Posted on 07/04/2012 10:59:57 AM PDT by mandaladon
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus says he’s not the “police officer” of the GOP and he refused to condemn Rep. Allen West’s controversial “slave” remarks.
Speaking at a campaign event in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., West had said over the weekend of President Barack Obama: “He does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning and having the title of American. He’d rather you be his slave and be economically dependent upon him.”
Asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Tuesday whether he would justify the Florida congressman’s remarks, Priebus answered, “I’m not the police officer of the Republican Party.”
He later added, “Allen West is an important member of Congress from South Florida. I’m not going to throw Allen West in a ditch.”
“Allen can say what Allen wants to say, but I think what he’s really trying to say is that if we become a dependent society, if everyone is reliant on the government — I mean, listen,” Priebus told Blitzer. “Barack Obama’s the one that put out this ‘Life of Julia’ website. I think we all know what that is. It’s a life of a girl from preschool to, I think, death or near death showing how every step of her life — “
“Is she a slave?” Blitzer interrupted.
Priebus shot back, “You know what? Listen, it’s semantics.”
But before he could finish, Blitzer once again cut in, saying, “I deplore that kind of language when a Democrat says it or a Republican. We shouldn’t be talking like this. It’s bad enough, the lack of civility in our politics.”
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Blitzer would relish that language if a Democrat used it. Screw blitzer.
He’s a goofball. No wonder his station’s ratings are in thc gutter. And for him to talk of “Civility” is laughable. No one speaks with more childish, outrageous tongues than Wolfie’s cohorts in the SRM or Demonrat Party.
In related news...
CNN Had Its Worst Ratings Quarter in 21 Years
6/26/12
CNN’s ratings tanked to a 21-year low in the second quarter of 2012, with weekday numbers down 35 percent in total viewers and 45 percent in the crucial 25-54 demo.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/06/cnn-ratings-quarter-two-worst-in-21-years.html
The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is actually proud of the fact it is distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever.
Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals."
Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.
Slavery and dependence for humans - independence for animals.
This ends today's lesson.
The Left called Powell and Rice “house slaves”. They didn’’t care then.
why is anyone in the GOP even bothering to talk to CNN?
they are clearly the ENEMY in this battle for freedom
Representative Allen West has more patriotic sense of being in his little finger than Obama has had anytime in his miserable misdirected life. Obama would be very famousin Kenya. Let’s send him back to that life. See if he thinks how great it is.
Wolf the Blitzer is as clueless as any moderator could be. Just look at his ratings. The only ones that watch him are those on EBT cards, prisoners, and idiots. I object to any article posted on FR with him in it. Leave him to his audience, they don’t amount to a hill of beans.
Applause for Priebus. Usually, the Republican would fold like a house of cards and apologize, while a Dem would get a pass. It’s refreshing to see a Republican with a backbone.
I don’t understand why repubs go onto any of these rat programs. They’re not going to change any of the viewers minds. Besides the host usually has an agenda to make the repub look like a fool. Just my opinion.
Excellent post!
How many times did Blitzer make derogatory remarks about Bush? How many times has he parroted the RAT line on the issue of the day?
For Blitzer - or any RAT, for that matter - is like Jasmine St. Claire advocating chastity.
West’s remarks are not condemnable nor controversial.
Indeed, Americans are slaves of Obama’s radical and socialist policies.
Is the word “slave” now a racist word?!! True to form, Blitzer was being the low-rated partisan TV journalist that he is.
That’s good, because I’ll vote for Allen West way, way before I’d vote for vapid dorkoramus RINOmney.
(Yes, I’ll hold my nose and vote for the RINO over the ObamaCretin, but face it, West - on a bad day - has 1000% more cojones and drive than the RINO’s ever had.)
GTH, Blitzer. We ARE being enslaved to Marxism, you dumb, ignorant, pathetic excuse for a citizen journalist.
Happy Independence Day, jackwagon.
Go West!!!
West is right, we are all slaves to the collective now.
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