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He's won today's Moe Lane Wishes He Had Written That contest today.
I know a bit of you are confused because you didn't see any racism in these ads, and that's why the racism hidden in these ads are referred to by the nutroots as dog whistles. A dog whistle is at such a high frequency that only a dog can hear it, and these racist messages are so subtle that only racists will pick up on them. Apparently, Tennessee is full of forgetful racists who hate black people but keep forgetting that Ford is black. Thus the Republicans put hidden racist messages in these ads that only the racists will pick up on and remind them that Ford is black so they shouldn't vote for him (because they hate black people).
Does it work? I dunno. Maybe some of my racist readers could tell me whether their reactions to those ads were, "Oh yeah! Ford is black! I shouldn't vote for him!"
There's something odd going on, though. When a dog whistle blows, only dogs hear it and start barking. When someone "blows a racist whistle" only the racists should hear it and start making noise. But, when each of these ads first appeared, the only barking I heard was from the nutroots. Here's a DailyKos Recommended Diary from right after the TV ad appeared where lots of Kos Kids seem to spot the obvious racism that all the rest of us missed. And here's a front page story from the DailyKos about the radio ad where they hear the obvious jungle drums that everyone else never heard.
Now, in the comments, a number of KosKids seem confused because they don't see the racism, and they're told that's because they're not able to hear the dog whistle. Which begs the question: How come everyone else in nutrootsville is tuned into a message only meant for racists?
Should I go ahead and apply Occam's Razor, or have you already done it yourself?
A bit long of a quote, but I couldn't bear to cut it anywhere. Although I will note that at least some of these people may have simply not noticed that when it comes to racial issues the GOP (and the world) has moved, as they say, on.
Moe
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I would say that I'm a HUGE fan of Frank J, but that might be considered redundant, given my tags for the last few months...
Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated. -- IMAO
Worth saying again... "Should I go ahead and apply Occam's Razor, or have you already done it yourself?"
The masterful Frank J. with yet another brilliant line.
Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints - Sympathy for the Democrats