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[RainDog]

51. Bundy is just repeating what Republicans have said

Republican Rep. Jon Hubbard of Jonesboro, Ark.:

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/republican-extremists-in-their-own-words

Slavery was good for black people:

“… the institution of slavery that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually have been a blessing in disguise. The blacks who could endure those conditions and circumstances would someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation ever established upon the face of the Earth.” (Pages 183-89)

If you think slavery was bad, you should have seen Africa:

African Americans must “understand that even while in the throes of slavery, their lives as Americans are likely much better than they ever would have enjoyed living in sub-Saharan Africa.”
“Knowing what we know today about life on the African continent, would an existence spent in slavery have been any crueler than a life spent in sub-Saharan Africa?” (Pages 93 and 189)

Black people are ignorant:

“Wouldn’t life for blacks in America today be more enjoyable and successful if they would only learn to appreciate the value of a good education?” (Page 184)

At CPAC: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/15/1729331/cpac-slavery-minority-outreach/

At a Republican leadership conference: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/44/post/obama-impersonator-makes-racial-gay-jokes-at-gop-gathering/2011/06/18/AGVLAUaH_blog.html

From Ron Paul newsletters: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/angry-white-man

From Lee Atwater's deathbed attempt to get right with god by admitting he appealed to racism to win votes for republicans - http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/us/gravely-ill-atwater-offers-apology.html

Atwater at work here: http://americablog.com/2012/11/audio-of-infamous-lee-atwater-interview-its-a-matter-of-how-abstract-you-handle-the-race-thing.html

The Republican Party of Lincoln would be appalled that today's Republican Party is nothing more than the rump of the confederate "state's rights" racists.