What difference does it make?
Posted on 04/24/2014 8:23:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an interview with CBS This Morning Thursday, Texas Governor Rick Perry discussed the situation at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada and racist comments made by the man at the center of the recent standoff there, rancher Cliven Bundy. Perry said Bundy's remarks were a "side issue" and pointed to a land dispute in Texas with the same federal agency Bundy battled in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management.
"I don’t know what he said but the fact is Cliven Bundy is a side issue here compared to what we’re looking at in the state of Texas," Perry said. "He is an individual—deal with his issues as you may. What we have in the state of Texas, I don’t get distracted about, is the federal government is coming in and attempting, from our perspective, to take over private property. And you must—f this country’s to stay the land of freedom and liberty, private property rights must be respected."
In an interview with the New York Times published Thursday, Bundy claimed blacks would be "better off as slaves." CBS This Morning co-anchor Norah O'Donnell had asked Perry for his thoughts on Bundy's "very inflammatory racial comments." Earlier in the show, Perry more generally discussed Bundy's standoff with BLM officials that attempted to round up his cattle after he refused to pay fees for grazing on federal land.
"I think Cliven Bundy is a side story. The federal government and how the federal government deals with these issues of private citizens, whether it’s on the public lands or whether, in the state of Texas we have a big issue about whether this is private land or this is public land. And rather than sending armed troops,
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The “side issue” is this baloney about slavery. I sympathize with Bundy and his struggle. i don’t consider him to be a “side issue.” At the same time, I am not afraid to say that I am totally opposed to slavery
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No, the issue is the federal government using military force against a private U.S. citizen in order to take his land. (Actually two issues currently rolled into one.)
Bundy may be a “figurehead” but he is not the main issue; he is the vehicle for bringing this current issue to the forefront of the news.
Slavery is an entirely separate issue, in this case used as an attempt to distract, and has no place in this debate, whether Bundy made the comments or not.
Perry’s decision to dismiss the alleged (worth noting at this point) slavery comment was exactly the right thing to do. By doing so he kept the conversation on the main issue and avoided getting into a discussion of a, so far, unsubstantiated and murky side issue: Bundy’s alleged comments.
By the way, you didn’t answer any of my questions.
Rand Paul: Bundy’s racist remarks are ‘offensive’
Washington Times | April 24, 2014 | Seth McLaughlin
Posted on 4/24/2014 11:44:26 AM by maggief
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Glenn Beck: Cliven Bundy ‘unhinged’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3148158/posts
I find it strange that no one has listened to bundy for years in his fight over grazing rights & the massive reduction of his cows on his grazing acreage.
NOW- they listen when he talks about Negroes & what he WITNESSED in years past.
The Feds need to be shoved off state lands. The states can run things much better.
Which is why Perry really was the candidate we should have nominated in 2012 and should look at seriously in 2016. But we let one moment define his entire campaign, as we have done with so many of our own.
Why aren't any of his great moments, quick to-the-point responses (like he takes guns to interviews as well) given to counter that vikoden moment? Why doesn't media look at his experience and successes?
We lose a great candidate if we give in to the gotcha crowd.
Oh, horse apples!
The NYT piece and CBS' question were designed to distract from the fundamental and vastly more important issue of federal overreach.
The NYT and CBS effort failed...because Perry wasn't distracted into a blind alley.
What difference does it make?
The media treatment of Holder’s racist remarks set the stage for how any and all racist remarks should be dismissed. Racism is in the mind of the accuser, and it can be anything while meaning nothing.
Republicans need to grow a spine and not be afraid to address issues just because race is a factor. Let’s all talk about it like adults. Race is a factor and race makes a difference. Just look at crime rates (for one example). There is no denying that race doesn’t play a factor.
What Bundy says is pretty accurate. The majority of blacks (negros, coloreds, whatever the PC word of the day is for them today) are not capable of operating outside of a highly structured environment. Gangs, prison, slavery all provide that type of environment. But they do not all benefit society as a whole.
Now don’t go and mis characterize what I am saying. I am not saying that this is true of every single black out there. Not am I saying it isn’t true for any white. Of course you are going to get blacks that fall on the high end of the bell curve and whites that fall on the low end. And they should of course be treated like the individuals they are. But it certainly holds true for the vast majority.
You are over the target.
I just think that Perry could have separated himself from the alleged slavery remarks without diminishing the importance of Bundy's role in the struggle against Federal abuses by calling him a side issue. As I said, the real side issue is slavery and whatever views Bundy has on slavery should be irrelevant to his role in challenging Federal abuse.
I'm not trying to demean Perry even though it's obvious that I support Cruz for 2016. I don't think Perry is going to run anyway.
I know, I know - how can I possibly discern whether Perry will actually run? I guess my only defense is that I think I'm a good guesser. ;-)
I happen to agree with Bundy, so I don’t understand why you are asking me that question.
Thank you.
Yeah, I goofed. It was just the media that is leaving it out, like Glen Beck, and Hannity.
It’s been more than a hundred years since there’s been slavery in this country.
Maybe the New York Times could do some investigative work and go out and TALK to blacks on welfare and disability and ASK them how they feel about their lives. And I don’t mean ‘ask a black liberal elite how they feel a black person on welfare would feel - but go OUT AND TALK TO DEPENDENT blacks.
For all we know they love it. Maybe it’s like liberals say about people who can’t get full time jobs... that there’s more time for writing poetry and painting. I’m not being sarcastic. Bundy could be totally wrong.
You are over the target.
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I think you’re right.
It would explain the flak.
Lord they hate Texas.
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