Bundy Tries To Clarify His Slavery Remarks: 'I'm Not Racist'

[kpete]

In an interview with conspiracy extraordinaire Alex Jones, Bundy said he would appreciate it if The New York Times retracted their story.

"I would appreciate that. I think they should do that," Bundy said. "They're making it a racist-type thing. I'm not racist."

Bundy also went on The Peter Schiff Show to explain his remarks, as Mediaite reported. Noting that the word on the Internet was that Cliven Bundy is a racist, the host asked if Bundy wanted to clarify his remarks. Here's what Bundy said:

I'm wondering if they're better off under a government subsidy and their young women are having the abortions and their young men are in jail and their older women and children are sitting out on the cement porch without nothing to do.

I'm wondering: Are they happier now under this government subsidy system than they were when they were when they were slaves and they was able to their family structure together and the chickens and the garden and the people have something to do?

So in my mind, are they better off being slaves in that sense or better off being slaves to the United States government in the sense of the subsidy? I'm wondering. The statement was right. I am wondering.

LOL, MORE LOL:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bundy-explains-slavery-remarks

[phantom power]

1. he's not a racist, you see, he's just asking questions...

[ck4829]

2. What will he say next? Place your bets now folks

"I'm not racist, but..."
"Some of my best friends are black."
"I can't be racist, I really liked the work those slaves did."

[nyquil_man]

19. "I have a great relationship with the blacks." nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

23. "I only play one on TV." nt

[lebkuchen]

30. Many of my friends are black.

Clarence Thomas, for example.

[DURHAM D]

3. I have a cement porch.

Does that mean my ancestors were slaves?

[Lizzie Poppet]

13. Anyone else hear that as pronounced "CEE-ment porch," Beverly-Hillbillies-style?

[Mike Daniels]

4. IOW, he doubled down on his comments and stupidity

[VanillaRhapsody]

5. Doubled Down!

This is going to be good watching him go down in flames! Every racist I know (and I know lots) says the same thing "I am not a racist but..."

[shenmue]

6. What else would make him racist?

Duh.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. He's probably not a racist.

he just thinks black people suck. Which makes him, what? A schmamist?

[hlthe2b]

8. Epitomizes the old adage: "give em enough rope and...."

Keep talking, you old racist fool.

[lebkuchen]

31. The dems have won a few close elections w/a mike nearby a GOP idiot candidate

[pinboy3niner]

9. Whew! For a second there, I was afraid he wouldn't have a good explanation.

[Solly Mack]

10. Gack.

[mcar]

11. Ah that settles that then

Glad he cleared things up.

[MohRokTah]

12. How do you prove you're not a racist?

MOAR RACISM!!!

To stop a bad racist remark you need a good racist remark.

[notadmblnd]

14. What can you do besides shake your head?

This man is clueless. It's sad and pathetic because people like him aren't even intelligent enough to even ever begin to get a clue either.

[Mike Daniels]

15. Advice to Bundy

If you have to wonder whether people were happy to any degree with held against their will, not being paid for their labor and being separated from their families as they came off the boat then perhaps it's time to stop your daily PR moments with the media.

[Voice for Peace]

26. Don't forget raped, beaten, near-starved

and owned by somebody not unlike himself.

[Mike Daniels]

36. Those more so as well.

[NYC_SKP]

16. "out on the cement porch"

!!!

[DURHAM D]

17. I can not wait for Joy Reid to get ahold of this one.

I better set the DVR as I won't be at home.

[nyquil_man]

18. Lincoln said it best:

"Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

I'm sure Honest Abe was just wondering.

[Orsino]

20. Please proceed. n/t

[Skittles]

21. why can't they just admit they are racist?

they're proud of every other ignorant, backwards shit in their lives - why not that?

[Laf.La.Dem.]

22. "I'm not racist"

Sounds like - "I am not a witch" (another super hero)

[Gothmog]

24. Bundy's clarification did not help him

Bundy actually asked the NYT to take down the story because it made him looked bad. Bundy thinks that real journalists are just like Hannity and Fox News

[Voice for Peace]

25. Maybe someone can send him a copy of Frederick Douglass' autobiography.

It is extremely readable, and easy to understand.

[spanone]

27. most racists claim they're not racists. mr bundy, the nytimes is repeating YOUR WORDS.

YOU DUMBFUCK

[malaise]

41. Unfreaking believable

Stupid on steroids

[lostincalifornia]

28. Sur he isn't, "they couldn't pick cotton"

and the yahoo board has those defending Bundy by starting there comments with "I am not a racist", then go off into a racist rant

[Nine]

29. Wah! You made me look bad by reporting exactly what I said!!! (nt)

[yallerdawg]

32. Don't we all have...

a crazy aunt locked in the attic or a doddering old gramps spouting racist spew? We would just never dream of putting them on TV!

The gun nuts and Fox make him a poster boy for what's wrong with America?

Crazy is as crazy does.

[countryjake]

33. Sure. The Auction Block is such a fine base for "family structure".

insert puking smiley here.

[unblock]

34. so getting a subsidy from the gov't is slavery. stealing from the gov't commons, that's freedom!

[jmondine]

35. Keep talking, Bundy, loudly and often, from now until November!

[IronLionZion]

37. Well, he cleared that up nicely.

[Blue Owl]

38. "Just ask Macaca over there, he'll tell you..."

n/t

[MisterP]

39. it isn't the Greeks, its the Chinese he's after

[Live and Learn]

40. Denial is a wonderful thing.

It allows one to get a good night's sleep until it can't be denied any longer. Hopefully, this is his awakening moment, though it doesn't sound like it.