Another scary candidate

[kevinquinnyo]

Bad up-bringing. He quit when he got a better look at the KKK through educated eyes.

LOL. Bad upbringing?

First of all, would you allow that as a defense for any republican bigots? Or is that desperate retraction only reserved for liberals?

And secondly, no he didn't. IIRC, he denounced his involvement with the KKK, and then it was found to be an outright lie. Also, as late as 2001, he said in an interview with Tony Snow,

Wikipedia [...]My old mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that. There are white *******. I've seen a lot of white ******* in my time [...]

To be fair, I think that comment is just proof that he's out of touch. I know what he meant. He was saying that white people can be [jerks, bad people? something derogatory?] just as much as blacks or any other race. At least that's what I think he meant. But it's still a bit of a borderline comment.

The important thing though, is that it completely destroys your argument about democrats being perfectly rational and non-racist, and it destroys your argument that it was "bad-upbringing." By his own admission, his mother tried to steer him away from racism.

He admitted he was wrong about race-relations. On his deathbed. Would you grant the same leniency to a conservative bigot?


ETA: the asterisked word is the n word..

 

[leftysergeant]

LOL. Bad upbringing?

First of all, would you allow that as a defense for any republican bigots? Or is that desperate retraction only reserved for liberals?

And secondly, no he didn't. IIRC, he denounced his involvement with the KKK, and then it was found to be an outright lie. Also, as late as 2001, he said in an interview with Tony Snow,



To be fair, I think that comment is just proof that he's out of touch. I know what he meant. He was saying that white people can be [jerks, bad people? something derogatory?] just as much as blacks or any other race. At least that's what I think he meant. But it's still a bit of a borderline comment.

The important thing though, is that it completely destroys your argument about democrats being perfectly rational and non-racist, and it destroys your argument that it was "bad-upbringing." By his own admission, his mother tried to steer him away from racism.

Good up-bringing by WVa standards. And we don't know what sort of crap his father might have taught him.

He admitted he was wrong about race-relations. On his deathbed. Would you grant the same leniency to a conservative bigot?

I don't recall his votes over the last 35 years really being all that racist or hurtful toward blacks, as opposed to those of Jesse Helms (Never could stand that marble-mouthed cracker.)

ETA: the asterisked word is the n word..

He was old already when his attitude started to chjange. Language patterns die hard.

But you see, that's the thing about most Democrats. We all value learning. Some pretty digusting people turn their lives around.

I just right Republicants off aswalking brain dead.

 

[Ziggurat]

But you see, that's the thing about most Democrats. We all value learning. Some pretty digusting people turn their lives around.

I just right Republicants off aswalking brain dead.

Bwahahahahaha!

I know you value learning, but perhaps you should also get a browser with built-in spell-check. Of course, that wouldn't catch every mistake you made in that post, but it would be a start.

 

[kevinquinnyo]

Good up-bringing by WVa standards. And we don't know what sort of crap his father might have taught him.

That's right. We don't know.

Best to just assume that his father taught him to be a racist then, right?

Yes! Argument from ignorance, i love it!

I don't recall his votes over the last 35 years really being all that racist or hurtful toward blacks, as opposed to those of Jesse Helms (Never could stand that marble-mouthed cracker.)

I don't know his voting record, but he did attempt a filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He did this because he thought "black people's brains are smaller than white peoples." OOPS!

He was old already when his attitude started to chjange. Language patterns die hard.

Yeah, poor thing. He's so misunderstood. At least he's a democrat though. That makes him unaccountable, and infallible.

But you see, that's the thing about most Democrats. We all value learning. Some pretty digusting people turn their lives around.

I just right Republicants off aswalking brain dead.

Hmm... is that a fact?

Oh wait, of course it isn't.

wikipedia, heading:Republican Party

Self-identified Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats to have 4-year college degrees. The trends for the years 1955 through 2004 are shown by gender in the graphs below, reproduced with permission from Democrats and Republicans — Rhetoric and Reality, a book published in 2008 by Joseph Fried.[54] These graphs depict results obtained by Fried from the National Election Studies (NES) database.

Do you have any evidence to back up your claim that "liberals are more willing to learn? [than conservatives]"

 

[EvilSmurf]

I don't know his voting record, but he did attempt a filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He did this because he thought "black people's brains are smaller than white peoples." OOPS!

You obviously don't know Mr. Byrd's voting record. He has had very high ratings from the NAACP going back about 20 or so years.

 

[HarryHenderson]

Another episode of the Internet's favorite political game show - Who's The Tallest Midget™ - A Markill Gootodd Production™.

And, yes Johnson thought the island was a floater. Funny how that one, or even combined with Johnson's other instances of oatmeal-for-brains-shtick wasn't the subject of the thread/OP instead. I mean, considering the 'candidate' in the OP was in reality old news the same day he was new news, and he has according to one post above, "exactly zero chance" of being elected, yet Hank Johnson is already in the machine. Warms your heart doesn't it?

<channeling George Carlin>
He's there and so bare
But he's fair cuz he cares
And though he stares when he swears
He spares when he dares
That ole Hank
He cracks me the **** up.

 

[lionking]

I just loved looking at those videos of Democrat airheads. But lefty's defence of them has been priceless.

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

*facepalm*

Look, Alvin Greene is scary. Howeve, defending the defenseless makes you... dumb.

ON THAT NOTE:

Mainstream conserativism isn't that scary. It, like mainstream liberalism (does it even exist?) is simply driven by ideology.

 

[Shadowdweller]

And, yes Johnson thought the island was a floater. Funny how that one, or even combined with Johnson's other instances of oatmeal-for-brains-shtick wasn't the subject of the thread/OP instead. I mean, considering the 'candidate' in the OP was in reality old news the same day he was new news, and he has according to one post above, "exactly zero chance" of being elected, yet Hank Johnson is already in the machine. Warms your heart doesn't it?

Yeah, funny how every single video clip seems to cut off the context of the statements.

REP. HANK JOHNSON (D-GA): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have no questions. Well, on second thought, I will ask about —

REP. SKELTON: Go right ahead.

REP. JOHNSON: Thank you, sir. I will ask about Guam. The water facilities, the facilities, the infrastructure to deliver water, electrical generation facilities, landfills or some way of doing away with trash and garbage, sewage capacity, those kinds of things on the island as it is now are already, those systems are termed as being inadequate.

Is that correct?

ADM. WILLARD: Congressman, I think that there are different levels of adequacy and insufficiencies associated with Guam infrastructure.

REP. JOHNSON: Now, this is an island that at its widest level is, what, 12 miles from shore to shore and at its smallest level, smallest location it's seven miles between one shore and the other. Is that correct?

ADM. WILLARD: I don't have the exact dimensions, but to your point, sir, I think Guam is a small island.

REP. JOHNSON: Very small island and about 24 miles, if I recall, long, 24 miles long, about seven miles wide at the least widest place on the island and about 12 miles wide on the widest part of the island. And I don't know how many square miles that is. Do you happen to know?

ADM. WILLARD: I don't have that figure with me, sir. I can certainly supply it to you if you'd like.

REP. JOHNSON: My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.

Now, I'm not particularly familiar with Mr. Johnson, and he may indeed be an idiot. And that's certainly an awkward manner of speaking. But uhh...the "joke" is not on him here.

 

[Puppycow]

Couple more wacky Tea Party candidates: Rick Barber and Pamela Gorman

 

[leftysergeant]

Couple more wacky Tea Party candidates: Rick Barber and Pamela Gorman

It would not be a great surprise were some nutbar to think that either of these whackjobs was endorsing taking up arms if they do not get elected.

Barber's taxation-as-slavery schtick is getting old in a hurry, as people start to think of the effect the Clinton tax increases and the Shrub's tax cuts had on their personal fortunes.

I doubt that huge numbers of otherwise rational people will vote for either of these whackos, but that does not mean that they are harmless windbags.

 

[Neally]

Yeah, funny how every single video clip seems to cut off the context of the statements.


Now, I'm not particularly familiar with Mr. Johnson, and he may indeed be an idiot. And that's certainly an awkward manner of speaking. But uhh...the "joke" is not on him here.

The context adds nothing to Johnsons stupid remarks. Even if the intent was about a "tipping point", saying "tip over and capsize" hardly comes close to to that meaning. Either way, it shows him to be an idiot.

 

[Shadowdweller]

The context adds nothing to Johnsons stupid remarks. Even if the intent was about a "tipping point", saying "tip over and capsize" hardly comes close to to that meaning. Either way, it shows him to be an idiot.

It's a nod toward the Navy,

Removed incivility.

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[Lurker]

It sure looks like he meant it figuratively. He was talking to a Navy man.

 

[Cuddles]

citizens need to be ready to put them down like the raving barbarians that they are

Yes, because that doesn't sound anything at all like a sociopathic militia.

Bwahahahahaha!

I know you value learning, but perhaps you should also get a browser with built-in spell-check. Of course, that wouldn't catch every mistake you made in that post, but it would be a start.

I dunno, I quite like "Republicants". I look forward to seeing them in the next season of Stargate: Voyager.

 

[Ziggurat]

I notice nobody wants to claim Cynthia McKinney was talking figuratively or trying to joke. Lefty, want to take a crack at that?

 

[HarryHenderson]

Yeah, funny how every single video clip seems to cut off the context of the statements.

Now, I'm not particularly familiar with Mr. Johnson, and he may indeed be an idiot. And that's certainly an awkward manner of speaking. But uhh...the "joke" is not on him here.

Apparently you didn't read the entire thread and/or pay enough attention to any of the 'details' as this link, from this post shows a bit longer version of the exchange AND the 'context', including what he says after that remark. And for the record, Hank Johnson is in 'indeed' an IDIOT.

So sorry Shadowdweller, the 'joke' is on you. Keep it up though, practice makes perfect.

 

[Shadowdweller]

Apparently you didn't read the entire thread and/or pay enough attention to any of the 'details' as this link, from this post shows a bit longer version of the exchange AND the 'context', including what he says after that remark. And for the record, Hank Johnson is in 'indeed' an IDIOT.

Ah yes, a link to what really is an april fool's joke on a conservative blog, unsurprisingly devoid of anything real with respect to said context. The joke is on anyone foolish enough to follow your links with the expectation that there might be something relevant, let alone substantive, on the other end. Making things up when you've nothing to say is not a particularly strong argument form, kid.

 

[leftysergeant]

Do you have any evidence to back up your claim that "liberals are more willing to learn? [than conservatives]"

You need to allow for the fact that more liberals in college are in areas luck eduscation, engineering, medicine and various helping professions.

A large proportion of the righties are pursuing MBA's. (Not exactly a scholarly pursuit.)

The actions of fools with MBAs are mostly the cause of the mess we are in now.

 

[leftysergeant]

Apparently you didn't read the entire thread and/or pay enough attention to any of the 'details' as this link, from this post shows a bit longer version of the exchange AND the 'context', including what he says after that remark. And for the record, Hank Johnson is in 'indeed' an IDIOT.

Stop that. He clearly sets out the fact that he considers the environment of Guam to be already at the limits of its ability to absorb the population that the Navy wanted top move there. His "tip over and capsize remark seemed to me more a statement that they were about to totally overload the island with catastrophic effect.

Based on how much in concert their remarks are with reality, I would say that Johnson is far brighter than, lets say, Barking Mad Bachmann.