More than anything, tonight was a referendum on the spread of Sharia law.
Discuss.
Minus the collapsed lung and permanent voice warble, I feel like I’ve been shot in the face.
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Learn the code…
This is a night of redemption for the politics of the Confederate Party. It is their second great redemption, the first one being the election of 1876. Like that election they needed to speak in code to win. Back then it was all about how slavery had nothing to do with the Civil War. Now it is all about masking racism in vague economic mumbo-jumbo.
Years ago the Confederate Party maven of code-speaking–Lee Atwater–taught the the gang how to cover up their meaning as they took over the Republican Party:
In 1981, during the first year of Mr. Reagan’s presidency, the late Lee Atwater gave an interview to a political science professor at Case Western Reserve University, explaining the evolution of the Southern strategy:
“You start out in 1954 by saying, ‘Nigger, nigger, nigger,’ ” said Atwater. “By 1968, you can’t say ‘nigger’ — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff. You’re getting so abstract now [that] you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things, and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites.”
After America foolishly elected a black man President, the gang had to kick it up a notch. They tried many new ways of screaming ‘nigger’ from socialist to screaming “I want my country back”.
But of all the undercover code words to scream ‘Nigger, nigger, nigger’, the best is “Center Right Nation”. All that really mens when decoded is “White Nation” and that is what tonight’s Confederate Party gains were all about. It is a story about the white supremacy movement in America reasserting itself.
Some will of course disagree–as pointing out the deep racism of this neo-Confederate movement is considered extremely rude–especially with the pundit gasbag class. So many feel that one must respect proper decorum when our Confederate ‘betters’ discuss their racism in code, but fuck that.
I sorta wish they had the balls to ditch the code and go with their heart, but Lee Atwater and generations of Confederate code talkers have taught them well. The next two years are going to be really special and if we want to understand the newly elected Republicans we will just have to learn the code.
Perhaps we need a new tag: “Center White Nation”.
Cheers
denge
Russ Feingold loses
I’m still a little stunned that Russ Feingold has lost his seat. I think this will be perhaps the single greatest tragedy of the 2010 elections. My only hope is that Feingold goes on to either serve in the Obama administration, or takes back his seat in a few years.
Take this remote away from me
The House is looking bad for Dems, the Senate is looking good.
How bad is the tv coverage so far? I know Harold Ford has said all kinds of crazy shit, but he doesn’t bother me anymore since mistermix’s excellent post. But Gergen, Bobo, Joe Scar, Carville/Matalin, Candy Crowley….I can’t even say it…Halperin. Is it please-shoot-me bad or global-extinction-event bad?
What’s the meme, liberal overreach, right-center nation, or some as-yet-unimagined (by me) horror?
Open Thread: Decorating Tip
This is why we have “throw pillows”, gentlemen. Flatscreens are expensive to replace!
Did This Election Kill the Crazification Factor?
Absolute lunatics are polling over 40%. Is the crazification factor dead?
Will Alvin Greene redeem the theory?
Grayson is getting killed. Probably for not being progressive enough. Or maybe, just maybe, the reason health care and other Democratic policy initiatives are polling HORRIBLY in red-leaning districts is because THEY ARE RED-LEANING DISTRICTS. I dunno. But I bet if we got the public option Grayson would be winning. Just because.
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Scenes From a Hotel Bar
Me: “Do you have wireless?”
Barkeep: “Yes.”
Me: “Ok, then. Lemme get two double shots of Don Julio and two fingers of your best scotch.”
Barkeep: “Will there be anyone joining you?”
Me: “No.”
Barkeep: “Are you on vacation?”
Me: “No. I’m a Democrat.”
Consider this the first of many election night open threads.
*** Update ***
BTW- I go to this same conference every year. I was two doors down, same floor, when Obama won in 2008. I enjoyed it more then.
Also, I am in Disney Hell, so no MSNBC. CNN FTL.