On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:33:53 -0400, Lil Abner wrote:

On 10/31/2011 12:25 PM, jps wrote:

This is pretty obvious to those of us who pay attention...


Politico’s Roger Simon says that Republican presidential Rick Perry’s
recent embrace of birtherism amounts to a racist “dog whistle.”

“It’s not a ‘fun’ issue to poke somebody on,” Simon told CNN’s Howard
Kurtz Sunday. “It is more than a little bit racist. Not everyone who
believes it is a racist. It grew out of the belief that a black man
could not be legitimately elected to the president of the United
States.”

He continued: “Now, why would Perry use that in the primaries instead
of saving it for the general when he’s running against President
Obama? Well, it’s because being extreme, perhaps, and a little bit
racist, perhaps, gives you good bona fides in a Republican primary. It
shows them that you are on the same side as they are.”

“So, it’s a bit of a dog whistle?” Kurtz asked.

“Absolutely,” Simon replied.

After almost a week of refusing to admit that President Barack Obama
was a U.S. citizen, Perry finally said Wednesday that he had “no
doubt” that the president’s birth certificate was real.

I don't know the truth of the birther issue but it has nothing to do
with race. Odd that every issue is now label racism.

The birther issue is a dog whistle. It's directly related to whites
who see the country being taken over by blacks and hispanics. The
same ones who recite things like "let's take our country back."

It started the minute Obama won the election and there's no other
explanation than race.

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On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:33:53 -0400, Lil Abner wrote:

On 10/31/2011 12:25 PM, jps wrote:

This is pretty obvious to those of us who pay attention...


Politico?s Roger Simon says that Republican presidential Rick Perry?s
recent embrace of birtherism amounts to a racist ?dog whistle.?

?It?s not a ?fun? issue to poke somebody on,? Simon told CNN?s Howard
Kurtz Sunday. ?It is more than a little bit racist. Not everyone who
believes it is a racist. It grew out of the belief that a black man
could not be legitimately elected to the president of the United
States.?

He continued: ?Now, why would Perry use that in the primaries instead
of saving it for the general when he?s running against President
Obama? Well, it?s because being extreme, perhaps, and a little bit
racist, perhaps, gives you good bona fides in a Republican primary. It
shows them that you are on the same side as they are.?

?So, it?s a bit of a dog whistle?? Kurtz asked.

?Absolutely,? Simon replied.

After almost a week of refusing to admit that President Barack Obama
was a U.S. citizen, Perry finally said Wednesday that he had ?no
doubt? that the president?s birth certificate was real.

I don't know the truth of the birther issue but it has nothing to do
with race. Odd that every issue is now label racism.

The birther issue is a dog whistle. It's directly related to whites
who see the country being taken over by blacks and hispanics. The
same ones who recite things like "let's take our country back."

It started the minute Obama won the election and there's no other
explanation than race.

Right. It couldn't be that Obama is a Marxist could it.