Andy Borowitz' Theory on What Happened Two Nights Ago..

[Cha]

Andy and I Too Harsh?



C-SPAN Caller On Air: 'Republicans Hate That N***er Obama' (VIDEO)

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"A man who called into C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" Thursday morning referred to President Barack Obama as "that n***er" before getting booted off the air.

The caller, who gave his name as Anthony from San Diego, California, identified himself as a Republican and started out talking about the direction he thinks the new GOP majority in Congress should take.

"I would just like to say, that the Republicans -- and I'm a Republican -- please do not overreach," the caller began. "I know they're going to overreach but I'm telling you, if you advocate for the repeal of Obamacare and you get too extreme, then Hillary Clinton will be elected President in 2016."

"This is about race," he added. "The Republicans hate that nigger Obama."

Host Steve Scully quickly cut off the caller after he dropped the racial slur.

"Okay, I'm gonna stop you there," Scully said. "We're not gonna use that kind of language."

MOre
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Some Good News for those who Appreciate It!.. WHAT?!!!!!!!:bounce:

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict
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Election Night was awful for @DCCC & House Dems, but late counting has been nothing but great news: #AZ02, #CA07, #CA31, #CA52, #NY25.
3:19 PM - 6 Nov 2014 23 Retweets 6 favorites

https://twitter.com/hashtag/AZ02?src=hash

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA07?src=hash

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA31?src=hash

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA52?src=hash

https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY25?src=hash

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/11/06/chat-away-461/#comments

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My sister's in District 52 in San Diego and went to bed Tuesday night thinking the Repub had won and was kinda devastated.. and told me about it the next day. I ask her for the District and names and looked it up and it turns out the gop was only ahead 700ish votes and they still had 50,000 Provisional ballots to count.. Scott Peters the Dem is ahead today by "861".. they'll announce the winner on Monday.. this, of course, could go either way.. but, Hope is Alive!

[Cha]

1. REC!

[Cha]

2. Mahalo for the Rec!

[Cha]

3. KICK!

[ucrdem]

4. !

[Cha]

6. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

You don't know how happy you guys are making me.. I thought I'd have to let this go.. And Repost Again.

Not the best to post it ..but it's when I could..

Really good news for Hope Alive and then some at the end, eh, ucr!?

[ucrdem]

7. Borowitz rocks ... he always seems to get it

[Cha]

10. And, he has such a brilliant sense of Humor about it!

Go Scott Peters in San Diego!

ucr

[freshwest]

5. That is great news in San Diego! They may still elect that Democrat!

[Cha]

8. Yes! And, so many actual People would be so Happy, fresh.. including my sis!

Thank you sooooo much for responding to my Call for HELP!

[Cha]

12. Dems had a lot of good candidates who lost to Fascist Idiots.. I don't care

how you broadbrush it.

[freshwest]

20. Thanks, MIRT!

[Cha]

25. HAHA!

[Major Hogwash]

11. The best part is . . .

. . . President Obama is making history every single day of the week as the President of these United States!!!

That's good news about San Diego.
Thanks for sharing it.
There wasn't an awful lot to be very happy about on Tuesday night.

[Cha]

15. Thank you, Major.. Yeah, I was excited For my sis after I found out that her guy hadn't really

lost yet after all, oh, and the whole damn country.. although it's still undecided...

It was quite the Contentious race.. with "sexual harassment allegations" coming out in the last weeks about the repub, Carl Demaio and then he countered with a charge of his offices being broken into.. kind of insinuating that Peters was responsible. And, So much $$$$$$.. it was being watched on a national level.. so high profile and one to WIN.

I want the incumbent Jerry Peters to win so bad!

Pretty much the whole story..
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/New-Vote-Count-Expected-in-D52-Race-Election-Results-Carl-DeMaio-Scott-Peters-281853451.html

https://twitter.com/hashtag/AZ02?src=hash (Gabby Giffords Guy.. former Staffer!

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA07?src=hash (Dem-Dr Ami Bera)

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA31?src=hash (Pete Aguiar! Winner.. Didn't Veep Biden campaign for him?

https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA52?src=hash (Go Scott Peters!)

https://twitter.com/hashtag/NY25?src=hash (New York-Louise Slaughter for the WIN!)

[ucrdem]

27. Yep, Biden came out and stumped for Aguilar,

Big Dog too, and he won!



So I finally have a Dem rep again and it feels great!


Good luck to Scott Peters and your sis!

[Cha]

29. Great ucr.. I knew it was you who posted that.. thought about it after I sent the message!

So that's your Rep.. no wonder you were so interested.. I remember Pete Aguilar's name from before.. so did he lose and then come back?

And, who was your Rep from 2012 to 2014?

Thank you! I will pass your message of Good Luck on to Mary in San Diego!

[ucrdem]

37. Retiring guy was a bushbot named Miller

elected right after 9/11. Never did much else but vote for GOP crap. Low-key guy, ran low-key campaigns, never had serious opposition, dunno why. Finally retired. Aguilar is mayor of Redlands, next town over and super-conservative, so you know he's got something going on to get that crowd to vote him in. Not sure what he did before that, but yeah the name sounds familiar. I'll look it up later.

p.s. Aguilar ran against a Bloomberg-backed candidate-from-nowhere to get the nomination; she seemed like nice lady, also Latino, but she'd never held office and apart from a million-dollar operation didn't seem to have much going on politically. Got tons of flyers from her. In fact I learned about Aguilar from her negative campaign mailers, LOL. Basically her beef was that he'd won an office and therefore had to be corrupt. Anyway that was an easy decision. Aguilar was backed by the state Dem committee, and the other was backed by Xavier Bacerra, a Dem rep from L.A. that I campaigned for when I lived there, but I still voted for Aguilar.

[Cha]

39. Interesting! Thank you so much for that background and inside Cal stuff in your District & Redlands

Maybe I remember him from this.. or not and just think I've read it before in politics.. a lot of names over the years.

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"In January 2012 Aguilar announced he would run for United States Congress in California's 31st congressional district.[8] Although the top Democratic vote-getter, with 22.6% of the vote, he finished behind two Republicans, and - because of California's open primary - those two advanced to the November general election.[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Aguilar

Congratulations to Pete Aguilar.. Quite the Journey so Far.. Biden and Clinton came to Stump for him!

[mimi85]

13. Love it - spot on as usual!

[Cha]

17. Muchas Gracias, mimi!

[lovemydog]

14. Thanks Cha.

I'm a proud supporter of the President and of Democrats.

There have been a lot of theories about the most recent election. Andy Borowitz has the best one I've seen.

Many have blamed Democrats for the most recent election. I don't. I blame Republicans and those who voted for them.

Thank goodness Barack Obama is President, as he will veto the most awful stuff put forth by the Republican Congress.

All posts signaling a death knell for progressive and/or for the Democratic Party are greatly exaggerated. The country is improving, it is changing, even people who are conservative are now supporting and espousing things that progressives brought to the table, like raising the minimum wage and preserving Medicaid and Social Security.

I believe the Democratic Party will rise again, perhaps in newer and better form. And again, thank goodness we have an outstanding Democratic President. The best one I've ever seen.

[Cha]

18. "All posts signaling a death knell for progressive and/or for the Democratic Party are greatly

exaggerated." Tot-Tal-Ly, lovemydog!

Yep, the country is still improving whether some chose to see it or not.

Love your attitude.. it mirrors my own..

[lovemydog]

34. 'The country is still improving' - so true.

We have millions - millions! - more people covered by affordable health care now. Not one of them - not one! - will be turned down coverage for having a pre-existing condition. Not one ever again!

After the election I came here sad and angry and was hoping for some great reading. Maybe some soul-searching, or some silver linings. Certainly that was the majority of the posts. I like most of the posts here at DU.

Then I started reading posts saying stuff like 'It's the death of democracy' or 'the country as we know it is gone' or 'the democratic party is over' and all that kind of nonsense. I thought to myself, what would those posters have done with a civil rights movement setback 'Run for the hills! We're never going to get equal rights!' Or during the Vietnam War: 'Forget it - we'll never get out of Southeast Asia!' Yeesh. Gimme a break!

Again, I blame the people who voted for Republicans. I don't kick my team for a loss. I say what can we do better next time? We can and will do better. Because we offer policies that are much better for average working Americans. And we believe in taking care of the poor, the disabled, the veterans, those who can't work. We don't kick them to the curb. Our environmental policies alone make us a much better party.

We will be back. We have not gone away!

Take care Cha!

[Cha]

35. ".. what would those posters have done with a civil rights movement setback 'Run for the hills"..

Excellent POINT, lovemydog".. thank you!

That's the point I've been making today for those who say the Democrats offered nothing to "young people".. OMGoodness! Only the future of the Planet. Gawd.. so short sighted.

We still got President Obama and oh, do please try Impeaching and Repealing Obamacare, gop.. that's what ya did when you were in the minority.. the country should be able to see Nothing's Changed.

And, the repubs would NOT be in Power without the US corporatemediawhore$$$$.. who have their backs.

You take good care, lovemydoggie!

[freshwest]

21. And nothing but the truth in that post. Thanks, lovemydog.

[merrily]

24. Loss of Senate seats six years into a Presidency is standard. The huge majority in the house should

spur Democrats into action, though.

[Scarsdale]

32. Democratic Party

If only they had taken a leaf from the gop book, got behind this President in lockstep. The gop NEVER said any bad things about the sock puppet the Not So Supremes put into the WH. The dems REALLY should have gloated about the good things, like ACA, low deficit, lower unemployment, higher stock gains. To achieve all that with the obstructionists on the other side was spectacular, and the dems should have known it. President Obama draws adoring crowds wherever he goes. Too bad the dems did not use him to their advantage. Now look, we have people like McConnell in power. I STILL think the "fix" was in long before this election. New voting standards before the next election would be something to fight for.

[merrily]

16. Yes, including candidates who tried to pretend they never voted for Obamacare or

heard of Obama.

Luckily for them, most of them will get better paying jobs as lobbyists or TV pundits or think tank dwellers, etc., ala Cantor.

[Cha]

22. I totally had them in mind too, merrily. :(

Mahalo~

[merrily]

23. Hi, Cha

My odd hours and your time zone often have us posting at the same time.

Always nice to see you.

[Cha]

26. I noticed that.. about seeing you around the same time as my night.. not

about your "odd hours". It's a little past Midnight here.. early for me 'cause I am a night owl and I can do it.. being retired and all.

Nice to see you, too.

[merrily]

28. Thank you.

My crazy hours helped when my work involved people in Japan and Hawaii. Now, they're mostly just odd.

But, everything has a silver lining and being able to reply to your friendly posts to me in real time are one of mine.

[Cha]

30. Ah Sweet! :) Yes, I'm one of those.. where's the Silver Lining kinda gals.. 'cause I've lived long

enough to know there usually are.. even when you can't see it at first Or awhile.

[merrily]

38. related thought: time heals all wounds.

I think those who make a point of looking for the bright side/silver lining do tend to see them.

Some of us are wired that way; some are wired the other way and have to make a conscious effort, but the effort is worth it. Ditto looking for solutions. One of the things about reading posts-not just at DU--is that everyone (including the professional writers and pundits whose articles get linked) seems to want to identify problems, while precious few give us practical, realistic steps toward overcoming a problem. We have to insist on methods of mitigation and solutions.

Rest well, cha

[Cha]

40. Well said, merrily~ Mahalo! Good for me to keep in mind..

"One of the things about reading posts-not just at DU--is that everyone (including the professional writers and pundits whose articles get linked) seems to want to identify problems, while precious few give us practical, realistic steps toward overcoming a problem. We have to insist on methods of mitigation and solutions."

[steve2470]

19. mahalo Cha, kick and rec ! nt

[Cha]

31. Some Good Hopeful News in California, AZ, and New York, steve.. and a couple of wins!!

[Cha]

33. Kickadoodle Doo!

[PeaceNikki]

36. Borowitz is again correct- Occam's razor. I am surrounded by dumb fucks.

[Cha]

41. Yep! I like your Sig line, PeaceNikki..

"Being gay is natural, hating people for being gay is a 'lifestyle choice'."- John Fugelsang

Fugelsang.. another one who is correct again.

[B Calm]

42. They have to be dumb fucks to be against affordable health care with tax cuts.

[Cha]

44. Yeah, 'cause.. "Obama"!

[B Calm]

45. Same fools who don't want to know what's in their food and like drinking toxic sludge.

Seriously stupid and racist.

[Cha]

47. Masochists! they'd rather be ruled by Oligarchs than led by Obama!

[alterfurz]

43. Carlin concurs

[Cha]

48. This election hammers a few more nails in Carlin's theory, alterfurz!

[LawDeeDah]

67. lol. O George, you are so missed.

[sheshe2]

46. KnR

For now Cha....on the run for work. Will PM you later.

[Cha]

50. Good Day, she! Thank you for stopping in before you're

off to work you Go!

Andy Borowitz Rofl

[Brigid]

49. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.

No, it is not too harsh. Who among us doesn't see evidence of this theory every day? I know I do.

[Cha]

51. Agree, Brigid.. it's just the reality that has been created by big Bucks brainwashing on

fox "news", hate radio, cnn(oh yeah, you're right up there.), corporatemedia across the board, etc etc etc

[Cha]

52. KICK!

[Cha]

53. Kickster!

[Cha]

54. KICK

[Cha]

55. Still kickin' after all these years..

[Cha]

56. K

[Cha]

57. It's worth kicking.

[Cha]

58. KICK

[Cha]

59. K

[Cha]

60. K

[NYC_SKP]

61. Kick and Rec!

I'm flying down to San Diego on Tuesday.

I'm glad that the there's good news to be found!

[Cha]

62. Have a good safe trip, SKP! We should all know by Monday who won District 52..

It would be so lovely to Win!

[sheshe2]

63. Good luck to San Diego and your sister Cha.

Loved the tweets! Andy Borowitz quote, priceless~

Thanks Cha excellent Op~

[Cha]

64. Mahalo she!

I liked it.. there's so many who have their torches, pitchforks, and conspiracy theories(mistakenly thinking like the DC press corp that they smell blood in the water).. charging our President who is our last Firewall of defense..


Did we really expect anything resembling sanity after all these years?

[sheshe2]

65. The last firewall!

Perfect Cha~

[Cha]

68. I saw it on here after the election that they heard someone on msnbc say that about

Prez.. it did make perfect sense, she.. in a pragmatic way!

[sheshe2]

69. And may I say once again~

Best damn sig line ever!

[Cha]

70. Our Firewall.. Pres Obama's

Pen

And, to all of us who do have his back.. 'cause we're not the torches and pitchfork type to turn on our President who has done so much for our country.

Mahalo she~

[freshwest]

72. Huge cold front coming your way from AK per the evening news! Stay safe and warm!

[sheshe2]

73. I heard freshwest~

Will PM you tomorrow, not up to it tonight. We had some snow on Sunday as well.

Damn! I hate the cold.

thanks~

[freshwest]

74. In the zeros in the midwest and will work its way to the Gulf... It is cold here, but not that...

[sheshe2]

75. ...

[LawDeeDah]

66. Andy has a great face. Reminds me of a friend of mine.

[Cha]

71. Yes he does, LawDeeDah.. and a brilliant mind.