Comments on: In This Election, It’s The Economy — And Race http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:33:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Teddy Partridge http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590832 Teddy Partridge Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:32:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590832 <p>Hippo birdy two ewe, Tula!</p> Hippo birdy two ewe, Tula!

]]> By: Blub http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590808 Blub Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:12:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590808 <p>“Pittston Coal Co.”</p> <p>awful awful people, and Massey today is every bit as bad in terms of their abuse of their employees and the communities in which they do business. Shutting down King Coal should be a priority for an Democratic president and would send a powerful message to the disadvantaged communities that work for them or get routinely tormented by them.</p> <p>This may not make me popular here, but I still think that the (winning) answer to a divided America in which Dead White Men continue to preach their cult of inequality, is an Obama-Clinton ticket. Nothing would send a more powerful message to the ‘thugs.</p> “Pittston Coal Co.”

awful awful people, and Massey today is every bit as bad in terms of their abuse of their employees and the communities in which they do business. Shutting down King Coal should be a priority for an Democratic president and would send a powerful message to the disadvantaged communities that work for them or get routinely tormented by them.

This may not make me popular here, but I still think that the (winning) answer to a divided America in which Dead White Men continue to preach their cult of inequality, is an Obama-Clinton ticket. Nothing would send a more powerful message to the ‘thugs.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590801 dakine01 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:09:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590801 <p>And all the stories his campaign tells trying to tap dance away from it.</p> And all the stories his campaign tells trying to tap dance away from it.

]]> By: mui1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590792 mui1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:05:10 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590792 <p><a href="mailto:Re@53." rel="nofollow">Re@53.</a> Meaning? McInsane can’t remember how many houses he has?</p> Re@53. Meaning? McInsane can’t remember how many houses he has?

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590791 dakine01 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:04:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590791 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/mccain-housing-crisis-worsens-campaign-responds-with-references-to-vietnam-hawaii-911/" rel="nofollow">Blue Texan upstairs on McCain’s Housing crisis</a></p> Blue Texan upstairs on McCain’s Housing crisis

]]> By: mui1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590790 mui1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:01:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590790 <blockquote><p>Drives some people nuts and i just shrug and go on with my life. I know places where i’m just another face in the crowd, not an object of curiousity or scorn because i refuse to be pigeonholed.</p></blockquote> <p>Right on! I just tell people my father is from Cincinnati or something (which is true). Because the minute you get into the nitty gritty of ethnic background, people have this tendency to ascribe characteristics they you may or most likely don’t have.</p>

Drives some people nuts and i just shrug and go on with my life. I know places where i’m just another face in the crowd, not an object of curiousity or scorn because i refuse to be pigeonholed.

Right on! I just tell people my father is from Cincinnati or something (which is true). Because the minute you get into the nitty gritty of ethnic background, people have this tendency to ascribe characteristics they you may or most likely don’t have.

]]> By: Badwater http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590789 Badwater Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590789 <p>Very true, but they can’t all be owned by the Republics. Somewhere, there has to be someone to step up and say “this is b.s.”.</p> Very true, but they can’t all be owned by the Republics. Somewhere, there has to be someone to step up and say “this is b.s.”.

]]> By: Badwater http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590788 Badwater Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590788 <p>He cannot be allowed to say these things unchallenged. Are all evangelicals mindless Republic-bots?</p> He cannot be allowed to say these things unchallenged. Are all evangelicals mindless Republic-bots?

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590787 Ann in AZ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590787 <p>Great post, Tula! Used to be a steelworker, so I can relate.</p> Great post, Tula! Used to be a steelworker, so I can relate.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590786 dakine01 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:56:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/21/in-this-election-its-the-economy-and-race/#comment-1590786 <p>Yep. In fact the female partner in the aptly named “Loving” family recently passed away. I think it was about the time that the California Supreme court made their ruling on LGBT rights to marriage.</p> Yep. In fact the female partner in the aptly named “Loving” family recently passed away. I think it was about the time that the California Supreme court made their ruling on LGBT rights to marriage.

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