Ex-GOP official goes bonkers after court cites his ‘Daily Show’ remarks to kill NC voter ID law

[47of74]

Another GOP idiot learning of the existence of karma;

Former North Carolina Republican official Don Yelton is back in the news again for all the wrong reasons.

Yelton was fired from his job way back in 2013 after he told The Daily Show that his state’s new voter ID law would hurt Democratic voters. Specifically, he said that if the law “hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that want the government to give them everything, so be it.”

An appeals court last week found that the voter ID law was indeed designed to be discriminatory and it even cited Yelton’s remarks to The Daily Show as part of its case for striking down the law.

Yelton was furious about this, and over the weekend he went on an unhinged rant against the ruling on his Facebook page. In particular, Yelton was angry that Buncombe County GOP Chairman Nathan West once again trashed him for being a racist.

Such a delicate little flower, this Yelton fellow. Well Yelton, bed. Made. Lie.

[Chakab]

14. Technically, it was Aasif Mandvi who interviewed this idiot and got him to put his

foot in his mouth.

[Simeon Salus]

15. Aasif Mandvi is pretty cool too!

Here's a link to the clip that the court cited:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/dxhtvk/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-suppressing-the-vote

[spooky3]

22. That is one amazing clip. I can't believe he elicited

Such stupid and racist remarks on camera.

[benld74]

23. Had forgotten that clip.

My jaw wound up in the same position as the first time I watched

[Rex]

2. Wow, the typos...I wonder what his DI username is?

Looks just like some of the posts there.

[lpbk2713]

3. Tunnel visioned bigot asshole.

How the fog can a public figure (former or otherwise) even talk like that.

[unblock]

4. if the court hurts angry racists that want the government to give them a political victory, so be it

yes, i know "that" is not proper grammar; it should be "who", because "that" is for inanimate objects.

i used it because yelton used it when describing "lazy blacks". if he's going to refer to black people as inanimate objects, i don't feel bad about referring to him as such.

[Gabi Hayes]

16. one of trump's alter egos, no doubt:

I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” (1991). “Laziness is a trait in blacks.”

gawker.com/the-collected-quotes-of-donald-trump-on-the-blacks-1719961925

[Warpy]

5. Buncombe County, why am I not surprised?

Bunk, bunkum, buncombe

As a noun meaning empty talk or nonsense, bunk has a well-documented origin. In 1820, when U.S. Congressman Felix Walker gave a long, irrelevant speech solely to delay voting on the Missouri Compromise, he said it was “for Buncombe,” referring to his constituents in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Buncombe instantly came to mean nonsensical talk.

Bunkum later become the more common spelling, though many writers still honor the word’s origins by spelling it buncombe. In any case, it’s usually shortened to bunk.

http://grammarist.com/usage/bunk/

So the next time somebody tells you "what a load of bunk!" you know where it's coming from and that Don Yelton is keeping tradition alive.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Good stuff, Warpy!

Thanks!

[Gabi Hayes]

17. who said "History is BUNK!"

no peeky

I got to say that line at my 8th grade graduation

[japple]

20. Buncombe County is Asheville, NC. Although there are a great number

of idiots in Western NC, Asheville is generally a mecca of enlightenment. If you haven't been there, it's worth a trip, esp. if you like craft beer. This cretin is probably on his way out.

[Hortensis]

27. New enlightenment imposed on old Buncombe. We have

the same here in my county, but here enlightenment and acceptance of differences is still very much the embattled minority side.

[SticksnStones]

6. He rants about the clip being a cut and paste job

That we should hear the whole sentence.

But honestly I don't know what words you could say before "hurts a bunch of lazy blacks that want the government to give them everything, so be it" that would change the meaning other than

"Here's what I don't believe:"

[deurbano]

9. That made me laugh!

[SticksnStones]

11. Gotta laugh at such a ridiculous defense

[amuse bouche]

8. I remember that show and couldn't believe that moron admitted what the

creeps were up to

[Gothmog]

10. Yeah

[Salviati]

12. You know what they say: If the hood fits...

[dflprincess]

13. And it's said The Daily Show isn't real news.

Last edited Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:11 PM - Edit history (1)

There was a time in this country when it would have been "60 Minutes" who got Yelton to make that remark. But no more.

[Hortensis]

29. Exactly. I stopped watching 60 Minutes when

it stopped being...well, 60 Minutes. A sad day.

[amb123]

18. Then wet bed, ya big baby!

[Coventina]

19. You fixed the sheets and blankets! Now go take a nap!!

As Ricky Ricardo would say.



I recommend reading the article for the incoherent rantings of the "victim."
They are pretty funny!

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Official statement: "Yelton and his cronies are like a chronic case of hemorrhoids"

“... Once again, our party has to apologize for people like Yelton. Yelton and his cronies are like a chronic case of hemorrhoids: a real pain in the ass that you can never seem to get rid of,” West wrote in a public statement issued Friday on behalf of the Buncombe County Republican Party.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article93060687.html#storylink=cpy

[BobTheSubgenius]

24. Here is part of his ranting about TDS segment being cited in court.

*Edited because of total irony*

But first, on a personal note, Mandvi's incredulous, gaping reaction and this question are almost my favourite TDS moment.

"You know we can hear you, right?"

Anyway....this is a C&P from his FB page. I have to say, I have a little more sympathy for him after learning how developmentally disabled he is.


"Well the Republicans again show their stupidity. Frankly Nathan I would keep my mouth shut unless you DON NOT BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEACH which it seems that you don't. Not only that how is you money spending going? Now the real proof is that the Court uses a comedy show and a cut and pasted clip to prove a case. Think that if the party gives a shit they would ask me what I said in its complete sentence. It would show exactly what I said. NATHAN YOU BETTER be more concerned about the total take over of this county by the progressives. This also shows the justice system totally corrupt where are your comments on that.Well the Republicans again show their stupidity. Frankly Nathan I would keep my mouth shut unless you DON NOT BELIEVE IN FREEDOM OF SPEACH which it seems that you don't. Not only that how is you money spending going? Now the real proof is that the Court uses a comedy show and a cut and pasted clip to prove a case. Think that if the party gives a shit they would ask me what I said in its complete sentence. It would show exactly what I said. NATHAN YOU BETTER be more concerned about the total take over of this county by the progressives. This also shows the justice system totally corrupt where are your comments on that."

[47of74]

25. That's a rather Palin-esque world salad there.

[muntrv]

26. Lemme guess: Yelton's excuse will be that what he said was satire, he wasn't serious.

[jcgoldie]

28. Right it was just, you know, comedic racism

Those wacky republican bigots always having fun