A Defiant Rancher Savors the Audience That Rallied to His Side

[winstars]

Source: NY Times

“I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.

“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve 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 didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

A spokesman for Mr. Paul, informed of Mr. Bundy’s remarks, said the senator was not available for immediate comment. Chandler Smith, a spokesman for Mr. Heller, said that the senator “completely disagrees with Mr. Bundy’s appalling and racist statements, and condemns them in the most strenuous way.” A spokeswoman for Mr. Abbott, Laura Bean, said that the letter he wrote “was regarding a dispute in Texas and is in no way related to the dispute in Nevada.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/us/politics/rancher-proudly-breaks-the-law-becoming-a-hero-in-the-west.html?_r=0

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Gee, who would have thought that this asshole was a race baiting bastard born 150 (150,000?) years too f---ing late!!!

[trublu992]

1. I don't know why people are surprised when these racist comments are expressed

Racism never went away it just changed tactics.

[Ash_F]

2. He may have overreached with that one. /nt

[Prophet 451]

3. He should be in fucking jail

Bunch of over-entitled white Teabaggers tries to provoke a range war and the right is totally on their side. Make them black and the right would be condemning them as freeloaders.

[Skittles]

4. JAYSUS, another Palin /Joe the Plumber / Duck Fuck celebrity

[Blanks]

22. This is better...

Because he has very swiftly shown his hypocrisy.

He's against welfare, yet he's a recipient himself.

Sure, the dyed in the wool tea flavored cool aid drinker won't even notice, but this has gotten enough attention that even the run of the mill (less committed) republican voter can smell the bullshit.

He's clearly racist and he's not even talking in code (like Ryan). He's just letting it all hang out there while the gun toting militia types have no choice but to back him.

Several undesirable democraphics are displayed for what they are in this 'stand-off'. I say keep this guy in the news as long as possible.

[TeamPooka]

5. I'm so sick of this idiot and the celebration of stupidity that surrounds him. nt

[jtuck004]

8. "celebration of stupidity" it's a damn epidemic. n/t

[valerief]

6. Hannity must be so proud. nt

[nikto]

7. Character is destiny...

Story ain't over yet.

[eShirl]

9. the Cracker Rebellion

[mainer]

10. This article makes a major mistake

It says Bundy's family has been grazing cattle since the 1870's. Didn't the local media look up the land records and debunk that?

Here's the NYT paragraph:

Mr. Bundy, whose family has grazed cattle here since they homesteaded in the 1870s, owes the government more than $1 million in grazing fees. He stopped paying after the bureau ordered him to restrict the periods when his herd roamed the 600,000-acre Gold Butte area as part of an effort to protect the endangered desert tortoise.

Here's the local reporter's article:

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25301551/bundys-ancestral-rights-come-under-scrutiny

[Grassy Knoll]

11. Predictable as a fiddle at a hoedown. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. That wasn't a dog whistle, that was a fart in a bullhorn. nt

[Trust Buster]

13. The Right are always reactionary when they race to defend idiots like this guy.

They never seem to be bothered when they end up with egg on their faces. They will race out and support the next fool without hesitation. How do we negotiate the country's issues with this kind of stupidity ?

[2naSalit]

27. Much like

the dog who hears another dog barking in the dark, will start barking even louder without having any idea what for.

[workinclasszero]

14. "And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves"

Couldn't see that coming, eh?

All these white teabaggers are racists. Thats what inflated the teabag balloon in the first place, hatred of a black man in the white house.

So I need to hear from Clarence Thomas, Dr Ben Carson, Allen West, and everybody in the National Black Republican Association if they think they would be better off as slaves in chains than free.

Because their anti goobermint cross burning welfare queen hero thinks so!

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. All of those you mentioned ...

So I need to hear from Clarence Thomas, Dr Ben Carson, Allen West, and everybody in the National Black Republican Association if they think they would be better off as slaves in chains than free.

Have already weighed in on Bundy's comments ... suffice it to say, they endorse his comments.

[workinclasszero]

23. Wow could you post some of those?

That would be proof that conservatism is a form of brain damage!

[Nine]

16. Let HIM pick cotton to pay back his $1M "government subsidy."

I said it in the other (GD) thread on Bundy's remarks, but I don't mind repeating myself here.

[workinclasszero]

24. Welfare for rich white ranchers is a good thing

Its only horrible for poor blacks and other non white people.

[toby jo]

17. Tell you what, Bundy ole boy. We'll give you 40 acres for your cattle,

and you can have it all for free. Get off the 600,000, here's the 40, and we'll throw in a goddam mule for ya, too.

[bigworld]

18. This won't scare off any of his supporters. <nt>

[Sunlei]

19. omg. Hey media why don't you ask Mr. Nevada rancher about the legal prostitution in Nevada?

Who has he seen driving limos or flying helicopters up to the chicken houses? Any gov employees? I've heard rumors when they contact work on all the public lands, it's hooker party time with OUR federal funds. lodging is paid (wink)

omfg, I can't believe in this day and age, we have a NYT!!!news story about a "let me tell you about the negro" good old boy cattle rancher!!!

[Tom Ripley]

20. Thus Spake Peckerwood

[JoePhilly]

21. Paul Ryan said basically the same thing.

[mountain grammy]

25. He's disgusting, along with his "supporters"

Disgusting, law breaking, racist terrorists. The Klan and the teabaggers all rolled into one ugly ball.

[geomon666]

26. And just what will Yosemite Sam do

when the public furor surrounding him fades away and everybody goes home, what will he do when the feds are there waiting for him and there's no armed militia with human shield to block them?

[JoePhilly]

28. Some one PLEASE ask him who he wants to see become President ... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!

Then go ask that person if they appreciate his endorsement!!!!

[Blue Idaho]

29. That didn't take long now did it?

Give an ignorant fucker enough microphone cord and he's bound to hang himself. Now lets watch all those KKKowboys, elected teapublicans and the reichwing radio nuts "double down" by calling for the return of slavery in 'Merika.

Fucktards.

[Redford]

30. "The Negro"

Who says that shit anymore?