Unfortunately the current times are giving me no shyness or regret that I am voting Democrat tomorrow. Dont care who knows it... This article is one reason among others as obstructionism has been the game for a long time, and has been doubled down since Obama has been in office, just because of his skin color. It is completely rediculous that racism, among other traits are strongly imbeded within the republican party, especially in the south. There just is no excuse for stalling government policy making, when there are serious problems in the world that need solving. Sure, democrats dont always make the right choices either, but it has been my experience that they stand on the side of the people much more than any republican. Not to mention republicans catering to the rich and monopolized corporations, rather than the will of the people. I hope repulicans are defeated... progressiveactionnh.org/2014/11/03/senator-mary-landrieu-reminds-southerners-of-that-peculiar-institution/ No kidding. The degree of vitriol, blaming and shaming that has been directed at Obama has surpassed anything in history, besides possibly presidents that deserved such treatment such as Franklin Pierce or Richard Nixon. Couple that with the resurrection of Jim Crow type threats, such as hanging nooses in front yards to using racist stereotypes to demean and degrade the president, one has to wonder sometimes what century people are living in. No doubt the Republicans don’t like being called ignorant bigots, but look at their policies and the statements of many politicians and especially the expressions that burst on the public scene within Tea Party rallies. Someone called the dog whistles so loud they all came running out of the pen. Now here we are with Obama having served two terms and experiencing obstructionism unlike any other president, save possibly prior to the civil war when the south drew together in opposition to the threat of abolition. But this is 2014 isn’t it? Why do southerners and conservatives draw back and bare their teeth when anyone dare mention the ‘R’ word: Racist! The attacks on Landrieu for her comments contain all the predictable smear. Being called out can get pretty uncomfortable, especially when its true and you’ve got no possible way to evade the obvious. Hence the “conservative” who supports policies that deny the existence of racism in this country, that want everyone who suffers from racism or inequality to just “get over it”. Sure, but why can’t conservatives just “get over it” with being called out for denying history? (Oh wait, there’s more recent evidence of Republicans not being racists! Check out this from Alternet!) Possibly because getting over it would mean then addressing issues that persist that relate directly to the construct of division of people and communities by skin color in order to keep bondage and general oppression in place.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 01:39:49 +0000