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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:06 PM Original message |
"Elitism" is the new "uppity" |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. more shouts of "Racism!" |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. They don't understand how harmful this is to Obama |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. wise words from one of the most clueless. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Harmful? Watch and see. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Yep, BombBomb and Hill foolishly asked to go into the bramble bush |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. Finally, someone put it down. It is about uppity. I am waiting for |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. More claims that a post that discusses race is a shout of "Racism!" |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Exactly right. More false outrage and implicit racism from Hillary. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. good points. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. It's like all the phony outrage about his grandmother being a typical white person. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. the people who don't support him |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. they're eople who get their news from emails sent by the elderly ... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. some of my jewish friends don't |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
79. Agree 100% ... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Word n/t |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
56. ohmygod. Any critcism of Obama and out come the shouts of "Racism!' |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I think that the |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. You should have heard callers to the Washington Journal this morning. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Jesus H. Christ. we have to face it. |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The national Klan meeting is all set ... |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It's been illuminating, and painful, to learn this lesson. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. see my post #47. |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. You are kidding. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. You nailed it Effie... thank you |
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geek_sabre (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. umm |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's not a new term for the right wing to throw at us. n/t |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It's a word the right wing throws at Dems & liberals. n/t |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. right. kerry was the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. F3ck me, Effie. People have called me "uppity" for years. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I love a good rant and cranky people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Just hope he doesn't hook up with any troublemakers like me. |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Excellent post |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. How dare a Black man feel empathy for White Americans!! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I didn't read his comments as "empathy"! nt |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am better than you, I know what you should do and I feel sorry four your stupidit |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Exactly. n/t |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. Effie, you seem to have forgotten the rethugs used this card against Gore and especially Kerry |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I think one of the points here... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #45 |
75. DingDingDingDing! |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ding, fucking, ding. I been saying that all day. |
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ampad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Once again Effie |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. obama does not have to think about being president anymore |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Who is the racist? Look in the mirror. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Do you really believe all of that? |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Yes |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. You must have had your head in the sand in 2004 |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Effie, "elitist" is a tired old saw birthed in Frank Luntz's focus groups |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. Where have you been for the last few decades? |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Uppity has nothing to do with it |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. hammer . . . head. . . nail. . . |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. I am a white woman, and I can clearly see what the two Republicans |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Another spot-on post by Effie. |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. This can't be your first dance. Kerry was branded an elitist as was Edwards |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. An important distinction that you and several others are failing to make: |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. This is the primary it's Dem on Dem. Elite and black person doesn't seem like |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. And you, as usual, are all-too-eager to accuse people of calling others racist |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Fellow Dems |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 05:38 AM Response to Reply #55 |
76. What do they call the fat cats who are Clinton's donor base? n/t |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That would be because they didn't say mindblowingly stupid stuff like this during the primary. |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ah, yes because "You have all these economically insecure white people" |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Can't agree. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. bullshit. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
44. Screw angry white men |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. There's nothing wrong with elitism if it's warranted. |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
73. Oh God I Love You |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Well then, my work is done. |
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dpbrown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
49. BS - Liberals have been labeled as elitist for years, Obama just channels it more overtly |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. Effie..it's a standard right wing attack.. |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
61. John Kerry's "elitism" : ordering a Philly Cheese steak sand with "the wrong cheese" |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. You equate talking about small town America being bitter with ordering "the wrong cheese?" |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. What "REALLY" pisses me off is posters who cry "racism" every time |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. See Post #68 - it applies to you, too |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. See my original post. It applies to this thread and all similar threads. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well intentioned but actually "elitist" is how they kept the working classes from socialism. It is |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
66. *yawn* suuuuure it is |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. The only thing odder than posting illegitimate, tiresome crap is taking the time to respond to it. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. and responding to the response is ? n/t |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Don't You Need To Clean Your Ears With Your Car Key |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. cheap insults? |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
78. 100% correct. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
82. Oh please. |
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