Slog - Comments on It's the Question That's Been Haunting Me... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me Does one report on the fascinating wealth of craptastic anti-Obama propaganda floating around the web, or does one ignore it, to avoid helping disseminate the garbage? The question presented itself most recently when I was alerted to the existence of USWeekly.com, which not to be confused with USmagazine.com. (The latter is the celebrity-obsessed supermarket tabloid, the former is a clearinghouse for theories that Barack Obama is the new 9/11.) This week my beloved Radar jumped into the fray, publishing "What the Well-Dressed Racist is Wearing," a survey of Obama-bashing product found for sale on the web. This anti-Obama tote... Copyright 2008 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:34:04 -0800 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:06:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV I rather like that shirt.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103045 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:37:25 -0800 Comment by Vince What did you think this was going to be? A tea party? I think it's funny and tame compared to what your going to see.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103052 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:44:36 -0800 Comment by it'smarkmitchell Me too on the t-shirt.

]]> it'smarkmitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103053 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:44:40 -0800 Comment by Greg The apron is a pretty clever take on the Obama-is-a-secret-Muslim theme.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103061 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:50:02 -0800 Comment by kinaidos If they spent their money on useful items rather than on racist t-shirts, they might not be trailer trash for the rest of the their lives.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103065 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:52:06 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton It took me a moment to notice that they changed his logo into a muslim-like star and crescent.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103070 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:54:27 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Racists always need an excuse to be published by the MSM on the Net - and yet, the MSM goes out of it's way to give them free publicity.

Yes, that's you in the mirror.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103083 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:02:57 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger People who buy this stuff deserve everything a GOP administration will give them and take from them. Everything. I hope they need health care and find they can't get it. I hope they find they can't declare bankruptcy and have their home forclosed on after hearing earlier that day their job was sent to India.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103088 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:04:55 -0800 Comment by lark David,
Yeah, these are in poor taste but some of them are funny. My favorite is the tote bag with the inscription: "Change We Can Fear" Barack Hussein Obama" As Vince @2 mentioned, it's not going to be a tea party. Expect more of this stuff from all sides.

]]> lark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103357 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:35:19 -0800 Comment by whaaa?? Is Lindsay Lohan preggers??????

]]> whaaa?? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103542 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @10 for the win.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103624 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:02:55 -0800 Comment by Todd I would think that this only discredits the anti-Obama crowd. Karl Rove even said earlier on to avoid any racially driven attack ads as it could back fire.

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103801 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:25:42 -0800 Comment by COMTE @8:

The only problem with your hopes is that many lower-middle-class/lower-class, blue-collar, rural whites in American already live in circumstances very close to what you describe. They're not worried about losing things they don't have, and frankly few have any expectation of things getting better, when they've been so bad for so long; they just want a smiling, paternalistic, white-haired, white-skinned, trustworthy-looking elder to tell them things won't get any WORSE.

Unfortunately, when they hear a young, intelligent, charismatic black man saying things can get BETTER, they can only see one thing - ODL&JCIH ("Oh Dear Lord And Jesus Christ In Heaven!"), that's a BLACK MAN runnin' fer preznit!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1103909 Media Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:36:59 -0800 Comment by Tania All the jackasses who say racism isn't a problem anymore can suck it.

]]> Tania http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1106272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/its_the_question_thats_been_haunting_me#c1106272 Media Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:06:36 -0800