I've got my hands full with not one, but two sons while I'm off the next month. So here's all the news that's fit to blog, but not worthy of it's own post. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Is Obama Secretly An A-RABBB!?! - Let's keep it honest, John McCain isn't suddenly some honorable individual for "standing up to his supporters to defend Barack Obama". He only did so because he was asked such a stoopid question as the one that follows and couldn't be caught on tape co-signing such nonsense.
What A Weekend For Palin! - So, homegirl gets found guilty of abusing power when she fired that one cat who wouldn't fire her ex-brother in law. Lucky for Sarah, this verdict came down on a Friday night, and is already out of the news cycles. After that whole "bridge to nowhere" debacle, selling the jet on Ebay, and now this, she effectively has zero accomplishments to stand on, other than those of her running mate.
Oh yeah, she went to a hockey game, and the fine people of Philly greeted America's most famous Hockey Mom, City of Brotherly Love Style. I knew Broad Street was rough, but good lawd!
Can we just nod in agreement that this was the worst Veep selection Evar? Ok, cool.
John Lewis Should Really Just Shut Up - I wasn't around during the days of George Wallace, so I can't say whether John Lewis is going overboard with hyperbole or merely speaking the truth that he witnessed firsthand. But reality is, any calling out of racist behavior needs to be done by white campaign surrogates, if at all, not ex-civil rights leaders.
Yes, of course the Palin/McCain ticket is stoking racial fires, but we should let those Americans who are still undecided make this conclusion for themselves. By putting the issue front and center, you give the McCain campaign yet another baseless reason for claiming that the Obama campaign is playing the race card, thus making themselves victims. Talk about When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong.
Redskins, Deadskins - So, you beat Dallas and Philly on the road. You've won 4 straight for your best start in years. You come home to the nation's Capitol with folks talking Super Bowl. And how do you respond? By losing to an 0-4 Rams squad and turning the ball over 3 times after not having done so all season.
And yeah, I'm off the bandwagon.
Monta Ellis Is An Idiot - So, imagine this: You're 21 years old and after 3 years in the league, your team hands you a $70M contract and anoints you the franchise savior. What do you do to celebrate? Buy a moped (who still rides these?), fall off of it injuring your knee, lie to the team about it being a "pickup basketball injury", and finally fess us once the medical reports prove otherwise. The Golden State Warriors decided to suspend Monta Ellis for 30 games, which is just dumb, considering that he would have missed the 30 games with his injury anyway. Sure, he won't be paid, but he'll also miss the whole point of why he was suspended in the first place. That said, I hope the kid returns healthy so we can see more highlights like these.
GM/Chrysler Merger - Man, I never thought I'd see the day. What's next? Coke merging with Pepsi? Is the NBA going to combine the Celtics and Lakers rosters? 50 Cent and The Game reuniting? Truly a sign of the times.
Levi/Bristol Baby Watch - Yeah, this is trivial, but Yahoo had some story about Bristol Palin's much misunderstood "fiance" Levi Johnston. Turns out dude has now dropped out of high school and gotten a job as an electrician to care for his seed to be. The infamous MySpace page was allegedly a joke his friends played on him. He also says it ain't a shotgun wedding, he's been bonin' dating Bristol since was was a Freshman, and he's planning on getting married next Summer. Anyone who says the Associated Press is in the tank for liberals should take a gander at this puff piece and shut the hell up from now on out. I couldn't imagine a similar story being written about two black teenagers expecting a baby. And yes, that sh*t is racist.
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Re: "A-RRRAAABB" - this woman seems more likely to be a plant than James T. Harris in my opinion. They needed somebody to say something this tee-totally ridiculous so McCain could really showcase his "decency."
Re: the Levi Johnston bit. For real, he dropped out of high school, for real? Because he needs to work to support the Governor of Alaska's daughter and grandchild? Ok.
Anyway, congrats on the newest future successful black man in your family!
John Lewis was on point. Period!
Arab- I don't believe McCain saved the day. I think she was planted. I haven't seen any MSM reports on the identity of the woman and whether McCain 'convinced' her about Obama.
Palin-the more I listen to and see of her the less I respect her. Hopefully I have less then 30 days left to be reminded of who she is.
John Lewis- I think what he said is relevant and possibly accurate. I think that some of the 'white priviledge' came out @ the GOP rallies; and in terms of how McCain allowed this negativity to fester.
Redskins-my Patriots are struggling so nothing else matters.
Monta Ellis- no empathy from me. Too many athletes take their talent/opportunity for granted; refuse to follow the rules; behave irresponsibly and then want to 'whine'. If you've been given a break and blow it all to Hell- oh well...
GM merger-having spent my elementary years growing up in Flint, MI I know what the car industry means to a city and the people. If it saves jobs in the long run and helps to revitalize areas I'm all for a merger-especially before more jobs are outsorced and another American company is 'rescued' by foreigners.
Levi/Bristol- I'm not impressed by or concerned about them.
I'm sorry, John McCain is NO George Wallace.
Come on now guys this is stupid!
Lewis got a big ol' country ass mouth on him and he let it get in his way as he normally does. I mean, John McCain did NOT stand in the way of a university doorway to prevent intergration; he never said in a speech "Segregation now, segregation tomorruh, segregation forever."
It was irrelevant and irresponsible. I mean, perhaps he shoulda compared him to someone like Jesse Helms who was alive and thriving in the last two decades. I mean, Wallace was an old decrepit man by the 1990's.
But George Wallace....oh puh-leez.
I'm quite scared that this man is a) about to be re-elected down here in Atlanta b) who's gonna come after him.
I'd love for some Atl-iens to point DIRECTLY to some improvements that have taken place in his district.
Yeah, the George Wallace comparison is over the top. I think Lewis got a little too crunk with all the excitement and what not. In any case, his commentary is pretty close to entirely irrelevant.
I think you all need to go back and read the comments that John Lewis actually made. Then read his statement and Obama's and I think you all will understand.
John Lewis was more nuanced (is that the right word???) than the soundbites they're playing. I can understand where he comes from, it's disconcerting and scary that people are yelling 'kill him' at McCain/Palin-rallies.
I feel kind of sorry for McCain, it seems clear to me that this is not the campaign he wanted, but the campaign he let the GOP force upon him. That's another reason I think Obama is more qualified for the job: Obama is in complete control of his campaign, he is the boss of him whereas McCain hasn't been in charge of his own campaign since he let other people pick his VP for him. That same VP-candidate has added fuel to the fire ever since she came on board. McCain can try as he might but the genie is out of the bottle now and he doesn't seem to take the least bit of ownership in the situation.
From the article: "Not surprisingly, Johnston was a little shocked when he learned about Bristol's pregnancy..."
Shocked!? No sex-ed in Alaska?
C'mon, somebody teach this kid about the "birds and bees" before he's "shocked" again.
Uppity, man, I gotta take you on on this one. Here's some of John Lewis' remarks, just to refresh our memories--the bold type is my own:
"During another period, in the not too distant past, there was a governor of the state of Alabama named George Wallace who also became a presidential candidate. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights."
John Lewis never said McCain was a George Wallace look-alike, but that he, like Wallace, is creating the "climate and conditions that encourage" violence.
I don't see how you could take exception to that statement. I believe that, whether it was their intention or not, McCain and Palin was doing just that.
And for the record, I do believe that they knew that throwing out all that "red meat" was not going to satiate the appetite of the mob, but whet their appetite for more blood.
Let's face it, there's a number of groups out there who'd like to hang Obama by his testicles for his audacity of hope to seek the highest office of the land.
The presidency for them is the white man's sole preserve.
I do agree with AB that Lewis shouldn't have made the statement himself, but passed the ball off to a white surrogate to run with and score a touchdown.
Obama, as it turns out, felt compelled to temper Lewis' remarks with one of his own. He didn't throw Lewis under the bus, but the bus did come narrowly close to hitting his behind.
Ok this will be my last statement regarding John Lewis. John Lewis was the right person to make the statement he should not have passed it off. John Lewis knows what it is like to have racial hate spread in undertones that can ignite into a raging fire. If ANYONE has a right to speak, it is John Lewis, he almost paid with his life for the right that Obama and I have in this country. Nuff said.
John Lewis was absolutely right. McCain's campaign took on a totally different tone after Six-Pack Sarah opened her mouth and stoked the fire. To make matters worse, they even drug out the Stepford wife to make disparaging remarks. Then by not saying anything when things their supporters started chanting "kill him" and "terrorist", they pretty much gave the okay for spewing hateful and untrue retoric. John Lewis wasn't the only person to speak out against the shift in the tone the campaign....he's the only one McCain chose to lambast for doing so. Now ask yourself, who's really playing the race card here? and to what end? You see, what McCain is doing now, (reprimanding his supporters-like the lady who can't trust Obama cause' he's an A-rab.)(You just know what she really wanted to say was A-rab N*gger)is called talking out the side of your neck. A more appropriate response (instead of instisitng Obama denounce statements that he really had nothing to do with), would have been for McCain to humbly apologize.
@Jazzy, and ebw.
I have no problem with Lewis making the statement he did, political expediency or otherwise.
I have mad respect for Lewis, and if anyone has earned a right to speak his mind, it's him.
Although I believe his statment gave McCain fodder for mounting a counterattack--I have no problem with it.
It could be argued, as you did, that Lewis was the right man to level the complaint and concern he did. After all, he's faced, and stood up to, the "climate and conditions" of which he speaks.
Yet, in battle, it's still prudent not to lob live grenades at the enemy, if they can take them and throw them back at you before they detonate.
Just a rule of thumb, not written in stone.
Brother Average.... Honorable John Lewis may not be the one who calls out Sen, McCain in relatios to George Wallace. My same angle is that the younger generation Blacks of course by age was not in the George Wallace era. There is a fact that if one want thru an episode/episodes he is more qualified to speech about his observations/feelings. The majority of the Black Bloggers are of the 80s generation. Wallace did his more racial negative activities in the 50-60s. Being a "closet clan" he used a lot of the speech as McCain. In the archieves you may see that people against Blacks used the phrase "my friend" a lot. This excluded Blacks from the conversation. I do agree that every thing is not on the race level. Soon someone will talk about the racial make-up of McCains crowd. I always wanted a Black man to run for prez... but now its so bittersweet because of Brother Obama running as a non=race person,,,just like the feelings some/hell of a lot feel about that Cabapolineesian something,something Tiger Woods.
@black diaspora
I'm sure if spool32 got in on this one, I'd agree with him. Lewis was irresponsible for this. The fact that he brought him up in the statement made it a comparison, just like all these black folk invoke the name of MLK and Obama in the same statement.
I think it would have been a much more appropriate parallel to say Trent Lott or Jesse Helms. And again, Wallace did do a lot of damage with his inaugural speech about segregation and he was quite open about his racist and segregationist beliefs.
For the record, McCain has NEVER said any of this crap out loud. We're all accusing him of being a "closet klan" member.
I mean, he ave a decent enough speech in front of the Lorrain Motel and black folk in Memphis booed him. WTF? The dude was trying and we booed his ass! he's damned before does anything in our eyes. And for the rrecord, he gave a speech and Obama was nowhere to be found.
I'm glad someone has respect for him, because mine is very little if at all. The residents of his district, which I'm living in here in Atl would be hard pressed to point directly at what he's done for this district.
@jazzy
AS far as I'm concerned, he's still on the Edmund Pettis bridge.
@ebw
I really don't think he was right in invoking the name of such Wallace. He was right in his assessment, but if he felt so moved to speak (apparently that's all he's good at, so I guess you work it till the wheels fall off) he shoulda just left Wallace's name out of it. Or at least found an appropriate and truthful parallel. I really think this is just as irrepsonsible as the SHeriff down in FLorida invoking the name of "Hussein" with Obama. It plays on the same irrational fears. Republicans have no more proof tha Obama's a Muslim terrorist than Democrats (read: black folk) that McCain is some closet redneck who's going to reinstitute segregation Jim Crow style.
Y'all all right!
Obama handled it correctly and that's what matters most--but why is McCain insisting that Obama discredit Cong. Lewis' statements based on his own personal history? Lewis is McCain's 'hero' who was included in his book. Shouldn't McCain take heed of his hero's dire warnings?
@the uppity negro: "I'm sure if spool32 got in on this one, I'd agree with him."
No doubt you would. Since we're both pretty firm in our position, it doesn't serve either of us to continue the dialog.
You said: "I mean, he [McCain] ave a decent enough speech in front of the Lorrain Motel and black folk in Memphis booed him. WTF?"
Well, I'm not surprised: he did vote against making Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday.
I haven't checked lately, but I believe that his state of Arizona still doesn't recognize the day.
Here's my take: McCain is dangerous and will say and do just about anything to win. It has been reported that he, himself, has pretty much said the same thing.
I'm sure that you believe otherwise. And that's just great! We can't always be in agreement a hundred percent of the time with anyone.
I know it's your point that there's irrationality on both sides: perhaps, but I don't hear at the Obama rallies the kind of vile statements that I hear at McCain's, or the innuendos, and dog-whistle statements that he and his running mate use to stir up the crowd.
And if there are those at Obama's rallies that get out of line, he checks them immediately. He doesn't wait for the media, or party bigwigs to tell him to cool it, and tone it down.
Talk at you later. You can have the last word.
@black D.
I'm not saying McCain wasn't fostering an atmosphere of hate etc, I just felt that invoking the names of George Wallace was wrong and irresponsible and did the same thing Lewis accused McCain of.
Some parting thoughts.
I'm with Uppity. Merely putting McCain and Wallace in the same sentence delves too far into hyperbole to be taken seriously. The issue seems to have blown over, but I still wish Lewis had kept this to himself.
Yes, he's earned to right to say anything he darned well pleases, but that don't make it right.
Well, at least they're getting MARRIED! How often does a pregnancy result in marriage vs an abortion or a single mom?
Final comment: I'm with Keith Olbermann who weighed in on this today with a Special Commentary.
Check it out!
There's no glory to be found in someone getting married because of or after pregnancy.
If it's considered a mistake, don't make 2 out of one.
There are many people who are unmarried and are loving, caring, effective parents.
...I don't know where to start.
Obama has a 20-year friendship with a guy who actually tried to burn a judge's family alive and who is married to a woman who murdered a cop with a pipe bomb, both of whom say they wish they'd done more, and it's McCain who is creating conditions and encouraging violence?
The cognitive dissonance is deafening. The simple fact is this tiny, tiny minority espouses violence you don't agree with. It's not the violence, it's the politics you don't like. If you had a problem with condoning violence, you'd be questioning Obama's association with actual terrorists who actually killed actual people.
No, it's not that you disagree with violence, it's that you disagree with the specific aims of this violence. Fostering an atmosphere of violence. Give me a break... leftists have been detonating bombs at Army recruitment offices for the last two years, and some harsh words about a candidate is fostering violence? The more biblical among us may recall lines about casting the first stone or a mote in the eye...
... except that ignoring any fact not aligned with the crafted image is the leftist theme right now. Selective memory is useful when the talking points contradict reality.
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Uppity has the right attitude here re: Lewis. After days and days of Democratic surrogates playing the race card, somebody finally found the line and stepped over it... Lewis was the latest in a long list of people who were out of order, but that was egregious. George Wallace? Good grief.
I'm glad uppity mentioned Trent Lott... the Republican Party crucified him after his remark at Strom Thurmond's birthday. True conservatives don't tolerate racism in our leaders.
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No talk of plants in an audience would be complete without reminding everyone of the series of Obama campaign operatives and supporters posing as "undecided voters" during the primary debates. How is it that wild speculation about McCain audience plants makes a difference, but documented proof of Obama repeatedly doing the same thing merits no comment?
Could it be that it's not the audience planting you guys have a problem with, and that it's only an excuse to summon fake outrage and attack the candidate you already don't like?
Naaah... that couldn't be it.
I won't take the bait...
Can you say selective outrage?
Yes
We
Can!
No, but I can definitely say Im not wasting my time...
Yeah, pictures of people wearing insulting T-shirts aren't worthy of your time...
Likewise comedians who talk about Palin getting gang-raped by black guys as a crowd laughs and cheers, or videos displaying political opinions inconvenient to those pushing the "GOP fostering an environment of violence" meme.
Selective outrage. No Room to Talk.
@spool;
Don't group me into a group of noncaring individuals. There's no indication of me fostering any environment of violence. Not on the internet, and not in my real life.
If I wanted to engage in a defense of groups of people wronged or victims of violence, there wouldn't be enough time or space on this blog.
cinco,
So much wiser than me...
spool,
I think that what Sandra Bernhardt said was disgusting and really it not only threatens Palin, but it demonizes big black men in the process. But honestly, I don't know anyone who's co-signed her. Everywhere I've read about it people generally found it unfunny and pretty messed up.
@ Spool
I doubt (m)any of my readers agree with Bernhardt's comments either. I haven't heard many people period not named Bernhardt who did.
You're barking up the wrong tree.
@ill:
Well, she sold out her shows, so some people paid money to see it. Also, the Washington Post and the Washington Examiner both wrote positive reviews, and described a packed house full of laughter...
@AB:
My point here is not whether people agree, but whether people ignore it in favor of selective outrage at much tamer comments from the right.
I would be shocked and disappointed to find anybody commenting here who would co-sign Bernhardt's routine, or wear "Sarah Palin Is A Cunt" T-shirts.
I suspect the population of commenters here who are willing to tolerate and ignore it is much higher, and that's my point: selective outrage... it has the ring of falsehood.
Every time I start to feel like I should be more reasonable, I read comments like this one at the bottom of another AB thread and I wait for the condemnation...
and I wait...
and I wait...
Selective Outrage!
If you're referring to the comment about laying low after the election...that wasn't even in the right place. It had nothing to do with the post that everyone else was talking about. But anyway.....
Bernhardt is a effin idiot. She's not funny at all to me. When I see her or hear her I just get annoyed and bored. I may have ignored her because I didn't even know she said that until now. Not sure if that's why others are ignoring it but that's my reason.
In regards to the Palin cunt tee shirt, I wouldnt wear it. The word is offensive for anyone to use, including McCain.
But, I'm not the norm or the majority.
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