As I’ve mentioned before, I make regular stops at freerepublic.com, just to get a view that is very different from mine and my friends’. I wouldn't say I enjoy it—especially when someone cites Hillary's sniffle yesterday as "proof that we should repeal the 19th amendment"—but it is informative, in its way.
And before you start—I know. I know the Freepers tend toward the very very Right Wing and are not at all representative of any views but their own. They are certainly not to be taken as the standard Republican viewpoint (assuming there is one). Got it.
That said… It’s been an interesting week over there.
Iowa made the Freepers sit up and take notice of Obama—much more than they had before. They’ve had Hillary in their sights for eight years now, and all of a sudden, she may not be the target to aim at. So they’re split: Happy as hell to see Hillary losing, but a little disappointed that she may not make the convention, a little freaked by Republicans who seem to actually like Obama, and downright unnerved by the upstart himself. Seriously—he gives some of them the creeps.
A random-ish sampling... (And just for the record: I left out the comment where someone asked if Barack might be the Antichrist. I figure we're going to get plenty of that in coming months.)
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"Obama was impressive 4 years ago at their convention. I watched his speech at that time and was quite unnerved by him. He is a smooth, fast-talker. Indeed I had other thoughts about him as well that register a need for tin-foil. Let’s just say he frightens me as much as Imanutjob from Iran. We’re able to dissect Imanutjob’s rhetoric and define his threat, but Obama is much more smooth and deadly as one can tell from the sheeple gathering around him. It is not the fear of losing the Whitehouse etc. My fear of him is much more carnal."
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"He freaks me out too. We can beat Hillary!. Half the nation hates her guts. But this guy makes the sheeple feel good about themselves. They don’t care what he advocates. They dont even know. They just know he would be the first-sorry-second Black President. And the MSM fall all over him because they want to say look we’re not racist, lets all hug and sing kumbaya. Never mind he’s a complete lightweight and the only sure thing about him is that your taxes will go up. If he gets the nomination, and if Hillary! doesn’t have him Vince Fostered before the election, I get a bad vibe about november. If we criticize anything the man says we will be pounced on by the liberal media.
Even I am squeamish criticizing him to friends.
He has friendly black man teflon."
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"I felt very comfortable when I figured the rats [Democrats] were destined to nominate the repugnant, thoroughly unelectable Hillary. Her nomination would lead not only to a colossal electoral landslide for the Republican candidate (any Republican candidate) but would even improve the GOP’s chance to take back the House with the “down ticket” ripple effect. But Obama? The Obama phenomenon is too new to get a handle on, especially since right now it’s only the rats who are paying him much attention. I do sense the possibility, though, that with ten months of vigorous face time on TV the silly Obama fad might fade away like the hoola hoop, Trivial Pursuit, and Tickle My Elmo. I just hope it happens before election day 2008"
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"He beat Hillary in the Iowa primary. And he’s still alive four days later. THAT is an accomplishment. Just wait until Wednesday. I really don’t see what these RAT voters see in him, but when you have the choices they have, Opie Taylor might be the one. (Hubby thinks Obama looks like Opie.) A friend of ours GUSHES, and I do mean GUSHES over Obama. It’s scary."
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"I agree with an above poster about it being (way) too early to predict anything, but I was talking with my coworkers (all conservative) about Hussein the other day and we all came to practically the same conclusion. He'll be hard to beat because he is likable. If I didn't know he was a commie pig I'd be tempted to vote for him too just based on his ability to speak and present ideas. If Obahma wins it will be an electorial landslide and we will lose Congressional seats. This guy is the anti-Reagan and incredibly dangerous. Never thought I would say it but we would be better off if the Dems ran Hillary.
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"His wife scares me more. She’s the cheerleader type. “You can do it, baby!” Probably not the exact quote, but I heard her say words to that effect several months ago on TV. Which made me think that Obama is being totally micro-managed, and pushed, and encouraged by her. If we end up with him, it’ll be another two-fer."
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"You are right. The man is a Marxist like so many of the minority members in the House. They worship at the alter of Castro and Chavez and he would weaken this country so bad it would not be recognized. Hillary is less scary to me then this closet commie."
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"'when Obama speaks and I see the faces of the people, it looks like the 1936 rallys in Germany '
Me too! Yesterday Jessica Yellin, on CNN, was mentioning how spellbound his audiences seemed, how they had lined up hours in advance to see him and how some had tears in their eyes while listening to him speak! They interviewed some of the audience members as they left an event. From what I could guess, the ages of these people ranged from the early twenties to around sixty. They were almost giddy in their praise of Obama, and keep in mind the man says virtually nothing of substance in these speeches. I can tell you that I found the whole report VERY unsettling."
