Michelle’s gone into overdrive, whipping up the usual frenzy about the terrorists under the bed who are determined to destroy us.
You think Hezbollah is only Israel’s headache? Wake up. Iranian Hezbollah’s spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli’s threat on Tuesday to dispatch 2,000 operatives “to every corner of the world to jeopardize Israel and America’s interests” is more than just idle Islamic heavy-breathing.
The Jew-hating terrorists of Hezbollah who call themselves the “party of God” are already here. In America. Plotting attacks. Raising money. Slipping through the cracks.
Keep your eyes open for swarthy brown people. And mark my prediction: this will be the most-heard chorus from the right as the November elections approach. With no successes to point to, it’s all they have – fear and hysteria, and the notion that only tough, masculine Republicans can fight the terrorists in the mist, while the effette, snail-eating Democrats run to Starbuck’s, hiding their faces in the foam of their lattes. It would be easier to make fun of this all-too-obvoius snow job if it hadn’t worked so well for them in 2004. Are we going to let them get away with it yet again?
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By Don
This nation needs to be vigilant.
The swarthy brown Arabs are trying to blow us up.
The swarthy brown Asians are trying to steal our companies.
The swarthy brown Mexicans are trying to take our jobs.
The swarthy brown Negros are trying to rape our girls.
See a patern here?
July 19, 2006 @ 8:14 pm | Comment
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By Ivan
From The Daily Show: the divine Samantha Bee asks, “are you prepared?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1EnhLsJFNw&search=%22Samantha%22Bee%22
July 19, 2006 @ 9:17 pm | Comment
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By richard
Ivan, that link is great- thank you!
July 19, 2006 @ 10:22 pm | Comment
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By davesgonechina
“Swarthy brown asians trying to steal our companies”? I follow your argument Don, but swarthy just ain’t the word for the Japanese or the Chinese. Especially the Chinese, they work so hard to stay out of the sun. The ones who own companies, anyway. Maybe one day tanning will catch on…
July 20, 2006 @ 1:39 am | Comment
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By kmcolo
“fear and hysteria, and the notion that only tough, masculine Republicans can fight the terrorists in the mist, while the effette, snail-eating Democrats run to Starbuck’s, hiding their faces in the foam of their lattes.”
You’ve hit the nail on the head. This is EXACTLY the tack that will be used.
July 20, 2006 @ 9:27 am | Comment
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By Bukko in Australia
Don’t forget “World War III.” Bill O’Lielly, Newtron Gingrich and Bill Kristol-ball were all on the TV chattering head shows last Sunday uttering that phrase. (According to what I hear on the Air America Radio shows I download Down Under, that is.) When three of the top fascist propagandists say the SAME THING on the SAME DAY, it’s not a coincidence, it’s an official talking point being rolled out. “We’re already in World War III with the terrorists. Who do you trust to protect you in World War III, those gay liberals or us manly Republicans?”
Me, I vote for not getting into World War III, but maybe I’m just gay. (Don’t tell my wife…) The trouble with this rhetoric is that it becomes self-fulfilling. The fascists talk about World War III enough, it desensitises people to the idea. Then when they actually do drop a few nuclear weapons on Iran, it’s not so much a shock as a confirmation of what was already happening.
July 20, 2006 @ 6:52 pm | Comment
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By Mike
Remember the Maine!
And the Alamo!
And Tonkin Gulf!
Heck, remember whatever it takes, just remember that we’s gots ta kill some dark-skinned folk!
July 23, 2006 @ 6:28 am | Comment