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Get the fuck over it.

Over the past few days I've been mulling over the merits of posting a ranty rant of rantiness about how I'm becoming more convinced with each passing day that Republican obstruction of the stimulus bill is due in large, large part to the fact that Obama is black. Due to this more than the fact that they're sore losers pissed off at losing all the (often immoral, if not illegal) privileges they've amassed for themselves since the Reagan years. (If you want me to justify their "concern for future generations with anything more than a parenthetical aside, you need to stop reading this lj now.)

With all the stories about Republican malfeasance emerging in recent days I'd almost convinced myself that race didn't have much to do with it.

Then [livejournal.com profile] metal_dog5 linked me to this, and all I could think is, Et tu, New-York-Fucking-Post?

Seriously, country. Not everyone is white. In fact, many of those people who aren't white are even intelligent, eloquent, moral, and have what it takes to lead nations. Get the fuck over it all ready.

SERIOUSLY.


That will be all.

on 2009-02-21 08:42 am (UTC)
ext_12544: (president obama)
Posted by [identity profile] bloody-american.livejournal.com
You do remember the Obama bucks incident before election, yes?

Reading that article I find I am absolutely amazed at the ridiculous overspending by the Republicans. Amazed but somehow not surprised. Do the words "public servants" not mean anything to those in Washington anymore?

From the NYTimes article:
“No,” Mr. Azzopardi said, “I don’t believe they ever gave us the password that shut down the waterfall to enter the cave leading into the studio."

I lol'd. ^_^

“In 17 years, I’ve never refused to yield to any member’s questions,” said Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, an upstate Republican, after he was denied a chance to speak.

Senator Carl Kruger, a Brooklyn Democrat, rhetorically swatted Mr. Nozzolio aside, saying simply, “I’m not finished.”


In a time when bipartisanship should be at the forefront of everyone's mind, they're starting to be petty (on both sides). WHY IS OUR GOVERNMENT BEING RUN BY CHILDREN?

on 2009-02-21 02:09 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] akujunkan.livejournal.com
Actually, no, I didn't know about "Obama bucks," and it's probably a good thing too because holy jesus, reading about it now infuriates me. That that bitch could call Obama racist for pointing out that America has always been run by old, white, christian men is just...FOASDUFIUDCNVK;ALSDUFIODYUF!"!!!!

As to your last question, I WISH I KNEW, although I'm heartened by the fact that Obama seems to be more the stern parent than gloating winner. Hopefully he can turn things around and refocus the government on what it *should* be doing: governing.

on 2009-02-21 10:41 pm (UTC)
ext_12544: (president obama)
Posted by [identity profile] bloody-american.livejournal.com
Of course! He's a racist because he's pointing out something that is, indeed, a fact. And because he's not white himself he's a racist merely for bringing it up. MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

As am I, as am I. On the other hand I'm somewhat disheartened when I see the Republican's fighting it so hard. I mean, I understand difference in ideals and politics but. Could they try a little harder? Just a little bit?

Overall though, I think that if anyone can get through to the bigheads in Washington it's Obama.

on 2009-02-21 10:43 pm (UTC)
ext_12544: (Default)
Posted by [identity profile] bloody-american.livejournal.com
And I mean "try a little harder to work together". :P

on 2009-02-21 10:22 am (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] ontogenesis.livejournal.com
I saw that New York Post cartoon. The cartoonist is a big jerk, I think... even if he's a complete ignoramus who doesn't know that black men used to be called "monkies," how does he think it's OK to imply that a government official should be shot by another government employee or put down like a rabid animal?

I wouldn't say the Republicans are blocking the bill because he's black, though... at least not the majority of them. It's a power play. They harass Democrats, and vice versa.

on 2009-02-21 02:21 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] akujunkan.livejournal.com
I find it very, very, very hard to believe that no one at a media outfit as big as the NYP was unaware, in this day and age, that "monkey" is a racial slur against black people. Especially post-George Allen. Especially in a company run by News Corp. Otherwise, I agree completely with your analysis on that cartoon.

There's harrassment, and there's obstruction. Not a single House Republican and only three Senate Republicans voted for the stimulus bill. Although perhaps I am unfair in attributing this entirely to racism. Republicans have a long history of obstructionism; just look at their history of filibustering in the post-Clinton years.

Democrats, on the other hand, are cowards who talk big to their base but fold under talk radio pressure every time. And they do it because they know that those voters who aren't right, however disgusted they are with Democratic cowardice, have no other options in the current two-party system than to vote for the party that claims to share their political outlook but refuses to put their money where their mouths are.

on 2009-02-24 07:22 pm (UTC)
Posted by [identity profile] wombatdeamor.livejournal.com
One of the things that is making me happy about the obstructionist Republican party is that the public is seeing them and are not impressed. Did you hear Micheal Steele, the head of the GOP, say that government has never created a job in all of history? They only create work. His position is almost a racist response to Obama. He said "We're gonna give the GOP a hip hop makeover."

And during the election Repubs were passing out Curious George dolls with Obama 08 on them. Even if the monkey thing were a news flash then it shouldn't be now, especially for someone working at a "newpaper" (remember, it is a paper owned by Rupert Murdoch).

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