Interesting development

Yvette Perry — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:27:00 -0500

in the Bachmann case: Aubrey Immelman, the Republican who lost to her in the primaries, is remounting his campaign as a write-in candidate.

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Thank You

Southerngirl — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:14:04 -0500

Thank you for this post. Everytime I tried to write it it came out angry and incoherent. I just could not get the thoughts to come together without it sounding like one of my fed up talks with my kids. When I keep going and another thing...... :) The great thing about being American is your right to say and think what you feel. That is being American. We are a great mix of all kinds, and when you look at that with an open heart it can be a huge blessing to your world. Just because I don't look like you and agree with you on every issue does not make you more American than me, nor me more than you.

Michelle

I blog at http://www.mommycan.blogspot.com/

I Agree

msladydeborah — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:05:43 -0500

Ms Lady Deborah

What would be the definition of anti-American in this century? If I had to give my views on the subject it would not fall in line with the views of the 20th Century definition. Which one would be correct or acceptable? It would depend on who was receiving the message and if they agreed with my viewpoint.

Suddenly calling for an examination of who is American and who is not is a sign that there is a need to speak out period. We are in the position to prevent history from repeating itself. Do we really want a McCarthy style society in this era of our national story? I hope not.

I feel that it is fair game to attack proposed policies and political platforms. Or to have spirited debate over the issues. But when it gets to be vicious, personal and opens the door to potential danger within out society, then it is time to speak up.

My question is this ...

PunditMom — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:47:37 -0500

.... why do all the networks keep giving people like her so much air time? There are plenty of women (ahem -- MSM -- look here at BlogHer!) who have political views all over the spectrum who are not haters and promoters of hate the way Bachmann is.

I think I might have to go make a contribution to her opponent's campaign.

PunditMom

Will the real anti-Americans please stand up?

Jill Miller Zimon — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:02:07 -0500

This BlogHer post written yesterday by Erin about which parts, exactly, of our country Sarah Palin thinks are the un-American parts foreshadows the anger I'm feeling, but Erin did a great job trying to put the bubbling up into perspective:

If I can take the liberty of reading a bit into [Sarah Palin's] remarks [about enjoying speaking to the Pro-America places such as where she was campaigning], spoken
from North Carolina, Palin was talking to her base. The base of a party
rallying against Senator Obama's and Biden with hate speech and touting
their belief in prayer.

I have a very hard time reconciling the dynamics of that. Then I
remember there are the extremist in my party. Those so far off the
beaten path they firebomb car dealerships or preach their own version
of hate.

So what are we to learn from this? That Michelle's comment came
from a place many on the right couldn't understand, and Palin's comment
came from a place many on the left can't understand.

However, I can't imagine either side going as far as to call either woman unpatriotic...but they do, and they will.

We must not define who is and is not American by virtue of how much any one of us holds opinions that are different from anyone else's in this country. That was given a name in the middle of the last century: McCarthyism, and unless people are interested in updating it for the 21st Century, I suggest we end this sick slide we're seeing and hearing and reading about. You want to talk about what must not be tolerated?

This must not be tolerated:

This must not be tolerated:

[ACORN spokesperson Brian] Kettenring said that a senior ACORN staffer in Cleveland, after appearing on television this week, got an e-mail that said she “is going to have her life ended.”

A female staffer in Providence, R.I., got a threatening call from someone who said words to the effect of “We know you get off work at 9,” then uttered racial epithets, he said.

McClatchy is withholding the women’s names because of the threats.

Separately, vandals broke into the group’s Boston and Seattle offices and stole computers, Kettenring said.

This must not be tolerated:

A Republican women's club in San Bernardino County sent out a recent newsletter with a photo of Barack Obama surrounded by fried chicken, watermelon and ribs, sparking widespread outrage and rebuke from GOP leaders and Democrats.

The illustration shows the Democratic presidential candidate's head atop a donkey's body on a bogus $10 bill referred to as "Obama Bucks." Inscribed on the money are the words "United States Food Stamps" surrounded by stereotypical African American food.

...

"My daughter who is 16 was standing over my shoulder when I opened the e-mail, and her mouth dropped wide open," [club member and African-American, Acquanetta] Warren said. "I actually turned the screen away and sent her to her room so she wouldn't see. I don't want to talk to anyone; I want a written apology so the public knows that this is not right and this is not representative of the way Republicans think."

From another article about the same incident:

An African American member of the group told the newspaper that she cried when she saw the artwork:“This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party,” [Sheila Raines] said. “I’m really hurt. I cried for 45 minutes.”

People want to say that they don't like people who are different from them? Then for God's sake just say that, own it and structure your own life to fulfill that unrealistic and homogenous life you want. But don't you try to define for me what is and isn't American and then tell me that I'm anti-American because I seek to understand, get to know, empathize, engage with and argue for people who aren't like me. This country is diverse and populated by multitudes of people with no single, unentangled history, pure unto itself. Including people who don't like what our government does and speak out about it.

If there's one sin I've known since I was a young child, it's xenophobia - because it's in the Jewish prayer books for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. And it's as big a sin as they come. And if it's in my book of prayers, don't even try to convince me that it's not in the prayer books of an awful lot of people who follow organized religion.

I got news for you, Michelle Bachmann: Americans elected all those people you want investigated as possibly anti-American, in fact, more Americans voted for all those Americans than voted for you. You want to define who is an American? I suggest you check with those voters first, because I'm guessing few of them have an interest in your conclusory definition of who is and isn't anti-American.

Cross-posted from Writes Like She Talks.

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Interesting development

Thank You

I Agree

My question is this ...

Will the real anti-Americans please stand up?