Paul has joined the throngs who can't wait to be offended! I am disappointed in Senator Paul as I am in Charles Krauthammer who who sounded like an Ivy League snob in his disclaimer of Bundy's plain spoken words...from an honest, hard working America.
Rand Paul: The apple does not fall far from the goofball tree.
Rand Paul seems to be getting ahead of himself, with all the talk about his presidential potential. If nothing else Rand Paul as we envisioned him would be defending free speech. He certainly wouldn’t be doing the God-thing and proclaiming who is and is not a racist.
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Nice try, Politico.
The rant was not racist.
And you are showing your immeasurable ignorance by claiming that it is.
Of course, you are liberal...and as such, just are not very bright.
It really must be hard being you.
Rand made a Boo Boo.
They’ve deflected all over the place to keep the spotlight on something other than what is really going on “under the table” with Reid and all his corrupt land/money deals.
Runt Paul is just being true to form of the Crap Weasel he is.
In an interview ( MSDNC I think ) a few days ago he said Republican overstate the problem of voter fraud, saying it isn’t much of a problem.
The guy is a total idiot!
Old news. The comments were racist because they were about race. Makes sense? Race has nothing to do with the land issue. Bundy is now doing more harm than good. This will hurt republicans in the midterms.
Liberals change the topic again... the Right follows.
The choice of words are part of Mr. Bundy's cultural, primarily rural, and "religious" upbringing. A leader in the heretical cult of Mormormism, Brigham Young, stated, "What we are trying to do to day is to make the Negro equal with us in all our privilege. My voice shall be against all the day long."
Given his background, while his phrasing may sound a bit tone deaf to 21st Century ears, it's understandable that he would speak in such a manner. Take away a some of the awkward phrasing by Mr. Bundy and his points about the evil created by the DemonRAT plantation are totally spot on and well worth hearing.
We are well into what? The 10th or 15th completely moronic/antisensical thing this guy has said/done?
Paul is not a conservative and proves it every time he sides with the leftists/RINOs. People that continue to support him are likewise not conservative and treated as such. There is no time to play word games and let this fraud drag us into another Romney fiasco.
Folks, accept what he is, dump him for someone better and lets go from there. The Cheshire conservative routine these guys pull every other day is DESIGNED to keep us off balance and unable to form a solid, powerful voting bloc.
Reparations for slavery?
When a black woman is one of the richest people in America?
When a black man was Secretary of State??
When a black woman was Secretary of State?
When black men have sat -- and do sit -- on the Supreme Court??
When a black would-be despot sits in the White House?????
When countless black men have risen to the top of the ranks of the richest in professional sports and show business?? Men like Hank Aaron. Men like Bill Cosby who... (Never mind. As we all know, Bill's either an Uncle Tom or Oreo Cookie, depending on which black race pimp you listen to.)
And, how about Liberation Theology?
Liberation from WHAT? The chance to achieve and succeed??
Give me a break!!
Let me make it clear right up front: I am NOT a racist. I supported Herman Cain in his run for the Senate and supported him in his run for the WH. And if Allen West goes for it, he, too, has my support.
I also consider Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams two of the finest economists and minds extant today. In case you don’t know them, both are black.
Sowell, Williams and Cain – among others -- have spoken out against those fellow blacks who castigate and vilify America for a slavery now long in our past. And ALL thinking men and women oppose the periodic calls for reparations. (When he ran, I supported Alan Keyes. I even spoke in his stead on the RTKABA at a Capitol rally and was asked to fill in for him on his radio show at the time. Sadly, while I still consider Alan a good man, I have had to rethink my support since he came out FOR reparations.)
The fact is that the modern descendants of slaves brought here in chains in admittedly miserable, soul-gutting conditions now calling for reparations need to remember something:
They should not only be glad to be in America, they should be glad to be ANYWHERE!
Had their ancestors NOT been brought OUT of Africa – many by Muslim slave raiders --the blood of those ancestors would have run into the earth over there several centuries ago, victims of the OTHER black tribes that captured them in one of the interminable tribal conflicts STILL ravaging that sad continent and these modern day would-be "plaintiffs" would not even exist.
And I would remind you that slavery is STILL practiced in parts of Africa (mainly by – American BLACK muslims LISTEN UP!! -- MUSLIMS) and Asia today. How ironic that disgruntled American blacks are embracing a system that participated mightily in their initial bondage – and would, if Islam takes root here, probably put any who cling to their Christianity back INTO BONDAGE – or to the sword. In fact, as the majority of muslims consider black folks as “sub-human”, many of you black muzzies will get the axe.
95% of the African slaves who were transported across the Atlantic went to South and Central America, mainly to Portuguese, Spanish and French possessions, and that less than 5% of the slaves who crossed the Atlantic went to the United States, it was remarkable that the vast majority of academic research, films, books and articles concerning the slave trade concentrated only on the American involvement, as though slavery was a uniquely American aberration.
And should the great-great-great grandchildren of SLAVE OWNING BLACKS also be subject to PAYING these reparations? If so, how do we find THEM?
And I have traced MY family back to the SLAVS. Although the term looks to be related to “slave,” depending on your source, it either means “glory” or “worshipper.” But my family research indicates that many of my of my ancestors LIVED lives of virtual slavery to some despot or other. Do I qualify for reparations? From whom?? And it begs a question: Are most of us now living here headed into a modern form off that servitude? But that’s a topic for another discussion.
The official US Census of 1830 lists 3,775 free blacks who owned 12,740 black slaves. Furthermore, the story outlines the history of slavery here, and the first slave owner, the Father of American slavery, was Mr Anthony Johnson, of Northampton, Virginia. His slave was John Casor, the first slave for life. Both were black Africans. The story is very readable, and outlines cases of free black women owning their husbands, free black parents selling their children into slavery to white owners, and absentee free black slave owners, who leased their slaves to plantation owners. -"Selling Poor Steven", American Heritage Magazine, Feb/Mar 1993 (Vol. 441) p 90
Of course, a full telling of Black History would not be complete without a recitation of the origin of slavery in the Virginia colony: Virginia, Guide to The Old Dominion, WPA Writers' Program, Oxford University Press, NY, 1940, p. 378
A few more salient points on the subject:
Until the US declared independence, the Colonies were REQUIRED by the King of England to embrace slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance (1789) prohibited slavery in federal territories.
A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the US became effective in 1808.
Beginning in 1820, the Democratic Congress started passing laws allowing and encouraging slavery.
It was only after the Republican Party (many of whom were southern Blacks) was formed some 40 years later that the anti-slavery movement was able to move forward.
And the holier-than-thou Northern liberals are strangely silent on recent archeological evidence from NEW YORK CITY clearly tracing the financing of the slave trade to NORTHERN BUSINESSMEN!!
At the height of his remarkable boxing career, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay), once declared, “I’m glad my great-grandpa got on that boat.”
And speaking of ancestors, my paternal grandmother’s daddy joined with the 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry early in the War Between the States (re-upped twice) and fought on the Union side at Chickamauga, Vicksburg, Jackson then joined up with Sherman for that infamous march to the sea through Georgia. My wife’s great-great grandpappy ALSO fought for the Union. While I revere the memory of my ancestors, inasmuch as that conflict was less about slavery than it was the economic exploitation and abuse of the South by the North, I fear they MAY have been on the wrong side.
Author Robert Hitt Neill tells of attending a Tennessee Mountain Writer’s Conference years ago with several other authors. Among them was Alex Hailey, celebrated author of “Roots.” Watching a TV news show, a group of them watched a demonstration in a Southern state against the “Rebel” flag incorporated into that state’s flag. The very next report covered a famine in Africa. Graphic images showed dead bodies, starving children with distended tummies and runny noses and dying people covered with flies, too weak to brush them away.
Mr. Hailey intoned in a low, serious voice, “Every time an American black sees a story like that, they should find a Confederate flag and kiss it.” He then pointed to the TV screen and continued, “Because these would be me and my descendants, except for American slavery. I thank God that my family and I are here instead of there.”
Next problem!
Dick Bachert
AFTERWORD:
A few additional facts on the subject:
Until the US declared independence, we were required by the King of England to embrace slavery.
The Northwest Ordinance (1789) prohibited slavery in federal territories.
A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the US became effective in 1808.
Beginning in 1820, the Democratic Congress started passing laws allowing and encouraging slavery.
It was only after the Republican Party (many of whom were southern Blacks) was formed some 40 years later that the anti-slavery movement was able to move forward.
Why is it when some average person who is NOT a politician and happens to be a Republican says something the left DEMANDS that the GOP apologize..yet when Bill Maher and other leftists say disgusting things about Sarah Palin and other Conservatives they come out and say “We can’t police what other people say” the GOP should do the same thing..and by the way, Cliven Bundy is NO racist..his bodyguard was on CNN earlier(Who is black) and he said that he would gladly take a bullet for Bundy, said he is NO racist..the leftists, they are the TRUE racists
This wig wearing dope was never getting my vote in the first place.
Is it just me or did Rand seem to go on a weeklong “I Don’t Want To Even Be Considered For President” tour?
The race card wins every battle now. And it will be played until all battles are over.
The End.
true, but the issue is NOT BUNDY…it’s the BLM and the govt. Bundy cannot tax anyone, jail anyone regulate anyone….Gov can and does,
i think everyone is ignoring the fact (if it is a fact, i haven’t actually heard the Bundy remarks for myself) that he mentioned about blacks being better off slaves. That is distasteful and yes, racist. Whether or not the assistance these folkes get from federal and state governments in its many forms actually destroys their lives and families (yes, of course it does, as it does with anyone) is another story. Bundy may be a racist, but he isn’t a bigot. BUT, as many have stated, this is a side issue that needs to be laid to rest and avoided. The issue here is not one man (at least, not Bundy; the same cannot be said of Obama, he is a big problem), it’s the government and how they are misusing/abusing the power of governance.
As for Paul, his comments are within reason. There’s no way anyone should actually support Bundy’s comments. It’s only going to bring a spotlight for more liberal attacks meant to destroy one’s credibility. It’s time we conservatives say enough and play eye for eye.
Krauthammer is an ivy league snob. :-)
But to the point Paul has now put himself in the company of Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. They jump to condemn the guy before they even checked into what was true and what was rhetoric.
I also am disappointed. Especially now that a black militia member has come out and said he would take a bullet for Mr. Bundy and views him like a grandfather. Reverend Manning has also defended Mr. Bumdy.