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[filkertom]

And then there's this, and this.

Comments

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

oh
my
God....

they actually say this stuff out in public where people can HEAR them??????

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for some Republican to actually drop the big one, nigger, when they think the mike is off.

They're all thinking it anyway.

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

no, not all....but obviously he is......
but frankly the brass balls on the guy to say he "isnt aware of it being racist .. so he has nothing to apologize for"... gah

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Donnie Deutsch is an ass, a successful one, but still an ass...

Westmoreland's just a cracker.

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just maybe, they'll upset enough people to wipe out the advantage the Palin has brought to the Republican ticket.

[concertigrossi.livejournal.com]

NGH. This election is going to drive me to drink.

Have you seen this? (http://concertigrossi.livejournal.com/64014.html)

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

That's great. :)

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

And how about this (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/smbrinich/MiscPics/McCain-PalinKotH.jpg)?

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

How 'bout another tag for crap like this: "hate-based initiative"? Or is that too long for a tag?

So, the level of discourse has risen to racist and sexist name calling. Next thing you know, they'll be throwing things at each other and having hissy fits.

No wonder so many people I know refuse to vote at all.

I've been working on a song about Mrs. McCain:

Cindy is a purty gal
Cindy is a peach
She grabs onto a microphone
And hangs on like a leech

Git along home, Cindy Cindy
Git along home
Git along home, Cindy Cindy
Take Johnny with you too.

TTTO "Cindy"

Please feel free to add verses

[peachtales.livejournal.com]

That stuff is just putrid. Wow.

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

DOUBLE Putrid!

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

What the farthingale?

I'm sorry, but I'm speechless right now. Not at anything the candidates or the media have done.

You have an Act over there which outlaws discriminatory election practices, so that black people among others can vote without hindrance. Good. Great. Well done America.

And it has to be RENEWED?? It's got a TIME LIMIT on it?? So any time it happens to run out, the government in power can say "oh well, hard luck, them's the breaks" and just NOT BOTHER???

Why the fuchsia isn't it permanent? Who thought this was a good idea?

I am beyond scandalised. I'm also confused as to what Hoojimaflip was doing arguing against its renewal last year when (according to Wikipedia) Bush signed off on a 25-year extension the year before last...but that's nothing next to the revelation that black people still--still--have voting rights in America only on sufferance and with a time limit. I mean, it's obvious from the comments that have emerged in this campaign that the problem the Act was meant to solve has not gone away, and if it hasn't gone by now it never will...

Good gods, that's disillusioning.

It's a groaner, but I had to...

[amgem.livejournal.com]

Last night, while discussing with my friends the fright that is Palin...I got to thinking...

Would anyone following her Fundy beliefs be called a Palin-drone?

I know, it's a groaner. But my friends thought it was a fair assessment.

Re: It's a groaner, but I had to...

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's been in play for a few days on several of the blogs. So go for it.

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

It seems to me that the nebulous "they" are treating Sarah Palin as if she's running for first lady. She's a good hunter and she's CUTE, everything we want for a possible president... or not. Even McCain is spending more time looking at her ass than at her credentials.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Not her ass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RN5xbWtNSU).

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

There was an episode of Designing Women where Mary Jo's (Annie Potts) boyfriend said to her, "You think I'm dating you for your mind?" and she took it as a compliment. I'm getting the same impression here.

[marahsk.livejournal.com]

Holy shit! It's not just that he keeps looking at her boobs, but that every time he looks at them, he holds his ring finger!

[tony-goldmark.livejournal.com]

How can Sarah Palin stay pro-life in all good consciousness, when she KNOWS how many billions of sperms got killed after the losers she rejected in bars all went home and masturbated?

Not to mention the trillions of little guys that die in John McCain's pillowcase every night.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

And you need to add this one, too. (NOT safe for work.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm-gX7D6U4E

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Also re: Palin:

It appears her church has gone in for gay-conversion.

http://tinyurl.com/6qbnvt

[hitchkitty.livejournal.com]

Wow. To echo a talking point from the Right:

"How can someone attend such a church without believing that?"