" bullcrap.

Considering we are in the worst recession since the Great Depression, none of which is due to Obama's or liberal policies, attributing the fact that food stamps have increased to Obama, or even focusing on "food stamps" of all things, which aren't even called that anymore, is just pure red bigoted meat slung to an audience of ignorant and hateful people that are fed paranoia and hate on a daily basis. It has been part of Republican strategy for a while, very clearly laid out in the Southern Strategy, to reach out to bigots in the south for electoral gains.

As for why this is called "Democratic" underground, it's because it is the proper way to say it, and has nothing to do with the small "d" democratic. "Democrat" is not proper grammer and is a popular way of slurring Democrats by those on the right if you didn't know. You don't seem to know a lot. Hopefully you have an open mind and can see from another perspective, which you seem to have little knowledge of.

Boy, we've become such a hateful country. Tragic. nt gateley Jan 2012 #1
No. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #27
Good Lord! What country is this again? nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2012 #2
Comes with the fox territory he works for. /nt still_one Jan 2012 #3
The audience smelled racism in the room and frenzied like sharks over the scent of blood. JohnnyRingo Jan 2012 #4
I wonder if Juan Williams is now having second thoughts The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #5
Karma is a bitch for sure. Now he reaps what he himself has sown. CTyankee Jan 2012 #15
+ 1000 COLGATE4 Jan 2012 #18
He belongs with them... MellowDem Jan 2012 #32
That's like the Anti-Defamation League getting booed in Mecca's Grand Mosque Zalatix Jan 2012 #6
I really thought Juan Williams was going to keep his dignity itsrobert Jan 2012 #7
just watching juan on hannity's dreck show.... la la Jan 2012 #8
SC has only 8 Electoral Votes.... Grassy Knoll Jan 2012 #9
American Exceptionalism. joshcryer Jan 2012 #10
BUT THEY NEVER SAY HOW! All they do is complain and state BS rhetoric but ZERO SOLUTIONS. FarLeftFist Jan 2012 #11
Benito Mussolini would love to be a part of this. Lint Head Jan 2012 #12
You'd think Juan, having been at FAUX for so long -- xfundy Jan 2012 #13
And why have more Americans been placed on food stamps under Obama? WHEN CRABS ROAR Jan 2012 #14
Well, Juan, lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. nt msanthrope Jan 2012 #16
"a black journalist being booed by an overwhelmingly white audience in a deep South state..." pampango Jan 2012 #17
The dems should not take their convention anywhere near Carolina, fueling money into that economy. mfcorey1 Jan 2012 #19
I can't personally vouch for this bigtree Jan 2012 #20
I can: there is hope for NC appal_jack Jan 2012 #23
thanks, jack bigtree Jan 2012 #25
In both states it varies by region. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #28
North Carolina is not South Carolina. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #24
Actually, in many ways it is. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #29
Actually ... I live in NC, and visit SC regularly ... and no, its really not. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #39
The only reason NC is a battleground state... GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #40
And your point is??? JoePhilly Jan 2012 #42
My point is... GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #43
Sure, and rural PA is basically Alabama. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #44
Leave it to Fox to conduct a debate Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #21
A debate playing to South Carolina Republicans Prism Jan 2012 #22
Juan was clearly guilty of asking questions while black ... that's a felony in SC. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #26
Thanks. Scurrilous Jan 2012 #30
Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #31
Welcome to DU.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #33
His stay was short - only about 15 minutes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #37
..and leave a good looking corpse.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #38
That was fast Irishonly Jan 2012 #41
Welcome... MellowDem Jan 2012 #34
you seem lost bigtree Jan 2012 #35
What BS treestar Jan 2012 #36
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