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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 3:56 p.m. ET: The chairman of the Rutland County, Vt., Republican Committee on Tuesday admitted to posting comments on Facebook that he said were meant to be satirical but which Democrats labeled “racist” and “appalling.”
In a statement issued to the local newspaper, the Rutland Herald, Rob Towle said he took full responsibility for the post, which has since been taken down along with the entire Rutland County GOP Facebook page.
Towle called his post “stupid and insensitive” and said he was “truly sorry.”
His statement continued:
"It was a case of bad judgement and anyone that knows me, knows that the post does not reflect my personal values, nor does it in any way reflect the values or beliefs of any GOP official, Candidate, GOP worker, or any person that I am friends with or associate with. At no time was any person other than myself involved with this post and I wanted to make sure people understand I take full responsibility.
In writing this statement (with a heavy heart and great sorrow), I hope this message will reach those offended and will take this apology for face value and find it in their hearts to forgive."
The post was spotted on Sunday by the Vermont political blog Green Mountain Daily. It read:
“Just wanted to let you know - today I received my 2012 Social Security Stimulus Package. It contained two tomato seeds, cornbread mix, a prayer rug, a machine to blow smoke up my butt, 2 discount coupons to KFC, an "Obama Hope & Change" bumper sticker, and a "Blame it on Bush" poster for the front yard. The directions were in Spanish. Watch for yours soon.”
Green Mountain Daily also pointed to three comments written by the Rutland County GOP in response to the post. One read “Comedy is usually based in reality ... call it racist if you must ... not too far off from the truth (I didn’t write this one but it IS funny and scary at the same time).”
By Monday, the post was deleted and Towle issued a statement saying the post was meant to be "satirical" and intended to "show the author's frustration at the current economic situation that he/she finds themselves in."
"I realize now that there are those that were deeply offended and for that I am very saddened and I will make sure that our editoral process will result in posts to our pages that reflect the spirit of good natured political discussions. My hope is that we can get back to the critical dialog necessary to move Vermont and the US back towards economic prosperity.”
On Tuesday, the entire Rutland County GOP Facebook page was taken offline.
Towle wouldn’t comment to NBC News on Tuesday beyond what he wrote in the letter to the Herald.
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Vermont Democratic Party Chair Jake Perkinson called the original post discriminatory, noting it came the same week that Republican Gov. Paul LePage of Maine compared the IRS to the Gestapo.
“For the second time in a week, Vermont Republican Party Chair Lindley is continuing to sit by and allow his candidates and county chairs to align with discriminatory remarks instead of discussing a real plan for strengthening Vermont’s middle class and economic future,” Perkinson said in a statement Monday.
“Comparing the 2012 Social Security Stimulus Package to racist rhetoric is appalling. Deleting the post from the internet is not enough, both the Rutland County Republicans and Lindley should apologize for vile comments that only move Vermont backwards.”
In a follow-up email to NBC News on Tuesday, Perkinson described Towle's Monday comments as “sophomoric and insincere.”
“Instead of apologizing, he attempts to shift the blame for his actions to 'Democrats' for being offended by his racist post. Mr. Towle should take full responsibility for his words and make a meaningful apology.”
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Everybody in the South and West loves cornbread.
I Don't care what he say, that is a racist comment! And I don't need a yard sign to blame Mr. Bush!
Northeners and Midwesterners like cornbread too.
But, the Party of No is racist.
I'm shocked! The GOP racist? Couldn't be. Don't you remember when Kanye West said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people."? Oh wait. Maybe they are racist.
The GOP is of such now, that those remarks could have been written by almost anyone in their ranks, Michelle Bachman, Govenor LePage...
Wow! Who knew that all it would take for politicians, media personalities and posters on Newsvine to act openly and egregiously racist was for a black man to get elected president?
Instead of the U.S. becoming a "post-racial" society, we're regressing into a pre-neanderthal society...
The Robert Byrd wing of the Democrat Party must love this kind of racial insensitivity!
No where did it say anything about blacks.If you feel this is being racist, then it is you that is being stereotypical about cornbread,kfc, etc. being directed towards blacks.How pathetic and sensitive our society has become....
This is what always confuses me. Saying that Black people love cornbread, fried chicken and watermelon is racist...even though everyone else enjoys them, too. Has anyone got any idea why people feel that way?
Arthur66, Robert Byrd's racist days where 62 years ago when we was in his twenties and years before he ran for office. These remarks were made by a fully adult middleage man, a politician and a leader of his Party in his state. BIG difference.
GOP propaganda for their uneducated one issue voting base:
Everybody but you is on welfare.
You are the only person who pays taxes.
Consumers don't create jobs. Only the wealthy can.
Taxes are unpatriotic. (This is especially true for the rich).
Everyone needs to work hard and become a wealthy CEO. (We need 350 million more CEOs.)
Civil servants are all rich, and cause all the problems in the country.
All minorities are lazy and expecting a government handout.
Someone wants to take away your gun.
Infrastructure? We don't need no stinking infrastructure!
Socialist, Communist, and Fascist all have the same meaning.
If you aren't a White Christian, you are one of the above.
Corporate owned media are "liberal".
Glen Beck, and Rush Limbaugh are news sources, just like Howard Stearn...
I love cornbread and I'm from Hawaii!
Racist is as racist does.
The racial intent cannot be wished or washed away tho it is the RepubliCon way.
who is this racist towards- southerners, poor people, white, i really dont know seeing as how most people eat cornbread
I like this guy...
systembroke,
That's pretty much the GOP motto isn't it.
I'll cut the Vermont GOTP clown some slack, he probably didn't mean to be racist. The problem is, the GOP is so busy thinking everyone has to be like them that they're always doing stuff like this (and people want them controlling our government??)
It's time right-wing wackjobs got into the 21st century and realize two things:
1) American society has inched slowly towards the left ever since the US realized that killing Native Americans on a massive scale may just-be-sort-of-wrong.
2) Eventually, white Christians will be a minority in the country. The new majority will either be Latinos or Asians. Get used to it!!
It's time for real Americans to take back the GOP from these traitors. In less than one generation, Rush and his ilk have destroyed the values that so many have worked to build. Time to treat them like the treacherous scum they are.
Sorry all you LIBERAL DEMOCRATS , most Americans laughed at this when they read it , Ha Ha !!!
Systembroke...You hit it right on the nail..You have sumed up the republican party and that's exactly how they think...The sad reality is that the ones that play into this idealogical bullcrap are the ones who need these same services they are protesting against; healthcare, social security, medicaid,etc...but the GOP have convinced them that they are a different group and only want them for one thing...their vote..The super rich don't see black or white..they see green (money)..and once they get their vote, the GOP is going to treat them just like they do the rest of the masses...Talking about leading sheep to the slaughter!!!!!
How come I picture this hate monger with his fingers crossed behind his back?
Yank his job ,pension, health care and his future SSI, and show him what it feels like to be in the real world.
TO: Johnny N. who wrote:
AND TO: Cassandra-854239 who wrote:
I do. It's the spirit in which the statement is given. It could be meant to be condescending, sarcastic, etc.
The guy set it up for us: He was referring to the Social Security Stimulus he claimed to have received. In that sense, it was clumsey.
Yes I laughed too, yes I like cornbread and all the rest, but for him to directly relate as being his "Social Security Stimulus", I took it to mean that he didn't apprecite whatever he got one bit!
Obama/Biden 2012
Johnny N.
You are wrong. Most ANTI-Americans laughed though. Your brand of conservatism, while far too prevalent, does not brand all Republicans with your insensitive and racist mindset. Your brand of conservative does not believe in equality for all. Your brand of conservative believes in divisiveness rather than unity. Your brand of conservative encourages the politicians to play one group against another in a winner-take-all kind of politics that serves no one well. Your vision of America is very different from my vision of America
I didnt LOL , but I did giggle a bit . Lighten up people . This is ridiculous .
Right out the Rove play-book. Put your nastiest thoughts out in public for all of the world to see............and then,"Oh, I didn't mean it that way". Wink, wink. Seems a shame that many GOP followers are so dim that they consider such childish tactics to be clever. An even greater shame when the supporters actually attempt to defend such foolishness.
Well said, caligula and systembroke.
All those that believe that racism is a joking matter will soon find that the joke is on them.
In bed with tea-baggers, new/old line conservatives and reich wing white supremacist core, they have the lower and middle class white men and their low IQ wives along with the pseudo-christian theocrats that want to force their religious beliefs on everyone else. They've forced moderate Republicans out of their unholy alliance because reasonable lawmakers would not adopt delusional far right social views that these idiots hope will take us back to the '50s (1850).
There is no doubt in my mind that these disgusting wannabe pawns of the super rich no longer deserve to be called Republicans, the party of Abe, Teddy and Ike. When Donald Regan began to plot the "starve the beast" tactic while Reagan was slipping into dementia, he laid the foundation for the Repugnican ethos and unfettered MIC explosion about which Ike warned the nation.
Regan also hired Roger Ailes, who not only was instrumental in defeating the Fairness Doctrine in the courts thanks to Scalia's bias. He also involved a scumbag Australian that got rich with tabloid or "yellow" journalism before entering the US market. Rupert Murdoch and Ailes perfected "no rules journalism" when these pioneer Repugnicans formed Fox News in the early '90s. They ran "Faux News" and lied without shame once they found that by repeating a lie three times, it became the repugnican's version of truth. That meant biased cowards like Fatso Limpballs could say just about anything to enflame his redneck audience with unfettered rhetoric of hate and division.
To starve SS and Medicare, they systematically started bogus wars to advance right wing causes and gave tax cuts to wealthy. To RR's credit, he did raise taxes when it was necessary which would have had these Repugnicans calling him a socialist just as they call our centrist PBO .
Their only platform is to defeat PBO regardless of the effects on main street.
its really sad that when stupid crap like this happens and we all blow it out of porportion, im a republican and i DO think someone tring to take my gun, (they can when i run out of bullets) but also really people, if you saw something like this between two random people on facebook you really wouldnt care, BUT when two political figures decide to butt heads it is everywhere and people spred blame everywhere like the @!$%# really did hit the fan and is coating everything, Democrats arent foolish pansys and Communist simpathsizers and republicans are not fascist rich CEOs that drive a different RollsRoyce everyday to work, everybody needs to just not care, its like teenagers and reality shows, its not real and yet they are captivated by it, its fake and dumb just because the Democrats wont accept the GOP's apology doesnt mean that the Republicans are evil, hitler-like people who want to take over the world and force you to grow potato's.
I am a Liberal and I didn't find his post racist; I think mostly because I am used to hearing about Conservatives with leaked emails with Obama eating watermelon on the front of the White house and pictures of the First Lady next to a monkey and that type of stuff. This was nothing compared to what we have seen from these sophomoric pricks in the past. This comment by Towle is just common thug talk in the GOP vernacular.
As a matter of fact, I find the author of this article to be racist for assuming we all know what the racist part was of his Facebook Post. We are just told that it is racist and we are supposed to know why without them telling us. I had to read it a couple of times. 2 tomato seeds? What is that all about? Was it racist against Spanish speaking people because it said it was in Spanish? Coupons to KFC-I get that one. Its just funny how, as a reader, we should already know the stereotypes that lead people to the conclusion that the comment was racist. If you write an article Ozzie Guillen being called out for racism-you don't just post his comments and then say he is a racist. You explain that Cuban Americans are upset since they fled to this country to get away from Castro...etc and then declare that people found the comment racist.
Is there a specific race that is mad about this? 2 tomato seeds? A prayer rug? Cornbread Mix? Maybe it was directed towards me because of my "Blame it on Bush" bumper sticker. Now I am offended. Not so much racially though.
richardharrow, where did you get lost? How old are you? Cornbread, fried chicken, watermelon? You would accuse those of us that recognize these racist tones as racists? How about gas chambers, horrifying human medical experiments and extermination of 6 million Jews? Does that make all of us that acknowledge such horrors as anti-semantic? Should remembering the hi-jacking of three American passenger planes and killing 3,000 innocent Americans makes us terrorists? I'm sorry you don't get it, Pal. Who was it that said, " You can't fix stupid"? Do you get that one?
What in Gods name are you talking about. You cant fix crazy. Dum Sh*T
THAT WAS RACIST?
OMG really people!!!?
that was funny, to bad i hate KFC!
i hear the people in san franscisco like the smoke machine!!
Ditto. LMFAO but I guess some people can't see any humor in this election year. Poor wretched souls.
Education too, it would seem.
That is some funny Shiiti
We'll take care of your share of the fried chicken, can we get you some tofu or roots out of the woods.
It is obivous the intent of the post. This is an adult, not a child.
I found the "a machine to blow smoke up my butt" to be extremely anti-homosexual!
And I'm NOT even gay!!!
That was a good joke. I love corn bread and fried chicken. I don't see how this could offend anyone.
The Democrats have been doing such a terrible time running this country that they will jump on anything hoping to get points. That's what happens when you are getting ready to lose your job, voted out of office.
Go back to watching fox you might miss nothing
So how did you feel when an actual comedian made fun of Cheney a few years back?
IOKIYAR strikes again.
He wasn't talking about you...
The Dems are only nitpicking about it because if it were a Dem that wrote such a thing on Facebook, the Repubs would force the press to hemorrhage the story for over a week!!!
Again the Republicans don't apologize and only submit a statement that they are sorry that someone is offended. But that's okay, we all know those in the Regressive Party are just too ignorant to understand. The sad part is that they are happy that way.
Get over your self. If democrats are not racist then why don't they call Obama a half Irish man.
The man has nothing to apologize for. Remember free speech? I'm a left-leaning moderate and am not offended. To anyone who is offended: too bad, toughen up. You get to say what you want.
They just call him a man.
Joe: Take your own advice. The Irish do call Obama half Irish.
Why should anybody apologize? The statement was not offensive, nor intended to be. No matter what you say, somebody will be offended by it. That's too bad, but doesn't deserve an apology.
I do. But this isn't a "free speech" issue. It's a consequences-of-free-speech issue. I guess you didn't remember.
Couldn't really say, except to say that he did. Maybe he has no conviction, no back bone. Typical politician I guess.
one day the african american community is going to wake up and figure out the dems have been the racists for holding them down so long. what have you done for me lately.my parents were dems and you should have heard them talk about blacks. wake up america its time for real change. not just the change left in my pocket from this current prez.
It doesn't matter if any Republican apologizes for what they say, write or imply, they never mean it anyway. They say these things then say they're not racists or they don't mean to insult they poor, but they do I've been a registered Republican for 40 + years and now do not admit it to anyone. I am ashamed of what my party has become. To me it is so funny that so many of those that support the Republican stand on eliminating or reducing entitlements, food stamps, student loans are the very same people that are using them now as they will the Affordable Care Act medical provisions. Never trust a man who swears his oath to another man, Grover Norquist, instead of his district or the United States to which he is sworn to serve when elected. I can not understand how these people, Republicans, can sleep at night knowing that what they stand for can destroy peoples lives, financially and physically.
The Democrats are yelling because the truth hurts.
And what truth were we enlightened with in the joke? That the GOP, from the top down, is a bunch of racists?
Yes we are Racist. We hate ALL idiots. Just because someone doesn't believe in your ideology you go right to the name calling. Sofa King we todd did
"sofa king we todd did?"
Was that English?
jeez, poeple are waaaay too uptight. WHAT?-4099780, say it fast, you may get the joke.
onermailliw writes "Yes we are Racist. We hate ALL idiots."
THIS IS TOO FUNNY! NEEDS TO BE BROKEN DOWN INTO A LOGIC PROOF:
~Racist means hating a certain ethnicity or ethnicities
~Idiots are not of any specific ethnicity.
~Idiots are stupid people that often don't understand the meaning of words.
~A person that thinks hating idiots makes them a racist is stupid and does not understand the meaning of the word racist, therefore qualifies as an idiot.
~Thus you are saying that Republicans hate themselves.
With this, I am beginning to understand why republicans are racists, they hate themselves so much that they need to put down minorities to make themselves feel better.
Good stuff, mwilliams.
mcwilliams
Racist refers to race, NOT ethnicity, they are not the same thing
Special Ed., McWilliams made that point you repeated. Did you not understand his logic?
More tea party politics. Smear, lie, appeal to KKKer's and 1% er's. Dodge any responsibility for anything they do or say.. and DENY DENY DENY. They hear themselves and their side of ANY issue and repeat it so much they convince themselves of the most irrational thinking possible. Life in the fox news..sorry faux news bubble is tough. It gets hot in there with all the stinky B.S they spew.
This is news? Facebook is the number one place extremist media take advantage of the politically gullible and spread lies, hate and fear.... if your taking Facebook jpgs seriously... even truthful... you should be offended byyour own stupidity.
oh well its always entertaining to hear conservative media blame the democrats for noticing their own racism, then turn around and claim that we should be talking about the real issues.
If you confuse "your" and "you're", you should be offended at your own stupidity.
uh-oh grammar police again... my mistake "if you're taking".... so are you going to "right" me a ticket?
do you really have nothing better to do than go threw every comment page and point that out to ever single person that makes that mistake?
Through
Every single person
He does raise a good point. If you're going to accuse someone of being stupid, you should probably sound like you have an education.
nice, we should get you a badge or something :)
This is a blog right? or am I being graded? am i going to lose points for incomplete and run on sentences too... I don't mind being corrected but come on, this is not for college credit... I just find it funny bob trolls these forums look for any opportunity to beat a dead horse.... we get it internet is filled with bad grammar and bad sentence structure and were all horrible people that should be ashamed.... difference made.... now what was the article about again?
"This is a blog right?"
Technically, no.
technically yes
blog/blôg/
Noun:
A Web site on which an individual or group of users record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis.
Now "your" just trying to be a butt......
Bob, you're cracking me up!
I also think that if you're going to call someone stupid you should try not to make simple mistakes in grammar. It really doesn't help your argument.
It's "...offended by your own stupidity".
Technically your commenting, on what could loosely be considered a blog, but is actually a commercial news site.
example - Michelle Malkin has a blog, where similarly angry people can comment about what she shares.
Here at NBCNews your commenting on news, not blogging on news...
( ooops, you're )
Rutland County GOP Chairman Rob Towle is a coward. A yellow-bellied coward.
Its the truth. only blacks and mexicans are on welfare support. kick em all out!
Try it, see what happens.
Oh, and your "truth"? Yeah, it's not. Far from it.
That is NOT the truth, bobbert. More whites collect welfare than blacks and mexicans combined.
maybe now that obama is president. but I bet you that statistis was much different under regan. make up whatever numbers you want. truth HURTS
"make up whatever numbers you want."
You got the GOP playbook down! Well done, bobbert-3!
Okay, let's bet. You show me your "facts" and I'll show you where you are wrong.
guess you haven't been to a trailer park in Prince George Virginia. ALL white, on welfare and chewing on grass.
Republicans don't like facts they just make up crap on the fly. The numbers don't lie , many more whites on welfare and food stamps than blacks and Mexicans.
Okay genus, let's talk numbers, since the black population is only 12% and the Latino population is 10% there would be less of them on welfare and food stamps. However, when you take the total number on the dole compared to the percentage of the population, a great many more minorities are living large off the 51% of Americans that are actually forced to pay income taxes. It is not white people or the 1% holding back minorities, it is the leaders of the minority groups who use racism as an excuse to keep themselves in power. Check out the blacks in Congress, do you think anyone of them hasn't enriched themselves since they took office? In reality, using racism as an excuse for people being failures is an insult to those minorities who do work hard and make a success of themselves. The best example of the real problem are blacks who denigrate other blacks who want to do well in school and work by calling them oreos and Uncle Toms. Of course, this is also reenforced by Obama, who has taken to putting down the job creators just to pander to his base.
Rick where are the jobs ? The job creators have not created jobs in over 10 years. They have shipped jobs overseas, the job creators pay low wages that many americans have to collect welfare while working to make ends meet. I think you need to pickup a history book, because AFRICAN AMERICAN BUILT THIS COUNTRY FOR FREE!!. when slavery stop the europeans came up with share cropping and jim crow laws to make sure blacks stayed in their place of poverty and not get ahead. And this just ended within the last 40 years. Rick it's racist and bigots like you who don't want to hear the truth that your racist's ass attitude is what helps keep @!$%# in the 50's & 60's. If a person of color had to interview with you to get the job, they wouldn't because you think we're all on welfare. May god help open your heart to love instead of being a cowardly bigot
"Job Creators????!!!" Bwhaaaaaaaa! Haaaaaaaa! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Very funny, Rick! Thanks for the laugh!
Rick is right. Rich people make this countyr great. without them we would not be able to survive. We should be tryig to make them happy not taxing them. What good is public school anyway? Why should tax paers pay for lazy people who dont want jobs. I say kick em all out till we just have the rich and middle class. Then no more crime, no more deficit, and no more hip hop gangsters. GOP is the best wer can do, but tea party is the future!!
"What good is public school anyway? Why should tax paers..."
Exactly.
Go to the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania or appalachia for that matter and say that. I know several people around here in PA that don't collect wellfare, have no insurance, dont use any kind of government assistance but own a lot of land and live on less than 5000 dollars a year. American Capitolism blows hard. Its a freakin black hole. We dont need it. It makes the rich richer and the poor bankrupt. Anyhow back on topic. I honestly find nothing racist in that comment. Well maybe the spanish part. He was poking fun at the current leadership. Dont make this racist. It is not. I have a garden, grow tomatoes, love cornbread, dont need a prayer rug, love KFC Hope obama does something. He did give me a nice chunk of change when i bought my first house. Why do we blame bush and what for again and dont say war.
Whites are the majority on welfare roles,
Even racists can't get it right.
Bart you need to read the earlier post about % by ethnic group. I know it's a stretch when you have to take off your shoes to count up to 20.
GOP = a bunch of idiots with no idea what the hell they're saying,because if they did.Then they truly know that there is a class problem and stated it as so.Satire my A$$
Yup, sounds like you have no class
Honesty is offensive?
Oh you clever little scamp! You took your own little racist world view and then made a funny out of it by pretending to be so obtuse that you don't even realize you're a racist turd! How adorable of you! XOXOXO
Sherbud read the comment.One day you might be one of those people.Cause if you are that blind someone will figure out how stupid you are and fire you.
Who gives a crap? When is MSN & the MSM going to report the real news like all the black violence going on around this great country of ours? I didn't find it racist in the least, just the truth.
Exactly! if we got rid of the blacks, mexicans, and durgged out hippies the crime rate would PLUMMET.
racism is ALWAYS real news. What about the white violence? Like the guy in Kentucky that beheaded his adoptive father cuz the son was sleeping with the adoptive mother. They were all WHITE.
Isn't bobbert a spanish word for "turd-eater"?
right, 'cause the only violent people in this country are black.
@ philylama – Why is it when a person of color writes a response
on this website is the race card pulled at every turn? Why is it when white people like myself and
so many other readers voice our concerns over the out of hand black violence in
this beautiful country of ours do people like you think KKK and white supremacy? I am not a member of the KKK nor am I a white
supremacist. I am a white person who is
getting tired of your race card being thrown in my face at every turn because
you don’t have a leg to stand on to explain the ongoing violence created by
blacks in this country. As for this
Facebook posting, it’s the truth.
They need jobs,jobs, jobs. And white men have been in control of this country for how long?And now your so concern about violence. Your(kind) is the spokes person of violence and hate. Name me one place in history where the white man has been and not brought violence and mayhem? Now you take your legs and stand on that one buddy. Maybe some gun laws will help, because I'm sure the lack of gun control and jobs have huge part to play. I'm getting tired of old out of shape white men calling all the shots and when they finish destorying @!$%# they take no responsibilty for ther actions
@ Charmin Montomery-Mosley - Thank you for making my point. It's always the white man's fault. Once again the race card has been played for all to see. Nice job.
I think he needs a trans-vaginal probe. (and then send him the bill)
It really is sad that folks feel that some of the comments are "racist rhetoric ". The expression truth hurts might apply in this instance. I personally feel offended when I call a "American" company and are given the option of,"press 1 for Spanish". Our fore fathers, those are the folks that authored the Declaration of Independence , would be spinning in their graves at much of the garbage we as Americans have to put up with in the name of political correctness. These folks who feel that the Facebook post was racist should read/listen the the words of Dr.William Cosby and to Morgan Freeman.
No need, a lot of us know crackers when we see them based on long experience. Even Vermont has its fair share of crackers, apparently. Poor dumb rednecks rollin' along....
People who complain about "political correctness" are usually bigots having temper tantrums that their vile opinions are in the minority now.
TraceyS: if Rod is a bigot then what is Tedrapoda according to your PC booklet? You can reference post #14.1 if you're looking for a racist comment.
If you can't recognize the racism in the post, think about it this way...Would you say that in a room full of black people? I doubt it....
Are you really offended when you are asked to press one for english or two for spanish? Does it make you feel less of a person?
Work Harder, Tetrapoda isn't an elected official hoping to be re-elected in a very, very blue state. See the difference?
Bobbert. YOU"RE AN IDIOT. Another FAUX NEWS Disciple. You should know about benefits.. saw you using your food stamps last week brother. Don't be a hater. 1 in 6 Americans are getting some sort of gov't. assistance. If you would take your head out of our bottom you would know that. Nothing worse than a self hating person lol
You know the truth on this country. you see it on the news everyday. blacks are the problem Well if they would actually WORK for a living maybe they wouldn;t need government assistance. And they wouldnt need to snort crack and steal from hardworking white people. GOP is the best we can do, but tea party is the last best hope for america.
Crack is not snorted.
And if tea baggers are the "last best hope for America" we're doomed.
And if some of you "job creators" would actually hire a black man or woman for honest work instead of kicking them out with a "Go away, n--g-r" then they might build a solid middle class community; but that would probably be threatening to someone with so little self-esteem that you have to treat others so badly.
Yes and in my republican campaign pack I received, a list of the best places to hid my money, an assurement that when Mitt is elected I can pollute as much as I want, and that I will never pay taxes again, taxes are for the poor, and a get out of jail free card. There was a coupon for a week free in any of Sheldon Adelson Macau Casinos, along with an introduction to the man that can get things done in Macau.
Republicans wouldn't send you a packet, just help wanted ads. Get a job and support yourself. End social security and welfare.
Oh, Mike. Are you afraid that if your brain starts working, you'll be faced with facts that you don't want to hear? Red states are the biggest suck-ups of federal tax assistance dollars, and I for one am tired of my hard-earned Liberal, blue-state cash going to support a bunch of red necks in a trailer who dropped out of school at age six but vote Republican (against their own self interests) because the GOP has convinced them that the president is a-comin' for their guns.
Why is their comment a surprise to anyone? If you have any brains, you know this is exactly how Republicans feel and they should acknowledge the fact that they are a bunch of knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing racists and be proud of it!!
Come on Republicans, be proud of your party's positions They don't like blacks, hispanics, the poor etc. so shout it from the rooftops! Don't let those dumb ole liberals censor you, you have a right to be racist in this country!
OMG really people?!!-you sound a little too infatuated with that smoke machine, but I guess the thought really intrigues you? You and Smokie could try it together!
As an Independent voter and an objective observer with no no party axe to grind...it really appears that the Far Right is being driven absolutely crazy by the fact that they can't publicly get away with calling President Obama the "N" word - or any other obvious racial epithet - as they so desperately crave.
Limbaugh, Trump, Gingrich, Sununu, Palin, Bachmann, Beck, O'Reilly, etc, etc etc with their "he's un-American, a socialist, show us your birth certificate, Kenyan Mau-Mau" crap are nothing more then despicable frustrated racists who know that if they let slip with any overt racism they will end their public / political careers on the spot.
So, froth away you pathetic backwards miscreants! At some point you're going to slip up and truly show yourselves for waht you all are...
KMan, it sounds like you got plenty of ax to grind but you just lie about it.
Really yabacoo? Please enlighten us then, just what exactly did K Man lie about? Do not all of the aforementioned right wing mouth pieces clamor about how "foreign" and "un-American" the president is?
Is it not true that Tea Party gatherings have been riddled with signs depicting the president as a witchdoctor, and other racial slurs? Has there not been countless emails from right wing politicians that made racial slurs and so called jokes about the president?
Please tell me that I'm wrong, and I will post so much proof that I'm right your head will spin.
The right wing is racist as hell. They are so racist in fact that they feel justified in telling any lie they feel might have a chance at keeping Obama from being re-elected no matter how vile or untrue it is.
The problem for the right wing is that while they all agree that the "n-word" must be defeated at all costs, all the while pretending not to be racists, the majority of the American have seen right through them, and more are waking up to this FACT every day.
yabecco,
Really? You don't think there is any parallel between all the "take our country back" raving on the part of white Far Right Republicans and the fact that there is a duly elected President who also happens to be an African American?
As a history buff, I can't recall any other election in our country's history, where ranking members of Congress and other senior party leaders, were documented meeting within hours of a Presidential Inaguration Ceremony, in order to strategize about how they were going to do whatever necessary to thwart the newly elected President in order to ruin his time in office and prevent him from being re-elected. Heck, they couldn't even wait until the Inagural Ball and the rest of the evenings parties were started much less over.
I'm sure they all consider themselves to be tolerant accepting people because they know and work with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. But the race monster hides deep in all of us to some degree. Unfortunately for folks like those I have mentioned, seeing a black man living in what has been the most exclusive white only neighborhood in the country for the last several centuries, has hit them on a subconscious level that is causing that race monster to get the better of them.
P.S. Not that it matters, but as a point of reference I am a good old American mutt (Irish, German, English, French Belgian) who happens to be white. I'm also a recently retired career member of the U.S. Military...so don't waste your time accusing me of being some Liberal stooge.
LOL! This is so typical of the average Mitt follower. And from all places, NH. This would be something I would expect from the south. They can be kind of "downsie" there.
Vermont.
Correct.....Vermont
Thanks
Another demonstration of how out of touch w/ reality the GOP is (and several GOP supporters on this site.) Sure just make up a bunch of stuff and you'll get the dumb staters to say Yeah! Go get an education, you need one, in spite of Santorum says.
Or "get a job" while they refuse to create any!
Why be offended? He was just calling a spade a spade.
Besides, BHO has heard a lot worse, growing up with the politics of Kenya and Chicago as his blueprint.
And think about it...Michelle has been pushing that whole "home garden" idea. Free tomato seeds!
What's more American than real cornbread?
Prayer rug and Spanish instructions? Now that's just diversity moving through the system.
"Blame Bush"? That's been the Liberal mating call since 2008.
"Hope & Change" sticker? It worked 4 years ago, and why shouldn't we want people to still have Hope that eventually BHO might bring some Change?
How convenient that you forgot to mention the KFC coupons.
speaking of stupid racist rhetoric..."calling a spade a spade". You do realize where that comes from right? Right?! FAR RIGHT?!
I guess you're not aware that the phrase "calling a spade a spade" is rooted in racism.
Or maybe you're just trying to be funny. I can't tell.
I blame Bush because Bush is to blame.
the GOP mantra is Let's not mention Bush and hope everyone forgets,
Aww, he got caught. tsk, tsk, tsk. Excellent cadidate for the Darwin awards.
He has to die first to be considered for the Darwin Awards.
Does brain-dead count?
If that's racist, I don't want to live in this country anymore. FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR ALL! Just because one on the other side of the fence is offended, doesn't mean all on the other side of the fence are.
Stupid Democrats.
bye. Thanks for living here for a while. Enjoy another country. I hear Iran is nice this time of year.
you know what you call left leaning lisa missing her left leg?Eileen the repugnant.
LeftLeaningLisa, Rob Towle is free to say what he wants. Freedom of speech doesn't mean that people can't take offense at what was said. You do understand that, right?
"Just because one on the other side of the fence is offended, doesn't mean all on the other side of the fence are." Wow, deep. What other logic do you have for us, Captain Obvious?
Lisa, you do understand that FREE SPEECH does not mean you can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without repercussions? Right?
He's got a right to say anything he wants. And the people of Vermont have a right not to vote for him. And Americans have the right to call him a racist idiot. Isn't democracy great?
Give the Republicans more rope, please.
Even when you don't give them more rope, they run right out to Home Depot and buy more. It's great.
LOL TraceyS!! That is SO TRUE
what most democrats haven't realized is flagrant use of the race card makes them racists.
Chris that is interesting.What does that make me since I'm an independant?Let's call the kettle black.No pun intended.DA.