Good lord, check out this FB message from Alaska State Senator Pete Kelly...

[Blue_In_AK]

We call him Pious Pete.

Please contact our governor and explain to him the need to take a strong stand against importing Syrians into Alaska. I will not call them refugees - they are not. Europe is under invasion and Paris is the first city to fall under full attack. We in the US are next and the Quisling who has opened wide our gates to the invading horde is our very own president.

Governor Walker: Obviously, we cannot rely on Obama to defend this country, but you governor, are the leader of this state. It has fallen to you to do the uncomfortable. Contact the president. Tell him it is unacceptable to transplant the invaders of Europe to our country.

No amount of romanticizing will turn these people into "huddled masses yearning to be free." They are the vanguard of sharia law and they are dangerous. In an interview you said you hadn't given the idea of standing against the transplant much thought. That's OK. Things are moving quickly and who would have thought a US president would put you in this position. But now you know. Get your bearings and make a stand.

There's something really unseemly and disturbing about his use of the word "quisling," - a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country. He's obviously pretty upset with our governor who has said he won't oppose Syrian refugees coming to America.

The only upside is that he's being trounced in the comments.

[Jim Beard]

1. Aren't these the same people who wanted to quarentine health workers

who had been working with people who had Ebola but not infected?

[Blue_In_AK]

2. That wasn't a concern here,

but he is the one who has used state funds to put pregnancy tests in the bars in an effort to keep women from drinking if they might be pregnant. He's also virulently anti-abortion and basically just a general dick. (Can I say that without being sexist?). Of course, he also wants vouchers for religious schools and whatnot, too. He's a real piece of work.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Omigod, my dear Blue!

I am aghast at his remarks. He is insane.

I'm glad to hear he's being trounced in the comments. He deserves no less.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Here's a little piece that Mother Jones did on him a while back.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/pete-kelly-alaska-birth-control-fetal-alcohol

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. What an excellent article!

I think he got his ass handed to him.



I like what Kay Brown had to say.

[Blue_In_AK]

6. It was this line here that got him in so much hot water with Alaska's women...

"birth control is for people who don't necessarily want to act responsibly."


Riiiiiiiiight...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Right indeed! Good gawd, where do I throw up???

[msongs]

8. alaska is 9 X the size of syria. we could put all of syria there and nobody would even notice nt

[MisterP]

9. see, this is why brothers aren't allowed to marry and have kids with each other

[TygrBright]

10. ROFL! You win the internetz today! n/t

[Monk06]

11. Dude seriously Syrians seeking asylum in ALASKA? Why not Pategonia or the Galapagos Islands?

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Well, we actually do have refugees

from various war torn regions - Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Bhutan, Hmong from Thailand - and we haven't had a bit of trouble, which is what makes Kelly's remarks so racist and abhorrent.

[Monk06]

15. The Syrians have thier eyes on Germany not Alaska and most of them are walking to get there/

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Another reason why it's so silly for Kelly to be bugging out.

[Monk06]

19. X Ackly

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. A lot have also gone to Sweden, which isn't so different from Alaska

in climate terms, anyway.

[Monk06]

38. The refugees, most of them, are moving into Europe through Greece to Germany where they

seem to be welcome sort of.

Sweden is also a welcoming country and easy to get to. It's about distance and ease of entry not weather.

The Alaska politicitan is just doing the old GOP refusal to anything Obama

[Betty Karlson]

13. That is not just detached from reality,

Mr. Kelly is miles over the horizon of sanity and accellerating. Consumed with hatred of the unknown.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. He's really awful,

one of the worst in our state's rogue's gallery of awful legislators. They have this place so gerrymandered, it's a wonder we've got any Dems at all in our legislature. The ones we DO have are really outstanding, but they're so outnumbered, it's pathetic.

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Pardon me?

I'M Alaska, and I don't intend to shut up. There are several other good Alaskans here at DU who I suspect will also not shut up. Do you think Alaska is unique for having produced idiotic politicians like Sarah Palin and Pete Kelly? I don't think so.

I know you're new, but there's no need to tell people (or states) to shut up.

[Person 2713]

24. Good on your gov. Walker for not joining the anti refugee state crowd . Btw Chicago's

Gov. Of Illinois was one of the first to join the no to refugees states so no these creeps are not unique to AK , and Illinois has had plenty of idiots too. Just look at who got elected governor!

[Blue_In_AK]

33. I'm proud of our Governor Walker

in the face of so much right-wing opposition here. On the other hand, he is getting a lot of support from the more sane among us, so I hope he continues to stick with his principles. As a Republican turned Independent, he has already faced serious hostility from his former party-mates. They were already pissed at him for taking executive action to expand Medicaid.

[mnhtnbb]

20. That is good advice from Blue, CJC.

There are idiot right wing politicians everywhere--I'm surrounded in NC by them since I live
in the Dem oasis of Chapel Hill--and it's one of the reasons we need a place like
DU to share our frustration and vent once in a while.

An apology to Blue is in order, CJC. Welcome to DU.

[Person 2713]

23. Illinois was one of the first states to say NO to accepting refugees . Last I looked Alaska governor

Walker has not come out to say NO
Only one word needed here Rauner

[ProfessorGAC]

31. Boy, Do You Have A Foul Mouth!

You used the "R" word. We don't mention the governor by name in our house. Maybe in a fit of road rage i might yell "You Rauner!" at someone. But, then my wife will yell at me for using such dirty language.

[Person 2713]

42. 'tis a foul thing indeed

[Blue_In_AK]

34. You're correct, Bill Walker has not said no.

In fact, he has correctly stated that it's not a matter that governors get to decide and that the refugees Alaska has accepted from other countries have enriched us as a state. I don't agree with him on everything, but he's a good and kind man.

[Tipperary]

22. Oh dear.

What is wrong with some people in this world?

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. "importing?"

[marmar]

26. Paris has "fallen" ?

It's frightening that someone this dumb can get elected.

[atreides1]

28. it is frightening!

But then again he was elected by people who are much dumber then he is!!!

[spanone]

27. fucking moran

[rockfordfile]

29. Nothing like a republican idiot

[MatthewStLouis]

30. Oh man, what an a___ole!

I wonder if "Quisling" is a word they throw around alot on Fox News. Is this in their book of words?

[Blue_In_AK]

32. I know.

I had to look up the exact meaning. I knew it was derogatory and inflammatory, but I didn't realize just how much until I got the definition. And then that he would use a capital Q made it even worse. I hope people in his district in Fairbanks get in touch with their better angels the next time elections roll around.

[KamaAina]

35. Has he been boinking Sarah? Or Bristol?

[Bluenorthwest]

36. Not surprising, AK is one of the States that allow discrimination against LGBT in employment and

in housing, it is also one of the most dangerous States for us in terms of violent bias crimes. There is almost a perfect cross over, the anti gay States and the States that are afraid of refugees.

[Blue_In_AK]

37. It is indeed shameful,

but we are making some progress on that front. Anchorage just recently passed an LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance a couple months ago and last year elected a progressive Democratic mayor. http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/10/anchorage-passes-nondiscrimination-ordinance/

I have heard of some of the smaller towns also passing such ordinances. Don't write us off yet - before oil and the influx of Southern oil men, this was one of the most progressive states in the union. This may be mean of me, but I'm hoping with the oil crash up here, a lot of those people will go back where they came from.

[treestar]

39. Bet it did not bother him when Bush allowed refugees

as every POTUS does, every year.

[kydo]

40. Me thinks this dude watches way too much ACH's Nazi Collaboraters

The crazy thing is when I watch these programs I tend to think the repubs resemble the Nazi's more so then any other party not just in the States but abroad as well. I also tend to think many of the shows on channels like American Hero's Channel and the History Channel that deal with the late 1800's early 1900 and the struggle between labor and super rich people (Carnegie, Rockefeller, ect..), closely resemble our current economic troubles. No unions, low wages, crappy jobs, for most people and a few very rich people that control everything.

Just saying ....

[Blue_In_AK]

41. Yeah, with Trump calling for Muslims to carry identification,

they're sounding more Nazi-like by the day, Godwin's Law be damned.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

43. Was he wearing a white hood or brown shirt or both when drooling out his message?