Posted on 04/26/2014 12:54:26 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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.....Any decent, fair-minded human being would understand that Bundy was condemning the slavery of government dependency in his comments regarding negros. The elderly gentleman is a rancher who is not media-savvy, nor is he schooled in the nuances of political correctness.
The left are not decent human beings. Their bully minions went on high alert, viciously in pursuit of a “gotcha” comment to squelch Bundy's proven leadership and ability to inspire millions to push back against the Obama regime.
Prominent conservatives running for the tall grass to get away from or running to microphones to denounce Bundy is testimony to their fear of the left's high-tech lynching machine. It truly sickens me.
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Democrats and liberal media, I trump your race card against Bundy with my Truth & Righteousness card. You lose! Go peddle your despicable, divisive, and evil crap elsewhere.
I am a black conservative whose admiration and respect for Cliven Bundy remains unwavering. Mr. Bundy, I along with millions of good, decent Americans have your back. Hang in there, my patriot brother. God bless.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Rancher Bundy fired up middle America (blue collar Americans), non-elite plain-spoken Americans who know that they are under assault by Big Government and that was why this "caught fire" - and why his words and their meaning had to be edited and twisted.
The Left still does this to the "Limbaughs" of talk radio but they have a megaphone to shout back. The Hannity's and the Beck's just took Rancher Bundy's "megaphone" away to avoid the necessary hard work to see this through to the end. The ones who look bad here are those who turned and ran away from the front lines. They could have had a sit-down with Rancher Bundy and fleshed out his opinions and aired them. Maybe they still can.
And I will add, that by running from this, the supposed champions of conservatism have again reinforced, in the public’s eye, the Left’s lie that anyone who opposes this administration and Big Government, do it because they are racists, bigots, homophobes, hate-women, hate the poor, want to kill off the old and infirm, are war mongers — those knuckle dragging, slack-jawed, bible carrying morons.
You don't need to be a talk radio host to exercise wisdom.
No, that’s what Bundy did. The supposed champions of conservatism are merely trying to undo the damage.
When taken in context Rancher Bundy is clearly posing a good question - granted easy pickings for the evil practitioners of race-baiting, but by throwing him under the bus, "our side" showed their true worth and character - and it has been found to be extremely disappointing and lacking in moral courage and conviction. Who can ever trust them again?
All dumped him—Fox, Beck, hannity, BOR—only one brave Conservative stuck with him in the hate filled firestorm—Sen. Ted Cruz. He who stick with you in hard times—that is a friend.
I disagree. They're afraid of the Left and they are not sure of themselves - that fear is contagious. People were drawn to Rancher Bundy because he is fearless. Wrap this up anyway that makes you feel good about our side's defection but that is the bottom line.
I saw this this am and I think, former U.N. Ambassador Alan Keyes is exactly right in his assessment.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/black-leader-says-bundy-remarks-not-racist/
Handing the enemy a weapon to attack my side is not my idea of courage.
Thank you for the link.
A quote from Cliven Bundy’s son:
“....Ammon Bundy told WND: “They took what they wanted. They knew when they were there his comments were not racist. He wasn’t able to completely articulate. That’s just my dad. He is a very principled person.
He said he was “there standing right beside my father when he made those comments.”
“He was reaching out to the black community,” Ammon Bundy said.
“Growing up around him, and being beside him, I never once heard him say anything negative about any race,” he said. “I wish I could say that about everyone else I’ve been around. The black community, the white community, they joke back and forth. My father’s never lowered himself.”
Ammon Bundy said his father’s message “was taken out of context.”
The point was that the government “has kept them oppressed,” he said. “They’ve never been given a situation to be able to thrive, get themselves out of slavery.”...
It's more like they manufactured the weapon and our side was too cowed to stand and fight. So, yes, I guess we disagree. All good for Reid's camp - division and conservative impotence.
As I have noted on other threads, the Democrat Plantation is a form of slavery, economic in nature, and singularly destructive of the traditional family (mom, dad, and kids) A husband can't live with his wife and children in most cases and still have the wife and kids get the same benefits, so the husband is out. That is what happened to the Family in America, and the demographics were not evenly distributed: some groups have a distinct head start in their destruction.
Is decrying policies for which the Federal Government has no Constitutional authority and which are incredibly destructive to the most basic social fabric of our Nation racist?
Hardly.
If anything, it is a warning to all Americans that there is a lot more to the abuse of Federal Power than just a few head of cattle and a rancher in Nevada, and Bundy knows it.
The mention of the one demographic group who has suffered the most destruction (since the 60s) on the Democrat Plantation, by the ministrations of the Great Society--brought to them by the political party which gave us the KKK--isn't racism, but closer to a case study of how Federal abuse of power has damaged the very fabric of this nation, and a warning of how, unchecked, that abuse will continue and its scope expand into everyone's lives.
Pity, that the archaic but once perfectly acceptable terms "Negro" and "colored" were used, and more the pity that so many ran screaming for the hills at the words without bothering to understand what was being pointed out.
Mr Bundy has tried to use his bully pulpit to warn the multitude, to do a greater good in making people aware of the most widespread destruction wrought by abused Federal Power, but the very people who should have listened (and listened to all he said, not just the NYT cut) fell all over themselves trying to shut off the mike.
If the CNN reporter does not know the “why” of the willingness of the body guard to take a bullet for Cliven Bundy, then no amount of logic or persuasion is going to change the perception.
Critical thinking has two elements - Question the premise, and pursue the inquiry to its logical conclusion, using pragmatic integration of all the known facts of the matter. Each of the known facts is in turn put to the question, before accepting as part of the construct, and no more importance is assigned to each acceptable fact than its face value.
Thanks for your continued seeds of rationality.
Bob Grant was always going to be a limited quantity. He was waaaaay too NYC/NJ for a national audience. Rush came from the midwest with those softer tones that appeal to middle America.
I think we should all stand up for Mr. Bundy. I don’t give a damn what he thinks about black America. I only care that he and others have a right to graze their cattle and not be harassed by my own government. Sean Hannity is a phony and a coward.
Conservatives are supposed to have principles. There was no need to comment on the race card play at all as Perry showed.
Those who did as you suggested are not going to “survive,” they exposed themselves as tools of the Tyrants the rest of us freemen are resisting. They showed they deserve no support from conservatives. They turned tail and ran at a slight provocation. They did not stand on principles nor did they wait for the truth. It was stupid their speedy capitulation and the wrong thing to do. It will cost them.
However, I also stand for Hannity, Rush, Beck, Fox and all the other conservatives and their right to handle this situation as they feel best for their particular circumstance. I refuse to condemn them and understand the wider implications involved with this incident.
It looks like the prolific social commentator ET Williams maybe visiting the Clive Bundy ranch.
ET rails against the media and liberal hypocrisy and media lying.
“Clive Bundy Said Slave and Negro Now Get The F*** Over It And Move On “
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-XiMI9k2U
“We have no morals and we will attack you,” Ethan Krupp a.k.a Pajama Boy.
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