Come on Oklahomans

[iplaw]

OMG!!

McCain signs are being burned all over the country.  It must be racially motivated!

http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=122376701181256200

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=9166533

http://www.katu.com/news/30847164.html

EVERYONE PANIC!

[carltonplace]

^Missing the point: everyone has the right to display their political signs in their own yard without them being vandalized.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

^Missing the point: everyone has the right to display their political signs in their own yard without them being vandalized.

I know if I caught someone vandalizing my property it would be well within my rights to defend my property.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

^Missing the point: everyone has the right to display their political signs in their own yard without them being vandalized.

I think you're missing the point. Try reading the OP. The thread is about vandalized signs = racism.  Therefore, since McCain signs have been burned there must be rampant anti-white racism afoot.

No one is arguing that people should be vandalizing signs.

[buckeye]

quote:Mary Mitchell, who couldn't stop saying:"...white privilege..."

That sure makes me feel conciliatory.  (cough cough)

And because Obama signs were vandalized with swastikas, the whole Republican party "resemble hooligans, fringers and Birchers"?  A bigot will hate Obama and (possibly) vote for McCain just to serve his nefarious prejudice, but that proves nothing as to the nature of the Party at large.  In fact, it indicates nothing - had Gen. Powell run on the Republican ticket, his signs would've been defaced.  Would that prove that Democrats are horribly racist?

I'm sure this country has a long, storied history of defacing/stealing campaign paraphernalia.  Obama's campaign has exposed many of the sadly stalwart racists, but it's a shame when genuinely race-neutral criticisms (or relatively harmless shenanigans) are branded with the scarlet "R".  Throwing around accusations of racism is counterproductive to the efforts of those truly dedicated to equality.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by buckeye

quote:Mary Mitchell, who couldn't stop saying:"...white privilege..."

That sure makes me feel conciliatory.  (cough cough)

And because Obama signs were vandalized with swastikas, the whole Republican party "resemble hooligans, fringers and Birchers"?  A bigot will hate Obama and (possibly) vote for McCain just to serve his nefarious prejudice, but that proves nothing as to the nature of the Party at large.  In fact, it indicates nothing - had Gen. Powell run on the Republican ticket, his signs would've been defaced.  Would that prove that Democrats are horribly racist?

I'm sure this country has a long, storied history of defacing/stealing campaign paraphernalia.  Obama's campaign has exposed many of the sadly stalwart racists, but it's a shame when genuinely race-neutral criticisms (or relatively harmless shenanigans) are branded with the scarlet "R".  Throwing around accusations of racism is counterproductive to the efforts of those truly dedicated to equality.

Well said.  Idiots exist on both sides who will vote just because of race.  Look at the thread I posted today about Obama supporters who were interviewed on the Howard Stern show.  Not one of them had a clue as to what they were talking about, but they were fervent Obama supporters.  Their answers to the questions showed that there are plenty of people willing to vote for Obama simply based upon race.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

quote:Originally posted by carltonplace

^Missing the point: everyone has the right to display their political signs in their own yard without them being vandalized.

I think you're missing the point. Try reading the OP. The thread is about vandalized signs = racism.  Therefore, since McCain signs have been burned there must be rampant anti-white racism afoot.

No one is arguing that people should be vandalizing signs.

Nah, it's prejudice against angry old guys, remember?

It's a geriatric thing.  Definitely no gender bias going on w/ his running mate. [B)]

[Gaspar]

I haven't seen any Obama signs in Tulsa.  

What do they look like?

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by buckeye

quote:Mary Mitchell, who couldn't stop saying:"...white privilege..."

That sure makes me feel conciliatory.  (cough cough)

And because Obama signs were vandalized with swastikas, the whole Republican party "resemble hooligans, fringers and Birchers"?  A bigot will hate Obama and (possibly) vote for McCain just to serve his nefarious prejudice, but that proves nothing as to the nature of the Party at large.  In fact, it indicates nothing - had Gen. Powell run on the Republican ticket, his signs would've been defaced.  Would that prove that Democrats are horribly racist?

I'm sure this country has a long, storied history of defacing/stealing campaign paraphernalia.  Obama's campaign has exposed many of the sadly stalwart racists, but it's a shame when genuinely race-neutral criticisms (or relatively harmless shenanigans) are branded with the scarlet "R".  Throwing around accusations of racism is counterproductive to the efforts of those truly dedicated to equality.

I'm sorry to have said Republicans in general. I only meant Republicans in Oklahoma.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

quote:Originally posted by buckeye

quote:Mary Mitchell, who couldn't stop saying:"...white privilege..."

That sure makes me feel conciliatory.  (cough cough)

And because Obama signs were vandalized with swastikas, the whole Republican party "resemble hooligans, fringers and Birchers"?  A bigot will hate Obama and (possibly) vote for McCain just to serve his nefarious prejudice, but that proves nothing as to the nature of the Party at large.  In fact, it indicates nothing - had Gen. Powell run on the Republican ticket, his signs would've been defaced.  Would that prove that Democrats are horribly racist?

I'm sure this country has a long, storied history of defacing/stealing campaign paraphernalia.  Obama's campaign has exposed many of the sadly stalwart racists, but it's a shame when genuinely race-neutral criticisms (or relatively harmless shenanigans) are branded with the scarlet "R".  Throwing around accusations of racism is counterproductive to the efforts of those truly dedicated to equality.

Well said.  Idiots exist on both sides who will vote just because of race.  Look at the thread I posted today about Obama supporters who were interviewed on the Howard Stern show.  Not one of them had a clue as to what they were talking about, but they were fervent Obama supporters.  Their answers to the questions showed that there are plenty of people willing to vote for Obama simply based upon race.

I sure wish I could find this interview I saw the other day.

It was of a guy from Ohio; they were essentially asking him who he was voting for and his answer in a nutshell was 'not Obama'.

He was going to vote for McCain, but when pressed on what benefits McCain would bring to him that Obama couldn't, he said 'I don't know..he's not Obama, that's all the matters'.

I was stunned.  Not knowing the issues the person you're going to vote for in this campaign is, in my eyes, essentially rubber-stamping the Republican party, as much in the same vain as voting for Obama singly for race would be rubber-stamping nominees of color only.

[Hawkins]

Whats funny is that on election day at 7:00 on the button, they will paint Oklahoma red on the election map in favor of McCain.

Then the news anchor will go back to discussing the clear landslide victory for Obama as it continues to develop throughout the evening.

If the rednecks want to do some damage, they better travel to Ohio, Florida, and California and started stealing Obama signs from there, because around here it doesn't really matter.

Oklahoma won't go for Obama, and Obama WILL be the next President.

[buckeye]

quote:I'm sorry to have said Republicans in general. I only meant Republicans in Oklahoma.

Sounds like Maple Ridge needs an enema.  Why don't you get right on that?

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by buckeye

quote:I'm sorry to have said Republicans in general. I only meant Republicans in Oklahoma.

Sounds like Maple Ridge needs an enema.  Why don't you get right on that?

I'm sure in your world that's quite clever and meaningful. However, I can't figure out what you mean or why you posted such an infantile remark. I could be glib and remark on your choice of orifice identification. Potty humor is apparently something you fringe guys relate to.

Instead I'll just note that the level of political discourse here is not only getting very boring but increasingly childish. What would I expect from a community that is out of step with the rest of the country and will no doubt suffer more during the next 8 years because of it?

Don't forget to point the spray can towards the sign.

[Townsend]

quote:Originally posted by waterboy

quote:Originally posted by buckeye

quote:I'm sorry to have said Republicans in general. I only meant Republicans in Oklahoma.

Sounds like Maple Ridge needs an enema.  Why don't you get right on that?

I'm sure in your world that's quite clever and meaningful. However, I can't figure out what you mean or why you posted such an infantile remark. I could be glib and remark on your choice of orifice identification. Potty humor is apparently something you fringe guys relate to.

Instead I'll just note that the level of political discourse here is not only getting very boring but increasingly childish. What would I expect from a community that is out of step with the rest of the country and will no doubt suffer more during the next 8 years because of it?

Don't forget to point the spray can towards the sign.

I believe it was a paraphrased Jack Nicholson line from Batman.  "This town needs an enema."

[buckeye]

quote:I meant only Republicans in Oklahoma

Funny you'd bemoan the ever-devolving "level of political discourse here" then make things worse with yet another inane, bigoted generalization.  If you have no intention (or limited ability) to read and understand somebody else's viewpoint, at least 'somebody else' can find amusement in a little puerile sniping.  What's that Rule of Thumb concerning internet forums...something about the number of posts required before somebody gets called a Nazi?

Congratulations, you're ahead of the curve.

My "serious" participation in this fine thread ended when you refused to respond after I called you out on ridiculous conclusions.