#`1

Booga booga!

This makes my head hurt. Who are the racists here?!?

Wake me up November 8th once the elections are over (& the Republicans have kept both houses...I suppose I'll be waking up to the agonized screams of all the Dems in my area)

OMG! This is so racist! How dare Corker go after Ford for being Native American!

...those are Indian drums, right?

And those choirs are the mark of evil theocratic right-wing religious oppression.

I love jungle drums...

No, Charles, the most ridiculous leftyy racism charge was the one made against Kinky Friedman in the Texas Governor race. Kinky (who was onced a comedian) long ago recorded a schpiel in which he mocks racists. During the act -- an essential part of it -- he uses the word "n*igger" while assuming the role of the racist.

Well, the Dems got ahold of that and had a field day. "Friedman Used Racist Slur!" screamed the headlines. No matter that he used it as part of an anti-racist monologue!

The Dems have been outrageously shameful this campaign season.

White people never had jungle drums did they?

I can't find the actual ad to listen to - help?

I got the message loud and clear:

Bob Corker: a man from the Dark Continent.

No way I'm voting for Corker, now!

You know, Charles, Election Night you are going to have to post a Democratic Melt-down thread, complete with mental health professsionals.

8 zombie

Poor Kinky..

Attacked by the shrieking shrews of the Left.

Well, since I'm here in Memphis, I've heard that ad about five gazillion times, and not once did I ever think about those drums being racist. Until now anyway.

#10 mama winger

here

The second most ridiculous race-baiting charge -- and the most disgusting one -- is when Lamont and a group of black activists accused Lieberman of lying when he claimed to have been a Civil Rights marcher in the early '60s. They called him a liar in public.

Then Lieberman produced photos of him marching and articles he had written at the time about his experience.

Shut them up right quick. And it backfired big-time. Lieberman went way up in the polls afterward.

I listened to it and one has to be completely unhinged to think that there was any racism involved in that ad. It only goes to prove that people who are looking for excuses to be insulted will inevitably find them. I'm just waiting for them to play the next ad backwards and exposing the hidden message!

#10

Here it is mama winger.

#15 Thanks Bacon !

Thanks Tommy TOO! :)

Nothing I say can offend you...unless you choose to be offended. I guess the LLL has discovered that it's best chance to regain power is to choose to be offended by everything. Polite people normally apologize when they offend someone. The apology is then seen as proof of the offense.
Perhaps we can still be polite without apologizing too quick for every "offense".

political scum

The Labor Party ministers decided to support party Chairman Amir Peretz's decision not to leave the government.

The only minister who objected to the move was Science, Culture and Sport Minister Ophir Peres. Negotiations with Pines will continue until Sunday, in order for the party to be able and present a united front when it presents its decision at the party's Central Committee meeting. (Attila Somfalvi)

I listened to it and one has to be completely unhinged to think that there was any racism involved in that ad

It's by a RETHUGLICAN enough said
/sarc off

OMG - That's what the fuss is about! LOL!

Democrats are behaving like Democrats. So what else is new?

21 Craniac 10/25/2006 04:39PM PDT

Nothing I say can offend you...unless you choose to be offended. I guess the LLL has discovered that it's best chance to regain power is to choose to be offended by everything

Remind you of anyone else?

I'm detecting an election pattern here.

Dems claim:

racism
sexism
homophobia
nazism
fascism
bigotry
meanness
greediness

Dems propose:

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Koskidz...
TN-Sen: Republican Ad Uses "Jungle Drum" Sounds For Mentions of Black Senate Candidate
by Hunter

The Southern Strategy -- appealing to the racist base -- isn't just alive and well in the Republican Party, it seems to be making a sudden resurgence. Jungle drums? Seriously, freakin' jungle drums? Are we back in the goddamn nineteeth century now, or is it just Corker himself in this little GOP time warp? Corker's "jungle drums" ad isn't just "a little bit" racist. It's not something that can be misconstrued. It's flagrant, it's obvious, it's intentional.

What a remarkable bastard. Clearly, Corker thinks the racist vote is big and important, in Tennessee. The Republicans certainly know their base, so maybe he's right.

This is why Dems can't/won't win in the south. Elitist rhetoric and labeling southerners as racisist isn't going to sway the votes of those who drive pickuptrucks and work for a living.

This is why we call them the Nutroots.

Nutroots?

Is that a coded racist reference to Alex Haley?

Absolute NUTroots!

Liberal response to the next Corker ad:

"Man! You can hear subliminal racist messages if you play that ad backward at 3.7x the normal speed!"

#26 Amalie
You read between the lines very well.

They've been claiming almost every ad, whether in print, video, or pamplet against Ford is racist.

This has been going on for weeks.

On Oct 7th, I posted this

OT - GOP caught sending racist campaign messages against US Senate candidate Harold Ford.

How racist? You decide. Quotes from the flyer here.

"He passes himself off as someone with a deep connection to the Volunteer State, but he gets obscene amounts of liberal money from out-of-state."

"Harold Ford is a smooth operator, cunning and disguising his real record, opportunistic as can be, hypocritical as they come and a true danger to Tennessee."

Did you, like me, miss the racism?

Thankfully, we have the State Democrat Chairmen to explain it to us.

Blacks acting as if they are white may be said to be passing themselves off, Tuke said. "Smooth operator" is the title of a well-known song performed by Sade that refers to a "black smooth operator," he said.
You can fact check what he says about the lyrics of Sade's song for yourself here.

But wait! There is more racism!

The letter also refers to Ford and former President Bill Clinton as "cut from the same camouflage cloth" in bold type.

"They ought to be ashamed of themselves," said Tuke. "It's disgusting and sad that in 2006 a supposedly mainstream political party would be mailing out trash like this."

Camouflage, which rather than refering to Ford's attempt to appear moderate when he is in fact liberal, is clearly code for black.

Right?

Also said to be racist, this video here.

See if you can catch the hidden racism. Hint: It has nothing to do with illegal aliens from Mexico nor Arabic or Muslim terrorism.

Bill Lockhart, the program director for WGOW, confirmed the authenticity of the ad and that it's running on the station. "They're freaking jungle-drums," Lockhart tells us. "It's racist -- it tries to conjure up deep, dark African moods. Yeah, it's overtly racial."

-- Greg Sargent, "Election Central"

What can you do but sigh and shake your head? Overtly racial tympani. What are these people smokin'?

I heard a lib on the local radio asking people if Obama couldn't be elected Pres because he's black. The very question explains why libs wouldn't think of nominating a black man, but not why Obama couldn't win. Libs think of most of the nation as Red-State rednecks who wouldn't consider voting for a black man (or woman for that matter). For that reason, they wouldn't nominate one, believing their own stupid lies about the rest of us.

# 4 Yossarian

Wake me up November 8th once the elections are over (& the Republicans have kept both houses...I suppose I'll be waking up to the agonized screams of all the Dems in my area)

I wouldn't be surprised given the way things are going to find that the Republicans actually pick up seats in one or both houses this year.

/complacency is not an option

Meanwhile, the left excuses the terrorism of Iran. I wonder how they will react to this -

Former Iranian Leader Rafsanjani Wanted In Argentina On Terrorism Charge

A racist around every corner.

The tired and fallacious argument and decrepit strategy of the left. Brand someone as racist, and you (think) you essentially shut them down. It’s not working very well anymore, Donks. Most of us wish to see racism in its true form eliminated, but you morons have now attempted to equate it with everything you disagree with. Try using logical discourse, versus shit-slinging for a change. You might win an election.

/just a tip from your avowed enemy

The racial card sure is being played in Tennessee. The polls show that 98% of the blacks are voting for Harold Ford, Jr., and the reason for this is that he is black, not qualified. This is racism! Check him out here: [Link: www.fancyford.com...]

Similarly sad post from the DNC blog tonight:

Based on my research as a psychologist, the principal concerns of our daily lives revolve around five key issues: vulnerability, injustice, distrust, superiority, and helplessness. Political leaders whose public statements effectively engage these five concerns are well-positioned to garner support for their policies. Such appeals can be entirely legitimate and quite valuable in the pursuit of progressive ends, but many conservatives instead use them to pursue a narrow agenda that benefits the few while leaving most of us worse off. For those who might be further interested in this analysis, I've put together a video entitled "Dangerous Ideas: How Conservatives Exploit Our Five Core Concerns"

He's SELLING his video! Ha!

#5 new_tommy

...those are Indian drums, right?

Here is what wikipedia says about tom-toms.

To me (and I think to most people) they have always been identified with Indians. To call them "jungle drums" (like Sargent does)seems pretty darn racist, as if any drums = African, and any African drums = jungle. Or maybe all minorities look alike to him.

32 Craniac 10/25/2006 04:43PM PDT

#26 Amalie
You read between the lines very well.

So if the Dems decided to fight back what music would they choose?

Purely hypothetical as everyone knows they are incapable of fighting back except for excessive whining and embellishing.

Well, it could be worse. He could be Racist, Sexist and a Democrat...

The left has somehow managed to redefine the term "racist" to not include the likes of former Kleagle, Robert Byrd, while simultaneously including anyone and everyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.

Remarkable accomplishment.

Zombie
Racism does seem to be a convenient Democrat theme.

Ford has turned into a whiner of the first order. Way to immature for office. Thin skinned does not even begin to describe this crybaby.

# 31 new_tommy

Liberal response to the next Corker ad:

"Man! You can hear subliminal racist messages if you play that ad backward at 3.7x the normal speed!"

And if they play a Black Sabbath record forwards they can hear Satanic messages.

(Some folks apparently play them in reverse...)

#41 29Victor,

Yep! Liberals are often surprisingly ignorant of the cultures they claim to care about deeply.

12 mama w

Im a shrink, Ill be available...Im very familiar with treating moonbats, L3's, Acute and chronic BDS and Depressed and anxious Democrats and their children

I prescribe liberal amounts of anti-psychotics, sleeping agents, sedatives, anti anxiety drugs, Ritalin, laxatives, painkillers Prozac and drugs to treat obsessive-compulsives

As if we didn't know;

U.S. Muslims mostly Democrats

America's Muslim voters are a young, highly educated and prosperous voting bloc that will overwhelmingly back Democrats in November, according to a survey released yesterday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

They are also coming of age in terms of political representation. Next month, Democratic nominee Keith Ellison of Minneapolis is poised to become the first Muslim member of the House of Representatives. He says, if elected, he will take his oath of office with his hand on the Koran instead of the Bible.

Which explains why Keith Ellison met with CAIR last week.

Why am I not surprised?

#44 new_tommy 10/25/2006 04:48PM PDT

The left has somehow managed to redefine the term "racist" to not include the likes of former Kleagle, Robert Byrd, while simultaneously including anyone and everyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.

Remarkable accomplishment.

Verbal Illusionists.

The democratic party learned it all from islam.

#44 new tommy

Remarkable accomplishment.

We've let them. We've let them define us and make us cower in front of the dread word 'racism' for years and years. It's always worked, until now. People are seeing thru the mockery.

The trouble is, we've in the meantime become so used to not offending someone in our language, that we are now struggling to find the courage to label islam for what it is.

We have been well-conditioned.

The sad part is that it wasn't long ago that Harold Ford was a moderate politician. Somewhere along the way, he's either been pressured or corrupted into become much more of a party line donk than his own good sense would have him be. I was a fan of his at one time, and I hope that if he should win he reverts to being his own man!

I detected a vague hint of sexism with those manly-sounding drums in the advertisement. Didn't the rest of you?

Must put it here as the other threads are full (didn't you people do anything elese today :-))

I found where the Jorgyptians get their military training from, including prototype car swarming (1:50) and jumping through the flaming hoops of death (1:40).

#49 ted

Good to know. I hope you have a sliding scale, because all Democrats are poor, having been taken advantage of by evil Republicans for so long.

victims, you know.

Anyone whos last name is Corker is right by me...

#42 Amalie
So if the Dems decided to fight back what music would they choose?

Probably something linking Corker to the KKK. They should pick the song from the cross burning scene in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".
Of course then they would deny any connection, intentional or accidental.
It would make for great TV.

i will be holding my nose and voting for corker on nov 7.

#56 DocMartyn

I thought it was a spoof, but it's Real!

right?

So just to sum up, so far the DNC or Ford's campaign have found glaringly obvious racism (to them) in:

drum music

"smooth operator"

"He passes himself off as someone with a
deep connection to the Volunteer State"

camouflage

a fraction of a second shot of a man in a hallway

OT

MOONBAT MATH:

So the Lancet says 200000 Iraqis died because of 5 years of US invasion. Let's say that's true.

Other sources such as the UNICEF say 500000 kids died during the 10 year UN imposed sanctions. Some say more than 800000 (and back then I remember numbers like 2 million being thrown around).

Take the 500000 admitted by the then UN ambassador Madeleine Albright in 1996 (on 60 minutes) after 6 years of sanctions. Round it off to 100k a year.

So if the US had not invaded Iraq, the sanctions would have killed 500k Iraqis. So 500k minus 200k equals 300k.

Three hundred thousand Iraqis are alive today becase Bush ignored the UN and invaded Iraq.

Any questions from the left? These are Your figures.

#12 mama winger

You know, Charles, Election Night you are going to have to post a Democratic Melt-down thread, complete with mental health professionals.

mama... I certainly desire that you are right.

If the 'I'm cutting off my nose to spite my face' crowd decides that they don't deserve the punishment that goes along with staying home brings to themselves and others.

Then we can bring absolute terror down on the asshat 'cans when they go back to Sodom on the Potomac.

Soon after the elections I want the 'can sons' abitches most used response to the electorate to be 'Thank you sir, may I have another?'

BBL they're launching nuke missiles on 'Jericho' tonite.

.

# 50 Terp Mole

Which explains why Keith Ellison met with CAIR last week.

Why am I not surprised?

They'll try to take the election by lawyer when Tammy Lee or Alan Fine come out ahead on election day.

Tammy Lee (endorsed by the current seat holder Martin Sabo) yardsigns and bumper stickers are popping up all over Minneapolis. And I've seen one instance of Independence Party candidate stickers covering a Kerry-Edwards (but not the Wellstone) bumper sticker on someone's car.

I thinking at this point that Minnesota's 5th district in now in play.

#51, #53 Amalie, mama winger

Yep. I agree with both of you.

#59 Craniac 10/25/2006 04:53PM PDT

#42 Amalie
So if the Dems decided to fight back what music would they choose?

Probably something linking Corker to the KKK. They should pick the song from the cross burning scene in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".
Of course then they would deny any connection, intentional or accidental.
It would make for great TV.

Brilliant!

57 No prob:

Dems can pay either pay by Medicaid, Food Stamps, Section 8,Jiggers, Wic etc...

I'm listening to Andrew Sullivan on Hugh Hewitt and I just have to say: I loathe this man. He uses every emotional, rhetorical device in the book, including being constantly rude and insulting personally Hugh Hewitt. The worst part is the refusal to directly answer the questions asked. Fortunately, Hugh has absolutely destroyed him on each point of debate, LOL.

Most of all, his whining tone of voice makes me feel slightly ill. The way a British accent only comes out on certain words, e.g. "libety". Yeck!

The background music was racist tom-toms? Har-de-har-har. And I bet it was played on "Pearl" brand tom-tom drums. You know, as in pearl-white?

This is one of the stupidest CT's ever.

Now if it were me, I might play back some of my opponent's stupid quotes and use rim-shots for background music. But tom-toms?

ok I heard no drums @ all on that thing.

2ndly & more importantly: IS THIS WHAT OUR SYSTEM HAS BECOME?

We are pathetic. Both sides. Repub, Dem.

We need new parties...we need new people.

#56 DocMartyn

Someone needs to remix that to include scenes with Godzilla and Mothra.

OH! I forgot the original racism charge. They said Corker altered Ford's picture to be darker in a fund raising mailer.

And btw, the picture wasn't altered.

October 5, 2006

NASHVILLE - Democrats say that Tennessee Republicans injected racism into a fund-raising appeal by using "code words" and a photograph of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Harold Ford Jr. "obviously altered" to make his complexion darker.

#62 Silhouette

You missed the Playboy controversy. Apparently in Corker's spoof ad, a white woman, presumably a playmate, was pining for Ford to call her. Yep, that's right, Corker was stirring up all of those historical racist sentiments about protecting our women from the ravages of "those" people.

Politically Correct Politicians Gone Wild..

/of course I never heard word from the DNC when McKinney told everyone and anyone that she lost her bid against another black opponent because.. of the Jews..

They need to reduce the sexism of this advertisement. I suggest adding some clarinet and oboe to balance out those masculine sounding drums.

So they've played the race card again and again and again and again, in just this one race.

#77 Silhouette 10/25/2006 05:02PM PDT

So they've played the race card again and again and again and again, in just this one race.

Because it works.

#69 Yank in the EU

At least on the radio you're spared the sight of Sully playing with his ass.

But I can't listen to Hewitt lately -- he might as well start each segment with "brought to you by the RNC." Not that I disagree that the Dems deserve to lose, and certainly there's a need to counterbalance the MSM, but nonstop rabidly partisan cheerleading that borders on political advertising just doesn't make for very interesting radio. YMMV.

#74 MJBrutus

Yes, I missed that.

We're up to, what?, six separate "racist" scandals now in the Corker/Ford race?

Shotgun approach? Hoping at least one will stick.

...just more wacky, adolescent antics for your entertainment dollar...

It's imperative that these moonbat bedwetters take themselves seriously.

No one else could.

There is a subliminal message in this advertisement. They mention both "Harold Ford Jr." and "trash" in the same advertisement. You just have to skip to the right portions of the ad and the message becomes Harold Ford Jr. = Trash. The message is clear: "Harold Ford Jr. and all black men are nothing but trash!"

I'm outraged.

But to the lefties, these are ... racist jungle drums!

/Ahhh--you just can't make this stuff up...

Too good.

Imagine if Johnny Carson were alive today?

heh.

~Norsk Troll

i feel good that memphis seems pretty well represented here!

best wishes to the manatee!

Oh, speaking of the disintegration of the DFL:

Dick Franson, who received nearly 30 percent of the votes in the DFL primary for secretary of state, today announced his endorsement of incumbent Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, a Republican.

Here's a thought provoking account of the connection between modern antisemitism, Islam and the Left.

I don't know how robust the link is, so if it's slow try it later.

[Link: www.conceptwizard.com...]

#76 new_tommy

Clarinets and oboes are black. That would be racist.

Anyway, the author would just call them jungle whistles.

NOTE: 'whistles' is a funny-looking word.

Yeah, it's overtly racial.

If that's what passes for 'overtly racial' in today's America I think we've solved all our race problems. Unfortunately, we have people working overtime to create new ones.

I've got some pretty good ears attached to my head, here's what I hear...
Harrold Ford music: Timpani, 'cello, male chorus

Bob Corker music; Harp, violins, female chorus and some brass near the end.

conclusion: RACISM!

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

My name is death
and none can foretell
I can open the gates of heaven or hell
Oh Death, Oh Death
Can you spare me over another year

Catchy campaign song. LOL

Jeez, when the audio started, it sounded like a Van Halen drum solo for just a second...

Everybody Wants Some...

about 1:10 into it.

88 ferris

Race baiting, brought to you by party against Racism!

Old News: Dems trot out racism charge.

Question: If these fools hear drums and reflexively think racism, how does that reflect positively on the fools?

The libs really are the gift that keeps on giving.

#70 mich-again
I have a pearl kit in my basement (although a crappy one).

#56 DocMartyn
If it came down to lying in broken glass while some one stomps on my stomach and starving to death...well I'm not sure.

90 pat

According to Thursday's edition of the Tagesspiegel newspaper, two Israeli F-16 warplanes fired shots as well as anti-missile defence flares while flying low over the German vessel.

Sounds like German bigotry to me.

/

#39 Menorah 10/25/2006 04:46PM PDT

The racial card sure is being played in Tennessee

Card, Menorah?

Card?!?

The liberals are playing with almost the whole deck~!

Not a full deck, though.

I'd never accuse a liberal of playing with a full deck, mind you...

*grin*

~Norsk Troll

(They've been playing the race card for years...that's why LGF's and its minnions are sooo important~!)

#87 29Victor

Clarinets and oboes are black. That would be racist.

You are right. They could be construed as "black" instruments. Guitars are associated with black musicians too. Hmmm...I guess we'll just have to play those jungle drums a little more effeminately. Maybe we could work in Andrew Sullivan's nasally British voice.

They are just in a tizzy because Ford now trails in the race. I saw the clip on FoxNews and it is a little tacky but racists, nah.

#79 religion of bacon.

LOL ;).

On Hewitt, the very patriot, very pro-voting-GOP struck me when I first started listening to him as phony. When he talks about local politics I usually turn it off.

But after understanding his ideology I think I agree with him on core points: America needs more people like Santorum, Reagan and Goldwater to lead the country, yet if reality does not offer the possibility, America in the hands of the Donks will decline. These are rough times because the left are such freaks.

Other good points which I enjoy about the show:

- good guests from the US military and IDF
- Kaplan and Steyn often
- first rate Con. law knowledge

I listened to the ad three times. The tympanies are audible throughout the entire musical piece.

That is the most desperate, tortured attempt to find racism I'v eheard in a long time. MORONS!

#96 Amalie
Not so smart given that the Isralis desparately need those three German subs on order. I would court marshal the fool who gave that order.

I hearby declare this at Francophibic...
Timpani in the orchestra

Jean-Baptiste Lully is the first known composer to score for timpani, which he included in the orchestra for his 1675 opera Thésée. Other 17th century composers soon followed suit.

There is no hell, only france.

Whew!...I'm glad that the Party of Lincoln would never allow a racist, like David Duke to run for office...D'oh!

There are no "Republicans" any more, they're spending like drunken sailor Democrats, busting the budget, intervening overseas "to spread democracy" in a way that Woodrow Wilson could only dream of (oh yeah, he also said that his election was anointed by God, so why was there an election?)...didn't W consult his "Heavenly Father" instead of 41 before invading Iraq?

Really now quit whining!

/I'm feeling particularly trollish after nobody took me up on my Cut and Run bet...

I'm far afield from Nova Scotia this week. Any Lizards in the Redmond, WA area who might want to join me in a cocktail?

TO: Charles Johnson, et al
RE: 'Jungle' Drums

"But to the lefties, these are ... racist jungle drums!

It’s obvious, man!" -- Charles Johnson

This is a page torn from CAIR's playbook. And that, in truth, identifies these people for who they are.

Regards,

Chuck(le)

One of my most favorite black republicans.. and not because he can get me the best seats at a championship middleweight bout either..

[Link: www.adambielawski.com...]

#100 pimf: patriotic

Journalists nailed for playing ethnic card: This is a letter to the editor from the Mayor of Costa Mesa, who is running for re-election, and who objects to being grouped with two other candidates as an Arab-American. (One of the other two is Bill Dalati.)

It seems that Steel's concern was not that this issue involved an "Arab-American" but the alleged actions of the person. If that is the case, then the title of the story should have read "Reporters and editors purposeful selection of divisionary labeling creates ethnic tension and inflames contest."[...]I am proud of my parents and my heritage, but I am an American – without a hyphen.

Read it all, he's good.

Always be mindful - the charge of "racism" no longer has the meaning that it used to have. And that goes for "(fill in the blank)phobic" and "bigoted". The anti-thought process is truly disturbing. The issues of equality and justice are no longer front-and-center, in the traditional sense. That observation as applied to liberal ideology. Please wake up, those of you who consider yourselves "oppressed minorities". The Donks are not doing you any favors at all. Period. They are as self-serving and uncaring as any Repub politico you have ever accused as such. And finally, remember one thing - your party caters to and blesses Islamic extremism. If that's a better life for you, than God help you. It's not for me, and I'll fight it every step of the way. Guaranteed.

Isn't it more racist to automatically associate black people with jungle riddems?

"Did you ever notice that green olives are in a jar. But where do they put black olives? In the can!"

On one hand they play "jungle drums" and on the other they talk about what an elitist Harold Ford Jr. is.

The message is clear: Harold Ford is a "noble savage."

I would love to see Herman Cain run for POTUS.

104 Condolawyer

For you...

Famous Democratic Party Actions Of The Past

Congress responded to reports of violence against freed people by introducing harsher policies toward the South and weakening the plantation elite's political power. During Radical Reconstruction, many former Confederates were disfranchised while African Americans were allowed to vote and hold office. The result was massive and enthusiastic participation by black people in politics. Approximately 90 percent of black males of voting age were registered in Louisiana in 1867. Although not officially allowed to vote, black women influenced the political agenda by expressing their views at mass meetings and by encouraging men to vote for the candidates whom they believed would best protect their interests. African Americans' voting strength and their active involvement in the Republican Party helped to elect a new state legislature in 1868 that was evenly divided between white and black representatives. African Americans also held the offices of lieutenant governor, state superintendent of education, and state treasurer. At the parish level, scores of black people served as sheriff, mayor, police juror, justice of the peace, tax collector, and in other administrative positions.[10]

On April 13, 1873, a group of African-American men, (Republicans) led by several veterans of the Union army, found themselves under siege in the town of Colfax, Louisiana. For weeks the men had been preparing for conflict, marching and drilling in the hot Louisiana sun. Their efforts were spurred on by increased racial violence that had been erupting sporadically throughout the state following the disputed 1872 elections. In mid-April, the conflict reached a boiling point in Colfax, when hundreds of men from the White League, (Democrats) a radical offshoot of the Ku Klux Klan, stormed the town. At the end of the day, only three members of the White League had died, while hundreds of blacks were either shot or burned alive in the parish courthouse. This incident proved to Ulysses S. Grant how truly difficult it would be to make good on his presidential campaign slogan, "Let Us Have Peace."

But to the lefties, these are ... racist jungle drums!

It's the white skins. Lefties hate white skin.

OT now for some good news Danny Rolling The Gainsville Ripper was finally put to death [Link: www.foxnews.com...] about time

#63 dak

000000000OOOooo...

I like the cut of your jib, Dak~!

Very, very nice analysis.

I think I'll tuck that one in my pocket for later...

#16 zombie
Then Lieberman produced photos

Heh. No one knows better about how that feels than you, zom!

#116 PDM 10/25/2006 05:27PM PDT

But to the lefties, these are ... racist jungle drums!
It's the white skins. Lefties hate white skin.

So they hate themselves...

Cartman,

Always be mindful - the charge of "racism" no longer has the meaning that it used to have.

I think you're right. I've often wondered what great black leaders of the past -- say, George Washington Carver -- would think if they dropped into the modern world. Would they find as much "racism" in the air. Somehow I doubt it.

#75 Amalie 10/25/2006 05:00PM PDT

Politically Correct Politicians Gone Wild..

/of course I never heard word from the DNC when McKinney told everyone and anyone that she lost her bid against another black opponent because.. of the Jews..

DNC= "Do Not Call"

115 Hey Amalie, good, but what about the last 50 years?

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...everybody abuses Blacks, or whatever the PC term is; don't be hauling out what US Grant did, I just don't get it but then again my ancestors probably killed your personal Lord and Savior, so we still get punished...I just don't know who the Blacks killed to get so much attention from George Allen, one of my mishpacha, to the Jinjaweed.

/gotta take my meds g'nite Gracie

Re:Update
Love the timpani pic!
Francophobes! Freedom Fry eating fascists!

I think the use of timpani drums was to suggest that Harold Ford Jr. is an Italian. That is definitely something that won't play well among all them there bigoted Southerners.

121 Cognito

Do you know the greatest irony of all? It wasn't the Democrats that brought about the Emancipation Proclamation. It was the Democrats that brought about legalized segregation. The first two black Senators were Republicans from Mississippi in the late 1800's.

White Republicans were murdered in Louisiana for supporting blacks and trying to register them after the Civil War.

It was both Republicans and Democrats that brought about the Civil Rights Amendment of 1964. The history of southern democrats is rife with the KKK.

Dems don't want people to know about this.

This is why I want to remind all Liberals/Democrats to make sure they get out and vote on Weds November 8th. It's very important to Take Back America!

Obama details at discoverthenetwork. Heaven forbid his opponent mentions any uh, religious roots.

I'd swear that was the sound of a thumper.

#123 condo

Please take a double dose, and call us back in the morning.

#119 dead sea squirrel

Hello.

I read some of your postings a few days back regarding atheists and their welcome participation in the war against jihad.

Very good stuff. They were well concieved, and well written, and obviously the products of a superior heart, as well as mind.

Good for You!

I'll keep my eye out for your nic.

Never miss a chance to throw the race card.

Because, you know, liberals can't be racists. Democrats are not the racist party.

Just ask Grand Master Byrd. Or Cindy McKinney.

#125 new_tommy
There are many angles to take on the tampani angle; (see 103) Italiophibic, francophobic, even islamaphobic...

Arabic nakers, the direct ancestors of timpani, were brought to 13th century Europe by Crusaders and Saracens. These drums, which were small (around 20–22 cm or 8–8½ in in diameter) and mounted to the player's belt, were used primarily for military ceremonies. This form of timpani remained in use until the 16th century.

So many phobias possible, none of them blackophobia.

123 condolawyer 10/25/2006 05:38PM PDT

115 Hey Amalie, good, but what about the last 50 years?

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...everybody abuses Blacks, or whatever the PC term is; don't be hauling out what US Grant did, I just don't get it but then again my ancestors probably killed your personal Lord and Savior, so we still get punished...I just don't know who the Blacks killed to get so much attention from George Allen, one of my mishpacha, to the Jinjaweed

What's the matta, feelin a little queasy mon?

I'm a Latina.. try to fuck with me and you will lose...

127 Murqtaad 10/25/2006 05:42PM PDT

This is why I want to remind all Liberals/Democrats to make sure they get out and vote on Weds November 8th. It's very important to Take Back America!

LOL ~

It has gotten to the point where the loonies would not know racism if it hit them in the face. (Shaking head slowly side to side...)

#105 Pro-Bush Canuck

I work in Redmond (curtesy of THE evil empire). I know a seedy bar or a good tap house.. I've got more work to do, but are you on campus?

#134

I'm a Latina.. try to fuck with me and you will lose...

Game over Condolawyer; maximum pawnage!

Dems never cease to be able to manufacture outrage out of nothing. Honestly, did not know Ford is supposed to be "black" until yesterday. He looks Caucasian to me. Sorry racially-provoked dudes and dudettes, that's how he appears to the uninformed, out of stater, and I even watched his entire church ad - showing everyone how Christian he is by filming himself looking sincerely pious inside a church sanctuary. Most heart-felt Christians wouldn't dream of disgracing themselves in front of God in His House. Guess a non-believer wouldn't know that... About the drums in the ad ... western to the core, and that's from someone who had the chance to hear one of the world's top African djembe musicians practicing every day at 2pm-4 pm in the Jardins de 2 October in downtown Conakry, Guinea. Some posters would know this, but for others, Guinea drum musicians attract students from all over the world. That's where some of the marching moonbats with their djembes learned to play. Now, they pay good money to learn to play, then end up banging the drums against western imperialists on western city streets, whereas the Guinean musician who we heard every day was teaching abandoned boys how to play so that they could earn a living.

#133 Killgore Trout,

So many phobias possible, none of them blackophobia.

Until now, my friend. Until now.

I am so ashamed to be from Memphis. Our politicians are so childish.

Are blacks offended or just liberals?

#120 Amalie,

It's the white skins. Lefties hate white skin.

So they hate themselves...

Yes, and their country too.

#134

Am a lie.

Is the truth.

#142 shimra

Are blacks offended or just liberals?

Just liberals. Just pasty, white liberals from the suburbs.

#140 new_tommy
What?

The first thing I thought about with that music was the Orcs' theme music in The Lord of the Rings!

Is the add trying to give the impression that Ford is a follower of Saruman or Sauron?

That's the "take-away" (horrible corporate buzzword, sorry) I got from the music.

On the other hand the Corker music was reminiscent of the elves' theme with the angelic choral "Oohs" and "Aahs".

#130 wanumba

Oh, you just made me feel better. I too didn't realize Ford was black. I truly didn't "get" the grumbles about the Playboy ad.

And you know what? Most Southerners I know what good people in office no matter what their color. Doug Wilder was elected governor of Virginia, for heaven's sake!

It is my job to compose music for TV and radio ads and as a "professional listener" to the ad, I conclude that the music is very clearly stock library music with absolutely zero rascist overtones. What the Dems are doing is just pushing their luck in the hope that people will read it, feel offended and not take the time to listen to the mp3.

I can't seriously believe that even they can be so insane - its all an act.

OT

What the hell? Scientists finally explained something I've wanted to understand my whole life! But they figured it out last year, and I'm just hearing about it now! (grumble grumble grumble)

Oh well, better late than never. So for all of you who have ever wondered why, this is for you:

Scientists Explain the Cheerio Effect

#146 Killgore Trout,

What?

What I mean is that racism is whatever liberals want it to be and a racist is whoever the liberals decide should be.

sirius,

You think Memphis is bad? Come to Philly. We are the trump card in the game of Politricks.

Fast Eddy Rendell
John Street
Wilson Fookin Goode

I need some of condos meds... xanax or some other benzodiazepine would be prefered.

Hmmm, Ted Rall makes illustrations of Condi Rice with a bone through her nose, and it's not racist, but somehow this is? Lefties. Boy I hate every fiber of their being.

#131 M. Bensson-Levi

Thanks.

I'm late to the thread, and sorry if I'm repeating this.

The tom-tom is NOT of African origin! The tom-tom originates from East Asia - specifically, India - from the Hindi word tam-tam, as well as the Malay tong-tong and the Sinhalese tamat tama.

Although tom-toms are also sometimes connected with Native Americans, as a rule, they used larger, communal drums.

I have a djembe, which IS an instrument of African origin (and which is a heck of a lot of fun to play in drumming circles. A LOT of fun.)

When I was a kid, I had a set of tom-toms. I thought I was a beatnick. :)

LbtB 153,

Yeah. What you said.

Somehow this reminds me about the '04 elections, when during a voting machine pre-election check, 10,000 plus votes were already in 1 of the machines ForJohn F. Kerry. Might have made page 6 in the Philly Inqy.

The lefties need some great background music for their ads too (since the candidates themselves lack any greatness).
I'd like to offer this National Lampoon classic for consideration:

Well-Intentioned Blues

I wish I was a Negro, with lots of Negro soul,
so I could stay true to my ethnic roots and still play rock and roll.
If I was a funky Negro, eatin’ soul food barbecues,
then I wouldn’t have to sing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.

I wish I was an Indian, a grown-up Sioux papoose,
so when I get drunk on a beer and a half I’d have a good excuse.
I’d be a noble savage, wouldn’t ever wear no shoes,
and I wouldn’t have to sing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.

I wish I was a wetback on a strike in a lettuce patch
or a slant-eyed peasant with Viet Cong stashed underneath my thatch.
I’d only ever cross a picket line to pay my union dues
and I wouldn’t have to sing the middle class liberal Well-Intentioned Blues.

But I am not a Negro, not a red man nor a Mex. (Join me, kids!)
I’m a member of the oppressing color, language, age and sex.
I sympathize with the Arab cause; I feel for the put-upon Jews.
And I keep singing –
the middle class liberal –
humanitarian –
meaningful dialogue –
we are all responsible Well-Intentioned Blues.

#155 Cattt

Thanks for the info.

Yeah, I think we all realized these oh-so-nuanced libs aren't very nuanced when it comes to distinguished between the different cultures of brown peoples. What a surprise! ;-)

Check out where they source their facts from.

Murqtaad, you can keep Philly! I have my sights out west!

Shimra, it's just the liberals. We really don't need their help in that Memphis politics is already racially charged. I witness it every election cycle in my office. Blacks vote black and if they don't they sure keep it quiet otherwise they'd face reprisal. If you live in a Ford run district, by God you best vote for the Ford otherwise you're a no good Uncle Tom! Vote for the Democrat if you're black! Conservatives are the devil!

Oh goodness, how totally un-PC and racist of me to point this out. /sarcasm

Seriously tho, the mindset here drives me bonkers and there is NO educating some people when they won't even attempt rational discussion.

#158

when it comes to distinguished between

Typo: 'distinguishing' not 'distinguished' of course.

This is a local race for me, so I'll jump in here.

#1: This is NASHVILLE, people. They don't even know what timpani ARE here...if you can't play boom-chick on them, they don't want them in Music City.

/sarc off

#2: On top of the RNC ad (NOT a Corker ad) ending with the sultry blonde telling Harold "call me", I'm sure you've all heard about the Corker press conference that Junior crashed. I thought Junior finally showed himself to be the young punk-ass he really is and I thought Corker handled it like a real man (to wit, he told Junior "This is MY press conference" and turned his back and walked off).

#3: Audio and video making the rounds today of Harold Ford senior, who evidently has the local Fox affiliate on speed dial; some Corker supporters showed up at Junior's campaign HQs --- Senior whips out his cell phone, calls the local Fox station and says "we've got this cracker down here from one of Corker's...this cracker...and your people are down here filming this".

Harold Ford's Uncle John was arrested in 05 by the FBI during a raid on the Tennessee Legislative Chamber. Junior fesses up to going to a Playboy Super Bowl party ("I like football and I like girls - no apologies"). Junior tries to physically intimidate and disrupt a Corker presser. And now Harold Senior is on tape calling people crackers.

Lots of folks here thought Junior won the debates. Fair enough. But even for people who aren't plugged in to the issues much, it looks to me like this Senate seat will stay with the Republicans, not because of anything substantive or issue-related, but because of the actions of the Fords themselves.

They got it all wrong ... it's ACTUALLY a drum circle for peace! (dirty hippies beating on 5 gallon plastic buckets)

I think tonight would be a nice brisk night for a mind clearing stroll to the pub. Put the son to bed and grab me a couple or 8 pints. Have a good evening all.

I nominate

"They're freaking jungle-drums"

for a place in revolving titles.

sirius 160,

Murqtaad, you can keep Philly! I have my sights out west!

What the hell makes you think I want it!? :-p~

I'm out. Later.

#162 Radical Rafe,

Harold Ford's Uncle John was arrested in 05 by the FBI during a raid on the Tennessee Legislative Chamber.

"Harold Ford's Uncle Tom?" You are a racist, man!

...Oh! Oh wait! You said "Uncle John." Sorry, I've been hanging around too many liberals lately...

...I'm beginning to see and hear things that aren't there...

#142 shimra

>Are blacks offended or just liberals?

OUR darkies will be offended when WE tell them to be offended!

/LLL

Jungle Drums courtesy of the MOFO party band

Not only is this standard fare for Memphis, it's also pretty tame. There are two political parties, Republicans and the Perpetually Offended, Hateful and Resentful.

Good people are resigned to it because they know if they raise their voices they're accused of racism, and for that there is no defense.

All your jungle drums are belong to us.

eeek! Imaginary grievances!

The left worship total bullshit.

Leftists are clueless idiots. Why they constantly resort to calling everyone a "racist".

Here is a challenge: can we find the original source of that sample? Can we confirm that they are tympani drums?

I heard the drums. To me it sounded like the Gene Krupa drum solo from Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing."

This is racist?

What are they smoking, and why aren't they sharing?

Any moron that says 'after the jump' in the middle of a blog should be shot immediately.

More jungle drums if I ever heard them! Racist African gladiator music, obviously!

The natives are restless tonight.

A white guy challenging a black guy factually on their record is the new racism

Oh, sort of off topic, but someone mentioned Obama. We were in Kenya this summer when he swished in, come home to visit grannie. The Kenyans were all a titter, the Kenyan press was filled with gushing Obama-tales. His back to the village shamba (family farm) safari (Swahili for "trip") ended rather lamely. He said a few things that the Kenyan government construed as ... criticism and "poof" all that good warm huggy feeling was gone and there was nothing but, "What does this Obama character know about Kenyan affairs?"

Charles: "It’s obvious, man!"

LMAO. Really. X.

New name for liberals: Drumheads.

171 new_tommy

Does this mean that Kool and the Gang are not PC?

#183 Cattt,

Does this mean that Kool and the Gang are not PC?

No. They are still cool. Liberals Drumheads can be hypocritical that way.

Jungle Drums
One of the best songs, like, ever. Wait until nearly the end of the song for the total jungle experience.

The rhythm has my soulll!

I hope someone on Corker's staff is looking into the campaign contributions in the Ford campaign! Ford's family is comparable to the Daley family of Chicago but, on a much, much larger scale.

Ford goes to NYC to raise funds. Corker stayed in Tennessee.

Just got here but saw some stuff about Obama. I found this earlier in the week.

[Link: www.gopusa.com...]

#149 blueroom127

Sorry to burst your bubble, but they are that insane.

I work with someone who hasn't talked to me for two years because he's convinced I'm a Republican (the best part of that is the fact that a third party had to tell me- I didn't notice!) I've also heard endless 'Cheney is the devil' conversations, as well as the 'America deserved 9/11' conversations, of course, the 'Iraq is Vietnam' conversation. These discussions happen every single day in liberal bizarro land.

Can someone tell me how to search campaign records on-line?

190 MandyManners

[Link: www.newsmeat.com...]

Let's see, if the ad incorporated jazz instead of kettle drums, it would be perceived as making light of New Orleans after Katrina...

If the ad featured heavy metal, it would be perceived as a celebration of sex, drugs, and rock & roll...

If it featured classic rock, that would be pandering to the evil white male, age 30-60...

If it featured country, it would be pandering to the redneck NASCAR voter...

If opera; pandering to filthy rich, white Republicans...

Ir it featured rap, no one would be able to understand it and that would be OK to them, plus it would celebrate the gang-banger (read: future Dem voter) culture that is so rich!

---How the L3 perceives our great Nation.

Okay, a setting-the-record-straight post from someone living in the belly of the beast,AKA the Ford Machine:
The reason that Ford will not be the next senator from TN has nothing to do with his race, but plenty to do with the races rigged and fixed by his family members, among other crimes and misdemeanors. His family tree reads like a rap sheet, with every one from uncles to aunts to cousins indicted or convicted on charges ranging from domestic violence and drug possession (Uncle Jake, running for Harold Jr's soon to be vacant House seat), to Uncle John (a state senator now under federal indictment for attempted bribery of an FBI agent) to Aunt Ophelia, whose state senate election victory was recently tossed due to finding that multiple dead voters comprised her thirteen vote majority). There are more.
Given that Ford's father, former Rep Harold Sr, is now a lobbyist for Fannie Mae, and Harold Jr is on the House Banking Committee...well, you see the problem.

I AM VERY SERIOUS! IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT NO ONE CONSIDERS TENNESSEE TO BE AN IMPORTANT RACE.

Google "Ford." "Ophelia." "Ford family." "Harold."

193 tradewind

Southerners in this generation are willing to forgive a lot.

Harold Jr.'s Uncle John also got in trouble for a weapons violation in a fit of road rage on I-40 a few yrs back. I recall that he actually shot at someone, but I won't say it's the gospel truth, just that I remember it that way. I think the family is known for its immaturity when things don't go their way.

dum dum dum booga boooga.. dum dum dum

/and thats just the ghetto music..jungle drummers cost extra

#196 HDrepub

Whatthefuck?

YOU'RE BEHIND THE TIMES!

#197 BingoBunny

Reminds me of moronic board that called the white guy a klan member for using the word "niggardly."

There are a large pocket of people out there who don't know how to live without looking for some excuse to play the oppressed victim.

IN respect to this incident which occured in 1990 I guess I am behind the times. After some research I found he was charged but not convicted. However he got in some more trouble in the late '90s for threatening some utility workers in Memphis with a shotgun, and had to to do some real legal wrangling to worm out of that one. Five charges of aggravated assault, each charge could have meant 3-15 yrs. And he was just indicted for some corruption crimes just the other day, am I right. I am caught up now, Miss Manners? :)

He gets his monies in New York.

Anyone on Corker's staff got the smarts?

198 MandyManners

#196 HDrepub

Whatthefuck?

YOU'RE BEHIND THE TIMES!

I plead senility LOL. Otherwise please peruse my post # 201.

I've said it before, the people who claim racism at every incident don't care about racism. They care about their standing and wealth in society. Not about racism.

A friend of mine who's familiar wih TN politics told me that the Fords are a kind of Memphis Mafia. What do any lizards here know about the Fords?

All I can tell is he's slick, like Dr. Slick, the former prez.

I'm hoping on the night of Nov. 7th to hear moonbats' heads exploding, like the popping of champagne corks.

Okay.

I'm a professional musician.

The drums ARE LOUDER under mentions of Ford than under Corker. There is timpani in there, but the drums that play under the passages about Ford ARE NOT TIMPANI. They are generic tom-type drums. They could very well be African drums.

The background music was mixed purposely so that a distinction was drawn between Ford (drums are louder) and Corker (choir is louder). It sounds pretty tacky to me, associate your candidate with angelic choirs and the opponent with drum sounds.

DON'T PUSH THIS. It's not your typical crazy leftist crap.

#196,

...laughing, I had forgotten that one... that was on his way to the state house in Nashville... he stood up while going ninety down the highway and shot out of the roof of his Mercedes at a trucker who ' passed him too fast '.
Shortly after that one, he pulled a rifle on a LG&W worker who was trying to read a meter.

#207,

Maybe not , but it is your typical ' find a racial element in ANY race ' crap. The lazy campaigner's refuge, it's now a position to which democrats are safety-wired.

The use of background drum sounds, ominous ones, is common in commercials to indicate approaching disaster, or danger, which...well,it's not fraught with racial undertones.
Hey, whatever floats your boat... happy trollin'.

#187,

Ford's money is almost totally out-of-state generated. Don Imus has practically taken him to raise,(sorry, that's a southern thang for ya'll from up Nawth) and Hollywood sees him as Obama-Barack- Lite.

Tennesseeans knew better than to let Al Gore take the White House in 2000, and I find it hard to believe that they will put his state campaign manager in the US Senate.

205 Ward Cleaver

The Ford family of Memphis: A TN political dynasty that endures

The above is a pretty good overview of the Ford family of Memphis.

The family is a political force in Tenn. and in the Memphis community. The family business of old (N.J. Ford and Sons, a funeral home), was involved in the civil rights movement and community affairs. Several of Newton Ford's children got involved in politics.

Uncle Emmitt Ford has been convicted in an FBI bribery sting (he also threatened to shoot an FBI agent); he has a long history of misuse of power - pulling guns on people, etc.
Uncle John Ford is awaiting trial in the same FBI bribery sting, "Operation Tennessee Waltz."
Aunt Ophelia Ford won John Ford's state senate seat (he quit because of the FBI rap) and won, but that was revoked when massive voting irregularities were uncovered (there have been several indictments).
Jake Ford (Harold Jr.'s brother) is running for Harold Jr.'s old seat - as an independent (the Dems are not amused). He has a rap sheet for offenses ranging from marijuana possession to Driving Under the Influence to assault upon his father.

All that is family stuff. I think the Fords are old-style politicians, but if anything, I have to give Harold Jr. credit for forebearance in suffering his relations.

In March 2006, Harold Jr. said his grandmother Vera was white. This made a lot of people angry. I thought it was weird that he would do that - a lot of black people were really offended (she was a well-known woman, and the black community was annoyed). Don't know WHY he did that. Obviously, he is mixed race, but who cares if his mom was white, at this point? Better to leave it alone.

I also want to go on record as not caring if Harold Jr. went to a Playboy party but caring if he lies about having done so. He didn't lie, but he obfuscated for a while before coming out an admitting he went. You know, like President Clinton (e.g., that depends on what the definition of "is" is).

Finally, based on the comments of an ex-girlfriend - I wouldn't date the guy. Here is her Web site.

221 Cattt
PIMF - his mom was white - shd be "his grandmother was white"

#189 I work with someone who hasn't talked to me for two years because he's convinced I'm a Republican

I was blackballed from THE WEST WING when they found out that I voted for Bush. Laid off another good Hollywood job when I called Michael Moore a commie and ridiculed F911. Moonbats/Dems are the most intolerant group of people of all time. I shudder when I contemplate their numbers.

The only true racists which I have known of, in my entire life, have been all Democrats, including many who are relatives of mine, and they vote Dem every election, and they are non stop racists.

The fact that the Democratic party has Robert Byrd, a confirmed member of the KKK, with his non stop racial slurs, which many are on tape, make the Dems the biggest racists, hypocrites and bigots in this country.

The Dems think they can fool the people, because the Dems think the average American is a dumb hick, well, those "dumb hicks" are going to vote them out of office on November 7th, the sale of Prozac will skyrocket, suicide rates will explode, and then we'll all get to hear, for another two years, about how corrupt, racist, etc, that the GOP is.

"Obladi, oblada life goes on OOO

La la la la life goes on".

:D

And to leave you all with this thought,

Just think what it would be like waking up tommorow as a kook leftst.

AAARRRGGGHHH

#207 playblu :

FOAD.

#33 Silhouette said:

"Smooth operator" is the title of a well-known song performed by Sade that refers to a "black smooth operator," he said.
You can fact check what he says about the lyrics of Sade's song for yourself here.

If I recall, the "smooth" guy in the video was pretty light skinned; looked latin or italian? But it's been a while.
I can't believe that man actually had the gall to say this! Talk about stretching.
In any case, thanks for your post. I got a great laugh, that guy is insane!

Leftards are the most prejudiced people on earth. I have plenty of favorite musicians and actors who are tail-spinning moonbats, and I don't hold that against them: I enjoy their work anyway. But when THEY find out I'm a libertarian/conservative musician? Forget it. I'll never see 'em at another gig again. They aren't ALL like that, of course, but way too many of them are. Way more lefties choke on libertarian artists than the other way around, that's for sure.

Perhaps this thread is no longer, however, I happen to think the add with the white bimbo did invoke, or was supposed to invoke, a racist trope. I would like to say for the record I am no moonbat and you can pull all my comments if you'd like to. Racism is one of the historical strains of American culture that people sometimes use.

The spineless republicans pulled the ad.

RE: The "Harold Call Me" Ad: Ford was on Fox & Friends today. and called it the "Smut Ad." He refered to it as the "Smut Ad" repeatedly. He wouldn't say it was racist, but said it was demeaning to women. (Was concerned for the children who may have seen it -IIRC) He REALLY put on a show of pious concern. I wish I had taped it/ DVD'ed it.

Actually, I know a bunch of middle-aged white gay men who like to go in the woods and bang on drums... I thought it goofy when I was a liberal.

I saw nothing racist in the pulled TV ad about Ford. I often see things involving race, but not then. It was like the Super Bowl ad with TO and the Desparate Housewives.

How dare they mock the white candidate by using European tympani drums in the soundtrack!

/confused lefty

THIS IS STUPID.

I listened to the ad. If you can listen to the drum tract on that and hear "racism" in it, you are a racist yourself. It didn't sound any different than an old detective show tract that plays when the villian enters a scene.

Anyone seen the "Zion" "Prayers" scence in the second Matrix movie?
People dressed in scant clothing, ankle jewelry, and doing "native indian-style" dancing to HUGE drums. Guess which political philosophy the Wachowskie's wrote the series fall into? But what would you expect from the people who brough you "V for Vendetta"?

Last post! Boy is my life pathetic or what?

I'm one of the countless hicks here in Tenn. The thing I don't like about the radio ad is it implies that become some jack ass is from them there "yanky bad lands" that he must suck. Hell fire!

While the truth of the matter is we, as the people of Tenn, don't have issues with people based on where they are from, or what school they went to. We want the best man for the job, so to that end, the radio spot sucks because all it implies is X is a yankie and have been involved in politics for a long time.. OH NO!

There is a message that grand mothers in the "old" days would say, "doctor heal thy self" that is the message that needs to be given to liberals who think they are the "holier than thou" party.

They suppress Blacks in their own party, Obama who supported Liberman before the primary and stumped for him, now has to "tow the line" and support Lamont. Democrats keep "thier Blacks" on the plantation. They think the victims they hold up as heroes are beyond reproach (Cindy Sheehan, Michael J. Fox), that they need to tell us to stop driving cars because of global warming, while they jet off on their corporate jets.

They tell us that all war is wrong. Everyone's habits must be tolerated, whether they are acceptable to us or not and they tell us that they have free speech, but will not let us tell them when we don't like what they say. It is simple; liberals are selfish, spoiled, coddled hypocrites.

We need to hammer them on this point everyday by publishing articles illustrating all of them and their hypocritical behavior and words, and we must be relentless.