Foot in Mouth Epidemic
So, Senator George Felix Allen has thrown away a large lead over Reagan Democrat Jim Webb because he called a campaign volunteer “macaca” twice within a minute to a crowd in SW Virginia. “Macaca” being a word French Tunisians (including his mother) know as a racial slur against North Africans. This on the heels of Allen well-publicized obsession with the Confederacy … even though he’s a native of California and has no family history to excuse such an interest beyond old fashioned racism. Sometimes, though, I get the feeling that Allen is only pretending to be racist so he can get elected with the help of wingnuts in rural areas.
After all, Katherine Harris of the Florida debacle fame has just recently called on Florida to elect more Christians otherwise we might “legislate sin”. She also called the separation of church and state “a lie we’ve been told”. I don’t know what’s more appalling, her saying those sorts of things, or her spinning those comments as meant only for that Christian group. What’s worse – calling non-Christians sinners, or dismissing it as ordinary pandering?
Republicans … the gift to late night comics that just keeps on giving.
Bush’s Gift Horse has Hoof in Mouth, again!
Hello Ken,
This gets to the root of the problem of deluded and greedy politicians who seek to impose their own ignorance on millions of others. Because of our reliance on money, politics, and religion, we are teetering on the verge of worldwide disaster. Idiots like Ms. Harris couldn’t care less about everyone else as long as they get their hands on wealth and power, even if it means pretending to serve the Creator. It is long past time that people stand up for truth and justice and give these scoundrels their due.
Read more here…
Peace…