WI GOP Senate Candidate’s Son: “Send Obama Back to Chicago, or Kenya”

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At a Republican event attended by his father, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, and RNC chairman Reince Priebus, here’s Jason Thompson smirking as he makes a racist joke about President Obama to a room full of laughing white conservatives: Wisconsin Senate Candidate’s Son Says We ‘Have the Opportunity’ to Send Obama Back to Kenya.

Jason Thompson, the son of former Governor and Wisconson Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, speaking this morning at a brunch attended by Tommy Thompson and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “we have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya.” A woman in attendance then chimed in “we are taking donations for that Kenya trip.” A spokesman for Thompson did not immediately return a request for comment.

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131 comments
1 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:29:54pm

Tommy Thompson needs to take his son to the woodshed. That's not a Dog Whistle, that's open racism.

2 Charles Johnson  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:30:44pm

re: #1 Dark_Falcon

Tommy Thompson needs to take his son to the woodshed. That's not a Dog Whistle, that's open racism.

The crowd loved it.

3 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:33:28pm

Translation? "Go back to Africa."

4 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:33:36pm

I know that crowd. I can't believe they exist anymore, but I guess I've been naive.

My circle of chosen acquaintances is getting smaller and smaller.

5 Kragar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:33:52pm

And people get upset when you call them inbred hillbillies, sheesh.

6 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:34:43pm

But how can this be? I've been repeatedly assured that there is no racism in the Republican party and that it's Democrats who are the "real" racists!

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7 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:35:09pm

The GOP should be grateful that Obama has control of his temper.
Fuck 'em.

8 JamesWI  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:35:32pm

re: #1 Dark_Falcon

Tommy Thompson needs to take his son to the woodshed. That's not a Dog Whistle, that's open racism.

That's your team. He's not going to take him to the woodshed. He'll give him a nice pat on the back.

9 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:35:56pm

re: #7 Reverend Mother Ramallo

The GOP should be grateful that Obama has control of his temper.
Fuck 'em.

POTUS is a gentleman. Can't say the same for all politicians.

10 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:36:53pm

re: #8 JamesWI

That's your team. He's not going to take him to the woodshed. He'll give him a nice pat on the back.

Oh, he'll tell the press that he "doesn't agree" with such comments and has let his son know of his "disappointment," but if you believe that, I've got beachfront property in Nevada I'm selling for cheap.

11 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:37:14pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

The crowd loved it.

They can love it, I don't.

12 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:38:14pm

re: #1 Dark_Falcon

That's not a Dog Whistle, that's open racism.

So is hoping/predicting that black voter turnout is lower than it was in 2008. Either you want everyone to participate in this democracy as much as possible or you don't.

13 Charles Johnson  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:38:33pm

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

These are the people you're supporting.

14 JamesWI  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:38:34pm

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

They can love it, I don't.

But you'd still vote for him if you could.

15 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:38:49pm

re: #7 Reverend Mother Ramallo

The GOP should be grateful that Obama has control of his temper.
Fuck 'em.

If he lost his temper he'd ensure his defeat. He'd end up seeming like "the angry black man" to too many people.

16 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:39:16pm

re: #8 JamesWI

That's your team. He's not going to take him to the woodshed. He'll give him a nice pat on the back.

He'll say, "I've taught you well son. That was pretty clever!"

Apples. Gravity. Trees.

17 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:39:33pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

If he lost his temper he'd ensure his defeat. He'd end up seeming like "the angry black man" to too many people.

That's what Romney wanted when he compared him to his boys.

18 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:40:02pm

re: #14 JamesWI

But you'd still vote for him if you could.

For the son? Not after THAT! For the father only if he openly and publicly declared his son to be wrong for having said so.

19 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:40:24pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

If he lost his temper he'd ensure his defeat. He'd end up seeming like "the angry black man" to too many people.

No, give it up DF. He's a professional.

20 Big Joe  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:40:41pm

Pot roast and latkes for dinner. I'm jazzed.

21 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:41:22pm

re: #20 Big Joe

Pot roast and latkes for dinner. I'm jazzed.

grilled asian eggplant and tofu, wilted spinach with garlic.

22 JamesWI  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:41:30pm

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

For the son? Not after THAT! For the father only if he openly and publicly declared his son to be wrong for having said so.

Considering you support Romney, who has supported people who have said much worse (and has even had his own birther "jokes")....I highly doubt you wouldn't vote for Thompson if you could.

Not just highly doubt. Guaran-damn-tee that you would.

23 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:41:35pm

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

For the son? Not after THAT! For the father only if he openly and publicly declared his son to be wrong for having said so.

Apples. Gravity. Trees.
This is a learned behavior.

24 Belafon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:42:43pm

They're not real Republicans if they are openly racist, isn't that right, DF? Only racists that keep it hidden can be Republicans.

25 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:42:48pm

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

For the son? Not after THAT! For the father only if he openly and publicly declared his son to be wrong for having said so.

And what reason do you have to believe the father isn't just saying what you want to hear to win back your vote?

26 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:43:49pm

The GOP, the party of economics right?

What is the one, single largest expenditure of every society?

27 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:43:59pm

re: #19 ggt

No, give it up DF. He's a professional.

I don't expect Obama to lose his temper. I've known how good his self-control is since 2008.

28 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:46:30pm

re: #27 Dark_Falcon

I don't expect Obama to lose his temper. I've known how good his self-control is since 2008.

Yet, you are still thinking in terms of race. That he would make such a decision based on the color of his skin. I know I'm being naive, but I'd like to think we can think in terms of his humanity. He is a child of the same father, he is a husband, a father, an educated man. He behaves accordingly.

29 Charles Johnson  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:47:46pm

You can almost smell the guilty thrill that went through the audience when he said that. They loved it. And he smirked like a nasty kid getting away with something.

30 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:48:29pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

You can almost smell the guilty thrill that went through the audience when he said that. They loved it. And he smirked like a nasty kid getting away with something.

Like they finally got to take off their girdles and loosen their belts?

31 Charles Johnson  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:48:37pm

Every person in that room understood what Thompson was saying.

32 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:50:10pm

I grew up in New Jersey. New York. This was from basically the 60s to the 70s. I remember people saying "go back to Africa." Or to my mom or dad sometimes "go back to where you belong."

33 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:55:11pm

{{mumble grumble}}
Spear chucking...
Okay fucker. I hope he goes full Shaka Zulu on Mitt's ass...
{{mumble grumble}}
I know. He can't.
But a girl can dream can't she?

34 Kragar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:55:40pm

Its sad how all these racist shitheads some how tricked the Republicans into supporting them.
/

35 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:56:31pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

You can almost smell the guilty thrill that went through the audience when he said that. They loved it. And he smirked like a nasty kid getting away with something.

Personally don't know which of the inevitable responses to this turn my stomach more: The empty assertions from some that they did not in any way agree with the sentiment or their defenders who will be out there trying to argue that this statement is in no way racist and that those who view it as so are the "real" racists.

36 Gretchen G.Tiger  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 7:57:37pm

bbl

37 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:01:22pm

re: #35 Targetpractice

Personally don't know which of the inevitable responses to this turn my stomach more: The empty assertions from some that they did not in any way agree with the sentiment or their defenders who will be out there trying to argue that this statement is in no way racist and that those who view it as so are the "real" racists.

For me, it's the ones who say they dislike the behavior, whether it be lies or bigotry, and still gives them their support.

38 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:03:07pm

Smoking cessation may have to wait until after the election.
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39 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:03:26pm

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

If he lost his temper he'd ensure his defeat. He'd end up seeming like "the angry black man" to too many people.

I think that. You on the other side, just confirmed it. Very very fucking sad.

40 Kragar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:04:14pm

re: #38 Reverend Mother Ramallo

Smoking cessation may have to wait until after the election.
//

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41 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:05:24pm

re: #37 Reverend Mother Ramallo

For me, it's the ones who say they dislike the behavior, whether it be lies or bigotry, and still gives them their support.

"I don't agree with racism and won't support those that do. On the other hand, I hate Democrats so much that I'd never let them hold office."

42 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:06:37pm

re: #40 Kragar

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Exactly.

43 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:08:03pm

Man, I sure could use a cigarette right meow.

44 erik_t  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:08:18pm

re: #29 Charles Johnson

You can almost smell the guilty thrill that went through the audience when he said that. They loved it. And he smirked like a nasty kid getting away with something.

Well, he is a nasty kid getting away with something. There will be no repercussions for this behavior.

45 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:08:57pm

re: #41 Targetpractice

"I don't agree with racism and won't support those that do. On the other hand, I hate Democrats so much that I'd never let them hold office."

i.e. and therefore, I both support and agree with racism.

46 engineer cat  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:09:25pm

five graves to cairo

in a little hotel in a tiny town in the sticks in egypt during wwii when the british and the nazis are fighting back and forth, who is the maid?

an impeccable and luscious anne baxter, most improbably

47 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:09:59pm

I must say. The Dems in the end have really stayed above the fray. A few gaffes. But the world champion remains!? The new GOP!

48 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:11:23pm

re: #39 Stanley Sea

I think that. You on the other side, just confirmed it. Very very fucking sad.

How did I do that? Am I to be barred from explaining the principals in play in the election?

49 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:12:14pm

re: #5 Kragar

And people get upset when you call them inbred hillbillies, sheesh.

Inbred hillbillies implies that they have an excuse. Hillbillies are presumed to be people who may not know any better because of lack of education.

These are people who bloody well have the worldly experience and education to know better, who choose to be schmucks.

50 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:12:53pm

re: #48 Dark_Falcon

How did I do that? Am I to be barred from explaining the principals in play in the election?

I have to ask, to whom were you explaining said principals?

51 engineer cat  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:13:06pm

Senate Candidate’s Son

these racists kept their remarks out of the public eye for decades, but an african american president comes along and they can't help themselves

52 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:14:05pm

re: #28 ggt

Yet, you are still thinking in terms of race. That he would make such a decision based on the color of his skin. I know I'm being naive, but I'd like to think we can think in terms of his humanity. He is a child of the same father, he is a husband, a father, an educated man. He behaves accordingly.

I assume that a lot of Obama's rigid self-control comes from having been a black man in a lot of very white settings for a very long time. I admire it, but I also see it as something he had to acquire to survive and succeed.

53 Obdicut  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:15:14pm

re: #43 Gus

Man, I sure could use a cigarette right meow.

Dig deep and meow man up.

Youtube Video
54 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:16:55pm

re: #53 Obdicut

Dig deep and meow man up.

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Do you see me eating mice?!

No buts meow.

55 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:17:09pm

re: #48 Dark_Falcon

How did I do that? Am I to be barred from explaining the principals in play in the election?

Sure, you can. The principles in play are not logical and they hurt a lot of Americans.

Dark, we all want to be your uncle/aunt that shows you a new way of thinking. Forgive us, but we are not giving up.

56 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:17:19pm

re: #50 Reverend Mother Ramallo

I have to ask, to whom were you explaining said principals?

To you. You made a comment, to which I replied explaining the dynamic I thought would be in play in scenarios resembling what you touched on (i.e. Obama losing his temper). I was not intending comment on the likelihood or desirability of such a scenario, nor did I mean to impugn your judgement.

57 Obdicut  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:21:02pm

re: #54 Gus

Anyone who doesn't like that movie is an uptight square.

58 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:21:48pm

re: #55 Stanley Sea

Sure, you can. The principles in play are not logical and they hurt a lot of Americans.

Dark, we all want to be your uncle/aunt that shows you a new way of thinking. Forgive us, but we are not giving up.

I did not and do not claim them to be logical or desirable, only that they are extant. In point of fact you are quite right that they are illogical, but:

"Whoever said the human race was logical?" - Doctor Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

59 Kragar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:23:49pm

re: #57 Obdicut

Anyone who doesn't like that movie is an uptight square.

"OH... Bikers! I'm a dumbass."

60 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:25:50pm

re: #56 Dark_Falcon

To you. You made a comment, to which i replied explaining the dynamic I thought would be in play in scenarios resembling what you touched on (i.e. Obama losing his temper). I was not intending comment on the likelihood or desirability of such a scenario, nor did I mean to impugn your judgement.

Okay. I understand.
My point was, however, that the average person would have snapped after dealing with these people. They have disrespected him, his wife, and most importantly, his two little girls in front of the entire world.

He is an impressive man.

61 DisturbedEma  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:28:07pm

re: #37 Reverend Mother Ramallo

Guilt by association seems to be less and less valid. . .or not?

62 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:28:12pm

re: #60 Reverend Mother Ramallo

Okay. I understand.
My point was, however, that the average person would have snapped after dealing with these people. They have disrespected him, his wife, and most importantly, his two little girls in front of the entire world.

He is an impressive man.

An average man could not survive to level of venom any major presidential candidate is subjected to. Frankly, I don't know how either Obama or Romney do it, I'd have gone nuts months ago.

63 Interesting Times  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:30:14pm

re: #62 Dark_Falcon

An average man could not survive to level of venom any major presidential candidate is subjected to. Frankly, I don't know how either Obama or Romney do it, I'd have gone nuts months ago.

MBF fail. Romney hasn't had to deal with one 1/100th of the garbage Obama has. Not even close, not even a contest.

64 Kragar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:30:30pm

My 9 year old is trying out different cheerleading and dance routines in front of the mirror in her room. The odd thing about that is she's doing them to Black Sabbath and ACDC.

65 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:31:59pm

re: #57 Obdicut

Anyone who doesn't like that movie is an uptight square.

Classic cop humor meets cat memes. What's not to like. I recognize the driver.

66 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:32:07pm

re: #58 Dark_Falcon

I did not and do not claim them to be logical or desirable, only that they are extant.

And when you predicted that black vote turnout would be down from 2008 that was based on what exactly? Was that just your own personal desire or was it based on an in depth appreciation of the psyche of the average black American?

67 Interesting Times  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:33:04pm
68 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:33:07pm

I know one thing. Dark Falcon would make a far better RNC chairman than Reince Priebus.

69 DisturbedEma  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:33:27pm

re: #55 Stanley Sea

I admit, as someone who lived through the Thompson years in Wisconsin, I am shocked that his son would be recorded saying these things. While Tommy was always against the safety net- W-2 was his baby, and he also introduced Bridefare, allowing single moms more benefits if they married, and LearnFare, which cut or eliminated benefits for families who had truant kids, I still am stunned by this. I disagreed with him on a LOT, but never would have thought this of any of his kids.

70 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:35:50pm

Than.

71 Obdicut  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:36:56pm

re: #68 Gus

I know one thing. Dark Falcon would make a far better RNC chairman that Reince Priebus.

And then we'd have a chairman on record saying that Romney stands for nothing but himself and is untrustable. That'd be nice.

Of course, in the modern GOP it doesn't even really matter. It's very Soviet-style; it doesn't matter what was said a year ago. Gingrich has said some of the most amazingly hostile things about Romney, but now he's all smiles for him. And GOP voters buy this act, and participate in it themselves.

It's a very, very weird way to live. It really reminds me of the black humor of Soviet writers.

72 erik_t  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:38:15pm

re: #71 Obdicut

It's a very, very weird way to live. It really reminds me of the black humor of Soviet writers.

I'm curious to see what it turns into in 2016, when a white man seems statistically likely to be the Democratic nominee. I don't think the majority of the GOP's support base is purely due to race, but it's certainly a non-trivial portion.

73 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:38:37pm

re: #71 Obdicut

And then we'd have a chairman on record saying that Romney stands for nothing but himself and is untrustable. That'd be nice.

Of course, in the modern GOP it doesn't even really matter. It's very Soviet-style; it doesn't matter what was said a year ago. Gingrich has said some of the most amazingly hostile things about Romney, but how he's all smiles for him. And GOP voters buy this act, and participate in it themselves.

It's a very, very weird way to live. It really reminds me of the black humor of Soviet writers.

Oddly enough tonight I found myself thinking about Stalin WRT to the GOP. Just sayin' not that they're a carbon copy. Just a lot of conformity.

74 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:39:58pm

re: #63 Interesting Times

MBF fail. Romney hasn't had to deal with one 1/100th of the garbage Obama has. Not even close, not even a contest.

My final fail - Interpreting Obama's ring as a prayer to Allah.

These people are FUCKED, and many American's (Trump tweeted it) believe it.

75 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:41:06pm

re: #66 goddamnedfrank

And when you predicted that black vote turnout would be down from 2008 that was based on what exactly? Was that just your own personal desire or was it based on an in depth appreciation of the psyche of the average black American?

It's based on the analysis of my best friend. whom I trust in such things.

That answer is my last word on that particular point.

76 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:41:06pm

re: #73 Gus

Oddly enough tonight I found myself thinking about Stalin WRT to the GOP. Just syain' not that they're a carbon copy. Just a lot of conformity.

Authoritarian mentality=GOP

77 Obdicut  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:42:22pm

re: #72 erik_t

I'm curious to see what it turns into in 2016, when a white man seems statistically likely to be the Democratic nominee. I don't think the majority of the GOP's support base is purely due to race, but it's certainly a non-trivial portion.

I don't think there's a lot of crossover. The only thing a racist bigot hates more than a 'n*****-lover'-- replace with whatever ethnicity they hate. It's not enough for them that it'd be a white guy in charge again, I don't think.

78 Obdicut  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:43:09pm

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

It's based on the analysis of my best friend. whom I trust in such things.

That answer is my last word on that particular point.

It'd be really nice if you asked for your friends methodologies with as much fervor as you ask for PPP's methodology.

79 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:43:56pm

re: #78 Obdicut

It'd be really nice if you asked for your friends methodologies with as much fervor as you ask for PPP's methodology.

I assume that his friend is black.

80 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:44:36pm

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

It's based on the analysis of my best friend. whom I trust in such things.

That answer is my last word on that particular point.

Argument by best friend. That's some good shit. Since it was so compelling I'm sure you remember the more salient points, so what exactly was his argument prey tell?

You know what kind of person hopes that an entire race's vote is diminished, a racist.

81 allegro  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:44:48pm

re: #79 Reverend Mother Ramallo

I assume that his friend is black.

I don't.

82 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:45:23pm

re: #79 Reverend Mother Ramallo

I assume that his friend is black.

ha

83 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:45:43pm

re: #79 Reverend Mother Ramallo

I assume that his friend is black.

Low albedo American.

84 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:46:16pm

re: #78 Obdicut

It'd be really nice if you asked for your friends methodologies with as much fervor as you ask for PPP's methodology.

I'll see about that when I head down to see him later this week. I used his auction business to buy a Christmas present for my father: a photo and ticket presentation from the old Riverview amusement park in Chicago (It was a favorite of my dad's family when he was growing up). I hope he likes it.

85 dragonath  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:46:19pm

re: #74 Stanley Sea

From going around and meeting voters, some of them are amazingly, incredibly ignorant of the facts. One guy said "Obama took away my raise for two years".

I think he was talking about Social Security. Gee, let's lets at the Cost of Living Adjustment since the Republican congress came in:

Image: chart-social-security.top.gif

I try to call out lies and hypocrisy wherever it comes from but the kind of ignorance the GOP lives on is just. too. much.

86 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:46:39pm

re: #79 Reverend Mother Ramallo

I assume that his friend is black.

He is not.

87 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:47:46pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

I'll see about that when I head down to see him later this week.

So when you said it was based on his analysis what you really meant was "raw, baseless assertion."

88 allegro  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:48:38pm

White mansplaining.

89 Interesting Times  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:49:10pm
90 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:49:19pm

Asshole.

91 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:52:03pm

re: #86 Dark_Falcon

He is not.

Benefit of the doubt is reversed.
My god man...

92 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:52:27pm

Best friend and Daddy. Pattern like typing detected.

93 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:53:12pm

re: #87 goddamnedfrank

So when you said it was based on his analysis what you really meant was "raw, baseless assertion."

No, but I'd like to speak to him and figure out the best way to explain things. I do not wish to poorly represent the thoughts of someone else.

94 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:53:56pm

re: #63 Interesting Times

MBF fail. Romney hasn't had to deal with one 1/100th of the garbage Obama has. Not even close, not even a contest.

Any presidential candidate puts up with an astonishing amount of shit. The fact that Obama has had to handle so much more doesn't mean that a normal level isn't overwhelming.

I'd never do it.

95 TheSwedish  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:54:44pm

What's up with Thompson's kid?

I'm guessing there's no military service in his background or anything else of real importance.

Check that, there WAS military service, but he didn't make it past his first physical; a doctor rode young Mr. Thompson out after discovering a white nationalist tattoo on each butt cheek. Servicepeople have been trained to spot ugly tatts, dontchaknow.

The thing is, I'm only about half sure the above paragraph is a joke.

96 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:56:45pm

Romney won't be able to "fix" the global recession. We're stuck in limbo. In the mean time Americans will keep serving the rich.

97 Interesting Times  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:57:33pm
98 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:58:29pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

No, but I'd like to speak to him and figure out the best way to explain things. I do not wish to poorly represent the thoughts of someone else.

DF. Romney is a slime ball. He's a freaking snake oil salesman. You might not like Obama but at least he's a man of principle. Romney changes his positions for his audience.

99 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:58:43pm

re: #97 Interesting Times

Hey Girl, I crack up every single time.

100 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:59:15pm

re: #98 Gus

DF. Romney is a slime ball. He's a freaking snake oil salesman. You might not like Obama but at least he's a man of principle. Romney changes his positions for his audience.

But, GOP

101 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 8:59:34pm

re: #96 Gus

Romney won't be able to "fix" the global recession. We're stuck in limbo. In the mean time Americans will keep serving the rich.

Nobody can fix the global economy. The best that can be done is to set the correct policies in the US and advocate smart policies abroad. Even then, there are things out of our control that could gut punch the US economy. But that's not something a presidential candidate can say, nor can a president say it without seeming defeatist.

102 Targetpractice  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:00:17pm

re: #96 Gus

Romney won't be able to "fix" the global recession. We're stuck in limbo. In the mean time Americans will keep serving the rich.

And from the sounds of it, things are about to get worse. Lot of talk about the continuing Eurozone crisis, as well as expectations of poorer than predicted Chinese GDP report on Thursday. A few of the economy wonks I've seen on other boards might as well be wearing "THE END IS NEAR!" sandwich boards.

103 engineer cat  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:00:17pm

"...either you stop talking like alphabet soup, or..."

a french girl from marseilles working in an egyptian hotel during wwii knows about alphabet soup?

104 Page 3 in the Binder of Women  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:00:41pm

Have fun, good night.

105 Mich-again  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:00:55pm
“we have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya.”

I've become accustomed to spoiled and privileged offspring of Governors of Midwestern states running their mouths and saying idiotic things like that. Its more disturbing to me that no one in the room raised an objection.

106 AntonSirius  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:02:27pm

re: #72 erik_t

I'm curious to see what it turns into in 2016, when a white man seems statistically likely to be the Democratic nominee.

Based on the current presumed field, I'd put the chances that the Dems will have a white male at the top of the ticket no higher than 40%.

107 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:02:53pm

re: #103 engineer cat

"...either you stop talking like alphabet soup, or..."

a french girl from marseilles working in an egyptian hotel during wwii knows about alphabet soup?

Maybe. I hear Rick's has good soup, though.

/Sorry, I could not resist.

108 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:03:53pm

re: #93 Dark_Falcon

I do not wish to poorly represent the thoughts of someone else.

So he spewed some shit that even you don't feel would be compelling in a public forum, yet you personally found it moving enough to repeat as your own opinion. Yeah, that seems typical at this point.

The best way to explain things is in your own words, but you so rarely do. Time and again you retreat to a position of having been influence by your best friend and your dad. Do you see anybody else doing that? Do you anybody else here or in real life arguing their parent's or their friend's point of view? If not then why do you think it's acceptable? "Yeah well my Daddy says" is the kind of shit that children grow out of in elementary school, totally unbecoming of any adult.

109 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:06:12pm

re: #101 Dark_Falcon

Nobody can fix the global economy. The best that can be done is to set the correct policies in the US and advocate smart policies abroad. Even then, there are things out of our control that could gut punch the US economy. But that's not something a presidential candidate can say, nor can a president say it without seeming defeatist.

DF. My biggest objection to the GOP is that it's the party of the now minority status Protestant sect of Christianity.

110 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:06:21pm

re: #105 Mich-again

I've become accustomed to spoiled and privileged offspring of Governors of Midwestern states running their mouths and saying idiotic things like that. Its more disturbing to me that no one in the room raised an objection.

I see what you did there.

111 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:07:01pm

GOP

Government of Protestants

112 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:07:10pm

re: #108 goddamnedfrank

Your insistence on ascribing the worst possible interpretation to my words and actions is ugly, predictable, and unworthy of a detailed answer.

113 darthstar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:08:31pm

Hey everyone...Giants lost. :( But it was a good game and I think we'll still win the series.

114 Lidane  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:09:12pm

re: #21 ggt

grilled asian eggplant and tofu, wilted spinach with garlic.

Bacon wrapped meatloaf, baked potatoes, and wilted spinach with bacon and garlic. Yum. :D

115 darthstar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:09:34pm

re: #112 Dark_Falcon

Your insistence on ascribing the worst possible interpretation to my words and actions is ugly, predictable, and unworthy of a detailed answer.

Well, that's certainly convenient. Feign rigtheous indignation and use that as an excuse not to engage in honest debate. How manly.

116 Lidane  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:09:44pm
117 Interesting Times  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:10:25pm

re: #113 darthstar

In other news, the shooting at Obama's campaign office in Colorado unearthed another 'bad apple' who isn't 'representative of those voting for Romney'...

NO! Read the article, it was deliberately misrepresented by iowahawkblog (who, if I remember correctly, is a Breitbart type, using the "durr hurr the culprit was a Dem therefore the tea party is pure and perfect and above all criticism forever and ever" trick)

118 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:11:19pm

re: #113 darthstar

Hey everyone...Giants lost. :( But it was a good game and I think we'll still win the series.

In other news, the shooting at Obama's campaign office in Colorado unearthed another 'bad apple' who isn't 'representative of those voting for Romney'...

[Embedded content]

Only in baseball did the Giants lose, for the New York Giants crushed the 49ers 26-3. Not a good night to be a sports fan in SanFran.

119 Mich-again  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:11:21pm

re: #96 Gus

Romney won't be able to "fix" the global recession. We're stuck in limbo. In the mean time Americans will keep serving the rich.

Economic growth can not be based on increasing the consumption of limited resources. That is what Mitt proposes.

120 goddamnedfrank  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:11:31pm

re: #112 Dark_Falcon

Your insistence on ascribing the worst possible interpretation to my words and actions is ugly, predictable, and unworthy of a detailed answer.

It's accurate, that's why you don't like it. You act like a child in many, many different ways. I've never met another adult who sits there and uncritically presents their dad's or their best friend's point of view as if the fact that it belongs to that person makes it in any way intrinsically compelling.

121 darthstar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:14:02pm

re: #117 Interesting Times

NO! Read the article, it was deliberately misrepresented by iowahawkblog (who, if I remember correctly, is a Breitbart type, using the "durr hurr the culprit was a Dem therefore the tea party is pure and perfect and above all criticism forever and ever")

Ugh...it's one of our idiot assholes? Shit. I hate when that happens.

122 Sophist, Gingham Style  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:14:30pm

You know, every time I read about one of these jackhole Romney surrogates making racist remarks, I reflect on the fact that, for the first 31 years of his life, Mitt Romney belonged to a religion that did not allow blacks to be full members. What I'd really like to see is someone at, say, the townhall debate ask Romney if there is any evidence that he protested this state of affairs, or did anything to try and change it. If Reverend Wright is fair game, how is this not?

123 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:14:51pm
124 darthstar  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:15:04pm

re: #118 Dark_Falcon

Only in baseball did the Giants lose, for the New York Giants crushed the 49ers 26-3. Not a good night to be a sports fan in SanFran.

I was okay with the 49ers losing...never liked them. The SF Giants, however, need to learn to win at home...especially if we're going to have home field advantage.

125 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:15:31pm

re: #115 darthstar

Well, that's certainly convenient. Feign rigtheous indignation and use that as an excuse not to engage in honest debate. How manly.

I don't feel it'll be debate. Frank will assign anything from me the worst possible characterization he can. He asks hostile questions continuously and if I ask a question in reply I get an attempt to spin it back on me. It's not worth it.

126 Gus  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:15:33pm
127 Reverend Mother Ramallo  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:17:56pm

re: #122 SophistFCD

You know, every time I read about one of these jackhole Romney surrogates making racist remarks, I reflect on the fact that, for the first 31 years of his life, Mitt Romney belonged to a religion that did not allow blacks to be full members. What I'd really like to see is someone at, say, the townhall debate ask Romney if there is any evidence that he protested this state of affairs, or did anything to try and change it. If Reverend Wright is fair game, how is this not?

This is why they avoided Rev. Wright like the plague.

128 Mich-again  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:24:10pm

The economic sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic that were intended to disrupt Iran's nuclear ambitions are working to erode Iranian oil exports and that is adding to the price a bit. The funny thing is that all of Nations that signed off on the economic sanctions against Iran can still buy Iranian oil as long as they file some paperwork about how they are working to reduce their reliance on Iranian oil. The sanctions are like a war of attrition. If we really want to starve the Islamic Republic of oil revenue, that means we'll all have to pay more at the pump.

129 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:25:38pm

As I was going to say before my internet connection decided to go visit the former LGF hamsters,

Saddest part is that I voted for him in the primary.

And I still would. Slime that he is, he's still the least dangerous of the four that were running. If worst comes and we end up with a second republican senator, at least he'll cause the least amount of damage to our nation for those 6 years.

130 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:28:47pm

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

They can love it, I don't.

By continuing to support the Republicans, even down to local races, you (and those like you) are enabling and emboldening shitheads like these.

I'm not saying that you have to run out and register as a Democrat, but right now, like it or not, the Democrats, as a national party, are the only halfway sane alternative that is able to compete with the GOP right now (sorry, third parties).

131 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Oct 14, 2012 9:30:26pm

re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist

Inbred hillbillies implies that they have an excuse. Hillbillies are presumed to be people who may not know any better because of lack of education.

These are people who bloody well have the worldly experience and education to know better, who choose to be schmucks.

And putzes.


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