Posted on 07/10/2009 9:53:00 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
As Robert Prosky said in Michael Mann’s film THIEF: “It’s not the kid’s fault his mother’s an a**hole!”
That double standard doesn't fly.
Public criticism is rarely constructive
Yes, for some strange reason that I just can't put my finger on, the threads about the Obama's never include pictures or quotes from The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, or Petticoat Junction. Just shows like Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. Why not Magnum, PI or Hawaii 50? Hmmmm, what single trait does Obama share in common with just those sitcoms he's compared to?
And if the people on DU or DailyKos started posting pictures from The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, or Hee Haw in a thread about Sarah Palin and her family and how they dress, and the people started calling her kids trailer trash and meth addicts, that wouldn't be a cheap and stereotyped shot at her class and rural background, right? (And, yes, I'm sure you can find examples of them doing exactly that.)
Kristinn should have replied by asking this “author” whether or not is was O.K. for the DUmpsters, KOS clowns, and Huffers to savagely smear Sarah Palin’s kids, especially infant Trig?
Keep in mind, everything Obama does is carefully scripted.
That includes putting his daughter out in the public eye, wearing a controversial T-Shirt.
She’s making a political statement and is fair game.
“Child” or not, Obama is using her to make a political statement.
We’re not going to win back the WH by playing by a different set of rules.
The left says despicable things about the Palin’s, then they cry “racism” when someone criticizes the Obama’s?
Sorry, I’m not buying the false outrage. Not for a second.
You want racism? How about those Black Panthers intimidating voters in Philadelphia, then the Obama administration refusing to prosecute them?
Or Rev. Wright, or Father Plegler?
Or Obama “typical white person” himself?
The Republicans in Congress & the Senate are wimping out with your same excuses...we have to be nice & above the fray.
You're kidding, right? Are you actually saying to be strong and be a winner we need to behave like trash?!
No more double standards. Equality for all, good, bad or ugly.
I’m not asking you to go along to get along. I’m asking you to not be a monster to try to slay a monster. Our only two choices are not kissing them or fighting just like them. If you can’t figure out any way to criticize Obama without criticizing his race or his family, then I wonder how sound your cause is. The left resorts to Alinsky tactics because they can’t win honestly and out in the open. Poeple will reject them if they understand them. We don’t have that problem and have no reason to fight like them. Yes, we need to fight. That’s true. But we don’t need to fight like them.
EXACTLY.
That’s because those of us with experience and maturity stay away from threads like that.
Yeah. There have been a lot of things said about Bristol, etc., but I’ve never seen anything as ugly as what I saw in the thread about Malia’s shirt.
The conclusion I’m forced to reach is that Obama Derangement Syndrome is real, and it’s starting to make Bush Derangement Syndrome look tame.
I’m sorry, but I don’t give a crap about t-shirts, mustard, arugula, orange juice, pizza deliveries, Michelle Obama’s purse and shoes, a dog that wasn’t from a shelter, a DVD gift set.
Some of you don’t realize that obsessing over mindless bullcrap is going to push the Republican party further into exile. You are overseeing the destruction of the conservative movement.
So you want to be just as bad and ugly as they are?
i didn’t see that the examples cited were racist, unless it is assumed that the word “ghetto” and “whore” are exclusive to blacks. Are they?
However, some of the comments were certainly unfriendly and at times tasteless. Nothing compared to DU and MSM comments about conservs, tho.
A KOS operative?
This "technique" is really getting old...
Carter Country was set in the fictional small town of Clinton Corners in Georgia (presumably near the part of the state from which U.S. President Jimmy Carter hailed, thus the title), and featured Victor French as police chief Roy Mobey and Kene Holliday as city-bred, college-educated, African-American Sergeant Curtis Baker.
It also featured Richard Paul as Mayor Burnside (who coined a minor catchphrase with his manic, "Handle it, Roy, handle it!", sometimes referring to his way of dodging a parking ticket fine), Harvey Vernon as officer Jasper DeWitt, and Barbara Cason as town employee Cloris Phebus. Additional comic support was provided by Texas-born actor Guich Koock who played the part of goofy deputy Harley. Vernee Watson rounded out the cast as the mayor's secretary. The plot centered around the stereotypical racism of the Deep South, and was often characterized as being an irreverent, comedic version of the movie In the Heat of the Night.
Nothing on that thread even approached what passes for "civil discourse" on those sites.
That includes putting his daughter out in the public eye, wearing a controversial T-Shirt.
She’s making a political statement and is fair game.
“Child” or not, Obama is using her to make a political statement.
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Exactly right, which is why the criticism should be directed at Obama.
Pardon me. Have you any Grey Poupon?
I agree that the writer has a point and if those comments were posted by FReepers and not trolls trying to incite then I am truly embarrassed. However, the writer loses all credibility when including blatant opinion based on absolutely no proof or actual research.
Before we even know who posted the link, is he a hit-and-run member, and which Freepers actually responded to the link?
If it was dealt with, I think it was a manufactured crisis best ignored.
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