Actually, you're incorrect. The more educated people in the United States do support the Republican Party. It's easily fact-checkable that the majority of people in the United States with 4 year degrees vote Republican (in 2004, for example, it was about 55-56%). Those with less than a HS diploma vote Republican only about 45% of the time.
@fireinthehole54321 that's because the higher your social class, the higher your likelihood of getting a college degree, and those in higher classes are more likely to be Republicans
@fireinthehole54321 well perhaps i phrased the question abit wrong. what i meant by highly educated people, i meant the educated elite. proffessors etc etc...
@fireinthehole54321 You are some dumbfuck. How can you point to Republicans lofty intelligence when they voted for Mr. 22% approval rating himself, G.W.Bush twice. Repubs are a gang of drunks, closet fags, drug using religious phonies not qualified to run a small McDonalds. Their main talent is running up deficits and getting U.S solderis killed and maimed. They should be banned as being against the public interest. The only balanced budget in 3 generations was achieved by DEMOCRAT W.J.CLINTON.
@Loejyrrab I think its worth repeating that I'm not just demagoguing by saying that Republicans tend to have higher overall educational attainment. A good graph to illustrate this is on the GOP's wikipedia website. I also think its worthwhile to point out that Clinton was fiscally conservative--Bush, alas, was not, thanks to his "compassionate conservatism"--and even then he balanced the budget only by removing money from social security's surplus to cover up his admittedly shallow deficits.
@fireinthehole54321 Holy shit where do I begin."Compassionate cons-ism"?Was it "compassionate" of him to borrow 1 tril $ to get 5,000 US soldiers killed in Iraq?100's of K's wounded&3 tril more in future cost?All based on false info provided byBush informant "cureveball" Kinder & gentler to cause the deaths of 1.3mil Iraqis?Blood drips from the hands of Bush and those genius's who voted for him,incl YOU! And if you're smarter than me, how come u voted for the drunken homicidal maniac Bush?
@fireinthehole54321 One more, Clinton got a bal budget by working with the Repub congress in a bi-partisan effort to reduce spending.Clinton was eager to go along.They actually reduced welfare. Praise both sides for that effort.The Soc.Sec.trust fund is invested in USA debt instruments.Read up on it as I just did.All adm's count the surplus as an asset.Then came Bush&his pet projects, the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afg.Those 2 un-Christian invasions will keep us broke for a generation.
@Loejyrrab Clinton ONLY reduced welfare when forced to after the demms lost Congress. He balanced the budget by destroying the military. And then when the military was needed Bush had to spend immense amounts of money and of course the cocksucking dems jumped right in and blamed him for everything. Typical dem asshole behavior. And all SS funds are intermingled with tyhe General Fund. There is no SS trust fund, you lying shithead.
@madisonelectronic Hey bonehead, read what I wrote below. I said Clinton and the Repubs worked together on welfare reform. I give the R's credit for their work. Destroyed the military? You're becoming a good little republinazi, a lying sack of unadulterated shit. You wanna bring up Bush? R.Clark warned Bush in 2/01 that OBL wanted to attack us with jets.
What did W do? Warn the airlines? NO! He ignored the threat and bang, 9/11. Then he attacked the wrong country, Iraq. (cont'd)
@madison Part2) By invading&staying in Iraq for 8 yrs, Bush showed his 1 talent, getting US soldiers killed and maimed. He blew an eventual 3to4 tril, for nothing. Cocksucking Repubs. Sadly, 6Kdead, 50K wounded,300K brain damaged, 350K more PTSD, all to kill Saddam.Not worth it. Bush should have been executed long ago. There IS a SS trust fund,with 2.5 tril surplus. Look it up. There are 2 sep.funds, the Old Age&survivors trust & disability trust. A little civics course would help you dumbass!
@stevenp25100 Yeah, the invasion did start in 2003. But, all the bullshit about weapons of mass destruction (You know, the reason we were told we went there?) started in late summer/early fall 2002. I was 20 years old at the time.
What page of Clinton's arsenal? What?
What Mathew's show? What are you talking about? Jason Mattera, like Bill O'Reilly considers himself a Culture Warrior.
@stevenp25100 What he does is not especially hard, I'm not impressed. If I decided to write a book bashing liberals or Obama, you people would buy it. Turn on AM radio anywhere in the Country and all you hear is right wingers, even at the local level. It's a pretty easy way to make a living.
I'm not 'hating' Kardashian either. She had a sex tape, now she's famous, the same formula that worked for Paris Hilton. Not for me though. That doesn't contribute to society.
@stevenp25100 His peers can be any American his age. Look up the definition of 'peer' in the dictionary, it's a broad definition.
I don't watch Mathews, and if you remember he kissed Bush's ass as much as he does Obama's right now.
Sarah Palin speaks on National T.V., writes books, and speaks at conventions too. What does that say? And Kim Kardashian is one of the most famous people in the country now. What does that say?
I know what that the definition of "peer" is, point is you said "most" his peers which is completely false. Nice try talking a page out of Clinton's arsenal but unlike Clinton you're an idiot. You clearly watch mathews because you quoted the phrase he used on a segement of the show.
This isn't about Sara Palin or Kim Kardashian this is about you down playing what someone else is doing in their life when it is substantially more than what you're doing with yours.
The motto of the left: "Two wrongs make a right." I'm tired of hearing it. Aren't you tired of him spending even more than Bush did and doing it even faster?
"1.supported war in Iraq (but didn't go himself)"
When asked about that, Mattera stated he was "fighting the CULTURE WAR here"
Meaning...do what he says not does. Then repeat an O'Reliey line.
Seriously do you conservative think your asshole political "pundits" are "the same" as the brave GIs overseas? If not you should be speaking against this turd.
my god this guy is just plain out racist and sexist. not to mention an idiot who thinks he's funny but he just says nonfunny racist things and all of the scenes of the crowd have people who are all white and about 90% are above the age of 45 and it seems that none of these people even know what a czar is. they just prove their racist roots, i am done with this! you guys have not lost any freedoms and the government will never do it but you guys don't go to school so you wouldn't know that.
@hereinvegas. thanks, I always seem to get that type of reaction when the other side cannot answer why Bush snorted cocaine is OK, but obama did the same thing, ir is wrong. Piss off
MENTION THE WORD "OBAMA" AND LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY SAY SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, THE END OF AMERICA.
NOW MENTION THE WORD "REAGAN" AND WATCH THEM DROP A LOAD IN THEIR PANTS. THEIR CLOTHES BECOMES SOILED WITH EXCREMENT BECAUSE OF THE JOY OF REAGAN.
Reagan, The man that lied under oath, gave weapons to Iran, Planted mines in Nicaragua harbors, Reagan, that gave us black Monday, and massive massive deficits, and gave chemical weapons to Saddam's Iraq
Jason Mattera realises there are a lot of people that feed on anger, hatred and insults. Thats why Rush, Fox and Beck are popular. Its not about politics anymore, its about getting people into groups that these media hacks can sell books to. Where were these people when Bush was in power?
This moron needs a job which is constructive. He sounds like a knuckle-dragging simian from Buttfuk, Jew Nersey with too much amphetamine in his blood stream. Not funny, not topical and nonsensical. Of course that describes the entire YAF. What's their point, re-packing failed stand-up comedians??
Hey whats a Rican doing giving a speech in my country, all those woman doing in those fancy dresses and raising their voices, so unlady like..whats up with these immigrants and woman doing, who the hell gave them rights, who fought for them to have equal rights
Conservatives? Was Liberal ideology that believed these people should be treated better. Who voted against closing a loop-hole that would give woman the same pay as men, just within the last few years...Can see Russia from her home.
Do you know what one of the most historic Liberal movements mankind created, which was demonized by those who ordered a death sentence for all those involved in creating this document, even using military force against these liberal people who believed in such outlandish things that were seen many times against God's law and common sense?
The United States Constitution..."We the People" was considered a "fringe" idea. Extreme to those who were against it.
Gotta remember. If you want to "date her" you don't criticize her choice of male. That would backfire. Next few years should be enuf to show Obama's incompetence, Also, do NOT call any women sluts. Privately, most women do want the option to be "slutty", just like men.
@rep56 The Patriot Act was created under George W. Bush, which trumps any and all rights for even American born US citizens.
Who ordered the destruction of the Second Amendment during the Katrina disaster?
And no, those men who were shot and killed on the bridge that many people said deserved it, if they just had put down their guns....just last month, those who killed the unarmed men, now found guilty and the truth has been revealed.
Ad hominem attacks aren't very educated nor are they an effective argument. Perhaps professors are liberal b/c a majority of their paychecks come from government subsidies. Most of my physics professors were very conservative. The only liberal professors i had were in the humanities. They have an abstract view of life as it is, but who knows what reality is i guess. :)
This guy needs to give it up. Look at the people-many of them youth in the crowd-not laughing at his lame jokes. This guy is always complaining about liberalism in the universities. Apparently he flunked out of one of them. He's about as intelligent as a box of rocks.
@cindermaker exactly-he's bringing the Republican party down with his immature, frat boy-like "speeches."
I actually attempted to debate with him on YAF and he descended into silly, nanny nanny boo, boo type jabs when he could not refute any of the evidence against his ridiculous stance. Look at his attack videography pieces. shoving a camera in someone's face as they're walking to their car and and hitting them with multiple questions right after another. and he calls it "journalism."
As a psychotherapist I see no "coded racism" but some rather hard nosed jokes and satire at the expense of the Left Wing regardless of their sexual, racial or ethnic preferences. He might have offended zombies though.
It seems to have racial undertones to me. I think the reporter is right on the mark as she was with the speech that Senator Kerry made in CA. The transcripts were available for all to read before he spoke and the comments he made omitted one word-US-he was referring to Bush with these comments and the medial knew damn right well that was what he ment. So, having some inside info, I know she was correct in what she wrote about Kerry and frankly, I have no reason to doubt her now.
What has been said by any republican that is so offensive? Is it the mere fact that there is an opposing point of view? Unfortunately today, many people hear any disagreement with their opinion as offensive, and this malady is quite acute with special interest groups.
Yeah, minacciosa, why would anyone get offended by someone saying that liberal women were ugly? They must just be looking for something to be offended by.
Listen closely. He didn't say liberal women were ugly. You heard what you wanted to hear. Acuity, sir, please. Listen carefully and think ever more so.
"Except, unlike the left gathering, our women are beautiful."
"You heard what you wanted to hear" is something that conservatives say every time one of their own says something as crystal clear as this. It's intellectual dishonesty and cowardice for you to deny what this joke meant.
Again, your hearing is inaccurate. Find where he said ugly. Your inference is not his responsibility. Don't make me answer this again. You've come unarmed to a battle of wits.
As all our first grade teachers admonished us, listen closely!
@minacciosa Look, it's not my fault that you don't know what an implication is. He doesn't need to say, flat-out, that liberal women are ugly. The meaning is crystal clear. Even more so when you hear the "oh, he went there!" reaction from the audience. If it wasn't what he meant, than there wouldn't even be a joke! But you know this, and you probably laughed. You just want to deny it because you also know it makes your side look bad. I'm not going to help you have your cake and eat it too.
Oh yeah...and MSNBC is full of black folks....and so is Obama's cabinet.....oh wait......that was Bush's Cabinet......Hey, fat Elvis......I'm guessing you are black right? No...of course not....you are as white as rice.......just like your brilliant WHITE heroes like Olbermann and Matthews...
Um, what? Nowhere did I mention Bush, Olbermann, or Matthews, none of whom I am particularly fans of. And yes, I am white, though I have no idea how you knew that or what it has to do with this subject. Next time you respond to me, it would be nice to know what exactly it is I said that you disagree with, although watching you debate a strawman is sort of entertaining.
I have my popcorn ready for the self-riotous lib-tards who will try to accuse the right of being "mean spirited" because a speaker at CPAC brought up Obama's admitted cocaine use. The same people who who throw that accusation at Bush will say that pointing out B-Rock's nose candy is wrong. I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
And aren't these the same people that always criticize "liberal" Hollywood? Aren't celebrities, um, sort of pretty? The cognitive dissonance is amazing.
Preach it, brother! Intelligent people supported Obama 12 to 1! Where is the diversity? Where was Obama's IDIOT vote?!! And who wants FDA approved candy canes?! I like my candy canes poisonous and carcinogenic!
What freedoms has the left taken away from the people? speech? right of assembly? guns? press? religion? due process? Tell me which freedoms have disappeared!!!!!!
When the left is in charge, civil liberties (aren't these freedoms?) tend to expand, while when the right is in charge civil liberties contract (attacks on fourth amendment rights, attacks on due process, citizen surveillance). I wish these commentators would come up with specifics so that we can have civil debate of the issues.
danbeck0208 wrote, "When the left is in charge, civil liberties...tend to expand"
When the left is really in charge, you get the Soviet Union, Communist China, Cuba, etc.
The left believes the people exist to serve the state, that the state must control the "greedy" impulses of the people and ensure "equality."
The state confiscates private property and redistributes it as it sees fit for "the good of the people." There is no private property and no free speech. (There's no equality either.)
Get real, Marxist? Come on do you really believe this drivil you are being fed by Hannity,Limbaugh, Beck and Quinn? Obama is to Marxist as Bush is to Lenin?
I've never heard Hannity, Limbaugh, or Beck call Obama a Marxist, and I don't know which Quinn you're referring to.
Obama was raised in a pro-Communist family. His idolized father advocated 100% taxation. His mother's friends called her a fellow traveler. His boyhood mentor was a Communist.
He worked closely with communist/terrorist Bill Ayers in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. He joined a church with a Marxist-based philosophy. He worked alongside ACORN, founded to overthrow capitalism.
FatElvis007, I've heard quite a bit of Hannity and Beck and have never heard them call Obama a Marxist. I don't listen to Rush these days, though I like him. I don't know whether he calls Obama a Marxist or not.
The point I was making was that I didn't learn that Obama was a Marxist from any of these people. I learned it from reading about his past and seeing one Marxist connection after another.
No one spends their life working that closely with and alongside so many Marxists w/o being one.
Hannity uses the words "Obama's socialist Marxist agenda" every single day on his show. Beck and Limbaugh do the same. You may draw a distinction there between that phrase and saying "Obama is a Marxist," but that's a distinction without a difference. If you have come to believe Obama is a Marxist on your own time, fine, but this is what these men have been saying. And every proposal Obama has made has been fairly moderate compared to real Marxist countries.
Obama is a stealth Marxist using lies and dirty tricks to transfer power from the people to the state under the guise of bailouts, stimulus packages, and health care reform.
The left-controlled mainstream media is covering for him, so if you want to find out what's going on, you need to read a few reputable conservative sites (like DrudgeReport, NationalReview, AmericanThinker, HotAir, BigJournalism, AtlasShrugs), not for the commentary, but for the facts the mainstream media is not reporting.
FatElvis007, these are reputable sources that engage in much more honest reporting than left-controlled media outlets like the New York Times, Newsweek, and MSNBC, which have become propagandists for the Democrats.
The evidence is overwhelming that Obama is a Marxist. He believes the govt can and should create "social justice" by taking from the rich and giving to the poor. History shows us that when this has been tried, it leads to poverty, corruption, oppression and sometimes mass murder.
FatElvis007 wrote, "And what exactly is '100% taxation?'"
Slavery to the state.
In a paper he wrote in 1965, Barack Obama Sr. advocated communal farms and the confiscation of private property. He theorized there was nothing stopping the govt from "taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
Obama wrote a book called "Dreams From My Father," but neglected to mention that his father dreamed of Communism.
Much of your information is over embellished and plan wrong. ACORN was not founded to overthrow capitalism. Bill Ayers sat on a board that President Obama happened to sit on. .Obama hardly knew his father. And, the very suggestion that President Obama is a Marxist came from Limbaugh and Hannity- political hacks, I have listened enough to them to know they are lying to you.
Bill Ayers founded the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which oversaw millions of dollars in grants. Obama was its first chairman. That is a CLOSE relationship, not a chance meeting on a board. Paperwork shows Obama, Ayers and Maoist Mike Klonski were based in the same office.
Ayers and Dohrn held an early fundraiser for Obama in their home.
Jack Cashill's research that shows Ayers was the ghost writer for Obama's first book. When asked about it, Ayers said, "Yes, I wrote Dreams From My Father."
LOL! You actually believed Ayers when he said that? Even most other conservatives were quick to realize that as an obvious prank. And the "research" that showed Ayers wrote Obama's book amounts to such "bizarre coincidences" as both of them using similar motifs, like eyes and clouds, which countless other writers use. All that makes them guilty of is being hacks at coming up with metaphors.
I think Ayers was taunting conservatives when he admitted to writing Obama's first book "Dreams From My Father." But I also think he was the ghost writer.
Read Jack Cashill's painstaking analysis at Cashill . com. The evidence, presented in numerous articles and too detailed to fit here, is overwhelming.
In addition, author Christopher Andersen in his pro-Obama book "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage" states that Obama brought tapes and notes to Ayers, who wrote the book.
i'll probably get shit for this, but as a minority and former Republican i do sense some coded racism in the beginning of this video. it is more or less an updating of the joke about Lincoln freeing the slaves after a night of drinking.
i'm no liberal but at the same time as a person of color i feel very offended by Republicans these days. if they would stop bashing minorities it would be easy for me to vote for them.
As a "minority" and independent, "coded racism" means absolutely nothing. It is just a way to shut other people down, and make the accuser look morally superior.
amitbarfs wrote, "...as a person of color i feel very offended by Republicans.... if they would stop bashing minorities it would be easy for me to vote for them."
Republicans do not bash minorities. That is a smear perpetrated by the Democrats.
Tea Partiers are extremely welcoming of ALL people who embrace the Constitution and freedom.
We don't like Obama because he's a MARXIST. We love the black Congressional candidate Lt Colonel Allen West because he's a PATRIOT: /watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M
it's easy for you to say, since you do not feel the sting of racism (i am ASSuming you are not a person of color).
as a minority, i have felt alienating from the GOP for several years now. the way to earn my trust and my vote is to respect, cherish and celebrate the diversity of this country, not beat it down.
until the GOP learns that i am just as American as someone with lighter skin than i, they do not get my vote. at this point i dunno if the GOP even WANTS minority votes! :(
FatElvis007, you say that the crowd at the Tea Party you attended was 98% white.
Attendance at Tea Parties isn't mandatory. Those who come out are concerned with the transfer of power from the people to the state and the reckless spending that threatens our economy, dollar, life's savings, and future.
If minorities are not concerned, they should be.
Hopefully, as the movement grows more minorities will join the Tea Party in Fresno, as they have in other parts of the country.
It's absolutely racist, not to mention homophobic and misogynist. He hears "new feminist black man" and all he can think about is Ru Paul? Yeah, because a man must be either gay or transgender or both to be feminist. I can't believe he criticizes liberals for not being diverse, then goes on to list several classes with extremely diverse subjects, then mocks those classes for being diverse. Um...what? Oh, and look at all the diversity in that room. There are both white men AND white women!
amitbarfs, the GOP mocks political correctness, which is a straitjacket - it doesn't allow people to speak or even think the truth if it might "offend" a "protected" group.
Being civil means treating people with respect. It doesn't mean censoring yourself and others from speaking important truths.
Most members of the GOP are not racist and are quite civil. Notice that when someone on YouTube is being extremely vulgar or making death threats, 95% of the time, they're arguing from the left.
I used to think that, and even agreed with the GOP when it mocked political correctness.
But people in the GOP who straight up are hostile to people of color have hijacked the party, and have tried to redefine political correctness. I am not hypersensitive but I think the GOP/conservatives have been too quick to mock people of color and then turn around and say "oh we're just being politically incorrect, stop hyperventilating."
I think the GOP is losing credibility on this issue.
amitbarfs, the GOP has not yet hijacked the Tea Party, which still claims independence. Time will tell which way it goes.
I have not seen the GOP mocking people of color, and with family members of color, I'm sensitive to this. Can you mention a few examples that you think are indicative of the party as a whole?
I've heard more racist comments coming from the left: Chris Matthews: "I forgot he (Obama) was black for a whole hour," and Harry Reid talking of Obama's lack of a Negro dialect, etc.
Heh, I could fill up a whole page with stuff the GOP has done to offend me as a person of color.
Didn't always use to be this way. Hell the main reason I originally joined the GOP was due to its emphasis on liberty and its opposition to affirmative action. As an Asian-American, I admit it was purely in my own self-interest to oppose that policy. :)
However, in the past few years, the GOP seems to have turned not just against bad policy but against people of color in general.
I do not see very much color in the Tea Party either. I think now that I have matured and have grown as a human being, I have become more attentive to the plight of the people who are not as economically advantaged as myself.
Therefore I have moved, as a consequence, to the left in terms of supporting policies beneficial to the middle class. But I do still think the GOP has moved, if not further right, then at least in a more bigoted direction.
amitbarfs, I wouldn't confuse a few blowhards with the whole GOP, just as I don't confuse some of the blatant racism I've seen on the left as representing the whole Democratic party.
Conservatives care about the less fortunate, too, but we believe that govt intervention often makes things worse. It compromises freedom, creates dependency, and encourages corruption, as politicians confiscate our money to reward their supporters.
The poor in leftist utopias like Cuba live in abject poverty.
I guess I just see things differently now that I feel alienated from the GOP. I don't mean to say that ALL conservatives are hostile to people of color or the less fortunate, but I do think that the GOP has become anti-minority and, well, the party of the rich more and more lately.
I think most of it has to do with the fact that it is hijacked by corporate interests and self-indulgent blowhards. Really, that applies to both parties; Dems aren't any more responsive.
I think too much government interference in the markets should be discouraged, so I agree with you there. I think there should be a balance between socialistic and capitalistic policies to allow for entrepreneurial growth, whilst providing a robust social safety net for individuals left out of the equation.
Some economists call this a "mixed system" or whatever; basically I think we should follow the European model of centrist social democracy. Sustainability is key right now.
Govt is force. When you give your power to govt, it's hard to get it back. We can solve most of our problems through freedom and voluntary cooperation.
A safety net is good. "Entitlements" to those who are capable of contributing creates a dependent class.
I read an article the other day in a UK paper about a mother on the dole who was "entitled" to a five bedroom house because she had five kids. The taxpayers are forced to pay for this while they live in cramped quarters. That's absurd.
Agreed. I am all for the welfare state if there are rigorous regulations and conditions. Though I was a critic of him at the time, one thing I really liked about Clintoon was his welfare reform idea, which he more or less stole from the GOP.
Big govt puts too many restrictions on people to interact as WE see fit, and forces us to interact and spend our money as the govt sees fit.
A doctor in Florida wanted offered his patients a deal in which they paid $80 per month per family. In exchange, he'd handle all their routine medical care. Both parties were happy, but it was illegal under the state's insurance regulations.
The bigger the welfare state grows, the less freedom we have to live as we choose.
amitbarfs, I think most Americans agree that the govt should provide protection for the vulnerable w/o enabling a dependent class and w/o too much govt interference in the rights of the taxpayers.
Unfortunately, many in Washington are either extremists or they represent special interest groups, from corporations to unions. Who's representing the interests of the people?
The Tea Party is a reaction to that. Extremists and bought-and-paid-for politicians in both parties need to go.
Again I agree. Though I think today's tea party has been co-opted by the corporation-friendly GOP. I think the tea parties of last year were spontaneous and people-oriented, whereas today's tea party is coalescing around pro-business interests, and not necessarily pro-people interests.
I think people who are looking for change need to be careful and skeptical of politicians who sweep in from nowhere to offer change -- I admit I got sucked up into it in November 2008. :(
Why are corporations evil?When I see the corporate mentality, I see:The growth engine of a global economy,the providers of the very products that fuel global commerce,the ones who provide the jobs that fuel the purchase of globally produced materials and spur any and all growth in the world markets.But the left has convinced some of us that they are evil.Any government job is a bottomless hole of taxes that produces no product or profit.The GOP&the tea parties are in the right direction.
@amitbarfs I may agree with you on your point. These are all things that cant be forced, or dictated by our gov't or anyone else. These things can only be encouraged by the consumers. While we all shop at Walmart and buy products that have been outsourced to China in order to find the cheapest price. We cant say anything about the way the businessmen run their empires as long as we continue to support their methods monitarily. So essentially, they are not any more evil than the rest of us.
The blowhards are the ones running the party. Rush Limbaugh is considered the most influential voice in conservatism. The left has people like Olbermann and Mathews (who isn't so much a liberal as he is an ass-kisser of whoever he thinks is the most powerful at the time), but their influence on liberals is nowhere near Rush's (and Hannity's and Beck's) over conservatives. Their power is incomparable.
Rush is no racist, though he's frequently smeared as one by Media Matters and Huffington Post. Rush refuses to be constrained by the insanity that is political correctness, but anyone who listens to him can hear he has respect for people of all races.
Chris Matthews is a big liberal. He said of hearing Obama speak, "I felt this thrill going up my leg." Re: Obama's presidency, "I want to do everything I can to make this thing work." And he's openly stated on the air that he's a liberal.
Political correctness is just another word for manners. The examples I listed of Rush claiming that Obama was only helping Haiti to get "cred" with the black community, and that he wouldn't have given the order to shoot the Somali pirates if he had known they were black Muslims, are examples of clear-cut racism.
I'm aware of Matthews' statements on Obama, but he said similar things about Bush when he landed on that aircraft carrier with the "Mission Accomplished" banner.
Political correctness is NOT just another word for manners. It means denying reality to avoid hurting the feelings of a protected group.
Under the current rules of PC engagement, it's okay to bash white men all day long. But you can't mention facts that reflect negatively on women, gays, blacks, Muslims, etc., no matter how true these facts are.
This denial of reality leads to dysfunction and danger, e.g., the military kept promoting the Ft. Hood terrorist in spite of his pro-jihad stance.
Sorry to waste your time with my rant, I probably didn't address your point at all. But as a person of color it's hard to see how the left is more racist than the conservative movement.
Again I could sit here for an hour just listing the racist things that have been said by just one Republican blowhard during one 3-hour broadcast! But I don't want to waste more time, I just want to make it known that the GOP has alienated and offended me as a person of color. Hopefully they will shape up!
The Tea Party's goals are 100% identical to the Republican party's platform. To say they have not been "hijacked" by the GOP is only true because the movement was invented by the GOP.
And yes, Matthew's comments were racist, and liberal anti-racist activists scolded him for this. Reid's was more along the lines of stating a fact in a poorly-worded way. His point was that Obama had a better chance of winning because of his speaking style, not that this necessarily made Obama superior.
Reid's mistake was mostly in using the word "Negro," but other than that, his statement was factually true. When you compare that with Rush Limbaugh playing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" (yes, I know where that term comes from, but Rush's parody removed every ounce of that term's original meaning) and saying that Obama is only helping Haiti to court the black vote, or that he wouldn't have gone after the Somali pirates if he'd known they were black Muslims...there is a big difference.
The song "Barack the Magic Negro" that Rush Limbaugh played pointed out the racism of the LEFT, many of whom were voting for Obama without knowing anything about him except that he seemed like a friendly black man.
The song was inspired by an article written by black columnist David Ehrenstein writing in the LA Times. He wrote that Barack was the "magic Negro" - a black man "who has no past, he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist.... He's there to assuage white "guilt."
Like I said, I am quite familiar with the term. Actually, it's been around much longer than that Ehrenstein article.
But the article was meant to provide real insight, while Rush's use of the term was, by his own admission, a shameless ploy for attention. He just wanted the media to come after him for using the term "negro" while Ehrenstein "got away with it." But of course is Rush understood the article at all, he would know why the media focused on his use of the term and not Ehrenstein's.
"Liberals aren't about diversity! Diversity is good! Except when it includes feminists! Or Native Americans! Or black people! That's just silly! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Oh, CPAC. Or as I like to call it, ConservaFail 2010.
And "our Woodstock?" Just...oy. First the "Tea Parties," and now this? These people and their delusions of grandeur.
this so sad and very unfunny. it could be a comedy routine which is fine. but "political action" should not be snarky, it should find solutions. lets grow up as a country to really address issues, not just play up diversive stereotypes
Jason Mattera is a lying piece of shit!
FromTheMidnightOil 1 month ago
Ooooh! Very Nice Speech.
red5llaw 3 months ago
Jason Mattera is a hero!
chrisallenrichie 4 months ago
"Our women are beautiful.."
Camera pans to the audience and it is the ugliest bunch of women.
OmerK 7 months ago 2
THIS GUY IS PORTO RICAN THAT HAS BENEFITED BECAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.....
AFRICA4AFRICANS 8 months ago
" Hey, Jackass! Get your government off my Freedom!! "
*grins*
LeeFoxRox 9 months ago
another amazing class is Witchcraft and Wizardry and Sex, dance, and entertainment at UNLV
tommyboy4564 11 months ago
Right on Jason.
cathrasher1974 11 months ago
Maybe academia favors liberal ideas because after you actually deeply analyze the real world, conservative ideas make no sense
captainfrat 11 months ago
what does it tell you, when the most educated people in your country do not support conservatives?
Darusdei 11 months ago
@Darusdei
Actually, you're incorrect. The more educated people in the United States do support the Republican Party. It's easily fact-checkable that the majority of people in the United States with 4 year degrees vote Republican (in 2004, for example, it was about 55-56%). Those with less than a HS diploma vote Republican only about 45% of the time.
fireinthehole54321 11 months ago
@fireinthehole54321 that's because the higher your social class, the higher your likelihood of getting a college degree, and those in higher classes are more likely to be Republicans
captainfrat 11 months ago
@fireinthehole54321 well perhaps i phrased the question abit wrong. what i meant by highly educated people, i meant the educated elite. proffessors etc etc...
Darusdei 11 months ago
@fireinthehole54321 You are some dumbfuck. How can you point to Republicans lofty intelligence when they voted for Mr. 22% approval rating himself, G.W.Bush twice. Repubs are a gang of drunks, closet fags, drug using religious phonies not qualified to run a small McDonalds. Their main talent is running up deficits and getting U.S solderis killed and maimed. They should be banned as being against the public interest. The only balanced budget in 3 generations was achieved by DEMOCRAT W.J.CLINTON.
Loejyrrab 10 months ago
@Loejyrrab I think its worth repeating that I'm not just demagoguing by saying that Republicans tend to have higher overall educational attainment. A good graph to illustrate this is on the GOP's wikipedia website. I also think its worthwhile to point out that Clinton was fiscally conservative--Bush, alas, was not, thanks to his "compassionate conservatism"--and even then he balanced the budget only by removing money from social security's surplus to cover up his admittedly shallow deficits.
fireinthehole54321 10 months ago
@fireinthehole54321 Holy shit where do I begin."Compassionate cons-ism"?Was it "compassionate" of him to borrow 1 tril $ to get 5,000 US soldiers killed in Iraq?100's of K's wounded&3 tril more in future cost?All based on false info provided byBush informant "cureveball" Kinder & gentler to cause the deaths of 1.3mil Iraqis?Blood drips from the hands of Bush and those genius's who voted for him,incl YOU! And if you're smarter than me, how come u voted for the drunken homicidal maniac Bush?
Loejyrrab 10 months ago
@fireinthehole54321 One more, Clinton got a bal budget by working with the Repub congress in a bi-partisan effort to reduce spending.Clinton was eager to go along.They actually reduced welfare. Praise both sides for that effort.The Soc.Sec.trust fund is invested in USA debt instruments.Read up on it as I just did.All adm's count the surplus as an asset.Then came Bush&his pet projects, the invasion and occupation of Iraq and Afg.Those 2 un-Christian invasions will keep us broke for a generation.
Loejyrrab 10 months ago
@Loejyrrab Clinton ONLY reduced welfare when forced to after the demms lost Congress. He balanced the budget by destroying the military. And then when the military was needed Bush had to spend immense amounts of money and of course the cocksucking dems jumped right in and blamed him for everything. Typical dem asshole behavior. And all SS funds are intermingled with tyhe General Fund. There is no SS trust fund, you lying shithead.
madisonelectronic 2 weeks ago
@madisonelectronic Hey bonehead, read what I wrote below. I said Clinton and the Repubs worked together on welfare reform. I give the R's credit for their work. Destroyed the military? You're becoming a good little republinazi, a lying sack of unadulterated shit. You wanna bring up Bush? R.Clark warned Bush in 2/01 that OBL wanted to attack us with jets.
What did W do? Warn the airlines? NO! He ignored the threat and bang, 9/11. Then he attacked the wrong country, Iraq. (cont'd)
Loejyrrab 2 weeks ago
@madison Part2) By invading&staying in Iraq for 8 yrs, Bush showed his 1 talent, getting US soldiers killed and maimed. He blew an eventual 3to4 tril, for nothing. Cocksucking Repubs. Sadly, 6Kdead, 50K wounded,300K brain damaged, 350K more PTSD, all to kill Saddam.Not worth it. Bush should have been executed long ago. There IS a SS trust fund,with 2.5 tril surplus. Look it up. There are 2 sep.funds, the Old Age&survivors trust & disability trust. A little civics course would help you dumbass!
Loejyrrab 2 weeks ago
@Eaglesfaninca
Yeah, whatever, considering the Iraq war stated in 2003- You're not only an idiot you're a liar.
stevenp25100 1 year ago
@stevenp25100 Yeah, the invasion did start in 2003. But, all the bullshit about weapons of mass destruction (You know, the reason we were told we went there?) started in late summer/early fall 2002. I was 20 years old at the time.
What page of Clinton's arsenal? What?
What Mathew's show? What are you talking about? Jason Mattera, like Bill O'Reilly considers himself a Culture Warrior.
Eaglesfaninca 1 year ago
@stevenp25100 What he does is not especially hard, I'm not impressed. If I decided to write a book bashing liberals or Obama, you people would buy it. Turn on AM radio anywhere in the Country and all you hear is right wingers, even at the local level. It's a pretty easy way to make a living.
I'm not 'hating' Kardashian either. She had a sex tape, now she's famous, the same formula that worked for Paris Hilton. Not for me though. That doesn't contribute to society.
Eaglesfaninca 1 year ago
@stevenp25100 His peers can be any American his age. Look up the definition of 'peer' in the dictionary, it's a broad definition.
I don't watch Mathews, and if you remember he kissed Bush's ass as much as he does Obama's right now.
Sarah Palin speaks on National T.V., writes books, and speaks at conventions too. What does that say? And Kim Kardashian is one of the most famous people in the country now. What does that say?
Eaglesfaninca 1 year ago
@Eaglesfaninca
I know what that the definition of "peer" is, point is you said "most" his peers which is completely false. Nice try talking a page out of Clinton's arsenal but unlike Clinton you're an idiot. You clearly watch mathews because you quoted the phrase he used on a segement of the show.
This isn't about Sara Palin or Kim Kardashian this is about you down playing what someone else is doing in their life when it is substantially more than what you're doing with yours.
stevenp25100 1 year ago
every thing is about getting laid...nothing is about making things better.
GarIicjr 1 year ago
As far as conservative women being more beautiful than Woodstock women, that doesn't include Michele Bachmann, Ann Coulter, and Michele Malkin.
daisymex 1 year ago
@daisymex Michele Malkin is gorgeous.
obtree 1 year ago
Speak for yourself, Mattera!
littlebier8 1 year ago
minacciosa, he says: 'unlike the left gathering, our women are beautiful.' That's pretty clear inference on his part.
walkingego 1 year ago
This is proof that the system is broken. This sounds like the Def Comedy Jam. Deal with the issues and save the jokes.
LBB2156 1 year ago
WOW. what an asshole. This coming from someone who doesn't care for Obama.
aleksboi 1 year ago
"our women are beautiful..."
This is how he judges the worth of a political party?
and how does a guy with trout eyes and dork hairdo look talk about beauty?
hipstermi 1 year ago
Fuck you Jason.
webgeek6 1 year ago
Wait is he really trying to convince the world that republicans don't snort cocaine?
gremlinkin 1 year ago
Greashy-haired douchebag with a fatal case of false consciousness.
fantom58 1 year ago
He seems to have "forgot" Bush was a coke head. Not only that but Bush as a 30 something adult had a DUI anda drinking problem.
Not only that, we have Limbaugh arrested for drugs.
as to Woodstock comparision...CPAC gave Jeanne Kirpatrick Academic Freedom Award to Matt Sanchez...a GAY PORN STAR.
hipstermi 1 year ago
The motto of the left: "Two wrongs make a right." I'm tired of hearing it. Aren't you tired of him spending even more than Bush did and doing it even faster?
LisaBaby67 1 year ago
@LisaBaby67
Drastic times call for drastic measures, and im glad to see new stuff being tried, including health care.
You conservatives are like children today. look at Mattera- "our women are more beautiful". Really? Thats how you pick a party?
I wonder if his dad can beat up my dad!
You do know this asswipe is a chicken hawk as well?
hipstermi 1 year ago
@hipstermi "You conservatives! You conservatives!"
All libs have is finger pointing and the blame game.
LisaBaby67 1 year ago
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@LisaBaby67
"All libs have is finger pointing and the blame game. "
And yet I hear you guys parrot the same accusations/conspiracy theories all the time.
Liberal media when you guys get bad press. Liberal professors. Gay liberal agenda. liberal "reverse" racism.
You need to be more honest and admit this happens...a lot. Do you guys really think all these "forces" are out to get you?
hipstermi 1 year ago
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@LisaBaby67
Hey Lisa, I notived you also "forgot" to address the point I made:
"You conservatives are like children today. look at Mattera- "our women are more beautiful". Really? Thats how you pick a party?"
I see this a lot with conservatives. Do you follow that? Your party is "better" because of hotter women? Great way to judge political thought!
Like I said- children.
hipstermi 1 year ago
Mattera implied Obama snorts cocaine? What a cocksucker!
lago4 1 year ago
@lago4 I believe Obama made that admission in his autobiography.
LisaBaby67 1 year ago
Mattera:
1.supported war in Iraq (but didn't go himself)
2.is against government corruption (except when Republicans do it)
3.is against big government (except when it comes to abortion, gay rights, marijuana, and the patriot act)
What a hypocrite
biggzcorey 1 year ago
@biggzcorey
"1.supported war in Iraq (but didn't go himself)"
When asked about that, Mattera stated he was "fighting the CULTURE WAR here"
Meaning...do what he says not does. Then repeat an O'Reliey line.
Seriously do you conservative think your asshole political "pundits" are "the same" as the brave GIs overseas? If not you should be speaking against this turd.
hipstermi 1 year ago
my god this guy is just plain out racist and sexist. not to mention an idiot who thinks he's funny but he just says nonfunny racist things and all of the scenes of the crowd have people who are all white and about 90% are above the age of 45 and it seems that none of these people even know what a czar is. they just prove their racist roots, i am done with this! you guys have not lost any freedoms and the government will never do it but you guys don't go to school so you wouldn't know that.
desquishybanana 1 year ago
I love his Obama Zombies...and the Milton Friedman shoutout. Swoon.
audreyheemstra 1 year ago
The entire speech is essentially a gigantic cheapshot...
vapata989 1 year ago
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@vapata989
" The entire speech is essentially a gigantic cheapshot... "
It$ also a ¢commercial to $ell his $hitty book.
hipstermi 1 year ago
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@vapata989
" The entire speech is essentially a gigantic cheapshot... "
Not to mention a commercial for his book.
anything for a buck.
hipstermi 1 year ago
This blindingly skillful and ignorant rhetoric is why I have ulcers.
veryhighsamurai 1 year ago
this guy is an arrogant a-hole - he's too stuffed with himself.
gypsygrl1 1 year ago
@hereinvegas. thanks, I always seem to get that type of reaction when the other side cannot answer why Bush snorted cocaine is OK, but obama did the same thing, ir is wrong. Piss off
sherkey 1 year ago
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Jason Mattera sucks cock behind the Texaco station.
loonmaniac 1 year ago
classic right-wing freedom fries lovin glenn beck knows best ignorant douchebag. with an AWFUL sense of humor.
dattucha 1 year ago
Snorting Cocaine like George W. Bush Hypocrite HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. "I did things before I grew up at age 40" George W. bush. HAHAHAHHAHAHA
sherkey 1 year ago
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This is so lame it's sickening.
wittumy 1 year ago
This is so lame it's sickening.
wittumy 1 year ago
MENTION THE WORD "OBAMA" AND LISTEN TO THEM WHEN THEY SAY SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, THE END OF AMERICA.
NOW MENTION THE WORD "REAGAN" AND WATCH THEM DROP A LOAD IN THEIR PANTS. THEIR CLOTHES BECOMES SOILED WITH EXCREMENT BECAUSE OF THE JOY OF REAGAN.
Reagan, The man that lied under oath, gave weapons to Iran, Planted mines in Nicaragua harbors, Reagan, that gave us black Monday, and massive massive deficits, and gave chemical weapons to Saddam's Iraq
.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
sherkey 1 year ago
@sherkey Your post is filled with so much stupidity it is impossible to reply.
You have no clue what so ever what you're talking about, nothing but spouting leftist revisionism.
HereinLasVegas 1 year ago 4
Yeah those are some sexy conservative ladies. SICK!!
holidaygiftset 1 year ago
Jason Mattera realises there are a lot of people that feed on anger, hatred and insults. Thats why Rush, Fox and Beck are popular. Its not about politics anymore, its about getting people into groups that these media hacks can sell books to. Where were these people when Bush was in power?
fuckyiuyiu 1 year ago
This is the guy the Right brag about? haha Seriously, this is humorous in only its ineptitude.
DDBOOGER 1 year ago
This moron needs a job which is constructive. He sounds like a knuckle-dragging simian from Buttfuk, Jew Nersey with too much amphetamine in his blood stream. Not funny, not topical and nonsensical. Of course that describes the entire YAF. What's their point, re-packing failed stand-up comedians??
zombyzapper 1 year ago
Hey whats a Rican doing giving a speech in my country, all those woman doing in those fancy dresses and raising their voices, so unlady like..whats up with these immigrants and woman doing, who the hell gave them rights, who fought for them to have equal rights
Conservatives? Was Liberal ideology that believed these people should be treated better. Who voted against closing a loop-hole that would give woman the same pay as men, just within the last few years...Can see Russia from her home.
cpmondello 1 year ago
Do you know what one of the most historic Liberal movements mankind created, which was demonized by those who ordered a death sentence for all those involved in creating this document, even using military force against these liberal people who believed in such outlandish things that were seen many times against God's law and common sense?
The United States Constitution..."We the People" was considered a "fringe" idea. Extreme to those who were against it.
cpmondello 1 year ago
wow....bashing gays and blacks....
cpmondello 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure that Rep. John Lewis heard someone yell "Beaner!" during this speech.
BaldViking 1 year ago
Gotta remember. If you want to "date her" you don't criticize her choice of male. That would backfire. Next few years should be enuf to show Obama's incompetence, Also, do NOT call any women sluts. Privately, most women do want the option to be "slutty", just like men.
forwardmover 1 year ago
Nice shot's at Obama! What about those other 100 Senators and 535 Members of Congress?
lt219898 1 year ago
The other difference is we support the constitution and dont want to take freedom away!
nytmstr 1 year ago 2
Go Jason! We need more like you. Don't let anyone shut you up. We must take back our freedom before it is gone.
rep56 1 year ago
@rep56 The Patriot Act was created under George W. Bush, which trumps any and all rights for even American born US citizens.
Who ordered the destruction of the Second Amendment during the Katrina disaster?
And no, those men who were shot and killed on the bridge that many people said deserved it, if they just had put down their guns....just last month, those who killed the unarmed men, now found guilty and the truth has been revealed.
cpmondello 1 year ago
12 to 1 ratio, wow elitist are so smart that they cannot hold real jobs
filter021 1 year ago 2
@shazbot76
Ad hominem attacks aren't very educated nor are they an effective argument. Perhaps professors are liberal b/c a majority of their paychecks come from government subsidies. Most of my physics professors were very conservative. The only liberal professors i had were in the humanities. They have an abstract view of life as it is, but who knows what reality is i guess. :)
sporque325 1 year ago
3:40-4:23 is OUTSTANDING and funnier than SHIT because it's TRUE!
macman237 1 year ago 2
@macman237 I thought it was funny that he apparently finds the FDA to be some kind of fascist liberal regime.
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NRecob 1 year ago
Yo we puerto ricans when we get pissed we really get pissed I hear the rage in this speech.
crotchshotradioshow 1 year ago
This guy needs to give it up. Look at the people-many of them youth in the crowd-not laughing at his lame jokes. This guy is always complaining about liberalism in the universities. Apparently he flunked out of one of them. He's about as intelligent as a box of rocks.
icitnow 1 year ago
@icitnow You know, I don't ever mind people speaking their minds but this clown coward, and he is a clown and a coward, just Google his name.
I have no clue why someone like this is speaking at CPAC.
cindermaker 1 year ago
@cindermaker exactly-he's bringing the Republican party down with his immature, frat boy-like "speeches."
I actually attempted to debate with him on YAF and he descended into silly, nanny nanny boo, boo type jabs when he could not refute any of the evidence against his ridiculous stance. Look at his attack videography pieces. shoving a camera in someone's face as they're walking to their car and and hitting them with multiple questions right after another. and he calls it "journalism."
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NRecob 1 year ago
Racist cunt. All republicans are gays
stupidjunk978 1 year ago
Yes, stupidjunk. Because misogyny and homophobia are the perfect tools with which to fight conservatism. *eyeroll*
FatElvis007 1 year ago
The "youth vote" is just another attempt do divide Americans. When will any candidate have the balls to court The White Vote...?
You know, the folks who pay all the grown-up taxes.....
Craigbe 1 year ago 2
Do you honestly think candidates aren't courting the "White Vote?" Just...really?
FatElvis007 1 year ago
wow!?...now someones accent is racist to libs...LOL you folks are suffering from dementia!
Shakeythemoil 1 year ago 5
doncha love it when white libs think they can play the race card?
corncat 1 year ago 4
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@corncat
"doncha love it when white libs think they can play the race card"
Not so much race, but this video seems to have plenty of bigotry in it, particularly his gay jokes.
Funny how he forgot to mention CPAC gave Jeanne Kirpatrick Academic Freedom Award to Matt Sanchez...a GAY PORN STAR.
hipstermi 1 year ago
As a psychotherapist I see no "coded racism" but some rather hard nosed jokes and satire at the expense of the Left Wing regardless of their sexual, racial or ethnic preferences. He might have offended zombies though.
GSweeten 1 year ago 2
It seems to have racial undertones to me. I think the reporter is right on the mark as she was with the speech that Senator Kerry made in CA. The transcripts were available for all to read before he spoke and the comments he made omitted one word-US-he was referring to Bush with these comments and the medial knew damn right well that was what he ment. So, having some inside info, I know she was correct in what she wrote about Kerry and frankly, I have no reason to doubt her now.
Marc3419 1 year ago
please define "racial undertones"
didn't Eric Holder claim we were a nation of racial cowards?
is it possible to ever speak without being accused of "racial undertones" ?!
drlax15m 1 year ago
What has been said by any republican that is so offensive? Is it the mere fact that there is an opposing point of view? Unfortunately today, many people hear any disagreement with their opinion as offensive, and this malady is quite acute with special interest groups.
Great speech, Jason!
minacciosa 1 year ago
Yeah, minacciosa, why would anyone get offended by someone saying that liberal women were ugly? They must just be looking for something to be offended by.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Listen closely. He didn't say liberal women were ugly. You heard what you wanted to hear. Acuity, sir, please. Listen carefully and think ever more so.
minacciosa 1 year ago
Are you friggin' kidding me? He said:
"Except, unlike the left gathering, our women are beautiful."
"You heard what you wanted to hear" is something that conservatives say every time one of their own says something as crystal clear as this. It's intellectual dishonesty and cowardice for you to deny what this joke meant.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Again, your hearing is inaccurate. Find where he said ugly. Your inference is not his responsibility. Don't make me answer this again. You've come unarmed to a battle of wits.
As all our first grade teachers admonished us, listen closely!
minacciosa 1 year ago 5
@minacciosa Look, it's not my fault that you don't know what an implication is. He doesn't need to say, flat-out, that liberal women are ugly. The meaning is crystal clear. Even more so when you hear the "oh, he went there!" reaction from the audience. If it wasn't what he meant, than there wouldn't even be a joke! But you know this, and you probably laughed. You just want to deny it because you also know it makes your side look bad. I'm not going to help you have your cake and eat it too.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
@minacciosa
Wow...mattera turned his speech into a plug for his book. Repeat the title and tell them to get a "reminder card"
Much of the right is like that...their "god" seems to be money.
hipstermi 1 year ago
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@minacciosa
"Again, your hearing is inaccurate. Find where he said ugly"
"except unlike the left's gathering, our women are beautiful"
So he didn't use the word "ugly"...but you really can't get what he meant by that phrase?
Really? There's no way to spin this...and you would look foolish to "pretend to not get it".
hipstermi 1 year ago
Oh yeah...and MSNBC is full of black folks....and so is Obama's cabinet.....oh wait......that was Bush's Cabinet......Hey, fat Elvis......I'm guessing you are black right? No...of course not....you are as white as rice.......just like your brilliant WHITE heroes like Olbermann and Matthews...
chekflow 1 year ago
Um, what? Nowhere did I mention Bush, Olbermann, or Matthews, none of whom I am particularly fans of. And yes, I am white, though I have no idea how you knew that or what it has to do with this subject. Next time you respond to me, it would be nice to know what exactly it is I said that you disagree with, although watching you debate a strawman is sort of entertaining.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
I have my popcorn ready for the self-riotous lib-tards who will try to accuse the right of being "mean spirited" because a speaker at CPAC brought up Obama's admitted cocaine use. The same people who who throw that accusation at Bush will say that pointing out B-Rock's nose candy is wrong. I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
jdmac4 1 year ago 3
I'd say the "haha, liberal women are ugly" joke was more "mean-spirited" than that one.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
I have three beautiful liberal daughters-I don't know what this a**hole means.
Marc3419 1 year ago
And aren't these the same people that always criticize "liberal" Hollywood? Aren't celebrities, um, sort of pretty? The cognitive dissonance is amazing.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Good point!
Marc3419 1 year ago
cocaine is a republican drug
drgonzo1971 1 year ago
Preach it, brother! Intelligent people supported Obama 12 to 1! Where is the diversity? Where was Obama's IDIOT vote?!! And who wants FDA approved candy canes?! I like my candy canes poisonous and carcinogenic!
Stevorino123 1 year ago
What freedoms has the left taken away from the people? speech? right of assembly? guns? press? religion? due process? Tell me which freedoms have disappeared!!!!!!
When the left is in charge, civil liberties (aren't these freedoms?) tend to expand, while when the right is in charge civil liberties contract (attacks on fourth amendment rights, attacks on due process, citizen surveillance). I wish these commentators would come up with specifics so that we can have civil debate of the issues.
danbeck0208 1 year ago
@danbeck0208 none so far only because congress wont let douchebag obama take them away!
stevewinkle101 1 year ago
Whatever you think. Let me know when Obama and his nefarious Democratic majority successfully take away your freedoms. I won't hold my breath.
danbeck0208 1 year ago
danbeck0208 wrote, "When the left is in charge, civil liberties...tend to expand"
When the left is really in charge, you get the Soviet Union, Communist China, Cuba, etc.
The left believes the people exist to serve the state, that the state must control the "greedy" impulses of the people and ensure "equality."
The state confiscates private property and redistributes it as it sees fit for "the good of the people." There is no private property and no free speech. (There's no equality either.)
caraclaudel 1 year ago 3
Get real, Marxist? Come on do you really believe this drivil you are being fed by Hannity,Limbaugh, Beck and Quinn? Obama is to Marxist as Bush is to Lenin?
Marc3419 1 year ago
I've never heard Hannity, Limbaugh, or Beck call Obama a Marxist, and I don't know which Quinn you're referring to.
Obama was raised in a pro-Communist family. His idolized father advocated 100% taxation. His mother's friends called her a fellow traveler. His boyhood mentor was a Communist.
He worked closely with communist/terrorist Bill Ayers in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. He joined a church with a Marxist-based philosophy. He worked alongside ACORN, founded to overthrow capitalism.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
"I've never heard Hannity, Limbaugh, or Beck call Obama a Marxist,"
Then you've never listened to any of their shows for more then ten minutes.
And what exactly is "100% taxation?"
FatElvis007 1 year ago
FatElvis007, I've heard quite a bit of Hannity and Beck and have never heard them call Obama a Marxist. I don't listen to Rush these days, though I like him. I don't know whether he calls Obama a Marxist or not.
The point I was making was that I didn't learn that Obama was a Marxist from any of these people. I learned it from reading about his past and seeing one Marxist connection after another.
No one spends their life working that closely with and alongside so many Marxists w/o being one.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Hannity uses the words "Obama's socialist Marxist agenda" every single day on his show. Beck and Limbaugh do the same. You may draw a distinction there between that phrase and saying "Obama is a Marxist," but that's a distinction without a difference. If you have come to believe Obama is a Marxist on your own time, fine, but this is what these men have been saying. And every proposal Obama has made has been fairly moderate compared to real Marxist countries.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Obama is a stealth Marxist using lies and dirty tricks to transfer power from the people to the state under the guise of bailouts, stimulus packages, and health care reform.
The left-controlled mainstream media is covering for him, so if you want to find out what's going on, you need to read a few reputable conservative sites (like DrudgeReport, NationalReview, AmericanThinker, HotAir, BigJournalism, AtlasShrugs), not for the commentary, but for the facts the mainstream media is not reporting.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
I have read many articles from most of those sites. They are not "reputable" sources, and I have caught them in many lies and distortions.
Conservatives have become nothing but conspiracy theorists.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
FatElvis007, these are reputable sources that engage in much more honest reporting than left-controlled media outlets like the New York Times, Newsweek, and MSNBC, which have become propagandists for the Democrats.
The evidence is overwhelming that Obama is a Marxist. He believes the govt can and should create "social justice" by taking from the rich and giving to the poor. History shows us that when this has been tried, it leads to poverty, corruption, oppression and sometimes mass murder.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
FatElvis007 wrote, "And what exactly is '100% taxation?'"
Slavery to the state.
In a paper he wrote in 1965, Barack Obama Sr. advocated communal farms and the confiscation of private property. He theorized there was nothing stopping the govt from "taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
Obama wrote a book called "Dreams From My Father," but neglected to mention that his father dreamed of Communism.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Much of your information is over embellished and plan wrong. ACORN was not founded to overthrow capitalism. Bill Ayers sat on a board that President Obama happened to sit on. .Obama hardly knew his father. And, the very suggestion that President Obama is a Marxist came from Limbaugh and Hannity- political hacks, I have listened enough to them to know they are lying to you.
Marc3419 1 year ago
Bill Ayers founded the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, which oversaw millions of dollars in grants. Obama was its first chairman. That is a CLOSE relationship, not a chance meeting on a board. Paperwork shows Obama, Ayers and Maoist Mike Klonski were based in the same office.
Ayers and Dohrn held an early fundraiser for Obama in their home.
Jack Cashill's research that shows Ayers was the ghost writer for Obama's first book. When asked about it, Ayers said, "Yes, I wrote Dreams From My Father."
caraclaudel 1 year ago
LOL! You actually believed Ayers when he said that? Even most other conservatives were quick to realize that as an obvious prank. And the "research" that showed Ayers wrote Obama's book amounts to such "bizarre coincidences" as both of them using similar motifs, like eyes and clouds, which countless other writers use. All that makes them guilty of is being hacks at coming up with metaphors.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
I think Ayers was taunting conservatives when he admitted to writing Obama's first book "Dreams From My Father." But I also think he was the ghost writer.
Read Jack Cashill's painstaking analysis at Cashill . com. The evidence, presented in numerous articles and too detailed to fit here, is overwhelming.
In addition, author Christopher Andersen in his pro-Obama book "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage" states that Obama brought tapes and notes to Ayers, who wrote the book.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
i'll probably get shit for this, but as a minority and former Republican i do sense some coded racism in the beginning of this video. it is more or less an updating of the joke about Lincoln freeing the slaves after a night of drinking.
i'm no liberal but at the same time as a person of color i feel very offended by Republicans these days. if they would stop bashing minorities it would be easy for me to vote for them.
until then, no fucking way. flame away! :)
amitbarfs 1 year ago
As a "minority" and independent, "coded racism" means absolutely nothing. It is just a way to shut other people down, and make the accuser look morally superior.
goingalt 1 year ago 3
amitbarfs wrote, "...as a person of color i feel very offended by Republicans.... if they would stop bashing minorities it would be easy for me to vote for them."
Republicans do not bash minorities. That is a smear perpetrated by the Democrats.
Tea Partiers are extremely welcoming of ALL people who embrace the Constitution and freedom.
We don't like Obama because he's a MARXIST. We love the black Congressional candidate Lt Colonel Allen West because he's a PATRIOT: /watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M
caraclaudel 1 year ago
it's easy for you to say, since you do not feel the sting of racism (i am ASSuming you are not a person of color).
as a minority, i have felt alienating from the GOP for several years now. the way to earn my trust and my vote is to respect, cherish and celebrate the diversity of this country, not beat it down.
until the GOP learns that i am just as American as someone with lighter skin than i, they do not get my vote. at this point i dunno if the GOP even WANTS minority votes! :(
amitbarfs 1 year ago
Caraclaudel, I attended the Tea Party in Fresno last summer. 98% of the crowd, at least, was white.
In Fresno. Which is 45% Hispanic and only 35% white.
Why do you think that is?
FatElvis007 1 year ago
FatElvis007, you say that the crowd at the Tea Party you attended was 98% white.
Attendance at Tea Parties isn't mandatory. Those who come out are concerned with the transfer of power from the people to the state and the reckless spending that threatens our economy, dollar, life's savings, and future.
If minorities are not concerned, they should be.
Hopefully, as the movement grows more minorities will join the Tea Party in Fresno, as they have in other parts of the country.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
It's absolutely racist, not to mention homophobic and misogynist. He hears "new feminist black man" and all he can think about is Ru Paul? Yeah, because a man must be either gay or transgender or both to be feminist. I can't believe he criticizes liberals for not being diverse, then goes on to list several classes with extremely diverse subjects, then mocks those classes for being diverse. Um...what? Oh, and look at all the diversity in that room. There are both white men AND white women!
FatElvis007 1 year ago
yeah i really abhor how far the GOP has fallen these days, when they mock civility towards minorities as "political correctness."
last i checked i as a brown person deserve respect. if none is shown towards me i am not going to show respect in return.
basically the GOP needs to get its act together and stop pretending it's the 1950s!
amitbarfs 1 year ago
amitbarfs, the GOP mocks political correctness, which is a straitjacket - it doesn't allow people to speak or even think the truth if it might "offend" a "protected" group.
Being civil means treating people with respect. It doesn't mean censoring yourself and others from speaking important truths.
Most members of the GOP are not racist and are quite civil. Notice that when someone on YouTube is being extremely vulgar or making death threats, 95% of the time, they're arguing from the left.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
I used to think that, and even agreed with the GOP when it mocked political correctness.
But people in the GOP who straight up are hostile to people of color have hijacked the party, and have tried to redefine political correctness. I am not hypersensitive but I think the GOP/conservatives have been too quick to mock people of color and then turn around and say "oh we're just being politically incorrect, stop hyperventilating."
I think the GOP is losing credibility on this issue.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
amitbarfs, the GOP has not yet hijacked the Tea Party, which still claims independence. Time will tell which way it goes.
I have not seen the GOP mocking people of color, and with family members of color, I'm sensitive to this. Can you mention a few examples that you think are indicative of the party as a whole?
I've heard more racist comments coming from the left: Chris Matthews: "I forgot he (Obama) was black for a whole hour," and Harry Reid talking of Obama's lack of a Negro dialect, etc.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Heh, I could fill up a whole page with stuff the GOP has done to offend me as a person of color.
Didn't always use to be this way. Hell the main reason I originally joined the GOP was due to its emphasis on liberty and its opposition to affirmative action. As an Asian-American, I admit it was purely in my own self-interest to oppose that policy. :)
However, in the past few years, the GOP seems to have turned not just against bad policy but against people of color in general.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
(continued from comment from a minute ago)...
I do not see very much color in the Tea Party either. I think now that I have matured and have grown as a human being, I have become more attentive to the plight of the people who are not as economically advantaged as myself.
Therefore I have moved, as a consequence, to the left in terms of supporting policies beneficial to the middle class. But I do still think the GOP has moved, if not further right, then at least in a more bigoted direction.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
amitbarfs, I wouldn't confuse a few blowhards with the whole GOP, just as I don't confuse some of the blatant racism I've seen on the left as representing the whole Democratic party.
Conservatives care about the less fortunate, too, but we believe that govt intervention often makes things worse. It compromises freedom, creates dependency, and encourages corruption, as politicians confiscate our money to reward their supporters.
The poor in leftist utopias like Cuba live in abject poverty.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Heh, good point about Cuba.
I guess I just see things differently now that I feel alienated from the GOP. I don't mean to say that ALL conservatives are hostile to people of color or the less fortunate, but I do think that the GOP has become anti-minority and, well, the party of the rich more and more lately.
I think most of it has to do with the fact that it is hijacked by corporate interests and self-indulgent blowhards. Really, that applies to both parties; Dems aren't any more responsive.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
(continued)...
I think too much government interference in the markets should be discouraged, so I agree with you there. I think there should be a balance between socialistic and capitalistic policies to allow for entrepreneurial growth, whilst providing a robust social safety net for individuals left out of the equation.
Some economists call this a "mixed system" or whatever; basically I think we should follow the European model of centrist social democracy. Sustainability is key right now.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
Govt is force. When you give your power to govt, it's hard to get it back. We can solve most of our problems through freedom and voluntary cooperation.
A safety net is good. "Entitlements" to those who are capable of contributing creates a dependent class.
I read an article the other day in a UK paper about a mother on the dole who was "entitled" to a five bedroom house because she had five kids. The taxpayers are forced to pay for this while they live in cramped quarters. That's absurd.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Agreed. I am all for the welfare state if there are rigorous regulations and conditions. Though I was a critic of him at the time, one thing I really liked about Clintoon was his welfare reform idea, which he more or less stole from the GOP.
I like the welfare-to-work policy.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
I like welfare-to-work, too.
Big govt puts too many restrictions on people to interact as WE see fit, and forces us to interact and spend our money as the govt sees fit.
A doctor in Florida wanted offered his patients a deal in which they paid $80 per month per family. In exchange, he'd handle all their routine medical care. Both parties were happy, but it was illegal under the state's insurance regulations.
The bigger the welfare state grows, the less freedom we have to live as we choose.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
No disagreement there. :)
amitbarfs 1 year ago
amitbarfs, I think most Americans agree that the govt should provide protection for the vulnerable w/o enabling a dependent class and w/o too much govt interference in the rights of the taxpayers.
Unfortunately, many in Washington are either extremists or they represent special interest groups, from corporations to unions. Who's representing the interests of the people?
The Tea Party is a reaction to that. Extremists and bought-and-paid-for politicians in both parties need to go.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Again I agree. Though I think today's tea party has been co-opted by the corporation-friendly GOP. I think the tea parties of last year were spontaneous and people-oriented, whereas today's tea party is coalescing around pro-business interests, and not necessarily pro-people interests.
I think people who are looking for change need to be careful and skeptical of politicians who sweep in from nowhere to offer change -- I admit I got sucked up into it in November 2008. :(
amitbarfs 1 year ago
Why are corporations evil?When I see the corporate mentality, I see:The growth engine of a global economy,the providers of the very products that fuel global commerce,the ones who provide the jobs that fuel the purchase of globally produced materials and spur any and all growth in the world markets.But the left has convinced some of us that they are evil.Any government job is a bottomless hole of taxes that produces no product or profit.The GOP&the tea parties are in the right direction.
kriefdar 1 year ago 2
I wouldn't say corporations are evil per se, since my bread is probably somewhat buttered by the corporate machine.
I believe the evil of corporations lies inside the men who run them. What is needed is more ethics, compassion and empathy in these men.
amitbarfs 1 year ago
@amitbarfs I may agree with you on your point. These are all things that cant be forced, or dictated by our gov't or anyone else. These things can only be encouraged by the consumers. While we all shop at Walmart and buy products that have been outsourced to China in order to find the cheapest price. We cant say anything about the way the businessmen run their empires as long as we continue to support their methods monitarily. So essentially, they are not any more evil than the rest of us.
kriefdar 1 year ago
Good point.
Still, more ethics, compassion and empathy couldn't hurt. :)
amitbarfs 1 year ago
The blowhards are the ones running the party. Rush Limbaugh is considered the most influential voice in conservatism. The left has people like Olbermann and Mathews (who isn't so much a liberal as he is an ass-kisser of whoever he thinks is the most powerful at the time), but their influence on liberals is nowhere near Rush's (and Hannity's and Beck's) over conservatives. Their power is incomparable.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Rush is no racist, though he's frequently smeared as one by Media Matters and Huffington Post. Rush refuses to be constrained by the insanity that is political correctness, but anyone who listens to him can hear he has respect for people of all races.
Chris Matthews is a big liberal. He said of hearing Obama speak, "I felt this thrill going up my leg." Re: Obama's presidency, "I want to do everything I can to make this thing work." And he's openly stated on the air that he's a liberal.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Political correctness is just another word for manners. The examples I listed of Rush claiming that Obama was only helping Haiti to get "cred" with the black community, and that he wouldn't have given the order to shoot the Somali pirates if he had known they were black Muslims, are examples of clear-cut racism.
I'm aware of Matthews' statements on Obama, but he said similar things about Bush when he landed on that aircraft carrier with the "Mission Accomplished" banner.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Political correctness is NOT just another word for manners. It means denying reality to avoid hurting the feelings of a protected group.
Under the current rules of PC engagement, it's okay to bash white men all day long. But you can't mention facts that reflect negatively on women, gays, blacks, Muslims, etc., no matter how true these facts are.
This denial of reality leads to dysfunction and danger, e.g., the military kept promoting the Ft. Hood terrorist in spite of his pro-jihad stance.
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Sorry to waste your time with my rant, I probably didn't address your point at all. But as a person of color it's hard to see how the left is more racist than the conservative movement.
Again I could sit here for an hour just listing the racist things that have been said by just one Republican blowhard during one 3-hour broadcast! But I don't want to waste more time, I just want to make it known that the GOP has alienated and offended me as a person of color. Hopefully they will shape up!
amitbarfs 1 year ago
The Tea Party's goals are 100% identical to the Republican party's platform. To say they have not been "hijacked" by the GOP is only true because the movement was invented by the GOP.
And yes, Matthew's comments were racist, and liberal anti-racist activists scolded him for this. Reid's was more along the lines of stating a fact in a poorly-worded way. His point was that Obama had a better chance of winning because of his speaking style, not that this necessarily made Obama superior.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Reid's mistake was mostly in using the word "Negro," but other than that, his statement was factually true. When you compare that with Rush Limbaugh playing a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" (yes, I know where that term comes from, but Rush's parody removed every ounce of that term's original meaning) and saying that Obama is only helping Haiti to court the black vote, or that he wouldn't have gone after the Somali pirates if he'd known they were black Muslims...there is a big difference.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
The song "Barack the Magic Negro" that Rush Limbaugh played pointed out the racism of the LEFT, many of whom were voting for Obama without knowing anything about him except that he seemed like a friendly black man.
The song was inspired by an article written by black columnist David Ehrenstein writing in the LA Times. He wrote that Barack was the "magic Negro" - a black man "who has no past, he simply appears one day to help the white protagonist.... He's there to assuage white "guilt."
caraclaudel 1 year ago
Like I said, I am quite familiar with the term. Actually, it's been around much longer than that Ehrenstein article.
But the article was meant to provide real insight, while Rush's use of the term was, by his own admission, a shameless ploy for attention. He just wanted the media to come after him for using the term "negro" while Ehrenstein "got away with it." But of course is Rush understood the article at all, he would know why the media focused on his use of the term and not Ehrenstein's.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
Smugly stupid. No wonder the right wing likes him.
syntag1 1 year ago
"Unlike the left gathering, our women are beautiful"
"the slutty Obama girl"
Who says conservatives hate women?
Oh, and he doesn't like the FDA? WTF? Does he want us to eat poison-ass food?
FatElvis007 1 year ago
"Liberals aren't about diversity! Diversity is good! Except when it includes feminists! Or Native Americans! Or black people! That's just silly! HAHAHAHAHA!"
Oh, CPAC. Or as I like to call it, ConservaFail 2010.
And "our Woodstock?" Just...oy. First the "Tea Parties," and now this? These people and their delusions of grandeur.
FatElvis007 1 year ago
this so sad and very unfunny. it could be a comedy routine which is fine. but "political action" should not be snarky, it should find solutions. lets grow up as a country to really address issues, not just play up diversive stereotypes
cdw240 1 year ago
I laugh at all the lefty people who spend their time commenting on right leaning youtube videos. Excuse me while I go live my life.
lozjerbos 1 year ago