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		<title>By: Eddie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/06/rush-taking-heat-for-racist-song/comment-page-2/#comment-3897034</link>
		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The song is not at all racist if you listen to the words. obama was called the magic negro by a BLACK journalist in L.A. Rush makes parodies. And this is a good one. It explains how Sharpton has tried for years to get the presidency and now obama shows up and is instantly, with any credible political experience, giving Mrs. Bill Clinton a run for her money. He will be defeted by the Clinton machine in the end though. Listen to the words and put yourself in Sharptons shoes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The song is not at all racist if you listen to the words. obama was called the magic negro by a BLACK journalist in L.A. Rush makes parodies. And this is a good one. It explains how Sharpton has tried for years to get the presidency and now obama shows up and is instantly, with any credible political experience, giving Mrs. Bill Clinton a run for her money. He will be defeted by the Clinton machine in the end though. Listen to the words and put yourself in Sharptons shoes.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3897034', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: J. Carolan</title>
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		<dc:creator>J. Carolan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 22:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I stand with Cepan -   Rush is the only one with the guts to call it like he see&#039;s it.   Mega Ditto&#039;s to the RushMan!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stand with Cepan &#8211;   Rush is the only one with the guts to call it like he see&#8217;s it.   Mega Ditto&#8217;s to the RushMan!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3814506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stan</title>
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		<dc:creator>stan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 04:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who is Rush Limbaugh? I dont know because I dont listen to him.
If he bothers so many people, then why listen to him? His audiance consists ONLY of those who agree with him. If I dont like it, I dont listen. What was that saying many years ago?  TUNE OUT. If enough people turn him off, then the sponsors will go away and so will he.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who is Rush Limbaugh? I dont know because I dont listen to him.<br />
If he bothers so many people, then why listen to him? His audiance consists ONLY of those who agree with him. If I dont like it, I dont listen. What was that saying many years ago?  TUNE OUT. If enough people turn him off, then the sponsors will go away and so will he.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3812455', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Publicus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/06/rush-taking-heat-for-racist-song/comment-page-2/#comment-3812294</link>
		<dc:creator>Publicus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know, for idiots like Rush, it&#039;s all about race. He&#039;s projecting his racism and &quot;white guilt&quot; on Democrats. But Democrats are interested in &lt;strong&gt;WHO&#039;s going to get us out of Iraq&lt;/strong&gt;, and WHO&#039;s going to restore habeas corpus, and &lt;strong&gt;WHO&#039;s going to stop illegal warrantless wiretapping&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;WHO&#039;s going to honor our unalienable rights&lt;/strong&gt; which Jefferson noted was our birthright as human beings...and which no government could legitimately take away.

We don&#039;t know yet WHO that candidate isâ€”some think it&#039;s Obama. But idiots like Rush project their nonsense into the world and don&#039;t understand Democrats or their concerns.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, for idiots like Rush, it&#8217;s all about race. He&#8217;s projecting his racism and &#8220;white guilt&#8221; on Democrats. But Democrats are interested in <strong>WHO&#8217;s going to get us out of Iraq</strong>, and WHO&#8217;s going to restore habeas corpus, and <strong>WHO&#8217;s going to stop illegal warrantless wiretapping</strong>, and <strong>WHO&#8217;s going to honor our unalienable rights</strong> which Jefferson noted was our birthright as human beings&#8230;and which no government could legitimately take away.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t know yet WHO that candidate isâ€”some think it&#8217;s Obama. But idiots like Rush project their nonsense into the world and don&#8217;t understand Democrats or their concerns.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3812294', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bruce Gorton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bruce Gorton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 17:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>upright left

If he had the same characteristics but was white, blond haired and spoke with a German accent do you think he would be liked any less?

You are trying to racialise characteristics which are admirable in everyone. It is through your emphasis on him being a black person, rather then him being a person with those characteristics, that we know that you are a racist pig.

It is as simple as that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>upright left</p>
<p>If he had the same characteristics but was white, blond haired and spoke with a German accent do you think he would be liked any less?</p>
<p>You are trying to racialise characteristics which are admirable in everyone. It is through your emphasis on him being a black person, rather then him being a person with those characteristics, that we know that you are a racist pig.</p>
<p>It is as simple as that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3791871', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joanne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joanne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 12:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>************** PLEASE NOTE *******************

re: #10 ABOVE

I WROTE GEICO AND WAS INFORMED THEY NO LONGER SPONSOR RUSH.  HERE IS THEIR RESPONSE.  THE LINK PROVIDED IN #10 ABOVE IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD!


Good morning:
 
GEICO cancelled its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show in 2004.

We do thank you for letting us know about your concerns.
 
Christine Tasher
Director, Public Relations
Communications

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<p>re: #10 ABOVE</p>
<p>I WROTE GEICO AND WAS INFORMED THEY NO LONGER SPONSOR RUSH.  HERE IS THEIR RESPONSE.  THE LINK PROVIDED IN #10 ABOVE IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD!</p>
<p>Good morning:</p>
<p>GEICO cancelled its advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show in 2004.</p>
<p>We do thank you for letting us know about your concerns.</p>
<p>Christine Tasher<br />
Director, Public Relations<br />
Communications</p>
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		<title>By: paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 03:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rush has successfully highlighted the selective outrage of the left.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rush has successfully highlighted the selective outrage of the left.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3790923', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 02:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe Rush runs the song as a way to call out the liberal press.  &#039;the magic negro&#039; was a term first used by a black journalist in the L.A. Times.  Where was the outrage when that was first printed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe Rush runs the song as a way to call out the liberal press.  &#8216;the magic negro&#8217; was a term first used by a black journalist in the L.A. Times.  Where was the outrage when that was first printed.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3790886', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upright left</title>
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		<dc:creator>upright left</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama&#039;s fame right now has little to do with his political record or what he&#039;s written in his two (count &#039;em) books, or even what he&#039;s actually said in those stem-winders. It&#039;s the way he&#039;s said it that counts the most. It&#039;s his manner, which, as presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden ham-fistedly reminded us, is &quot;ARTICULATE.&quot; His tone is always GENIAL, his voice warm and UNTHREATENING, and he hasn&#039;t called his opponents names (despite being baited by the media).

Like a comic-book superhero, Obama is there to help, out of the sheer goodness of a heart we need not know or understand. For as with all Magic Negroes, the less real he seems, the more desirable he becomes. IF HE WERE REAL, white America couldn&#039;t project all its fantasies of curative black BENEVOLENCE on him. 

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center              CAPS ADDED

Do you suppose the LA Times would like Obama more if he was inarticulate, disagreeable, menacing, and called his opponents names?  I bet he was shocked to find out that his candidacy is irrelevant because he is different from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Snoop Dogg(there&#039;s a winner).  If anyone here REALLY believes that the video is a slam on Obama rather than a parody of the foolishness of the LA Times attack on Obama, you  need to go back and read the original op-ed piece and Limbaugh&#039;s transcript.  Some day liberals will realize that, as civil rights laws have had their intended effects, black people have become LESS of an underclass and MORE a part of the middle class and expect to be treated as such.  (I didn&#039;t say all blacks have reached their potential, or that there is no poverty or that there is no racism)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama&#8217;s fame right now has little to do with his political record or what he&#8217;s written in his two (count &#8216;em) books, or even what he&#8217;s actually said in those stem-winders. It&#8217;s the way he&#8217;s said it that counts the most. It&#8217;s his manner, which, as presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden ham-fistedly reminded us, is &#8220;ARTICULATE.&#8221; His tone is always GENIAL, his voice warm and UNTHREATENING, and he hasn&#8217;t called his opponents names (despite being baited by the media).</p>
<p>Like a comic-book superhero, Obama is there to help, out of the sheer goodness of a heart we need not know or understand. For as with all Magic Negroes, the less real he seems, the more desirable he becomes. IF HE WERE REAL, white America couldn&#8217;t project all its fantasies of curative black BENEVOLENCE on him. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center</a>              CAPS ADDED</p>
<p>Do you suppose the LA Times would like Obama more if he was inarticulate, disagreeable, menacing, and called his opponents names?  I bet he was shocked to find out that his candidacy is irrelevant because he is different from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Snoop Dogg(there&#8217;s a winner).  If anyone here REALLY believes that the video is a slam on Obama rather than a parody of the foolishness of the LA Times attack on Obama, you  need to go back and read the original op-ed piece and Limbaugh&#8217;s transcript.  Some day liberals will realize that, as civil rights laws have had their intended effects, black people have become LESS of an underclass and MORE a part of the middle class and expect to be treated as such.  (I didn&#8217;t say all blacks have reached their potential, or that there is no poverty or that there is no racism)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3790123', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Happy Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Happy Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 17:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least when Rush says something it gets heard.  Not like Airhead America.

ROTFL

Does anyone have the latest ratings numbers for Radio shows?  I love seeing how far down the list the first liberal shows ratings are.  And Rush is always on top.

ROTFL

Rush on the Radio and Fox on TV.  Must make your skin crawl when you see what a minority you are.

ROTFL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least when Rush says something it gets heard.  Not like Airhead America.</p>
<p>ROTFL</p>
<p>Does anyone have the latest ratings numbers for Radio shows?  I love seeing how far down the list the first liberal shows ratings are.  And Rush is always on top.</p>
<p>ROTFL</p>
<p>Rush on the Radio and Fox on TV.  Must make your skin crawl when you see what a minority you are.</p>
<p>ROTFL<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3790018', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr. President</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. President</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 17:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>true dat, bro. but it is a funny song!!! you have to admit, am I right, am I right?!? Yeah, I&#039;m right!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>true dat, bro. but it is a funny song!!! you have to admit, am I right, am I right?!? Yeah, I&#8217;m right!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789964', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: valiantthehater</title>
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		<dc:creator>valiantthehater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 14:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You know, thinkprogress.org, what a bunch of lying, propagandist.....

If any of you liberals bothered to listen to Rush Limbaugh you would know what what he is doing is a parody of the Los Angeles Time when they took out a front page article calling Barack Obama, &quot;The Magic Negro&quot; and the whole stupidity that Liberal whites are full of &quot;white guilt&quot;.  

Interesting enough, left wing sites didn&#039;t make a big deal about it when the LA Times called Barack Obama &quot;The Magic Negro&quot;.  Yet they are outraged when Limbaugh does it.  

Interesting enough, Limbaugh predicted the reaction from the left against him and the lack of reaction from the left against the LA Time.   

It is obvious that thinkprogress.org is NOT interested in the truth, but rather in smearing anyone they disagree with.  

thinkprogress.org, you either think your readers are too stupid to do research on their own, or you just don&#039;t care about the truth.   Either way, this is a smear site.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, thinkprogress.org, what a bunch of lying, propagandist&#8230;..</p>
<p>If any of you liberals bothered to listen to Rush Limbaugh you would know what what he is doing is a parody of the Los Angeles Time when they took out a front page article calling Barack Obama, &#8220;The Magic Negro&#8221; and the whole stupidity that Liberal whites are full of &#8220;white guilt&#8221;.  </p>
<p>Interesting enough, left wing sites didn&#8217;t make a big deal about it when the LA Times called Barack Obama &#8220;The Magic Negro&#8221;.  Yet they are outraged when Limbaugh does it.  </p>
<p>Interesting enough, Limbaugh predicted the reaction from the left against him and the lack of reaction from the left against the LA Time.   </p>
<p>It is obvious that thinkprogress.org is NOT interested in the truth, but rather in smearing anyone they disagree with.  </p>
<p>thinkprogress.org, you either think your readers are too stupid to do research on their own, or you just don&#8217;t care about the truth.   Either way, this is a smear site.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789608', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joey_SoCal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey_SoCal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 04:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The single most catastrophic flaw, weakness, and vulnerability of the liberal party and it&#039;s candidates, is their lack of &quot;B-A-L-L-S&quot;. The liberal party, in general, projects pure and utter weakness when it allows its values and members to be spit on, slandered, and assaulted with impunity for the offenders. It is my one burning despair in the political arena. 

When someone assaults you, you retaliate with overwhelming force, just like police with criminal activity. It&#039;s not hawkish, it&#039;s basic logic. Otherwise, the only logical consequence is dominance in some form or another of the attacker over the attacked. I am well aware of Ghandi&#039;s teachings and Jesus&#039; as well. And I certainly hold them dear. However, for practical purposes, I have found the above description to be the best that I can understand to this point. Self-defense has value. Strength has value, maybe not in an ideal utopian world, but in this imperfect one it is as necessary as any highfalutin ideal. So I say to the liberals out there, &quot;when Hack Coulter, Shitmouth Limbaugh, Douchebag O&#039;reilly, or pachyderm Hannity slanders you, then the liberal equivalents should sue for libel, or verbally annihilate them, and articulate why doing so is legitimate. Doing nothing, for practical purposes, is not &#039;being the bigger man&#039;, it is being weak, it is letting a stranger (or a strange country), punch you (or America) in the face with impunity for their own selfish purposes. Why the hell is it so goddamn hard for liberals to grasp and apply this?!?! 

Are we making progress? Some I suppose, but if I had a radio show, these tools would be &#039;castrated&#039;. Period. As they should be.

Let me articulate just a little bit further what I think is the great catastrophic contradiction and gaping underbelly of the liberal party. First, they take the stand that they don&#039;t want to muddy themselves by directly addressing the slander that is slung at them. They want to act as though they are above it, and choose not to engage so as not to legitimize it. Now this is a mature thing to do in many cases, but not when there are significant consequences for the victims of the attacks. When the consequences are not significant, then it can be helpful to role model and &#039;be the bigger man&#039;. So here is the contradiction. The liberals have long acknowledged that the attacks from the mudslingers do have a significant impact on the way people vote. That is an obvious fact. The right-wing sludge machine has a HUGE impact- FAUX, Douche Limbaugh, and all the rest. These organized criminals have a substantial impact. Therefore, it is no longer &#039;mature&#039; to let them throw shit at liberals. It is weak and irresponsible and oozes lack of self-respect, strength and dignity. People will not and should not vote someone into power who they perceive as weak. So Democrats lose. To further make the point I will provide two analogies. 

First, a parent who let&#039;s there kids walk all over them is no parent at all. To digress for a moment, I think the correlation of this analogy goes deeper than the purposes here. I have determined that conservatives, to a large degree, are effectively adult children. They display arrested emotional development, etc. etc. 

But now for the second analogy. The liberal party soooo often acts like a codependent victim of domestic abuse. They just eat the shit that is dealt them over and over and over again, and then they try and change the behavior of a few &#039;swing&#039; voters right around election time to just squeak out a win. But alas, we have seen the results of that strategy. LOSERS. The abused wife will not change her husband&#039;s behavior by appeasing him. Her only option, as difficult as it is, is to leave the abusive husband, and go make a better life for herself elsewhere. 
The liberal party needs to recognize that children, even adult children, require discipline, and abusive husbands either need to have the shit kicked out of them, or be left behind. 

I don&#039;t have time to refine this post as I could, but hopefully progressives will get the essential point, because it is utterly essential as we move forward.

FAUX and the fascist hack machine should be sued to hell for their belligerent libel and slander of Barrack Obama with the &#039;Madrassa&#039; fairytale.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The single most catastrophic flaw, weakness, and vulnerability of the liberal party and it&#8217;s candidates, is their lack of &#8220;B-A-L-L-S&#8221;. The liberal party, in general, projects pure and utter weakness when it allows its values and members to be spit on, slandered, and assaulted with impunity for the offenders. It is my one burning despair in the political arena. </p>
<p>When someone assaults you, you retaliate with overwhelming force, just like police with criminal activity. It&#8217;s not hawkish, it&#8217;s basic logic. Otherwise, the only logical consequence is dominance in some form or another of the attacker over the attacked. I am well aware of Ghandi&#8217;s teachings and Jesus&#8217; as well. And I certainly hold them dear. However, for practical purposes, I have found the above description to be the best that I can understand to this point. Self-defense has value. Strength has value, maybe not in an ideal utopian world, but in this imperfect one it is as necessary as any highfalutin ideal. So I say to the liberals out there, &#8220;when Hack Coulter, Shitmouth Limbaugh, Douchebag O&#8217;reilly, or pachyderm Hannity slanders you, then the liberal equivalents should sue for libel, or verbally annihilate them, and articulate why doing so is legitimate. Doing nothing, for practical purposes, is not &#8216;being the bigger man&#8217;, it is being weak, it is letting a stranger (or a strange country), punch you (or America) in the face with impunity for their own selfish purposes. Why the hell is it so goddamn hard for liberals to grasp and apply this?!?! </p>
<p>Are we making progress? Some I suppose, but if I had a radio show, these tools would be &#8216;castrated&#8217;. Period. As they should be.</p>
<p>Let me articulate just a little bit further what I think is the great catastrophic contradiction and gaping underbelly of the liberal party. First, they take the stand that they don&#8217;t want to muddy themselves by directly addressing the slander that is slung at them. They want to act as though they are above it, and choose not to engage so as not to legitimize it. Now this is a mature thing to do in many cases, but not when there are significant consequences for the victims of the attacks. When the consequences are not significant, then it can be helpful to role model and &#8216;be the bigger man&#8217;. So here is the contradiction. The liberals have long acknowledged that the attacks from the mudslingers do have a significant impact on the way people vote. That is an obvious fact. The right-wing sludge machine has a HUGE impact- FAUX, Douche Limbaugh, and all the rest. These organized criminals have a substantial impact. Therefore, it is no longer &#8216;mature&#8217; to let them throw shit at liberals. It is weak and irresponsible and oozes lack of self-respect, strength and dignity. People will not and should not vote someone into power who they perceive as weak. So Democrats lose. To further make the point I will provide two analogies. </p>
<p>First, a parent who let&#8217;s there kids walk all over them is no parent at all. To digress for a moment, I think the correlation of this analogy goes deeper than the purposes here. I have determined that conservatives, to a large degree, are effectively adult children. They display arrested emotional development, etc. etc. </p>
<p>But now for the second analogy. The liberal party soooo often acts like a codependent victim of domestic abuse. They just eat the shit that is dealt them over and over and over again, and then they try and change the behavior of a few &#8217;swing&#8217; voters right around election time to just squeak out a win. But alas, we have seen the results of that strategy. LOSERS. The abused wife will not change her husband&#8217;s behavior by appeasing him. Her only option, as difficult as it is, is to leave the abusive husband, and go make a better life for herself elsewhere.<br />
The liberal party needs to recognize that children, even adult children, require discipline, and abusive husbands either need to have the shit kicked out of them, or be left behind. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have time to refine this post as I could, but hopefully progressives will get the essential point, because it is utterly essential as we move forward.</p>
<p>FAUX and the fascist hack machine should be sued to hell for their belligerent libel and slander of Barrack Obama with the &#8216;Madrassa&#8217; fairytale.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789457', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 03:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joey, I am guessing you could probably prove malice with Rush.  Just show up in court with his tax returns.  The guy makes all of his money with his lying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joey, I am guessing you could probably prove malice with Rush.  Just show up in court with his tax returns.  The guy makes all of his money with his lying.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789430', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Joey_SoCal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joey_SoCal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 03:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This shithead should be sued for libel, defamation, and slander for the Madrassa deception and this &#039;jingle&#039;. Fox should be sued for the Madrassa hackery as well. Why aren&#039;t they? Where is the democratic spine on this? I&#039;m sure the ACLU would be delighted to take it on, and whoop these racist, bigoted, socially polluting hacks into line.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This shithead should be sued for libel, defamation, and slander for the Madrassa deception and this &#8216;jingle&#8217;. Fox should be sued for the Madrassa hackery as well. Why aren&#8217;t they? Where is the democratic spine on this? I&#8217;m sure the ACLU would be delighted to take it on, and whoop these racist, bigoted, socially polluting hacks into line.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789420', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mr. President</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. President</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 02:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ahh! Rush, you&#039;ve done it again! I must say, hilarious and right on the money! I, by the way, VOTE OBAMA!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahh! Rush, you&#8217;ve done it again! I must say, hilarious and right on the money! I, by the way, VOTE OBAMA!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789397', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 01:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uncle Ho, Rush can have as many macaca moments as he wants as long as his advertisers think he can make them money.  Imus was a washed up has-been that nobody listened to.  That is the only reason he went down so easy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uncle Ho, Rush can have as many macaca moments as he wants as long as his advertisers think he can make them money.  Imus was a washed up has-been that nobody listened to.  That is the only reason he went down so easy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789392', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 01:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#46 No, Lesbo, you are head troll because you are defending Rush Limbaugh for a song he played.  Is that too tough for you to understand?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#46 No, Lesbo, you are head troll because you are defending Rush Limbaugh for a song he played.  Is that too tough for you to understand?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789391', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 01:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#41 Who didn&#039;t lie, Mikey?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#41 Who didn&#8217;t lie, Mikey?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789389', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JPark</title>
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		<dc:creator>JPark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 01:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#37 He isn&#039;t?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#37 He isn&#8217;t?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=3789388', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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