House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)

[Ulaven_Demorte]

The office of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) confirmed to The Washington Post Monday that he spoke at a white supremacist group’s event in 2002 while he served as a state representative.

The Louisiana political blog CenLamar initially published posts from Stormfront.com, a white supremacist message board, which mentioned Scalise speaking at an event for the European-American Unity and Rights Organization. That group was created by David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

Scalise’s office told the Post in a statement, which was also later emailed to The Hill, that Scalise didn’t know about the group’s white-supremacist leanings and that its message is a “stark contradiction to what Mr. Scalise believes and practices as a father, a husband, and a devoted Catholic.”

RIIIIIGHT.. He had no idea that an organization created by David Duke had white supremacist leanings. Does anyone actually buy that pant-load?

Apparently not.

“By 2002, everybody knew that Duke was still the man he claimed not to be. EVERYBODY,” Erickson said in a blog on his website RedState.com “How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?”

 

[RobDownSouth]

What a shame we can't post pictures from that meeting here.

But, unlike query, most of us respect the Terms of Service guidelines here, and as such won't post pics because Vetty is in virtually every shot.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

The most interesting part? The very GOP establishment now lining up behind Steve Scalise threw Chris McDaniel under the bus for speaking to a Sons of the Confederate Veterans event.

 

[Disgustipated]

Vettebirther mode :


He's a Rhino, not a true Republican.

 

[Wrong Element]

RIIIIIGHT.. He had no idea that an organization created by David Duke had white supremacist leanings. Does anyone actually buy that pant-load?

From someone in Louisiana politics? It's an obvious lie. Scalise is 49, so he was of voting age when Duke ran for governor and his racist ties were basically the only issue in the campaign.

Let me say it before anyone else can:

BUT WHAT ABOUT ROBERT BYRD???


Now that that's out of the way, we can talk about which party harbors a recent Klan sympathizer in the highest ranks of its current congressional leadership.

 

[RobDownSouth]

We haven't heard that little nugget from AJ in quite a while.

Or "Igor's Goat" for that matter.

Or "Broken Windows" either.

Gosh, I hope everything is okay at home for him.

 

[Busybody]

Plenty of pics of Obola with Wright for 20 yrs

With Farakhan

With Sharpton


Oh. What? That's different. Why? Associations,for,decades and yrs vs one speech

 

[Boxlicker101]

Plenty of pics of Obola with Wright for 20 yrs

With Farakhan

With Sharpton


Oh. What? That's different. Why? Associations,for,decades and yrs vs one speech

Not to mention Obama's close association with unreformed terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who were the host and hostess at the gathering where The Big O announced his entry into politics.

 

[Que]

The most interesting part? The very GOP establishment now lining up behind Steve Scalise threw Chris McDaniel under the bus for speaking to a Sons of the Confederate Veterans event.

The fact that Cochran's supporters support him is enough to tell you all you need to know. Plenty of Republicans care about how many "Rs" in their column and how much tenure they have.

Despicable.

There is no one in 2002 that does not know who David Duke is and no one needs racist's support to win in Louisiana.

I say he gets the boot from minority whip but it won't happen.

Like to see Boehner embroiled in the mess though. He can stay if Boehner goes.

 

[badbabysitter]

Not to mention Obama's close association with unreformed terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who were the host and hostess at the gathering where The Big O announced his entry into politics.

ahhh the Bill Ayers " terrorist" thing again... he blew up a statue... no one was hurt... not even a paper cut.. that was the extent of his terrorism

and Bernadine?,,, you do realize that literally all charges against her were dismissed right?

mean while peter King active supports the IRA and is an elected offcial... but I guess because he's a republican , that's different right?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Could affect UL's November election do-over.

 

[Busybody]

WSJ Columnist: Al Sharpton Has Become A “Star In The Democratic Party”…

and you "people" talk of ONE SPEECH at wherever 12 yrs ago?

 

[Busybody]

ahhh the Bill Ayers " terrorist" thing again... he blew up a statue... no one was hurt... not even a paper cut.. that was the extent of his terrorism

and Bernadine?,,, you do realize that literally all charges against her were dismissed right?

mean while peter King active supports the IRA and is an elected offcial... but I guess because he's a republican , that's different right?

fucking insane!

you are fucking insane

William Charles "Bill" Ayers (born December 26, 1944)[1] is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the counterculture movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s radical activism as well as his current work in education reform, curriculum, and instruction. In 1969 he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group[2] that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the U.S. Capitol Building, and the Pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

ahhh the Bill Ayers " terrorist" thing again... he blew up a statue... no one was hurt... not even a paper cut.. that was the extent of his terrorism

and Bernadine?,,, you do realize that literally all charges against her were dismissed right?

mean while peter King active supports the IRA and is an elected offcial... but I guess because he's a republican , that's different right?

While the Weather Underground bombings ( a police station, the Pentagon, the Capitol building) did not hurt or kill anyone there was an accidental explosion that killed two of it's members when building a bomb.

Hazards of bomb building.

 

[Que]

While the Weather Underground bombings ( a police station, the Pentagon, the Capitol building) did not hurt or kill anyone there was an accidental explosion that killed two of it's members when building a bomb.

Hazards of bomb building.

Which incidentally is a capital crime. If you run over your partner with the get-away car, you have committed felony murder.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Which incidentally is a capital crime. If you run over your partner with the get-away car, you have committed felony murder.

No shit. I was addressing BadbabySitter's assertion that Ayers and the Weather underground didn't hurt anyone. They certainly did, just not anyone at their successful terrorist attacks. Only their own people, which is no less illegal, but less heinous than had they killed innocents when they blew up a bomb at the Capitol building.

 

[Que]

No shit. I was addressing BadbabySitter's assertion that Ayers and the Weather underground didn't hurt anyone. They certainly did, just not anyone at their successful terrorist attacks. Only their own people, which is no less illegal, but less heinous than had they killed innocents when they blew up a bomb at the Capitol building.

Which was no more or less a valid target than the Murrough building. Both insurectionists. Both believed in a cause. One put to death, one celebrated and a confidant of the man in power.

 

[phrodeau]

Which incidentally is a capital crime. If you run over your partner with the get-away car, you have committed felony murder.

So, Laura Bush anyone?

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

Which was no more or less a valid target than the Murrough building. Both insurectionists. Both believed in a cause. One put to death, one celebrated and a confidant of the man in power.

With the huge distinction that only one of those caused massive loss of life. McVeigh killed 168 people, including 19 children all under age 6. Ayers' group managed to kill two of their own by accident.

Both Ayers and the President have stated that is not true and has been supported by several investigations into their "relationship" by investigative journalists. You've bought into RW bullshit, again.

 

[Busybody]

Both Ayers and the President have stated that is not true and has been supported by several investigations into their "relationship" by investigative journalists. You've bought into RW bullshit, again.

well in that case....CASE CLOSED

 

[Busybody]

With the huge distinction that only one of those caused massive loss of life.

Both Ayers and the President have stated that is not true and has been supported by several investigations into their "relationship" by investigative journalists. You've bought into RW bullshit, again.

bet YOU cant show ONE


oh wait, Im on IGGY...so you wont have to show any

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

So, Laura Bush anyone?

B-b-b-but that was an accident.

 

[Busybody]

‘Big Three’ Networks Pounce On GOP Rep. Scalise Speaking To White Nationalists In 2002




On December 29, Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) admitted that he spoke at a convention of white supremacists in 2002 while serving as a Louisiana state legislator and the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks predictably had a field day with the story.

On Tuesday, all three networks provided full reports on Congressman Scalise during their morning newscasts totaling 5 minutes 44 seconds. CBS News reporter Jan Crawford declared that “this comes as the GOP is really trying to burnish its image, reach out to African-Americans and other minorities and this obviously does not help.”



CBS This Morning co-anchor Norah O’Donnell introduced the network’s coverage by playing up how the story is “embarrassing one of the leading conservatives in Congress” before she turned to Crawford to offer up a full report on the controversy.

After detailing the history of the white supremacist group Scalise spoke at, Crawford brought on Washington Post reporter Robert Costa to slam the congressman and the entire GOP over the issue:


House Speaker John Boehner has a decision to make. He's trying to set the tone for his new Congress, but he knows if he cuts Scalise off it could cost him political capital within the House.

The CBS reporter concluded her piece by noting one final time how Scalise’s “presence in the leadership gives Speaker Boehner credibility with that part of the Republican Party. But this comes as the GOP is really trying to burnish its image, reach out to African-Americans and other minorities and this obviously does not help.”

ABC’s Good Morning America struck a similar tone during their Scalise coverage with fill-in host Dan Harris declaring it “a damaging revelation overnight from one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress...this is really not what Republicans need at a time when they're trying to win over minorities.”

The ABC anchor then turned to Jonathan Karl, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent, to explain how Scalise could spell doom for the GOP. After Karl insisted that “this looks bad” for both Scalise and the GOP, the ABC reporter pushed how “it remains to be seen if that's going to be good enough. We have reached out to Speaker of the House John Boehner for comment on this, none yet.”












On NBC’s Today, co-host Sheinelle Jones noted how “Steve Scalise of Louisiana is under fire for a speech he gave at a white supremacist conference back in 2002. He’s the third highest ranking House Republican and now other members of Congress are calling for an investigation.”

While the “big three” were quick to jump on the Scalise controversy, the networks yawned when a former Black Panther leader hosed a fundraiser for Georgia Democratic Senate Candidate Michelle Nunn in July of 2014.

 

[Disgustipated]

hosed a fundraiser

What a dumbass.

 

[Busybody]

I think Hussein Soetoro Obola should resign

Report: Reverend Who Gave Benediction at Obama’s Inauguration Says He Thinks All Whites Are Going to Hell




The reverend who delivered the benediction at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration said Saturday he believes all white people are going to hell, according to a local Georgia newspaper.

Rev. Joseph Lowery, the civil rights icon who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said during a rally at St. James Baptist Church in Forsyth, Ga. that he’s arrived back at the same view he held as a “young militant,” according to the Monroe County Reporter:


Lowery said that when he was a young militant, he used to say all white folks were going to hell. Then he mellowed and just said most of them were. Now, he said, he is back to where he was.

The Reporter paraphrased Lowery’s comments and did not provide a direct quote relating to those remarks. It should be noted that the reverend appeared to be using hyperbole to drive a point home, not stating a factual theological conclusion. That being said, the statement is still extremely controversial and divisive.

TheBlaze contacted St. James Baptist Church for clarification on Lowery’s comments. Pastor Antonio Proctor told TheBlaze that he did in fact speak at the church but said Lowery should be the one to provide clarity to his comments, not the church.

Attempts by TheBlaze to contact Lowery were unsuccessful.

The 91-year-old Lowery was speaking at St. James Baptist Church to encourage others vote for Obama, according to the Reporter. Saying that Obama lost Georgia in 2008 by 200,000 votes, with 390,000 black people not voting, he couldn’t imagine why any black person wouldn’t support him for re-election.



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“I don’t know what kind of a n—er wouldn’t vote with a black man running,” Lowery said. “All that he did with the stimulus was genius. Nobody intelligent would risk this country with Romney.”

Lowery also decried the harsh tone to come from this campaign cycle, saying: “I’m frightened by the level of hatred and bitterness coming out in this election.”

Lowery’s remarks came after he indicated last week that Obama’s race would be a deciding factor in the November election, the Augusta Chronicle reported.

“If Obama was white, there would be no question on who was going to win,” Lowery said at a similar get out the vote event.

Forsyth Mayor John Howard, who reportedly opened Saturday’s program at the church, said he was “pretty shocked” by Lowery’s comments. He said he would have gotten up and left if a speaker had made the same remarks about black people. He also said the Bible makes no mention of skin color when talking about Hell.

“I have great number of black and white friends. I’ve been in the military. I make friends with everybody. I’m too old for enemies,” the mayor said.

Obama awarded Lowery the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, the nation’s highest civilian award