Victory Center Pep Rally

[Interested Girl]

The "Repubs had a Rally"" and the Dems had a "Bash"

The Republican Pary here in Walton County held a "Rally" where they "Bashed" a pinata with sticks ( who knows whether it had a Obama photo on its butt).

The Dems in Walton County held a "Big Blue Bash". Why that choice of words to describe what seems to have been a concert? Did they "bash" anyone? I bet they verbally bashed afew people while they enjoyed a concert.

How about "Big Blue Bash 2" ? Would one of the dem leadership care to comment on who they are "bashing" this time.

We all need to be politically correct don't we ?

 

[jensieblue]

Let's see...

The democrats held a gathering and called it a "Bash"..The repubs called theirs a "rally" and Bashed a picture of Obama. Which behavior symbalizes more aggression? Everyone should mind their language, behavior and manners. And, constantly be conscious that there are a lot of people who will be tempted to handle their frustration by picking up their gun, they all have them now, and trying to get their picture on the front page.

 

[mossyhead]

This historic presidential campaign has brought overt and subconscious racism into the spotlight. I know, I know, I've heard it all...Me, I'm not racist, some of my friends are black,,But read and listen carefully, it is there. O'bama's "Plane smells bad". What is that? What does it say about those that engage in this behavior and those who don'? 1., those that do are scared and venting frustration in inappropriate ways...What would the response be if someone hung a picture of McCain on a pinata and let fly? Everyone just needs to know what they know and walk on. You learn alot about people in this type of circumstance....Remember what you learn....

I don't know that saying a plane smells is racist, I have known some white people who smelled very bad. I also know black people who smell very good. Wheher the plane smelled good or bad has nothing to do with race.

 

[Interested Girl]

Aggressive behavior is not just "physical" in nature it can be "verbal" as well and from what I heard the "Bash" got pretty aggressive. Shame on them as well.

Could you please define "they" from your gun comment. The stereotypical "they" is somewhat confusing to me ?

Words cause the strongest reaction in people.

 

[Andy A]

Jensieblue,
I won't disagree, but in the same way McCain Palin campaign is working I would be just as upset with Obama Biden. I realize trash talk is part of the game, but the comments being made at the stump speech is unacceptable and without the Candidate putting an end to it is what bothers me.

I seriously suggest you look at the film clip from yesterday where McCain confronted a supporter who said she didn't want an "arab" elected president. His response to her was dignified, compassionate and truthful. I have let to see that kind of response from the other side of the aisle. Its time some on this board realized that these candidates are both Americans with totally different positions and associations with people. For those positions and associations to be critized is fair game. Slams regarding closely held personal beliefs are not.

 

[jensieblue]

You're right, "they" is ambiguous...

Let me give examples, though my 61 YO memory can't reliably recall names, I do recall deaths...Alllow me to enumerate a few during my lifetime...Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, George Wallace. ( yes bit jukked with shooting but suffered a long lingering death as a result".Others will come to me but my brain runs on a time delay...I'll add others. Basically, I am trying to say, a lot of unstable folks have a lot of guns and they aren't hunting deer or Moose...I have sat across the desk from court ordered offenders. I have heard them describe to me their thought processes that led them to decide "who to kill" and listened to how they would rationalize their behavior. I am clearly a victem of having seen and heard what can be in the minds of the people you pass on the streets. Jackson Browne's song Doctor My Eyes, is my theme song. I understand if you are frustrated with me...My 25 YO daughter gets tired of me telling her to be careful. But there is a correllation...folks who operate at a certain level of thought and problem solving, are drawn to guns like bees to honey. And, they love violent conflict resolution. There is no reliable blood test to determine which gun buyer will go ballistic in the mall or school yard..Everybody has a gun and anybody can hold themselves together for a few minutes...Long enought to fill out the paperwork and buy a gun..An old friend of mine from the psychiatric clinic told me often we could write a book but no one would believe us...Oh, another thing for your consideration ,the patients at my clinic were LESS kikely to commit violent acts than the general public...You have to have some remnant of sanity and social compliance to comply with treatment and our guards took the guns away from them. And we introduced them to the concept of Thow shall not kill...Don't want to bum people out but I know what I know. I have looked iinto the belly of the beast and you don't want to see what I have seen

 

[rapunzel]

Children were involved with my beating of the gator too...

IF this happened...what bothers me is that the local Obama fans are so insulted, after all the McCain and Palin jabs, jokes, and generally hateful posts on their part. (Does not apply to all, but still.) If it was McCain or Palin on a elephant's butt, I seriously doubt there would be any outrage.

Oh Kitty...I'm just hoping we can make it to November 4 before everybody totally implodes.

I guarantee you that if I walked into headquarters today with an elephant pinata with a picture of Sarah Palin glued to it's rear end and suggested we hang it and beat it with sticks, some of the volunteers would immediately point out to me that pinata bashing would not really promote Obama's message of being respectful of the other party. There is no way that the elephant pinata would be hung and children encouraged to take a swing at Sarah. No way, No how. It's not our emphasis...we don't spend time bashing the other party, we just try to talk about ideas and specific policies to persuade people.

The Republican Pary here in Walton County held a "Rally" where they "Bashed" a pinata with sticks ( who knows whether it had a Obama photo on its butt).

The Dems in Walton County held a "Big Blue Bash". Why that choice of words to describe what seems to have been a concert? Did they "bash" anyone? I bet they verbally bashed afew people while they enjoyed a concert.

How about "Big Blue Bash 2" ? Would one of the dem leadership care to comment on who they are "bashing" this time.

We all need to be politically correct don't we ?

Well, there are multiple meanings of the word bash.

1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow.
2. Slang A celebration; a party.​

Obviously, the word bash was chosen because the repetition of consonant sounds is pleasing to the human ear. Big Blue Bash = large Democratic soiree. It is no more an indication of violent intentions than Rollicking Red Rally would indicate a Nuremburg style political gathering.

 

[30A Skunkape]

It wasn't the Obama effigy nor the violence directed toward it that offended me;rather, the pinata was reportedly loaded with watermelon jolly ranchers and chick-o-stix. What was that all about?

 

[Evangeline]

Why hasn't the person holding the pinata replied here to confirm or deny?

 

[elgordoboy]

Children were involved with my beating of the gator too...

IF this happened...what bothers me is that the local Obama fans are so insulted, after all the McCain and Palin jabs, jokes, and generally hateful posts on their part. (Does not apply to all, but still.) If it was McCain or Palin on a elephant's butt, I seriously doubt there would be any outrage.

Oh Kitty...I'm just hoping we can make it to November 4 before everybody totally implodes.

I have put Palin's face on a plastic doll and I am taking it to the Democratic HQ, I will not be hitting her with a stick but I wonder if what I do will offend some Republicans? And general humanity for that matter... (Hint: It is what most Republican males want to do already and the reason the same are voting for her and McCain.)