Slog - Comments on "Obama Loves America Like OJ Loved Nicole"

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:18:10 -0800

For a sec I thought this was another ECB hit piece, then I saw Dan's byline and realized the link would probably be more interesting and less pro-McSame.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:19:30 -0800

Wow - during the Democratic primary, I wondered how the GOP would continue to be both sexist AND racist once either Clinton or Obama were the nominee.

And here they go and do it!

Comment by LMSW

LMSW — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:23:14 -0800

Here is some info on pemberton/burlington

http://www.city-data.com/township/Pemberton-Burlington-NJ.html

check under educational attainment...

Comment by Dan Savage

Dan Savage — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:23:29 -0800

Will, lay the fuck off ECB. For Christ's sake. If you hate her that much, and hate her contributions, go read some other fucking blog. She's an important, prominent voice on Slog, and if you don't like it, go away.

Comment by Banna

Banna — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:26:38 -0800

*Meow*

Comment by Marty

Marty — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:29:19 -0800

Oh I get it. Cause they're both black.

Wink, nudge, and checkmate.

Comment by KatieDewi

KatieDewi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:33:27 -0800

Yeehaw, Dan! Some of us get sick of the gratuitous Erica bashing...

Comment by Balt-O-Matt

Balt-O-Matt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:33:44 -0800

Yeesh. The Republican Party's having a race to the bottom with itself. Slimy.

Comment by Jason Josephes

Jason Josephes — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:40:13 -0800

It's protected speech.

Also, who knows how much OJ loved Nicole? The court says he never, you know, loved her and another man repeatedly with a knife.

Comment by Call the wahmbulance!

Call the wahmbulance! — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:41:44 -0800

For a bunch of pseudo-intellectual bullies, you Stranger writers/editors sure have glass jaws.

Comment by Distort first then whine

Distort first then whine — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:47:19 -0800

Oh I get it, ECB can distort Obama's positions and that's good.

Some retard county in New Jersey can compare Obama to OJ and that's horrific.

And if readers call bullshit, they are told to leave.

I, too, thought this must be ECB's latest invention. I mean I'm not kidding,, I really did.

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:50:05 -0800

(ECB is) an important, prominent voice on Slog

important? self-important maybe.

(I actually love ECB, I just love picking on her too!!!)

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:52:01 -0800

Hmm, Dan, I seem to recall I've done a lot of defending of ECB in my day.

But it is getting real old real fast.

News flash - she's not going to be the Veep - deal with it.

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:52:13 -0800

Also, Dan, please make her use jumps? My little fing-y gets tire scrolling past her bullshit all day...

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:59 -0800

Bad day?

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:12 -0800

Why are we jumping on ECB? She hasn't said anything, yet.

Wait for her to start typing, then jump....

Comment by Mike in MO

Mike in MO — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:13:37 -0800

OJ would have loved ECB.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:26:56 -0800

I think what's annoying here is that Erica didn't say ANYTHING, and gets jumped on. I'm one of her worst annoyers, and even I think that's out of line.

Comment by Bob

Bob — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:27:57 -0800

ECB rocks.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:34:35 -0800

What's annoying is how much of a bitch everyone is.

Comment by mackro mackro

mackro mackro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:37:33 -0800

I try to stay out of issues like this...

...but when more comments consist of vile meta bullshit involving controversial Sloggers rather than the actual subject of the Slog entry, that means the blog is losing the war against Web 2.0 :(

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:38:43 -0800

@18,

No, you challenge what she says and use actual arguments and facts. Others here trash her at every opportunity, no matter what she says, even if she hasn't said anything.

Comment by mackro mackro

mackro mackro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:44:15 -0800

OK, last post on the meta stuff, but I think this is important.

I BEG the Stranger IT:

* REQUIRE EMAIL REGISTRATION with IP address detection FOR SLOG!

Who cares if anyone screams "Big Brother" bullshit. This site belongs to The Stranger, and they can delete posts as they wish. I think their policy thus far has fair and too inviting.

Will, I'm not picking on you. I like you, although I rarely agree with you. But your initial post in this thread was totally uncalled for.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:48:44 -0800

Indeed, @ 21!

Back to the matter at hand.

If Obama is OJ, and America is Nicole, who then is Kato Kaelin?

Comment by Will in Jumpless Seattle

Will in Jumpless Seattle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:53:12 -0800

(apologies to Van Halen)

You might as well Jump
Go on and Jump
You gotta spill with the long SLOG posts
So just go and Jump!

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:13:09 -0800

@23, IP numbers tell you nothing. There are an infinite number of free proxies out there that people can post from to mask their true IP.

Comment by nicole

nicole — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:29:06 -0800

@8 great summary. and on topic too! maybe we should make a little sticker of that "Republicans: racing each other to the bottom"

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:51:02 -0800

@26 - and most servers nowadays throw temp IPs at you anyway - to reset you just have to shut down and start up again - or if using a modern OS like Linux, it's even faster.

Besides, some places like the UW own entire streches of IP blocks, and with people coming in via wireless, a mobile SLOGster on a Crackberry or iPhone could hop IPs during posts.

Comment by Dan Savage

Dan Savage — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:07:34 -0800

@4 wasn't me.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:53:15 -0800

Don't talk, Dan. It makes it go down.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:57:32 -0800

Mr. Poe is right.

Amusing reaction, tho by all of us ...

For want of a spill, the thread was lost.

Comment by sleestak

sleestak — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:50:05 -0800

Am I the only one who doesn't see this as racist? It's in terrible taste, of course, but I don't think it's necessarily racist. The point is that he killed her (like they think Obama will do to America). Not that he's black.

If they had said Hillary loves America like Lorena Bobbit (sp?) loves John, would that be sexist?