A Downstate Illinois GOP county chairman resigned Thursday after likening former Miss America Erika Harold, who's challenging a sitting Republican congressman in next year’s primary election, to a "street walker" whose "pimps" were Democrats and moderate Republicans.
Jim Allen of Farmersville, the chairman of the Montgomery County GOP, sent the resignation letter today to new Illinois Republican Chairman Jack Dorgan. Dorgan called Allen’s remarks “offensive and inappropriate.”
Allen, who supports freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis of Taylorville, made his remarks in an e-mail to a supporter of Harold. She is the 2003 Miss America from Urbana and a former Chicago attorney.
In the e-mail, which was later posted online, Allen referred to Harold as a “little queen” and the “love child” of the Democratic National Committee. Allen also wrote that after losing the 2014 March primary Harold would end up back in Chicago --- though he used a derogatory spelling --- “working for some law firm that needs to meet their quota for minority hires.” Harold is African American.
Allen later acknowledged to the State Journal-Register of Springfield that his comments were “very inappropriate” and said he had apologized to Harold and her supporters. Allen was unavailable for comment today.
But on Thursday, Allen submitted his resignation to state GOP officials after being urged to do so by National Republican Chairman Reince Priebus and by U.S. Rep. Davis.
Priebus, who heads a political party actively seeking to improve its outreach to racial and ethnic groups following the 2012 elections, said “the astonishingly offensive views” expressed by Allen have no place in the party. “His behavior is inexcusable and must not be tolerated,” Priebus said.
You know I rarely have anything good to say about GOP Chairman "Reince Twice and Prebus," but good for him in telling this guy to hit the sticks.
The only problem in getting rid of the racists within the Republican party of course, is who would still be left?
Of course the evicted racists would always land on their feet and find a new home. After all aren't the Teabaggers always threatening to start a new party?
Perhaps even newly outed racist Paula Deen can find a new home there.
For the life of me, I cannot understand why any woman would run as a Republican for any office in this country.
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She's a Democrat.
Delete@4:54. She's a Republican. Re-read the article. She's challenging a candidate in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
DeleteYeah, a smart and beautiful black Democratic women...and you know how they feel about those!
DeleteI wish the heads of the Republican party would tell the racist Sarah Palin to shut her evil mouth too! Why haven't they spoken up against her racist comments? They are trying to get the races that are overtaking them in population to vote for them in 2014. Sincerely don' think it is gonna happen!
ReplyDeleteThey have...you know that bitch don't care. She's a "rogue" and a "mama grizzly" and all that, and goddamn ya'll, she has made it her mission in life to never listen to, cooperate, or get along another human being as long as she lives!
DeleteI think the bible warned about this bitch because when I think about Sarah this verse always comes to mind:
"And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. Genesis 16:12"
Not the only one though! This one also comes to mind:
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Oh and:
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.Matthew 18:6"
Read your scriptures, Sarah you stupid slut!
Of course, we all know that the REAL deal behind this, is that its frowned upon to let your feelings be KNOWN--especially if your racist and misogynist comments get HEARD by anyone!
ReplyDelete"...who would still be left? "
ReplyDeleteAny AND all.
If this had been the GOP's attitude all along, this would actually be meaningful. This sudden manifestation of racial sensitivity is utterly unconvincing.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious by now that Reince had put out the word that the Repubs need to keep their feelings about race to themselves as part of their disingenuous new campaign strategy.
So, either:
This guy ignored the mandate, idiotically sending these remarks to a supporter of the person he was making these comments about, and was summarily made an example of,
Or:
He agreed to be a fall guy to help the party APPEAR to be cleaning up it's act.
Either way it's a meaningless gesture at this point and I find it hard to believe anyone other than Fox viewers are going to buy into it.
Yeah right? They've made it clear that they think they lost because they weren't hateful and dishonest enough! They just can't grasp that America is fed up with their bullshit!
DeleteBut keep talking, guys, cause in '14 we are going to finish kicking your misanthropic asses to the curb. You've hit the wall, assholes! We don't want you to change, we just want you to GTFO.
Massive Voter Fraud Finally Discovered - For Newt Gingrich
ReplyDeleteA man from Bassett admitted to faking hundreds of signatures on campaign ballots.
In December of 2011 Newt Gingrich needed 10,000 signatures to get his name on the Virginia presidential primary petition. Adam Ward, 28, collected more than 11,000 signatures according to prosecutors. More than 4,000 signatures could not be verified by investigators.
Tuesday night, Ward pleaded guilty to 36 counts of voter fraud and perjury in Augusta Circuit Court.
Sentencing is scheduled for December.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/298551_Massive_Voter_Fraud_Finally_Di
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, looking at data from 50 battleground House districts, says Republicans have “lost significant ground,” and there is a “significant probability” that Democrats will pick up seats in next year’s election. “When you talk about the mess in Congress, Republicans own that,” he says. Yet he stops well short of saying Democrats can regain the majority next year. He does think based on his data that a gain of eight seats, which is what the Democrats netted in 2012, is within reach. Bill Clinton did it in 1998, with Democrats picking up four seats even as Republicans were impeaching him.
“The reason Clinton won seats is we made a victim out of him,” says LaTourette. “Americans love winners and they love underdogs, and when we took a sledge hammer to kill ants, people turned against us.” The former GOP congressman isn’t worried about his party keeping the House. He thinks Republicans will hold and maybe expand their majority, “and they’ll see that as vindication.” That’s his worry, then the long promised and long overdue re-branding will be pushed even further into the future.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/298547_The_GOPs_Kamikazes_Are_Back
Sarah's congressional butt boy is hastening the end of the GOP:
ReplyDeleteRand Paul May Save Republicans. Ted Cruz May Kill Them.
If Paul is working to stretch the party’s narrow boundaries — on race, youth, the environment, national security — Texas Senator Ted Cruz is driving Republicans ever deeper into their ideological cul-de-sac. Cruz has had a glittering career: Harvard Law Review, Supreme Court clerk, Texas Solicitor General. His resume is filled with “first” and “youngest,” and the general thrust is pretty clearly “best.”
Cruz’s high IQ, however, is betrayed by his politics, which are comparable to those of the dimmest goobers on Capitol Hill. IRS in the news? Cruz glibly calls for abolishing it. Nominee for defense secretary? Cruz slanders him so crudely that he earns a rebuke from Senator John McCain and a comparison to Joe McCarthy — from mild-mannered David Brooks, of all people.
Rather than using his Cuban roots to help the party navigate the shoals of immigration reform, as Florida Senator Marco Rubio is doing, Cruz has taken the easy, destructive route, spewing demagogy and backing poison-pill amendments. When House majority leader Eric Cantor tried to get Republicans on record supporting something, anything to suggest the party’s health-care agenda is more than a homicidal rage against Obamacare, Cruz’s aides worked to torpedo it. The bill’s failure in the House was a political fiasco.
Somewhere between Paul’s calculated stretch and Cruz’s cynical contraction, is a third freshman, Rubio. He has been drifting between those two shores, never quite reaching the far ends of either. If Rubio survives the ordeal of immigration reform, Paul’s efforts to broaden the party would eventually aid a Rubio presidential campaign in 2016. Cruz’s ugly tactics, on the other hand, show a sure road to destruction. Freshman-wise, it’s not much of a contest.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/page/298546_Rand_Paul_May_Save_Republicans
Oh, Priebus, another smug pile of eight-wing excrement (why do do so many Repubs have faces that just beg "punch me!") will come out against this sort of thing and, then he'll run over to Morning Joe or some other "liberal" show and perpetuate racist hatred and class warfare there. Gotta give it to him, though, at least he is willing to talk to the other side even though he's a mental midget who couldn't debate a "slow" toddler without getting his ass handed to him. Still, he makes Michael Steele look competent and intelligent. Gotta be some kind of accomplishment, I guess.
ReplyDeleteFor anyone who thought this guy was a hero...think again.
ReplyDeleteSnowden Reveals More Secret Documents to Pro-Beijing Hong Kong Paper
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/42171_Snowden_Reveals_More_Secret_Documents_to_Pro-Beijing_Hong_Kong_Paper
Sorry, Reince, your party is EXACTLY where those comments belong. You planted the seed with Nixon, you lovingly tended the vine, and it continues to come to fruition. Own it.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of conservative racists: how about fertile racists?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/22/3464273/sarah-palins-all-my-children.html
Paula Deen is a registered democrat and openly supported Obama in 2008 and 2012. She used the "n" word decades ago when it was common in GA.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the problem with Paula Deen is the culture that existed in her restaurant empire not when she last uttered the "n" word. And, frankly, I think she's said it more frequently and more recently than decades ago. If she and her lawyers had been smart, they would have settled the lawsuit months ago and she would have put brother Bubba out to pasture.
DeleteI think that Paula Deen, like many other Southerners, is so deeply ensconced in her Southern roots that she does not realize how offensive what she thinks may be funny or what she and those around her say. Not personally having any Southern roots I've always been annoyed by her accent and uninterested in her food.
The Food Network did the right thing. Their "stars" have to be squeaky clean. And their food should be good too.
Beaglemom
Priebus can now use this as an example of the "New, kinder, gentler non racist GOP" in future campaigns. Only if people overlook all the crazy things male GOP'ers have said about women, rape, violence against women, fetuses masturbating in the womb, ectopic pregnancies being called abortions and the supernatural magical powers of female reproductive parts.
ReplyDeletePaula's got a lot more "bots" than Sarah ever did. We'll be seeing all kinds of excuses why she shouldn't have gotten fired by the food network because it was common for white southern woromen to say the word "Nigger", and pushing carb laden, heavily sweetened and lots of good old buttered fried butter with butter on it, while hiding the fact you have diabetes.
Sorry Paula, what y'all said in those transcripts doesn't come close to y'all's sincere apologies. Hey does Roger Ails have a cooking pundit opening on Fox?
8:42 Proof please! I don't believe she voted for President Obama and suspect she is a Republican!!! Southern people are not Dems!!!!!
ReplyDelete3:35? PROOF PLEASE!!!!!!!!
DeleteI AM A SOUTHERNER AND I AM MOST DEFINITELY A DEMOCRAT!!!!!
Flay statements of that sort will get you slammed a LOT!
It does not matter if Paula is a democrat. What Paula is being fired for is being stupid. Admitting you want a "plantation" wedding for your brother with black men as servants. Having to be stopped from calling a hamburger a Sambo burger by her producers. Telling one of her African American aides on television to walk away from the dark wall because they can't see him. Paula's racism is inborn and comes from being around people who are comfortable in their casual racism. Paula just never tried hard enough to get it out of her life.
ReplyDeleteAnd when asked about jokes---she casually said that the jokes she hears and tells are ALL about blacks, gays, Jews and rednecks! What a world this woman lives in . . . . .Her cluelessness got her canned.
Have you read about the "bolo bat" incident?
Delete"In her 2006 memoir “It Ain’t All About The Cookin’,” while describing her early experiences with race, Deen wrote at length about growing up in the segregated South. Among her recollections was an incident from her youth where she hit a black girl “with a bolo bat” and the girl’s mother wound up in jail. She also wrote about a time later in her life when she attempted to make a “Sambo burger” on her TV show and had to be dissuaded by producers.
Deen described having regrets about the way she treated some of the black people she encountered as a child. The recollections are candid, but perhaps more revealing than Deen knew or intended.
In one passage, she detailed a particularly troubling experience she had at the age of 10 with a “real nice black woman” who “often babysat” her and that woman’s child:
“This one day she had brought her little girl to work, and that child had many big, fat blisters on her hand, probably from helping out her momma. Something about those blisters just attracted me and I remember hitting those little hands with a bolo bat, and it busted her blisters good. It was pretty satisfying.
I don’t know why I did it. I have a hard time thinking I did it out of meanness. But her mother—I can’t remember if she slapped me across the face or she spanked me or both—but either way, now I know I sure had it comin’.
Well, still I was heartbroken and I went running to find my Grandmother Paul and Granddaddy and my momma. And my granddaddy had the woman arrested for hitting me. The little black girl’s momma went to jail.
All this time it’s bothered me.
It was me who deserved to be sittin’ in that jail for breaking a little black girl’s blisters in 1957.”
Link to the rest of the sorry saga...
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/paula-deen-sambo-burger.php
According to party chairman Scred Ploobis, Allen violated Rule #6 in the GOPoopers handbook:
ReplyDelete"It's OK to be bigoted. Hell, it's almost a requirement! BUT DON'T SAY IT OUT LOUD UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT FIRMLY IN OUR GRASP! If you feel a racist or anti-semitic seizure coming on - and you know you do - run to your bedroom and scream "N*GG*R!!!!" or "K*KE!!!!" at the top of your lungs repeatedly into your pillow until the seizure passes. You'll feel much better and we'll be that much closer to handing the country over to the 0.1% plutocracy where it belongs."
Reince Priebus via the Universal Translator: When the f*ck are the *ssh*l*s I've aligned myself with going to stop saying what our party really thinks about the d*mn*d c*nts, n*gg*rs, j*ws, sp*cs and j*ps?
ReplyDeletePersonally, I believe the effect would have been considerably better had the man had actually been fired instead of being allowed to resign - assuming they have firing ability!
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