Posted on 04/24/2014 7:25:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Give the man his due. He may be a low-rent McCarthyite for whom no smear is too cheap. He may be an awful majority leader whose imperious tactics have hopelessly alienated the minority party. He may be dirty, having built a curiously large fortune despite working in government his entire adult life.
But he sure can troll.
“I used to live in North Las Vegas and it is home to some of the hardest-working people I have ever met – men and women who embody the American dream by working hard every day to build a better life for themselves and their families. By contrast, Cliven Bundy has spent decades profiting off government land while refusing to pay the same fair use fees as his fellow ranchers. Today, Bundy revealed himself to be a hateful racist. But by denigrating people who work hard and play by the rules while he mooches off public land he also revealed himself to be a hypocrite.
“To advance his extreme, hateful views, Bundy has endangered the lives of innocent women and children. This is not a game. It is the height of irresponsibility for any individual or entity in a position of power or influence to glorify or romanticize such a dangerous individual, and anyone who has done so should come to their senses and immediately condemn Bundy. For their part, national Republican leaders could help show a united front against this kind of hateful, dangerous extremism by publicly condemning Bundy.
“The bottom line is that elected officials and those in positions of power or influence have a responsibility to unite behind the basic principle that we are a country of laws, and that whatever our differences, it is unacceptable for individuals to use violence or the threat of violence to advance their radical views.”
I know what you’re thinking, and I too am disappointed that he didn’t work in a Koch brothers reference.
Has any “national Republican leader” refused to condemn Bundy, incidentally? Boehner and McConnell haven’t weighed in yet, but that’s not because anyone seriously thinks they agree with him; it’s because they know they’ll be asked about it eventually and would rather wait until the story’s not red-hot. The two most prominent Republicans to defend Bundy recently, Rand Paul and Dean Heller, both gave him an official thumbs-down this morning. So did RNC chief Reince Priebus. But Reid understands all that. The point of demanding formal denunciations is simply to prompt the media to put random Republicans on the spot when they have a chance. Which reminds me: Will America’s foremost anti-Koch demagogue, who often frets sweatily on the Senate floor about billionaires dominating national policy, denounce this? Might as well get everyone on the record about everything.
There is some good news for Bundy defenders, though. Lefty media noticed that he had some kind things to say about illegal immigrants (at around 2:20 below) after his shpiel about blacks. He could be one amnesty endorsement away from total (well, partial) reputational rehab.
Witchhammer?
http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/
“The Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for “The Hammer of Witches”, or “Hexenhammer” in German) is one of the most famous medieval treatises on witches. It was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, and was first published in Germany in 1487. Its main purpose was to challenge all arguments against the existence of witchcraft and to instruct magistrates on how to identify, interrogate and convict witches.”
Must...resist...
Can someone tell me.... Is Bundy a Democrat? I thought I read where someone looked it up and he’s a registers Democrat? I could have dreamed it....
I read he was but I cannot say for sure he is or not.
At this point in time, anything Mr. Bundy does or says will be wrong. He can say ,"The sky is blue" and every talking head in the msm, the Hannditys and other talk show hosts of his ilk, the Government plants, agents, and moles on this forum will tear into him for saying it. He could donate both kidneys for organ transplants to save lives and they would think up ways to demonize him for that.
That is some book. Went and looked at it. Looks like a type of democrat playbook to me.
His racist (yes it was racist) comment kind of makes me think he’s Democrat. Who still uses the word NEGRO? AN OLD DEMOCRAT of course. Remember Harry Reid said it, didn’t he? Lol
It’s on the shelf with the others thay thought were “How To manuals for government. 1984 and Brave New World. But never think they don’t refer to video too. They have almost fully achieved “Idiocracy”.
I fully expect them to try growing grass with Brawndo on the land after they get Bundy off it.
If Bundy was a liberal "hero of the week", any number of liberal operatives would be on the scene with advice, coaching, and media talking points. If he was a liberal, he would have never been ambushed with an interview like this.
It's just jaw droppingingly amazing how easily non-liberals are painted as racists. I hate liberals as much as anybody here, but you have to admit - they take care of each other and are extremely organized.
Bravo! Well said, and it needs to be said all over the place!
No, many older people with no racist intent say negro. It was fine for years. Then it changed 3 times since. Only modern whites freak over it.
Name one other race that changes their ‘term’ every decade. And for what? Because some white lib says it offends Black people.
Usual bait to get Rino on the side of being compelled to collude in criminal acts by Reid instead of staying out of it. Rinos are Vichy ists.
As for conservative PR; the MSM is against us.
Black is not a behavior but they take it as if.
It is a case of projection.
Black people.
The United Negro College Fund.
At one time 'negro' was the PC term for blacks until someone decided that white people had to learn a new one.
There’s a lot of truth to that. It comes down, as often is the case with a lot of this stuff, to category error. The actual problem is so poorly defined, no hope for a solution is possible.
But with a twist. We LET the problem be redefined by people with agendas. Whether the MSM or GOP plants on websites. and when the issue needs action no one can define what it should be because it has been intentionally clouded.
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