(UPDATE) Rebellious Nevada rancher's racist remarks dim Republican support

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Reuters

BY JENNIFER DOBNER AND STEVE GORMAN

(Reuters) - Two Republican senators who voiced support for a Nevada cattleman in his showdown with federal agents over grazing rights on public land condemned recent remarks by the rebellious rancher musing about whether African-Americans would be "better off as slaves."

A day after Cliven Bundy's comments about "the Negro" and government subsidies were published in The New York Times, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky issued a statement saying the rancher's "remarks on race are offensive and I wholeheartedly disagree with him."

Paul, a libertarian and presumed 2016 Republican presidential contender, has expressed sympathy for Bundy's cause and for the resentment harbored by many political conservatives in the West against what they view as overreaching by Washington.

A spokeswoman for Senator Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican who has called Bundy's supporters patriots, said in a statement that Heller "completely disagrees with Mr. Bundy's appalling and racist statements, and condemns them in the most strenuous way."

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/us-usa-ranchers-nevada-idUSBREA3N29B20140424

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Rancher Cliven Bundy (R) greets a supporter during a Bundy family ''Patriot Party'' near Bunkerville, Nevada, April 18, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/STEVE MARCUS

[Purveyor]

1. All the goppers are running away from Bundy as fast as they can. Hannity

is turned inside out over this from what I heard of the 10 minutes I listened to him this afternoon.

Too funny, indeed!

[snappyturtle]

2. I actually listened to the entire one hour 'presser' of Bundy. When he made the remarks

that the NYTimes quoted, I thought,OMG!....he went on to talk about Mexican people too. By the time he got done with that part he had some rationale and presented an attitude that the Blacks and Mexicans have been cheated....I looked for the video this morning and I have so many folders, favorites, etc. I haven't found it yet. Of course, it would require some time to listen to because Bundy's delievery is painstakingly slow. I'm am not defending what you have read that Bundy clearly said...it's just once again the media is only presenting a part of the remarks.

[lunasun]

5. please post if you find thanks

[snappyturtle]

8. Oh...to be sure! I went back to Youtube this morning and searched and searched. Wondering

now if it was pulled knowing that his racial remarks would be highllighted. I will look some more this evening. It was very frustrating searching because I know what I heard....actually listened to it twice.

[snappyturtle]

12. This isn't the 'presser' I saw and I haven't listened to it yet...just flipped

through...not the right one. The one I watched he was not on a stage...just standing under some trees...may have occurred after the one on this link because the environs looks right. It is an explanation though to his racial remarks...much along the line of where I landed after hearing them originally. Since I haven't listened to this one I don't know if he said those things here. I just didn't want you to think I wasn't trying to come up with what I was referring to. I will still look for the 'original'.

edit: opps! here's the link: http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/04/24/bundy-responds-to-race-storm-as-media-attempt-to-divert-away-from-blm-criminal-activity/

[lunasun]

13. maybe this is it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=4867841

[Paladin]

15. So...Is Sean Hannity still defending Bundy over these "good" remarks you're talking about?

Last I heard, ol' Sean was still a part of the hyper-conservative foot race away from the crazy old racist scofflaw......

[lunasun]

3. Never denounced his dad's racist newsletters though

[BumRushDaShow]

4. And once again....

[AlinPA]

6. Again, I thought this was an Onion article.

[geretogo]

7. They still agree with Bundy but with elections coming up they were forced to say they disagree with

Bundy .

[Arugula Latte]

18. Here is Borowitz's "satire" on this issue -- it's not really satire, though!

Republicans Blast Nevada Rancher for Failing to Use Commonly Accepted Racial Code Words

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Republican politicians blasted the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy on Thursday for making flagrantly racist remarks instead of employing the subtler racial code words the G.O.P. has been using for decades.

“We Republicans have worked long and hard to develop insidious racial code words like ‘entitlement society’ and ‘personal responsibility,’?” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). “There is no excuse for offensive racist comments like the ones Cliven Bundy made when there are so many subtler ways of making the exact same point.”

Fox News also blasted the rancher, saying in a statement, “Cliven Bundy’s outrageous racist remarks undermine decades of progress in our effort to come up with cleverer ways of saying the same thing.”

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/04/republicans-blast-nevada-rancher-for-failing-to-use-commonly-accepted-racial-code-words.html

[geretogo]

19. Absolutly true . That's who they are .

[calimary]

9. Ahh, yes. The republi-KLANS. This putz stinks too bad even for them now, 'eh?

I saw some comments on the Raw Story in which they were calling cliven bundy "Bundamort"! Because he's now just another "He Who Must Not Be Named"!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/24/fox-news-host-shuts-down-mention-of-cliven-bundy-after-silence-on-negro-remarks/

[Sunlei]

10. What Republicans set-up that long interview & dressed Mr. Bundy in the white shirt & tie?

[kelliekat44]

11. And linking Bundy and his followers with guns and the NRA ought to get people out to vote in a big

way. People like those who support Bundy should not be allowed to tote guns anywhere because they are vile and stupid and racist. The only way to fight back is to vote the NRA supporters out of office...it will take time...but it is becoming more necessary and it will be done.

[bitchkitty]

14. Quelle surprise! n/t

[Blue_Tires]

16. Rand Paul isn't a libertarian...

FFS why does that wholly inaccurate statement keep getting printed in news stories?

[Omaha Steve]

17. From his past

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/04/im-very-serious-about-running-ron-pauls-son-says/

Like his father, the son also favors notions of limited government. "Libertarian would be a good description," Rand Paul told CNN, "because libertarians believe in freedom in all aspects of your life – your economic life as well as your social life as well as your personal life."

[Blue_Tires]

20. I get that he likes to "play" libertarian in front of the cameras

the truth of the matter is he's a member of the GOP and not the LP...