Threats to Obama?
Is there a real threat to the life of Barack Obama out there? Maybe not, but there’s a whole lot of ugliness happening on the conservative side of the political spectrum, a lot of it filled with lies. Go check out some of it yourself. It’s not just Mike Huckabee making bad jokes, not by a long shot.
The Roswell Beacon raised a controversy this last week, which DKos and The Atlanta Journal Constitution rightly covered throroughly. The article they printed isn’t what caused the controversy — it was the cover art of the paper, art you can’t find on their web site anymore. The article itself is about white supremacy groups that feel threatened by the Obama candidacy for President. Hey, this is going to be an ugly campaign, and the ugliness is far worse than this little cover.
Snopes.com has a whole section on spurrious and misleading emails about Obama. I suspect there are tons of folks, just average working class folks with little education, who are eating these bogus emails like they’re candy, and believing them, too. But it is likely a group of smart, well-educated people who are writing this hate. And it’s clear they are on the conservative, bigoted side of the aisle. The Politico has an article on the phenomenon, and it’s scary. Thanks to Ray for pointing this Politico piece out.
Can we blame the Republicans on this one? Certainly the people who write this garbage are more likely than not to vote Republican, or perhaps for some lunatic fringe whack job conservative party. No, we probably can’t blame Republicans. But we can blame our fellow Americans for being so easily persuaded by what is patently garbage.
I’m saddened by this development.
it’s not just right wing blogs steven.
And I’m saddened too.
Chris Mathews in Hardball or Great Ball’s of fire, there is a whole lot of shaken goin on.
This has got to be the best of the worst for MSNBC Chris Mathews Hardball. Hillary makes a reference to the assaination of Bobby Kennedy as a time line to consider in what happened in that historic Primary from an Associated Press article. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Here is wildly criticized for it, but it has more than an air of truth. There is debate in this time line that shows America was under Islamic attack forty years ago by Sirhan Sirhan. To be in the Senate seat of Bobby Kennedy how could one not think of that issue constantly and not talk about it. It takes courage and gut’s because the Mainstreamers like MSNBC will shift every gear in the contextual mix to play this against Hillary. Actually it presents something in history that has been suppressed.
Here Chris Mathews said that “Any objective Journalist would interpret this story as invoking a slanderous comment and Clinton should apologize for it” Then has an interview with Axelrod, Obama’s manager is using good sense to dismiss it. Contrary, to those ideals, one can see both Chris Mathews is doing what he does best, hide the truth. Obama would like to stay away from any of rhetoric with this stuff highly likely because of the dangerous reflections that it not only might repeat it self, but the historical background has ties to Obama that is not talked about. By Kennedy endorsing Obama showed everyone that a target is now on Obama. Foe me that was a given when it happen, and I could not believe it. That begs two questions that are significant. Did Kennedy do all that Grandstanding for that purpose? Is Hillary being polite to warn Obama better take a look at what happening? Huckabee already said there is a man with a gun over there.
There are so many things to debate about this time line that are buried in favor of McCain. In name alone the Arab world will have an effect, but what? Jordan’s King Hussein, famous Middle East King from a long line of Arab family of the prophet he is from the oldest tribe in the Arab world, the king once said of his Hashemite ancestry. Obama’s friendship links also to Syrian born Rezko, also friendly talks with Qazwini a State Department terrorist living in America? And ties with meetings to an Iraqi convicted billionaire former oil minister. Sheesh that’s just a simple list I have learned about, not from MSM, which totally makes me cringe if Obama is nominated. With that said, everyone could see a basic favor towards Obama.
Mainstream Media especially MSNBC is waiting for the political “Analysis Assaination” of words that these Journalist have spoken, did use, very much, and never have been held accountable.
This does not appear to be desperate stunt by Hillary; actually Hillary is being a sweetie to show the Obama camp that Chris Mathews and that Pimp guy David Shuster have buried a lot of history and Obama should take a look at it. Because, there are Great Balls of fire coming at ya. And, this an’t gona be a side show. It is immature for Obama to suggest it should not be aired and debated. Obama should do it now for before the convention.