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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:04 PM Original message |
Slate editor calls Obama speech style 'fascistic' |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Il Duce Obama? |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. I don't think so |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. This writer must look up facistic, the power of the people is anything but that. They do try. |
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pauldg0 (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Folks.................... |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
57. Wow, I thought Bush was the facist speaker! How did I get it so wrong? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. W is a fascist. But no speaker. |
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Ediacara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
75. What's a facist? Is that someone who discriminated based on faces? |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. "I don't wanted to be rallied" |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. More like sane, |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. No, I mean calculating and emotionless, the essence of the Hillary campaign n/t |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. As opposed to goosebumpy and immature.... |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Ah, so hope and inspiration are "immature" -- someone better tell MLK, JFK, Ghandi, etc. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I think you are being deliberately obtuse.... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Done reading the thread when I read your post |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. good, lets never talk again about her sentimental moments! |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, all Democrats should sound boring and fake. Like Hillary, Kerry and Gore. |
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chascarrillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. My short, scary career as a sperm donor.. - David Plotz |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. It would be more nationalistic than fascistic, IMO |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. And Plotz is "slightly racist". n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Flinging that race card at the drop of a hat is NOT going to help your candidate. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. It's not at the drop of a hat.... calling Obama fascistic is RACIST and... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. It is NOT! FUCK! BUSH is the fascist Mascot of DU! WTF are you talking about? Do you even know?! |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. How the hell |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. Because the writer would NEVER call a white guy a fascist. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Huhwhah? |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Is that the criteria for identifying a racist statement? That it be true? |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Yeah, right |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. So you think someone was honestly making that comparison? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. Give us a break. Really. n/t |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
69. Que?!?!? |
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ArkySue (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. There you go again.... |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Yeah, go ahead and defend the radical calling Obama a fascist. n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
56. How the fuck can you claim that? |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is more nationalistic. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. It just doesn't appeal to me. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Same here. |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. The preachy |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Slate Editor sounds like a Nazi |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. 5 rec's for Obama is fascist in his speaking...wow. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Now that you mention it... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I always thought he was like Joel Osteen with a much darker edge |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. not fascistic, but definitely evangelistic! just as scary when you think about it. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow. That one is going to leave a mark. |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yeah, that may haunt the Editor too at some point. lol. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Just a job interview for Fox News |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. lol. I guess youre right. |
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southern_dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. He should have gone all the way |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. And we should give a flying fuck what a "Slate Editor" thinks, exactly why? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's at the top of the page of rawstory is why |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. OMG OBAMA IS THE FASCIST |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Just like the Clinton's are racists! |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Give it up. Bill is running around apologizing in black churches for his behavior |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. "Welcome to swiftboating!" |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Obama supporters like this? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I much prefer this. |
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gasoline highway (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I love how you leave out the modifying "slightly" fascistic...Typical and dissapointing |
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Scriptor Ignotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. that's a typo |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Yeah, somebody pushed the wrong button! |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. LOL! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. meh |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. Come back to |
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ErnestoG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. Slate has their good days, and bad days. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
48. It's a fair comment, believe it or not. No, the O-man's not Hitler, |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. I call this editor's words a bit "bullshitastic". |
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gaspee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Agreed |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:57 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. My wife isn't at all political, but... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. It is. |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
59. I think there's a fine line between fascist speech and political rhetoric... |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. Also, Obama doesn't smoke. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. Nice speech Hitler |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. I don't know about fascistic, but I DO feel like I'm being asked to buy a bad used car |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
63. Ted Sorenson is a fantastic speech writer...he can make anybody sound like JFK'...oh wait.... |
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aein (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. I heard that podcast |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
66. His style, his delivery and his appeals to "hope" and "inspiration" |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
67. This imbecile can't tell the difference between |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
68. Heaven Forbid the Masses Get Rallied |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
74. No way Obama is fascistic. But some of his followers seem to be authoritarian personality types. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
76. Ah, so nice to see you losing your shit |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
77. I didn't realize Slate has editors who are idiots. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
79. "I don't want to be rallied" |
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DarienComp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
80. So I read the article... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I think this loser has nightmares of hoardes of the great unwashed Obamans carrying torches |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-06-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
83. I think you have to think with your heart vs. your brain to appreciate Obama |
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