The deletionist can feel free to delete my comment as well if they like.

[Clif says: I deleted your comment as well as the original offending anti-Semitic and sexist comment from a known right-wing troll. They leave stuff like that from time to time and then try to make hay out of it, if it isn’t deleted. “Those lieberals are sexist! They’re antisemitic. See the comments at S,N!”

I’ll sign up for that too. I’m not so good at self-moderation.
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[Clif says: I deleted your comment as well as the original offending anti-Semitic and sexist comment from a known right-wing troll. They leave stuff like that from time to time and then try to make hay out of it, if it isn’t deleted. “Those lieberals are sexist! They’re antisemitic. See the comments at S,N!”

Actually, given what these so-called prestigious schools churn out (GW Bush comes to mind), I count this as something to hold against Obama not something in his favor. The truly smart kids graduate from a UC or Rutgers or a similar institution.

But then I’m a state school graduate, so what do I know …

Tommy still sees the world as a struggle between white hat America and Fu Manchu mustachio-ed villainous Arabs. And that having leverage with weight (read available military capacity) is the secret of getting along.

Well, at least the silver lining in this cloud of turd is that he will no longer pushing his six month deadline further into the future.

This column will probably get Barack Obama in trouble, but that’s not my problem.

Yeah we know Tommy. You’ll do anything to get JiSM3 in office.

For now, though, what it reveals is how much many foreigners, after all the acrimony of the Bush years, still hunger for the “idea of America” — this open, optimistic, and, indeed, revolutionary, place so radically different from their own societies…

That’s the America that got swallowed by the war on terrorism. And it’s the America that many people want back.

Yeah, that whole War on Terror thing, how’d that happen again? Maybe we’ll have a better idea in six months. Maybe you’ll read the end of this op-ed the next time you have some bedwetting, get the bombs out, show the world how tough we are garbage to spew.

I was just calling him “the monkey” before I saw the photo.

Thanks.

Yo Mama – who thinks that black guy could sweep the White House real good.

P7: “How could a black man possibly understand European/Middle Eastern/South Asian politics?” is what my interlocutors sometimes in fact seem to be saying.
P8: The correct response, of course, is that plenty of white men don’t understand European/Middle Eastern/South Asian politics, either. But not everyone, everywhere, is going to understand that.

Actually Ann, the correct response is, of course, “Why shouldn’t a black man be able to understand European/Middle Eastern/South Asian politics? Is there some secret white only information that is not available to anyone unless they are pure-bread white? [And yes, I deliberately misspelled "bred".] The particular black man we are talking about is a graduate of one of the prestigious schools in America. He is, in fact, no doubt, a lot smarter than you are and has a deeper understanding of world politics than you ever will.”

Flaunts?

The “rest of the world” (according to Applebaum) hints that Americans might not be mature enough to accept an African-American president.

Applebaum misses the dig and instead writes a column showing her own immaturity.

The WaPo, by having the confidence to publish this column, shows that a lot of educated, influential but not exactly well-meaning people agree with her and can’t get past the fact of Obama’s skin color.

This means more stories about whether some cracker in Armpit Holler thinks Amurka’s ready for ‘a colored fella’ and fewer about his qualifications vs. John McCain..

Racism is thus being legitimized by the media establishment.

Don’t pretend you’re blind to it.

A professor of mine related that when he was born in the NYC area during the 1930s, he was (being of Sicilian parentage) not considered even white. When he moved to SoCal (as an adult) he became “Anglo” (interestingly, given his looks and his last name, which could either be Italian or Spanish, he could easily have been assumed to be Hispanic).

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RH Potfry, do the words “bona fide argument” mean anything to you? Can you tell when an argument is not being made in good faith, and what you should do in that situation? Wikipedia might help you — as some have already pointed out, they define what is a “concern troll”. Look it up.

One of my cousins became engaged to a black woman. Needless to say, this became the primary topic of conversation at the next gathering of my large, southern, all-white family. An elderly aunt said to him, very diplomatically, “All I’m worried about, dear, is that people will discriminate against your children. Have you thought of your children?”

Of course, she didn’t say that he shouldn’t marry a black woman. She would have never said that.

Readers of this thread are wondering why RH Potfry has developed an unhealthy lust for Anne Applebaum. The suspicion is that he’s asked a dozen — or maybe three dozen times whether Anne’s bum is shaped like an apple. With his latest ridiculously transparent attempt to defend a racist piece of tripe it’s time to turn the question around, will Sadly, No! commenters be able to ignore the his spew when it invariably turns to GOP talking points?

I realize that this is uselss question as he is obviously going to be mocked furiously. Despite the occasional attempts to address garbage arguments, these threads are a cesspool of pointing and laughing.

Have the Sadlynaughts changed? What about the occasional sarcastic drive-by commenter? A quick perusal of recent threads yields the almost unlimited hilarity.

Listen carefully, RH Potfry may be moved by either an unnatural perverse lust for Anne Applebaum or an unquenchable desire to service JiSM3. “How could RH Potfry find the shrivelled ugly Anne Applebaum in the least bit appealing?” is what my interlocutors seem to be saying.

The correct response is, of course, “he might instead be motivated by an desire to see JiSM3 bust out a land invasion of China.” The fevered excrement of RH Potfry always reveals how shallow his soul is, but never more than in this thread.