Dean "Switch" campaign
Well, look here: political campaigns sink to a new level. I love Apple and everything, but this is kinda stupid.
This was just waiting to happen.
What do you think?
This was just waiting to happen.
What do you think?
Comments
1) I was so sure this already had its own thread. But I looked for it and couldn´t find it. Am I totally confused or did anyone else have that feeling
2) http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...mocrats+switch
Nick
Originally posted by Eugene
It's a good thing these are from a fansite and not the official campaign, because the Switch ads ended up being very lame.
The head of Dean's Internet campaign is a PowerBook user.
Originally posted by trumptman
Boy not a single face of color among all those whining white folks. Dean supporters must want us to switch to racism.
Nick
I find it absolutely f*cking hilarious when Republican resort to this. The stupidity amazes!
His campaign is clearly that America should help all it's citizens... not just those who make over $200,000 a year. I was at his NYC rally. There were several different speakers of various ethnicities on stage and in the audience. Including a Latino Marine... a republican... who says he's going to vote for Dean.
Originally posted by Northgate
I find it absolutely f*cking hilarious when Republican resort to this. The stupidity amazes!
Your stupidity does amaze. His state is over 96% white and he has already been criticized by DEMOCRATS for his lack of minority outreach.
Likewise I don't give a damn how much you want to characterize Republicans as racist. The Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights bill, broke up the union over slavery, and despite massive token actions have done little to nothing for minority communities
Nick
Republican's are the big fighters for equal rights and justice for minorities? That's a convenient interpretation of history. Using the race card against us. Nice try.
We can't talk about affirmative action I guess... that's a favorite target of conservatives... they'll turn it into a quota debate... which of course has nothing to do with affirmative action.
Originally posted by chu_bakka
You're talking about Dixiecrats... who left the party... to become Republican's. Or left politics altogether.
Republican's are the big fighters for equal rights and justice for minorities? That's a convenient interpretation of history. Using the race card against us. Nice try.
You make it sound like the trends in the south haven't occured other places as well. You show me where the Democratic party has the majority of the white male vote. It isn't just the south where this gap occurs. Here's a hint, when you race bate and blame one group for everything that is wrong, don't expect them to vote for you.
Some Democrats left the party because the party moved to the left. The 60's weren't just the civil rights era it was the start of the war on poverty as well with huge government programs created for that purpose.
As for the Democrats they have a history of racism and have only ever exchanged one form of racism for another.
Nick
I don't call republicans racist. Just uncaring.
No one buys the argument that the Democratic party is racist. The last 30 years disprove your argument.
Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter can say it all they want.
You still haven't given one example of the Republican party actully working to help the poor OR minorities in the last 20-30 years. Supply-side and trickle down economics doesn't work.
Originally posted by chu_bakka
Make up your mind. The democrats are the racist party yet their the ones the came up with the programs to help the poor.. a disproportionate number are minorities.
I don't call republicans racist. Just uncaring.
No one buys the argument that the Democratic party is racist. The last 30 years disprove your argument.
Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter can say it all they want.
You still haven't given one example of the Republican party actully working to help the poor OR minorities in the last 20-30 years. Supply-side and trickle down economics doesn't work.
Look, you claimed that basically the racists left the Democrats (Dixiecrats) and became Republicans. Except I didn't see Al Gore Sr. or his son leave the party. Al Gore Sr. was part of the filibuster of the civil rights bill just so you know.
Likewise the Democrats didn't even stop being racist. They just traded one for of it for another. (Segregation/Seperate but equal for Ethnic dorms/job opportunities and Affirmative Action)
Nick
Originally posted by trumptman
Look, you claimed that basically the racists left the Democrats (Dixiecrats) and became Republicans. Except I didn't see Al Gore Sr. or his son leave the party. Al Gore Sr. was part of the filibuster of the civil rights bill just so you know.
Likewise the Democrats didn't even stop being racist. They just traded one for of it for another. (Segregation/Seperate but equal for Ethnic dorms/job opportunities and Affirmative Action)
Nick
Eh? Why do I feel that the very fabric of space, time, and history is being distorted with every breath trumptman takes? Man-- next thing you know Martin Luther King, Jr. will be just another thug from the hood. Gotta watch yourself with this one.
I guess the 90%+ of African-Americans who voted for Gore were really, really, really misguided...
Back in the 50's and 60's the COUTNRY was racist... don't try to pawn it off on the democrats. You're implying that DEAN is a racist or that his supporters are racist is foolish.
People are saying that DEAN doesn't have the support of the traditional Democratic base... including unions and minorities... YET. The race has to thin out before any calls on what kind of support a candidate has can be made. So to say DEAN is racist is ludicrous.
Originally posted by ShawnJ
Eh? Why do I feel that the very fabric of space, time, and history is being distorted with every breath trumptman takes? Man-- next thing you know Martin Luther King, Jr. will be just another thug from the hood. Gotta watch yourself with this one.
I guess the 90%+ of African-Americans who voted for Gore were really, really, really misguided...
Yes, they are really misguided. Of course buying off civil rights leaders while systematically demonizing the other side can cause that sort of confusion.
Homework time... which president set up the first affirmative action program?
Nick
Originally posted by chu_bakka
Gore and most democrats are closet racists I guess...
Back in the 50's and 60's the COUTNRY was racist... don't try to pawn it off on the democrats. You're implying that DEAN is a racist or that his supporters are racist is foolish.
People are saying that DEAN doesn't have the support of the traditional Democratic base... including unions and minorities... YET. The race has to thin out before any calls on what kind of support a candidate has can be made. So to say DEAN is racist is ludicrous.
The whole country wasn't racist. All whites shouldn't be implicated for the views of a few. You are just like the folks who swear we haven't progressed when one racial incident hits the news while thousands of interactions occur trouble free daily among people.
Likewise I have heard plenty of racist comments come from not only white Democratic leaders, but black and hispanic as well. If anything the whole party is a bunch of racists who have banded together to fight to rob others. From Jackson and "Hymietown" to Bustamante with MeCHA,
Likewise you are welcome to quote where I said Dean was racist. I said his support people endorsed racism via omission of minority viewpoints.
Nick
Keep deluding yourself. The reason blacks don't vote republican is because Republicans dont show that they have their interests at heart. They don't come to their neighborhoods... they don't support their schools and they see themselves demonized by many of its party members. It's common sense.
You seem to confuse past with the present alot.
It's pretty clear what you've implied.
Originally posted by trumptman
Boy not a single face of color among all those whining white folks. Dean supporters must want us to switch to racism.
Nick
Trying to make something out of nothing eh?