Cliven Bundy: "If I say 'negro' or 'black boy' or 'slave" and people are offended "then Martin Luther King hasn't got his job done yet."

Courtesy of Talking Points Memo:  

Bundy was pressed by CNN's Chris Cuomo to acknowledge that he offended people when he mused about whether blacks were "better off as slaves, picking cotton" than "under government subsidy," which was first highlighted by the New York Times. 

In response, Bundy said King wouldn't have wanted the media to demonize him over those remarks and invoked the example of Rosa Parks to show he supported civil rights. 

"I thought about Rosa Park taking her seat at the front of the bus … What Reverend King wanted was that she could sit anywhere in the bus and nobody would say anything about it," Bundy said. "You and I can sit anywhere in the bus. That's what he wanted. That's what I want." 

"That's what he was after, it's not a prejudice thing but make us equal," he added. 

"I understand that Martin Luther King's message was one of peace and freedom," Cuomo said in a testy exchange. "When you suggest that you were wondering if blacks were better off as slaves, that's the opposite of freedom and very offensive to people. And I think you probably know that." 

"Maybe I sinned and maybe I need to ask forgiveness … but you know when you talk about prejudice, we're talking about not being able to exercise what we think and are feeling," Bundy eventually conceded. 

"If I say 'negro' or 'black boy' or 'slave,' I'm not -- if those people cannot take those kind of words and not be offensive then Martin Luther King hasn't got his job done yet," he added.

And yes those remarks were caught on tape.

So let's be clear, Martin Luther King Jr. has not done his job because racist comments are still condemned by society?

This asshole does realize that it was gun toting racists like him that stopped Martin Luther King Jr. from finishing "his job," right?

I have to imagine that right now there are Right Wing types slamming their heads against the wall in frustration and wishing that somebody would shut this son-of-a-bitch up before he says anything else that exposes the fact that behind closed doors they are all racists.

Look how angry he made poor addle brained Sean Hannity.

And Koch brother backed groups are trying to pretend they were not shaking their poms poms in support before he went all Archie Bunker on their ass.

Hey maybe they could convince George Zimmerman to come out of hiding and help explain what Bundy is really trying to say? At this point it probably couldn't hurt.