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acroyearFree Times: This Just In:
He also needs a lesson into a bit of theology as well:
Oh, and lets just try to write the whole thing off:
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On the other hand, reason (or at least, a reasonable intolerance of intolerance) has prevailed in Prescott, AZ, where the radio idiot that condemned the "diversity" of the mural has been fired, and the school administrators that were about to change it have reconsidered.
With a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face outside a Columbia bar, Republican S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts called Lexington Rep. Nikki Haley, an Indian-American Republican woman running for governor, a “raghead” several times while explaining how he believed she was hiding her true religion from voters.I actually laughed out loud at that one.
“She’s a f#!king raghead,” Knotts said.
He later clarified his statement. He did not mean to use the F-word.
He also needs a lesson into a bit of theology as well:
“We need a good Christian to be our governor,” he said. “She’s hiding her religion. She ought to be proud of it. I’m proud of my god.”I didn't know God was someone who actually considered Pride a virtue. I'd seen it on the deadly 7 list all my life.
Oh, and lets just try to write the whole thing off:
“My ‘raghead’ comments about Obama and Haley were intended in jest,” Knotts said in a statement.Am I the only one who thinks the Right Wing simply is incapable of actually being funny?
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On the other hand, reason (or at least, a reasonable intolerance of intolerance) has prevailed in Prescott, AZ, where the radio idiot that condemned the "diversity" of the mural has been fired, and the school administrators that were about to change it have reconsidered.
