Yet Another Clueless Repuke! Jokes About His Guatemalan House Painter

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060822/ap_on_el_se/senator_immigration

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record), whose re-election campaign is pressing for tighter immigration controls, referred to his house painter as "a nice little Guatemalan man" and suggested that worker as well as employees of a roofing company he hired might be in the country illegally.

The other day, the little fella who does our maintenance work around the house, he's from Guatemala, and I said, 'Could I see your green card?'" Burns said at a June meeting recorded by Democrats. "And Hugo says, 'No.' I said, 'Oh gosh.'"

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Burns' comments come on the heels of controversial remarks by Republican Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia, who called a Democratic staffer of Indian descent "Macaca." Indian-American groups and others criticized Allen for his racially insensitive comments after a video was posted on the Internet.

A staffer for Allen's opponent, Democrat James Webb, caught that incident on tape. Likewise, Montana Democrats have been filming Burns as he campaigns across the state. In a video released by the Tester campaign this week, Burns is seen interrupting his own stump speech at a campaign event to take a cell phone call and then appears to speak to the painter.

"Hugo is a nice little Guatemalan man who is doing some painting for me ... in Virginia," Burns told the audience, to laughter, after hanging up on the call. "No, he's terrific, love him."

[Z_I_Peevey]

1. Why does the audience laugh?

Is there something intrinsically funny about the word "Guatemalan?" I don't get it.

[ComerPerro]

2. because they are Nazi scum

[iamahaingttta]

3. He's not "another clueless Repuke"

He's one of the main offenders!

[leftchick]

8. well he is no doubt a racist

as almost all repukes are. Yet he is indeed also severely clueless in his remarks. What kind of a fucking political idiot would be caught saying these things? A Repuke....


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Burns, 71, has had to apologize in the past for controversial comments.

In July, he confronted members of a firefighting team at the Billings airport and told them they had done a "piss-poor job," according to a state report. The Hotshot crew had traveled 2,000 miles from Staunton, Va., to help dig fire lines for about a week around a 143-square-mile wildfire east of Billings.

The crew was awaiting flights home when Burns made his comments. The senator, who has a house in Billings, said he was expressing the frustration of ranchers who were critical of the way the fire was handled. He later apologized.

In 1999, Burns issued a written apology after referring to Arabs as "rag heads" during a speech while commenting on oil prices.

[KingFlorez]

4. Keep poppin' them chops!

It only makes it easy for Democrats.

[AlCzervik]

5. Republicans should rename their party to "The Saltine party"

sorry i know it may offend some of you but it sure seems that what many of them are.

[guinivere]

6. Maybe the nice little man should pour a little paint in Burns' nice shoes

Burns wouldn't know tact, decency or manners if they slapped him upside the head. Narrow minded morans all.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. The folks I know from Guatamala

are learning English, working hard at their jobs, buying houses, paying their bills on time, and paying taxes. I don't care what color card they may or may not have, though my betting is they have it. To me it is rather demeaning to them--after all, MY great-grandfather didn't have to carry around a stupid card when he came to this country-he just came and started working, just like these folks. Why can't these folks do the same?