Slog - Comments on "God-Damn, America!"

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:43:16 -0800

I'm not sold that this will have meaningful impact. If this was a new revelation, it might -- as it's a bone that's been picked over ad nauseum, the majority of its punch is gone.

Still, in a swing state where electronic voting machines are siphoning off votes already, this kind of thing can have some impact. I just don't think it will be enough...

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:43:33 -0800

too late baby, now its too late.

Comment by hahnsolo

hahnsolo — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:46:30 -0800

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?id=1842

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:49:15 -0800

We all knew this would come. Many GOP stratagists though have said that if McCain pulls this trick he will lose even worse and cost the GOP more Senate and House seats. McCain just lost to an Obama landslide....

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:53:15 -0800

God-Damned GOP. Literally.

Comment by osu student

osu student — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:53:28 -0800

yeah, good plan. scare racists that are already not voting for obama.

Comment by kerri harrop

kerri harrop — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:55:25 -0800

You can't play 'God damn' on network prime time, can you?

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:55:28 -0800

In this instance, I'm thankful for Hillary Clinton's primary candidacy. She beat the Rev. Wright issue in to the ground months ago. Everyone saw it on TV, and everyone saw how Barack Obama publicly repudiated Rev. Wright and threw him under the biggest bus he could. For McCain to try and re-hash this now, with only a week left...I think that if I was a Republican I'd be turned off by how desperate this looks.

Comment by oljb

oljb — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:55:48 -0800

I live in one of Pittsburgh's old white-ethnic neighborhoods. When my 95-year old neighbor who regularly calls the black family down the street "ni---rs" and accuses them of being responsible for every mishap that occurs on the block is now planning to vote for Obama I think McCain is screwed.

Comment by DOUG.

DOUG. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:00:35 -0800

Wow! How'd they get that picture of Obama's living room, with the framed Reverend Wright photo on the end table? Damn they're sneaky.

Comment by whatevernevermind

whatevernevermind — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:00:43 -0800

I'm very happy this is the best they can do. I'm sure McCain's base will vote twice as hard against Obama now. That is, if they can afford to put enough gas in their cars in order to get to the polls and back in time before the homeless shelter they're in closes for the night.

The Republicans just can't get that this year is different and their time has gone, can they?

Comment by Ren

Ren — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:01:28 -0800

The irony is that the Republican base has proved Rev. Wright right about this country.

There really is an AmeriKKKa.

If McCain/Palin weasel a win come November 5, 2008 then you know what "God, Damn AmeriKKKa!"

Comment by Geni

Geni — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:06:44 -0800

Yes, keep going on about Obama's CHRISTIAN pastor, Reverend Wright. Keep harping on that. Then the percentage of the backwash that's still firmly convinced that he's Muslim will experience cognitive dissonance to the point of cranio-rectal inversion.

Then again, there's probably a significant number of the backwash who are convinced all black men, including Christian pastors, are Muslim...

Comment by kinaidos

kinaidos — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:07:37 -0800

I propose a 60 second spot where Palin's inadequacies and separatist nutjob connections are gone over as a heart beat in the background slows to a stop. Then a flatline runs across the bottom of the screen. Then a couple of seconds of silence. Then flash up the bit from the Anchorage News endorsement where they say ...one 72 year old heartbeat away from the presidency....

Comment by mackro mackro

mackro mackro — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:08:00 -0800

"Goddamn" is considered profanity on public U.S. airwaves if there is something that is being "goddamned". But "Goddamn" is ok as long as it is just an exclamation.

You can't say "Goddamn America", but you can say "Goddamn, America".

I know. Weird. But the FCC are very weird.

Comment by AMB

AMB — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:12:11 -0800

Man, you guys are so quick to give McCain evil motives. He probably had another senior moment and forgot that the Wright non-issue was already beaten into the ground months ago.

Comment by Sheryl

Sheryl — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:16:50 -0800

@9 - I think I lived in that neighborhood in Pittsburgh. Oh, wait. That was pretty much every majority white neighborhood in the city. I could be wrong.

But I need to say that I live in the deep south now, where racism is still very much in the open. I know several white folks, who literally won't even go through a line at the supermarket where there is a black checker, who are voting for Obama. The think the possibility of McCain running the country, or, God forbid, Palin, is even more scary.

Comment by Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:20:40 -0800

I'm confused. Is Obama Christian or Muslim? This photo has me believing the latter.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brett538/2939476582/

Comment by Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:20:46 -0800

I'm confused. Is Obama Christian or Muslim? This photo has me believing the latter.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brett538/2939476582/

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:22:53 -0800

Someone should point out to Grandpa McSame that an "October surprise" is suppose to be, you know, a SURPRISE.

Comment by Bub

Bub — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:27:33 -0800

Let's see if the McCain-Palin campaign denounces the ad. It may be John McCain's best hope for reconciling with the press after this election is over.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:28:15 -0800

Oh, and speaking of non-surprise surprises:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27398089/

Yep, pointing the spotlight on Alaska this election cycle sure has helped, hasn't it, Gramps?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:29:07 -0800

I'm sorry, haven't half the people in our state already VOTED?

Way too late.

But not too late to get free tix to the Maggie Awards tonight if you phone Hillary M at the 43rd ...

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:44:19 -0800

the best they can do after 'god damn america' is wright's ice cube ripoff?

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:50:37 -0800

@13,

The way a lot of those nutjobs talk, they seem to think that "Muslim" is an ethnicity, and not necessarily a religion. For example, the popular charge that Obama is a half-breed Muslim. With that mindset, it's not really a stretch to think that Obama is Christian and "ethnically" Muslim.

Comment by The D

The D — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:05:56 -0800

whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa......are you trying to tell me Obama is BLACK?!?!?!!??!!?!??!?!?!

Comment by skweetis

skweetis — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:23:49 -0800

What about the choir singing "Why Should God Bless America?" before the Republican debate? Why do Republicans always blame America first?

Comment by The General

The General — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:59:29 -0800

Apparently, the Republican pasture only has a half-dozen dead horses in it... and it's time to beat this particular one again.

Comment by San Ying

San Ying — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:14:14 -0800

Obama should reply to this with the quote from Boris Johnson (Mayor of London, England),
"McCain, following the elegant Obama, looked like a gargoyle with his tongue hanging out."

Comment by kk

kk — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:56:38 -0800

It makes me so happy to know that the National Republican Trust PAC is $2.5 million poorer and they will have not a thing to show for it. It couldn't have happened to nicer people.

Comment by Rita

Rita — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:44:58 -0800

This is typical GOP "bull". To quote Clinton, "It's the economy, stupid!"

Comment by FriendDave

FriendDave — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:33:21 -0800

Thank goodness those nice, white preachers on TV don't get loud and scary like this. They seem very comforting and reasonable.
Like when all those people died so horribly on 9/11. I felt confused. But then some of those nice, calm, white preachers explained that those people had to die because America is full of gays and lesbians.
They say lots of stuff like that.
And then they endorse the Republicans.