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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cliven Bundy Wonders If Blacks Are 'BETTER OFF AS SLAVES' Than On Gov't Assistance [View all]
PATRIOT??.......MY ASS!!.....Lets try RACIST!!...........
Now that he's won a confrontation with the Bureau of Land Management over grazing his cattle on federal land, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has time to hold court on everything from abortion to the current state of "the Negro." Bundy made some racially charged comments about government assistance in his daily news conference Saturday, according to a New York Times story published Wednesday.
I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro, the rancher began as he described a "government house" in Las Vegas where he recalled that all the people who sat outside seemed to "have nothing to do." And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do? he said, as quoted by the Times. They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And Ive often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didnt get no more freedom. They got less freedom.
The Times reached out to spokespeople for Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Dean Heller (R-NV), who have spoken in support of Bundy, and for Texas Attorney Gen. Greg Abbott (R). Those who responded distanced themselves from Bundy and his remarks. A spokesman for Heller, who had called Bundy and his supporters "patriots," told the Times that the senator completely disagrees with Mr. Bundys appalling and racist statements, and condemns them in the most strenuous way.
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Cliven Bundy Wonders If Blacks Are 'BETTER OFF AS SLAVES' Than On Gov't Assistance [View all]
Segami
Apr 2014
OP
This welfare rancher now has an audience and is going prove what an ass he really is
liberal N proud
Apr 2014
#1
Since he called in racist terrorist militias to shoot up law enforcement officers,...
MohRokTah
Apr 2014
#7
Where in hell is this conservative insanity going to lead us? When will it end? And how?
Vietnameravet
Apr 2014
#11
Don't hold your breath waiting for Hannity to disassociate himself from this prick.
bullwinkle428
Apr 2014
#15
Paul Ryan's recent remarks about the "inner city" culture are basically the same ...
JoePhilly
Apr 2014
#18
His religion taught him that dark skinned people bear the mark and curse of Cain
siligut
Apr 2014
#26
Donny & Marie Osmond On Why Blacks Can't Hold Priesthood in the Mormon Religion
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#42
Fox News and the con propaganda machine are going down in flames, and there is no stopping
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
#28
This is the tip of the iceberg, and the main ice field is actively calving.
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
#31