{"id":3911,"date":"2008-10-12T07:43:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T11:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2009-01-19T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T13:14:45","slug":"mccain-sign-called-slap-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=3911","title":{"rendered":"McCain sign called “slap in the face”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A local business man decided to put a McCain\/Palin sign in front of his business, on his own property in heavily Democrat Prince George’s County, Maryland (which borders the east side of Washington, DC) last weekend according to the Washington Post<\/a>. Apparently, that simple gesture of expressing his personal opinion is somehow a “slap in the face” of the largely Black community;<\/p>\n

Many local supporters of Democrat Barack Obama, jolted by the message as they headed down Branch Avenue on their Monday morning commutes, grabbed cellphones and BlackBerrys to notify friends. Operators of neighborhood e-mail group lists cried foul to their memberships. The NAACP logged calls. Community leaders demanded boycotts of the hotel, a common venue for Democratic events.<\/p>\n

“Businesspeople have to be mindful of the sentiments and sensibilities of their market trading area, and Prince George’s County is overwhelmingly for Obama,” said community activist Arthur Turner of Kettering, who was among those advocating a boycott. “People I have talked to look at the sign as a slap in the face. They feel it was blatant disrespect. . . . I have heard people say they will no longer patronize Colony South because of that disrespect.”<\/p>\n

The outcry over the hotel marquee tapped into the passion — and sometimes anger — that has characterized this fall’s presidential campaign. Supporters of Republican candidate John McCain have vented their rage at rallies this week, applauding thunderously as McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, accused Obama of “palling around with terrorists.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

90% of the District voted for John Kerry in 2004, PG County had to have been about the same. Obama signs and stickers are plastered across neighborhoods and cars like “Airborne” bumperstickers on Fort Bragg. But one businessman expressing a contrary opinion is somehow a slap in the face to the community.<\/p>\n

Well, after thousands of angry phonecalls the businessman was forced to remove his sign under the threat of losing business. But, what underlies the whole incident, that the Washington Post won’t mention, is that the Black community in this area considers support for any other candidate except Obama as being racist – why else would a McCain sign be considered a slap in the face? Michelle Malkin<\/a> writes that no matter what we do is considered racism.<\/p>\n

That’s why Democrats are always surprised when their candidates lose elections…they don’t realize how large the opposition is to their candidates because they don’t allow us to be public about our opinions.<\/p>\n

Heh! Welcome Hillary Clinton Forum <\/a>readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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