Posted on 06/13/2014 10:32:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Republican Party has a lot of problems, and if there’s one that doesn’t get enough attention, it’s the party’s broad appeal to provocateurs, faux martyrs, and grifters. Just look at the speakers list for the Republican Leadership Conference, which began on Thursday. There’s Donald Trump, the man who made “birtherism” a national cause; Herman Cain, whose presidential run was a glorified book tour; Dinesh D’Souza, who just pleaded guilty to a felony campaign finance violation, and Phil Robertson, the Duck Dynasty star who—like Cliven Bundy—believes black Americans were better off under racist oppression.
In fairness, I’m sure Robertson despises slavery. (Bundy, by contrast, wondered if blacks weren’t “better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things.”) He just thinks it wasn’t so bad under Jim Crow. “I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person,” said Robertson, discussing his childhood in Louisiana. “The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. I’m with the blacks, because we’re white trash. We’re going across the field. … They’re singing and happy.”
But whereas Bundy was condemned by every Republican under the sun— “Bundy’s comments are completely beyond the pale,” said Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee—Robertson became a conservative hero. Of course, the main difference is that Robertson got in trouble for his views on gays. “Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men,” he said.
On the right, this language isn’t beyond the pale. Or at least, it’s seen as a matter of religious expression, not bigotry. As such, conservatives defended Robertson as a victim of political-correctness and religious intolerance. At National Review, Mark Steyn compared anti-Robertson activists to Soviet totalitarians....
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So, what would you call, Robert Byrd or George Wallace or a host of other Democrats, who were out and out racists?
Seriously delusional.
Bill and Hillary are the all time Grifters.
It’s simple projection, accusing his adversaries of what is side is up to. False allegations of this sort, along with sham populist appeals, these are the 2 sole components of dem rhetoric.
The conference concluded on May 31st, the list of speakers:
THURSDAY
Bobby Jindal
Reince Priebus
FRIDAY
Donald Trump
Phil Bryant
Mike Lee
Allen West
Haley Barbour
Newt Gingrich
SATURDAY
Ted Cruz
Michele Bachmann
Rick Santorum
Marsha Blackburn
Ron Johnson
Rick Perry
Just the usual hit piece by a bug-eyed “Slatist” - Slate is possibly the Net’s greatest collection of misfit “white privilege” hucksters, Obama sycophants and conspiracy fruitcakes ever assembled.
That prosecution was clearly a retaliation for his 2016 movie. This particular example , far from making a Republican look bad , is actually an example of RAT corruption. I'd not be surprised to learn if the other cases are similar
The judge deciding the D’Souza Case is a Clinton appointee. I Would not be surprised Obama made sure some RAT stooge got the case.
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