Bitter Old White Guy

[angee_is_mad]

As you probably know by now, I like to bring the Afrospear to DU to give another perspective of progressive politics.

I found this post about Judiciary hearings and the repubs on JJP and thought I would link it here. Here is the link and the body of the post is below it.

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/bitter-old-white-guys/

When I Googled “Bitter Old White Guys” I had a choice of this Clint Eastwood Movie Poster or a pic of Senator Country Last. Do the Math on this one.

That’s how the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary hearings are coming off to the rest of America

The problem is THEY HAVE NO CLUE. From Crooks and Liars:



Um, yeah, Craig, that’s EXACTLY what they’re thinking. And they think that most of America is too stupid to take notice. Listen up, Jeff Sessions and Jon Kyl - I suggest you put the icing on this cake and go ahead and call her a Spic on National Television. Get it over with. I’ve been waiting for you to call the POTUS “Nigger” for months now, so you can add to your repetoire of slurs while drinking your own flop sweat of defeat.

What’s stoppin’ ya? (side eye)

<. . . Even if they vote for her, the fallout for Republicans could reach well beyond Hispanic voters. They are coming across as a bunch of snarky and bitter old white men who cannot bear the thought of their kind losing power.> (Emphasis mine)

You would think they would stop and buy a few clues. You’d think wrong. And, as Tim Wise would say, “Their Whiteness is showing.” Jeff Sessions, Lindsay Graham and Jon Kyl are really getting their “Ferraro” on and it’s not very pretty.

Hillary and Bill Clinton learned the hard way about turning around and biting the hands that gave them the White House - Black people pulled up stakes and headed for Obama like he was water in the Sahara Dessert. Now it’s time for Bitter White Guys in the GOP to learn the same lesson - turn on Sonia Sotomayor and it will be like the movie “A Day without Mexicans” for their asses.

And if they cannot stomach the thought of “their kind losing power”, they forgot to consider that they lost that “power” long ago, when George Bush shat on the Constitution and shat on THEM along with it, while allowing Dead-Eye Dick Cheney to run amok and pave the way for his spawn to succeed him in on Capitol Hill in 2012.

I’m beyond trying to comprehend what makes a racist tick. It is like trying to find out why a rattlesnake strikes. They do it because IT IS IN THEIR NATURE. And since, I know that being a racist is learned behavior, it is past time trying to wonder why they hate people of color. They hate people of color because their mothers and fathers taught them to hate anyone NOT LIKE THEM.

My father used to say that the difference between one who is openly calling you a Nigger and one that is tap dancing in your face, but calling you a “coon” behind your back, is just like dealing with a rattlesnake and a water moccasin.

The rattler lets you know he’s going to strike.

The water moccasin sneaks up and takes a bite out of your ass.

The open bigot screams “Nigger, Spic, Kike and Chink” at the top of his lungs.

The closeted bigot screams those racial epithets in the privacy of his closet, but engages in other forms of obfuscation, manipulation and retaliation to get their points across.

Isn’t it nice to know that Jon Kyl, Lindsay Graham and Jeff Sessions have decided to shed their closets, put on their hoods and robes (all that’s left to do is to light a cross on the Senate floor) and confirm what we’ve always known - that they’re BITTER OLD BIGOTED WHITE GUYS who don’t realize that they got just as left behind as the school kids were with No Child Left Behind?

[Cha]

1. Thanks, angee..they could not be more blatantly

crude on national tv during the hearings.

And, I say.."your white sheet is showing".

[angee_is_mad]

2. Yep, yep

and the damn smirking, like this shit is so funny to them.
She wins in the end though:fistbump:

[Sukie]

3. I don't understand how such blatant racism,

on national television, from political leaders, keeps getting barely a head turn from the majority of our country. Is this 2009 or 1909 again?? Very good piece and I love the comparison of racists to two kinds of snakes. I plan on using that one often.

[angee_is_mad]

4. MSM is letting them get by with it

they blow her "Latina Woman" comment all out of proportion but allow senators using fake cuban accents when questioning her to get away with it with no comments!

God Bless America!

[Cha]

6. Yes, it's the corporatemediawhores

who are responsible for letting the bigots and racists get away with it.

And, yes, Judge Sotomayor will win in the end~:fistbump:

[dolphindance]

5. The irony is that white guys are not losing power anytime soon.

That's why I don't get their trepidation. They are still in control of our institutions, have most of the private wealth, and are pretty much the gold standard as far as "social image" is concerned.

They have NOTHING to be concerned about. They're going to be on top for years and years to come.

P.S. --

And that's fine with me. I just wish some wouldn't act like the world is coming to an end just because certain minorities are beginning to enjoy these benefits as well.

[angee_is_mad]

7. Its the idea and what they see

that they are threatened by.

I remember a scene from the movie Rosewood. A white man was upset that a black music teacher had a baby grand piano in his home and he didn't. His buddy reminded him that he couldn't even PLAY the piano. That wasn't the point. The point was that a black man should never have more than a white man, even if what he has is of no use to the white man.

That ties everything up right there. They are threatened by the thought that affirmative action is working in the way it was intended. Minorities are getting into good schools and once there are excelling. They are graduating and are getting positions of authority. Their kids are listening to Lil Wayne instead of Carrie Underwood and God help them, their daughter is dating the black superstar at her high school.

To them, the country has been turned upside down and is going to hell in a hand basket and there isn't a DAMN THING they can do to stop progress.

[Laelth]

8. Welcome to DU.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Number23]

9. Kicked and rec'd for the Afrosphere! My favorite new word

"Hillary and Bill Clinton learned the hard way about turning around and biting the hands that gave them the White House - Black people pulled up stakes and headed for Obama like he was water in the Sahara Dessert. Now it’s time for Bitter White Guys in the GOP to learn the same lesson - turn on Sonia Sotomayor and it will be like the movie “A Day without Mexicans” for their asses."

Welllllll.... :)

[angee_is_mad]

10. Yep, Yep

that's about it in a nutshell.

[angee_is_mad]

11. Go to link for missing quotes

I just realized that quotes from Crooks and Liars didn't paste. Clink on the JJP link to get the full effect of the post.

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/bitter-old-white-guys/

Sorry about that.