To show the empty "logic" that Jack Cafferty of CNN employs in his political commentary all one need do is check out his September 16 Political Ticker blog post on why the race for the White House is so tight in the polls. Reason: the country is filled with racists. Yes, folks, if you are voting against Obama (and no matter who or what you are actually supporting and why) it must be because you are a racist. It isn't because you stand against what Obama stands for, it has to be because you are a racist.
This delusional, preconceived notion is becoming the excuse du jour with Democrat supporters that have lately seen a dawning hint that McCain may just win this election. And, that is really all it is, too. An excuse. An excuse that ignores all the warts and obvious problems with Barack Obama, his record, and the fantasy stage show that is his campaign.
Here is what Cafferty posted:
Will race be the factor that keeps Obama from the White House?
Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it's one that nobody's talking about.
The differences between Barack Obama and John McCain couldn't be more well-defined. Obama wants to change Washington. McCain is a part of Washington and a part of the Bush legacy. Yet the polls remain close. Doesn't make sense…unless it's race.
Time magazine's Michael Grunwald says race is the elephant in the room. He says Barack Obama needs to tread lightly as he fights back against the McCain-Palin campaign attacks.
Let's devastate this absurd argument line by line...
His first line after the initial question claims that "nobody's talking" about the race factor in Obama's bid for the White House. What planet is this guy watching the campaign from, anyway? Nearly every single pundit, political maven, and news caster has brought up the race angle since the day Obama announced his intention to run.
Since day one it has been claimed that Obama's run for president is an "historic" one. Well, what does "historic" mean if it isn't because he's the first black man to win the nomination of a major political party to run for the top job? It sure isn't because he's male or a Democrat. In case Cafferty isn't aware, there have been more than a handful of male Democrats that have run for the White House in the past.
On top of that, Obama has thrown out the race card dozens of times, himself. Where Cafferty gets the crazy, uninformed idea that "nobody" is talking about race is anybody's guess. All Jackie would have had to do was Google Race plus Obama and my guess is he'd get more than a hit or two!
Now, paragraph two is so free of reason and logic that it boggles the mind. And it serves not only to make his argument absurd, it shows what a failure he is as a political analyst.
Cafferty says that the difference between the two candidates "couldn't be more well-defined." That is a fair statement. Then he follows that with a lie so brazen that it chokes in the throat.
Obama wants to change Washington. McCain is a part of Washington and a part of the Bush legacy.
Cafferty just plain lied here. McCain has an actual record of challenging Washington. He's done it for decades and raised the ire of his own party by being the "maverick" too many times to mention. Obama has talked a lot about change, sure, yet he has no history... not one scintilla of a record... of ever having changed anything. He's never challenged the Senate. He's never challenged his party. He never even challenged the status quo of corrupt Daley machine politics of Chicago when he was in state government back in Illinois. In fact, he benefitted quite handsomely from that corrupt system.
Then Cafferty, employing his Einstein-like powers of observation, gives us this trenchant analysis:
Yet the polls remain close. Doesn't make sense…unless it's race.
First of all, Einstein, the electorate itself has been closely hewn in half since the Clinton years -- heck even since Reagan realigned politics in this country. So, that reason alone could easily account for the close split in the polls today. But to ascribe it solely to race, while at the same time offering no real proof, demonstrates Cafferty's utter lack of understanding anything in this campaign or this country.
Further, his sheer astonishment is based on a central assumption that also proves he has no capacity to understand American culture and politics and should, therefore, never be taken seriously as a political commentator. Cafferty's amazement that anyone could possibly want to support McCain is based solely on his assumption that Barrack is clearly 100% right on all points. This assumption is so blindly partisan that it admits not one shred of understanding that there truly is a substantive difference between the philosophy behind Republican thinking and that of Democrats. It assumes that Democrats are all 100% correct in their political philosophy and that Republicans are merely racists for not following along.
Are there people who won't vote for Obama because he's black? Surely there are. Is it the predominant reason that millions won't vote for him? What proof of this is there? Further, there were many millions who didn't vote for Obama in the primaries for the reason that he isn't a woman. Did Cafferty attack every femenazi for their assertion that people should vote Hillary because she was a she and not a he? If so, I'd like to see it.
Cafferty completely misses the salient fact that millions of Americans stand against Barack Obama because they feel his ideas are anti-capitalist, anti-military, pro-Eropean policies that pull against American exceptionalism. They see his terrorist pals, his racebaiting pastors, his wife who isn't proud of her country and they wonder why they should vote for such a person?
Cafferty is so blind to the real reasons that people vote the way that they do that he simply blows off the whole closely split political balance with the shadowy excuse of rampant American "racism." This failure of Cafferty's totally discredits him as a political observer.
Now, it is perfectly possible to assume that the "other" half of the electorate is wholly wrong in its thinking as Cafferty clearly does, and still be an effective political analyst (Michael Barone and Brit Hume are prime examples of this). For example, the philosophy behind the Democrats has long ago strayed from what it once was to a philosophy closer to a Euroesque amalgam of socialism, and populism. Democrats ceased being truly American in their thinking many decades ago. So, yes, they are horribly wrong. But to discount that those ideas exist and are a major player in American politics is simply absurd. So discounting that "other" side that it interferes with your ability to see the whole of the electorate dooms serious political analysis.
This, in truth, is where Cafferty has ended up. He so hates traditional American conservatism, so despises and discounts the Republican Party that he can't even admit that many millions of Americans hold to those principles and will vote that way because of them. To Cafferty, no one is voting McCain because they adhere to Republican principles, they are just racists against Obama.
Lastly, in his final sentence, Cafferty uses someone else's words to cement for us the fact that he has none of his own to offer.
Cafferty's thinking process makes him completely unfit to be a political analyst. And his blog post severs as a prime example of why.
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"For the first time in my
September 17, 2008 - 04:15 ET by tomnkiki"For the first time in my adult life, I am proud" to be racist.
McCain-Palin '08
If that's the case...
September 17, 2008 - 11:29 ET by Tom in NCcount me in as a racist too, at the same time mark the liberals as anti-military and sexist since they won't support a veteran and war hero for president and a well qualified woman for vice-president.
It works both ways Gafferty, you MSM twit
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
By this logic, those voting for Obama-Biden are "sexist"
September 17, 2008 - 20:08 ET by wdhorningTurn about is fair play. If his logic is that voting for McCain-Palin is "racist" then voting for Obama-Biden is "sexist".
And here are some more:
Like a bad MSNBC prison
September 17, 2008 - 04:24 ET by FairlightLike a bad LOCKUP rerun, the only racist here is the accuser.
Penalty: 8 years hard anger.
Racism
September 17, 2008 - 12:19 ET by merlin61No matter what, the libs are going to classify anyone racist whether you are or are not. They are the ones who are not even credible anymore. This racism nonsense is disgusting. They are trying to scare people into voting for Obama by trying to put guilt on our conscience. Meanwhile, they have no conscience,just their own political agenda to foment hatred,when there is enough hatred in this world without them spewing this filth.
I am fed up with being labeled a racist
September 17, 2008 - 04:30 ET by DamianoThis has been going on for nearly 19 months now and I am fed up. Every time I turn on the TV (especially CNN with Cafferty, Donna Brazille or Roland Martin) or open a newpaper, I am accused of being a racist. I have sent countless emails and taken every available action I can personnaly perform to combat this, but to no effect.
This needs to end and end now. Kathleen Sebelius, Roland Martin, Donna Brazille, Barack Obama... all of them need to be held accountable for this outragious and unsubtantiated slander. They need to be held accoutable for the unprecidented free pass they have given Obama.
I have done everything I can think of on my own. This site and the MRC are exceptional and do an amazing job of exposing the endless stream of bias and attacks like this, but more needs to be done.
So, what else can we do? The gloves need to come off. People like Cafferty and organizations like CNN clearly don't respond to being called on the carpet, letters, emails, public humilation on the web or even boycott of their broadcasts and sponsors. Their ratings and viewers have dropped like rock, but they continue on and it gets worse every day. They are too well funded and are clearly on a mission that is more important to them than credibility or even money. We cannot challenge or overcome this kind of blantant ignorance and twisted resolve by the conventional means.
So, who got new ideas and who it with me in pursuing them with equal vigor to these belligerent idiots?
I, for one...
September 17, 2008 - 04:42 ET by Warner Todd HustonI, for one, am trying my best. I write a little bit here and there, I do radio interviews (up to 6 a month of late-- just did G. Gordon Liddy on Monday), I donate money... don't know what else I can do?
Vote Obama.
September 17, 2008 - 05:33 ET by FairlightVote Obama.
RepGuy
September 17, 2008 - 07:01 ET by RepGuyWhat you do is don't worry about it.
Who cares if these idiot liberals think we are racists for voting McCain/Palin.
It is a scare tatic... an intimidation technique.
Don't let it do either to you.
It's part of their
September 17, 2008 - 08:56 ET by Hunter12It's part of their strategy. If they can convince even 2% of Americans that have some nagging doubt that they might be prejudiced to vote for Obama to "prove" they are not, that may be all they need to win this for him. If you have that kind of doubt, you really need to get out there and mingle a little more. You'll find people are people and 98% of us have the same basic worries about feeding our children and putting a roof over their heads at night. A vote to prove your'e not a racist might actually be doing the opposite, if you can't oppose Obama as someone too liberal to support. If Obama wins the election, saying "That liberal took all my money!", won't be racist either.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
dam iano
September 17, 2008 - 06:13 ET by kilrodHey Damiano and WTH, could we single out one network at a time and start some sort of an e-mail, petion drive and say we are boycotting your network from now untill after the election unless you bring us fair and balanced political coverage and you vett, ask, and publish the unanswered questions about obama and his record and shady dealings. Divide and Conquer.
Under present conditions, regardless of whoever wins this election, the country is still going to be bitterly divided, which is not good. We are approaching a point to where "force of arms" could wind up being the solution of last resort.
kilrod
Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier
Sounds good, kilrod
September 17, 2008 - 07:27 ET by DamianoMy vote is CNN as the target network. Everyone on earth gave up on MSNBC long ago, along with their internal staff. They no longer even try to represent themselves as a legitimate news organization and they are Fox's pet whipping boy. In short, they are a joke and everyone knows it.
CNN on the other nand, is push the No Bias, No Bull meme and continually tries to represent themselves as legitimate. Campbell Brown has been the most vocal Palin basher on the family issues, then you have Cafferty, Martin, Brazille, Blitzer who seem to all get their stories directly from Daily Kos, then push them as legit.
I like the idea of an mass organized email/ boycott/ protest/ petition combo; but the problem is organization. I don't have the webspace, skills or spare cash at the moment to do it myself and by the time it got going, the election would be over.
In order to do something effective, we'd need at least a strong, estabished web sponsor with the willingness to donate the space and help drive traffic.
If someone can sort that end out, I'd be willing to help organize the rest. I've simulaniously run 3 corporations, so PR, letters, etc. could be done in my sleep.
That and...
September 17, 2008 - 07:30 ET by Warner Todd HustonThat and MSNBC has about 14 viewers!
wow
September 17, 2008 - 12:46 ET by ArmyWife67... That many?? I think you're being very generous!
Ok D & WTH
September 17, 2008 - 08:50 ET by kilrodI agree cnn would be a good startin place. I also have to admit i am computer d u m b, and also relegated to oh so slow dial-up out here in the sticks. So we are lookin for a sponsor, enabler, and lots of supporters. Hey Anybody?? I sure would like to make the ms media pay the price for their bias and attempt to fix an election and i would like to see some talkin heads fired. I also want obama to answer the questions about his record and shady dealings. In the meantime, D., could you come up with the words and post the title and mission statement of this proposed petition/boycott? ( www.grassfire.org might be a good sponsor) but would need our support.
kilrod
Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier
Money Talks.
September 17, 2008 - 09:17 ET by Hunter12If you want to effect the programming on CNN, watch a couple of hours of the programming, note the advertisers during the commercials, and write to them. Something along the lines of, "Noticing the lack of scrutiny and judgement you use in where you place your advertisements, has led me to question if the same lack of judgement and scrutiny goes into the manufacturing of your product. In order to protect myself and my family from any defects, I am going to refrain from buying such until your judgement improves." Or if that seems too subtle, "You give money to CNN to run your commercials. I don't like CNN's views. I'm not going to buy your stuff until I quit seeing it advertised on CNN or CNN changes their views."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Mock
September 17, 2008 - 09:10 ET by docboutrage and sly innuendo --do not cover the real truth...
Thee doth protest too much!!![Damiano]
I hear you
September 17, 2008 - 11:36 ET by Tom in NCWhat I was thinking was picking a date and time and flood them with e-mails and with any luck shut down their servers, just a temporary fix but if we do it often enough maybe the message will finally get across
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
Well gee
September 17, 2008 - 04:34 ET by well99I dont want to be consider sexist useing Caffertys logic.So I guess I will vote for McCain/Palin.
Thank you...
September 17, 2008 - 06:54 ET by tomnkikiI am going to stand up here and say what I need to say. I refuse to have my good name and reputation besmirched by being called an Ageist(or Sexist) by Jack Cafferty. Therefore, I will be voting McCain/Palin on Nov. 4. Thank you, my conscience has been soothed.
There you go
September 17, 2008 - 08:58 ET by well99I didnt think of Ageist so another reason to vote McCain/Palin.
I don't want to be
September 17, 2008 - 09:26 ET by SRPwrdI don't want to be chronicvocaldiarrheaist, so I am voting Obama/Biden.
So you prefer
September 17, 2008 - 20:12 ET by well99The two with talkingoutmyass disease.Good thing Obama picked Biden.Now he can find where congress is.
So using Cafferty`s
September 17, 2008 - 05:08 ET by chessplayerSo using Cafferty`s "reasoning," every liberal who voted for Clinton in the primaries instead of Obama is a racist. But, wait. Liberals vote on principals, not skin color. But, wait again. Cafferty and other liberals are saying we have to vote for The One because of his skin color or else we`re racist. My heads spinning.
CNN is calling me a racist?
September 17, 2008 - 05:09 ET by dodecahedronThat story irritated me to the point that I went to their web site and posted a complaint at their feedback link:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form1.pt.html?50
I don't agree with Senator Obama's views on major issues. I couldn't care less about his race. Calling me a racist because I support Senator McCain is nothing short of being a hate-filled personal attack by CNN.
Watch out, you may be banned from posting to the CNN ticker
September 17, 2008 - 08:05 ET by ChrisMillsYou're right to try and get your voice out there. But watch out. I posted to the CNN ticker calling them the Clinton News Network way back when they weren't yet in the Obama tank and since then I have not been able to post to that site.
I guess censorship is OK, so long as it's the liberal media silencing dissent.
Cafferty should first apologize to America and then withdraw from all public roles. Given that he has no decency, this has exactly zero chance of happening.
You're not the only one either...
September 17, 2008 - 12:52 ET by ArmyWife67You're not the only one either... for months now MSNBC, CNN, CBS, ABC and others, along with dear ole Oprah and the View have been censoring, deleting and banning posts to their blogs and boards when the comments are opposed to the 'mainstream' found on their blogs and boards. I've been censored, deleted and banned countless times now and have never cussed anyone out or offered up anything other than honesty and my own thoughts - of course they're all the opposite to anything they like and want so... delete, delete, and silence.
Read the comments from CNN viewers...
September 17, 2008 - 05:23 ET by magicalangelicusThey speak volumes about he mentality of Obama supporters and their ilk on the left...
http://caffertyfile....
Oh my
September 17, 2008 - 09:49 ET by general companyDoesnt look as though Jack will be simmering down in the near future. Good news though, several of the commentors said they would leave the country if Obama looses. How about we help them out, I'll supply the pickup?
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
I remember...
September 17, 2008 - 10:58 ET by ArmyWife67During the last election - and a host of commentators and 'celebs' said the same thing - that they would leave if Bush won again... unfortunately they lied (surprise, surprise) they're all still here.
"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose." ~ Lyndon Johnson
Just an editors note
September 17, 2008 - 05:27 ET by bpjamI believe feminazi is spelled with only one E.
Oh, and Jack Cafferty is an a hole. For some reason, having a crotchety old man yelling at people about being on his grass and people not voting for Obama passes for political commentary on CNN. My how the mighty have fallen.
whether I am racist or not,
September 17, 2008 - 05:29 ET by jkwtradingwhether I am racist or not, I wouldn't vote for Cafferty even if Hitler was his opponent.
Racist? I'm a racist?
September 17, 2008 - 05:41 ET by old croHey, maybe Jack, but I will not vote for Ohhbama because he's a socialist. We all have our biases, hidden and open, depending on where, how and when we were raised.
True story - an African-American (I hate that descripter, can I just say a friend of mine with African ancestry?) - lifelong Republican - at least as long as I have known him - even involved in politics - has an OBAMA sticker proudly on his car. Question - is he a racist?
Is your Republican, black
September 17, 2008 - 06:58 ET by tomnkikiIs your Republican, black friend who has an Obama sticker on his car voting for Obama? Or, were you saying he's racist for not voting for McCain?
Type clearly, man. I'm confused and don't get what you're trying to say. ;-) Life can be so hard sometimes...Hee hee!
Sorry, I thought I was clear.....
September 18, 2008 - 04:59 ET by old croQuestion: If you have a bumper sticker on your truck that says "Guns kill people, people don't" do you mount a gun rack so everyone can see it in the back window?
You decide. The man was a lifelong Republican.
The answer is, of course,
September 17, 2008 - 07:19 ET by Roger the ShrubberThe answer is, of course, YES.
Larry King tried to pull this same, lame attack of racism a couple of weeks ago. One of the guests asked him, since Obama will received 95% of the black vote in November, doesn't that make them racist?
King, of course, said, "it's different!"
Well I may be a racist, a
September 17, 2008 - 06:32 ET by taterWell I may be a racist, a bigot, a homophobe, a Christian...or any other empty headed insult these people want to throw at me but I'm no sexist.
McCain/Palin '08
www.theholyrosary.org
"There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we can not resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary." -Sister Lucia
Me either
September 17, 2008 - 09:41 ET by general companyHa : ]
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Excellent piece Todd!
September 17, 2008 - 06:43 ET by heldmywThe Lefty tenet; "we are right, therefore anyone who doesn't agree with us is evil", is getting more than a little tired.
It is great to see this kind of bunk debunked in a timely and adult fashion.
The MSM is grasping at straws, because this may be their last 'hurrah'! The last time they can influence a national election, and they're going to go all out to do so.
Before they sink into the swamp.
When Andy Rooney retires, I
September 17, 2008 - 06:56 ET by motherbeltWhen Andy Rooney retires, I fully expect Jack Cafferty to take his place.
Hehe. I can see it
September 17, 2008 - 08:22 ET by HockeyKidHehe. I can see it now:
"'djaevernotice that people don't all come in the same color? I did, just last Tuesday, and it's really somethin'..."
Ethics versus ethnics
September 17, 2008 - 07:01 ET by totalkaosdaveTotalKaosDave
As Dennis Prager once said, "I vote ETHICALLY, NOT ETHNICALLY." I guess that makes me an ethicist...I'll take it.
OREO?
September 17, 2008 - 07:06 ET by Mica the MagnificentSoooo . . .
If a black person votes for McCain that makes him an OREO?
Wow!
Actually, if you consider Barack is half white/half black, and Biden is all white, that makes the ticket 3/4 white!
You know Mica I've always wondered about that word
September 17, 2008 - 07:38 ET by HeavyChevyconsidering that despicable term was held out for children of inter-racial marriages (makes you wonder how come Obama is not called that?). Oh what the hell I've been called worse, and I'm STILL voting for McCain/Palin.
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
From what I understand, an
September 17, 2008 - 08:00 ET by KillgraveFrom what I understand, an "oreo" can be a 100% black person who "talks" and "acts" white, which, despite their appearance, makes them "white inside".
I once had a friend (Korean by ancestry) who called herself a "twinkie". She had to explain to me that it meant she was yellow outside, white inside. They also make this joke in Harold and Kumar (great movie).
I'm always called...
September 17, 2008 - 08:28 ET by HeavyChevya "Black Redneck" by my friends because of my love for NASCAR and classic muscle cars.I just laugh it off because I know they are joking.
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
»→ Chevy
September 17, 2008 - 09:17 ET by Cool ArrowAin't nuthin wrong with bein' a Redneck.
"Us white folk will take care of you" - Barbara Walters
Yeah buddy! ;-)
September 17, 2008 - 09:33 ET by HeavyChevyYeah buddy!
;-)
Redneck
September 17, 2008 - 12:13 ET by ricklailI too am a NASCAR fan, NHRA fan, and love the muscle cars. If that makes me a redneck then I wear it proudly.
There was nothing like the '63 Ford Galaxie XL with chopped top and 390.
If pro is the opposite of con what is the opposite of progress? Congress!
I love them all also..
September 17, 2008 - 12:59 ET by HeavyChevyNHRA,SCCA,ALMS, Le`Mans,SpeedGT series even a little Rally (if I can catch it now) but my first love will always be NASCAR.
`63 Galaxie with a 390...I agree there is nothing like it. I'm a Chevy guy but If someone offered me one of those I would have to be stuck on stupid to turn it down!
"9 out of 10 doctors agree that flag burning is the number one killer of liberals."
funny thing...
September 17, 2008 - 07:53 ET by Warner Todd HustonThey say that the Obama ticket is the "historic" minority ticket. But, as you pointed out, Barack is only 1/2 black and Biden is waaaay white, making the ticket 3/4 white.
Yet the McCain ticket is half female! That is 1/4 MORE minority than the Obama ticket! (And doesn't Palin have some Amer. Indian blood too?)
Yes, the GOP's is MORE minority than the Dem ticket!
HA!
"Democrats ceased being
September 17, 2008 - 07:47 ET by Killgrave"Democrats ceased being truly American in their thinking many decades ago. So, yes, they are horrible wrong."
Um, nitpick. HorribLY wrong. Perfectly understandable, since this is a great rant and you were on a roll.
The liberals are determined to win this election no matter what. Even if their golden boy fails to get into the Whitehouse, they will take this opportunity to pound us over the head with the race hammer for many years to come. Without a sputtering sense of infantile self-righteousness, the Left would have no impetus at all. Their very essence is about whining, complaining, and pointing fingers. So they will end up with something no matter how this election goes.
I predict, if McCain wins the election, there isn't going to be any discussion about the historic occasion of us having our very first female vice-president. All we are going to hear about is our failure as a nation to elect a "black" man (who is actually more white than he is black. Figure that out).
Got it. Fixed. Thanks.
September 17, 2008 - 07:49 ET by Warner Todd HustonGot it. Fixed. Thanks.
racism
September 17, 2008 - 07:58 ET by nadadhimmiLet's see, whites support Obama with about 40% of their votes, and blacks support Obama with 99% of their votes. A reasonable person concludes it's the WHITES that are racist? But then you must realize that most universities have actually changed the definition of racist and made it IMPOSSIBLE to be racist if you're a "person of color". I'm not kidding, it's now impossible to be called a racist on most campuses if you're a colored person.
I'm NOT WHITE!!!
September 17, 2008 - 09:36 ET by JaykeYou are absolutely right. I've had "friends" in my past with much darker skin than me and they were some of the worst racists I've ever known. It wasn't just that they'd say things like "Do it to the man" or "I'm gonna get me some white meat" or other much worse things. They did it with an air of impunity and in your faceness ( in my face ). It was almost as if they felt they had earned the "right" to be racists. One more thing. I am not white. I am human.
Racist Liberals
September 17, 2008 - 19:29 ET by Sergeant ROCKlol! You are correct! There is no such thing as a 'black' racist. Ask any liberal, if you don't believe me.
PALIN/McCain 2008
LOL
September 17, 2008 - 08:07 ET by indianaconservativeGoogle "Obama Race" returns...
Yeah a couple of hits!
Not to nitpick on that one,
September 17, 2008 - 10:30 ET by ThatDudeNot to nitpick on that one, but race does have more than one meaning. Like, say, in the case of a presidential RACE. Still, too much is being made of his race and most of this is coming from him and his own party.
If commie curmudgeon Cafferty
September 17, 2008 - 08:13 ET by BobAnthonyThinks not voting for DA CHOSEN ONE Barack Hussein Obama is racist, then he must think I belong to the KKK for my vote of Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party...WHO WAS RECENTLY FEATURED ON CNN'S LOU DOBBS!
Dynamite Duo
September 17, 2008 - 08:14 ET by billbCafferty/Olberman, Dynamite Duo
The Bush -Kerry campaign was close,
September 17, 2008 - 08:14 ET by IamTinmanthe Bush-Gore race was close. In Caffertys warped political view, race must have been an issue. Except of course that it wasn't!
As I have told my liberal friends, Barack Obama seems like a nice young man whom I wouldn't mind having over for dinner, however his political views are about 180 degrees different than mine so I wouldn't vote for him if there was another candidate whose views align closer with mine and whose service to this country I value highly. John McCain isn't a perfect candidate, but one I more closely identify with on the issues, so he will get my vote..
Crazy Ol' Uncle Jack Strikes Again
September 17, 2008 - 08:23 ET by AmericanEnergistCafferty must be vying for the coveted Keith Olbermann Fairness in Cable News Journalism award for on-air unexpurgated partisan rants. His career is basically over and if he were smart, he'd PRAY for a McCain win, just so he could plead his case to the CNN bosses to keep his sorry a$$ for at least another 4 years.
SOOO, if it was Obama Vs. Hillary and I voted for Hillary, I'd be a racist and if I voted for Obama, I'd be a mysoginist?
Just wondering...
www.ArmchairEnergist...
CNN
September 17, 2008 - 08:25 ET by jaywlWell, Good Morning! First thing I see this morning, the wife has CNN on the idiot box and there she was. Idiot Kiran Chetry. Talking to some kind of expert on the embassy attack in Yemen, Kiran asked: "are they any closer to finding out how to stop this or finding out why this is happening." Oh Yes! She is really wondering why the Islamofascist killers are doing this kind of thing, can't we all just get along? Her expert kind of stumbled a little then reminded Kooky Kiran that Al Qaeda wants to kill ALL of US. She could have waited until I finished one cup of coffee.
Pre-election Damage Control
September 17, 2008 - 08:32 ET by OldSailor88The Democrtat Party is seeing the handwriting on the wall. Because of that, they are entering into damage control mode. Instead of admitting that they picked a poor candidate, they'll blame it on the racist faction in America that doesn't want a black President. Gov. Sebelius from Kansas is spewing the same bile. You might as well get used to it if McCain/Palin wins the election. We'll hear this ad nauseum from now until the next election.
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis
This is a calculated campaign strategy
September 17, 2008 - 08:42 ET by c5thenThe Obama campaign can't overtly play the 'race card' because it would hurt them with moderates and undecided voters - of any racial origin. So, they are having their surrogates do it to try and shame some of the whites into changing their opinion because of self-doubt in their own convictions and motives. Nevermind that asking someone to vote for a person because of their skin color is about the most racist thing I've heard in a LONG time.
The office of President should never be an affirmative action decision, but one based purely on qualifications and character.
Obama refused to vote for and actively opposed the Illinois law that would guarentee babies born during an abortion attempt the rights and dignities of all citizens and require that they be given whatever medical care required. So Obama's ideology that would allow a living breathing baby to be left to die of exposure completely disqualifies him from being President in my view, regardless of his skin color or where is daddy was from.
Bus
September 17, 2008 - 14:02 ET by tqm37aIf this is part of their strategy, then the Obama team should throw it under the bus with the rest of the corpses. It's a bad gambit. Much like the flap the left created over Palin, this too will backfire. You can only call someone a racist so often before they become tone deaf. It's one thing to call someone out when they truly make a racist remark, another to call people a racists just because they won't or can't decide to vote for one particular candidate. So if the left want to continue down this road, it will be a self fulfilling prophecy. Unfortunately they won't learn the lesson, again.
To c5then ,
Not disagreeing with your premise. Just that what I wrote is more of a corollary to what you wrote.
Race, Politics, and Stereotypes in WV
September 17, 2008 - 08:59 ET by WVDinoIf you don't vote for Obama your a racist talk is really bad in WV. The weeks after the May primary their was at least three opinion articles in the Sunday Gazette Mail and an illustration of Obama lifting the comman person up (based in Charleston WV). Clinton received over 60% of the vote in the primary.
Marshall University is hosting a seminar this weekend on Race, Politics, and Stereotypes in WV.
http://www.marshall.edu/www/pressrelease.asp?ID=1407
I'm sick of it. I will not vote for Obama but it has nothing do with his skin color and everything to do with his positions on the issues.
As of 2006,
September 18, 2008 - 01:34 ET by HillbillyKingWV was made up of 94.9% white people. 3.3% were black. 1.8% were other.
Now take a look at our 2008 Democratic Primary results.
Hmmmm, the white guy finished last behind the woman and the colored fellow. And that colored fellow still garnered more votes than McCain did. (granted way more Dims voted in their primary)
I got the feeling that the seminar down at Marshall is gonna be a typical left wing liberal circle jerk. The kind that ignores that FACTS and spouts bullsh!t propaganda. To bad I missed the registration deadline, it would have been kinda fun to have gotten thrown out of that event. :-}
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
Cafferty Against Martin Luther King
September 17, 2008 - 09:02 ET by NotafraidMartin Luther King said in his famous I have a dream speech, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." I am following the wishes of MLK and voting for John McCain. Evidently Cafferty thinks that Martin Luther King was wrong.
Good Point!
September 17, 2008 - 09:11 ET by TheBigBVery good point. Also, isn't the argument that if we don't vote for Obama, we're racist in and of itself a racist argument?
»→ Hillary antisemite?
September 17, 2008 - 09:11 ET by Cool ArrowHillary has pulled out of a Jewish Rally on Iraq (in New York), supposedly because Gov. Sarah Palin has also been invited.
I don't much think Hillary's motives have anything to do with Gov. Palin.
"Us white folk will take care of you" - Barbara Walters
VOTING AGAINST OBAMA
September 17, 2008 - 09:15 ET by TufrmoneYou know I thought I was pretty good on the rights and privileges of Americans but somewhere I missed the regulations that control why you can and why you can't vote for a candidate.
Who are these media people to tell me, you or anyone what factors I can or can't use to decide who to vote for? How come its OK for these phony television pundits can disparage some guy because he's old, or some woman because she's religious and then turn around and pontificate on whether or not people are factoring in the guy's race?
The plain fact is that Obama' race is absolutely a deciding factor for lots of people. Most of them black. The vast majority of the black demographic that supports him are supporting him because he's Black and their making no bones about it.
No one and I mean no one is implying they shouldn't vote for Obama or that their vote is immoral.
As for me, I'm going to vote against Obama for a lot of reasons. Mostly because he's a left wing self serving politician who would bring the country back to the morass of the Carter presidency.
But there are a whole lot of reasons I don't like him. I don't like the way he speaks. I don't like his smile, I don't like his teeth, I don't like the way his ears protrude. I don't like the suits he wears.
So sue me.
Tufr
You'll have to forgive the
September 17, 2008 - 09:25 ET by fitzfongYou'll have to forgive the old lush Jack Cafferty...he was on his fifth Bourbon (or was that a fifth of Bourbon?). Anyway, as his drunken escapade through the streets of New York clearly illustrates, Cafferty isn't exactly reliable on the analysis front. Anyone who makes the conscious (or in his case, semi-conscious) decision to drag a rider-less bicycle through the red lights of Manhattan is obviously unqualified to make the simple choice between two...forget interpreting what the choice reflects.
As for this campaign, these meaningless, dishonest themes like "change", "race" and "choice" as euphemisms for socialism, cronyism and unfettered taxpayer-funded abortions are wearing a little thin. A Barack Obama loss should only be interpreted as an indication that the American people have caught on to the fact that his ideas are inferior.
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan
fitzfong.blogspot.com
Am I A Racist???
September 17, 2008 - 09:33 ET by Apark559I'm a 47 yr old woman , from the very blue NYC and a registered Democrat who will NOT be voting for Obama. I've always voted Democrat, but not this time. I do not trust Obama on any of the issues that I care about. I will be voting for McCain/Palin with enthusiasm because I feel they will bring actual CHANGE to DC. Although we may differ on some of the social issues, McCain has proven he's a patriot and will put country first. So does make me a racist?
Oh, BTW.....did I mention...I'm Black!
Nobama, No Way, No How!!!
McCain/Palin 08
the left's new mantra
September 17, 2008 - 10:00 ET by larry on LIInvoke white guilt.
Expect more of this...
September 17, 2008 - 10:26 ET by WonkaVisionLong time viewer, first time poster! =)
This refrain will become louder and louder the closer we get to election day. Should we expect anything less from these mental midgets? Liberals need to put a stamp on their opponents in a pathetic hope to bury the reality of what is going on. Standard liberal talking points: 'racist', 'nazi', 'war-monger' etc. I am sure they are pissed that 'sexist' has been removed from their list!
Cafferty and his limp wristed buddies in the media are either incredibly dishonest, or stupid.
Liberal men should be smacked in the head....not listened to.
Cafferty is a nut
September 17, 2008 - 10:31 ET by kevinm13JackCafferty is a Bush-hating lunatic who has no business "reporting" news as he is in full-blown BDS. There isn't much to comment on with his remarks about Obama and racism. What a nut! Going back to 2005, I believe he was the first to blame President Bush for everything that went wrong with Katrina, literally the day after it hit. Jack Cafferty needs to go back to his meds and we all need to go back to ignoring him.
"pro-Eropean"
September 17, 2008 - 10:31 ET by jquamthe least you can do is proofread, come on now
Think Well.
I hate to punctuate your
September 17, 2008 - 10:43 ET by Jack BauerI hate to punctuate your balloon, but I think you mean:
haha
September 17, 2008 - 12:54 ET by jquamYou've done well, Jack Bauer.
Think Well.
Racism only reason for voting against Obama?
September 17, 2008 - 10:47 ET by redrock505Warner,
I share your distaste for all things Cafferty, but I wish you would be more rigorous in your analysis. You attributed the following attitude to Cafferty: "if you are voting against Obama (and no matter who or what you are actually supporting and why) it must be because you are a racist". However, nothing that you quoted supports this charge. Cafferty says that racism is the explanation for the race being so close, which means only that enough people are voting on the basis of race to create a close race, NOT that all people voting against Obama are voting on the basis of race. I suggest that Newsbusters would be a far more potent tool it's chief bloggers strived harder to respond to what liberals are actually saying and to avoid creating straw men that can be blown down with a light-weight puff.
"Doesn't make sense…unless it's race."
September 17, 2008 - 12:24 ET by CobraMan"Doesn't make sense…unless it's race."
Cafferty is basing the polling results solely on the race "issue." That seems pretty obvious to me. According to Cafferty, if it wasn't for Obama's skin color, he'd be as popular as Bill Clinton as they both represent "Change vs. more of the same," just as Carville has posted in Clinton's Little Rock campaign headquarters back in 1992.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Answer
September 17, 2008 - 11:09 ET by cvgbuckeyeThe answer is in the (527's). One of them needs to construct a 60 second campaign ad that extracts about 10 to 12 snippets like this racist crap from Cafferty and then end it all by asking a question like:
"Are you fed up being painted by leftist people in the MSM like this? If so express yourself by voting against the Obama/MSM ticket this November. Help us shut them up for good."
The 527's are definitely the answer!!!!
There's that CNN,
September 17, 2008 - 11:11 ET by marpelThere's that CNN, right-down-middle journalism they tout...right? What is it? "No Bias, No Bull" ? I say, "Bull Sh%t".
Yep...
September 17, 2008 - 11:18 ET by ArmyWife67Yep... I guess I'll be tagged a racist now too because there is no way in heck I'm voting for Obama. It's ok though, I'm used to being called all sorts of things anyway by those on the left, husband's a Soldier and I'm a Soldier's wife - been called worse.
What do we expect? These
September 17, 2008 - 11:46 ET by SmartypantsWhat do we expect? These people are leftists who believe Republicans are evil and stupid, and the right-wing agenda is, therefore, flawed. Smart people vote for Democrats. So, every election cycle they have to find reasons why half (or more) of the country doesn't follow this rule. "Bush stole" the 2000 election; the 2004 election was all about "morals," whatever that means (oh, and Bush stole that one as well); with McCain now up in most surveys, they are flabbergasted.
This is also based on the premise that everyone in this country is completely miserable, with no hope. This is the message the media has tried to craft for some time now. Given that everyone is miserable, why wouldn't we want "change"? We must be racists to not see the genius of Barack Obama and the "change" he represents. Just ignore his pick for V.P., and his lack of credibility and his shady past.
I'm no racist
September 17, 2008 - 11:52 ET by EmrysDoes Cafferty also mean that any blacks who did not vote for Obama in the primaries and will not be voting for him in the general election are racists, too?
I am personally no racist, and if the Republicans had run Condoleeza Rice and J.C. Watts for prez and v.p., I'd have voted for them over an all-white Hillary+whoever ticket. How is that racist? Give me a break!
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"We should put them in the public pillory and shame them for all to see." - Emrys
Warner, good post. Is it
September 17, 2008 - 12:00 ET by Ruths husband BenWarner, good post. Is it possible to forward it to Mr. Cafferty for a response? It might be fun to hear his reaction.
“it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.” - Justice Antonin Scalia
Faux issue
September 17, 2008 - 12:10 ET by CobraMan"Race is arguably the biggest issue in this election, and it's one that nobody's talking about."
If no one is talking about it, then it can't be an issue.
An issue in a political sense is something that is: "in a state of controversy : in disagreement" and "under discussion or in dispute." Source
No one is disputing that Obama is black, or that he's running for office, so just how can his race be an issue?
It's obvious that Cafferty wants to make race an issue in order to hide from the REAL issues of a candidate's experience, ideals, and allegiances. In other words; what they do, what they believe, and who they support.
Obama: My job is above my pay grade
Nice to know Cafferty
September 17, 2008 - 12:33 ET by wiwfNice to know Cafferty admitted he's a sexist by not voting for Palin
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Words
September 17, 2008 - 12:35 ET by iveseenitallBarry stole the phrase "just words" in order to make he point that words do matter. And many liars, such as Barry and his buddies in the press, use key words like "race", "hate", all the "isms" and "ists" to agitate the way the old-time communists taught them to do. Unfortunately, no amount of reasoning with them will make them change. But keep writing to them, keep letting them know that they can't fool all the people all the time. Let them keep looking over their shoulders. Once in a while you will break through. As an old talk radio man, Bob Grant, used to say, "You have the power--use it". If we give up, they win. And please...
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Racists
September 17, 2008 - 12:45 ET by ChaitealoverIt's not true that no one is talking about race; Obama keeps talking about it. He keeps telling us that 'they're gonna say he looks different, has a funny name, doesn't look like the guy on the dollar bill, etc.' He doesn't quote any Republican official as actually having said any such thing, he just keeps telling his worshipers that the bad people are going to say it. And so they are becoming convinced that the McCain campaign has made racist comments, when they haven't.
And, yes, no matter what the liberal intellectuals say, if you vote for someone because of their race, that's just as racist as voting against someone because of their race.
Chai
“The beauty of our system isn’t that we have the right to vote. No, the nice thing is that people who are too dumb or lazy or uninformed to bother casting a ballot aren’t compelled to vote.” —Burt Prelutsky
If not voting for Obama
September 17, 2008 - 14:06 ET by ckc1227If not voting for Obama makes me a racist, then pass the hood, because I'm not voting for him, no matter what guilt trip losers on the left try to lay on me.
Wait for it...
September 17, 2008 - 15:49 ET by Tom1969ca... and ... THUD!
That was the sound of the other shoe dropping.
I've been waiting for this. Finally someone in the MSM has advanced he notion that you have only two choices in this election:
I'd like to see Cafferty explain this reasoning to the 11% of blacks (and the 40% of Hispanics) who do not support Obama.
I guess I'll have to switch my support to B. Hussein Obama - I wouldn't want Jack Cafferty to think I was a racist.
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"There are some who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those who use their careers to promote change."
--Sarah Palin
Jack's a Dull Boy
September 17, 2008 - 16:57 ET by ZuccoZoidWhat the heck's with Jack? He's more like Jack Nicholson in THE SHINING. Yet more threats over "racism" - vote for an inexperienced black socialist or you're a racist.
Granted: "Racism" does have teeth: thugs like Jackson, Sharpton and now perhaps Obama have done tremendous personal and political damage - it's the equivalent of being fingered by the Mafia: Jackson terrorized individuals and corporations alike with armies of thugs - and does anyone remember what Sharpton did in NY - the Freddie 's Mart burning and the Crown Heights massacre [black mayor Dinkins did nothing about it, too busy playing tennis]; and after 20 YEARS of yet another Reverend - Wright - are we wrong to be suspicious?
Thanks, Jack! Pit us against each other once again, while the Islamists wait, and laugh - the enemy of your enemies are NOT your friends... get it?
And in case you simply want to shelve me as yet another "racist" - try reading and listening to Larry Elder, who just happens to be - whoops - black:
Start here:
http://www.larryelde...
Well, color me a capitalist pig and pass the lipstick!
September 17, 2008 - 20:10 ET by thelahunginjeetSorry, Jack Cafferty, but your intellectual laziness and propagandist tripe are beneath contempt.
McCain isn’t my ideal candidate, but like many small business owners, and like many parents who want their children to grow up in a free country, I’ll vote for him, not because he’s white, but because he’s likelier to respect capitalism and property rights.
If it pleases you, keep posing as a more enlightened white male—we know you can’t help yourself.
Who's a racist, Cafferty?
September 17, 2008 - 22:50 ET by misterbee241I'm ok with Cafferty calling me anything he wants - I have a few names I could call him too and racist is the nicest of the lot.
If liberals want to see racism the only have to look in the mirror. Most of them believe in evolution, that man came from monkeys, and Darwin was pretty explicit as to how close to the simien ancestor the black man stood.
They're racists when they partonize minorities by giving them a hand out and calling it a hand up. They posit that minorities are too ill equipped - code word for ignorant - because of this country's racists past to do for themselves. So it's up to the white liberal plantation master to help his "children."
They are racists because by an large liberals support abortion on demand. Minorities are among those children slaughtered in the womb.
They are racists because by and large they support Planned Parenthood, founded by that old racist Margaret Sanger who wanted to sterilize the minority races so they wouldnt contaminate the whites. She was also all for destroying children like Trig Palin too.
So Cafferty, dont call me a racist you foul piece of drek. You have a lot of 'splainin to do yourself.
No Race Card
September 17, 2008 - 23:32 ET by NorthCoasterWho said, you might not have noticed he's black, I don't look like what you see on our money, they're going to play the race card? How is that not race baiting?
Well...
September 18, 2008 - 02:50 ET by maryerinJust throw that in with the rest of the names that they have for Conservatives.
Uneducated
Homophobic
Gun Hugger
War Monger
Bible Thumper
Christian Extremist
Masoginistic
Good Ol' Boy
Etc
The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.
Fulton
J. Sheen
Well, I'm
September 19, 2008 - 00:35 ET by emccunninghamWell, I'm in.
McCain/Palin '08
Oh, by the way. If I'm
September 19, 2008 - 01:11 ET by emccunninghamOh, by the way. If I'm racist, Cafferty, then you're sexist. Good. Now we're all thinking illogically.