So this is what it has come down to. I was terribly afraid this would happen. A girl in New Smyrna Beach, Florida wore a McCain/Palin T shirt and was called a “racist” by several of her middle school classmates. She was also accused of only supporting the “white man.”
I believe it is long overdue for our country to run an African American person or a woman for the office of the Presidency. I was concerned, however, that a run by an African-American Democrat would wind up being a test of skin color instead of a test of the person’s policies. We all know what would happen to a Republican African-American who decided to run for office. Condi Rice was called a house n*** by a prominent cartoonist, Mike Steele, was called an “Uncle Tom” by the Maryland Senate President while running for Lt. Governor, and Supreme Court Justice Thomas is still called “stupid.”
A democrat African-American, however, can do no wrong. And unfortunately, my prediction has turned out to be correct, at least in one classroom in Florida. My sister lives in New Smyrna Beach (Yes, I have family EVERYWHERE!). This is NASCAR country, folks. It is a stone’s throw from the Daytona 500 speedway and the local pediatrics ward where my sister works is sponsored by NASCAR, which comes complete with a wall full of NACSAR autographs – including the late Dale Earnhardt. If this kind of behavior is being displayed by middle school children in the heartland, I dread what would happen if someone wore such a shirt to school in the heart of Chicago, or LA, or Philly. We all remember the Washington DC school who cheered when Reagan was shot? These kids learn this stuff from their parents.
The young lady was a volunteer at a local McCain headquarters, and the volunteers there gave her the shirt. To her credit, she wants to wear the shirt again. Some of her friends also want to wear shirts (party affiliations unknown). Fortunately, not everyone teaches their kids to be pinheads. My very Republican daughter came to the defense of a John Kerry shirt-wearing friend at her middle school 4 years ago. A teacher had told him to take it off. I was very proud of my daughter of defending her friend’s right to wear a political shirt, although she was scared of getting in trouble for questioning the teacher (she did not get in trouble – either at home or at school).
So let this be a message to Obama supporters nationwide: just because we don’t support your man, does not mean we are racists; it means we support the policies of McCain/Palin more than we support the policies of Obama/Biden.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:45 am
So let this be a message to Obama supporters nationwide: just because we don’t support your man, does not mean we are rac*sts
But that’s how they shut down dissent. Its an intimidation tactic to keep people afraid to say anything about their candidate. Can you imagine how it will be if he gets elected? No dissent allowed.
What they are doing to Joe the Plumber is what they do to anyone who questions anything they do. So much for free speech and civil liberties.
I’ve had friends have the same thing happen for having McCain/Palin bumper stickers – things yelled at them at red lights and getting their cars keyed in parking lots.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I was in line at the recyclers last week with three huge hefty bags full of cans and wearung tie dye T shirt my kid made for me.
This moonbat with a bunch of cans wearing a tie die T shirt came up to me and asked me where I got my shirt and bla bla bla.
After that he looked at my cans and said; ” So I see you’re doing your part for mother earth”
I said f*ck that sh*t I need the money after your buddies on the hill went and threw this country into a spiraling clusterf*ck.
The guy just turned around and walked away while 2 or 3 people in line laughed their a$$es off
You had to be there.
Its amazing how what you wear leads people to determine what you are.
I thought these schmucks were all about non contemptuous thoughts that contain no discrimination or pre judgments ?
What? I cant wear tie die without automatically being labeled as some kinda 60s dead head reject ?
October 18th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Wheres my post ?
October 18th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Some Catholic priests molest children -> All Catholics are child molesters. Did I get that right?
October 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Micky, which post?
October 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Joe – if the shoe fits, wear it; if not, then welcome to the civil discussion. There was nowhere in my post where I said all liberals or Democrats feel this way. However, I’ve had many liberals and Dems tell me too many times that I have no right to my opinion, or my educational level is subneanderthal – many of the comments coming from your fellow liberals right here on this site. The media are willing stooges in the Democrat dissent suppression machine.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Wouldn’t it be a wonderful sight to see Joe the Average American meet Joe the Plummer?
October 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
In Virginia a guy with a McCain/Palin sign in his yard had it ripped up and “rac**st” spray-painted in red on his garage.
Interestingly enough, a friend told me she told a pollster that she was voting for Obama because she did not want to appear rac**st. She is voting McCain.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:33 am
MBT.
I’m sorry, my fault, the one that had the word sh*t un edited.
Sometimes I like to just run off the top of my head.
The price is sometimes embarassment and humilty.
Anyway, really, think about the hypocrisy that this action speaks to.
The party that propells a message of tolerance,diversity and equality is never too slow to discrimnate against those that do not agree with them.
I dont think that the majority of Obama supporters are rac*st because they will be voting for a black man, I dont think they’re stupid either. My belief is that they are just underexposed to certain scenarios in life that would guide them in different direction.
I have never ever heard a black man talking when I hear Obama, my head just doesnt go there.
But I’m sick and f*cking tired of being called a rac*st (at other blogs and a few times here) just because I brought up the question as to whether or not the left was taking advantage of minorities by offering loans to a class of people that couldnt afford them. All I was doing was stating the sad fact that the majority of lower income people in America are minorities and how they were targeted by predatory loan practices.
Bringing that up alone made me a rac*st ?
I have seen example after example of the left injecting race when things go south for them.
Without race or abortion they would hardly ever have a position to stand on so its only logical that they will always have to keep race and abortion in play in order to maintain a play on peoples emotions.
Democrats will always keep minorities oppressed to a certain limit only so that they can always be used as a bargaining chip for votes.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Micky – you’re a very angry person. And if you’re story from comment 2 is true, you’re a jerk to boot.
Because you don’t see that you just did what you supposed the man in tie-dyed shirt did to you. You said “f*ck that sh*t I need the money after your buddies on the hill went and threw this country into a spiraling clusterf*ck.”.
But why did you assume this guy was a Democrat, as implied by “your buddies on the hills”? Unless you’re leaving out important parts in your story, he didn’t say he was a Democrat, all he said was “So I see you’re doing your part for mother earth.”
For all I know, this guy didn’t even vote, or he voted for some Libertarian. Heck, he could have voted Republican. Maybe he just walked away because you were being a jerk.
Don’t you get the irony of your story? You pre-judged him based on his shirt and his comment about Mother Earth. What, the guy can’t wear a tie-dyed tee shirt and be a recycling fan without being labeled a Democrat with “buddies on the hill?”
October 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-supporter-assaults-female-mccain-volunteer-in-new-york/
this lady got beaten up for supporting mccain
October 18th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
lisab – unfreaking believable. I have had some folks in my face, but never did they hit me – Thankfully. But that was last election….
October 18th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Lisab – goes to show you what humans are like, Republican AND Democrat. I do not approve of this type of behavior.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
LMAO…
I only time conversations on this site are civil.. are when the posters follow what the right radical wing want us to say.. sounds like the last 8 years.. sorry but things are about to change..
Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..Obama..
Funny how Democrats are being lectured on intolerance lol from the right wing nut jobs.. I believe a reporter was attacked at a Palin rally, and two protesters outside a rally.. but that is ok because they are Democrats
October 18th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Johnnie,
you believe? evidence please?
we still let you “speak” on this site don’t we?
What is your definition of a right wing nut? SOmeone who disagrees with you?
October 18th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Allen, when someone comes up to me and assumes that my only motivation for turning in cans is to save the earth,you put 2 n 2 together,K bud.
Recycling is an overrated joke that the majority of the left has bought into all because the sky is falling.
Trust me, I know my sh*t on this issue, its my forte` you dont even want to go there with me. I will eat you alive.
Yes, I’m angry because environmentalism and the efforts behind global warming are just a trojan horse ushering in socialism
Bottom line is this, which you missed.
I only give what I get from people.
He should of asked instead of assuming my motives due to my appearance and actions so I simply returned the favor, and he realized it. Get it ?
October 18th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
The naivate of some people never ceases to amaze and amuse, but there are those that aren’t looking for a common sense and fair solution. They want drama and incitation, not an amicable solution. In america its all about winning and if some have the trumph card they sure and use it. The rules according to Hoyle doesn’t apply. Also it amazes me how white people bend over backwards to show how politically correct they are. I don’t think you have to apologize for calling foul play for what it is or to feel you can’t say anything unless your a saint. Saints never complaint either so you lose again. Why do some people not only stack a stacked deck against themselves but even care how they are perceived when they believe there has been some wrong? Your competitors sure don’t.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
“Wouldn’t it be a wonderful sight to see Joe the Average American meet Joe the Plummer?
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I suppose that Joe and I could talk about how much we are looking forward to our tax cuts under Obama.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
if that’s the case Joe, you don’t make any real money. Even topless dancers in Vegas a year ago use to make a little under 300k a year if they were tops in their game and no overhead. Neither of you apply so the question is moot. They say joe the plummer isn’t even licensed to be one, has a tax lein on his house for a mere 1200 dollars and he doesn’t make very much, he was just asking a random question.
October 18th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
The median American household income is around $50k. That means that half of American households make below that amount. I guess most Americans don’t make “real money.”
October 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
absolutely, 50k is anything but real money. And we all know that. chump change for peasants.
October 19th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
So, Brian, you admit that the majority of Americans will receive a tax cut under Obama?
October 19th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
don’t know bama’s formula, but believe its sposed to be something in the hundreds or bushy like’s recent rebates. But is that really a tax cut? bama has to put some figures out there like if you make 25k you get 250 back, and if you make 50k you get 750 back or something like that, so i have nothing to admit to but being kept in the dark by bama’s campaing about what kind of tax relief a poor guy like me is gonna get. plus at what bracket does he raise capital gains and dividends tax, and what about people who eventually pull out of thier regular ira’s and 401 k’s assuming they still even exist after the wallstreet boys get thru devouring them. I think if I were bama I would have redone my tax planning quite a bit but mccain’s plan won’t be any better and its vague too. Aren’t these guys supposed to be professionals and have advisors who can help them cook up a solid program? They are as vague as glazed donuts.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Will the 1/3 of the Democrat party that will not vote for a black man be labeled Rac**ts?
You haven’t seen anything yet. Wait till McCain is elected and we see our cities burned and looted because America didn’t vote for Obama because of his policies not the color of his skin.
But there will be those that don’t see past color.
How sad that 40 years later, we are still hearing the same hate from the same people.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:30 am
While I do not condone anyone being persecuted or labeled for their clothing choice…I want to make it clear that this is not only happening to McCain supporters. I will post a message I recently sent to my sister about my own experience…and you can form your own opinions.
“Hi my love. I have to tell you a little story about some interactions today about the presidential election that I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry over.
I bought an Obama t-shirt recently. Not a McCain bashing tee of any sort, but a simple baseball raglan that just says Obama 08. If you weren’t looking close you might not have even realized what it said. I am allowed to dress somewhat casual with my career and made the choice to wear it today with some khaki pants. So anyhow, I decide to go to Chipotle to pick up some lunch for my Shane, my friend at work and myself. I am standing in line ready to order my chicken tacos when a woman looks at my shirt and says quote- “that’s the reason that young people shouldn’t be allowed to vote.� I thought maybe I misheard her, because well, that was ridiculous, so I said “I’m sorry what was that?� And she replied “You and your Obama t-shirt. Young people shouldn’t vote because they don’t make the right choices.� While I am flattered that at 26 she thinks I look so young, my response was “Well, there are people two and three times my age making the same informed decision, so what’s their excuse?� Her response was to tell me that it was “a waste of a vote� and that I “should just throw my vote to the Green Party.� I don’t think she liked my answer of “Oh I bet you’d love that.�
I drove back from work somewhat shocked, and somewhat amused that there are still people in this world that forget the beauty of America. Free choice, and free will…which includes my right to vote for who I think protects the interests that I hold at heart. Once back in the office, I shared my lunch and my story with Shane, a fellow Obama supporter who sits near me. He too was somewhat surprised but not overly shocked. An older coworker who shall remain namesless decided this was her time to chime in. She reminded me of “my ignorance� because of my political choices. Mind you this is coming from woman who also said she would never vote for Obama because his name reminded her of a terrorist name, and because he is black. I quickly reminded her that day that I look forward to a time when for eight years straight a black family will step off Air Force One first. Back to today. I let some of her comments go, frankly having a discussion with her of any sort of competent level is like trying to shove a square peg in a round hole.
Fast forward to later this afternoon about 20 minutes before everyone left the office. I sit next to a girl who is what I would call a “liberal Republicanâ€?. She supports women’s rights, along with GLBT rights but is monetarily Republican. While she and I might not agree on all issues, we educate each other frequently on both sides of issues in a calm and mature way. Discussion turned to war and Liberal Republican (let’s call her LR) says she supports the war and would not think otherwise because her brother in law was killed recently in Iraq and being Anti-War would mean he died for no reason. She understands my views and I re-explained that I think people often forget there is a huge difference between Anti War and Anti American. I 100% support the troops and their dedication to our country. I 100% oppose the reasons that we are there. I tell LR (with no offense to her brother in law) that while I don’t think his life was worthless at all, that I think that his death was for no reason and completely in vain. People my age are the ones coming back in body bags on a daily basis dying for an administration’s warped political agendas. Or people slightly older who are losing their husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, and children? I said “My dad is an ENLISTED Vietnam veteran that looks at this war in Iraq as a repeat of the same political mistake that our government made years ago with Vietnamâ€?. Now we can re-introduce unnamed coworker. Her first comment was that since I am young, I have no right to make comments about Vietnam, because I was not alive at that time. I countered with the fact that I was taking the opinion from my father, a man that was there on the front line watching his friends die at his feet. Her next argument was that “well this time around, they started itâ€?. I ask her who she means by “they” because I think she might be implying that she thinks Iraq started our current war situation. She says “they bombed us, did they think we weren’t going to fight back?â€? So I say “If you are referring to September 11th, you do realize that Osama Bin Laden took credit for that attack and that he’s not from Iraq?â€? Her answer, get ready. “It’s all the same areaâ€?. I am shocked. She is grouping all of the Middle East together as terrorists! Some people might realize it’s 22+ individual countries, apparently some do not. I asked her if Mexico and Russia get in a war, is it ok for Russia to invade the US, just because we are in the same “areaâ€? as Mexico? She huffs, says some swear words and walks away. I realize quickly that I need to stop before I lose my composure at work. Some battles aren’t worth dying for.
Again, I stress the fact that I LOVE this country for the right to choose, but I hope people are choosing for the right reasons. I will wear my Obama tee again. In fact, if I had the disposable income to buy enough Obama t-shirts to wear to work every day from now until November I would.”