Barbour: ‘I Would Love For Christie To Put A Hot Poker To Obama’s Butt’

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said that he wished New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had "put a hot poker to Obama's butt" in his keynote speech at the Republican National Convention," according to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek.

Barbour spoke at a fundraiser and briefing in Tampa last Thursday put on by Karl Rove, who co-founded the American Crossroads super PAC and its sister non-profit. Barbour is a former adviser to the groups.

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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/barbour-i-would-love-for-christie-to-put

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From that Bloomberg Businessweek article:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-04/exclusive-how-karl-roves-super-pac-plays-the-senate#p1

Barbour offered a brief assessment of the Republican National Convention. “While I would love for [Chris] Christie to put a hot poker to Obama’s butt,” said Barbour of the RNC keynote speaker, “I thought he did what he was supposed to do.”

Editing to add that this was at the same American Crossroads briefing where Karl Rove "joked" about murdering Todd Akin.

This Bloomberg Businessweek article has new details about that briefing and what was said then.

They weren't aware a journalist was present. This is how these pigs talk to one another when they don't think it'll get media attention.

As the Bloomberg journalist explained:

I had been invited to attend as the guest of a significant Republican donor who knew that I was a journalist. At no point was I presented with, nor did I agree to, restrictions regarding the information I heard. Upon my arrival at the breakfast, I was not asked if I was a journalist. I gave my name, identified the person who had invited me, received a wristband, and was ushered into the dining room. American Crossroads disputes this version of events but declined to comment further.

[northoftheborder]

1. Barbour: just reinforces my view of him as a crude, nasty, snake.

[freshwest]

34. +1

[onecent]

68. Boy ain't that the truth n/t Barbour: = asshole

[Kurovski]

77. ‘Christie Would Love To Put His Hot Poker To Barbour’s Butt’

Oops. I don't read too good.

[ann---]

2. What a

disgusting, foul-mouthed redneck. Sickens me.

[indepat]

35. Like burning someone's butt with a poker would not cause severe pain and injury. Like his statement

is not an assault on the President and his office. These people (RWers) are an obvious threat to our country and its Constitution by what they say, advocate, and do, but they think no one is noticing that obvious threat.

[Voice for Peace]

39. like many black slaves weren't branded by their owners

[awoke_in_2003]

79. Bingo...

they aren't even hiding it anymore. Some one will bring this up, and a non-apology will be issued tomorrow.

[wordpix]

71. Barbour has a white hat & robes in his closet that say KKK, plus he's a crook - see Katrina role:

snip: Barbour has been accused by Bloomberg News of personally profiting from Hurricane Katrina recovery.[47] Barbour is an owner of the parent company of lobbying firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers Inc., and he receives a pension and profit-sharing plan benefits from it.[47] The lobbying firm has lobbied the state to give recovery contracts to its clients.[47] Some of the proceeds of the firm's lobbying activities are deposited into Barbour's investment account.[47] According to Barbour's attorney, a blind trust executed in 2004 prevents Barbour knowing the composition of his investments in order to eliminate any conflicts of interest.[47]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haley_Barbour

[warrior1]

3. fucking racist

[graywarrior]

4. While wearing a white hood?

Asshole.

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. stay classy Haley

you pig

[LoisB]

6. Why do these "Christians" always speak in violent terms? Or does the "hot poker" reference

conjure up those wonderful days (in Barbour's mind) when Black people were branded like the farm animals they were treated like?

This jowly-faced jackass is a disgusting p.o.s.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

15. that was my first thought too

'oh, like they used to be able to do to black people?!"

[awoke_in_2003]

80. Tomorrow...

He will say he is sorry he was misinerpretted, or that he didn't know branding occurred. Of course, that is like the judge telling the jury to disregard a statement in court- the damage is done, and the base got the message.

[FiveGoodMen]

22. Their holy book introduced the concept of eternal, justified torture for everyone

(with a loophole that only works if we remember that we really did deserve the torture)

What would you expect from them?

[freshwest]

37. Yeah, that's always the case with them... WWJD? Nothing they do..

[hughee99]

43. Yes, like when that "reverend" on Fox suggested castrating Obama in '08. n/t

[Ezlivin]

7. He's been reading "50 Shades of Grey" again, hasn't he?

I hope he forgets his safe word for the next bondage session.

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. Or reading about Edward II

the King of England who was deposed, and rumoured to have been murdered by having a red hot poker shoved up his anus (through a horn to leave no external marks).

This could be a lot worse than a racist talking about branding a black man.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. Both sides do it!!

[flamingdem]

58. ha ha ha -- I hear Andrea Mitchell exclaiming this through the ether nt

[Fearless]

9. Someone's projecting again!

[jsr]

10. He's longing for the good ol' days

[SoapBox]

24. Ditto

[Nebraska Blue]

11. MMmmmmmmmm Hot dogs

Mention poker to christie and it'll either be a card game or something to roast hotdogs on in his mind.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Notice how the author takes extra effort to justify reporting this?

It's more to avoid criticism by other members of the media than by anyone else because it's considered to be secret that Republicans act like this behind closed doors. Even though ALL of the establishment media has seen it for themselves.

They act like keeping it quiet is as "noble" as the press keeping the fact that FDR was in a wheelchair a secret.

[The Second Stone]

44. Everybody knew FDR was in a wheelchair and

couldn't walk due to polio. Polio was a great fear before vaccines wiped it out. FDRs opponents had way too much class to mention it as it was not relevant and back then would have been considered really rude.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

66. These days the Republicans would harp on it as a weakness.

So would most of the press.

[waronxmas]

13. Not just a careless choice of words from an idiot

Haley Barbour knew exactly what he was saying and it had a specific intended effect. You see back in the times of slavery, the plantation Overseers would use all sorts of punishment to put any sort of uprising down. Those slaves who did not comply and rebelled were, along with whippings, branded like cattle to remind them they were nothing more than property. This imagery is conjured up any time anyone challenges white male authority (in the case of the President, his mere existence does for them) as a means to inform one of their "place" and to not be an uppity negro.

While it may be easy to put this in the category of just another knuckledragger letting their true feelings be known, do not walk down that path. The rhetoric on the Right is increasingly becoming traitorous to this very public. They wish to incite the dumb masses that they control in to a rebellious furor in same way their aristocratic ancestors did 150 years ago.

Everyone here should be ready to vote to keep this Republic free, but be willing to lay down their self in order to protect this Republic. I very much hope for a peaceful resolution to this challenge, but I'm ready for the latter.

[snappyturtle]

29. I find the language from the right very dangerous. People like Barbour, Rush, Romney et. al.

keep the pot stirred. Then yesterday I watched the video I'm going to link you to and my fear

was fortified. There's a judge here in TX who has gone to the local government seeking defense

items (his name is Head) because he says if the President is re-elected they're, he and others,

ready to fight! I think he's up near or in Lubbock. I hope it's just all hot air talk but the hatred

comes across loud and clear.

Welcome to DU!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101754547

[Iliyah]

14. Barbour only said out loud what most GOPpers truly feel

and even their "Blacks" (which are better than Dem's Black per Coulter) also approve of what he said, that they do feel the sense of superiority and that the modern Blacks need to be put back into their place, y'know.

Back in slavery time there were Blacks who supported their masters 100%.

[awoke_in_2003]

81. House slaves...

kissed up so they wouldn't be sent to the field.

[Aviation Pro]

16. And I'd like to see...

...these two porkers served with fava beans and a light chianti feh-feh-feh-feh.....

[nichomachus]

27. Too fatty -- bad for your cholesterol

[HughBeaumont]

17. Not that I would ever do so, but Failey Barbour is like a one-man reason to bash the South.

[qb]

18. A sick comment from a diseased mind.

[bluesbassman]

19. Conclusion: Either the repugs are not even bothering to mask their racism any more, or...

they're too stupid to understand how inappropriate their words are.

In either case they're not fit to govern.

[atreides1]

28. Guess what

That mask was taken off in 2010 when the Tea Baggers came to Washington!

[awoke_in_2003]

82. The mask came off...

after Obama's election.

[Lucy Goosey]

36. Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive

I, for one, have no problem believing that Barbour and many like him are both stupid and racist.

[LongTomH]

64. The late, great George Carlin once said that people were divided into three groups....

"The stupid, the evil and the full of shit!" George claimed that, as he grew older, he realized that most people were just full of shit!

This recent crop of Republicans has proved that the three groups are not mutually exclusive; one can be stupid, evil and full of shit, and most of them are!

[1GirlieGirl]

20. He misspoke.

[progressivebydesign]

61. Oh please add a 'sarcasm' smilie.. otherwise, people think you're serious. n/t

[donqpublic]

21. Fox Nation full of sickos

The members of Fox Nation website labeled his comments as "inspiring." There is only one way to combat scum like this. You will never change their small brains.

[freshwest]

32. Yes, as inspiring as pigs in a waller. Coarse and mean spirited to the bone. Disgrceful, as usual.

[SoapBox]

23. WTF?

Well, I'm not really surprised...that two sweaty white guys, would talk like this.

I've said...will continue to say...Prez O could walk on water and then turn a river to wine...and the Bagger
folks will still hate him because he's an "n-word" in THEIR White House.

Harsh? Cold? Ya...but no matter what, I just don't think that you can change such Hate.

[red dog 1]

25. Karl Rove "joked" about murdering Todd Akin?

These Repukes are truly evil, and capable of doing anything, including murder, to get what they want.

[highplainsdem]

40. Yes. Rove apologized later. Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014215052

[nichomachus]

26. What is it with conservatives fantasizing about things being shoved up butts?

Really, a psychotherapist could have a field day with this enduring fantasy they have.

[freshwest]

31. Yes, they are definitely all suffering from an anal obsession. They have a problem.

[Nostradammit]

48. Or rammed down their throats

I am forever reading about how "Obama wants to ram it down our throats!"

It's weird, but it's easily understood. Pent-up lust will make a person crazy.

[Scuba]

30. Haley, that evokes images of branding a slave. At best you're an insensitive asshole...

... but more likely you're a racist all the way to the bone.

[riderinthestorm]

45. Agreed. That was my first thought as well. Sickening. nt

[grantcart]

51. What I don't understand is do thry think there are likely racist voters

That are still undecided?

They have that demographic all locked up, they really don't need to beat that runaway slave anymore, and well branding, that's just showing off now. We got it YOU GOT THE RACISTS ALL LOCKED UP.

[flamingdem]

56. He doesn't even care anymore

At this point they just want applause from their racist buddies, since they aren't going to win much in Nov.!

[progressivebydesign]

57. If it was anything but a republican from a State steeped in slavery, then I'd assume ignorance..

but seeing who it is, and where he is, I'd say racism.

Beyond the fact that he's talking about a SITTING President!!! wtf???

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. Republicans love violence. Especially when they are losing in the arena of ideas. nt

[bluestateguy]

38. From the same fat slob who pardons murderers

But no doubt cheered on the Willie Horton ads.

[lady lib]

41. Hehe, from the comments section...

"Barbour would love for Christie to put a hot poker to Obama’s butt. A hot poker wouldn't work for Christie (or Barbour for that matter), you would need more like a hot Subaru."

[Auntie Bush]

42. Another lovely soft spoken reTHUG.

Always hated that man as far back as he had a TV program before Bush ll was elected. Will never forget that turd.

[kimbutgar]

46. If that's not a racist dog whistle I don't what is!

Shame on fat ass barbour for using a slave term. What a jerk.

[DBoon]

84. that's beyond dog whistle

more like a trumpet call

[amb123]

47. A hot poker - a favorite punishment for slaves by slave owners.

Sickening

[RZM]

49. That Haley Barbour sure is kinky n/t

[Mz Pip]

52. Mississippi always seems to be at the bottom

of one thing or another. Barbour sure proves it.

[olddad56]

53. wonder what Freud would have to say about Barbour's "hot poker to the butt" comment?

maybe a little latent homosexuality going on with the gov that he isn't willing to deal with.

[awoke_in_2003]

83. I don't think in this case...

more like keeping African Americans "in their place"

[progressivebydesign]

54. Can you imagine the outrage had a Democrat said that about Bush???

It'd be non-stop on Fox "news" and hate radio, for days. What happened to respecting the President in times of war?

Frankly, that comment sounded a bit too much like branding people... which is what some people did to slaves.

[gopiscrap]

55. what a worthless air sucking piece of shit

I sure hope the MSM reports..he used to be RNC chair

[flamingdem]

59. This seems to back the comment that the RNC was a giant Klan rally

[HockeyMom]

60. Lot easier for the REVERSE

Bigger TARGET.

[Zoeisright]

62. Well, I reported his ugly ass to the FBI. Go and do likewise.

https://tips.fbi.gov/

[_Liann_]

63. Barbour obscessed with getting poked in his hot butt. Where's Santorum?

[notadmblnd]

65. why is this guy obsessed with Obama's ass?

Is there a closet you want to come out of Mr. Barbour?

[Delphinus]

67. God,

what *is* it with these Republicans? Un-freaking-believable!

[Mr.Bill]

69. If Christie had a hot poker in his hand

He would probably be using it to BBQ a whole pork shoulder for himself.

[elbloggoZY27]

70. Ugly Ugly

What else do you expect from the Party of NO. Actually no class.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

72. They are a bunch of sadistic bastards.

No other way to put it. They have sadistic sex fantasies. I think anyone who fantasizes torturing and killing someone with hot pokers, branding, esp. up the rectum, is really really sick. Sociopathic. Enjoying the torture and suffering of others. Imagining other people tortured and dead (see Karl Rove threatening Todd Akin).

SICK.

[yurbud]

73. wouldn't Christie's ass be a much easier target? of course you would lose the poker, and possibly

the arm attached to it in a monstrous butt clench.

[Carolina]

74. Shouldn't the Secret Service

pay him a visit!

[nikto]

75. Haley Barbour is the head of the Ku Klux Klan

Well-kept secret.

[Brigid]

76. You know what?

Back in the '90's, I worked in a Salvation Army rehab center. Those people behaved like twelve-year-olds at a slumber party. But that was better than how these Repugs are behaving now.

[HillWilliam]

78. HAH! Christie couldn't find his own butt

with both hands and a huntin' dog.