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September 3rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

By Donvictimiti

What keywords lead you to believe a talking head/reporter/consultant/analyst favors one candidate or another?

There Are 13 Responses So Far. »

Comment by G Rex on 3 September 2008 at 8:32 pm:

“a thrill going up my leg.”
Comment by pandora on 3 September 2008 at 8:35 pm:

“Maverick”
Comment by Steve Newton on 3 September 2008 at 8:45 pm:

Usually when the person introducing them calls them a “liberal” or a “conservative”–assuming we’re too goddamn dumb to tell the difference.

On the other hand, my favorite “stealth conservative” is Charles Osgood. He sounds so PBS that nobody ever actually notices that the slant to all his work is conservative.
Comment by joe on 3 September 2008 at 8:55 pm:

Usually when they call one of the candidates an SOB. That makes me begin to wonder…
Comment by delawaredem on 3 September 2008 at 9:18 pm:

The easiest tip off is if the reporter refers to the Democratic Party as the “Democrat Party.”

Fox News does it all the time, and it is straight out of the Atwater playbook. Anyone who says that is immediately a right wing batshit conservative in my eyes, forever consigned to the trashheap of trolldom.
Comment by delawaredem on 3 September 2008 at 9:20 pm:

“Can Obama win over working people?”

Which I view as code for “Can the N______ win over the votes of the good honest pure White voters?”
Comment by Joanne Christian on 3 September 2008 at 9:43 pm:

DelDem–are you a racist in recovery? Obama is more WASP than what we got running….Have you ever checked out his high school alma mater? He has had a life of privilege and it’s great he has given back….but “working people”? I’m working–2 jobs–and I’m not going to be able to afford everything he wants to “assure” me. And why…because the bar will keep moving…and I will keep just “missing” it…so then I’ll be looking for a third job….but yea we took care of those who decry minimum wage isn’t a livable wage (but won’t take a darn night class to improve their earning power), and then the folks who eat, drink, and be merry, and spend every cent on the latest car, vacation, clothes on their back….and then cry poor for college tuition….oh I gotta stop now..and leave the room…Huckababble is on….but heck no!!! WORKING PEOPLE shouldn’t vote for Obama!!!

But to the point of your question–I’m not cued by words..it’s a body language thing for me.
Comment by delawaredem on 3 September 2008 at 9:49 pm:

Joanne…you must not know me very well yet.

No, I am no racist in recovery. I hate racists. I wish them all dead for racism and prejudice are one of the main reasons for suffering and poverty in this world. I am hopeful that things are slowly changing, as each generation is a little less racist than the last. Soon, all evil racists will be dead and in Hell, and the world will be closer to peace.

I was pointing out that quote from Chris Matthews and a number of other tradititional media as evidence of racial code words in our dialogue.
Comment by G Rex on 3 September 2008 at 9:55 pm:

“Working people” Ooh, good one! Just because I’m management/salaried and I don’t punch a clock anymore means I’m no longer “working” to some? Go smash some shop windows for freedom in Minneapolis.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 4 September 2008 at 12:24 am:

Chris Matthews has been “gushing” over the speeches from the DNC…why not enjoy the momentum he’s afforded you and quit w/ the “buzzkill” scrutiny? I’m hearin’ Philadelphia politics in your “coding”–not national….this is a whole new generation….
Comment by Duffy on 4 September 2008 at 8:36 am:

“Welcome to Hardball”
and
“I’m Keith Olberman”
Comment by Joanne Christian on 4 September 2008 at 9:15 am:

You got it Duffy–and did you see him publicly send out “tag lines” for his media colleagues to go after–as if they have to circle their wagons now!!!! Why he’s not going to take that….and THEY will use their firepower!!!
Comment by Susan Regis Collins on 4 September 2008 at 1:14 pm:

The code word “inexperienced”

Obama = Racism

Palin = Sexism