"I am the senator. You are the citizen. You need to be quiet."

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/17/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

Bonus Quote of the Day

"I am the senator. You are the citizen. You need to be quiet."

-- North Carolina State Senator Tommy Tucker (R), quoted by the Raleigh News and Observer, to Goldsboro News-Argus publisher Hal Tanner who was opposing legislation to change public notice requirements for local government.

[Melinda]

1. :::facepalm:::

Unbelievable.

Betcha this idiot was home schooled.

[AsahinaKimi]

2. good reply...

"hahahaha ..NOT FOR LONG Senator..."

[liberal N proud]

3. I wonder if he would talk to his boss that way?

Oh wait, he did!

[babylonsister]

6. + a brazillion! nt

[awoke_in_2003]

19. No, he didnt....

Wall Street is the boss.

[liberal N proud]

36. True

[Triana]

4. Well then he needs to be RELIEVED of that role

Since it seems to have gone to his narcissistic head.

[closeupready]

5. Wow. Plantation much?

Disgusting attitude for a public servant.

[Rex]

7. Oh is that how it works?

[HiPointDem]

8. bow down, bow down. "I am the Senator!!!!!" fuck you tommy

[City Lights]

9. Wow! Such arrogance!

Why are republicans such assholes?

[firenewt]

21. They are assholes because they are allowed to get away with it.

[Initech]

10. Let them eat cake!!!

[Golden Raisin]

11. Sigh!

Those pesky citizens. That pesky, annoying electorate. Don't they know their place?!

[freshwest]

12. Uh, freedom of the press, taxation without representation? Typical GOPIG!

[santamargarita]

13. And I'm the voter that sent your dumb ass packing.

[cbrer]

14. I'm not sure what they do in Raleigh with bad employees, Senator,

But in Savannah we FIRE their sorry asses.

[smokey nj]

15. Paraphrasing Franz Liebkind? "You are the audience. I am the author. I outrank you!"

[AtheistCrusader]

16. Political aristocracy.

[dhill926]

17. fuck this shit stain....

what is with these assholes?

[JaneFordA]

18. Tucker needs act fast!

and get that ritual purification before sundown because the shadow of an untouchable fell on him. What a jerk!

[lpbk2713]

20. WTFF!!

WTF is wrong with this picture?

The (R) didn't need to be tacked on at the end of his name.
That part is obvious.

[DonCoquixote]

23. er..we have a few

like Rahm Emmanuel.

[derby378]

22. Ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the enemy

Any good Democratic candidates who can render this guy unemployed?

[barbtries]

37. i don't know.

they've gerrymandered the state so "well." i look forward to the day i can go home to CA.

[carolinayellowdog]

24. from Waxhaw, Union County

which went 65% Romney in the 2012 election, not alas the reddest county but close.

[Harry Monroe]

25. Does anyone know Tanner's reply to Senator Shithead?

I know what mine would have been. "Go fuck yourself" would have done just nicely.

[barbtries]

26. if you didn't already know it,

here's the scoop: the republicans in this state have gone drunk - insane - on power.

unbelievable. i'd love to know the comeback. something like, "you are the senator. i am the constituent. YOU need to be quiet."

sigh.

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. wow

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Wanna bet he calls Obama a dictator?

[pacalo]

29. That word used to mean something before people like him cheapened it.

[lexw]

30. It's obvious why this one got into politics: power. Sickening.

[Liberalynn]

31. Too many of them have forgotten who is supposed to be in charge.

[cleduc]

32. 2014 I am the NC Citizen. You are the Ex-Senator. You will be silent.

.

[mnhtnbb]

34. Like!

[npk]

33. Not surprising. That just a republican telling us he really feels.

So in some ways this can be used to educate people who still have some hope of seeing the light.

[bulloney]

35. Tommy Tucker?? Is that his real name?? Bwahahahahaha!

Tommy Tucker was a name in a limerick I learned when I was a kid.

You can tease Tiny Tim
You can team Jungle Jim
You can tease Tommy Tucker
But don't tease me, you f*****

That name ranks up there with Louie Gohmert.