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Racism plays its part

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Republican Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina may be more of an ill-mannered dunce than a racist, as implied last week by former President Jimmy Carter, but there is undeniably an element of racism in the virulent hatred of a disturbing number of Americans for President Barack Obama.

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Tricia

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As usual the Berkshire Eagle is wrong again. Why wasn't the Berkshire Eagle upset at the venom that was hurled at George Bush for 8 years? The monster that has been unleashed occurred during the presidency of George Bush when respect for the office of the President went out the window. This assault on good taste and civility was led by the liberal Democrats who wouldn't accept that George Bush had been elected twice by American voters and put the country through a nasty time because they wouldn't accept it. So this all seems like a lot of hypocrisy on the part of the Berkshire Eagle.

Also the Berkshire Eagle has to take another jab at religious people. In fact it is not the so-called "hate-mongers of the religious right" who are putting down Obama. It is people from all walks of life who are not happy with Obama's vision for the country.

God forbid the Berkshire Eagle should address the real issue, but instead the paper resorts to its own form of prejudice which is predictably going after people of religion. Why religion? Because religion represents everything that the liberal agenda is up against in the form of opposition to gay marriage and adherence to family and conservative values. This is why liberals aim a good deal of their venom at people of faith in order to break down any remaining opposition to their "new world view". A world view which can only be referred to as "radical" and is certainly not the view of the world that was espoused by earlier Democrats even as recently as the 1960's. It's the Democratic party that has taken a wide swing to the far left and has left intellect and civility far behind.
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Tricia wrote:
As usual the Berkshire Eagle is wrong again. Why wasn't the Berkshire Eagle upset at the venom that was hurled at George Bush for 8 years? The monster that has been unleashed occurred during the presidency of George Bush when respect for the office of the President went out the window. This assault on good taste and civility was led by the liberal Democrats who wouldn't accept that George Bush had been elected twice by American voters and put the country through a nasty time because they wouldn't accept it. So this all seems like a lot of hypocrisy on the part of the Berkshire Eagle.
Also the Berkshire Eagle has to take another jab at religious people. In fact it is not the so-called "hate-mongers of the religious right" who are putting down Obama. It is people from all walks of life who are not happy with Obama's vision for the country.
God forbid the Berkshire Eagle should address the real issue, but instead the paper resorts to its own form of prejudice which is predictably going after people of religion. Why religion? Because religion represents everything that the liberal agenda is up against in the form of opposition to gay marriage and adherence to family and conservative values. This is why liberals aim a good deal of their venom at people of faith in order to break down any remaining opposition to their "new world view". A world view which can only be referred to as "radical" and is certainly not the view of the world that was espoused by earlier Democrats even as recently as the 1960's. It's the Democratic party that has taken a wide swing to the far left and has left intellect and civility far behind.
Turn off Fox news. Come back to reality.
Curtis Lowe

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Obama was lying. The bill did cover illegals. Joe Wilson was right. Matter of fact, that night, the bill was rewritten to add a provision to check identification so illegals would be denied health care. Obama is a liar. He lies ever day. His fat wife is a liar too. She kicked poor folk out of her fancy hospital in Chicago and now she is giving speeches on health care. That's like Marie Anoinette working at a soup kitchen or Imelda Marcos selling shoes. It's just creepy.
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Unrepressed wrote:
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Turn off Fox news. Come back to reality.
As usual - these "liberal" liers have no arguments. They already lost support of the country and getting mad like hell. Have no clue what to do, which is no surprise - did notn work a day in their lifes.

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Curtis Lowe wrote:
Obama was lying. The bill did cover illegals. Joe Wilson was right. Matter of fact, that night, the bill was rewritten to add a provision to check identification so illegals would be denied health care. Obama is a liar. He lies ever day. His fat wife is a liar too. She kicked poor folk out of her fancy hospital in Chicago and now she is giving speeches on health care. That's like Marie Anoinette working at a soup kitchen or Imelda Marcos selling shoes. It's just creepy.
Language in proposals is subject to constant change,proposals were made by many different individuals!
Obama will not sign a final bill if it covers ILLEGALS!
Jonh Prik

North Adams, MA

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Sep 20, 2009
 
Democratic liberal Eagle's hatred toward religion is unacceptable. They viciously attack Christians of this country every time they can. How anybody can vote for these villains? They hate Christ at the level of ancient barbarians. If it would be up to Eagle they would burn Jesus alive!

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Jonh Prik wrote:
Democratic liberal Eagle's hatred toward religion is unacceptable. They viciously attack Christians of this country every time they can. How anybody can vote for these villains? They hate Christ at the level of ancient barbarians. If it would be up to Eagle they would burn Jesus alive!
I have not seen any hatred of religion or christianity from the Eagle!
You must get a Special Edition!
Berkshire Bill

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Jonh Prik wrote:
Democratic liberal Eagle's hatred toward religion is unacceptable. They viciously attack Christians of this country every time they can. How anybody can vote for these villains? They hate Christ at the level of ancient barbarians. If it would be up to Eagle they would burn Jesus alive!
Jesus wouldn't recognize what the right wing has done to his philosophy of love and charity, if He did come back again.
No One Important

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Sep 20, 2009
 
More stupidity trying to foment a backlash calling people racists.

56% of the entire nation is against this HC reform. 56% of the entire nation is racists?

Right...idiots.

Doncha love the MSNBC claiming that racists and gun toters were at a town hall? They showed only the gun and the pistol?

When you panned BACK on that guy, IT WAS A BLACK GUY AT THE RALLY....a BLACK guy was carrying the rifle and the pistol!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....doncha just love the dishonesty of the democrats?

More stupidity by the democrats. Look, they just can't cope with the fact the nation is telling them NO, we don't WANT what they're proposing.

So they're trying EVERYTHING out there to villify and demonize those who oppose them.

First, big Pharma, then the insurance companies put the protestors up to it, the insurance companies were the "villians", Pelosi saying people were carrying swaztikas, and NOW, you're ALL RACISTS.

They're desperate. The democrats are tanking, Obama is tanking, 56% of the nation, a LARGER percentage than OBAMA'S presidential win, is saying NO....

And the democrats just can't cope. WH even asked NY Gov Patterson NOT to seek a full term next round.

They KNOW they're tanking. They're desperate to save ONE gov seat, the NY seat.

This nation is angry. They're fed up with the democrats and the stupid agenda.

NOT A SINGLE POLL IN AMERICA SAYS HC REFORM IS A TOP PRIORITY.

"It's the economy, stupid."

And the democrats and Obama are screwing around with stuff no one sees as a priority. We want JOBS, not wasting time on health care overhaul.

We want TAX CUTS, we want jobs growth, we want economic recovery.

What are the democrats doing? Spending money on themselves, 4,900 raises, ordering planes for themselves, spending our money on cash for clunkers, Cap N tax, HC reform, bogus stimulus plans....

THIS is why the nation is angry....
Herbert Hitler

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Unrepressed wrote:
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Turn off Fox news. Come back to reality.
Typical reply from a masshole liberal loser lunatic leach.
Joey Gobbells

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Sep 20, 2009
 
So what if the nation is raceist.It is a free country and you can do what ever you want.If you don'tlike it go into same sex marrage like other crackpots.
No One Important

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Seventy-one percent (71%) believe that the government and big business typically work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors. Sixty-eight percent (68%) view the federal government as a special interest group and 62% now hold views that can be considered solidly populist or Mainstream.

Rasmussen--

That is some major, major anger out there.

That isn't racism, that is national anger at what the democrats are doing.

Spend, spend, spend, expand the government in unprecedented ways....

The democrats don't get it. They refuse to.

Independents favor the GOP by 22 points. Seniors now affiliate with the GOP by 46% and 31% dem, when they were evenly split in 2008. And seniors ALWAYS vote, rain or shine.

The democrats are completely on the wrong side of the trend. The nation wants tax cuts rather than new spending on HC.

The nation wants JOBS, not a health care overhaul.

"It's the economy, stupid." Not a single poll in america agrees with Obama that HC is a top priority.

Ask yourselves why Obama isn't doing more to spur JOBS growth? Rather than trying to ram through yet ANOTHER stupid democrat agenda item.

Because the more you're unemployed, the more you NEED the government.

Pretty ugly position isn't it?

Look at that anger that is turning up in the Rasmussen polls.

Colorado gives Obama the LOWEST approval rating of all the mountain states he carried. 5 of the 8 came in WITH THE LOWEST....the democrats are losing the mountain west....

They're losing EVERYTHING. And they know it.
No One Important

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Today, though, with Bush gone and Obama in the White House, warning lights are blinking for Democrats across the Mountain states. Five of the eight states ranked among the 10 where Obama's job-approval ratings were lowest when Gallup combined the results of its daily tracking surveys through June; at that point, the president's approval rating was lower in Colorado than in any other state he carried last year. More-recent surveys have also recorded poor approval ratings for Ritter and Sen. Michael Bennet, the Denver school superintendent whom Ritter appointed earlier this year to serve the remainder of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's Senate term. Ritter is up for re-election next year; Bennet is expected to run for a full term. Meanwhile, in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Reid, who's also up for re-election in 2010, posted startlingly anemic numbers against his potential GOP challengers in a Las Vegas Review-Journal poll last month.

National Journal--

This isn't racism. It's anti government.

It's anti democrat. It is an "anti incumbent" as some WANT to call it, because they don't want to admit that it is ANTI DEMOCRAT.

The democrats have enraged an entire grass roots group of people who have had enough.

And calling them names isn't making things better. It's going to make them even ANGRIER.

Remember, 56% of the ENTIRE NATION opposes this HC overhaul.

And the democrats keep calling a majority of the ENTIRE NATION names.

Hows that workin' for ya so far?
No One Important

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In New Hamshire, the GOP candidate leads with independents by 14 points.

the North carolina senate race, the GOP candidate leads by 22 points with independents.

In colorado, the GOP candidate leads with independents by 31 POINTS.

Reid, Senate Majority leader, in Nevada can't beat EITHER GOP candidate in the polls with EVERYONE...

Dodd cant' pull ahead of ANY of the GOP challengers...

DO THE MATH....

Do you guys understand JUST HOW MAD the nation is at the democrats?
Let it Ring

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ok so here is the paradigm: its okay to bad mouth a white president and put up pictures of him painted up to look like the joker; but you disagree with a black president, put up pictures of him painted up to be the joker and you're racist...

i really dont see how the race card can even be played at this point. this is just another example of the eagle pushing the "leftist" agenda of "its okay when we do it, but when you do it its racism/antisemitism/etc"
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BRAVO!!!
Well written.
Rob

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The berkshire eagle in its stupidity thinks there is racism where there is not. The eagle is simply a poor excuse for a paper ever, the editors are some of biggest bozo's that have ever written a piece.
OHgof6

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Berkshire Bill wrote:
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Jesus wouldn't recognize what the right wing has done to his philosophy of love and charity, if He did come back again.
...and under the guise of Christian morality!
Professor

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oBUMa just changed the number of people who do not have health insurance. It mysteriously dropped from 47 millions to 30 millions with no explanation. I doubt that he even knows now many people live in the US, forget about the world. If the person said that the US is the largest Muslim country then something severely wrong with his brains. Indonesian Muslim school education shows up. He has no clue about anything. And his radical "hate America" communist buddies, who never work a day in their miserable hateful lives do not have clue either. They are pushing the country off the cliff, that is their goal. Vote them out, while we still have that opportunity. Keep the heat!!!
No One Important

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44% of the ENTIRE NATION thinks THE ECONOMY is a priority.

Second place, at 16%? Domestic issues like health care.

THAAAAAAAAAAAAT'S right.

44% says IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID.

Not a single poll in america agrees with Obama's priorities.

But of course, you're a RACIST if you don't agree with him.

56% of the ENTIRE NATIOn now opposes this HC reform.

The democrats aren't winning the argument, so now, they have to call you a RACIST to shut you up, rather than discuss the size, scope and encroachment of the federal government.

They can't win the argument on merits, the nation doesn't agree, so now, they're going to try to shut you up by calling you an incendiary name.

How's that workin' for ya SO far, huh?
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