Carol
09-19-2009, 06:00 PM
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Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts)
The Last Time Right-Wing Hatred Ran Wild Like This a President Was killed
Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 09:23 AM by Christa
That being John F. Kennedy, who was gunned down in Dallas, of course.
I've been thinking a lot of Kennedy and Dallas as I've watched the increasingly violent rhetorical attacks on Obama be unfurled. As Americans yank their kids of class in order to save them from being exposed to the President of the United States who only wanted to urge them to excel in the classroom. And as unvarnished hate and name-calling passed for health care 'debate' this summer.
The radical right, aided by a GOP Noise Machine that positively dwarfs what existed in 1963, has turned demonizing Obama--making him into a vile object of disgust--into a crusade. It's a demented national jihad, the likes of which this country has not seen in modern times.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/142726/the_last_...
ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
3. I am really concerned
Idiots are going to rallies armed. What will happen next?
GCP (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
4. There's a segment of the population who won't be satisfied until he's dead
After a few glasses of wine last night, I told my husband that I think Obama's days are numbered. I know that's a horrendous thing to even think, never mind say, but there's so much sheer hatred and insanity going around. Couple that with one or two secret service guys who might be in on a plot, (think Robert Kennedy), and nasty things have a habit of coming true in this country.
I really, really hope I'm wrong.
RBInMaine (1000+ posts)
6. These are SCARED, COWARD-AT-HEART WHACKJOBS and are delusional.
CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts)
8. Our media is equally complicit.
By putting these wackos front & center 24x7, they are amplifying their voice & giving validity to their "concerns." translation: How dare the media show ANYONE not agreeing with our hero president. When they do that we can't enact the leftist agenda that Obama is advocating for. We'd actually get everything we want if no one could publicly disagree with him.
niceypoo (1000+ posts)
14. Yes, the lunacy will escalate until there is some sort of right wing terrorist attack somewhere...
...either that or an assassination attempt on Obama. It wouldn't surprise me to see some sort of attack against Democrats, something like the anthrax attack we saw in 2001. It will probably be in response to healthcare reform.
The scary thing that I have noticed is that the Republican punditry, FOX news and the Republicans in congress all seem to be trying to instigate violent acts. They are cheer leading the lunacy and trying to legitimize it by claiming the hateful rhetoric is just, 'regular folks who are mad.'
The up side to all of this is that the GOP has publicly gone Koo Koo. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. The GOP leaders in congress have lost control. The republican party is now led by FOX news. FOX news and the GOP are now one in the same.
They are driving all the normal people out of their party. If you hold any beliefs that resemble reality, you are not welcome in the GOP. Hispanics have been driven out to the point that their support within the GOP is now at the margin of error, 3%.
The more they play to their base, the further off the deep end their base goes and the crazier they become. It is a downward spiral that is feeding itself. The GOP has become so out of touch with reality that they are no longer relevant.
bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #14
22. Faux is only the loudest and most egregious of the networks promoting the anti-Obama
agenda. CNN, MSNBC, CBS all have their share of knee-jerk coverage that only feeds the fire.
"The GOP has become so out of touch with reality that they are no longer relevant." If they're no longer relevant how is it that they have totally altered the content of the legislation to reform health care? How is it that they have managed to cow the Democratic Party leadership and turn them into centrists instead of Democrats? How is it that we are still spending hundreds of billions of dollars and wasting the lives of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan--and at a faster clip than when BushCo was in charge?
All of this rhetoric about the demise of the Republican party is just propaganda. Don't buy it.
And remember that Hitler's National Socialist Party represented less than 1/3 of Germans when it took power. It's not about numbers. It's about commitment and passion. Every image that the networks show of reich-wingers bashing the President or calling his citizenship into question is stimulating the passion of the nutcases and making them more dangerous.
slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts)
17. I know this will trigger a shitstorm, but the man who killed JFK was a leftist, a Soviet sympathizer
Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 11:10 AM by slackmaster
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoswald.htm
JFK would have been regarded as a conservative by many people today. The trade embargo against Cuba was strengthened to its present form by his executive orders.
Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts)
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18. They hated Clinton with an obsession and went after him for 8 years straight.
:shrug:
kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)
19. ....which is why I consider all the rabblerousing to be not-so-subtle
death threats against Obama.
The RW knows EXACTLY what it is doing.What a surprise. Another leftist who can hear words that are not spoken. Here's a tip. That's called a HALLUCINATION.
MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Response to Original message
31. It's Terrorism plain and simple
More people need understand this and that these people are a threat to the countrys security.
Enough is enough!Yea, that would be MadMattie's opinion. Daring to be vocal about disagreeing with their hero president is TERRORISM.:rolleyes:
Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts)
The Last Time Right-Wing Hatred Ran Wild Like This a President Was killed
Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 09:23 AM by Christa
That being John F. Kennedy, who was gunned down in Dallas, of course.
I've been thinking a lot of Kennedy and Dallas as I've watched the increasingly violent rhetorical attacks on Obama be unfurled. As Americans yank their kids of class in order to save them from being exposed to the President of the United States who only wanted to urge them to excel in the classroom. And as unvarnished hate and name-calling passed for health care 'debate' this summer.
The radical right, aided by a GOP Noise Machine that positively dwarfs what existed in 1963, has turned demonizing Obama--making him into a vile object of disgust--into a crusade. It's a demented national jihad, the likes of which this country has not seen in modern times.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/142726/the_last_...
ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
3. I am really concerned
Idiots are going to rallies armed. What will happen next?
GCP (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
4. There's a segment of the population who won't be satisfied until he's dead
After a few glasses of wine last night, I told my husband that I think Obama's days are numbered. I know that's a horrendous thing to even think, never mind say, but there's so much sheer hatred and insanity going around. Couple that with one or two secret service guys who might be in on a plot, (think Robert Kennedy), and nasty things have a habit of coming true in this country.
I really, really hope I'm wrong.
RBInMaine (1000+ posts)
6. These are SCARED, COWARD-AT-HEART WHACKJOBS and are delusional.
CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts)
8. Our media is equally complicit.
By putting these wackos front & center 24x7, they are amplifying their voice & giving validity to their "concerns." translation: How dare the media show ANYONE not agreeing with our hero president. When they do that we can't enact the leftist agenda that Obama is advocating for. We'd actually get everything we want if no one could publicly disagree with him.
niceypoo (1000+ posts)
14. Yes, the lunacy will escalate until there is some sort of right wing terrorist attack somewhere...
...either that or an assassination attempt on Obama. It wouldn't surprise me to see some sort of attack against Democrats, something like the anthrax attack we saw in 2001. It will probably be in response to healthcare reform.
The scary thing that I have noticed is that the Republican punditry, FOX news and the Republicans in congress all seem to be trying to instigate violent acts. They are cheer leading the lunacy and trying to legitimize it by claiming the hateful rhetoric is just, 'regular folks who are mad.'
The up side to all of this is that the GOP has publicly gone Koo Koo. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. The GOP leaders in congress have lost control. The republican party is now led by FOX news. FOX news and the GOP are now one in the same.
They are driving all the normal people out of their party. If you hold any beliefs that resemble reality, you are not welcome in the GOP. Hispanics have been driven out to the point that their support within the GOP is now at the margin of error, 3%.
The more they play to their base, the further off the deep end their base goes and the crazier they become. It is a downward spiral that is feeding itself. The GOP has become so out of touch with reality that they are no longer relevant.
bertman Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Response to Reply #14
22. Faux is only the loudest and most egregious of the networks promoting the anti-Obama
agenda. CNN, MSNBC, CBS all have their share of knee-jerk coverage that only feeds the fire.
"The GOP has become so out of touch with reality that they are no longer relevant." If they're no longer relevant how is it that they have totally altered the content of the legislation to reform health care? How is it that they have managed to cow the Democratic Party leadership and turn them into centrists instead of Democrats? How is it that we are still spending hundreds of billions of dollars and wasting the lives of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan--and at a faster clip than when BushCo was in charge?
All of this rhetoric about the demise of the Republican party is just propaganda. Don't buy it.
And remember that Hitler's National Socialist Party represented less than 1/3 of Germans when it took power. It's not about numbers. It's about commitment and passion. Every image that the networks show of reich-wingers bashing the President or calling his citizenship into question is stimulating the passion of the nutcases and making them more dangerous.
slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts)
17. I know this will trigger a shitstorm, but the man who killed JFK was a leftist, a Soviet sympathizer
Edited on Sat Sep-19-09 11:10 AM by slackmaster
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoswald.htm
JFK would have been regarded as a conservative by many people today. The trade embargo against Cuba was strengthened to its present form by his executive orders.
Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts)
Response to Original message
18. They hated Clinton with an obsession and went after him for 8 years straight.
:shrug:
kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)
19. ....which is why I consider all the rabblerousing to be not-so-subtle
death threats against Obama.
The RW knows EXACTLY what it is doing.What a surprise. Another leftist who can hear words that are not spoken. Here's a tip. That's called a HALLUCINATION.
MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Response to Original message
31. It's Terrorism plain and simple
More people need understand this and that these people are a threat to the countrys security.
Enough is enough!Yea, that would be MadMattie's opinion. Daring to be vocal about disagreeing with their hero president is TERRORISM.:rolleyes: