Rachel Maddow: Fox News Advancing Age-Old ‘Scare White People’ Political Strategy

you can blame this more on non participatory parents and a failing educational system then you can rich people. its 2010 evolve already

Sad, but true.

Well actually the economy has been hard on working families. It takes both parents working to be able to live modestly comfortable lives. It is much harder on families than people realize. Many have seen stagnant wages, while prices and fees have gone through the roof. Dime here, dollar there adds up. Working parents are still struggling.

During the Bush years, 'No Child Left Behiind' failed our children. It actually worked to dumb down education. Only test scores mattered. Creativity and critical thinking fell behind, while tests ruled what was and was not taught.

Not as if any of this is either new ;)

"America is the first empire to go from barbarity to decadence without going through civilization" - Oscar Wilde

White House,Pentagon, State Department, FBI, CIA, etc. may have differences of style, but all of them have the same and well defined and known objective: the defense of the economic and geopolitical interests of its Global Elite. It is not a matter of a president: fat, skinny, dumb or bright, black or white. It is a matter of a system. The capitalist system in its higher level: Imperialism.

dude, most of us gave up on imperialism long ago. you have a recent example, or are you still stuck in the stone age with the rest of the left?

dear child at LEAST spell his name right. then take yourself to yahoo.com where you'll be appreciated

sorta like your fearless leader, see you in november!

Not quite sure what this has to do with the topic at hand, but oh well. I love the onion, They just win at the whole satire game...

Actually George W. started the bailout, because his leadership had let everything get so bad, we could have been in a depression at the end of his presidency.

It was George Bush`s banker giveaway. Bush wanted to give Paulson a blank cheque with absolutely no oversight.

You hit it right on the head.
I don't know who voted you down -- bunch of hypnotized obama followers is my guess.

Yeh but wasn't it obama who said we were all going to die horrible deaths if we didn't give him the money to bribe senators with?
The scamulous bill and tarp made things WORSE.

Yeh but obama actually did give that check to the treasury.

Posting on Current is an uphill battle against the Obama zombies. They love you if post criticize the right, but as soon as you say a negative word about leftist heroes like Maddow you get crucified.

The President has little to do with the economy. Read up on the Constitution and see how has the ultimate power with spending. Then tell me who controlled Congress.

as opposed to the direction we're currently headed, now that change i can believe in!

mmhm yup uh huh well whatayaknow mmhm yes hmmmm yup mmhm uh huh

you have my support liberty, be strong. come november theyll be sorry they abused their power. and in such a short time to, too bad for them. they had all that power in their grasp and they fucked it up in less that a year, what a waste. not likely to happen again in our lifetime.

Unless you're suggesting that Republicans are constantly JOKING about black people trying to attack white people, this isn't a very apt comparison.

This was meant to be humorous. Ty Bowman made the clip for FUN and to poke at liberal racism claims. Get a grip.

FOX NEWS is a puppet for fear mongering and propaganda. Do the reporters really believe half of white they're saying and defending?

You forgot Mexicans!!!

Yep- as shown in another article, specifically "Big Mexican Women"!

and redux on my comment -- photoshop

Yeah, because only Republicans are racist. Not like the late Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd was part of the KKK or anything.. oh wait. He was.

but he repented so thats a non issue

Yes Sir. I fell for it but will never again.

Who is falling for what?

The only people who thought Obama was a miracle worker were the Conservatives.

The rest of us, the sane and rational folk, knew that the Democratic party are the lesser of two evils- and considering how evil the Republicans are, that makes them close to angelic.

If after all the crap that the Republicans have done you are actually attacking Obama, you are the one who fell for the fear-mongering.

For people who actually paid attention to the previous eight years, Obama was the ONLY choice- and considering the circumstances, he has done a damn good job.

Obama did do something about the wars.. he sent more troops. gg Obama

Amen to that. McCain/Palin was a fear factor. They scared the heck out of me.

Not only was i not in a coma, unlike you I did not have blinders on.

The "Obamaites" were a myth created by the conservatives- it was all a part of their fear-mongering. The reason you "got so sick of hearing it" was because you kept seeing it on FOX News.

And, as you just said, it almost had the effect that they intended.

Are you saying we *shouldn't* be afraid of environmental destruction and the actions of these multi-national corporations?

You hit it right on the head -- you can tell this merely by the progressive kooks voting you down.

I seem to remember the lot of ya cheering him when he said the oceans would receed and the flowers would bloom and stars would shine brighter.
Yeh that was you...

Yeh the crazy koolaid drinking sheeple dimwits were all in our head lol

No, making bizarre individual incidents into "hordes" was all a fabrication of the FOX News network. If you had been paying attention to the sources of these stories you blindly believed, you would know that.

The reason why they didn't win is because enough of us were smart enough to see through it. The reason why the election was so close was because so many other people were not; like all the morons still stuck on his middle name and his birth certificate.

From the instant the McCain camp found out he would be running against Obama instead of Clinton, the strategy was to project that Obama was "perfect" and his admirers were like a cult.

The strategy backfired, so instead they switched to portraying him as a dangerous Marxist with evil friends.

Since you fell for the concept that there ARE "faithful worshipers of the One" you are proof of how effective the brainwashing was.

And you keep proving my point with every post you make.
Good job.

No, not in your head.
In your mirror.

Obama actually is a marxist - didn't see thru that did ya?

And you keep proving my point with every post you make.
Good job.

What you "saw" was tainted by your own bias.

What was actually going on is that after the last eight years of GWB people had given up on the government being anything of value to the people.

Obama gave people HOPE.

Not mid-robbing religious hope that dimwit conservatives believed, but simple hope that a politician might actually be able to fix Bush's mess.

Again- the only reason you saw it as more than that is because of YOUR bias.

IF YOU failed to see that it is because YOU are a simple, brainwashed conservative who thinks liberals must be as simple and brainwashed as you are.

If that is how you feel, then it's exactly the same as the so-called "Obama worshipers" felt.

Then, like I said- Obama gave us hope that there could actually be a decent man running for political office.

Not a saint, not a god, not an angel, not perfect, just a qualified applicant for the job.

And, if you look at his administration REALISTICALLY, with the concept that he IS a human being, and compare his successes to his failures, he has done a damn good job as president so far.

uhhh name one

could be the drugs

I should have known you had a reading disability.

Look at my post again.

Notice the second sentence begins with the word "Then".

Again, there are NO "devout followers".
There is no one, beyond some internet kooks with manifestos, who think Obama is a Messianic figure.

He is a human being, who has done a damn good job as president.

If you can't see that he is a human being who has done a damn good job as president, you already know what it's like to ignore reality so easily.

oh we all see him as a mere human being with faults. just waiting to hear a concrete example of what good he has done.

You dodged my question: Are you saying we *shouldn't* be afraid of environmental destruction and the actions of these multi-national corporations?

I think you make a fair enough point. You are right: Democrats (and progressives - not necessarily the same people) really were looking for a charismatic heroic leader of sorts, and Obama's campaign certainly took advantage of that. Given the lack of charisma of the last two presidential candidates they fielded (Gore and Kerry), and how well things went during the administration of the last charismatic candidate they had in office (Clinton), this is completely unsurprising. As for being enraptured by Obama's speeches, that is unsurprising as well: they were incredibly well-crafted and well-delivered. I was certainly moved by them. It is understandable that many expected too much and were caught up in the excitement. After all, a sense of hope for the future was and is desperately needed by many Americans. Obama really cannot live up to all the expectations; no one could. I feel he has done quite a bit of good, but at the same time, I am disappointed by other things.

You feel that Obama has failed to make the U.S. respected in international circles? I think that is one of the areas where he has had a fair amount of success. There is only so much a single person can do, but he has done well in this area (especially in comparison to his predecessor).

actually obama was compared to mccain and Palin, your nephew and son weren't in the race.

Well, I would certainly not believe the insane guy- but for some reason, I keep trying to reason with him.

Too bad his blinders will never allow that to happen.

Just keep ignoring all of the accomplishments Obama has made, even while simply trying to repair the damage done by Bush.

Just keep telling yourself that Health Care reform, Financial Regulation and Economic stimulus never happened.

Just keep believing Obama is starting a cult of followers, and they are hiding under your bed.

Good bye insane guy.

Except, of course, for the fact that you are wrong.
But I'm guessing you are wrong often, since you jump into other people's conversations without reading them first.
The ONLY people who think Obama is a god are the people who hate him.
The rest of us know he's a human being, and there is good and bad, but overall, he is doing a damn good job.

You make an excellent point. Corporations are amoral by their very nature. They need to be regulated by entities designed to protect the interests of the people for precisely that reason. Unfortunately, corporations have gotten so powerful that they end up bribing their way into writing the rules by which they will be policed. This is why a company can export all their jobs and face no penalty for doing so. This is why (as you mention) some corporations dump toxic waste or fail to provide adequate safety measures for dangerous activities. It is all about the actuarial tables. We need to have regulatory entities with teeth, so that failing to comply with the rules actually hurts profitability.

At this point we are getting into the area of subjective opinion, but I did (and do) find his speeches to be well-delivered. Agreed on your points vis-a-vis Dubya.

Yet, in the post you just replied to, I did not mention the Bush administration at all.

You just keep shoving your foot deeper and deeper down your throat.

Except, of course, for the fact that you are wrong.
I don't need to guess any more- you now have an established history of being wrong.

I'm truly sorry for you- stuck in your little black and white world of fanaticism.

I disagree. They do plenty to scare the "poor white trash" demographic.

I suppose there should be a badge for gaining "-10 score." hahahahhaha

It's ok... i know the feeling! that's what happens when i try to watch The O'Reilly Factor... I get confused and frustrated... actually, it happens when i watch anything on Faux news...