The #GOP is #MAHA (Making America Hate Again)

Meghan McCain (Screenshot/CNN)

For some reason unbeknown to me cable and network news outlets think we the people care about what Meghan McCain has to say about anything or anybody,  EYE mean really?  Other than being the blonde the daughter of a Republican United States Senator what is her claim to fame?  Anyhoo this is what EYE heard she said on #TheVanJonesShow on CNN emphasis mine. 

“I am first to say I’m not a huge Trump supporter, for obvious reasons, but I decided on election night I would be as unemotional as possible in analyzing him and his presidency,” McCain replied. 

“I’ve never been accused of being racist in my entire life until recently, until Trump became president,” she added. “I understand there is a lot of tension in this country that is overheating in a way we have never seen before… and I don’t pretend to understand the experience of minorities in this country.
“But I will say that I have vivid memories of my father being called racist, I have memories of President Bush being called racist, of Mitt Romney, of Jeb Bush… I think it does a disservice to real racism,” McCain said.

“And I think that for me, I want to separate those things and I don’t want that to be thrown around the way it is, and I understand there’s a lot of hurt and a lot of pain right now, but it hurts me when you’re throwing out that I and basically the party I’m in… and it’s as simple as your racist.”

Poor thing.  She doesn't realize there is no separation between her party and racist/racism. In the words of Bill Maher: If you are a racist looking for a party the GOP is the obvious choice.

Own It.

More Republican candidates than ever who are seeking re-election have been using white supremacist slogans, had white supremacists at their government events and granted interviews to racist publications.
Where once we could rely on the fact that these types of people would not ascend to the highest offices in the land, with the installation of President Trump, we now know anything is possible. After all, look at who he has brought with him to the White House. White nationalists such as Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka and Stephen Miller are all clear-cut racists who he gave a platform.

EYE know she is young but she has to know her party has a documented history of racist/racism.

You are who/what you vote for.

Let the #GOP define themselves #TrickleDownRacism

 

Let them reveal who/what they really are.

"The Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said, "he knows Donald Trump is a textbook racist," but he is better than a Democrat!!" ~D.L. Hugley

If you vote for Trump this is who/what you really are too.

That is all.  For now.

"Race Baiting" gone bad, and "look at those shiny objects over there"

I wish Romney would go on TV and say, "No apology needed. All sides need to stop being so sensitive. All this fake outrage chills speech."
— Dale Jackson (@TheDaleJackson) January 4, 2014

This is one of those rare times when Radio Boy and I agree, and from the looks of it, Mitt Romney agreed and  rejected the media enabled race baiting hook, line, and sinker.

By now everyone knows how I feel about this sad, sorry, affair. It was bad enough Melissa Harris Perry was forced to apologize for something she didn't say/do, but the tearful apology was like a kick in the gut. Hate to think it,  much less say it, but I have more respect for Phil Robertson, A&E, Cracker Barrel  and Walmart than I do for MHP and MSNBC right now. "Harris-Perry took responsibility for the segment, even though she never said what the right accused her of saying. Her apology was heartfelt, intelligent, and insightful. It was typical of what viewers see on her program every weekend. What it wasn’t was necessary.

Robertson's comments were bigoted and racist, but I defend his right to say them.

I wonder if MHP broke down because she was being forced to apologize in order to keep her job?  I can see that happening because I was told to stop talking about race so much and accused of making up stuff before I was banned from Left in Alabama and told if I wanted freedom of speech I needed to start my own blog.  Which I did.

I guess what Kimberly Foster the founder and editor of For Harriet said is true:

I certainly salute Melissa for expeditiously offering a sincere apology. I Stand With Melissa because I understand that in spite of (of perhaps because of) the fact that she is a black woman with a P.HD and a national television platform, she has to walk more cautiously than her peers.

"Do not follow the shiny object".


 Privilege of the Powerful.

Power of the Privileged. 

God, please help America.

Mission Accomplished: The Shirley Sherroding of Melissa Harris- Perry Complete

You know what the GOP calls an accomplished Balck woman who apologizes profusely for what they deemed bad behavior? A nigger.
— problem with that (@problemwthat) January 4, 2014

Melissa Harris-Perry Breaks Down On-Air While Addressing Keiran Romney Controversy

A perfect storm of slow news and cultural provocation elevated Melissa Harris-Perry‘s New Year’s weekend segment, which used Kieran Romney‘s appearance in a Romney family photo as a setup for jokes about diversity, into a full-blown media conflagration. That firestorm has now roiled into a second weekend. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) is expected to address the controversy tomorrow on Fox News Sunday, and Melissa Harris Perry addressed it on air for the first time on the Saturday morning edition of the Melissa Harris Perry show.

The Struggle Continues......

The Shirley Sherroding of Melissa Harris Perry

 

*Sigh*

You know the drill:

The righties have their panties in a wad because Melissa Harris-Perry dared voice her opinion on a photo of Mitt Romney, the man of the 2%, holding one of his kid’s adopted black baby. 

Some (not to be confused with all) democrats/liberals/lefty's jump on the bandwagon accusing MHP of insulting Mitt Romney's Black Grandchild.

Melissa Harris-Perry apologizes to the Romney family for mocking their black grandson.

Melissa Harris Perry apologized, as liberals are wont to do after right wing persecution takes hold of the media’s endless pity and blind spots. But she never personally attacked the grandchild, and it’s obtuse to pretend that no one gets how absurd it is that the man who ran one of the biggest race-baiting races in history has an adopted black grandchild. It reeks of blind privilege and a failure to connect the dots.
You see, a rich black baby will not have the same experiences as the majority of black people in this country. It’s not about color. It’s about privilege. The privilege that comes with white skin growing up in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation as Mitt and his wife did.

The media enabled GOP propaganda machine wins again.


What  Persephone Clover said.

Oh My God. Seriously? No one called the baby a thing. One person sung one line of a SONG. Those are the words of that Sesame Street song. The other panelist said the picture represented the diversity of the Republican party. The RNC did a whole autopsy about how Republicans need to do better reaching out different communities after the 2012 losses. Melissa herself only said the baby was gorgeous and she wanted to see the wedding between him and Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's baby in another twenty years.

 What patis2 said:

this adoption is a political act. it is designed to appeal to black america to vote for the republican party in upcoming elections. the baby is a sacrifice on the altar of racism. i hope black people don't fall for this crude, unequivocal act of black exploitation.
it is cultural suicide to let the romneys take that black child into that social milieu of morons and republicanism, both institutions that are well known for their racism.
i strongly object to it. i don't think MHP has anything to apologize for. unless she thinks she will lose her lucrative TV spot. 

What lilrock diva said:

Apologize for WHAT?

So many here, are responding to what they think was said, not what was actually said. Why don't you try reading it:

“Everybody loves a baby picture,” Harris-Perry said, “and this was one that really, a lot of people had emotions about this baby picture this year. This is the Romney family. And, of course, there on Governor Romney’s knee is his adopted grandson, who is an African-American, an adopted African-American [grand]child, Kieran Romney.”
[PHOTO]
When asked to caption the picture, comedian and actress Pia Glenn sang: “One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just isn’t the same … “And that little baby, front and center, would be the one.”
Laughter erupts.
“And isn’t he the most gorgeous?” Harris-Perry responded in an attempt to divert from Glenn’s impromptu song. “My goal is that in 2040, the biggest thing of the year will be the wedding between Kieran Romney and North West. Can you imagine Mitt Romney and Kanye West as in-laws?”Comedian Dean Obeidallah had already taken the ball and run with it though: “I think this picture is great,” he said. “It really sums up the diversity of the Republican party, the RNC. At the convention, they find the one Black person.”
Yes, that is all -- THE END!

Call me cynical, but could this be a media-enabled weapon of mass distraction from the real insult to LBGT's, African Americans, and women?

PS:  If You're Outraged by Melissa Harris Perry's Romney Remarks, Here's Some Recent History For You

RedEye Around the Web

Despite White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's assertion  "now is not the time to talk about  gun control laws",  and  keep we the peeps from demanding gun control legislation in wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings, "We the People" petition site is the  most popular ever. 

"Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress," it says. "While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means in which we can reduce the number of people murdered in gun related deaths."

Guns don't kill people...oh wait...guns actually do really kill people.  The argument that "Guns don't kill people....people kill people" is a fallacy that needs to be held up to the ridicule that it deserves.

Does anyone really think that guns aren’t the important part of this equation? How many people would be alive today if the possession of guns had been tightly controlled? How many would be celebrating this Christmas with their loved ones if the assault weapons ban hadn’t been allowed to lapse?

How about some media control too?  The media narrative is out of control.  However this is the same media who enabled Bush and Company to take our troops to war based on dead wrong intelligence.....

 And finally, let's get the facts right, guys, okay? Pretty much everything reported on the shooting in the first few hours turned out (once again) to be completely wrong. And that is not even counting all the breathless speculation which I'm positive went out over the 24-hour news networks (which I refused to watch as the story unfolded, just on general principles). When you're on the air non-stop, and there is little or no information, don't try to scoop everybody else when you have not checked your facts. The police have gotten a lot better about refusing to release information until facts are known (and the police, to be fair in this instance, did release erroneous information which the media dutifully reported), but the news media itself needs to do a much better job of policing what goes out over their airwaves in the first few hours of any breaking story.

Grand Old White Male Party gets diversity memo.   I thought republicans didn't believe in affirmative action and quotas?  Anyhoo...meet the soon to be only African American Senator serving in the United States Senate from the red state of South Carolina, Tim Scott (r. Tea Party).

 He will do the bidding of the Good Old Boy network down there, which should be profoundly depressing most of the time. Perhaps there will be some hope for him somewhere down the line. He seems like a genuinely nice person of deep religious faith who has a permanent smile plastered on his face.

Red State Protest in the Reddest of the Red States....also known as Sweet Home Alabama.  Yee Haw!

As if Mitt Romney’s 61 percent performance in Alabama wasn’t proof enough, most of the state’s Republican electors wore red clothing Monday to highlight Alabama’s red state status.

RedEye signing off!

RedEye's Raves and Rants

Mega Fist Dap to the Montgomery Advertiser for being the kind of media I wish we had,  instead of the rubber stamp media we have, and, for being brave and intelligent enough to endorse President Barack Obama for a second term in a state full of Suckers who hate Obama more than they love their country, or themselves.

Speaking of the media we have,  what happened to the media who used to tell us what we needed to know instead of telling us what they want us to know? Case in point,  the headline on the Huntsville edition of Al.com reads Top Education adviser in Huntsville to learn about Digital 1:1 Initiative.  Once you go inside the headline we find the so called Top Education adviser is on staff in the  office of Faith-based (Church)  and Neighborhood Partnerships  and he focuses on digital learning  which is being promoted by the Secretary of Education (no doubt with the push of lobbyist)  in an attempt to replace trained, certified, teachers with computers.  Fist Dap to Geek Pavaler Updated:  Huntsville Council of PTA's Restricts Parent's Voices for informing and empowering us.

What's that you say?  U.S. majority have prejudice against blacks ? I'm shocked!  Shocked I tell you!  Not. Voting for Mitt Romney is like voting for George Wallace during the civil rights movement and apologizing for his racism.

So,  how is Mitten's planning to steal, I mean win the election with just the 1%  and the rapist vote?

Here is a hint.

RedEye's Raves and Rants over and out.  For now.

The RAPEpublican Agenda

Kentuckians Against the War on Women

Is it just me, or are republicans obsessed with vaginal probes?  It's all rape all the time with these guys and some gals.  First they  re defined rape, then comes legitimate rape, now we have rape in the name of the Lord.   Thank God we have a bunch of pro life, Viagra ingesting white men around to explain what sexism and misogyny IS.

RedEye Roll

OK here's the deal,  in order to appeal to their Tea Party base republicans have to oppose abortion  under any circumstances.  Therefore,  they have to make it appear women are getting raped to justify having an abortion.

Ain't that a dip?

According to the Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads and the Polling Pollsters, President Obama and Mitt Romney are neck in neck, with Romney in the lead in some cases.  My questions are why, and how, in the world could this race even be close?  What self respecting woman, or man for that matter, in their right (pun intended) mind, would choose Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan over President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden?  

How stupid will we (women) be when we wake up one day in a Romney Presidency and realize ALL our rights are gone?

I mean, really?

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And if Obama loses

Undecided My Donkey

President Obama and Mitt Romney answer questions from undecided voters at the second presidential debate, at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y., last Tuesday.Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

Without a doubt President Obama won the last two debates, and any one who claims to be an undecided voter after last nights slap down in the Mouth of the Rat  hasn't been paying attention.  I suspect the so called undecided/independent/moderate voters really are republicans who are ashamed to admit it, but that's just me.

After last night, who is going to vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan besides rich white males who have convinced poor white males to vote against their interest, and old, rich, white, females who don't have to work, no longer need birth control, and can afford to pay for a safe legal abortion if they choose to?  I mean, really?

The segment of the population who has actually been paying attention to what Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have been saying on the campaign trail  knows Mitt flip/flopped all over the place on foreign policy.  I don't know about you, but I feel a lot safer with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in charge of our safety and security than those two.

It's a question of character.  Para quoting Newt Gingrich, anyone who will lie to you to become President will lie to you when they become President.  

Been there.

Done that.

I HOPE there are more voters who love our country more than they hate our President, and I am thankful the United Nations will monitor this election to ensure we have fair and free elections in America too.

Preview of the Debate in the Mouth of the Rat

Isn't it ironic the last Presidential Debate between former Governor Willard Mitt Romney and President Barack Hussein Obama will take place in affluent Boca Raton , FL, which means Mouth of the Rat, with an emphasis on foreign policy?

These debates have taught me one thing.  In the eyes of the debate organizers and most of the viewers, the plight of Big Bird is far more important than the plight of my people.

Boca Raton, FL is where Romney was caught on tape at a $50,000 dollar a plate fundraiser making his infamous 47% of voters will vote for President Obama no matter what because they are dependent on government, feel entitled and pay no taxes remarks.

Senator Harry Reid (D. NV) says he has it on pretty good authority Romney is the one who feel entitled and paid no taxes for ten year,  but we will never know, because he won't release his tax returns.

Yes, the man who won't release his tax returns because he's afraid of what Obama will say is barking at the moon, playing the big man on campus in yet another transparent attempt to paint himself as Reagan and Obama as Carter.

Taking a play out of the Reagan vs Carter political playbook, republicans are using current crisis in Libya to paint President Obama as weak on foreign policy.

And, they can't stand they have nominated a clown with no foreign policy experience whatsoever, and who chose as his running mate a man stupid enough to say 'voting to send men to war' qualified as foreign policy experience.

Do you remember republican outrage from republicans over Katrina?

Me neither.

Preview of republican hypocrisy before the debate in the Mouth of the Rat.

"We are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers"

Oops!

This is the kind of media I wish we had all the time.  Watch Mitt get fact checked in real time.

I hope Candy Crowley doesn't lose her J-O-B because she did her J-O-B.  

BTW, Mitt and Company want to score political points over the President's handing of Libya, they must have forgotten that prior to 9/11 George W. Bush got a Presidential Daily Briefing from his National Security Adviser that said that  Osama bin Laden determined to attack inside the U.S., and on 9/11 he was in Florida reading My Pet Goat to school children while the country was under attack.

I'm just saying.....

"Let them define themselves," ~Update

"Let them reveal who they are."

Man at Romney Rally Wears Mind-blowingly  Offensive Shirt

"There is a mean spirit on the lose"

"We have the opportunity to send Obama back to Chicago..or Kenya"

Window display in N.J. store that depicts Obama as witch doctor gets mixed reviews

"Obama will throw a lot of spears at the next debate."

It isn't just the South and it isn't just the fringe

All hate all the time unfair and unbalanced from sea to shining sea

CEO's who threaten their employees to vote Romney "or else"

"Mitt Romney is a liar but still  better than Obama"

"When ignorance and religiosity rule, intelligence and reason are at a competitive disadvantage"

Republicans Unite

About that "massive intelligence failure"....

Coffin Photo Stirs Debate ~ Fist Dap Galesburg.com

The first question out of  Vice Presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz's mouth last night was about the so called failure of the Obama administration to call the attack on the Libyan Consulate an act of terrorism right after it happened.  

Congress Critter Paul Ryan (r.  WI), his side kick, I mean running mate, Mitt Romney (r.MA), enabled by Congress Critter Darrell Issa (r. CA) are are quick to use this tragedy for partisan, political gain, but they must have forgotten about the *cough cough* massive intelligence failure that took our troops to war based on DEAD WRONG INTELLIGENCE, to look for Weapons of Mass Destruction, that were NOT there, without body armor or an exit plan.  Talk about a conspiracy.

Vice President Joe Biden made me proud to be a Democrat last night because he proved all the republicans want is all war all the time with other people's sons and daughters, poor women not to have access to a safe legal abortion, gut Medicare,  privatize Social Security, and raise taxes on the middle class.

Psst President Obama...nice guys finish last.

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Joe Biden throws Paul Ryan off his yard (warning rude)

Poor Mitt, he can't help it, he was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth

Fist Dap GrannyStandingforTruth: Pictures Do Speak a Million Words

What Representative Maxine Waters (D. CA) said:  Let them define themselves, let them reveal who they are".

Fist Dap jobsanger:  This Apple Fell Far from the Tree

This is who they are.

Fist Dap Burnt Orange Report:  Republican Lynches Empty  Chair in Racist Presidential Effigy in Northwest Austin

Thanks to The Help.... for Real ...and not the white, male dominated mainstream media, we know this is who they have always been

Lawrence O'Donnell rips the hell out of Romney fundraisers for their hatred of Eric Holder Fist Dap: Leftwing Nutjob

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Today's Must Read

Bernie Sanders, Jon Stewart Dissect Squirming Little Insect on TV

Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions (r.) Leads the Charge to Kill Veterans Jobs Bill! YeeHaw!

Veterans won't be getting a new billion dollar jobs program thanks to the senate republicans, led by Alabama's own Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, bless his heart,  who forced a budget point of order.  I guess veterans can join the ranks of  them there freeloading, lazy Obama victims, I mean voters.

The bill was fully paid for, and entirely bipartisan -- Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) had his own set of ideas for the bill, and Murray incorporated all of them into her legislation.
And yet, all but five Senate Republicans voted to kill it anyway, 48 days before a national election. Even Burr sided with his party to defeat the bill, and it was filled with his provisions.

Don't blame me.  I voted a straight democratic ticket.

There are two kinds of republicans...millionaires and suckers.

Is Mitt Romney better off than he was four years ago?

Fist Dap jobsanger:  What is Willard Afraid to Let You See?

You betcha he is.  Maybe that's why he doesn't want the Suckers to see his tax returns, because then they will know he will never understand their pain.

Fist Dap Stockholm Syndrome victims for Romney!-Under the Mountain Bunker

The rich are different.

Really they are. 

Your Laugh Out Loud for today courtesy of Team Mittens!

Artur Davis named to Mitt Romney's Black Leadership Council

Where I do start..

I thought republicans didn't believe in quotas and affirmative action?

What in the world is team Mittens thinking?

According to them the Black Leadership Council will help facilitate a dialogue between Mitt Romney and respected Black Leaders.

What respected black leaders would those be, sore losers and sell outs like Artur Davis?  

Psst Mittens!

Artur Davis has no creditbility.

Artur Davis had no creditibilty

Artur Davis will never have any credibility.

Good luck with that dialogue with non respected Black Leaders.

Snicker.

Democrats highlight America for Americans

Listen.  That giant popping sound you hear are the heads of republicans and Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads exploding after the electrifying and inspiring opening night of the Democratic National Convention.  So much for the lack of enthusiasm for President Obama meme.

After the peanut throwing, name calling, mean, vindictive, spectacle that was the Republican National Convention, I am so thankful the world got the see real democracy.  Real patriotism.  Real Americans.

It was fitting the ghost of Ted Kennedy rose to haunt Mitt Romney from the grave.

Democratic Governor Duval  Patrick said it's time for democratics to grow a spine and start standing up to the right wing attack machine who are trying to bully the President out of office.

Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley said Yes we can blame the GOP for the unemployment numbers they are now crying crocodile tears over.

Sweet Home Alabama born and bred Lilly Ledbetter made the equal pay for equal work real.

San Antonio,Texas Mayor Julian Castro highlighted the RNC war on the truth. Note the Talking TeeVee Pundit Heads and the are focusing on his 3 year old daughter's hair flipping.

Democratic New Jersey Cory Booker bought the house down warning delegates democracy is a spectator sport.

Tonight former President Bill Clinton will remind us The Republicans Built the National Debt they now claim to be so concerned about.

But the star of the show was First Lady Michelle Obama who told the world success is not about how much money you make,  it's about the difference you make in peoples lives.  

All I'm going to say is, anyone that votes for the Romney/Ryan Ticket, you are who you vote for, and you get what you vote for.  You won't be hurting President Obama, minorities, women, labor, LBGT, and democrats.  You will be hurting yourselves.

GOP View of Rights Fist Dap Jobsanger

Hell Yes We're Better Off Than We Were Under Bush and Dick!

In an attempt to Sucker the Suckers, republicans dare ask Americans are they better off under President Obama than they were under Bush and Dick.

The answer is Hell Yes we are, and the question is are we better off than we were plunging into the great recession?  Duh

Republicans either have amnesia, or, they think the American people are stupid enough to vote the party that bought us the pain of bank defaults, loss jobs and the collapse of the mortgage market back in power.

Republicans want to talk about where were four years ago?

Bring.  It.  On!

Update~Awkward Annal's of American Politics on Labor Day

As you can see from the comments I am being accused of "technically repeating libel/slander in regards to this post regarding the Romney Campaign slogan/them.  Although I don't agree with the premise or the argument , I am editing the post to read;

Did you know one of the themes/slogans adopted by the Romney campaign, "Keep America America" is a variation of  Keep America American, once a slogan of the Ku Klux Klan?  The question is did Team Romney know his campaign slogan was once used by the KKK?  Awkward.

It is being reported by the Huffington Post that Romney’s campaign slogan “Keep America American” was the driving theme of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The slogan was the rallying cry for groups seeking to intimidate and terrorize black, Jewish and gay people all throughout the United States.

That said, did Romney/Ryan technically repeat Libel/Slander when they said President Obama ended the work for welfare requirement?  Are the Birthers technically repeating Libel/Slander when they claim the President wasn't born in America, implying he is not an American?  I guess it depends on what the definition of technically repeating Libel/Slander IS, because it looks like the republicans can technically dish out Libel/Slander, but they can't take it.

The same genius who came up with the KKK slogan for Romney must be the same genius who thought the Alabama, Mississippi and Florida delegations  Democratic National Convention kickoff party should be held at Historic Rosedale Plantation in  Charlotte, North Carolina.   Oh well, at least it wasn't held in the slave quarters.

This photo of Historic Rosedale Plantation is courtesy of TripAdvisor


 How do they expect us to move forward when there is always something there to remind us?

Martin Luther King Jr spoke for workers and unions.  His last campaign was a labor fight.