Do you know who the Associated Press thinks is secretly hoping for a Barack Obama win? Why, it's "racist groups," dontcha know? See, as the AP reports it, a black man as president couldn't be a more perfect example of how the dark race is takin' over and ruining the white man's world, right? At least, that is according to the AP's favorite go-to racist guy, David Duke, anyway. And what better way for the AP to prove that only racists oppose Obama, eh?
AP decided to dredge up the aforementioned David Duke to let the country know that "the racists" are wringing their hands in a gleeful expectation that a president Barack will swell the ranks of the KKK and other racist groups. Sternly telling us that "They're not exactly rooting for him, but prominent white supremacists anticipate a boost to their cause if Barack Obama becomes the first black president," the AP lets the cat out of the bag for the hooded set.
Want proof? Well, the AP is happy to give it... such as it is.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, of Louisiana, said Democrat Obama would be a "visual aid" to the idea that whites have lost control of America.
...and...
Richard Barrett, a 65-year-old lawyer who traveled the country for 40 years advocating what he perceives as the white side in racial issues, is convinced Obama will defeat Republican John McCain in November.
Run for the hills, folks, cuz "the racists" are coming to town.
But, where is the real news here? We have the claims of two racists prominent in their tiny little world that a black president will send white Americas streaming to the KKK, sure, but what other proof does the AP give us to make this assertion a truism. Well, nothing, really. All the AP has for us is the rants of these two goofy, unimportant, nutcases, is all.
In other words, this report is completely un-newsworthy based only on sensationalism and a salacious taking of the word of two members of society's fringe and making of it a "story." There has been no perceivable rise in racism in America because of Obama's candidacy. There is no corresponding data of swelling in the ranks in racist organizations. In fact, the AP itself notes that it's estimated that only 200,000 Americans belong to a racist organization. 200,000. We have THREE HUNDRED MILLION citizens in this country. Yet, only 200,000 thousand are estimated as belonging to racist organizations. You do the math.
This is not a story. But it is a nice, underhanded way to help Barack Obama prove that any criticism of him is solely based on "racism," just as he keeps trying to intimate with his campaign. The AP is as much as winking, nodding, and slyly saying to America with its hand to its mouth, "see, Obama's right. Only racists oppose him."
So, the whole country will suddenly join the KKK, right? Why, that's gotta be right. After all, the AP found two guys that say so!
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Which Racist will be happy?
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 07:54 ET by richflanjWilliam Byrd? Former Kleagle for the KKK and current DEMOCRAT Senator from West Virginia?
Why didn't the MSM go and get a quote from him? I have the perfect question:
"Senator Byrd, as a KKK recruiter and Kleagle, why would you support Barack Obama for president?"
(I know, I know, hell freezes over and all that....)
Maybe because he
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 03:05 ET by HillbillyKinghas been apologizing for years about his KKK roots;
this exchange with CNN's Bernard Shaw in Dec. 1993:Q: What has been your biggest mistake and your biggest success?
A: Well, it's easy to state what has been my biggest mistake. The greatest mistake I ever made was joining the Ku Klux Klan.
And I've said that many times. But one cannot erase what he has done.
He can only change his ways and his thoughts. That was an albatross
around my neck that I will always wear. You will read it in my obituary
that I was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (emphasis theirs)
Here's an MSM story about Sen. Byrd's "shame".
There is also the fact that they(being the MSM) covered his KKK roots when he endorsed Obama.
Of course I'm biased, but I think it is refreshing to see a politician admit he made a mistake 60 years ago as many times as required and still acknowledge the fact that that will not be enough to ever clear his name.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
So, what?
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 05:47 ET by richflanjA democrat can apologize, after years of the MSM covering up for him, and that makes it all okay? I argue that a conservative with ANY association, direct or indirect (e.g. - 4th cousin was married to an ex-KKK member) would never get any sort of "forgiveness" from them. I also argue that there is a valid point that Byrd, as a recruiter for the KKK, and as having held leadership roles in the KKK, is indirectly responsible for any number of lynchings, asssaults, church burnings, etc. The only thing keeping the MSM from constantly bringing his KKK past up is the (D) next to his name. You'll never hear the MSM be anything but respectful to the corrupt and racist Democrat party, period.
KKK okay
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 08:01 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsThe democrats are the party of the KKK sooooo. . . the MSM accuses the other side of that, and doesn't report the heavily race based (hence racist) voting of 'African Americans'. Typical.
D
Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
New political alliance
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 08:18 ET by WingletDriverMaybe the KKK can get together with BHO's church and form a new political alliance: Racists of All Colors for Obama. They could call themselves RACBO.
My question is why wasn't Jeremiah Wright branded a racist when he sounds like the KKK, but David Duke is?
The MSM will bend over backwards making excuses for liberal malfeasance while automatically assuming the absolute worst about conservatives. Jeremiah Wright is a flat out racist and there's no way to spin it, BHO drops the race card and it's McCain's fault, the clinton's play the race card and it's fine. However, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Bennett and George Allen were harangued for completely innocent comments, which could in no way be construed as racist. But the MSM assumes the best about liberals and invents the worst about conservatives.
Things that make you "hmmmm"
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 08:45 ET by thebobboWanting to cut Obama's n**s off, is Jessie Jackson planning to join the Klan if Obamarama is elected?
"200,000 Americans belong to a racist organization."
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 09:02 ET by sarcasmoI wonder how many Americans belong to a variety of political & nonpolitical libertarian organizations? I suspect it's way the hell more than 200K, though. Compare media coverage levels of a few racists vs coverage levels of what's obviously more than a few libertarians. This comparison might have something to do with why I'm on a one man crusade against antilibertarian bias in the news media.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
Not entirely correct
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 09:18 ET by 10ksnookerAnd then again it is correct -- The KKK was and is the terrorist enforcement wing of the Democrat party since the civil war. The purpose of the KKK was to keep the blacks and whites voting the right way, if they allowed them to vote at all -- The right way would be Democrat. This in turn worked to keep the Democrat machine in power so they could rule the world.
I see nothing today that changes that ... The fact that the Democrats took off their sheets, and attempt to hide their racism, makes no difference. Obamba is the ultimate get even with them candidate - Reparation-H for America if you will. Democrats never liked losing the civil war.
Just because some of the tasks and assignments have been taken over by the AP and other DNC front groups, that changes nothing. The plan is still the same. Conquer America, payback.
So... if you're rooting for
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 09:25 ET by Jack BauerSo... if you're rooting for Obama to lose, you're a racist. And if you're rooting for him to win... you're still a racist!
Isn't this the Manmade Global Warming logic (sic)?
When it's hot. That proves global warming. When it's cold, or wet, or windy, or dry, or not windy... that's also caused by global warming. These lefties, so nuanced!
George Orwell coined the correct term in 1948 in Nineteen Eight-Four...
Daniel Carver
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 09:30 ET by sarcasmoCame out for McCain on the Howard Stern show a while back, sounding like his usual mildly-retarded self. Daniel thinks an Obama Presidency would be God's punishment to America for not listening to Daniel Carver. The AP didn't cover the exchange (which probably only deserved blogosphere-level coverage, IMO). I guess David Duke's as/more prominent than Daniel, but I'd never even heard of this Barrett guy before today's post.
JMR
The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.
A barack Presidency
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 09:52 ET by MidAmericaA barack Presidency will not be a black Presidency. It will be a white liberal Presidency. A person with as little life and executive experience as obama is going to be very dependent on his advisors and they are mostly old guard white liberal democrats.
It will be like all those TV crime shows (and movies)
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 10:31 ET by ahusserThe Boss is black and all the hotshot detectives/heroes are caucasian. i.e. Law and Order, MI III, The Matrix to name a few. Must have been getting us ready for the Obama-man
PS
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 10:33 ET by ahusserI worked in DC for many years. That is exactly how the DC government is constructed. Just like an Oreo Cookie: Black on Top. White in the middle management and Black on the bottom.
I don't think it is fair to
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 12:09 ET by jdhawkI don't think it is fair to post a picture of KKK Grand Kleagle Byrd (aka Senator Byrd, dimocrat, West Virginia; aka Senator Sheets).
That is so last century . . .
Actually Jd,
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 03:20 ET by HillbillyKingSen. Byrd's Klan photo is here.
But I agree, it is sooo last century.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
Wow HbK...he hasn't aged a
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 03:46 ET by JerWow HbK...he hasn't aged a bit since 1897.
Honestly, if that's not photoshopped I'll eat it.
Jer
The reason he hasn't aged is
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 03:50 ET by Carl KolchakThe reason he hasn't aged is because he might be a vampire and is feeding of young women.
Byrd is...
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 04:43 ET by Warner Todd HustonRobert C. Byrd is everything that is bad about certain Americans.
-From KKK member when it was politically expedient to a pretender to stand against them, again when it was politically expedient
-Only learned about the Constitution in order to undermine and destroy it
-Panderer
-Self-aggrandizing cretin
-Democrat
He is the worst sort.
Well, Warner...like I've
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 13:19 ET by JerWell, Warner...like I've always said "If there's anything worse than a Constitution-shredding ex-Klansman and pandering, self-aggrandizing cretin, it's a...Democrat!"
Jer
Don't forget..
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 18:08 ET by HillbillyKingdeceitful, malicious and hypocritical. He made it mandatory for school kids to learn about the Constitution at least one day every school year. Then to go about undermining the very document he ensured they learn about. That is the definition of hypocrisy and qualifies as malicious and deceitful in my book. But, from Democrat that was a member of the Klan, what can you expect.
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
Jer, Well, Warner...like
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 20:43 ET by Warner Todd HustonJer,
Is there any difference between a "Constitution-shredding ex-Klansman and pandering, self-aggrandizing cretin" and a Democrat?
Warner
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 21:17 ET by JerIs there any difference between a "Constitution-shredding ex-Klansman and pandering, self-aggrandizing cretin" and a Democrat?
Well, speaking only for myself, of course, but a big difference: I still belong to the Klan.
Gosh, I always thought we were at least a notch above the odius slime you've described...but maybe not. :-)
Jer
LOL...
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 23:50 ET by Warner Todd HustonLOL, well, you DO know that there are various levels of odious slime. Some are less slimerie and odiferous than others.
;)
Well, I hope I'm on one of
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 00:00 ET by JerWell, I hope I'm on one of the better levels of odious slime...but I'm not sure if that would be the top or the bottom.
Jer
edit. Just noticed I misspelled "odious" in previous post. Thanks for correction.
Far be it...
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 00:39 ET by Warner Todd HustonWell, Jer. Far be it from me to make a judgment. You know me. I just keep to myself. I just go along to get along. I wouldn't stir any trouble. I'm a milquetoast. Never say a word. Except "mum."
Ah yes,
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 01:20 ET by HillbillyKingMr. Huston, that's you "The Timid Soul". :-}
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis 1878-1937
Kind sir,
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 02:14 ET by Warner Todd HustonKind Sir,
I Why, I'm too mild mannered to even reply to you. I wouldn't want anyone to get upset, after all.
AP missing the point on BO
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 14:15 ET by j17ghsThe problem with the AP story is that BO is NOT a black man; he is, however, as black as the Democrats can tolerate. Democrats will hold their noses and vote for BO only because his black association is limited to having had a black father whom he never knew as a child but who is a Marxist Muslim -- so they accept him.
The AP . . .
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 16:44 ET by DoktorFranken. . . Puts the 'Ass' in 'AssPress'. I guess covering Obama's past is a bit too dangerous, so they make something up.
One question
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 17:50 ET by well99Does AP do drug testing of their employees?If they dont they need to.
Warner, "There has been
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 18:26 ET by hydrodynDMWarner,
"There has been no perceivable rise in racism in America because of Obama's candidacy."
Well, unless you count the U.N. investigation into the Democratic presidential campaign.
Yeah. I saw that a few weeks
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 22:18 ET by Warner Todd HustonYeah. I saw that a few weeks ago. It isn't a serious report, of course. It's the UN after all. Nothing good or serious ever came from there.
It's the UN after all.
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 22:36 ET by bigtimerIt's the UN after all. Nothing good or serious ever came from there.
I wished to gawd we would get out of it...once and for all.
The congress-critters need to quit spending our money on that filthy bogus organization...it is our enemy as far as I am concerned...and we are paying the dirty ba$tard$ that hate this country, plus scam us to death.
I keep hoping...I also know I most likely won't see that happen in my lifetime...
I have wished for years now we could have it as a national referendum on the Presidential ticket or some such...more and more people are being made more aware about the filth/scum, the dictators, racists, child rapists, paid off money launderers etc ect ect...that this organization is...if someone would bring this up as a major issue once in a blue moon, more people would be aware...thank goodness for the internet.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Left responsible for racism.
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 01:44 ET by Parker1227Ever since the left chisled into the canon of political correctness, the tollerance of Black racists like Rev. Wright - we have had a festering wound in our national soul.
Oops. Robert Byrd. My bad.
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 05:45 ET by richflanjOops. Robert Byrd. My bad. Thanks CoolArrow.
Racists
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 11:02 ET by cocodrieDown here we have David Duke in the same boat with all the other racists - Louis Farrahkan, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Robert Byrd, Wright and many others. There is no "rev" before any of these names because I do not recognize the "Church of the Devine Hypocrite" as a true religion.
Well if it's true (that racists want Obama to win)
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 00:50 ET by Dee BunkObama and the dems don't mind- they are just glad to have their votes. They want the convicted felons vote, they want the illegal alien votes and they want the dead vote. The only "vote" they don't want is the U.S. military.