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GOP Scrambles To Condemn Rancher's Remarks on Race
NBCNews.com ^ | 04/24/2014 | Carrie Dann

Posted on 04/24/2014 7:03:12 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Republicans – including possible 2016 candidate Rand Paul -- are scrambling to distance themselves from defiant Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy after he made startling comments about slavery and African-Americans in a New York Times article published Wednesday night.

From the Times’ Adam Nagourney:

“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.

“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

Bundy had previously drawn support from some GOP lawmakers for his clash with the Bureau of Land Management.

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In statements after Bundy’s remarks, both Paul and Heller condemned his comments.

"His remarks on race are offensive and I wholeheartedly disagree with him,” said Paul.

And a spokesman for Heller told the Times that the senator “completely disagrees with Mr. Bundy’s appalling and racist statements, and condemns them in the most strenuous way.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: blm; bundy; bundyranch; clivenbundy; harryreid; jumpedtheshark; nevada; racist
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To: GIdget2004
The politicians that condemn him are dull witted.

What he is saying is not condemnation of blacks, but a condemnation of our government.

An exaggeration to make a point, a method that is perfectly acceptable.

At any rate, the pols who are so quick to run from him are wimps. “Out of the frying pan and into the fire” might have been an acceptable way to make his point.

21 posted on 04/24/2014 7:14:33 AM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

He’s giving them ammunition.


22 posted on 04/24/2014 7:14:44 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: GIdget2004
People who do the right thing when called upon are often flawed. So what? In fact, if he's comparing the willingness of his family to work hard at ranching with those who are content to be idle and accept handouts, it's a discussion worth having. I would point out to Mr. Bundy that not all blacks are content with living off handouts and not everyone who's content to live off handouts is black.

It doesn't change that he stood up to the feds and now many US citizens who didn't know before now are aware of how much we've lost to federal over-reach.

23 posted on 04/24/2014 7:14:52 AM PDT by grania
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To: GIdget2004

Bundy had it all, and squandered it. His comments (however true, that the minorities are enslaved by a new means these days) had nothing to do with his cause and he should damn well know that these comments will not be well received. It takes a professional (like Greenfield or Mark Steyn) to shave close to the truth without sounding offensive.

I cannot get behind this. We need to find another cause, the BLM and all the other agencies will certainly overstep (with lots of military-style hardware) again.


24 posted on 04/24/2014 7:16:25 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: conservaKate
The worst friend Cliven Bundy has is either his mouth or the brain attached to it.

The issue is federal overreach, not Bundy's bizarre theories and patronizing opinions.

25 posted on 04/24/2014 7:16:54 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Drango

You think he’s a racist because he uses the word negro? Really?


26 posted on 04/24/2014 7:17:03 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Drango

y guess is Bundy has never been around 10 Blacks total in his life.


28 posted on 04/24/2014 7:20:24 AM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Betty Jane

Barak Obama is going to go “Django” on him.


29 posted on 04/24/2014 7:20:34 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: GIdget2004

He could have expressed it better, but I find it hard to disagree with his sentiments.


30 posted on 04/24/2014 7:20:50 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: GIdget2004

Wait! Bundy supposedly said this last Saturday and yet we are only hearing about this NOW? Also was this recorded or is it still something “overheard” by the NYT? Finally, the term “Negro” is rarely used nowadays. All this makes me suspicious of the veracity of the NYT (and no one else) report.


31 posted on 04/24/2014 7:20:53 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (ObamaCare unsubsidized PAID Enrollment Prediction: 66,666)
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To: GIdget2004

He’s 100% correct.

More people need to say it!!


32 posted on 04/24/2014 7:21:27 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: GIdget2004

Poltroons. The appropriate response for the GOP is “So what? Everyone has beliefs. Some people even believe there’s such a thing as ‘white privilege’.”


33 posted on 04/24/2014 7:21:34 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: GIdget2004

Why would the GOP even have to comment? It’s not like he’s running for office.


34 posted on 04/24/2014 7:21:49 AM PDT by struggle
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To: GIdget2004

Ban ALL ‘N’ words.


35 posted on 04/24/2014 7:22:24 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: cripplecreek
its not so much that he’s beating up on blacks as expressing pity for them.

That was my take too. Slavery is still slavery, whether it's to the plantation owner or the government. It's an illusion that they are free.

36 posted on 04/24/2014 7:22:39 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Lazamataz
I cannot get behind this.

Me too...I'll keep my powder dry for a better champion. One that doesn't sound lick a racist. (not saying he's a racist.)

37 posted on 04/24/2014 7:23:00 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Lazamataz

So because he made less than articulate, but truthful statements we should abandon him to the US Gestapo?

Really?

I won’t brand him as a racist because he comments on his observations...”picking cotton” is a euphimism, a poor one, but one nonetheless regarding WORK.

This is a par for the course tactic by leftist scum...


38 posted on 04/24/2014 7:23:11 AM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: GIdget2004
Wooosh!

That sound you are hearing is support for Clive Bundy going down the toilet.


39 posted on 04/24/2014 7:23:39 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Drango

“Seriously? Who talks like that today?”

I do and I don’t give a rats ass what anyone thinks!!

If someone is offended by the truth tough shit!


40 posted on 04/24/2014 7:24:45 AM PDT by dalereed
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