Posts Tagged ‘overt racism’

Tell Us What You Really Think: Saxby Chambliss Edition

Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, of “Max Cleland = Osama bin Laden” fame, draws the battle lines:
He predicted the crowds of [African-American] early voters would motivate Republicans to turn out. “It has also got our side energized, they see what is happening,” he said.
If that doesn’t draw a clear enough picture for you, consider this:
The Republican [...]

Monday’s racism roundup!

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: There are some serious concerns that Democrats and Obama supporters are going to get complacent and blow this thing. As a little extra motivation to start the week (Colin Powell, $150 million, economy still in free-fall, blah blah blah) I thought I would scrap our usual format and just list the outrageous [...]

Daily briefs, weekend edition.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. It’s cold out! We love it. Other things we love? Colin Powell and a possible Obama endorsement tomorrow. Obama outspending McCain dramatically because of all that money I gave him. This wonk-ish look at the rural-urban divide, population density and voting. This pumpkin curry I used to eat, drink and practically bathe [...]

And … drug use.

I figured we wouldn’t hear this until next week at the earliest:
Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a McCain campaign co-chairman, edged up to an explicitly racial attack on Barack Obama on Thursday, describing the Illinois Senator as a “guy of the street” before raising his youthful drug use. Appearing on Dennis Miller’s radio show, Keating charged [...]

Stay Classy America!

The Republican ticket, now in full panic mode over recent polls showing an ever widening gap between them and Obama/Biden, have unleashed a deluge of lies and racially coded smears. They have already seen some success, if you can call turning your rallies in to a seething, racist mob a success. Recently McCain and Palin [...]

Tuesday: Oh no!

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS. It’s ugly out there. “Kill him!” a Palin supporter yelled about Obama at a rally in Florida yesterday, and she said nothing. “He’s a terrorist” a McCain supporter yelled about Obama at a rally in New Mexico. McCain cringed, but he could have just been having a stroke. The overall: with Obama ahead [...]