"She's not quite in the Bachmann/King/Broun league, but she's getting there."

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_09/019950.php

RACE'S RELEVANCE.... Comments like these really irk me.

Speaking on the House floor this morning, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) told her colleagues, "In a recent article, conservative commentator Thomas Sowell, an African American, examined some of President Obama's claims about the health care reform legislation moving through the Congress. I wanted to quote some excerpts from his column that I found insightful...."

Now, there's obviously a problem with a lawmaker finding Thomas Sowell's analysis of reform proposals "insightful," but more importantly, why on earth did Foxx find it necessary to highlight Sowell's race? Since the policy matter at hand had nothing to do with racial, ethnic, or diversity issues, it seems as if Foxx believes the color of Sowell's skin matters because both Sowell and President Obama are black.

And that's crazy.

I'm trying to think of how to explain this in a way Foxx would understand. Imagine if, in 2008, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was speaking on the House floor about Bush's economic agenda, and said, "In a recent article, progressive columnist Paul Krugman, a white guy, examined...."

That seems ridiculous, right? It is, just as Foxx's comments were this morning.

It's worth noting that Foxx is positioning herself as one of Congress' nuttiest members. As Matt Finkelstein reminded us, "Over the past few months, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has offered some interesting reasons why she opposes health care reform. In July, she dismissed the idea of a health care crisis when she declared, 'There are no Americans who don't have health care.' Just days later, she suggested that the House reform bill will 'put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.'"

She's not quite in the Bachmann/King/Broun league, but she's getting there.

-Steve Benen

Video at link~

[joeybee12]

1. She's a racist, homophobic POS...

...remember the tirade she had on the floor about Matthew Shephard's murder being a "myth"????

[Chipper Chat]

2. Virginia Foxx trashed Matthew Shepard in front of HIS MOTHER.

On the House floor Foxx said that Matthew was killed during a ROBBERY and that it was not a hate crime. She said this AS HIS MOTHER SAT IN THE BALCONY AND WITNESSED HER SPEAK.
I have no words (profane or otherwise) that would be sufficient to describe this piece of garbage. She should be kicked out of Congress.

[Warpy]

3. Burr has been a disappointment

and Foxx thinks she can be the next Jesse Helms. People like that do get elected in Dixie even though they make most people there cringe. They get elected because they make all those fancy pants New York know it alls cringe even more.

That was the psychology that kept Jesse Helms in office so long and it's the same thing that's behind Foxx.

The sad thing is that the reactionary harpy might just make it.

(how do I know? I lived there.)

[babylonsister]

4. KO's worst! Latent racist!! Yep. nt