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"Smoke 'em out" - Obama bringing hate groups out of their holes

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by spinning27, Jun 22, 2008.

  1. spinning27

    spinning27 New Member

    I especially love the first quote in this article:

    "I haven't seen this much anger in a long, long time," said Billy Roper, a 36-year-old who runs a group called White Revolution in Russellville, Ark. "Nothing has awakened normally complacent white Americans more than the prospect of America having an overtly nonwhite president."

    Leave it to an Arkansan to coin the term "overtly non-white."

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101471.html
     
  2. CollegeJournalist

    CollegeJournalist Active Member

    Wow. I'm embarrassed that this story could even be written.
     
  3. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    There are numerous reasons one might rationally prefer McCain to Obama for POTUS.

    But if the fact he's black is your number one reason: You need to get out, more.
     
  4. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    I'm embarrassed, but it needed to be written. The first step in defeating a problem is acknowledging the problem exists.
     
  5. Eli Saslow byline? Did he leave sports?
     
  6. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    He's been doing a lot of campaign coverage lately.
     
  7. markvid

    markvid Guest

    http://sweetness-light.com/archive/wp-makes-up-explosion-in-hate-sites-story

    Gee, the racist pigs made it up that they are getting higher numbers.
    Knock me over with a feather.
     
  8. spinning27

    spinning27 New Member

    Of course you'd find that on Sweetness & Light, the blog that has illuminated so many Americans with great headlines like "Obama Wore Muslim Garb During Kenya Trip" and proudly links hate mongers Ann Coulter and Mark Levin.
     
  9. markvid

    markvid Guest

    Traffic numbers don't lie.
     
  10. Dickens Cider

    Dickens Cider New Member

    Maybe not. But if you actually read the article a little more carefully, its entire premise seems to be to discredit the WaPo, and accuses Obama of forcing them to lie about the numbers.
     
  11. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Get used to these stories. These bags of pus are everywhere, not just in Arkansas, not just in the South.
     
  12. Cadet

    Cadet Guest

    Sweetness & Light? Is that the little pink packet, or the yellow one?

    Anyway, article addressed the inflation of numbers by group leaders. ADL is also quoted as saying they've seen an increase in hate-web traffic.
     
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