Comments on: The Klan Was in the Audience http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: yellowdog jim http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102557 yellowdog jim Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:50:10 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102557 <blockquote><p>upending years of racial stereotypes about angry black men–in the presence of those trying to use intimidation to sustain those stereotypes.</p></blockquote> <p>poetry</p>

upending years of racial stereotypes about angry black men–in the presence of those trying to use intimidation to sustain those stereotypes.

poetry

]]> By: Neil http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102314 Neil Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:06:49 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102314 <p>Obama’s restraint was masterful.</p> Obama’s restraint was masterful.

]]> By: lllphd http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102306 lllphd Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:35:16 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102306 <p>no time to read everyone’s comments, so this may already have been noted, but…</p> <p>i can find no reference in all this buzz about mccain’s contempt to the earlier incident between mccain and obama that just as boldly shows mccain’s contempt.</p> <p>go <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/07/mccain.obama/index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/07/politics/main1289745.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a> for stories about that sandlot nonsense, and then <a href="http://obama.senate.gov/letter/060206-sen_obama_and_sen_mccain_exchange_letters_on_ethics_reform/" rel="nofollow">here</a> for the actual letters in question. mccain’s letter literally drips contempt. i mean, oozes.</p> <p>and then, on top of this is the moment this spring, after obama clinched the nomination, when lieberman was talking trash about him, and obama essentially took him to the <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/15/lieberman_irks_democrats_by_criticizing_obama/" rel="nofollow">woodshed</a> and called him out, in ‘private’ but in a public place.</p> <p>i don’t think any of these incidents explain why mccain has such contempt for obama any more than any other story, but it sure helps to fill out the picture more fully. bottom line: mccain holds obama in contempt for any number of mysterious reasons, but that contempt has been around for years now.</p> no time to read everyone’s comments, so this may already have been noted, but…

i can find no reference in all this buzz about mccain’s contempt to the earlier incident between mccain and obama that just as boldly shows mccain’s contempt.

go here and here for stories about that sandlot nonsense, and then here for the actual letters in question. mccain’s letter literally drips contempt. i mean, oozes.

and then, on top of this is the moment this spring, after obama clinched the nomination, when lieberman was talking trash about him, and obama essentially took him to the woodshed and called him out, in ‘private’ but in a public place.

i don’t think any of these incidents explain why mccain has such contempt for obama any more than any other story, but it sure helps to fill out the picture more fully. bottom line: mccain holds obama in contempt for any number of mysterious reasons, but that contempt has been around for years now.

]]> By: MrWhy http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102292 MrWhy Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:40:08 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102292 <p>If McCain has such an impediment, surely the McCain campaign would ask for the consideration of always being to the left of Obama? Did this impediment manifest itself in the earlier primary debates?</p> If McCain has such an impediment, surely the McCain campaign would ask for the consideration of always being to the left of Obama? Did this impediment manifest itself in the earlier primary debates?

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102289 Leen Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:35:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102289 <p>would that be because McCain had not read the proposals?</p> <p>The MSM has attempted to spin Obama’s efforts to show where he agreed with McCain as weak. I thought Obama’s effort to find common ground with an opponent as an example of a masterful negotiator. Being able to demonstrate that there is common ground on some issues is a strength in my book. </p> <p>Obama did express some views about Iran on Face the Nation this Sunday that has my radar up. Still trying to find the exact wording</p> would that be because McCain had not read the proposals?

The MSM has attempted to spin Obama’s efforts to show where he agreed with McCain as weak. I thought Obama’s effort to find common ground with an opponent as an example of a masterful negotiator. Being able to demonstrate that there is common ground on some issues is a strength in my book.

Obama did express some views about Iran on Face the Nation this Sunday that has my radar up. Still trying to find the exact wording

]]> By: FrankProbst http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102247 FrankProbst Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:44:16 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102247 <p>I quit after the first paragraph. McCain could have pissed his pants during that debate, and Broder would have described it as “boldly marking his territory”.</p> I quit after the first paragraph. McCain could have pissed his pants during that debate, and Broder would have described it as “boldly marking his territory”.

]]> By: FrankProbst http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102245 FrankProbst Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:43:11 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102245 <p>More thoughts on the debate:</p> <p>I think Obama played it much better than I initially thought he did. I remember during the debate that I kept wishing Obama would hit McCain harder, and now I realize that Obama played it MUCH better than I would have. He didn’t even spike the ball when McCain set him up for it (”Ack-mah-din-uh-john”–it isn’t hard if you practice for 30 seconds.). McCain came off looking like Bush. Obama came off looking like Not-Bush. Beautiful.</p> More thoughts on the debate:

I think Obama played it much better than I initially thought he did. I remember during the debate that I kept wishing Obama would hit McCain harder, and now I realize that Obama played it MUCH better than I would have. He didn’t even spike the ball when McCain set him up for it (”Ack-mah-din-uh-john”–it isn’t hard if you practice for 30 seconds.). McCain came off looking like Bush. Obama came off looking like Not-Bush. Beautiful.

]]> By: brendanx http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102243 brendanx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:30:01 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102243 <p>That was actually his interpretation of the lack of eye contact, if you believe it.</p> That was actually his interpretation of the lack of eye contact, if you believe it.

]]> By: FrankProbst http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102242 FrankProbst Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:26:41 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102242 <blockquote><p>David Broder gibbered the exact opposition interpretation. He called McCain “the alpha male”. Then again, as a subhuman primate, Broder should know.</p></blockquote> <p>Broder doesn’t understand that there’s a world of difference between an “alpha male” and an “asshole”.</p>

David Broder gibbered the exact opposition interpretation. He called McCain “the alpha male”. Then again, as a subhuman primate, Broder should know.

Broder doesn’t understand that there’s a world of difference between an “alpha male” and an “asshole”.

]]> By: brendanx http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102240 brendanx Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:16:59 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/29/the-klan-was-in-the-audience/#comment-102240 <p>David Broder gibbered the exact opposition interpretation. He called McCain “the alpha male”. Then again, as a subhuman primate, Broder should know.</p> David Broder gibbered the exact opposition interpretation. He called McCain “the alpha male”. Then again, as a subhuman primate, Broder should know.

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