"sacred" ...... demonized --- religious myth to ignore.
On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:07:41 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > August 13, 2013 **** > Democrats' images are sacred while Republicans' are demonized**** > > Ethel C. Fenig**** > > ** ** > > The double standard, the hypocrisy over treatment of Democrats and > Republicans, with a touch of racism and sexism thrown in, is clearly > playing out in different attitudes towards images of Democrats and > Republicans. > > While liberal heads are > exploding<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/obama_face_on_rodeo_clown_causes_liberal_heads_to_explode.html%20>about > a President Barack Obama (D) clown mask at the Missouri State Fair, > liberal heads were relatively intact--as were, alas, Republican heads--19 > years ago when a private rodeo allowed bulls to charge a President George > H. W. Bush (R) mannequin near Philadelphia, The Gateway > Pundit<http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/08/flashback-liberals-were-silent-when-george-bush-dummies-were-used-at-rodeos/>reminds > us. > **** > > *Back in 1994,* the cowboys used George Bush dummies at the Woodstown, > Pennsylvania rodeo. > For some reason, the liberals didn't seem to mind this too much.**** > > Philly.com<http://articles.philly.com/1994-08-19/news/25842089_1_bullfighting-clowns-rodeo-arena-clown-smile>reported: > **** > > "The big white gate flew open. The bull came out bucking. The rider > flopped from side to side and the bullfighters held back, letting the bull > make his moves until the rider dropped off. Licciardello crouched in a > heavily padded barrel, a human target should the bull decide to charge. > Hawkins waited near the barrel, holding his big inner tube. *A dummy with > a George Bush mask stood beside the clown, propped up by a broomstick.* > "...**** > > Of course, at the time, our first black president, Bill > I-did-not-have-sex-with-that-woman Clinton (D) was in charge so no one > complained. **** > > Last year on the popular (for some) HBO Game of Thrones series, a muddy, > severed likeness of President George W. Bush's (R) head, propped on a > stick, appeared in several early episodes. It was later removed. **** > > According to Patrick Kevin Day of the Los Angeles Times > <http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/14/entertainment/la-et-st-game-thrones-george-w-bush-head-20120614> > **** > > "George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes," the duo > revealed in their commentary. "It's not a choice, it's not a political > statement. We just had to use whatever heads we had lying around."**** > > Ri-i-ght! And Bush's head--not Clinton's or Obama's--was conveniently > lying around because...?**** > > HBO and Benioff and Weiss issued statements of apology.**** > > Benioff and Weiss explained, "We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the > show: heads, arms, etc. We can't afford to have these all made from > scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them > in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of > the heads looked like George W. Bush.**** > > Right again. HBO and the Game of Thrones production staff are so poverty > stricken that "We can't afford to have these all made from scratch..." *** > * > > "In the DVD commentary, we mentioned this, though we should not have. We > meant no disrespect to the former president and apologize if anything we > said or did suggested otherwise."**** > > HBO added, "We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, > disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear to the executive > producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent > careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from > any future DVD production."**** > > But don't feel too sorry for HBO and Game of Thrones personnel though. The > early DVDs with the Bush head might be very valuable "to super-fans, as the > version of the 'Game of Thrones' DVD set available looks to be a > collector's item soon." > > But Democrat heads, or other images, are still sacred. Republicans'? Not > so much. Even the women's. > > The Hillary Project, <http://thehillaryproject.com/> a group opposed to > Hillary Rodham (now using Clinton (D), has an online game in which her face > is figuratively slapped. Oooh! House Minority Leader Representative Nancy > Pelosi (D-CA) doesn't like that according to Brietbart's Tony > Lee<http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/%20http:/www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/12/Pelosi-Dems-Outraged-By-Slap-Hillary-Site-Silent-on-Vile-Slap-Palin-Game-that-Depicts-Her-Naked>. > > **** > > 'Slap Hillary' site isn't a game, it isn't funny. Like all violence > against women, it's sick. GOP needs to grow up and take this site down," > Pelosi tweeted.**** > > As BizPacReview > notes<http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/08/11/pelosi-feigns-outrage-over-slap-hillary-game-slap-palin-okay-81399>, > > however, Pelosi has never had a similar complaint about a similar "Slap > Palin" game. That site also has a "photoshopped image of Palin naked, > having sex with former running mate John McCain."**** > > "Pelosi and her fellow travelers on the left don't denounce games like > 'Slap Hillary' because they're 'sick' like 'all violence against women,'" > BizPacReview wrote. "They denounce them because they don't like their > politics."**** > > BizPacReview observes that Democrats who claim to champion women and > accuse Republicans of waging a "war on women" often do not have a problem > when female conservatives are degraded or encouraged to be slapped back to > Alaska. **** > > "They have no problem with the same thing - and worse - being done to a > Republican woman in the same virtual context,'" BizPacReview wrote. "In all > seriousness, who's really 'sick' here?"**** > > As mentioned, you don't remember Pelosi's or other liberal objections > several years ago to Slap Sarah Palin because there was none? But do you > remember Pelosi's objections to mocking Palin's children, especially her > Downe's Syndrome youngest? Of course you don't. But don't worry, your > memory isn't deteriorating; Pelosi-and the usual liberal gang-- were > characteristically silent about the slime thrown against a female who > succeeded politically on her own without a wealthy and/or politically > connected husband and/or father. > > Oh. That's why the silence. > > And so liberals understand why a young boy > prays<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/12/you-are-good-barack-obama-video-shows-little-boy-p/>to > his god, Barack Obama, thanking him for his goodness. In their own way > they do too. **** > > "Barack Obama <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/>, > thank you for doing everything and all the kind stuff. Thank you for all > the stuff that you helped us with."**** > > "Thank you for taking the courage and responsibility for everything you've > done for us," the boy continues, adding that God has given the president "a > special power."**** > > "You are good, Barack > Obama<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/>. > You are great," he concludes, throwing his arms in the arms and screaming, > "Barack > Obama <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/>!"**** > > Hail Obama. **** > > ** ** > > > *Page Printed from: > http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/democrats_images_are_sacred_while_republicans_are_demonized.html > * at August 13, 2013 - 02:47:44 PM CDT**** > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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