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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:44 PM Dec 2014

EX-KKK leader David Duke: Lay Off Steve Scalise or I’LL START NAMING OTHER POLS I MET WITH




Why wait,.....release the names.



Former Ku Klux Klan leader, Louisiana state legislator and notorious white supremacist David Duke says he has lots of friends who are politicians and has offered to name names. In an interview with Fusion.net explaining his connection to current House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Duke said that he is exceptionally well-connected within the U.S. political class and that charges of racism against him are a product of the media’s “zionist” and “tribalist” mentality. Incoming Majority Whip Scalise has come under fire over a speaking engagement with Duke’s pro-white EURO (European-American Unity and Rights Organization) foundation in 2002.


According to Duke, the rush to repudiate Scalise and his possible white-nationalist sympathies is “all bullshit.”

“I’ve grown up” since his days as a Grand Wizard of the Klan, Duke told Fusion’s Brett Logiurato via phone. “And I know who the real racists are.”

http://fusion.net/story/36233/steve-scalise-david-duke-euro/


According to Duke’s website, “the Zio media lies about [Duke] constantly” because “he is the only major American political figure who dares to stand up the real ultra-racists who control America and Israel, the Jewish supremacists.” Fusion pointed to an SPLC report on EURO that calls the organization a “paper tiger,” i.e., a shell group that mainly exists as a means for Duke to book speaking engagements and disseminate his writings on the “Zionist Globalism” plot to take over the world and dominate the global economy. Duke said that he is shocked at the “insane” amount of attention he and Scalise are getting.

“Why is Scalise being singled out? I don’t know,” he said. “He was just going [to the EURO conference], obviously, to tell voters about some of his initiatives on some tax matters. That’s what it’s all about. And I think it’s insane, this whole process.”


He issued a warning to Democrats and Republicans who might try to ruin his friend’s career.

“If Scalise is going to be crucified — if Republicans want to throw Steve Scalise to the woods, then a lot of them better be looking over their shoulders,” Duke warned, intimating that he would reveal his ties to any politicians who attack Scalise.





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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/ex-kkk-leader-david-duke-lay-off-steve-scalise-or-ill-start-naming-other-pols-i-met-with/
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EX-KKK leader David Duke: Lay Off Steve Scalise or I’LL START NAMING OTHER POLS I MET WITH (Original Post) Segami Dec 2014 OP
c'mon Duke - RELEASE THE KRAKEN! 0rganism Dec 2014 #1
No shit, probably wouldnt make a god damn bit of difference since most who vote R randys1 Dec 2014 #6
+1 Baitball Blogger Dec 2014 #34
The list would include Rep's who attended his children's birthday party... Segami Dec 2014 #37
Name names or shut your mouth, David Duke DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #2
+1 Scuba Dec 2014 #66
Pour it on. Lets find out about all of ten! on point Dec 2014 #3
Please proceed, Grand Wizard. Iggo Dec 2014 #4
+1 AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #8
Proceed... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #51
+1mil! I want names! nt ecstatic Dec 2014 #54
all the more incentive to turn the screws tighter on mr scalise. spanone Dec 2014 #5
Hmm,..maybe Boehner has a few skeletons in his closet also.... Segami Dec 2014 #7
what a shocker...boehner & david duke on the same page!!! spanone Dec 2014 #9
Weak Boehner needs a Scalise-type to get his dirty tricks thru Congress... Frustratedlady Dec 2014 #52
"If Scalise is to be crucified....", he names names? Warning to the GOP? I volunteer to drive in the first spike. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #10
Ed Meese? Octafish Dec 2014 #11
Gee, threats from the Grand Wizard Politicalboi Dec 2014 #12
In the words of Willy Wonka... Frank Cannon Dec 2014 #13
New GOP slogan: "We don't endorse racism, we're just endorsed BY it." True Blue Door Dec 2014 #14
Ohpleezohpleezohpleez!!! n/t 2naSalit Dec 2014 #15
Oh please don't throw me into that briar patch...! [nt] Jester Messiah Dec 2014 #16
Exactly.. sendero Dec 2014 #22
Let him. Brigid Dec 2014 #17
Game on. nt TBF Dec 2014 #18
Name the names or shut up. Sunlei Dec 2014 #19
SPLC on EURO..... Segami Dec 2014 #20
Anyone afraid Duke will release their names for meeting with him should not be in public office. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #21
Every Democratic Rep. should go on record Segami Dec 2014 #24
Anyone who met with Duke should be proud enough of their action to own it. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #28
Out with the names! sakabatou Dec 2014 #23
Wait...I'm confused, are we supposed to believe that the GOP is not the party of racists? Rex Dec 2014 #25
Release Now RayStar Dec 2014 #26
I bet Boehner is one of them. He's kissing Scalise ass right now. arcane1 Dec 2014 #27
LOL! Segami Dec 2014 #30
"wrong and inappropriate", to them, means simply being too damn obvious. unblock Dec 2014 #36
Let's hear it!!! elleng Dec 2014 #29
So much for the GOP's vaunted desire to be more inclusive... CTyankee Dec 2014 #31
Please proceed you racist POS onecaliberal Dec 2014 #32
"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.". n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #33
This is great Dopers_Greed Dec 2014 #35
We have come a long ways when Dukes start looking like a moderate! Cryptoad Dec 2014 #38
DO IT! shanti Dec 2014 #39
Why is MSNBC not reporting this story? Skidmore Dec 2014 #40
They're too busy talking about Obama's golf game. Boomerproud Dec 2014 #44
Because Hillary is probably on the list. chickenfairy Dec 2014 #57
"...if Republicans want to throw Steve Scalise to the woods..." WTF? cyberswede Dec 2014 #41
Freudian slip?.. Segami Dec 2014 #43
Go right ahead, Davyboy VA_Jill Dec 2014 #42
I hope that David Duke does name names Gothmog Dec 2014 #45
Jesus christ, that man is homesteading in the bottom of Uncanny Valley. Scootaloo Dec 2014 #46
Only his hairdresser knows for sure. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #47
Please proceed, Governor 1step Dec 2014 #48
Wait, there are other politicians who are buddy buddy with the klan? Salviati Dec 2014 #49
That means We Do Not Lay Off Steve Scalise.. thank you, Segami Cha Dec 2014 #50
Someone should start a petition! BootinUp Dec 2014 #53
"Throw Steve Scalise to the woods" ????? Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2014 #55
Cat Fud Again! ThoughtCriminal Dec 2014 #56
Duke seems to think a lot about a person that says their only meeting 12 years ago A Simple Game Dec 2014 #58
Please proceed! muntrv Dec 2014 #59
Duke pulls a Flynt...nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #60
Oh do tell, indeed! eom Purveyor Dec 2014 #61
I think this could be a be careful what you ask for situation loyalsister Dec 2014 #62
What kind of results Segami Dec 2014 #63
I don't think it's impossible loyalsister Dec 2014 #64
Well, then, they can explain themselves. Frank Cannon Dec 2014 #68
Right, he knows who the real racists are. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #65
This is a bit confusing. surrealAmerican Dec 2014 #67

randys1

(16,286 posts)
6. No shit, probably wouldnt make a god damn bit of difference since most who vote R
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:53 PM
Dec 2014

are racists anyway, but sure would be fun for us ...

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
37. The list would include Rep's who attended his children's birthday party...
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:09 PM
Dec 2014


"...Overall, Duke was rather flabbergasted by the new focus on Scalise. He said he has hosted both Democratic and Republican legislators at everything from conferences to his children’s birthday parties. He said he has met with Democratic legislators at least 50 times in his political life...."

http://fusion.net/story/36233/steve-scalise-david-duke-euro/

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
2. Name names or shut your mouth, David Duke
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:47 PM
Dec 2014

I don't care what party they're from--anyone who consorts with David Duke needs to be out of a job.

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
7. Hmm,..maybe Boehner has a few skeletons in his closet also....
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:56 PM
Dec 2014

...Just speculating why he would defend Rep.Scalise.........

“More than a decade ago, Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate,” Mr. Boehner said. “Like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I know Steve to be a man of high integrity and good character. He has my full confidence as our whip, and he will continue to do great and important work for all Americans.”


http://www.wsj.com/articles/boehner-says-he-stands-by-steve-scalise-after-revelations-1419967436

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
52. Weak Boehner needs a Scalise-type to get his dirty tricks thru Congress...
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 07:30 PM
Dec 2014

Boehner appears to be more of a follower than a leader. He whines that it is hard to control the Tea Party, so maybe Scalise will be tolerated if he can whip them into shape. Many are probably of the same mindset as Scalise and on Duke's list.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
10. "If Scalise is to be crucified....", he names names? Warning to the GOP? I volunteer to drive in the first spike.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:59 PM
Dec 2014

Skeletons shaking in the GOP racist closet by the score.....please name Rupert Murdoch?

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
12. Gee, threats from the Grand Wizard
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:02 PM
Dec 2014

Is Boner gonna let this stand? I bet the old Wizard has spoken a lot with Boner throughout the years. This could get real interesting. The GOP eating their own again.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
17. Let him.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:07 PM
Dec 2014

That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the headline. Obviously I'm not alone.

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
20. SPLC on EURO.....
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:19 PM
Dec 2014
Founded in 2000 under a different name by the former Klan leader and notorious neo-Nazi David Duke, the European-American Unity and Rights Organization (EURO) claims to fight for "White Civil Rights" for "European and Americans Wherever They May Live." Beyond hosting a website, whitecivilrights.com, and staging an occasional conference, EURO is a paper tiger, serving primarily as a vehicle to publicize Duke's writing and sell his books.

In Its Own Words

"The Jewish media and Jews in general will attack us for wanting to restore White America. The Jews are the enemy of the White race, and they are largely responsible for the ‘browning' of America. The Jews want to rule over a multi-racial brown America that is too ignorant to ever rebel against them."
— Jeff Davis, whitecivilrights.com, Aug. 17, 2000

"So, the unvarnished truth is that we suffered the terror of September 11 because of our support of the criminal policies of Israel. We have let our country be controlled by a foreign lobby that has worked against the best interests of the American people. Israel has time and again proven it is not really our friend. It has conducted covert terrorist activities against America such as the Lavon affair in Egypt. It has deliberately attacked the USS Liberty with unmarked fighters and torpedo boats causing 174 American casualties in an attempt to blame Egypt and garner American support during the war of 1967. It has spied on us and stolen our greatest secrets, such as in the Jonathan Pollard affair. It has sold secret American technologies to the Communist Chinese. It has stolen nuclear materials from the United States. It has tricked America into bombing other nations such as in the attack on Libya in 1986. I could go on and on about Israel's treachery against America."
— David Duke, 2001 essay

"The beautiful Germany of the 1930s with blonde children happily running through every village has been replaced with a multi-racial cesspool. Out of work Africans can be seen shuffling along the same streets, which used to be clean and safe in the days of the National Socialists. One day, people in Germany will grow tired of the politically correct police state that is destroying their lives. They will recover their national pride and start speaking the truth about their past regardless of what the militant lesbians or thought police tell them."
— Ian Mosley, whitecivilrights.com, Oct. 30, 2007




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http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/euro

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
21. Anyone afraid Duke will release their names for meeting with him should not be in public office.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:27 PM
Dec 2014

So, please, Mr. Duke, release those names.

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
24. Every Democratic Rep. should go on record
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:36 PM
Dec 2014

and demand Duke release ALL the names and see who doesn't want to participate.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
25. Wait...I'm confused, are we supposed to believe that the GOP is not the party of racists?
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:39 PM
Dec 2014

I mean, I know they are trying to get humans to believe that they are 'people too'. However, I will not buy into this lie about them being a fair and balanced party. Never been and never will be.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
27. I bet Boehner is one of them. He's kissing Scalise ass right now.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:42 PM
Dec 2014

It's hilarious that he's basically admitting there is something wrong with being associated with him

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
30. LOL!
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:52 PM
Dec 2014

By default, he's admitting that there 'is something wrong' with being associated with Duke.



Shoutout to all journalists,......ask Bohener why does he think it was 'wrong and inappropriate',...please expand..?

"..Representative Scalise made an error in judgment, and he was right to acknowledge it was wrong and inappropriate...”

CTyankee

(63,769 posts)
31. So much for the GOP's vaunted desire to be more inclusive...
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:53 PM
Dec 2014

They have now been bitten very nastily in their ass.

Boomerproud

(7,888 posts)
44. They're too busy talking about Obama's golf game.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:42 PM
Dec 2014

No, Scalise, this is not an mistake-this is part of the Southern Strategy used by the Pubbies since 1968.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)
41. "...if Republicans want to throw Steve Scalise to the woods..." WTF?
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:27 PM
Dec 2014

Isn't it "throw someone to the wolves?"

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
46. Jesus christ, that man is homesteading in the bottom of Uncanny Valley.
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:52 PM
Dec 2014

Let's hear some names, Dukester!

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)
58. Duke seems to think a lot about a person that says their only meeting 12 years ago
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:35 PM
Dec 2014

was entirely a mistake and shouldn't have happened. I'm surprised Duke even remembers the occasion but Duke says he will throw others under the bus if Scalise is punished for this single occurrence. I think there is more to this than Scalise is admitting to.

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
62. I think this could be a be careful what you ask for situation
Tue Dec 30, 2014, 11:20 PM
Dec 2014

There was a story about a college professor who invited a white supremacist (the guy who shot up the Jewish Center) to give a lecture to his class. The reasoning behind it was that you can't begin to truly understand the ugliness of that hate without seeing it first hand. Who knows if Duke met with some people who wanted to know the enemy, curious individuals, closet racists. The fact that he said it as if to threaten all politicians is something to be wary of. If he does it we may not like the results much.


Professor Explains Kansas City Shooting Suspect’s Visit To His Classroom

Embree said. “One of the things I’ve found with many of these groups is that if I tell the story myself [the students] don’t believe me, they just think I’m trying to make them look bad.”

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/professor-explains-kansas-city-shooters-visit#.ydd7KLL0D
 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
63. What kind of results
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 12:49 AM
Dec 2014

do you think we may not like?......That Duke may finger a sitting Democrat?....


loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
64. I don't think it's impossible
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:05 AM
Dec 2014

Robert Byrd had been a member whose views shifted over time. George Wallace was a Democrat who found common ground with Shirley Chisholm on economics.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
68. Well, then, they can explain themselves.
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 09:52 AM
Dec 2014

I'm pretty sure the Venn diagram of David Duke welcomers and "Dems" that regularly piss us off is nearly a perfect circle.

WhiteAndNerdy

(365 posts)
65. Right, he knows who the real racists are.
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 01:17 AM
Dec 2014

Definitely not the people ranting about global Zionist conspiracies.

surrealAmerican

(11,339 posts)
67. This is a bit confusing.
Wed Dec 31, 2014, 09:50 AM
Dec 2014

I wonder what he thinks he's getting from this threat. Why Is Scalise that important to him?

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