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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bundy Tries To Clarify His Slavery Remarks: 'I'm Not Racist' [View all]
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.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bundy-explains-slavery-remarks
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Anyone else hear that as pronounced "CEE-ment porch," Beverly-Hillbillies-style?
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2014
#13
The dems have won a few close elections w/a mike nearby a GOP idiot candidate
lebkuchen
Apr 2014
#31
Whew! For a second there, I was afraid he wouldn't have a good explanation.
pinboy3niner
Apr 2014
#9
Maybe someone can send him a copy of Frederick Douglass' autobiography.
Voice for Peace
Apr 2014
#25
most racists claim they're not racists. mr bundy, the nytimes is repeating YOUR WORDS.
spanone
Apr 2014
#27