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That's why it's called a dogwhistle --- only the racists can hear the racism in it.
Hullabaloo 2008
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Here is the anti-White speech from Spike Lee's movie Malcolm X which Obama is cribbing his "dogwhistle" rhetoric from:
Obama On Veep Talk: Clintons Are Trying To "Hoodwink" You 2009
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Rereading the comment, I'd guess he was referencing the general election since PA is a swing state, blowing the "dogwhistle" to whites in Virginia, Maryland and other upcoming states, hoping to stem Obama's momentum.
Top Hillary Supporter: Some Whites In Pennsylvania "Are Not Ready" To Support Black Candidate 2009
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One way to get those conservative voters on board is to "dogwhistle" the issue of race.
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He's blowing on that dogwhistle so hard that stray mutts up in Alaska perhaps pulling Sarah Palin's sled are now howling at the moon.
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The dogwhistle to the Eretz Israel crowd — that a Palestinian state already exists, and its name is Jordan — is one that never goes away. dbt Says:
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Jesus Christ, will you knock it off with the Jane Hamsher dogwhistle.
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I would also point out that “remnant” is a dogwhistle term referring to the Christian faithful who are saved in the Apocalypse.
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You can't unblow a dogwhistle like this, but a Huckabee spokesman tried to walk it backsaying that, "The governor meant to say the president grew up in Indonesia," which (a) isn't true (he only lived there for four years) and (b) still doesn't make sense in the context of Huckabee's remarks about Churchill and"Mau-Mau guerrillas."
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We want to run not a Republican campaign, we want to run an American campaign, because we are optimists about the future … if we unleash the American people, we can rebuild the people that we love.9.48pm: Now Gingrich is deep into his "real America" tack, which is a not-very-faint dogwhistle aimed at Obama.
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