Posted on 10/21/2008 11:36:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Rep. says 'Liberals hate real Americans' By: Ryan Grim October 21, 2008 02:26 PM EST
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.), has conceded that he did tell a North Carolina crowd that "liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God," even though he initially denied making such a statement.
Now he says he didn’t mean it that way, and he was just trying to rev up a campaign rally.
“I genuinely did not recall making the statement and, after reading it, there is no doubt that it came out completely the wrong way. I actually was trying to work to keep the crowd as respectful as possible, so this is definitely not what I intended,” Hayes said in a statement for Politico.
The comments were first reported by the New York Observer. When Politico linked to the Observer story on Monday evening, Hayes' spokeswoman Amanda Little called and denied the report. Observer reporter Jason Horowitz told Politico he stood firmly behind the story. Politico left the quote in The Crypt blog but added the Hayes denial.
On Tuesday, two more reporters and two other witnesses confirmed the quote, but Little continued to deny it, calling the story "irresponsible journalism." Little said that she had just as many sources who would deny it, including Hayes staff and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), who spoke before Hayes.
But then Politico obtained an audio file of the Hayes quote from radio reporter Lisa Miller of WFAE. Little backed down, saying that Hayes must have misspoken.
There was one small difference between the actual quote and the Observer quote. The Observer had missed that Hayes had included "and accomplish" in his comment, reporting it instead as, "liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I saw a button for sale at a Sarah Palin rally here in Indy. It said.... “P*ss off a Liberal, Work Hard, Be Happy”
How true.
The truth hurts.
the wife of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama isn’t very proud of her country.
Michelle further debased America by saying that we’re a country that is “just downright mean.”
obama begins with a broad assessment of life in America in 2008, and life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. “We have become a nation of struggling folks who are barely making it every day,” she said, as heads bobbed in the pews. “Folks are just jammed up, and it’s gotten worse over my lifetime. And, doggone it, I’m young. Forty-four!”
Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh, so, we need to elect you husband and you will feel better — what, is he God or something.
So? He’s right and he should still to his guns about what he says! Why do most Republicans back down to this nonsense?
Truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but, in the end, there it is.
— Sir Winston Churchill
Guess tume litty libs got them litty feewings hurt!
Because (R) is for Reverse?
For emphasis, this needs to played in conjunction with that candidate (Mark Warner?) who described gun owners, home schoolers, etc. as enemies of the “American Way.”
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