GOP Senate Candidate Likens Food Stamp Recipients To Wild Animals

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: The Huffington Post

A Republican Senate candidate equated food stamp recipients to wild animals in a Facebook post Monday.

The candidate, Dr. Annette Bosworth, is running in the Republican primary to succeed Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), who is retiring. Bosworth shared a viral image on her personal Facebook page criticizing the food stamp program for inviting dependency.

“The food stamp program is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture," the graphic reads. "They proudly report that they distribute free meals and food stamps to over 46 million people on an annual basis."

“Meanwhile, the National Park Service, run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us ‘please do not feed the animals.’ Their stated reason for this policy being that … the animals will grow dependent on the handouts, and then they will never learn to take care of themselves,” the post continues. “This concludes today’s lesson. Any questions?”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/gop-food-stamps_n_5246559.html

[Laelth]

1. I suppose it's better to let people starve?

Sheltered, bubble-people have no business holding public office.

-Laelth

[1StrongBlackMan]

47. From her website ("Meet Section") ...

It is clear that the underlying her seeking office is an hatred of government. Apparently, a government agency sought to revoke her license to practice medicine. (http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sioux-falls-doctor-keeps-medical-license/?id=140533)

And then she got into/is in another fight with regulators, http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-968415

Seems more and more, we are finding candidates that seek office to destroy government.

[tofuandbeer]

55. She's got issues, that's for sure. She probably sees herself as the next Palin.

[woodsprite]

58. So she should feel right at home with Rand Paul? n/t

[mahannah]

2. “This concludes today’s lesson. Any questions?”

Yeah, I've got a question. What is it like living with your head up your ass?

[3catwoman3]

54. Pretty dark and...

foul-smelling, just like this dimwit's outlook.

[jwirr]

3. Is this another medical doctor running for congress? She is very ignorant. But then that is what the

rethugs and Koch brothers like.

[grasswire]

27. there's another one running in Washington state.

A pediatric surgeon with absolutely no experience that would qualify her for the Senate. This appears to be some kind of a ploy to get malleable ideologues in.

[hopemountain]

52. another is southern oregon against Senator Merkeley

she is a "pediatric neurosurgeon" who promises to abolish obamacare because it is bad for the american people and to launch an investigation into why coveroregon failed. she is backed by big money (superPAC & mitt romney). her ads are relentless on local stations running at least 3 per hour during peak times on all of the local stations. however, she has already "wimped" out of the primary debate against the other republican candidate.
(from: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/poll-wehby-leads-merkley-oregon-senate-race_788996.html)

[Kelvin Mace]

4. I have a question...

What is it like to be so stupid that you cannot differentiate between a human animal who is a sophisticated, reasoning animal (current office candidates excepted), and all the other animals who don't, you know, pay taxes, vote, have jobs, resent insulting Facebook posts?

[rtracey]

5. human are animals

humans are animals - mammals....so shes REALLY stupid...must have missed biology that day...

[Kelvin Mace]

8. True,

but I was going more for what she "meant" with her example. Your point is much better.

[cer7711]

7. Umm . . .

I applaud your heart, but that needs a slight re-write.

[Kelvin Mace]

9. Yep

Not thinking today...

[Enrique]

6. poor people could lose their natural fear of humans

[christx30]

31. Don't touch a poor child.

The mother will smell you on it and abandon it. Very sad.

[sheshe2]

10. She is a mother and a physician and she said that?

May her eternal soul roast in hell.

[freshwest]

12. I'm going to a BBQ today. I'm hoping this cow of bashan won't be on the menu. n/t

[sheshe2]

19. I had to look up the term~ well said.

Enjoy the BBQ and if it's chilly like here, where a scarf.

freshwest~

[putitinD]

40. does she realize that more republicans receive food stamps than democrats?

[JoePhilly]

11. Why do children learn? We feed them for free.

[get the red out]

13. Disgusting

This is a reprehensible human being.

[jmowreader]

14. I think you guessed it...

but I checked her campaign website and it's plastered with references to God. Apparently she believes in the Gospel of Supply Side Jesus.

[geretogo]

15. These GOP Barbarians keep getting more viscous and sub human every day . Where are the seed pods

these human look a likes are crawling out of . I would like to stab them with a pitch fork .

[jtuck004]

16. I agree with her.

Because for the bears, you see, we bought and set aside their entire neighborhood, made sure they don't have to get jobs, and can spend all day long outdoors browsing for fresh produce and fish. We also put policies and regulations in place so their food can remain plentiful and free, such as those for clean water, protecting the habitat of animals and plants they might feed on.

So, if we buy those families a house, make sure their needs for safety are met, make sure there is enough free food laying around and that they can just go out all day in the sunshine to hunt and gather, and some provision is made so they can continue to get food in the winter (because, unlike bears, they don't store it in their fat cells all winter long. But then you know that, 'cause u a doctor, right?), then yeah, I could see where we wouldn't need food stamps.

Until then...

On edit - Oh yeah - we got rid of one of their natural predators, the wolf. So we would probably have to get rid of some bankers, just to make it kind like the same, yes?

[Shrike47]

28. Maybe we should survive by foraging...in her refrigerator.

After all, we should acquire our own food, right? Then she wouldn't mind if we shot Bundy's cattle?

[jtuck004]

30. I hear people like this, who I know are smarter than this, and they just parrot a party line

without any thought, throwing anything out there that might stick. Their contempt for people is beyond anything even remotely human.

And this one, if indeed it is an MD, took an oath to do no harm.

So much for oaths.

[tofuandbeer]

17. Her FaceBook page is scary.

[Swede Atlanta]

23. In that case she'll win by a landslide......

[tofuandbeer]

41. :D

[cosmicone]

18. By this logic

we won't need any military spending because wild animals don't have armies, navies, air forces, nukes or air craft carriers.

We also won't need houses, kitchens, toilets, doorbells, telephones, TVs and cars since wild animals don't have any of those.

Clothing will be unnecessary as well.

Is there an anti-Nobel prize for the stupidest amongst us? This woman deserves at least four of them.

[Dustlawyer]

20. Another out of touch Republican who has no idea what poor people go through.

She also makes it seem like they all have a choice. My disabled brother gets food stamps (barely). He started out with $87.00 a month in FS, now it is reduced to $57.00. He gets about $700 in SS disability payments. This is the total amount he has to live on (plus help from me and our 77 year old mom. Does this Bitch really think that were he not 100% disabled, he would want to "live high on the hog" with these overly generous payments? This is hardly subsistence money!
I don't know which ones make me more upset, the people that know the truth and still misrepresent it, or the idiots that believe the bull shit and spread it around further. Ones' a liar and the other a fool!

[Blue Idaho]

21. I guess we can check the "Macho Bullshit" box on her resume'

Seems like every Teapublican has to pull some sort of a "heartless tough guy" stunt to prove their conservative credentials. Doktor Boswell can now be considered a serious candidate by the rednecks in her voting district.

[doxydad]

22. Here's what we can do

To stop this foolishness get involved so that this moron can never be elected. Period.

[PumpkinAle]

24. Kook, Tea bagger and Liar............

Campaign themes
2014
Bosworth lists her ten point pledge on her campaign website. Here's an overview of her ten points.[1]
"Repeal Obamacare and replace it with a patient-centric, market based healthcare system that we can afford."
"Stop out of control spending: cut, cap, and balance the federal budget."
"Fight the intrusiveness of the federal government in all aspects of our lives."
"Eliminate our current tax system and replace it with a FairTax."
"Secure the Border. No Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants."
"Protect and defend all Life and traditional marriage."
"Fulfill our Constitutional responsibility to defend America."
"Eliminate unnecessary and overly burdensome federal regulations to boost our economy and make America more competitive."
"Protect our Constitutional right to bear arms."
"Enact term limit legislation to go along with my personal pledge to serve only two terms."
Controversy
Raffle
Bosworth came under fire after a raffle to raise money for military families to take a fishing trip in Alaska. The raffle was run through Bosworth's non-profit, Preventive Health Strategies. PHS was raffling off 80 acres of farm land in South Dakota. However, the raffle never took place and two people that purchased tickets for $1,000 each never saw their money. In February 2013, PHS sent the raffle ticket buyers a letter explaining the Defense Department changed the rules and they could not use the money as planned. They offered a refund. One man, Nate Fluit, did not ask for a refund because he thought the money would still help troops. The raffle deadline was July 15, 2013, but the raffle did not sell the 500 tickets they aimed to. The raffle never took place and Fluit called for his refund. Fluit was told he would receive his refund in the mail, but the check never came. The raffle is still being advertised by Bosworth on her Meaningful Medicine website, but the partner in the raffle, F.I.R.E. Missions, said they have cut ties with Bosworth.[2]
Bosworth's campaign manager, Nate Johnson, released a statement in November 2013. He said, "The issues related to Preventive Health Strategies are issues for the non-profit, and not the Bosworth for Senate campaign."[3]
Elections

http://ballotpedia.org/Annette_Bosworth

[zwyziec]

25. Annette Bosworth SANCTIONED BY Medical Board of Examiners

On June 27, 2012, Dr. Annette Bosworth, was reprimanded by the South Dakota Board of Medical Examiners for "UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR IN THAT YOU EMPLOYED AN UNLICENSED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT WITHOUT AN APPROVED SUPERVISION AGREEMENT TO PRACTICE."

View the entire complaint at:

http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-annette-bosworth-29qk4/background-check#BackgroundBackgroundCheck_anchor

[randys1]

26. When will we SHAME these horrible people?

I have had enough...i wish all of you did to, then maybe we could really do something

[Skeeter Barnes]

36. It's not possible.

They enjoy the fact that unwanted portions of the population suffer. You can't shame people like that.

[Aldo Leopold]

29. Always with the "lessons".

[frylock]

32. Any questions?

you're a fucking doctor?!!

[toby jo]

33. Where would your wrath be, lady, on the dependence of the 1% ?

[SoapBox]

34. Billboards and Bumper Stickers.

Let her own words, do her in.

[Jackilope]

35. Oh, there is more .... She is a doozy.

Go check out some of her antics on Madville Times blog. The husband of the Dr. doesn't work. Doesn't hold any real job, just trying to make fast bucks quick. -- through donations or heaven knows what. Both involved in now having to pay back raffle ticket purchasers the $1000 per ticket for a land raffle never held. Former employees not fully paid. The petitions for run for Senate that she and hubby signed, claiming they witnessed signatures on petition signed have dates from when she and husband were out of country on a mission trip.

This Dr. Puts up daily video devotionals. There is a real whacko video of her waving her gun around regarding gun rights. She and husband and kids live in an apt. provided to her through charity of friends and church -- and her financial strife is all "due to the horrible govt.", of course. Always a victim because she dares to speak her loose version of what she believes is the truth.

The husband is definitely a grifter / con artist and she is caught up on all the attention and press she is getting. Folks from out of state are sending her checks because of her God, guns, no big Government crapola. It is sad and scary.

[maindawg]

37. Thats an old one

Seems to me that whip that old hare out every election cycle to feed red meat to the base [the bigots]

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. She's a woman running as a Republican so she has to show that she is heartless.

[imthevicar]

39. It's easier

to take away their benefits once they are dehumanized.

[BrotherIvan]

42. But she's PRO-LIFE!

[Turbineguy]

43. You have to be able to communicate.

This says a lot about the people who listen to her. If she said something like, "It's a shame we have so many poor and disadvantaged people in this country!" That crowd would walk out the door. No, the "animals" bit was a nice touch.

[drynberg]

44. I HOPE THE SD DEMS MAKE LIBERAL USE OF THIS SELF STATEMENT OF SOCIAL STATUS

And the voters get to see her acting so smug and clever...when she's stating how uncaring she is right now.

[Gothmog]

45. Juanita Jean has some choice words for this idiot

Juanita Jean was not happy with this idiot http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/05/01/one-week-with-bears/

Annette Bosworth is running for Senate in South Dakota. Republican, of course.

If you could bottle the mean juice in her veins, you could market it as sexually stimulant for grisly bears and fire ants.

On her Facebook page:


So, according to Ms. Bosworth, little children should starve until they are old enough to get a newspaper route.

I have a grandbaby. When he stays at my house, he is totally dependent on me for food because he’s going through a hard time. It’s called infancy. We’re pretty sure he’ll outgrow it despite the fact that we fed him anyway.

Holy cow, Republicans, get a grip. Sweet Jesus said to feed the hungry. He didn’t put restriction on that or say Void In South Dakota

This lady is a true republican idiot

[1StrongBlackMan]

46. WOW ...

the post continues. “This concludes today’s lesson. Any questions?”

Yes, Dr. Bosworth ... I have a question. On your website you indicate that you are a person of faith; in fact, you state that God has called you for a higher purpose. Here you suggest that providing food-stamps and distributing free meals to the human runs counter to the USDI's policy regarding feeding animal in the wild. As a person of faith, how do you square this comparison with Matthew 25:35, which speaks directly to feeding the poor?

[sheshe2]

53. Good question, 1SBM.

I don't think she follows her Hippocratic Oath either...

HIPPOCRATIC OATH: MODERN VERSION

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/hippocratic-oath-today.html

What a horrible excuse for a human being.

[TNNurse]

48. She is not a nice person.

I hope her patients are aware of what she must think of some of them.

Or as a "Christian", don't you want to ask her if she prays to God with that mouth after comparing other children of God to wild animals?

[Comrade Grumpy]

49. She is a wingnut candidate even by South Dakota standards and won't be the GOP nominee.

Instead, it will most likely be former Gov. Mike Rounds.

The Democratic candidate is Rick Weiland: www.rickweiland.com

This seat has been held by Democrat Tim Johnson, who is retiring. It is in serious danger of turning Republican.

[yellowcanine]

50. A lot of those free meals and food stamps are to needy children, the disabled and seniors.

Sure glad this hateful woman is not my doctor. Whatever happened to "First, do no harm." ?

[Nine]

51. "Larry K" in comments had the best response...

1. Who Gets Food Stamps:

Children: 45%
Disabled: 11%
Elderly: 8%
Veterans: 2%
Adults /c Children 20%
------------------------------
Total 87%

47% of the remainder were working at least one job.

By Race:

White: 36%
Black: 22%
Hispanic: 10%

2. Who gets entitlement benefits:

Elderly: 53%
Diabled: 20%
Working Poor: 18% (Below poverty level)
-----------------
Total: 91%

3. Who Get Tax Expenditure Benefits:

Top 1% = 23%
Top 20% = 66%
Middle 60% = 31%
Bottom 20% = 2.8%

4. Cost of welfare = $282.9-billion, includes TANF, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Public Housing, WIC, Head Start, and the Social Service Block Grant.

5. Annual Subsides To Industries:

Farm = $16 billion
Airline = $68 billion
Oil = $35 billion.
Coal = $86 billion
Natural Gas = $100 billion
Ethanol = $173 billion
Flood Insurance = $12 billion

Total = $490 billion

Indirect Oil/Gas Subsidies: Federal, State and Local Subsidies including Tax breaks, Delpletion Allowance, Oil Pipelines, Monitoring, Remote Sensing/Mapping (USGS), etc. less environmental costs: per gallon = $2.25

Gas consumption: 138-billion gallons per year.

Total Cost of Oil subsidies = $310 billion.

Total Direct/Indirect Subsidies to Business: $800 billion

[Rocknrule]

56. Republicans won't be happy until they can hunt poor people for sport

And I'll bet anything this elitist bitch claims to be a follower of Jesus Christ

[SummerSnow]

57. This Bosworth person is a piece of work, look at this...

http://madvilletimes.com/tag/annette-bosworth/

[Samantha]

59. Forty percent of the recipients of food stamps are children

Looks like from her bio she has three children. One wonders - does she feed THEM?

Sam

[Skittles]

60. Question for you Doctor Rightwing Asshole

the average length of time people need food assistance is between 8 and 10 months - how does THAT FACT jive with your assertion these folk are dependent wild animals? FUCK YOU.

[blkmusclmachine]

61. ,

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[LeftishBrit]

63. She is a DOCTOR and she has this vile attitude?

I pity her patients.

[WhiteTara]

64. What a twist on why the Park Service says don't feed the bears!

Because then they like you food so much, they'll eat you trying to get to it. Has nothing to do with dependency...what a stupid nasty rude hatefilled person. May she receive all her just rewards for her actions and that she get to see the other side of the food stamp program.

Meanwhile, I'm tired of being domesticated...I think I'll go wild and get me some food stamps.

[sinkingfeeling]

65. 12.4% of South Dakotans are on food stamps. Does she know that?

http://www.statisticbrain.com/food-stamp-statistics/