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John Amato on Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 6:00 PM - PDT
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, a Hebron Republican, compared Obama and his message for change similar to a “snake oil salesman” [at a Northern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner].He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a “highly classified, national security simulation” with Obama.
“I’m going to tell you something: That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button,” Davis said. “He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country.”
UPDATE: Davis apologizes
That makes it all A-OK, I guess. I expect Obama to receive a ton of these apology letters as the days go by from the good old Republican Party.
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There you go again.
As opposed to Mr. BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, IRAN!
Forty years after the Civil Rights movement and rich white people are still saying “that boy.” That phrase is incredibly insulting, and regardless of the other sentiments involved, Geoff Davis should apologize for that alone.
What a load of garbage - for years and years and years it’s been the nuclear threat to America. Sure, yeah.
Cat @ 3:
Absolutely!! Couldn’t agree more.
I don’t think we should have such a stupid looking cracker with his finger on the button either. Ooops, poor choice of words, sorry.
I won’t even bother with the obvious racial element to that pathetic hillbilly’s idiotic comment. Dennis@1 will accuse me of “using the race card ” because of course, only us black folks use the race card.
Oh no he DIDN’T!!
Obama is accumulating a large stockpile of public gaffes that the RNC will use against him in the general election. Political attack ads will feature Rev Wright’s videos combined with Obama’s dismissive remarks labeling small town whites a bunch of gun toting religious nuts. McCain will destroy Obama in November.
Oh, I’m sure he didn’t really mean it. What do you think, Chris (Mathews)?
Poor persecuted redneck just having a laugh at someone else’s expense.
And yet when Obama speaks the truth, THAT gets all the attention.
Good grief.
Congressmans Davis Campaign Poster:
“Congress Geoff Davis Serving Kentucky”, ha. He’s not qualified serving Kentucky Fried Chicken.
But, but, but Obama said poor and working class people vote Republican because their party appeals to them through religious chauvinism, racial prejudice, xenophobia and fear while the Democratic party has abandoned their economic interests. Oh, it just couldn’t be true, could it?
Far be it for the Corporate Media to get exited about a run-of-the-mill racist remark from a Republican, when they can make a black man appear an elitist whose religion and patriotism are somehow in question.
Gawd, repugs are the ugliest.
I expect to hear a lot racism, a lot of lies and a lot of insane remarks directed towards Sen. Obama. This is the old tired
Annie Oakley — he he
UPDATE: Davis apologizes
Yeah. Like macaca was ‘a poor choice of words.’ Just apologise after you get your hate on. Then it’s A-OK. I often slip and call black men ‘boy’ It’s a common mistake.
:roll: (eyes)
QuakerDave @ 12:
He speaks the truth and they critisize him. What would they do if he was as deceiving as they are.
An Average Joe @ 10:
Chris couldn’t make it to comment himself, but he told me he thinks Davis is mantastique, and that his Old Spice smells like the sea, very briney and-erm-manly!
Couldn’t have been THAT highly classified, if he was talking about it at this dinner.
The use of the term “boy” has left me embittered!
When speaking in public you would think that these guys would be very careful in what they say, but it always seems that a persons inner self just can’t stay trapped in. It comes out. When you’re a good person the truth tends to come out (i.e. when you notice how bitter people have become because their lives have become miserable). When you hang around a bunch of guys that still tell Earl Butts black jokes this kind of thing comes out (i.e. Maccaca). Did I just date myself?
I’m pretty tired of the cult of victimization fostered by whiny white folks.
Boo fricken’ hoo!
-GSD
miss_kitty @ 18:
mantastique. Ha! That killed me.
When did we go back to putting our fingers on “the button”? I mean, I know some of the 80’s fashions are coming back, just didn’t realize this was one of them.
WhenIsItEnough @ 19:
And if it was highly classified, perhaps Kentucky dipstick owes more than an apology?
Fuck the South !
dennis @ 1:
Yup. Another racist remark. A reich-wingers calling a black man, “boy”. How typical for you fringe 28%-er extremists.
Left&Left @ 7:
I never said that, Left and Left. Not even remotely close. Shameful on your part to make that accusation.
abob @ 9:
Believe it or not, most people aren’t as stupid and ridiculous as you.
I bet you love the smell of spent rounds.
miss_kitty @ 16:
Well, ya gotta give him credit for apologizing- sincerely or not- quickly. IIRC, Allen tried for weeks to pass off “macaca” as some kind of nonsense word, rather than the racist, French slur it is.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 26:
A 12 inch Cheney and a bucket of (golf) balls and you call me boy?
It boils down to this:
The establishment just can’t put up with an uppity black man who tells the truth.
abob @ 9:
Um, ya, ok whatever. I’d rather see Obama’s finger on the nuke button than GeeDoubleYa’s. That idiot can’t even eat pretzels without choking, and he’s been close to that button for how many years? Yikes.
So a little redneck white trash congresscritter hates Obama. Isn’t he special?
Given that we have had 2 terms of an administration that sedulously avoided military responsibility — So?
If Davis calls Obama “boy” in public I wonder what he calls him in private?
Snowball @ 14:
Damn, what an excellent point.
While trying to Swift Boat the Democratic front-runner on National Defense, you manage to inadvertently expose yourself as a racist. Hmm… something tells me Rep. Davis rode the short-bus to Cracker Mountain Bible College. I’m also thinking that that “highly classified, national security simulation” was - oh, I don’t know -A GAME OF STRATEGO! Oh, and Rep. Davis, I’d recommend going by Geoffrey - at least till this thing blows over.
Andy K Jong Il @ 29:
I’m sure the apology was planned along with the comment in the first place. The point was to deliver the smear. I’m sure ther ewill be plenty of nobody Repubs doing the same thing for some time to come.
One good and bad thing about republicans is that they are predictable. It’s good because you can plan ahead. It’s bad because it’s so much more irritating.
Snowball @ 31:
Ya know I hear one of Keith’s regs say Sen. Obama will get into trouble because he is uppity or has his chin up. WTF does that mean? I want a proud President.
chimpy has been uppity and stupid for almost eight years and I never heard one word of this about him.
It would be swell if somebody could go to Kentucky and put up a billboard exactly like the one up top here that says, “Congressman Geoff Davis…Serving Kentucky”.
Only change it to read….EMBARRASSING KENTUCKY.
He went on to say that Sen. Clinton was at the same “simulation” and that, in contrast, she was very aggressive. “Man oh man, you should have seen that little gal. It must have been that time of the mo-” he was heard to say as his chief of staff dragged him from the podium.
I suppose it does sound racist to call him boy. I called him pouty boy, but after I realized it would be taken the wrong way I started saying pouty little man. I think a lot of people AT FIRST don’t realized this, but I do believe the republicans play on it.
What’s disturbing is that Representative Davis, apparently quite comfortably, made such a statement to a group of Republicans and wasn’t run out on a rail by them. Racists, all.
He looks like an encyclopedia salesman.
when is enough going to be enough?
He’s right.
NOBODY’s finger needs to be on that button. The concept of launching a nuclear attack is just too bizarre to be real. Are we not doing enough damage with overpopulation, climate change, pollution, ecosystem destruction and loss of genetic diversity?
anneyhussein @ 44:
Oh yes. Criticize a black man and you are a racist. What a racist comment.
abob @ 9:
Assuming McInsane is drool free and able to stand up on his own come november.
thats one big assumption and wishful thinking for the GOP considering their fantasy candidate is 72 and barely able to tell what decade he is in.
I hope you are no refering to Nixons actions in regards to RFK.
Geoff Davis needs to go out in front Annie Oakley’s duck blind so Hillary, err, I mean Annie can shoot him.
Why would there be a discussion about this. The guy is a bigot clear and simple.
I hope this is not being used to infer that anyone who disagreed with Obamas’ insulting remarks is racist/bigoted.
anneyhussein @ 44:
Take it as far as you can. The trick, and everyone’s assignment for the next two days, is to see if you can tie this to John McCain. There has to be a connection there somewhere. C’mon everyone, this could be huge.
Just don’t be detracted by the more obvious case of racism toward Barack Obama today; the AP Chairman who referred to Barack as ‘Obama bin Laden’ when asking him a question today at a luncheon in Washington, D.C. Not mentioning that gaffe in the same accusation of race might be misconstrued as cherry-picking.
As opposed to sitting silent and motionless in a Florida classroom for seven minutes!
Davis is a racist from whom racist remarks flow easy as water pouring from a pitcher. But his constituents love him for it, I guarantee. Here’s hoping they represent a part of a new and permanent minority in this country — by which I mean white, racist dirtbags.