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spanone

(135,843 posts)
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:37 PM Apr 2014

Watch: Cliven Bundy Explains Why Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be on His Side

Ohhhhh boy. Cliven Bundy went on CNN's New Day to defend himself this morning, one day after we all found out that the former conservative hero rancher is actually pretty racist. It did

not go well for Cliven Bundy. The rancher began the interview by holding up a dead calf live on air, after which he told CNN he wanted to "talk to you about being prejudiced a little bit."

What followed was a somewhat astonishing series of thoughts from Bundy on civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks (whom he repeatedly called "Rosa Park&quot




http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/04/watch-cliven-bundy-explains-why-martin-luther-king-jr-would-be-on-his-side/361216/
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Watch: Cliven Bundy Explains Why Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be on His Side (Original Post) spanone Apr 2014 OP
Keep talkin', shitkicker Hekate Apr 2014 #1
Didn't watch your clip but DURHAM D Apr 2014 #2
Keep Diggin' Bundy.....here, I have something for ya.. Segami Apr 2014 #3
"If those people can't take those kind of words and not be offended"? phil89 Apr 2014 #4
Obama killed that calf malaise Apr 2014 #5
hey malaise....what has this country become....? spanone Apr 2014 #6
Lots of folks are using the T word now malaise Apr 2014 #7

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
2. Didn't watch your clip but
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:42 PM
Apr 2014

if it is the same interview I saw earlier today Bundy does not seem to realize that MLK is deceased.

 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
3. Keep Diggin' Bundy.....here, I have something for ya..
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:45 PM
Apr 2014

Its the biggest shovel I could find so keep digging'.........


 

phil89

(1,043 posts)
4. "If those people can't take those kind of words and not be offended"?
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 06:34 PM
Apr 2014

The racism is just so ingrained, it defies logic and rational thought.

spanone

(135,843 posts)
6. hey malaise....what has this country become....?
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 06:37 PM
Apr 2014

that this moron is even part of the equation is scary as hell!!!

malaise

(269,031 posts)
7. Lots of folks are using the T word now
Fri Apr 25, 2014, 06:40 PM
Apr 2014

If you do not recognize the US government in deed (not merely in word) you are committing treason.
There should be two options - revoke citizenship and exile or prison.

Sadly the Feds have played around with this crap for way too long.

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