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anomaly100Jul 8, 2010Submitter
Be more like George! Be more like George! (Heat exhaustion)
nygenxerJul 9, 2010
Choke on a pretzel!
mrsteveman1Jul 9, 2010
I would take George over Sarah. Then i'd probably shoot myself because the country is f**ked either way.
arschgaudiJul 10, 2010
Yeah, cause things are going so well under the leadership of Big Barry.
captobliviousJul 10, 2010
@arschgaudi,
Actually things ARE going MUCH better under President Obama's guidance and it just burns your hide dosen't it.
It's ok, the GOP will get another chance to turn the country into a christo fascist corporatocracy in the next century.
That is, unless we can keep the public educated to your tricks and frankly, I intend to try.
orubinsteinJul 10, 2010
"Actually things ARE going MUCH better under President Obama's guidance"
What the f**k are you smoking?
He's managed to spend more than every other president combined.
We're now at a higher unemployment rate that he threatened we would be at if the stimulus was not passed.
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neognosticJul 10, 2010
@oru - Are you a Faux News viewer? Because you are so wrong.
(All numbers come from the Treasury Department, found here and here.)
1) Ronald Reagan (1981-1989): Inherited roughly $908 billion in debt, and took it up to $2.6 trillion. Change: +186%.
2) George H.W. Bush (1989-1993): Took Reagan’s $2.6 trillion up to $4.2 trillion. Change: +62%.
3) Bill Clinton (1993-2001): Took Bush’s $4.2 trillion up to $5.7 trillion. Change: +36%.
4) George W. Bush (2001-2009): Took Clinton’s $5.7 trillion up above $10.6 trillion. Change: +86%.
5) Barack Obama (2009-2010): So far, has taken Bush’s $10.6 trillion up to $13 trillion. Change: +23%.
This is no defense of the current levels of deficit spending, which are clearly unsustainable and need some serious trimming. But it’s a good reminder that all that talk about Republicans being more fiscally responsible than Democrats doesn’t quite hold up when confronted with the real numbers.
rudegarJul 10, 2010
curious George ?
bobosmitorJul 8, 2010
The ad includes women, who often are ignored in politics. I suspect this ad will appeal to many conservative women.
The dog in the ad was a nice touch, too.
anomaly100Jul 8, 2010Submitter
Too bad dogs can't vote! he he!
creationismlolJul 9, 2010
They sure the f**k wouldn't vote Palin, they're not stupid.
honukaiJul 10, 2010
Perhaps some peanut butter would change that?
hurricanedcJul 10, 2010
I wanna put a dog in office! It'll be like Caligula's horse. And it'll do a better job than the people there right now.
dafragstaJul 10, 2010
Yeah, that ad was painful to just LISTEN to. Her stupidity and rhetoric drew my palm to my face, so I really didn't pay much attention to the video.
sackusmc27Jul 10, 2010
I agree with your decision not to comment on the racial "issue." If she includes minorities, she gets called a fake for only including them for political reasons. If she doesn't include them, she gets called a racist because that's not what America looks like.
Let it go, liberals. We all understand why you don't like her. No need to impute racist intent when you have no proof of it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
homercles337Jul 10, 2010
"I have trouble believing it's a total coincidence."
There are NO minorities at her "events." They would have had to cull stock footage, and then they run the risk of being caught.
sackusmc27Jul 10, 2010
Again, homercles, is that Sarah Palin's fault? Does she actively preach racism or just advocate policies that would have a disproportional impact on minorities? And what do you expect when the opponent is the first black president, since 96% of African-Americans voted for him (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15297.html).
What's more of a coincidence: that none of the 4% of possible black Palin supporters were at these events, or that most of those 96% voted for Obama just because he is black?
rentalcanoeJul 8, 2010
To Sarah, "real America" = white America.
orubinsteinJul 10, 2010
Let's see, we have an administration that drops charges on a voter intimidation case because the defendants are blacks and we have an ad without black people.
What's more important?
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ciarJul 10, 2010
the article comments on an indian-american woman at 45 seconds, and I saw a black woman in the background for about half a second after that, too.
rentalcanoeJul 8, 2010
She lost, right?
arschgaudiJul 10, 2010
The liberals are still terrified of this women, one they characterize as a loser, without a chance. But they still jump at her every movement.
usarugulaJul 10, 2010
Then it seems I am also terrified of Michael Richards.
particleman420Jul 10, 2010
you stick with that "terrified" thing it makes about as much sense as anything else pallin says or does.
shark72Jul 10, 2010
Speaking as somebody you'd probably classify as a liberal, I hope Sarah Palin has huge success within the Republican party. I'd like her to replace Michael Steele. In fact, I would love for her to be the GOP's nominee for President of the USA!
Fellow liberals: if you are "terrified" of Palin, then please bury this post. If, like me, you can't wait for the moment that you hear "Our nominee for President... Sarah Palin!" at the GOP convention, digg it up.
eddiepotatoJul 10, 2010
We're also fascinated with that disaster Lindsay Lohan. Are we terrified of her, too? You don't have to be scared of a spectacle to be perversely preoccupied with it.
twwixJul 10, 2010
My, what a fitting name you have.
Arsch = The German word for "Ass".
arschgaudiJul 10, 2010
I'm a little liberal
short and stout
here is my handle
here is my spout
rblancarteJul 10, 2010
I consider myself liberal leaning. I would say this about what you said:
She is everything you say we think she is. She is a loser and she has no chance.
Do we fear her? No way in the least. She is a train wreck that we can't look away from.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
I was recently told by these assh**es that liberals were terrified of "birthers" too because we may one day have to "wake up" and not be able to be "sheeple" anymore. I am beginning to think "terrified" is their new response when their teatarded candidates make such obvious fools of themselves that they are universally mocked for their idiocy.
orlandogeekJul 11, 2010
Yes, we are terrified. But not of what you think we are terrified of. We are not afraid of Sister Bendy-straws. We're afraid for the country and it's future that there are actually people that are too blind and/or stupid to see how ignorant and wrong she is and how dangerous having someone, man or woman, with her beliefs in power would be to the country.
If you are intelligent, you mark George W Bush's years in office as ranking high up there as 8 of the worst in this country's short history. If you are intelligent you look at those years and think they would be as nothing compared to the insanity of the military spending, unilateral, world completely hates us Conservative orgy of destruction that a Palin administration would bring.
rblancarteJul 10, 2010
Depth, you forgot, she is working to lose again.
homercles337Jul 10, 2010
She lost, then she quit, and then she milked her idiot followers for millions.
tcbishop12Jul 8, 2010
Palin’s father Chuck Heath, says Palin was made uncomfortable by the high number of Asian Americans in Hawaii. He is quoted as describing the problem as “a minority type thing and it wasn’t glamorous, so she came home.”
Palin’s discomfort with the “minority thing” in Hawaii was due to anti-nonwhite bias. As if Palin couldn’t handle being so close to so many Asian people, as if black hair and mocha skin made her nauseous.
The problem with Sarah is “race shock”. Palin grew up in Alaska, where nearly 70% of the state is made up of Whites. She was undoubtedly a member of the racial majority, and probably thought of race issues as the kind of thing only ”outsiders” had to worry about.
You'd have to be either crazy or a racist to support Sarah. Or both.
maxell101Jul 8, 2010
Should I take it there is inner conflict in her home with Pappa? She must be pissed off that he outed her.
builderbJul 9, 2010
You could argue that racist people are somewhat crazy anyway..
ouzeJul 9, 2010
"Race Shock" is actually a real thing, in my experience.
I grew up in NYC, and moved to Iowa about 10 years ago. Every time I go home I fly into LGA, and one of the first things I think to myself is "wow, I forgot how MANY non-whites there are in not-Iowa. Look! Indians! I remember you guys!". Iowa is a good place but wow, what a homogeneous state.
I miss home a lot.
kringgerJul 10, 2010
Same with me. My home is in South Florida but I go to school in Tennessee. Way different places.
rocroJul 10, 2010
Try living in China or India, or even Nigeria. Even Iowa is diverse compared to these places. You haven't seen true homogeneity until you travel the world.
joejitsuJul 10, 2010
To her credit the native Hawaiians, of all races, can be kinda rude to white people not from the island.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
Especially to racist idiots like her.
honukaiJul 10, 2010
Joejitsu..you couldn't be more wrong. Of course I also sincerly doubt you could pick a native Hawaiian out in a lineup either. There just aren't that many native Hawaiians left, most of the Asian people in the islands are Micronesian or Southeast Asian. In my many years of living in Hawaii the ONLY people I've felt were rude were white mainlanders (BTW I'm a white mainlander too).
rain12913Jul 10, 2010
Right, then why would her father have specifically said that there were too many Asians there?
berkanaJul 10, 2010
Incidentally, the Sarah PAC logo shows Alaska and the lower 48, but no Hawaii.
homercles337Jul 10, 2010
A quick google tells me that AK is 75.4% white, while 19.1% is Native American. That leaves about 5.5% for "them other races." I wonder how much of that 19.1% live in the Anchorage area?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Alaska
13point1Jul 10, 2010
As a lifelong Anchorage resident, I can tell you that Anchorage is a pretty white place, especially if you stick to the South and West sides of town.
bolin100Jul 8, 2010
Mshe just lost even more voters so yes, I like the ad.
rotundoJul 10, 2010
How much you wanna bet she gained more than she lost?
Scary, but that's where I'd put my money.
whitegripesJul 10, 2010
I don't really think she wants to win anymore elections. She just wants the campaign contributions and attention that come along with running.
Closed AccountJul 8, 2010
I spy with my little eye ... what appears to be a black woman at 1:04 ...
flashingcurserJul 8, 2010
She's one of those fake blacks.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12304229@N08/4775845536/sizes/l/
quaestor44Jul 9, 2010
You're in denial Anomaly100.
Wake the F*** up.
anomaly100Jul 8, 2010Submitter
It is mentioned in the post AND in the comments here. You commented, so I take it the post is buried. Congrats on both of you straining your eyes to find ONE person of color in her ad.
Closed AccountJul 8, 2010
Are you willfully ignorant or are you lying again? First...you should THANK ME for commenting. It was you libs who let it slip that comments on a submission help it to the front page.
The post says this:
"UPDATE: I stand corrected by Twitter follower SJ Duffield: an Indian-American woman is visible in background at 45 seconds."
No one in the comments has mentioned the other woman.
The woman I mentioned is at a completely different part of the video. There's a woman at 45 seconds and THERE'S CLEARLY a black woman at 1:04.
Different woman. You do realize people can read what you have written and judge for themselves right?
This ad is about WOMEN ... leave it to shrill liberals to try to say it's "ethnically cleansed" when it is not.
I have no idea if your lame story is buried. You have an extreme persecution complex and you lie too much. That's probably why people bury you. And, there is only ONE of me. If you want to ... absolutely contact Digg and have them investigate.
Are you projecting again?
patman21Jul 9, 2010
simmer down... no need to make a huge fit over a stupid video... jeez.
seltaeb4Jul 10, 2010
Did anyone notice the lady on the Grassy Knoll?
anomaly100Jul 9, 2010Submitter
It is not me that is lying. You know that is the truth.
quaestor44Jul 9, 2010
You're in denial Anomaly100.
Wake the F*** up.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
HurrDurr SheepleZ1!1One! Week Upp!
damn, has anyone who wasn't an assh**e said "WAKE UP" on digg?
I think it goes in the "instant assh**e" category with "Sheeple".
rentalcanoeJul 9, 2010
One???? Oh my.
kinserJul 9, 2010
I find it hilarious that people will still defend Palin. She gives a black eye to every American. It would be best if this country forgot about her.
usarugulaJul 9, 2010
"I'm not a racist. Just ask my black friend."
assassyn360Jul 10, 2010
Go ahead... ask me. I will tell you anything about USArugula.
therednewtJul 10, 2010
Regardless, who cares?
As far as I'm concerned, there are plenty of reasons not to support Palin regardless of lack of minorities in her ads.
Even then, so what? What's worse leaving out minorities (presumably just an oversight) or packing your ad with every group you can think of in some cynical ploy to get votes from those groups? If there's evidence she intentionally kept out non-whites, I'll lead the charge against her on racism. However, I find it just as despicable to think that including a few minorities in your ad will get their votes. Just round up some supporters and film your ad. Whoever comes, comes.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
grammerpantsJul 10, 2010
Please elect this women, we Canadians need more entertainment from our southern brothers and sisters.
therednewtJul 10, 2010
Well, if that's what you want, don't bitch to us when the world runs off the tracks again.
grammerpantsJul 10, 2010
It hasn't already?
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
we looked for a caravan dwarfs in the land of grey and pink
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
hippies, aristocratic or not :D might know, it's four.
- as well the nifty difference to a caracan of dwarfs.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
:P of course more difficult to spot on a cd cover, unlike the single
black who was pushed into cams, teabagger party, washington dc.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
Wow! That almost made me cry!
WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN???
I LOVE this GUY!
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
caravan - the land of grey and pink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Land_of_Grey_and_Pink on the cover are dwarfs hidden.
captobliviousJul 10, 2010
I spy, with my little eye, yet another republican lie.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
And with this, sir, you have won the entirety of the World Wide Webintertubeiverse!!!
Don! Tell this young man what he has won!
cosmicsurferJul 9, 2010
And AGAIN Sarah proves she is an idiot....which says what exactly about those who hang on her every mis-spoken word?
blacklabelsarJul 10, 2010
Idiots Bob. The correct answer is Idiots. I'm going with Idiots for all the marbles.
captobliviousJul 10, 2010
You hereby win all the marbles,
I hope you have somewhere to store them all and a plan for pawning them off on the next sucker (thanks by the way) .
The first 50 dump trucks full arrive in about 3 hours, best to get ready.
freedomjoeJul 9, 2010
These people.....amaze me.
armageddon2012Jul 10, 2010
There's no group of people more stupid as a whole than the hate-spewing Palin haters on a digg thread.
fr0stbyte124Jul 10, 2010
What do you mean "these people"?!
nygenxerJul 9, 2010
Let's hope scientists find a cure for Sarah Palin Syndrome. (SPS)
"Are you suffering from SPS, or Sarah Palin Syndrome? Take this quiz and find out:
Does your head hurt from reading "all of 'em" newpapers?
Do you suffer from poor spatial or depth perception, like being able to see Russia from your house?
Are you easily flustered when asked simple direct questions to yes or no questions?
Ever feel the urge to shoot an animal from a moving helicopter?
Do you sorta look like Tina Fey?
The you might have Sarah Palin Syndrome.
"...and with enough money, we can find a cure for Sarah Palin. We need a cure for Sarah Palin as soon as possible. Give generously, won't you?"
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
She's smarter than you.
publiclurkerJul 10, 2010
Plese, she's not even smarter then ewe.
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
Seriously. She's smarter and more accomplished than you will ever be.
blacklabelsarJul 10, 2010
And she rules a kingdom, just through a wardrobe, where anything is possible.
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
She's a political news commentator.
captobliviousJul 10, 2010
@weierstrass,
Um, she may be smarter than you, but most of the rest of us diden't need to go to five schools, for six years to get a bachelor's degree in communications.
Her BA is in communications, that 's not even as good as a liberal arts degree! Easier I think because you don't have to try learn to understand art or remember all those artists styles and names.
nygenxerJul 10, 2010
@weierstrass: Bring it on anytime, baby.
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
@CaptOblivious You don't want the comma after "five schools," and you mean "every day," not "everyday."
To avoid ambiguity, it's a good idea to place just before the word it modifies. Also, you don't know what a liberal arts degree is.
Regardless, look at how much she's done with her crappy little communications degree, and what a sniping, petty troll you are. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
@nycgenxer Um... ok. (wtf?)
nygenxerJul 10, 2010
@weierstrass:
You said, "She's smarter than you."
I wrote, "Bring it on anytime, baby." Combining one of W Bush's worst intentional statements with the slogan of the F-14 Tomcat (after all, I am from NY).
What don't you understand? Prove it. Don't just be a troll; you opened your f**king mouth, now back it up or STFU. Understand now, homeschool?
weierstrassJul 11, 2010
It's hard to take your accusation of trolling seriously, as several of your past comments consist your own inflammatory, unfunny, unprompted comments copied and pasted. However, maybe you don't deny that you are a troll, in which case I would like to point out that I have said nothing here that was untrue, and have offended only those who cling to a misconception. The reply button exists so that people can respond to specific comments. Your definition of trolling seems to include all posts that merely express disagreement. It may not have been nice, but it was something I would say to your face. I was merely responding to your post, which lacks perspective. I mean, I invite you to go ahead and post verifiable personal information so that you can prove that you are somehow smarter than Sarah Palin. But I'd rather you made an honest assessment of your place in the pecking order. Maybe you're a famous genius who spends hours on online forums, but I think we both know that you --and those Digging your comment-- are unexceptional.
As for the "wtf?" comment: I think you believe that your diction is jocular and colloquial, but the things you say are often strange and off-putting. You speak in cliches in many of your comments. I knew what you meant, but do I really have to explain why "Bring it on anytime, baby." is a weird thing to say? Can you imagine someone actually saying that? How would you rather I had responded?
For your sake, I hope that you are not actually 38 years old, as children and some teenagers are generally the only people who think that cursing is intimidating. Is that how you speak to people? No person with self-respect would be able to hear "you opened your f**king mouth, now back it up or STFU" without succumbing to fits of laughter.
I don't know why you look down on those who are homeschooled. The level of education is dependent upon the skill of the teacher. I knew someone who went from homeschooling to Princeton, and I remember a woman on Jeopardy a few years ago who did the same. I, however, was not homeschooled. In fact, I went to a magnet high school. I could be lying, but I'm not, not that it matters. It's irrelevant. If you think that you can win an argument by tossing out silly insults, then this battle is already won.
I wish we could raise the level of discourse, which is the whole point of my original post. Remember, you can call me names, but that doesn't make you any less of a fool.
I'm sure at this point that I'm yelling into the wind, but to all those who are burying me: What have I said that was so wrong? A guy posted a snide and overly simplistic critique of a public figure and I called him on it. I've been met with nothing but inappropriate insults, and I have met each grievance with a level of consideration and respect that I don't think I have not been given. I am merely speaking truth to the undeservedly arrogant.
nygenxerJul 11, 2010
"I wish we could raise the level of discourse, which is the whole point of my original post."
You expect me to believe that your "She's smarter than you" is a "pointed" statement designed to "raise the level of discourse"?
I don't need to insult you to make you look stupid, kid. You're doing just fine on your own.
*****
I've been using "home-schooled" as shorthand for stupid. I have nothing against home-schooling in honest practice (Abe Lincoln was famously home-schooled), but today it's too often just an excuse for people to teach their kids that the Earth is 6,000 years old and the Flintstones is a documentary. Most adults in the US read at the 6th grade level; not well enough to teach reading comprehension to someone else.
Interesting side note, a hundred years ago what was considered to be a 6th grade reading level would today be characterized as college level.
"Bring it on" is of course the challenge that Bush made to those who are trying to kill our soldiers. It's interesting to note he made this challenge from the safety and comfort of the White House and not downtown Baghdad or Kabul, and his own military record is...well...let's just say W's military record is unique in that it is (somehow) not fully documented. The other half ["Anytime, baby"] was the slogan of the F-14 Tomcats made by Grumman back when we had a half dozen military contractors and not just the one. I'm a NYer with a fondness for both airplanes and cats, but even without these bits of information the sentence still works.
Strange that you found a whole paragraph to write about this one sentence but nothing to support your comment that Sarah Palin is smarter than I am.
Sarah Palin's mental inabilities are well-documented - which is probably why you didn't offer any cogent argument (say, doesn't that lower the level of discourse?) But if you still want to argue with me about her stellar intellect - by "stellar" I mean "a tiny pinpoint of light only visible in total darkness" - then by all means do so.
Or STFU.
skinny01Jul 10, 2010
won't cha?!
weierstrassJul 10, 2010
Come on guys. Don't bury the truth! :)
nygenxerJul 10, 2010
The truth is you are a putz.
weierstrassJul 11, 2010
And you're a schlemiel. Whatever. Call me cheap names all day. You can't defend your own doltish positions.
armageddon2012Jul 10, 2010
Sarah Palin Syndrome - it's what all the hate-spewing Palin hating kooks on this thread suffer from.
nygenxerJul 10, 2010
I don't hate Sarah Palin...although she does have a personality as irritating as a tropical skin disease. By any objective measure, she is seriously, embarrassingly unqualified. That she was seriously considered by some to by worthy of the White House is mortifying. She makes a great cheerleader for the GOP and little else.
All politics aside: someone that stupid should not be anywhere near the White House. Wasn't eight years of Bush enough?
king8eggJul 9, 2010
Didn't you know? Real Amerika has no non-whites
bewareofthecowJul 10, 2010
Why do we need a mandatory minority in every piece of public media? It seems to me it is more insincere to strategically place coloured people in advertisements for purposes of being 'progressive'. Are we that insecure about the ethnic make up of our culture we feel the need to maintain the exact ethnic population ratio in everything we create?
I dislike Palin as much as the next person on digg, but come on, this is nitpicking.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
itislateJul 10, 2010
To represent the population? Especially since she is running for a government position. If Obama only had black people in his adverts when he was running I'm sure it would raise a few eyebrows.
bewareofthecowJul 10, 2010
Why do politicians have to be loved by everyone? That's bulls**t. She made a commercial consisting mainly of footage of the type of people that give a s**t about her. You can never please everyone. You might as well find the largest segment of the population that believes in your values and make a go of it. I'd hate to be an Obama type politician that tries to make everyone happy and in the process doesn't make anyone happy. Pick a direction and get it done. And if the only segment of the population willing to follow your leadership is a bunch of white suburban middle aged house wifes with IQs less than 20, f**k yeah, that is still a lot of people.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
abdulnJul 10, 2010
I agree, it's really insulting to have minorities jammed in my face every time I any kind of advert. Not every ad is like this, but it's over half of them, and it's getting worse...
You can claim it should be done to be sensitive to race, or represent the population, but that's a load, but that's just an excuse for some payback racism... Reverse racism is still racism.
I am a minority by the way, and I'm really offended by BPC BS. The fact that you got negative so many negative diggs speaks loads about how PC (i.e.: reverse racist) the average Digger is :(
manlyandyJul 10, 2010
There is no such thing as reverse racism, moron. The fact that you have to use the word "reverse" just means you didn't know what the word racism meant in the first place.
mrwallyJul 10, 2010
What's wrong with being a "reverse racist"? Sounds to me like that means you want to celebrate racial differences, not hide or hate them. How can that be a bad thing?!
bewareofthecowJul 10, 2010
You're not 'celebrating racial differences' by using mandatory minorities in advertisements. You are just trying to give the illusion of racial diversity of your potential audience. It's superficial, insincere and irrelevant. I think it is a form of racism to lie to the world by trying to tell them how ethnically diverse your university is by having 6 different races in every one of your commercials. How does NOT having a black person in a video make you hate black people? I don't understand this at all.
aFixedetourJul 9, 2010
Nothing like a good ole racial douche to rally the zealots.
specimen7Jul 9, 2010
Not a Palin fan but it's refreshing to see a commercial that isn't superficially diverse. Every Ad, TV show, Movie ect these days has at least one white, Asian and black. Because that's how it is in real life right?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
eagle193Jul 9, 2010
I've noticed that in recent commercials, yes. Three guys are depicted chilling in a bar, watching a game on tv, or doing something of the sort but usually one of them is not white.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2010
I've noticed it as well, but they also like to throw in a wheelchair person.
Now I am in favor of affirmative action, gay marriage, etc, but sometimes this PC stuff gets ridiculousComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
honukaiJul 10, 2010
They're just trying to appeal to everyone who might watch the ad.
ymegJul 10, 2010
I agree. An ad taking into consideration real life would have far less whites.
homercles337Jul 10, 2010
Apparently you have never been to Real Amurika(tm). Its all white, all stupid, all the time.
chilidogsJul 10, 2010
I found another event for you that is not superficially diverse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilXVkgmJk2E
trashyamericanJul 9, 2010
wow, a racist redneck? what else is new?
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
Um, we call those "Real Americans" around here...
kyotowolfJul 9, 2010
Who cares? Seriously, there's not a racial minority in the video but are we really going to base our votes on the fact they couldn't get a black or asian actor on that day? It's one of the things I hate about the US, you have to show a minority or you're seen as racist. I find that kind of racist myself in a society which supposedly is equal, what the f**k does it matter if there's not a guy with black skin, white skin, yellow or blue skin in your video?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ruckfulesJul 9, 2010
Although the video does include at least one minority woman in it, there is a legitimate point to be made about Sarah Palin's apparent disconnection with and apathy towards the "others" of the society in which she lives. I think that this video merely highlights what has been a tacit trend in her attitude towards minorities - or, more accurately, her disinterest in tackling minority issues and minorities themselves in any meaningful way.
hipmanJul 9, 2010
The only thing it highlights is the stupidity of the al sharpton crowd.Stop screaming racism at every other corner.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
@hipman
Are you seriously that dimwitted? Have you ever seen the reaction that the mention of Al Sharpton get's the majority of the time on digg? Sarah Palin may not be consciously racist in a cross-burning sort of way, but that doesn't matter, being belligerently clueless can have just as much of a negative impact on the lives of minorities. A political ad like this shows a lot of true colors and it's pretty evident that her vision of the fabric of America is far from being woven in reality.
itislateJul 10, 2010
What a well thought out and clearly argued comment ruckfules. Well done sir.
Too bad our friend hipman had to ruin it with his bulls**t comment. What does al sharpton crowd even mean? Is he implying everyone who agrees with this article is black or a black sympathizer?
Closed AccountJul 9, 2010
"are we really going to base our votes on the fact they couldn't get a black or asian actor on that day?"
A lot of this footage appears to have been taken at speaking engagements and campaigning events. There were hundreds of people featured in the commercial! You don't find it mildly disconcerting that there was only one small clip of one black woman in the background in an entire commercial meant to represent the women of America? I'm the last person to bring race into issues where it's not merited and I even reluctantly defended the tea-partiers when Janeane Garofalo said they were all racist because I knew that simply to be untrue if not for purely statistical reasons. But in this case, Sara is basically handing this one over on a silver platter with one hand and a megaphone in the other.
amazingsteveJul 10, 2010
"are we really going to base our votes on the fact they couldn't get a black or asian actor on that day?"
you can't POSSIBLY be that retarded. No black or Asian actors available that day. Oh my good God, I think I'm having an aneurysm.
pronouncableJul 9, 2010
Man, I do love me some Tina Fey.
thebadwolfJul 9, 2010
For god's sake. What do you expect, a middle school algebra book? The outrage over this is f**king ridiculous. There are legitimate racial problems people are facing today, and we have to bitch that she didn't track down a token black woman to throw in the ad? Maybe an Asian in a wheelchair? I don't like her as much as anyone, but for the love of god, grow up.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2010
Well... I saw a poll today stating 55% of all Americans think Obama is a socialist. This tells me 55% are stupid. Obama is far from being a socialist, he is a center right politician and nothing he has done has anything to do with socialism.
I have a feeling many of these idiots also supports Sarah Failin'
mykonos08Jul 10, 2010
right, expanding government beuracracy and oversight and taking over the auto and banking industry is far more capatalistic than socialist....
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
Has nothing to do with socialism and he has done no such thing. Both the banking and auto industry is still privately owned.
When will you people learn to use facts and not fantasies in your arguments?
chilidogsJul 10, 2010
That would sound pretty socialist if those things had happed.
armageddon2012Jul 10, 2010
55% of Americans are smarter than you.
subarupowahJul 10, 2010
Says the moron who's handle is Armageddon2012.
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
Probably not a scientific poll, but yes there is still a large number out there that think it. It's not based on his policies, just based on his historical association with socialist teachings (such as the Bill Ayers connection) and the fears ingrained in them by people like Glenn Beck.
I am sure many of them are stupid, but some of them are just the right-wing version of conspiracy theorists. Always thinking there is some underlying Manchurian candidate thing going on. I don't know if I call it stupidity or symptom of our secretive government and over-the-top Hollywood entertainment lifestyles.
chilidogsJul 10, 2010
In my experience the right wing version of a conspiracy theorist is a conspiracy theorist.
drivebayJul 9, 2010
It's a shame that all the smart people aspire to be doctors and such and none make it into politics...
rotundoJul 10, 2010
Plenty of smart people make it into politics. Try hanging out and keeping up with the staff of any congressperson.
The problem is that smart doesn't sell. Nuance doesn't fit into a soundbite. Running the government is incredibly difficult. Committees don't agree on things and nobody has absolute power. Voters don't want to hear that they have to pay more or get less. And we all get to sit back and point fingers at how they're all buffoons.
iforgotaboutitJul 10, 2010
Smart people =/= ethical people.
builderbJul 9, 2010
What if the commercial was filled with ALL black people (other than Palin). That would be interesting.
crimsonblurJul 9, 2010
Actually the point is that would never happen.
builderbJul 9, 2010
exactly why I brought it up
bdfarielloJul 9, 2010
At least one response: "Why was her video two minutes of a still-frame?"
absurdistJul 10, 2010
What if the commercial was filled with reptilian shape-shifters who kept morphing into people, plants, animals, inanimate objects, etc... as she spoke? The response to that would be interestinger.
eddiepotatoJul 10, 2010
That *is* what the commercial is filled with. Don't play with my mind.
bdfarielloJul 10, 2010
Holy s**t, like Animorphs?
usarugulaJul 10, 2010
The wingnuts would spit her out and blame ACORN.
paint2100Jul 9, 2010
listened to 10 seconds couldn't stand her voice shut it off
rockforeverJul 9, 2010
Damn the liberals who allowed women to vote and run for office!
builderbJul 9, 2010
add a /S tag so you don't get dugg down by people who can't understand sarcasm.
publiclurkerJul 10, 2010
It's very dangerous to attempt sarcasm when talking about Palin because her idiot supporters are ignorant enough that you can't distinguish between the two.
cdw070Jul 10, 2010
Actually, Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) announced his support of the proposed 19th amendment, which triggered a vote in Congress. After being defeated initially, it eventually passed on the 2nd go round.
HOWEVER, more Democrats opposed the amendment than Republicans.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920womensvote.html
iforgotaboutitJul 10, 2010
Liberals. Not Democrats or Republicans.
Liberal = Political Ideology
Democrat/Republican = Political Party
Remember Abraham Lincoln? He's was a Republican too, but he support going against the status quo. Thus, he was a liberal.
cdw070Jul 10, 2010
Lincoln was a conservative.
http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/11/lincoln%E2%80%99s-conservative-vision/
jeexbitJul 9, 2010
Is this that "Mama Grizzlies" ad? I thought she shot grizzlies...
eddiepotatoJul 10, 2010
Her mama grizzly analogy is unintentionally brilliant. She states that mama grizzlies get aggressive when someone "want's to hurt their cubs". The truth is they get aggressive when anyone or anything comes anywhere near her cubs. You could be some nature photographer 200 yards away, but if mama smells you there's a good chance she'll charge your ass and kill you, no questions asked.
Ultra-conservative crazies in a nutshell.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
unintentionally brilliant indeed! grizzly mom's apparently cannibalize baby black bears.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1382078
spacem00seJul 10, 2010
What Eddie Potato said, also I fear it will only give Mothers more "NOT IN FRONT OF MY KID!" bulls**t. As someone who will be a parent soon, I could care less if my kid see's a naked body, hears a swear word, becomes sexually active, drinks a beer behind the football field, smokes a joint in college or discovers they are gay.
Sick and tired of people who think we need new laws or tougher penalties just to shield kids from things most people would consider to be PG-13.
adokimusJul 10, 2010
Only from helicopters.
ddrskataJul 9, 2010
Should we be surprised? What do you think the GOP means when it talks about "taking our country back?"
publiclurkerJul 10, 2010
Back to about the 1700's, I would guess.
thetruthbringerJul 10, 2010
It's your fantasy. You tell me what's going on in your wildest imaginations about it.
bdfarielloJul 9, 2010
It's like playing a game of Where's Waldo?
There was one black woman at 1:04, though. Had to pause every time the camera shifted though to find her.
marx2kJul 9, 2010
She knows her audience...
lohphatJul 9, 2010
No, she quit first.
thetruthbringerJul 10, 2010
Barack Obama? Quit every other job the voters elected him to. Let's hope it holds true for his current office, too.
Joe Biden? Resigned from the senate.
Hillary Clinton? Resigned from the senate.
Rahm Emanuel? Resigned from the house.
And on and on and on.
In fact, virtually every appointee and politician currently serving Obama in the White House is someone who quit his or her previous job.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
davethe1stJul 10, 2010
Well Biden and Clinton are serving as VP and Secretary of State respectively. In the meantime Sarah did a book tour, and contributes to Fox News.
Sarah Palin had no sense of responsibility to her office as Governor of Alaska.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
diggnabbitJul 10, 2010
It's quite normal for politicians to leave public office to run for or take a different public office. It's kind of required, if anyone in politics ever going to switch jobs. That's very different from, you know, quitting to go on a book tour.
Closed AccountJul 9, 2010
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jaysnameJul 9, 2010
common sense conservative women
women are standing up and speaking out
alot of women are concerned about their kids future
a mom awakening
women are rising up
mom’s kind of just know when something’s wrong
momma grizzly bears protecting their cubs
pitbulls vs momma grizzlies
all these women banding together
this isn’t right for our kids
look out washington there’s a whole stampede of pink elephants.
a lot of women coming together
If you’re emotional, and you’re a woman, this ad’s going for your vote.
I like ideas, reason and balance. I don’t like this ad.
berkanaJul 10, 2010
What the s**t was that?! A transcript of the ad?
You'd think that for a high production value advertisement, she'd take advantage of the ability to edit her speech into a cohesive statement. But you'd be wrong. She s**ts words out of her mouth.
sigmaman2Jul 9, 2010
I think it's a calculated omission...
Minorities remind Palin supporters of Obama.
Obama reminds them of their humiliating loss in the 2008 elections.
Their losses in 2008 remind them of their failed attempts to stop Health Care Reform.
Their failure to stop Health Care Reform reminds them of how powerless they are now.
absurdistJul 10, 2010
???????
Profit!
hipmanJul 10, 2010
What "reform"?.That bill was a joke.
amazingsteveJul 10, 2010
So's Palin. What's your point?
oriondrJul 9, 2010
1:11, black dude.
dima1109Jul 10, 2010
The how in the world did Jimmy Carter ever become one?
davethe1stJul 10, 2010
Jimmy wore a sweater.
riolio11Jul 10, 2010
:44 black lady in the back
alvinationJul 9, 2010
There's a black dude in the back at 1:11. Damn liberal lies.
anomaly100Jul 10, 2010Submitter
Well, that discounts any racism. You found a non-white! You found *ONE* non-white! Yay!!!
justin676Jul 10, 2010
So the one non-white didn't meet your quota for making a commercial then?
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
I dedicated /s in this comment. Am I right?
nexuspJul 10, 2010
"Because moms always know when somethings wrong."
Close up pan left. Pakistani\Indian Girl in the background. WTF? Sarah.
michigan85Jul 10, 2010
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assassyn360Jul 10, 2010
These are white's only pie!
davidnivenJul 10, 2010
Liberal racists always like to play the race card. Skin color only matters to racists. Now, take a look at the posts above and behold all the libs talking about skin color.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
uncajoeJul 10, 2010
You mention variations of race three time and "skin color" twice in two sentences? Conscience bothering you?
davidnivenJul 10, 2010
Nope. Just talking about the libs.
cosmicsurferJul 10, 2010
He doesn't have one
orangebobJul 10, 2010
He would need a brain first.
publiclurkerJul 10, 2010
One only needs to look at your past posts to see the blatant hypocrisy you spew. Then again, what would we expect from a proven failure like you?
davidnivenJul 10, 2010
[sniffle] Mommy, mommy. A liberal made another ad hominem.
malexJul 10, 2010
Look closely at your original post, David. You really think you have any business complaining about logical fallacies?
malexJul 10, 2010
"Liberal racists always like to play the race card."
Being aware of Republican monochromaticism does not make Liberals "racist."
mriceeJul 10, 2010
My Dearest David Niven... I knew you couldn't resist the urge to open your assh**e and say something stupid.
Glad you didn't let me down. What would my life be like without my daily dose of David Niven confusion, hate, bigotry, and idiocy.
faskippyJul 10, 2010
What? Shut the hell up.
cosworth99Jul 10, 2010
She's playing to the irrational "white women fear black men" stereotype. And since when did "fundemental" become a negative word?
nepidaeJul 10, 2010
Because inserting token "ethnic" people in your ads is meaningful.
buried.
hivoltage815Jul 10, 2010
I kind of agree with your statement. If they found it difficult to locate minorities among her supporters, it would be disingenuous to go out of their way and hire actors to fulfill those token roles. I think this video is more of an exemplification of her support base than a reason to get upset over her lack of diversity in it.
amazingsteveJul 10, 2010
"buried."
Nope front page. Wrong again sport.
Closed AccountJul 10, 2010
By the time she runs for office, white Americans will have had their fill of dopey leftist black politicians like Obama and Holder.
btw... that "Tanning Tax" is President Odouche's way of saying "Shove it whitey!". And did you like the way Holder had the voter intimidation charges dropped against the Black Panthers?
....just think of the Obama Administration as the OJ jury, and then it all makes perfect sense.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
itislateJul 10, 2010
To be honest I think it will come down to the policies, background and character of her competition at the time and ... oh wait, you are just a closet racist who has no intention of being open minded.
BTW nice generalization with the "white americans" statement. It's always funny to see some backwards nutjob speak for an entire group of people. You probably thought Obama would never become president also, right?
MegavitaminJul 10, 2010
Sarah's ad was only directed at mothers--not all women. Obviously, since I don't have children I don't have that grizzly bear sense. Oh well. George Bush's ad basically told everyone to go into debt in 2004, which is why we are where we are today. Both of these ads suck and I don't think it's a complete comparison without more examples of democrats and independents ads.
mikesobaJul 10, 2010
Who cares. She's a moron.
deadskinmaskJul 10, 2010
0:44, black woman in background.
tk0680Jul 10, 2010
In fairness, this doesn't mean Palin's more racist than Bush. It simply means that Bush (and/or his staff) was brighter than Palin.
Which is scary in itself, of course.
nova437Jul 10, 2010
She missed one at 1:04
rudegarJul 10, 2010
personally I see Cicciolina as a more serious politician and actor then palin but in much the same category
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Staller
libertarianslolJul 10, 2010
I don't get it. It this article implying Palin is racist because her team didn't insert in random blacks into her ad like Bush did?
What the hell is wrong with people?
halyardJul 10, 2010
No one in her ad was wearing hard hats; so it's racist.
twwixJul 10, 2010
There's no color in that ad whatsoever.
White America =/= Real America
libertarianslolJul 10, 2010
Most blacks are democrats so...
yacksJul 10, 2010
Considering that all this video was of her speaking engagements could be the reason why.. Maybe only white women attend to listen to Palin..