Birthers, Racists, Sexists and Homophobes --- oh the whines of a socialist liberal with white guilt Adele M. Stan has been a whining bitch her whole life.
On Mar 22, 9:13 am, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Birthers, Racists, Sexists and Homophobes: 13 Toxic Endorsers of GOP > Presidential Candidates > > What's stunning about this year's crop of endorsers is the torrent of > venom, mendacity and absurdity that spills from their mouths and pens. > > A man, the ancient fable tells us, is known by the company he > keeps. In a presidential primary, the endorsement game is one of the > great spectator sports. Every four years comes the parade of > politicians, preachers and a smattering of politically inclined > demi-gods of popular culture stepping forward to endorse one or > another of the presidential candidates. > > Some are positioning themselves for a prime slot in what they hope > will be a future administration. Others are making a statement to the > folks back home about the authenticity of their ideological > credentials. A few have designs on the levers of creative destruction > in their own political party. And that's before we get to the > washed-up rock 'n' rollers and comedians who are clearly just looking > for a gig, or relevance, or both. > > What's stunning about this year's crop of endorsers of Republican > presidential candidates is the torrent of venom, mendacity and > absurdity that spills from their mouths and pens -- not to mention the > fact that most of these endorsements have been warmly received, and > none have been rejected. There's also a peculiar dichotomy of styles > represented: They either hail from the priggish, uptight wing of the > party that loathes popular culture as coarse and sinful, or they > represent that coarse and sex-laden culture. The thing they have in > common? Hatred -- of somebody who's not like them. > > The Obama campaign may have a Bill Maher problem, but compared to the > smorgasboard of slander and contempt on display by the GOP's great > wits, Maher's garden-variety misogyny seems almost quaint. That the > corporate media have failed to note most of these quotes -- or to > challenge the candidates on accepting the support of these luminaries > -- speaks less to any willful complicity than to the fact that > "hatefully insane" has become the new normal. > > Sixteen years ago, Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign had to let go > of campaign co-chair Larry Pratt, president of the Gun Owners of > America, just because Pratt once gave a little lecture to a gathering > of white supremacists. Today, Mitt Romney shows no intention of > rejecting the endorsement of a racist who said that President Barack > Obama should "suck on my machine gun." > > The list below is hardly definitive; one could surf the Web for days, > racking up an epic stack of crazy and worse from endorsers of one or > another of the Republican candidates, but at some point, one just > needs to get on with writing the dreaded listicle. Presented below, in > reverse order of their prospects (according to delegate counts) for > seeing their endorsed candidate actually win the Republican > presidential nomination, are the endorsers who have uttered some of > the most jaw-dropping words I've stumbled upon. > > REP. RON PAUL > > One might expect the neo-libertarian, anti-war, states' rights, racist > newsletter-publishing congressman from Texas to have some intriguing > endorsers, and he doesn't disappoint. For a minimal sampling, we > highlight here a misogynist and a nihlist. > > Rev. Chuck Baldwin: After serving as the Constitution Party's standard > bearer in the last presidential election, in which he won Ron Paul's > endorsement, Baldwin has returned the favor. The Constitution Party, > with which Paul has a close relationship, is essentially the political > organization of the Christian Reconstructionist movement. Although not > quite a Christian Reconstructionist himself, most of Baldwin's views > comport with those of the hard-core religious movement, which > ultimately seeks to make biblical law the law of the land. (That would > include the stoning of adulterers, the execution of non-celibate gay > men -- you get the idea.) One of Baldwin's grand laments is the > dissipation of what he calls "masculine culture," and the > disappearance of a certain kind of man from the American landscape: "A > man committed to manly virtues. A man who is the head of his home and > knows how to control and discipline his children." In a 2006 essay, > Balwin blamed the "problem" on women: > It seems that most Christian schools and church Sunday Schools (and > probably Christian homes) are controlled and dominated by women...The > overexposure of young boys to women leaders is taking a serious toll > on their masculinity...boys are constantly taught to submit to > feminine leadership. Independence and assertiveness are considered > evil, when in fact, any man worth his salt must, by definition, be a > man of independence and strength. > And then there are all of those gay-ish people making gospel music: > Many of today's popular Christian entertainers (and that's all many of > them are) are markedly soft and effeminate in appearance, voice, > mannerisms, and actions. > Doug Stanhope, comedian: For something completely different there's > Doug Stanhope, whose video endorsement of the Texas congressman is > right up there on the endorsement page of RonPaul.com, just like > Baldwin's. Stanhope is known for almost never performing without an > alcoholic beverage in his hand (or in his mouth). > > But there are other videos, like this one from a "performance" in > Leeds, U.K., where he responds to an audience that is trying to boo > him off the stage after he goes on a bizarre rant about abortion: > "You're the reason I fucking don't care about people. You could all > die in front of me and I wouldn't even flinch, I'd just move on with > my act..." > At a nightclub appearance in Scotland, Stanhope talks about his visit > to a potato processing plant staffed mostly by Polish immigrants, > noting that the young women spot-checking the potatoes for flaws are > "hot." He continues (at around the 3:08 mark): > "You can't get a hot chick to do shit in the States. You just want to > say -- and I couldn't, 'cause it would sound rude, with broken English > -- but you want to just nudge 'em and go, 'Why are you countin' > potatoes? Suck a dick. I'm not tryin' to be rude, but, for God's sake, > suck a dick -- just one dick. One dick is worth, like, a thousand > potatoes." > NEWT GINGRICH > > So far, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has hit the jackpot in > picking up endorsements from a couple of eccentric wacky also-rans: > Herman "9-9-9" Cain, and the neo-secessionist Texas Gov. Rick Perry, > both of whose rhetorical foibles are well known. But Newt's stable of > endorsers also includes an anti-gay crusader and a xenophobic TV > has-been who wants to bring his version of God back into the public > schools. > > Rev. Don Wildmon, founder, American Family Association: Now retired > from the role of head hatemonger at the anti-gay AFA (a role > bequeathed to his son Tim), Wildmon has taken to the airwaves on > behalf of the man who would colonize the moon. Part of the right-wing > Center for National Policy, Wildmon's decades-long jihad against LGBT > people set the standard for how to use homophobia as a fundraising > tool in breathless direct-mail pieces and newsletters that paint the > gay-rights movement as one comprised of predators and pedophiles. > Defending the Boy Scouts' prohibition on gay leaders and scouts, > Wildmon praised the Scouts for not wanting to "expose its young > members to lonely sodomites." > > Early on in the history of the modern religious right, Wildmon's AFA > began targeting popular television programming as hostile to "the > Christian faith." In 1981, he offered this as a possible reason: "Most > television producers are of the Jewish perspective." > > Not to mention the gays -- and liberals, generally. On a July radio > program, Wildmon explained: > Hollywood hates Christians. The only thing standing between, let’s > just say the homosexual movement, homosexual marriage and the whole > homosexual agenda, is the church. And not just the whole church but > the evangelical dedicated Christians, and they are hated by the > liberal-left because we stand in way, we stand in the way, of their > achieving of what it is they want to achieve. > Wildmon's commitment to traditional, till-death-do-us-part, > heterosexual-only marriage does render his endorsement of the > thrice-married Gingrich something of a head-scratcher. As Right Wing > Watch notes: > Wildmon endorsed Gingrich, who has admitted that extramarital affairs > were reasons that ended his first two marriages, despite previously > arguing that “adultery is destructive to relationships, to families, > and to society.” > Rev. Tim and (Mrs.) Beverly LaHaye (respectively), co-author of > end-times novels, and founder of Concerned Women for America: Beverly > LaHaye's group, Concerned Women for America, was early out of the gate > with the false narrative that LGBT people are out to recruit children > to their sexual orientation. From Right Wing Watch: > Mrs. LaHaye warned her members that homosexuals "want their depraved > 'values' to become our children's values. Homosexuals expect society > to embrace their immoral way of life. Worse yet, they are looking for > new recruits!" (CWA direct mail, 5/92) > While Tim LaHaye is best known for Left Behind, the seemingly endless > series of eschatological dime-store novels he co-authored, he's also > one of the founding members of the modern religious right. > > During the 2008 presidential election season, Sen. John McCain's > campaign issued an anti-Obama ad called "The One" which seemed to > insinuate that Obama was the anti-Christ. As an anti-Christ expert, > LaHaye felt compelled to weigh in. In a statement issued by LaHaye and > Left Behind co-author Jerry B. Jenkins, LaHaye is quoted as saying: > I can see by the language [Obama] uses why people think he could be > the antichrist, but from my reading of scripture, he doesn't meet the > criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will > be an American. > Now, about that birth certificate.... > > Chuck Norris, television actor, martial artist, exercise guru: He may > not have had a TV hit since his bust-em-up favorite, "Walker, Texas > Ranger," but that doesn't mean Chuck Norris has gone all quiet. He's > been writing up a storm, trying to get a biblical curriculum placed in > the public schools, speculating on whether abortion might have > deprived the world of its savior, fanning the flames of Islamophobia, > and getting his birther thang on. Here's Norris on the president's > birth certificate, as reported by Mother Jones: > If the birther movement is truly full of a bunch of conspiracy-fringed > kooks or "zombies," as the Los Angeles Times proclaims, then prove > once and for all that you are a naturally born citizen by posting your > original birth certificate. And all the controversy will fade away > like the pains of childbirth. > Less than a year after Obama's inauguration, Norris advanced the > president-as-crypto-Muslim narrative, writing, "President Obama has > sympathized and supported Muslims and Islamic theology, practice and > culture." > > In March, Norris wrote that Christians should "work to install a Bible > curriculum into your public school districts across the country." > > This year's Christmas offering from Norris posited the notion that > under the healthcare reform law Obama signed in 2010, the Blessed > Mother herself might have been made to commit a most grievous sin, one > that could have ended in eternal damnation for all humankind: > What would have happened if Mother Mary had been covered by Obamacare? > What if that young, poor and uninsured teenage woman had been provided > the federal funds (via Obamacare) and facilities (via Planned > Parenthood, etc.) to avoid the ridicule, ostracizing, persecution and > possible stoning because of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy? Imagine all > the great souls who could have been erased from history and the > influence of mankind if their parents had been as progressive as > Washington's wise men and women! Will Obamacare morph into Herodcare > for the unborn? > RICK SANTORUM > > With a presidential candidate who has stated his personal opposition > to birth control, pegged African Americans as the sole recipients of > public assistance, cited John F. Kennedy's speech on the First > Amendment as something that makes him "throw up," and declared that > Satan has made significant inroads in his demonic quest to take over > the United States, you'd expect him to have a whole passel full of > crazy and/or nasty endorsers -- and you'd be right! > > From reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar (parents of 19, all > Michelle's) to the immigrant-bashing former congressman Tom Tancredo, > to the Islamophic retired general William "Jerry" Boykin, the birther > Joseph Farah and the racist and homophobic lawmaker, Sally Kern, > Santorum would seem to have covered all corners of the right-wing hate > coalition. Oh, and the heavy metal community, too. > > Michelle Duggar, co-star of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting: This > reality-TV mega-mom likely endorsed Rick Santorum because her husband > told her to. Or at least that's what I read in this excerpt from her > marital advice pamphlet, The Seven Basic Needs of a Husband, as > reported by RadarOnline: > A Husband Needs A Wife Who Accepts Him As A Leader And Believes In His > God-Given Responsibilities”: Husbands are commanded to govern their > wives; God works through a man’s decisions — good or bad; Bad > decisions reveal his needs and allow the wife to appeal and > demonstrate Godly character; The more a wife trusts her husband, the > more careful he will be in giving her direction; Never ask others for > counsel without your husband’s approval; reassure your husband that > you understand and believe that he is your God-given leader. > A husband needs a wife who will continue to develop inward and outward > beauty: How can you become more of the wife of your husband’s dreams?; > discover and conform to your husband’s real wishes; explain your > hairstyle to others on the basis of your submission to your authority; > separate your “rights” from your responsibilities. > Ask your husband to define your responsibilities; Ask your husband to > tell you when you have a resistant spirit; dispel a backbiting tongue > by silence. > Tom Tancredo, former U.S. congressman: For the overlapping racist and > anti-immigrant faction, there's twofer Tom Tancredo, the former > congressman from Colorado, and Constitution Party candidate in that > state's 2010 gubernatorial election. At at 2009 Tea Party Nation > convention, Tancredo called for the reinstatement of literacy tests > for voting eligibility, such as those famously used in the Jim Crow > days of the South to keep African Americans away from the polls. As > reported by ABC News: > The opening-night speaker at first ever National Tea Party Convention > ripped into President Obama, Sen. John McCain and "the cult of > multiculturalism," asserting that Obama was elected because "we do not > have a civics, literacy test before people can vote in this country." > According to the Cleveland Leader, he went on: > "People who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English > put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House...Barack > Hussein Obama." > Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William "Jerry" Boykin: The religious right's favorite > general, Boykin retired after a Pentagon investigation found his > statements about Islam and Christianity to have violated military > rules. From a new report by People for the American Way: > [W]hen Boykin was still on active duty, he generated criticism for > public comments, given while he was in uniform, indicating that he saw > U.S. military engagement in religious terms, as “our God” (Christian) > vs. Satan or the “idol” God he said was worshiped by Muslims. > Since then, Boykin has become a minister and hit the stump for > Santorum, reiterating his belief that the First Amendment does not > apply to Muslims, and that "no mosques" should be permitted to be > built in the United States. PFAW's Right Wing Watch reported these > remarks from Boykin, from an exchange with AFA's Bryan Fischer from > his radio program, Focal Point: > But Islam, we need to think Sharia, it is not just a religion it is a > totalitarian way of life. A mosque is an embassy for Islam and they > recognize only a global caliphate, not the sanctity or sovereignty of > the United States. > Joseph Farah, editor, WorldNetDaily: While Farah echoes Boykin's > anti-Islam sentiments, he gets a bit more personal when it comes to > Barack Obama, whose birth certificate he refuses to accept as > legitimate. On the occasion of the president's 50th birthday, Farah > penned an op-ed that called for Obama to be carried out of the White > House, face down: > How long will it take to see him frog-marched down Pennsylvania Avenue? > > How will this charade finally be resolved? > > What steps need to be taken to see justice prevail? > Sounds a little lynchy, doesn't it? > > Sally Kern, Oklahoma state legislator: When the Republican-controlled > Oklahoma state House of Representatives passed an amendment to the > state Constitution last year that would eliminate affirmative action > rules, Sally Kern was all in, and with her own theory of why African > Americans didn't fare as well as whites in places of employment and > institutions of higher education. As reported by the Tulsa World via > ThinkProgress: > Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, said minorities earn less than white > people because they don’t work as hard and have less initiative. > > “We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that’s tragic, > but are they in prison just because they are black or because they > don’t want to study as hard in school? I’ve taught school, and I saw a > lot of people of color who didn’t study hard because they said the > government would take care of them.” > > Kern said women earn less than men because “they tend to spend more > time at home with their families.” > Kern also famously compared homosexuality to terrorism. > > MITT ROMNEY > > Ann Coulter, author: Ann Coulter may have been a reluctant endorser of > Mitt Romney, but she endorsed him nonetheless. "You’ve got to go with > what you have," Coulter told Sean Hannity. As far as we know, Romney > has said nothing to distance himself from Coulter, who made a big > splash at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2007 by > calling John Edwards, the former Democratic senator and vice > presidential candidate, "a faggot." (As it turns out, there were other > pejoratives better suited to Edwards.) > > Since making outrageously nasty claims is basically what Coulter does > for a living, let's leave aside her recent disparagement of Sandra > Fluke, the Georgetown Law School student made famous by Rush > Limbaugh's three-day verbal assault on her. (Coulter's biggest > complaints against Fluke seem to be that she had never heard of her > before Rush's self-immolating invective, and that she doesn't care for > Fluke's haircut.) No, let's examine a Coulter line she never expected > to leave the room in which she delivered it. > > In 2007, I covered a right-wing conference, for Church & State > magazine, at the Coral Ridge enclave of the late Rev. D. James > Kennedy. Coulter was a keynote speaker, but unlike the other > religious-right eminences who graced the pulpit in Kennedy's church, > she forbade any recording of her remarks. > > As I later wrote: > > I watched her describe, to a church full of right-wing activists, > abortion-clinic doctors and healthcare personnel who were murdered as > either having been shot, "...or, depending on your point of view, had > a procedure performed on them with a rifle." > That was before the murder of Dr. George Tiller. But doctors David > Gunn and Bernard Slepian had already been killed by right-wing > assassins. > > Kid Rock, rapper/singer: Perhaps trying to pick up some street cred to > add to his known highway prowess (at least in the canines carting > department), Romney has not only accepted the endorsement of Kid Rock; > he's had the foul-mouthed, misogynist rap-metal star play at his > rallies. I haven't seen the set lists, but I'm betting that his > "American Bad Ass" didn't make the cut for the Mittfests. However, if > the Kid would only rename it "American Bad Ass the Beautiful," perhaps > Mitt would sing it for us: > I'm an... American Bad Ass > Watch me kick > You can roll with rock > Or you can suck my dick > I'm a porno flick, I'm like amazing grace > I'm gonna fuck some hoe's after I rock this place > Super fly, livin double wide > Side car my glide > So Joe C can ride > Full sack to share > Bringin flash and glare > Got the long hair swingin middle finger in the air > Snakeskin suits, '65 Chevelles > See me ride in sin > Hear the rebel yell > I won't live to tell > So if you do > Give the next generation a big "Fuck you!" > Who knew I'd blow up like Oklahoma > Said fuck high school, pissed on my diploma > Smell the aroma > Check my hits > I know it stinks in here > Cause I'm the shit, shit, shit, shit, shit > Ted Nugent, rock 'n' roll one-hit wonder: The self-styled Motor City > Madman conferred his endorsement on the Mittster after what he termed > "a long heart&soul conversation," as announced on his Twitter feed. > > In the 1970s, Nugent was known for his screaming hit, "Cat-Scratch > Fever." Nowadays he's known for misogynist, racist rants, which have > done little to deter high-powered Republicans from seeking his > foul-mouthed blessing. A longtime supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, > Nugent made quite the impression at Perry's 2007 gubernatorial > inaugural ball: > > According to a report that appeared at the time in the Houston Chronicle: > Nugent appeared onstage wearing a cut-off T-shirt emblazoned with the > sure-to-draw-headlines Confederate flag and shouting some unflattering > remarks about non-English speakers, according to people who were in > attendance. His props were machine guns. > That same year, he suggested in a night club appearance that he'd > essentially like to see Barack Obama, then the Democratic presidential > candidate, dead (or gravely wounded), and had some choice words for > several Democratic women politicians: > "I was in Chicago last week, I said, 'Hey Obama, you might want to > suck on one of these, you punk!' Obama, he's a piece of sh*t and I > told him to suck on my machine gun! Let's hear it for them. I was in > New York and I said, 'Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these > into the sunset, you worthless bitch.' And since I'm in California, > how about Barbara Boxer? She might want to suck on my machine gun! > Hey, Dianne Feinstein, ride one of these, you worthless whore!" > I haven't had the opportunity to ask Romney how he feels about these > remarks from a man whose endorsement he apparently sought. One might > imagine that these are not the words that Mitt would have chosen. But > the endorsement, well, that's another story. > > More:http://www.alternet.org/election2012/154578/birthers%2C_racists%2C_se... > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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