"The institution of slavery...may actually have been a blessing in disguise."

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/05/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

Bonus Quote of the Day

"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."

-- Arkansas state Rep. Jon Hubbard (R), quoted by the Arkansas Times.

[alsame]

1. Yeah, it was so much

easier than going through that annoying immigration process.

[get the red out]

2. How does someone get that crazy?

[madaboutharry]

3. Where do these people come from?

[MineralMan]

4. Uff da!

Morons abound!

[LeftinOH]

5. He has a few more whoppers in there, like this one:

"American Christians are assuming a similar stance as did the citizens of Germany during Hitler's rise to power." (Page 158)

Read that statement carefully: He didn't say "the Jews of Germany"; he said "the citizens". The citizens in general were rather supportive of Hitler, weren't they?

[hifiguy]

23. Hmm. IIRC, the biggest political party in Germany

at that time was led by a demagogue with a Chaplin moustache. Apparently all this doucherocket is missing is the moustache.

[kimbutgar]

6. I hope it turns out that this guy's past relatives were slaves who passed for white and left the

south. There a a lot of people who have black ancestry and they don't know it.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Burn the confederate rag.

[brewens]

8. I thought he was going to say slaves were bred for strength and agility

which allows them to excel at sports. I'll get to read all of it later. I'd almost be surprised if he didn't throw that in there.

[Speck Tater]

9. Gosh! I sure wish we Irish had been enslaved too!

NOT

[porphyrian]

10. Wow. Don't you guys feel lucky? n/t

[HuckleB]

11. Much more ugliness from Hubbard here:

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/republican-extremists-in-their-own-words#.UG8Wr-XNpyk.twitter

[unblock]

12. well thank goodness hitler killed 6 million jews!

i never would have been born otherwise, so that makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it?

[malaise]

13. These fucking people are sick

[Arkansas Granny]

14. I swear to you that not all Arkansans are that ignorant and bigoted.

Really, we're not. It's just that the dumbfucks get a lot more attention.

[Viking12]

16. We know Granny. We pity you for having to put up with so many dumbshits, though.

[Wait Wut]

20. We know.

from Arizona, home of the Brewpaio.

[myrna minx]

29. We know. We all have our creeps. MN has crazy eyes Bachmann and AR has this racist dolt.

[MrScorpio]

15. Maybe we should have enslaved all the Pilgrims too

What a nutcase.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. Someone ALWAYS manages to find away to surpass the bottom of the barrel and get right UNDER it!

[Nye Bevan]

18. An all-expenses paid trans-Atlantic boat ride!

What's not to love?

[Wait Wut]

19. Same people...

...that think if you get pregnant from a rape you should feel blessed.

[Indpndnt]

28. Or that it was obviously not a "legitimate" rape since your body didn't "shut that down."

[Drahthaardogs]

21. What is scary is that they actually believe this crap.

What a tool.

[hifiguy]

22. Oy vey!

[jsmirman]

24. Send him and his future generations to work in a penal colony

tell them the reward is they get to retain citizenship in this great country for the generations to come.

Let's see what a blessing he thinks that is.

[trof]

25. Yas SUH, Boss! Sho nuff!

We sho is lucky folks, bless Jesus.
De Massa and de Missus wuz very good to us...mostly.
We hardly ever got whupped and we had FREE watermelon.

[Indpndnt]

26. Sometimes, stupidity should be painful.

[L0oniX]

27. (R) is for racist!

[Lilyeye]

30. Racist love that line

They also love the "slavery wasn't that bad since most slaves were treated good" line.

[Egalitarian Thug]

31. So which is worse, this utter failure of humanity of the painfully stupid people that vote for him?

[Retrograde]

32. This was argued in Congress pre-Civil War

I'm currently reading "America's Great Debate", about the fights over the extension of slavery into lands acquired from Mexico and the Compromise of 1850. I just got to the point where Jefferson Davis, then Senator from Mississippi, is arguing the benefits of slavery for Africans. And all those who died in the Middle Passage? All the fault of the British and American navies trying to stop the slave trade: if traders could just go about their business in peace, they wouldn't have to use small, cramped ships that could outrun the navies. And yet, the ingrates aren't grateful for the free cruise.

In another debate, a southern senator argued that the next census should just take the word of the states for how may slaves lived there (a very important issue since even counted at 3/5 it boosted the South's representation in Congress) instead of actually enumerating the slaves in the next census: he claimed it was unreasonable to expect slave women to remember such little details like how many children they had. This was shortly before the other senator from Mississippi pulled a gun on the senator from Missouri on the floor of the senate. Somedays I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often.

[GeorgeGist]

33. The natives would never have invented casinos ...

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. GOP rushes to throw Hubbard under the bus, now this has come out

On Saturday, state GOP Chairman Doyle Webb called the books "highly offensive." And U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, a Republican who represents northeast Arkansas, called the writings "divisive and racially inflammatory."
...
U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., kicked off the GOP's response Saturday by issuing a release, saying the "statements of Hubbard and Fuqua are ridiculous, outrageous and have no place in the civil discourse of either party."

"Had I known of these statements, I would not have contributed to their campaigns. I am requesting that they give my contributions to charity," said Griffin, who donated $100 to each candidate.

The Arkansas Republican House Caucus followed, saying the views of Hubbard and Fuqua "are in no way reflective of, or endorsed by, the Republican caucus. The constituencies they are seeking to represent will ultimately judge these statements at the ballot box."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ark-gop-calls-candidates-statements-offensive-17414343#.UHC7QcUw-So

Fuqua is another GOP bigot; he was in the Arkansas House from 1996 to 1998, and wants to throw all Muslims out of the USA. He is running against incumbent Democratic Rep. James McLean in House District 63.

[treestar]

35. OMG

How do these people get elected to state legislatures? People need to pay more attention down ticket.

[surrealAmerican]

36. That's just sick.

Why on earth would he say such a thing in public. Even in private, he should be ashamed to think such a thing.

[Paladin]

37. Classic Neo-Confederate Propaganda.

You start hearing this sort of crap at an early age in the South---from both the rednecks and from those who really ought to know better. There's absolutely no excuse for it.

[JTFrog]

38. Too bad he's not up for reelection.

The ads against him could write themselves.

Hubbard published a book titled "Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative,"[3] in which he said "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.[4][5], that blacks don't "appreciate the value of a good education", and that in the future immigration, both legal and illegal, must lead to "planned wars or extermination" which would be "as necessary as eating and breathing"

And there is no recall in Arkansas.