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More Racist Republican Fear-Mongering

Jill

And like the “Waterboard Barack Obama” graphic, this is coming from the GOP itself, not from random supporters. The Republican National Committee is sending out fliers implying that Obama is a terrorist:

In a stark new brochure Wednesday, the Republican National Committee subtly plays on the false belief held by many Americans that Barack Obama is a Muslim, an Arab, or somehow un-American.

“Terrorists don’t care who they hurt,” says the cover the brochure, arriving in mailboxes Wednesday in the battleground state of Virginia.

The words appear over a picture of someone in shadow eyeing or photograhing the front of an airplane, an apparent reference to the fact that terrorists used hijacked airplanes to kill Americans in 2001.

Flip open the brochure, and the photo is of Obama.
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“Barack Obama,” it says, “Not who you think he is.”

6 thoughts on More Racist Republican Fear-Mongering

  3. If, God forbid, anything should happen to Obama, these people will have blood on their hands. I don’t know how they sleep at night.

  4. this devolution into blatant racism makes me think of how Nice Guys ™ react when they’re not getting what they want: it gets ugly, quickly. apparently the “but -i’m- not a racist!” crowd is the same way.

  5. Very interesting. I live in VA, neither of the 2 areas of contention mind you (somewhere in between, Bill Clinton and Sarah Palin were just here) but I wonder if I’ll get one. Oh wait, I’m a registered Dem. Darn.

  6. I’m voting for Obama. But one thing that pisses me off is why Obama supporters don’t say “There’s nothing wrong with being a Muslim or an Arab.” or “I would vote for a Muslim or an Arab.” Instead, all I here is “BUT HE’S NOT MUSLIM!!! THOSE LIARS!” Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, had a good recent post about this in The Washington Post, and I think it needs more attention. THe current take on the situation makes it appear that both sides are not supporting Muslim-Americans.

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