Another sane republican comes out against the crazy -- GOP Rep. Bob Inglis slams Republicans for being led by hate radio, ‘preying on fears.’ Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC), who lost recently in his primary run-off for the Republican nomination to keep his seat in Congress, is speaking out about the influence of hate radio and right-wing fear mongering in the Republican Party. In an interview with the AP, Inglis called out reactionaries like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck for spreading “demagoguery” and hatred in society: – Noting that Palin had spread the “death panel” smear, Inglis said, “there were no death panels in the bill…and to encourage that kind of fear is just the lowest form of political leadership.” – Inglis slammed GOP leaders for following hate radio talkers, rather than leading on principle: “I think we have a lot of leaders that are following those (television and talk radio) personalities and not leading [...] What it takes to lead is to say, ‘You know, that’s just not right.” – Inglis on the right-wing’s effort to divide America: “It’s a real concern, because I think what we’re doing is dividing the country into partisan camps that really look a lot like Shia and Sunni. It’s very difficult to come together to find solutions.” – Although Inglis did not hear the racial slurs hurled at Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) at a tea party protest on Capitol Hill during the health reform vote, he did see threatening and abusive behavior. “I caught him at the door and said, ‘John, I guess you’ve been here before,’” said Inglis, referring to Lewis’ role in the Civil Rights movement.
While I appreciate this - and would guess a lot of GOPers feel this way - was he speaking out against this stuff before losing his primary? If not, he seems to be a part of the problem if he's only willing to speak out once there are no consequences. That's not really leadership either. If he was speaking out prior to the primary, many kudos to him!
More proof -- 41% of GOP believe Obama is foreign born On President Barack Obama’s birthday, a new CNN/Opinion Research released Wednesday shows 41 percent of Republicans believe Obama was “probably” or “definitely” born in another country. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40644.html#ixzz0vfStSP00
I've been working in a courthouse in east texas (I'm a landman) and had to put up with an entire crew talk about the President from Kenya a few weeks back... They eat this stuff up. The more evidence you show them that he was born in Hawaii, the stronger they believe he's from somewhere else. This poo-flinging from the right has become a joke. Their intellectual elite come up with complete nonsense that they know their base will buy into and they spread it through the normal mediums: Beck, Rush, Hannity, Breitbart, etc. I've tried honest debate with some birthers but it's a lost cause.
The question actually says he sympathizes with those who want to impose Islamic law, which is quite different than saying he wants to impose it himself. Also, the questions are ordered and worded in a way that would invite more negative responses. That said, wow... those numbers are staggering and sad in their absurdity.
As uolj mentioned, the wording isn't exactly what the article describes. I suppose that's what you'd get from a left-leaning site like TPM. Nonetheless, the following is disgusting: Question: Thinking about Barack Obama and what he has said about issues like the proposal to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque a few blocks from the World Trade Center site in New York City... Do you think Obama favors the interests of Muslim Americans over other groups of Americans, or do you think he has generally been even-handed? Response: Republicans said that Obama favors Muslims by 59%-34% Stupid, stupid, stupid. At best, you could say he's had to be sensitive to Muslims because of all the s**t we've done to them in the last presidency and the intolerance/bigotry that they continue to face.
Hillbillies make Christianity look bad when they shroud it with their politics. Where is the media coverage of Christians denouncing this travesty to clean up their bad image? /fake pompous outrage
