FR elated over Hurricane Sandy, say it's "blessing" from God helping Romney

[ashtonelijah]

These people are despicable. But I can't help but imagine the excitement in the Romney camp when they heard of this storm. I can just see Romney high-fiving Ryan for working to cut emergency management funds. Here are what the people at FR had to say. They are absolutely electrified by the thought of all this carnage under Obama's watch:

"In an election cycle that many say is Historic in it's importance to the future of our Nation, the Economy, as well as it's Cultural, and Moral well-being.. NOW, we may be facing an additional new Epic crises blowing into the mix, enter.. "SANDY"

ELECTIONS, MIDEAST UPHEAVAL, EU UNCERTAINTY, WAR, SANDY!

Hollywood, could not have conjured up a more EPIC storyline to this PERFECT STORM!!

The conditions could not be more _______! Depending upon your political predilections, these dynamics are impacting the campaigns for the Presidency, and all of the down ticket elected offices..

Glaring headlines touting ominous phrases; "Wreaking Havoc", "Urgent Warnings", "THREATENING SURGE", are near indiscriminate in describing the pending hurricane, and the Obama reelection dilemma.. With the Romney campaign peaking at an unprecedented pace, the Obama campaign is searching for mere safe footing..

[...]

Typically, rising water, wind damage, electrical power, and bridge and road destruction, can, and will interrupt lives to what extent has yet to be determined.. But, if past history is any indicator, this calamity will undoubtedly reek havoc on the outcome of this election..

If the Ground Game, is the last resort for President Obama's reelection HOPE, this contest may be the CHANGE, that ends it prematurely.."

If G-d wants to change the outcome of the election, He will not change your mind. Everyone has free will. But he can change the weather...

****

Indeed, my dear FRiend.. Here is HOPING for Biblical performances..

***

A massive snow storm won’t hurt either.. It appears G_d is on our side .. WOO HOO..

***

I can’t help but wonder if God is again blessing America. I think He has heard us, but will we hear Him?

'

Is it just me, or do they all sound like they're members of Westboro Baptist Church?

[BlueDemKev]

1. That is one of the most disgusting, despicable articles I've ever read.

[2theleft]

2. Holy SH*T

They are insane. I guess we knew that, but wow.

[SingleSeatBiggerMeat]

3. Ya - Losing 7 News Cycles (Mourdock 2, Sandy 5) Is A Winning Strategy....

....particularly when you only have two weeks to go!

Praise God!

Baybay Jesus!

[Maximumnegro]

4. +1000. They are so dumb. And Domestic threats help incumbents.

[AspenRose]

19. Exactly.

People are going to be watching FEMA response closely, and perhaps thinking about what would happen to FEMA under a Romney/Ryan Administration.

[Butterbean]

5. Pardon me, but why would they consider this a blessing to their side???????? n/t

[NoPasaran]

53. Could be

They got shit for brains

[fugop]

6. The stupid. It burns!

Seriously. Who do they think will be dug out with power first: the rural halfwits for Romney, or the cityfolk for Obama? Hmmm, let me think...

[nobodyspecial]

71. Exactly!

[FarPoint]

7. Why advertise for FR?

I don't believe this information is useful to me or DU . I hope to see you self delete. Newbies who post right wing offensive trash is just suspect.

[ashtonelijah]

14. Don't choose ignorance

Advertising for them would be posting their polls. If you don't know how the other side thinks, you can't defend against them and you sure cant go on offense against them. Liberals NEED to know how the far right thinks and we NEED to know how crazy these people really are. They don't live in reality, but we should, and part of that reality involves acknowledging how extreme the other side really is. They are serious and they are vile. We should know that.

I didn't link to them exactly because I don't want to boost their traffic. But I do want my fellow Dems to be aware because too many of us bury our heads in the sand. We need more right wing watchdogs, not less.

[FarPoint]

16. We are not stupid ....we are well aware of their thinking style.

You are only spreading the freeper chatter on a Democratic Board .....like carrying water for opposition.

[ashtonelijah]

25. Carrying water for them?

How is posting their insane rambling a and giving my dem friends a head up that the right is indeed hoping to capitalize on this disaster before its even happened "carrying water" for them? What Im doing is telling my fellow Dems ahead of time to be prepared for this. They are excited about the hurricane. That means they will do anything they can to turn it into Obama's Katrina. Be ready to counter the stupid.

[JackN415]

28. nope. low post count, Repub talking points: troll-like behavior

just be careful

[ashtonelijah]

30. I also have a progressive blog.

Check out my username. Go to deepsouthprogressive.com. That's me. Now go to YouTube and look for David Pakman's interview of Ashton Elijah where I discuss a homophobic, gay reparative preacher from my past. Look up my YouTube account channel, ashtonelijah, and watch my videos. Should prove I'm not a Repub. If you like, I can even make a special YouTube video on my channel for the paranoid Dems here who think anyone new is a troll.

But thanks for your concern.

[OldDem2012]

34. Your mistake is attempting to lecture people who have been Dems and Progressives long before.....

...you were born or even developed a single progressive thought.

Oh, by the way, we've seen an increasing amount of trolls on DU over the last 2-3 weeks, and you appeared to be one.

There's your "concern" right back at you.

[ashtonelijah]

38. Ah, okay

Thanks for the condescension. I expect this from a conservative forum where I'm just a dumb, young, brainwashed liberal college student. Didn't expect it when I joined a dem board.

[OldDem2012]

59. Oh, wow, poor, poor baby! You just got told you're lecturing the wrong group,...

...and you want to call it "condescension"??

[ashtonelijah]

68. Old and bitter much?

[hunter]

69. Put the guns away.

You might like it here.

If you walk in shooting, people are going to shoot back.

People around here have twitchy trigger fingers lately.

With good reason.

[JackN415]

54. sorry :) Didn't accuse that you are a troll but people here are suspicious, and I have been

suspected the same occasionally. It's OK. take care

[obamanut2012]

57. DU members are well aware of how the RW think

[reflection]

8. "reek" havok.

[temporary311]

11. Maybe "havok" hasn't bathed in a while. nt

[mzmolly]

9. Will it be a blessing if older people can't get to the polls in Florida?

[obamanut2012]

58. Florida didn't get anything but some wind and waves, and it's well past there

It's off of here (NC) now.

[mzmolly]

60. Ahh.

Guess I'm not paying as much attention as I should?

[RedSpartan]

10. Knew this was coming.

But really, their stupidity knows no bounds. Anything that hurts turnout on election day hurts Romney more because of Obama's advantage in early voting. Plus, the states being most affected are strong blue, so it will hardly matter anyway. The only possible exception is northern VA.

[Phx_Dem]

12. How do they figure that? If anyone is going to incumbered by

a storm, it's seniors. And more specifically white seniors (no evidence for this -- I just think old white people are probably bigger wienies). And what makes them think Republicans in general would be more likely to venture out into a storm?

[bayareamike]

13. Disgusting.

Also, I can't stand when "morans" unnecessarily capitalize words. What is with that?

[Raster]

15. God hates everybody, except for me and you.

And sometimes he's not so sure about you.
:religioussarcasm:

[budkin]

17. Someone with an account there needs to get in that thread and call them out

As worthless human beings

[FarPoint]

18. Apparently the OP has one...

Last edited Sun Oct 28, 2012, 05:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Ask him....

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Here are what the people at FR had to say. They are absolutely electrified by the thought of all this carnage under Obama's watch:

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[ashtonelijah]

26. No, I don't

You are so welcoming to us newbs, Far Point. If I didn't know any better, I would think your purpose on DU was to make Dems look like unwelcoming jerks.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

31. leave the OP alone

3 posts like this in one thread is nearly stalking, and that's against the rules.

[ashtonelijah]

35. Thanks

I appreciate it.

[FarPoint]

40. I'm just as welcome as you to discuss the

source of the posted information. FR posts are just inappropriate. Additionally, the OP has acknowledged FR trolling via the OP headline....since they did not post the link.

Nearly stalking my butt.....

[ashtonelijah]

42. Really?

Why would I post the link and boost their traffic? I posted the pertinent comments here so people could read them here on DU and see how the far right is rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of a pre-election disaster.

You are really out of line.

[FarPoint]

43. WE know how obnoxious the right wing FR folks are....

We know....FR...it's not a new board....We know....

[Viva_La_Revolution]

45. excuse me, but we've been posting stuff like this here since the very beginning

if we hadn't, 'Moran' would still just be an unfortunate misspelling

and did you know.. posting the FR link is against the rules and it has been for years.

[libdem4life]

20. How does something "peak at an unprecendented pace?"

Peak means to me it's reached it's max.

Next it will be ... wait for it as soon as he picks up a couple of grudging points ... Obama called on Allah and brought forth the storm so he could look presidential. (Just a little bit of sarcasm)

[Onlooker]

21. If anything, it helps Obama

I assume if the storm causes significant damage, it will be more difficult to get to the polling place in rural and suburban areas, where people will be dealing with bad roads and damaged homes. Although I certainly wish this storm would go away for the sake of those who might be harmed, if anything political comes of this storm, it's probably going to favor Obama. In addition, given the Superpacs flooding the tv with ads, the reality is that politics will be pushed off page one, and people won't be paying attention to Crossroads and the like.

[blazeKing]

29. +1

The cities and urban/suburban areas will be the first back on. If they think this hurts Obama they are in for a real surprise. Rural Romneyland may have problems for weeks.

[bemildred]

37. +1. If he handles it well, it's going to help a bunch.

And you know he will.

[CoffeeCat]

49. And conversely...

Romney does horribly in these situations. He is bungling and bizarre when he has to actually speak with non-multi millionaires.

Didn't Romney hastily head to a national disaster this past summer and tell a homeless, displaced woman to return home and call a hotline for help?

Romney is a fool when he's dealing with the common man, but he's completely outrageous when he's dealing with middle-class folks who are in real trouble. It's a tantamount effort, trying to hide disdain and feign compassion. What usually emerges is complete idiocy.

And you just know that Romney will be sprinting to the aftermath, for his political opportunity.

[CoffeeCat]

22. The hurricane gives Obama the advantage...

Obama is far ahead in all states in early voting.

I read lots of messageboards--including some Republican sites. FR is so off the charts. All extremists with very creepy responses. They are delusional when it comes to this election as well. They ignore and minimize polls that they don't like and cherry pick polls and build dalse narratives around them.

Most of the people on FR are very odd birds. I've asked Republucan friends if they're active on that site. Mist don't know about it but the few who do have said...Please don't align me with those extremists.

Sad thing is...those on FR are completely lacking in self awareness. They don't see themselves as others do.

The level of delusion over there about this election is stunning. They ignore the aggregate of the state polls in the swing states, and hang on to the national polls--which at this point, are close to being meaningless.

[aletier_v]

41. they've become amazingly clueless deluded and hateful

might be from echo chamber effect. they've continually winnowed down the diversity of opinion, distilled it down to its current state.

[northoftheborder]

23. Sick, sick, sick.

I'll bet some of my Republican friends do not read this junk - should I send it to them??? I never have - I don't want to get their junk back.

[EC]

24. Are they forgeting that most of the

early votes are dems? So if voting becomes too difficult and so many don't make it to the polls, wouldn't they be repubs mostly?

How do they think this is helping Rmoney?

[JackN415]

27. Their stupidity is pathetic. Obama will announce Fed disaster relief...

while ads in VA will show the old clip of Romney blasting Federal relief fund.

[obamanut2012]

56. I just said this at dinner

Except I said it will air in NC, VA, NH, and OH.

[JackN415]

61. Yes, I mentioned VA only because I expected it be hit the hardest, but yes, why not all swing states

[reflection]

65. What you said.

This is how we bring it home.

[Odin2005]

32. These people suck!

[lunatica]

33. While Mitt does nothing President Obama will be taking care of business

Like he always has in times of national need. I wonder how many of them live in the path of this storm.

[progressivebydesign]

36. joke's on them. Obama EARLY voters are kicking Romney's ass right now.

We've got votes banked right now. Do they think that GOP voters will magically be able to get to the polls? If a Blue State like NY has lower turnout, it will still be in the President's advantage. Do they not get that? It's not the popular vote? Doesn't matter how many people in the East Coast blue states vote, it matters that more of them vote for the President.

[aletier_v]

39. wel, i thought this was interesting

this FR thread is indicative of why I finally quit FR. Republic party has been driven off the rails.

[King Staplerphone]

44. Help please

My mom is considering voting for Romney, no matter what issues I talk about she always says the most important issue is national defense, she keeps talking about Obama's "apology tour" but mostly she says he is engaging in a "coverup" regarding the Benghazi attacks and lying about them not being a planned terrorist attack, she always listen to right-wing radio stations and stuff, what do I tell her to convince her about this?

[hrmjustin]

46. Welcome to Du, and I hope you can change her mind.

[Curmudgeoness]

55. Welcome to DU. I find that there is little argument that works

for people who saturate themselves in right-wing media. As to national defense, all that I can say is that we are still safe, Osama bin Laden is dead as are many of his cohorts, and the national defense situation is not as bad as it was prior to Obama becoming president. As to the "apology tour", ask her for the details of what happened during that visit to other countries. She probably has no real understanding of that it even means. Pictures of Obama showing respect for the countries where he visited was not an apology, it was...well....just respect.


She will probably not give any or these points credence, but that is all I have.

[OkieGranny]

67. She's not hearing you because

too many other voices are drowning you out. If it was my mom, my inclination would be to go passive-aggressive.

Does her cable company allow blocking of individual channels? Because you might "accidentally" block the worst cable stations and put at least a temporary stop to the continuous indoctrination by Faux talking points. It could make a world of difference if she's forced to look for news outside of that little circle-jerk while she's trying to figure out why she can't watch Hannity anymore.

You might "accidentally" do the same on her computer, if she has one; block all the nutjob websites she visits. Unsubscribe to all the newsletters and other crap those places send her. Block the addresses of anyone who forwards anti-Obama propaganda e-mails to her.

Dunno what you could do about the radio, other than "accidentally" shorting it out.

[obamanut2012]

47. It's hitting mainly blue states, so no help for Romney

And, if there are heavy snows in Appalachia, that hurts Romney.

Plus, the news will be mainly about Sandy and not Romney, and will show Obama being Presidential and working to help people.

Idiots.

[FarPoint]

48. That is an excellent point!

"Plus, the news will be mainly about Sandy and not Romney, and will show Obama being Presidential and working to help people. "

I am going to hang on to this talking point for the water cooler chatter.

[obamanut2012]

50. I'm not trying to be a Pollyanna, either

But pragmatic. I really think that, if it hurts anyone, it will hurt Romney.

Plus, Romney surrogate Christie has been all over TWC and CNN talking about coordinating withe the Feds for help. LOVE it.

[FarPoint]

51. I agree....

Oh...and Christie.... double standard ^%**....ohhhh.....he makes me mad.

[bushisanidiot]

52. A blessing from Romney's mormon god, or the evangelical God?

because they are not the same.

and i have no doubt that republicans all over the country go to bed each night praying that a catastrophe will strike, or a terrorist attack will occur and that hundreds or thousands of people will be killed in hopes that mitt romney can increase his poll numbers.

they are party over country and party first, over their own families.
and there is nothing christian about them.

[tevolit]

62. Early Vote Helps BO

Everyday of clear weather early voting probably helps BO.

If this storm cuts out a week of early voting that would be a bad thing. These would be days that, I think, BO would have been banking a larger advantage.

If, just in time for election day, the roads are cleared and the power is restored, election day could still be a day that Romney gains a significant number of votes.

[CitizenPatriot]

63. Wecome to DU

"Obama's Katrina" - they wore that out in the first two years, along with "Obama's Watergate"". notice they feel the need to pin two major GOP failures onto Obama and neither fit. He's competent and he will help the states that I would be tempted not to help were I him (red states claiming independence and saying federal law doesn't apply to them, eg)

That's why he's the President

[Jennicut]

64. Yeah, because we in CT and other states so want to be hit with a 10 foot storm surge.

Assholes. Disgusting. Human lives are in the balance. Flooding and destroyed homes along the shoreline are expected from this Hurricane. My own family members are near the CT shore line and along Long Island in NY. And President Obama actually knows how to handle a crisis, unlike that last President the Repubs refuse to talk about. What was his name again...oh yeah. George W. Bush, Republican disaster.

[tufnel]

66. Amazed you even saw this...

Their site seems like it's up for maybe 10-15 minutes a day.

[FVZA_Colonel]

73. JimRob must have found a new hamster for the wheel.

[Sunlei]

70. republicans admit humans can change the weather.