New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who gives speeches that are 30 minute long variations on "The people are angry" (no, he doesn't use different examples, he just says the same thing over and over again), likes to make racist jokes. Such as:
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forwarding an email regarding Obama that contains"a video clip of African tribesmen dancing that characterized the video as "Obama Inauguration Rehearsal." (3)
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He also reportedly sent out an e-mail depicting President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as a pimp and prostitute and one showing an airplane landing near black men with the caption "Holy Sh*t. run ni**ers, run!" The Paladino campaign claims that most white men and women have sent similar emails at one time or another and are thus not put off by the fact that their candidate likes to depict African Americans this way. (3) I happen to think they are wrong about that. Paladino and his team have a really low opinion of black AND white folks it seems.
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The last Republican for whom I voted, former NY Senator Alfonse D'Amato, felt he had to mention in a recent article that Paladino is "a man who leaves a strong distaste in my mouth." If you follow Al D'Amato, you know he is a loyal Republican and a decent human being. If he feels the need to say something like this about a Republican candidate, we better all beware.
In a curious coincidence, another Tea Party favorite, Rand Paul, got caught up in a controversy back in May when he indicated he was against the Civil Rights Act because it was an instance of the government forcing private businesses to do things. In interviews he defended racist businesses freedoms including freedom of speech. Paul later backtracked and said the Civil Rights Act was necessary because of the extreme racism that existed at the time.
John Raese, the Republican nominee for Senate from West Virginia has a curious way of attempting to appeal to working-class citizens of his state. He said in a live radio show that "He made his money the old fashioned way, he inherited it" and because of that, he wants to "abolish the inheritance tax so more Americans can make money that way." Raese didn't mention any kind of a plan to make sure all parents have money to leave to their children. Raese also didn't mention that the rest of us who don't have a massive inheritance to which to look forward will have to pay higher taxes so that the wealthy folks to receive their inheritances tax free. Well, its either that or increase the deficit. Which option do you think Republicans will exercise if they win the majority in congress? Isn't that the problem we've been facing the last 30 years with Republicans in power?
#2 - The wackjobs and their leaders have no plan ... AT ALL
Regarding the "Pledge" the Republicans put forth, Republican house minority leader Boehner made the lack of a plan in "the pledge" clear on Fox News last Sunday when he said "The Pledge just lays down the pathway towards the possibility of building a framework for possible plan to have a real plan in the future."
When a High-profile National Republican plan is so light that even some of my friends at Fox News have to not only question it, but ridicule it, you can be assured that it is so light you can see right through it.
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