Derby Trail Forums

Go Back   Derby Trail Forums > The Steve Dellinger Discourse Den
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 10-26-2010, 10:08 AM
geeker2's Avatar
geeker2 geeker2 is offline
Hialeah Park
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 6,235
Default Obama the racist ?

"We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."





http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...publicans-sit/
__________________
We've Gone Delirious

Last edited by geeker2 : 10-26-2010 at 10:19 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 10-26-2010, 10:41 AM
Riot's Avatar
Riot Riot is offline
Keeneland
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,153
Default

Apparently it's only "racist" on Faux News and Stormfront.org, and only recently.

Everywhere else, it's been his standard stump speech for a while now:

Quote:
He said Republicans had driven the economy into a ditch and then stood by and criticized while Democrats pulled it out. Now that progress has been made, he said, "we can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
Let's review the metaphor: GOP drives economy car into ditch. Dems pull it out. Dems driving. No special interests in shotgun. Middle class up front. GOP in back.

OMG, that's so "racist" !
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 10-26-2010, 11:34 AM
Antitrust32 Antitrust32 is offline
Jerome Park
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Posts: 9,413
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot View Post
Apparently it's only "racist" on Faux News and Stormfront.org, and only recently.

Everywhere else, it's been his standard stump speech for a while now:



Let's review the metaphor: GOP drives economy car into ditch. Dems pull it out. Dems driving. No special interests in shotgun. Middle class up front. GOP in back.

OMG, that's so "racist" !
well it was a pretty bad metaphor... the GOP & DEMS drove the economy into a ditch... and the GOP & DEMS are just leaving the economy in the ditch to rot. Special interests get first responding emergency treatment. Middle Class left to die. America is stuck in the back.

There... that was more realistic.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot View Post
Can I start just making stuff up out of thin air, too?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 10-26-2010, 07:33 PM
clyde's Avatar
clyde clyde is offline
Saratoga
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Welsh Pride!
Posts: 13,837
Default

High speed rail service between Chicago and Iowa?





It's them...right?
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 10-26-2010, 10:49 AM
joeydb's Avatar
joeydb joeydb is offline
Santa Anita
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Southeastern PA
Posts: 3,044
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by geeker2 View Post
"We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."





http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...publicans-sit/
Well, here is the test:

When the Democrats lose as badly as predicted next Tuesday, we'll have a commentator respond to the president's statement by paraphrasing it thus:

"Well, it would appear that the president and his party will be legislatively sitting in the back."

If there is a reaction of that statement being racist, then the original statement by the president must be equally so. If there is no reaction, then maybe the press has grown up a little bit.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 10-26-2010, 10:52 AM
randallscott35's Avatar
randallscott35 randallscott35 is offline
Idlewild Airport
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 9,687
Default

I don't think Obama is a racist. He is just an awful President is all. Which is a lot more important than whether he dislikes any group of people.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 10-26-2010, 09:12 PM
Riot's Avatar
Riot Riot is offline
Keeneland
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,153
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by joeydb View Post
When the Democrats lose as badly as predicted next Tuesday,
I know you have been speaking of "The Republican Tsunami" since Obama got in office, but have you actually been reading any of the more accurate poll predictions? (like fivethirtyeight.com)

The narrative during last August was the GOP was supposed to sweep into the Senate and House, taking over both easily.

Yet the GOP has managed to definitively lose control of the Senate due to the more extreme Tea Party candidates (defeating the moderate GOP candidate) turning voters back to the Dems (less than 10% chance of winning the Senate now).

And in the House, instead of winning 40-50 excess seats easily in a "tsunami", the GOP will probably only barely get the minimal 20 -30 seats (they will be in control). That's nothing. That's what the opposite party normally gets in every first midterm election post-presidential election.

The other thing is that the House has never turned without the Senate. Appears it could happen this year.

We'll see, but I think you'd better look at some polling numbers, Joey, rather than reading right wing web blogs filled with hope.
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 10-26-2010, 09:22 PM
geeker2's Avatar
geeker2 geeker2 is offline
Hialeah Park
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 6,235
Default

Tonight’s House Forecast: 52-Seat Gain For G.O.P.

(headline from fivethirtyeight.com)
__________________
We've Gone Delirious
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 10-26-2010, 09:26 PM
clyde's Avatar
clyde clyde is offline
Saratoga
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Welsh Pride!
Posts: 13,837
Default

Be fair..they were empty anyways.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 10-26-2010, 09:34 PM
Riot's Avatar
Riot Riot is offline
Keeneland
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,153
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by geeker2 View Post
Tonight’s House Forecast: 52-Seat Gain For G.O.P.

(headline from fivethirtyeight.com)
Wow. That's only 16-20 excess. 214 needed for control, predicted the GOP will now only get 230?

Yikes.

It should have been far larger, according to the freaks at the town halls a year ago August.
__________________
"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 10-26-2010, 10:41 PM
geeker2's Avatar
geeker2 geeker2 is offline
Hialeah Park
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: San Diego
Posts: 6,235
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot View Post
Wow. That's only 16-20 excess. 214 needed for control, predicted the GOP will now only get 230?

Yikes.

It should have been far larger, according to the freaks at the town halls a year ago August.

Well look at it this way Riot...it was a good run while it lasted.

I am sure Sarah Louise and the Tea Party can find room for you !!
__________________
We've Gone Delirious
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 10-27-2010, 06:22 PM
SOREHOOF's Avatar
SOREHOOF SOREHOOF is offline
Fairgrounds
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Peoples Republic of the United Socialist States of Chinese America
Posts: 1,501
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot View Post
Wow. That's only 16-20 excess. 214 needed for control, predicted the GOP will now only get 230?

Yikes.

It should have been far larger, according to the freaks at the town halls a year ago August.
Are you really trying to spin losing the house into some sort of victory for the Dems? Are you?
Reply With Quote
Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:47 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.