The (Racist) Hate Talk Express
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:06AM By Nathaniel Gurien
The message of the Republican Presidential campaign has been stripped down to this one naked, stark and simple racist message, expressed directly, indirectly, and with provocative code words, but the underlying message is always the same: "Are you really ok with a black president? Are you insane? America is under attack! If you elect him, the country you know & love will be destroyed!"
The only thing left for the lily white Republican ticket to offer is that they are not the scary black one. Roughly 75% of the country is disgusted with Bush, Cheney, and the Republicans for the utter destruction they've wrought to our country. On the pressing issues of the day, the overwhelming majority of Americans stand with Senators Obama and Biden.
If not for the invocation of a visceral and racist image of a black man as President, any moderate or progressive Democratic candidate would run away with this election.
Its ideas and policies discredited, the only tactic left the floundering "Straight Talk Express" is stoking the flames of racism and fear, echoing images of Hitler's rabble-rousing beer hall Putsch and the Nazi's hateful propaganda.
John McCain's campaign slogan is "Country First", but with his and his party's Karl Rove driven devil-may-care lust to retain power, his actual slogan is: "Country Be Damned". Now we will all have to live with the consequences and fallout from their destructive, divisive wickedness in the final days of this campaign.
Joe McCarthy would indeed be proud of Senator McCain today, so what was said to him, must now be said to John McCain: "Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" Now as then, the American public view McCarthy (now McCain) with well-deserved disdain. On television, the senator from Wisconsin (now Arizona) comes off as cruel, despicable and reckless.
How very tragic for John McCain to have made so terrible a mistake so late in life. To paraphrase a line from the movie, "The Godfather" - even for old times' sake, Americans cannot let him off the hook for this.
Nathaniel Gurien
Reader Comments (14)
Yesterday your column was filled with stomach churning bathroom references and swearing.
How can you call Nate's point of view disgusting? It's strong, but I too have seen a lot of racial code in this campaign. You've seen people at McCain rallies crying "Kill him" in reference to Obama.
I don't think McCain is a racist, but I do believe the campaign is pandering to the right wing fringe which is loaded with racists.
And talk radio isn't pandering--it IS racist and always has been.
That's what's shameful and disgusting.
Anyway, back to your column about Politicker.com. I don't even want to cut and paste what you wrote here. It's too nauseating.
With all due respect can you see the disconnect here?
"We gotta get out of this place" ( The Animals)
Chaz,
I posted a warning about language. So your delicate sensibilities were warned. And what are you, a fucking baby?
Now, You are defending this crap? If that is the case, it is definitely time for you to get out of this place because you have lost your mind. And don't expect any weeping when you leave.
I have not heard anyone scream out "kill him". And I certainly have not seen ANYTHING in McCain's campaign to warrant this garbage.
Maybe you are flashing back to that "Republicans want to kill Democrats" article that showed you for the same paranoid lunatic Nathaniel Gurien seems to be.
Do you understand what you are really saying, you childish imp. What you and your boneheaded classmate are saying is that if John McCain wins it is because of racism, or in other words, break out the guns.
Grow the fuck up or leave. You are dangerously imbalanced.
Thank you.
I've been looking for something to frame.
Whenever I get too full of myself I'll read this and have a good laugh too.
You've outdone yourself
LOL
Yeah, I guess I lost it a little. Sorry about that Chaz.
"I posted a warning about language. So your delicate sensibilities were warned. And what are you, a fucking baby?"
Going on tilt. Not cool. But I'll have to tell you Chaz in my experience this is a great fuckin way to steal some serious pots.
The same is true in politics.
I'm glad you cooled off. Having a background in the arts, I actually think I understand what you are trying to do with your use of language. Although, I must admit it extremely difficult to do and when it fails (i.e. Michael Richards,) it REALLY fails. And unfortunately, I do not think you were successful with your efforts and it comes across as nasty and mean-spirited. However, I digress...the reason for my post is your statement that you've never heard anyone say "kill him" at McCain/Palin rallies. Dave, simply, search Obama kill him on YouTube and decide for yourself whether or not that was said at McCain rallies.
No harm no foul--LOL
A little history lesson:
Mayor Dinkins - look him up. The first black mayor of NH City.
This Obama race is a mirror image of that disaster, from the "crowd" yelling "kill him" which is exactly the same claim made against Guliani when he campaigned with police, to all sorts of charges of racism in everything Guliani said in public. Yawn.
The liberal NY press teated Dinkins like royalty and gave him every benefit of the doubt as the city decended into REAL racism against Jews in Crown Heights. Remember the riots?
Dinkins tried the "house for everyone" scheme and that fell apart.
This article should be understood for what it is, simpleminded liberal playbook politics.
You don't have to respond with a debate, just expose it.
You are such a pant load. Honestly, who can take you seriously? Oh, and you have a face made for radio too.
Signed,
Your bald spot
This is no worse or more incendiary than the typical blog that you post on this site.
In fact, Nathaniel's blog actually is extremely similar to your blogs in terms of tone and theme (although for the opposing side). Your failure to see this shows just how out of touch with reality you are.
It is astounding to me that so many Americans have fallen for the empty words of Obama and are willing to overlook the indisputable fact that this individual has accomplished little or nothing in his political career, except to run for the next higher office.
Obama is carefully pandering to a smorgasbord of target groups, following the lead of other like minded individuals in his party such as Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, Barney "No Fault" Frank and many others.
They are engaged in a not so subtle form of class warfare, pitting the haves against the have nots, by promising anything and everything to those who support them, and promising to take from those who don't support them.
Where is the money going to come from to pay for all of this? Where it always does, from the American taxpayer. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and if you are getting something from the government, then someone else is paying for it, and if you are not getting something, then you are paying for those who are.
And that is precisely what the Democrats want to do. Create an artifical dependency by not teaching
The Democrats want to have a power base by creating an artifical dependency. Instead of teaching someone how to fish, they want to give them one fish a day, so that individual,
and millions of others will be beholden and dependent upon them.
At the risk of not being one of the overwhelming majority of Americans who allegdly stands with Obama and Biden, I am scared of the prospect of America being turned into a socialist state.
There isn't much time left to educate the people who are about to make the biggest mistake of their lives and vote for the wrong
person, despite the FACTS and the RECORDS that Obama is lying to the American people.
He thinks we're too stupid to know he's lying. Are you one of those people?
Wake up New Hampshire and America , before it's too late and you tell yourself,
"I wish someone had told me."
Well.......... SOMEONE JUST DID!!!!!
WILL YOU LISTEN???
I just watched an interview with Sen. McCain on Larry King Live. Larry asked Sen. McCain if he thought Sen. Obama is a socialist and Sen. McCain's answer was no. With that in mind, can you please further explain why you feel that, if elected as President, Sen. Obama will turn the US into a socialist country when his own opponent said he (Sen. Obama) is not a socialist?