[Vision2020] Moscow Chamber: Candidates Forum

[No Weatherman]

Mr. Keim,

It was a joke. I did not in any way mean the statement seriously. For
the record, I do not believe you are a racist and I do believe that
the scheduling conflict was purely accidental and I sincerely
apologize for offending you.

I wrote the statement to make a point to about 3 or 4 regular posters
and their fans on the Viz who consistently blame essentially any
criticism of Barack Obama on racism in the critic.

Here's how the game works:

No Weatherman: "A big name Democrat in Pennsylvania has filed a suit
against Barack Obama seeking an injunction to bar him from running for
the Office of POTUS because he is not a 'natural born citizen' as
required by the US Constitution."

Ms Mix, Ms. Lund, ChasUK, Carl, and their fans: "You are a racist for
saying that he is not a US citizen and you are stirring up racial
animosity."

>From there the conversation spins out of control as these people infer
one incredible inference after another, all based on things they
imagined I wrote.

Your words, however, are a perfect response to these dishonest persons
who play the race card with each hand:

"That is an amazing leap of logic you are making. Your conclusion
flies directly in the face of much of what I and my family believe in.
I'm curious on what you base your unsubstantiated claim."

Couldn't have said it better myself. Please don't be offended, I meant no harm.


On 10/13/08, Darrell Keim <keim152 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No Weatherman:
>
>  I haven't been reading a lot of recent v2020 posts.  I'm going to
>  assume you are making some sort of bad joke, perhaps in reference to
>  other posts I haven't read.  If you are trying to be humorous: Please
>  know that I find your joke to be in extremely poor taste.
>
>  If you are serious:  That is an amazing leap of logic you are making.
>   Your conclusion flies directly in the face of much of what I and my
>  family believe in.  I'm curious on what you base your unsubstantiated
>  claim.
>
>  Sincerely,
>  Darrell Keim
>
>  On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:22 PM, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Mr. Keim,
>  >
>  > Just admit it. You scheduled the two events to conflict because you
>  > are a racist.
>
> >
>  >
>  > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Darrell Keim <keim153 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >> I'll be recording the Presidential debate to watch later that night
>  >> myself.  The Chamber forum will enable people to ask local candidates
>  >> questions, and get answers.  The Presidential debate, while worthy of
>  >> watching, certainly won't allow that level of interaction on local
>  >> issues.  I hope to see some of you there.
>  >> Sincerely,
>  >> Darrell Keim
>  >>
>