Obamattacks

  Courtesy of "Mugsy's Rap Sheet"
(last updated: 11/18/08)

ATTENTION: In recent weeks, as Election Day drew near and Senator Obama's lead in the polls grew, the racist & bigotted attacks by McCain supporters increased in both frequency and vitriol.

As such, I feel the need to add/track the onslught of disgusting racial attacks being levied against Senator Obama in the lead-up to (and since) the election.

The regular list of "Made Up Scandals" continues below the new list.

(Contact us with your tips/corrections: mugsy@bi30.org)

  Master List of Racist Attacks Towards Obama
  While Senator McCain defended his supporters at the third presidential debate, accusing some of the recent violent and hate-filled comments shouted at numerous McCain & Palin rallies as coming from "a few fringe elements" that find their way into every public event, examples that the McCain/Palin campaign attracts and even breeds racists attacks against Obama is growing. Here are some examples (with attributing links):

  1. The racist backlash to Obama's presidency - 11/17/08
    Pat Lanzo
  2. Southeastern Idaho, schoolkids chant "Assassinate Obama". - 11/13/08
  3. After Obama's win, a noose is hung in Texas. - 11/7/08
  4. Skinheads arrested in Obama assassination plot - 10/27/08
    (plot included a plan to shoot and or decapitate 102 black people, topped off by the assassination
    of Democratic Presidential nominee Senator Obama.)
  5. Racism, hate bubble up yet again at Palin rally in Vegas - 10/25/08
  6. Bachmann: Obama isn’t ‘anti-American,’ but his views are. - 10/24/08
  7. 'B'-grade hoax reveals the GOP's inner race-baiter - 10/24/08
  8. McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show - 10/16/08
  9. Racist GOP mailing depicts Obama surrounded by KFC, watermelon, and food stamps. - 10/16/08
    Obama Food Stamp
     
  10. Obama Yard Signs Burned in St. Peters MO - 10/15/08
  11. Sacramento County GOP removes website materials urging people to ‘Waterboard Barack Obama.’ - 10/15/08
    Waterboard Obama ad
  12. [Dick] Morris: ‘What’s The Matter With Comparing’ Obama To Osama Bin Laden? - 10/14/08
  13. Another McCain-Palin supporter yells ‘kill him!’ about Obama. - 10/14/08
  14. Rush Limbaugh Says Angry Blacks Are In 30 Year Plot To Train Black Children as Militants - 10/14/08
  15. Misconceptions of Obama fuel Republican campaign - 10/13/08
  16. Minister delivers divisive invocation at McCain event. (Updated with audio) - 10/11/08
  17. McCain supporter calls Obama a ‘traitor’ at campaign rally. - 10/10/08
  18. ‘Barack Osama’ appears on hundreds of absentee ballots in New York. - 10/10/08
  19. McCain booed when he asks his supporters to ‘respect’ Obama. - 10/10/08
  20. Video: McCain supporters waiting in line at campaign rally talking about Barack Obama. - 10/8/08
  21. McCain supporter shouts "Off with his head!" in response to McCain speaking about Obama's tax policy. - 10/8/08
  22. One McCain supporter at a rally led by running-mate Palin shouts "Kill him!" when linking Obama to Bill Ayers - 10/7/08
  23. Obama called a terrorist in front of erratic McCain - 10/6/08
  24. Florida Sheriff refers to "Barack Hussein Obama" during Palin intro - 10/6/08
  The Master List of Made Up "Scandals" the Media has happily repeated against Obama:
The Rightwing Noise Machine has concocted a new "meme" (an idea with a life of its own) to explain away all the positive press that they perceive the Obama campaign has been receiving: that the "Mainstream Media" (MSM) is showing favoritism towards the Obama campaign vs. the McCain campaign.

It began when, after weeks of Senator McCain on numerous campaign stops, making an issue of Senator Obama making policy declarations without having been to Iraq "in over two years" and "has never been to Afghanistan even once." The McCain campaign even had a "ticker" on their website counting the days since Senator Obama last visited those regions.

In response, the Obama campaign scheduled a large overseas campaign trip that included Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine, and Germany where U.S. troops are stationed. The Obama campaign invited the "Big-3" television networks to accompany him on his trip, to which each network chose to send its lead anchors. The Right-wing punditry began to complain that the networks sending their lead anchors along on Obama's trip was evidence of "Liberal Media Bias". Even the McCain campaign website homepage trumpets a video decrying "Liberal Media Bias" towards the Obama campaign (during the trip, NBC's anchor Brian Williams revealed that the McCain campaign never asked the Big-3 networks to accompany him on any of his recent campaign stops outside of the United States).

It is clear to us here at "Mugsy's Rap Sheet" that this meme is designed to perpetuate, not only into the November campaign, but for years to come should Senator Obama win the Presidency, as a means of minimizing his victory, suggesting that his win was more a result of unfair press coverage than popular support for Senator Obama's policies by the majority of the American people.

Because of this, we will continue to maintain this companion to our "Official John McCain Flip-Flop & Gaffe Master List": Our MASTER LIST of Made-up Scandals, Falsehoods & Warrantless Attacks levied by the Media against the Obama campaign as a means of countering the inevitable falsehoods that are sure to arise claiming "the Media gave the Obama campaign a free-ride".

Note: Mistakes are bound to happen maintaining such a huge list, so on the off-chance you catch the rare error, please let me know immediately. Thanks - Mugsy.
 

Media Report:
Evidence of liberal-bias bias - LA Times, July 27, 2008
Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias -- but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks.


Obama "controversies" that consumed have the Press:
(in no particular order)
MediaMatters graphic: Anatomy of a Smear Machine - Swiftboating 2.0 - added below.
(Continued from "Arrogant-gate" below) - In the midst of the Russian-Georgian conflict, Senator McCain injected himself into the negotiations, even calling the President of Georgia on the phone and committing U.S. support for Georgia while condemning the actions of Russia. Was McCain called "presumptive" or "arrogant"? No. He was called "Presidential" and "took charge" on an issue that "benefits his campaign by highlighting his strengths".
"Arrogant-gate" - Traveling to Europe and meeting with world leaders didn't make Obama look "Presidential", it made him "arrogant" and "presumptive".
Accused of "playing the race card" when, during a July 31, 2008 speech, he included the comment, "[They say] He doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills". This was an indirect reference to a June McCain TV ad that replaced the faces on Mt. Rushmore with that of Senator Obama, as well as replacing the image of Ben Franklin with his on the $100 dollar bill.

Number of stories criticizing Obama for "playing the race card" (according a Google Search): several thousand. Number of stories acknowledging the fact Obama was referring to a June ad by Senator McCain: three.
Comments by Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright.
Comments by his wife ("First time...proud of my country.")
"Refuses to wear a flag-pin" controversy.
"Wouldn't put hand over heart during the Pledge of Allegiance."
Secret Muslim that attended a "madrassa" as a child.
Middle name is "Hussein".
Obama saying "some Americans cling to guns/religion" because they're "bitter".
Obama "would negotiate with Hamas without preconditions".
Bowled a "37", therefore, "can't relate to middle America".
Obama supposedly "reassured Canadian government" that his position on NAFTA was "just rhetoric".
"Terrorist fist jab" between Obama and his wife following a speech.
Association with "60's Radical William Ayers".
Association with "Tony" Rezco: "Chicago slum lord and political fixer", bought land next to home Obama family wished to purchase.
Asking Iowa farmers about the store price of the "Arugula" they grow makes him an "elitist".
Asking for orange juice after being offered coffee in a diner makes him an "elitist".

Appearing to reneg on his promise not to include his children in a publicity appearance following a TV appearance, only to learn that People Magazine would be publishing photos of his children, without mentioning that the photos and agreement took place months before the TV appearance when he made his remark.


For an excellent analysis of how the McCain Campaign, not the Obama campaign, has been the recipient of limitless favorable coverage from the Media (with confirming links), read Media Matters' July 26, 2008 Weekly Update by Jamison Foser.

UPDATE 9/6/08 - Special thanks to Media Matters for this excellent diagram showing The Anatomy of a Smear Machine:

Swiftboat 2.0


Contact: Please submit any attacks we may have missed and/or corrections in the Comments section of our latest blog post. - Mugsy

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