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The 'Right Wing' Conspiracy
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by Karen Hatter | October 11, 2008 at 09:21 am
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Billboard identified as being located south of West Plains on U.S. 63 across from the Dairy Queen 'Right Wing' Conspiracy
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The phrase has been bandied about for decades. The basic premise is there are 'those others', right wingers, that are accused of using everything, the much alluded to 'kitchen sink' as well as whatever 'else' is lying around, to throw at any candidate that tends to disagree with their vision of the stewardship of the United States of America.
One photo displayed here is of a billboard identified as being located:
.... south of West Plains on U.S. 63 across from the Dairy Queen ....
According to the article, local residents are disturbed by the billboard's appearance.
The billboard features Senator Barack Obama, head wrapped in a turban, and a list of items meant to convey, that is, whomever paid for billboard, their view that the senator will do a variety of things, among those promote same sex marriage, abortions etc; we all know the drill.
The second photo at this post is of an image that was recently removed from the Republican Party's official Sacramento County, California website.
The image pictured, an attempt to link Senator Barack Obama to accused terrorist Osama Bin Laden, along with similar images, were removed from the website late in the day on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 and were denounced by California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
For almost two years, as the various candidates announced their intent to run, one specific candidate, from one of the two major political parties, Senator Barack Obama, has stood out from the crowd in a visual way, due to his skin color.
There wasn't anything truly special about his run as a person of color. He wasn't the first person of color to attempt to run within his party, the Democratic Party. The Republican Party saw Alan Keyes run for president in their party, beginning in 1996.
The uniqueness of the candidacy of Barack Obama has been, he has succeeded in winning his party's nomination, a first time in history occurrence. America has come very far since the days of slavery, Jim Crow and segregation. Or has it?
Several generations of Americans, all colors, have lived, in many instances, side by side next to one another, coming to realize that people, in general, are all trying to get through their lives without major disruptions, seeing themselves as having more in common with than at odds with their neighbor, who happens to be a different color.
Of course, for some, who have embraced the mantle of the segregationists of old, this reality could be viewed as a culmination of their worst nightmares, if one is to believe the literature that is dispensed by those clinging to a mission to reclaim a country that has since moved into territory they do not embrace.
I once heard a line in a movie I found interesting and intriguing, and I paraphrase its content, which was, the sign of a really good conspiracy was it couldn't be proven.
In this case, unlike the actions of COINTELPRO, organized against United States citizens, the idea of a 'Right Wing Conspiracy', where each person is assigned a specific job or task and it's on some sort of record what was desired to be accomplished, most likely does not exist.
Any alleged conspiracy would most likely be the implied 'understanding' of the persons or groups involved that gives rise to a campaign of slander and innuendo, often facilitated by the 'whisper campaign', "Had you heard? So and so did this, that or the other thing!".
Whether or not there is a 'Right Wing Conspiracy', odds are it can't be proven but, there are some indicators that seem to suggest repetitive patterns of actions, which many find to be of a nefarious nature, chief among those being, accusations that any and almost all Democratic candidates are 'left leaning', 'oddball' and 'un-American'.
Of course, the official Party of any who may use these tactics often distances themselves from any knowledge or support of its members or constituents who pursue this line of activity, as it should.
What remains is a set of circumstances, based in reality, the reality being charges leveled and promoted that lend themselves to manipulation, often taking on a life of their own, embraced by any who choose to forward the momentum of attempts at keeping the 'conspiracy' alive.
In Resselaer County in New York, absentee ballots were sent out.
A typographical error on the the ticket selection resulted in the name of the Democratic Party's candidate for President of the United States being listed as Barack Osama.
It appears no charges will be forthcoming.
.... a typographical error was made in the name of one of the candidates. The error was included on only 300 out of more than 4000 absentee ballots that will be mailed out this month. The Board of Elections acted quickly to correct the typographical error and regrets the error."
Just a few things, comedian and former late night talk show host Arsenio Hall used to say, that make you go , "Hmmmm ....!"
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* The hearing of this suit has been urged by Assistant Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas upon its retrieval from the judicial equivalent of the trash heap by Justice Thomas.
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at 10:31 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'd also be remiss if I didn't link to this video.
at 11:28 on October 11th, 2008
Jordan, thanks for the flag and the video link!
at 11:36 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. Rightwing conspiracy, I have got more the Idea some illuminated "Bridge club gangsters" are prepared since 2 years to orchestrate the right disaster that the "people in fear" vote for their final slaughter. We don't do that, we are alerted. Keep on writing Karen
at 15:32 on October 11th, 2008
Thank you, SOLARLIFE.
at 11:41 on October 11th, 2008
well too, I assume you heard McSame flip flopped again. He has been bashing Obama, till a recent rally where he DEFENDED Obama to at least 2 republicans.
Guess he was taking too much heat over his negative direct attacks.
at 15:35 on October 11th, 2008
I applaud Senator McCain's attempt to rein in the raucous crowd at his recent rally.
I hope his words were taken to heart by those in attendance.
at 11:47 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff. The personal attacks between candidates are always there but the baying of republicans at McCain rallies is way over the top - the racist overtones are getting louder and louder
at 15:36 on October 11th, 2008
Thanks for the flag and your thoughts, LotusFlower.
at 13:04 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 15:37 on October 11th, 2008
Thank you, Rahul.
at 13:13 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
A great piece - very interesting.
at 15:39 on October 11th, 2008
My thanks, Amy.
at 14:34 on October 11th, 2008
Here's a bit of an observation. Beginning with McGovern campaign, the Democratic Party started making overt moves to being more inclusive. With that move and the GOP "Southern Strategy", more and more Southern whites, as well whites of the same thinking in other areas of the country found it comfortable to be among their fellow Republicans, allied in oneness.
In 2005, Republican National Committee Chairman Kevin Mehlman rued that decision.
Source: washingtonpost.com
Yes, Martin Luther King was a Republican. However, that was in the days before the Southern Strategy. That was in the days that being a Republican was tantamount to protesting Jim Crow and the official segregation of the South.
As an aside, I remember in my political salad days so many of us wished the conservative mossbacks in the Texas Democratic Party would get the hell out and go join the Republicans. Soon, those wooed by the "Southern Strategy" and the opportunistic did just that.
Until the GOP fumbled the ball on immigration issues, Hispanics were made welcome, as part of the anti-abortion battle and family values.
McCain-Palin, however, has turned its back on some of the most ludicrous lies and vicious attacks from GOP operatives and allies. Focusing on differences in policy is taking a back seat to differences in culture and, yes, skin color.
Now, they are reaping what they have sown.
at 15:42 on October 11th, 2008
Thank you, Dunkelberg, for the very important contextual history.
at 16:04 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff. Yeah, the whackjobs are coming out of the woodwork, especially when the Klan state they support Obama in order to get a race war started.
at 16:59 on October 12th, 2008
Thanks for the flag, Barry.
Barry, the Ku Klux Klan, along with other White nationalist/supremacist groups, have seemed to have crafted a two pronged strategy.
Some have come out to say they support the Obama candidacy as their web sites call for action, with posters sharing their visions for the demise of the candidate. As I have written elsewhere, there are approximately a quarter of a million known members and supporters of these organizations.
The men arrested in Denver, Colorado, who had planned to assassinate Senator Obama during his nomination speech, belonged to such an organization.
Various gear, weapons and vests were found relating to their plans.
That they were foiled was fortunate and commendable but, as more and more "whackjobs" are whipped into a frenzy, the level of danger increases exponentially.
Let's hope the McCain-Palin campaign operates more wisely as it proceeds toward election day.
Stoking the anger of the 'lone wolf' xenophobe, as I stated elsewhere, even if it be unintentional, is dangerous.
at 16:06 on October 11th, 2008
Karen Hatter, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 16:45 on October 11th, 2008
Thanks, Rhonda.
at 16:11 on October 11th, 2008
Wow - that sign is a bit over the top... but to be fair is was also over the top for dems to throw bleach on delegates at the RNC Its also over the top to give people cigarettes and dollar bills if they agree to sign up to vote 72 times in one state.
at 16:14 on October 11th, 2008
I haven't heard about that. Give people cigarettes and dollar bills for agreeing to vote 72 times??!
at 16:17 on October 11th, 2008
Don't suppose there's a reference for that bleach thing?
at 16:25 on October 11th, 2008
hi dunkelberg.. here is a link for the bleach thing... if you do a search there are many more but here is more...http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/01/anti-war-protest-gop-convention-turns-violent/
at 11:21 on October 17th, 2008
I inadvertantly ended up in the anarchist march the story talked about. While I did not see the bleach incident it would not surprise me. There was a lot of violence to property that went on in that march. And that was while there were no delegates around. So again, that it happened would not surprise me.
at 16:26 on October 11th, 2008
and for amyjudd here is the guy who was given cigs and dollars.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/news/politics/1_voter__72_registrations_132965.htm
at 16:45 on October 11th, 2008
Oh wow - thanks for that!
at 16:33 on October 11th, 2008
What happen to America the great melting pot, why so much hate and negativity, this is a great post. We have allot of work to be done in America, we have real enemies out there and their is so much hate against Obama a man who has given his time to better America. We have to focus on real issues and billboards like that are foolish and sad.
at 16:54 on October 11th, 2008
My thanks, Integrityforamerica.
at 11:28 on October 17th, 2008
My guess is that the idea of America as a melting pot was something both of us were taught in school. How well it ever worked outside of the brick walls of Oakdale Elementary, however, is another question. We tend to be a melting pot, I think, after the second generation of immigrant sheds those annoying immigrant traits - think here of Pollack Jokes and Organ Grinders.
Once those traits have been washed away through acculturation then you are welcome to the club. Good to note here, though, that skin color cannot be acculturated away.
at 04:21 on October 18th, 2008
There never has been happiness over te great melting pot, racialism is not so underground it present and has been there since the days of black african slaves and of course some americans have not forgot the words greasers, chinks etc. The fact that a colored guy is goin to sit in the seat of power will and does get up some american citizen throats. The pot has racialist impurities that can never really be eradicated even thought they should. America will have a colored guy sitting in the White house and I guess some sad racialist spark will name it the Black House. However I would myself wish to see a Black African American sit in that seat of power to see the racialist trash squint. Obama is Black African American he is a mixture of American and African yes he is a product of the melting pot and I want to see the squinting.
He is Christian and I think his fathers possibly came from Muslim stock? really wish that there was some jewish blood in Obama and maybe American Red Indian as that would put the icing on the cake. lol. Though I really don't think much of both candidates and thats nothing to do with politics, religion or color. But to do with the fact that the American governance system is corrupt and its highly likely that both, oh let forget the highly likely and state both are sure to be corrupt as most politicans tend to be because both parties are tied to corperate puppet masters.
at 04:03 on October 29th, 2008
The melting pot banned those that had a deeper shade of brown and black has never been fashionable, some shades of white would not even go near the pot but stuck burning crosses in the ground to stop the black from even seeing the pot.