The GOP’s New And Subtly Racist Anti-Obama Attack Ad Will Scare You To Death
Or maybe not. At the very least, the latest ad from the Republican National Committee is designed to scare the pants off nearsighted, mouth-breathing ignoramuses who are utterly clueless about what’s happening in the world and whether President Obama is legitimately to blame for all of it. And just in time for Halloween.
The ad begins with a first-person-point-of-view shot of a guy reading his iPad and watching television. Doomsday headlines zip into frame:
“ISIS GAINING GROUND”
“TERRORISTS COMMITTING MASS MURDER”
On the guy’s iPad we see am actual news headline from CBS This Morning: “ISIS gaining ground despite U.S. airstrikes.” On the television, we see a headline from CNN: “ISIS advances put U.S. allies ‘against a wall.'” Of course while all of these terrible things are happening 6,000 miles away in the Middle East, notice how the guy with the iPad is kicked back, legs crossed, while wearing comfy slippers in a spiffy upper-middle-class living room watching an expensive handheld device and a flatscreen television hooked up to what appears to be DirectTV and a Blu-ray player. Yes, life in America is real shithole isn’t it? Thanks, Obama.
The narration and scary headlines continue.
“Ebola inside the U.S.”
Do we really need to talk through this one again? How is this Obama’s fault exactly? It doesn’t matter, of course, because it all fits within the patina of a Summer blockbuster disaster movie with the ultimate message: this is what happens when you elect a lazy, shiftless (read that: black) president — it’s a Zombie Apocalypse whenever a hoops-shooting Chicago gangsta’ occupies the White House even though pretty much the exact same events would’ve happened (Ebola, ISIS, terrorists murdering people) if Mitt Romney had been elected in 2012.
By the way, just in case you think I’m exaggerating the racism angle… CONTINUE READING
Copyright 2014 Liberaland
By: Bob Cesca
Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go
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Dave October 28th, 2014 at 10:01
The GOTP = The Party of Fear…..
Dave October 28th, 2014 at 10:01
The GOTP = The Party of Fear…..
Guest October 28th, 2014 at 10:56
Happy Halloween! Sorry to be a little off-topic but for those who have not heard, it looks like Alaska might be back in play for the Senate! :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/upshot/latest-alaska-polls-show-surprising-shift-toward-mark-begich.html
Suzanne McFly October 28th, 2014 at 11:09
Happy Halloween to you as well, my favorite time of year :)
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 11:29
PalinBrawl bounce for Sen. Begich (D-AK) is ahead by a +10-point margin! Via Friday’s Hellenthal and Associates poll, a Republican-leaning Alaska-based polling firm,
Guest October 28th, 2014 at 10:56
Happy Halloween! Sorry to be a little off-topic but for those who have not heard, it looks like Alaska might be back in play for the Senate! :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/upshot/latest-alaska-polls-show-surprising-shift-toward-mark-begich.html
Suzanne McFly October 28th, 2014 at 11:09
Happy Halloween to you as well, my favorite time of year :)
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 11:29
The Anchorage PalinBrawl bounce for Sen. Begich (D-AK) pulled him ahead in Alaska by a +10-point margin! Via Friday’s Hellenthal and Associates poll, a Republican-leaning Alaska-based polling firm,
m2old4bs October 28th, 2014 at 11:44
So friggin’ tired of the fear mongering, the lies, the hatred, the utter BS. It’s madness gone wild. I realize that we are probably entering the final stages of this malignancy, but still it has all been way too much. Will vote blue but will work on getting some true progressives in office.
m2old4bs October 28th, 2014 at 11:44
So friggin’ tired of the fear mongering, the lies, the hatred, the utter BS. It’s madness gone wild. I realize that we are probably entering the final stages of this malignancy, but still it has all been way too much. Will vote blue but will work on getting some true progressives in office.
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 11:57
Interestingly, the ad does not mention the Obama admin’s decision to release 36,000+ immigrant criminals in US communities last year, which is probably more of a direct threat to Americans than ISIS and Ebola.
It’s as if the Obama administration has declared war on Americans.
The Dems = the Civil War Party
arc99 October 28th, 2014 at 12:15
looks like we have another right wing liar in the room with the usual deception and lies of omission.
tell me, why is it that you right wing Obama-haters never tell the whole truth? could it be that the truth does not support your delusional rants?
yep, that is exactly why.
rest assured boys and girls, whatever an Obama-hater tells us, there is a 99% probability that the overall message is false
right wingers = congenital liars.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/jun/10/lamar-smith/lamar-smith-claim-about-obamas-prison-break-illega/
Smith wrote: “Last year, administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping, and thousands of drug-related crime
This statement has accurate figures, but fails to acknowledge that an unknown number of the releases–including nearly three in four of the individuals convicted of murder–were not at the administration’s discretion. Also missing: Most of the tallied convictions weren’t for violent offenses; each released individual didn’t skip out on prison time connected to criminal convictions; and most released individuals still faced deportation.
We rate this partly accurate claim as Half True.
arc99 October 28th, 2014 at 12:15
looks like we have another right wing liar in the room with the usual deception and lies of omission.
tell me, why is it that you right wing Obama-haters never tell the whole truth? could it be that the truth does not support your delusional rants?
yep, that is exactly why.
rest assured boys and girls, whatever an Obama-hater tells us, there is a 99% probability that the overall message is false
right wingers = congenital liars.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/jun/10/lamar-smith/lamar-smith-claim-about-obamas-prison-break-illega/
Smith wrote: “Last year, administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping, and thousands of drug-related crime
This statement has accurate figures, but fails to acknowledge that an unknown number of the releases–including nearly three in four of the individuals convicted of murder–were not at the administration’s discretion. Also missing: Most of the tallied convictions weren’t for violent offenses; each released individual didn’t skip out on prison time connected to criminal convictions; and most released individuals still faced deportation.
We rate this partly accurate claim as Half True.
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 16:38
You sound like a traitor and should be treated as such.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:06
You’re the guy calling the duly-elected President of the United States names like the “plague president”, and you have the nerve to call others “traitors”?
Wanna see a traitor? Look in the mirror.
Anomaly 100 October 28th, 2014 at 20:27
You sound like a troll and should be treated as such.
KB723 October 28th, 2014 at 20:33
I know a Troll, perhaps many that should be Hanged at the Hague and yet they Haunt our streets day to day…. =(
Budda October 28th, 2014 at 12:16
The Republican Party= the party of hate, fear, un-American obstructionists, warmongers and fools.
Budda October 28th, 2014 at 12:16
The Republican Party= the party of hate, fear, un-American obstructionists, warmongers and fools.
Wayout October 28th, 2014 at 13:39
Warmongers? Your Bam Bam has killed hundreds himself, aided and abetted by his sycophants in the Congress.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:45
we are not talking about the flintstones inbred teabagger
Bunya October 28th, 2014 at 15:21
I always suspected that Wayout is a hillbilly.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 17:04
lol, worse then a hillbilly a teabagger
Budda October 28th, 2014 at 15:11
Who’s Bam Bam?
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:00
That’s rich. For eight years during Dubya’s so-called “presidency” you couldn’t get enough of pictures of bloody mangled civilian corpses to masturbate to. You cheered whenever any foreign child was blown to bits. You proudly proclaimed that you were “not all that aggrieved” about US troops who were needlessly slaughtered in Dubya’s unnecessary war for profits.
Now you criticize President Obama as a “warmonger”, even though he has shown FAR more restraint and caution in the use of American power.
You’re a sick hypocrite. Even more, you will turn around and criticize him tomorrow for NOT killing enough people.
You’re nothing but a mindless racist right-wing partisan.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:37
lol, go with that inbred teabagger, it has always worked so well for you ilk.
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 15:16
Arc99 below “right wingers = congenital liars”-True! And “Obama (Proves) deportation of criminals up 70% under his administration”-True! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/11/barack-obama/obama-says-deportation-criminals-70-percent-under-/ Nonpartisan Pulitzer Prize winner PolitiFact bursts teabagger groupthink delusional bubbles every time. Pop!
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 11:57
Interestingly, the ad does not mention the Obama admin’s decision to release 36,000+ immigrant criminals in US communities last year, which is probably more of a direct threat to Americans than ISIS and Ebola.
It’s as if the Obama administration has declared war on Americans.
The Dems = the Civil War Party
arc99 October 28th, 2014 at 12:15
looks like we have another right wing liar in the room with the usual deception and lies of omission.
tell me, why is it that you right wing Obama-haters never tell the whole truth? could it be that the truth does not support your delusional rants?
yep, that is exactly why.
rest assured boys and girls, whatever an Obama-hater tells us, there is a 99% probability that the overall message is false
right wingers = congenital liars.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/jun/10/lamar-smith/lamar-smith-claim-about-obamas-prison-break-illega/
Smith wrote: “Last year, administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping, and thousands of drug-related crime
This statement has accurate figures, but fails to acknowledge that an unknown number of the releases–including nearly three in four of the individuals convicted of murder–were not at the administration’s discretion. Also missing: Most of the tallied convictions weren’t for violent offenses; each released individual didn’t skip out on prison time connected to criminal convictions; and most released individuals still faced deportation.
We rate this partly accurate claim as Half True.
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 16:38
You sound like a traitor and should be treated as such.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:06
You’re the guy calling the duly-elected President of the United States names like the “plague president”, and you have the nerve to call others “traitors”?
Wanna see a traitor? Look in the mirror.
Anomaly 100 October 28th, 2014 at 20:27
You sound like a troll and should be treated as such.
KB723 October 28th, 2014 at 20:33
I know a Troll, perhaps many that should be Hanged at the Hague and yet they Haunt our streets day to day…. =(
Budda October 28th, 2014 at 12:16
The Republican Party= the party of hate, fear, un-American obstructionists, warmongers and fools.
Wayout October 28th, 2014 at 13:39
Warmongers? Your Bam Bam has killed hundreds himself, aided and abetted by his sycophants in the Congress.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:45
we are not talking about the flintstones inbred teabagger
Bunya October 28th, 2014 at 15:21
I always suspected that Wayout is a hillbilly.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 17:04
lol, worse then a hillbilly a teabagger
Budda October 28th, 2014 at 15:11
Who’s Bam Bam?
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:00
That’s rich. For eight years during Dubya’s so-called “presidency” you couldn’t get enough of pictures of bloody mangled civilian corpses to masturbate to. You cheered whenever any foreign child was blown to bits. You proudly proclaimed that you were “not all that aggrieved” about US troops who were needlessly slaughtered in Dubya’s unnecessary war for profits.
Now you criticize President Obama as a “warmonger”, even though he has shown FAR more restraint and caution in the use of American power.
You’re a sick hypocrite. Even more, you will turn around and criticize him tomorrow for NOT killing enough people.
You’re nothing but a mindless racist right-wing partisan.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:37
lol, go with that inbred teabagger, it has always worked so well for you ilk.
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 15:16
Arc99 below “right wingers = congenital liars”-True! And “Obama (Proves) deportation of criminals up 70% under his administration”-True! http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/11/barack-obama/obama-says-deportation-criminals-70-percent-under-/ Nonpartisan Pulitzer Prize winner PolitiFact bursts teabagger groupthink delusional bubbles every time. Pop! Pop!
Wayout October 28th, 2014 at 13:38
The post says: “subtly racist”, then contradicts with “maybe not”. Okay, which is it? Even the Dems this year are running from Obama. So the GOP/TP’ers are “fired up and ready to go”. Let’s hope so and see all liberal; commie Dems go down to defeat.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:39
rotflmao…it seems the stormfront/brietbart inbreds are here posting. Go for it, your kind are good for a belly laugh.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 14:37
There’s nothing subtle about it. This is Jesse Helms-level racism.
The “maybe not” refers to “will scare you to death”. If you knew how to read you would have understood that.
Of course, you’re the type of cowardly weasel who would find an ad like this effective.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 14:50
“the GOP/TP’ers are ‘fired up and ready to go'”
Lynch mobs usually are.
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 15:31
If repubs do takeover the Senate GOP’s lack of leadership and no realistic ideas is obvious to everybody. However the Legislative branch is just 1/3 of government, denying ‘Rednex the superior check and balanced Executive and Judicial Branches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOYZaiDZ7BM
Wayout October 28th, 2014 at 13:38
The post says: “subtly racist”, then contradicts with “maybe not”. Okay, which is it? Even the Dems this year are running from Obama. So the GOP/TP’ers are “fired up and ready to go”. Let’s hope so and see all liberal; commie Dems go down to defeat.
tracey marie October 28th, 2014 at 13:39
rotflmao…it seems the stormfront/brietbart inbreds are here posting. Go for it, your kind are good for a belly laugh.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 14:37
There’s nothing subtle about it. This is Jesse Helms-level racism.
The “maybe not” refers to “will scare you to death”. If you knew how to read you would have understood that.
Of course, you’re the type of cowardly weasel who would find an ad like this effective.
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 14:50
“the GOP/TP’ers are ‘fired up and ready to go'”
Lynch mobs usually are.
Obewon October 28th, 2014 at 15:31
If today’s 23.6% remaining registered repub voters do takeover the Senate, GOP’s lack of leadership having no realistic ideas are obvious to everybody. However the Legislative branch is just 1/3 of government, denying ‘Rednex the superior check and balanced Executive and Judicial Branches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOYZaiDZ7BM
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 16:38
President Obola = the Plague President
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:13
Fellow Liberalanders, I invite you to put on your Hazmat suits and delve into this charming turd’s commenting history. A never-ending litany of racist and anti-Semitic tripe.
searambler October 28th, 2014 at 23:17
Clearly a real man’s man, too. Bet he’s hung like a gnat…..
Laguna Beach Fogey October 28th, 2014 at 16:38
President Obola = the Plague President
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:13
Fellow Liberalanders, I invite you to put on your Hazmat suits and delve into this charming turd’s commenting history. A never-ending litany of racist and anti-Semitic tripe.
searambler October 28th, 2014 at 23:17
Clearly a real man’s man, too. Bet he’s hung like a gnat…..
searambler October 28th, 2014 at 23:15
Republicans are pinning all their election hopes on the strategy of running their candidates against President Obama. The same president they call a lame duck. Bizarre.
searambler October 28th, 2014 at 23:15
Republicans are pinning all their election hopes on the strategy of running their candidates against President Obama. The same president they call a lame duck. Bizarre.