Tea Party Activist Ken Emanuelson said, "...The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote..."
Ken Emanuelson, a Texas Tea Party activist, made a rather controversial statement at a May 20th Dallas County GOP event, when he answered a question with the following response:
"I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."
Then just yesterday, the Tea Party loon (yes, a tad redundant, isn't it?) attempted to backtrack his previous remarks by saying this:
"I hold no position of authority within the Republican Party and it wasn't my place to opine on behalf of the desires of the Republican Party. What I meant, and should have said, is that it is not, in my personal opinion, in the interests of the Republican Party to spend its own time and energy working to generally increase the number of Democratic voters at the polls, and at this point in time, nine of every ten African American voters cast their votes for the Democratic Party."
Okay, so I'll buy the first part of the "clarification." He shouldn't have spoken for the entire party when he said, "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats." However, I have trouble buying the latter part of the statement. Let's again look at what he said initially and compare that to his eloquent "clarification."
He initially said, "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."
But he supposedly meant to say, "...What I meant, and should have said, is that it is not, in my personal opinion, in the interests of the Republican Party to spend its own time and energy working to generally increase the number of Democratic voters at the polls, and at this point in time, nine of every ten African American voters cast their votes for the Democratic Party."
So, I'm supposed to believe that when this man said he doesn't want black people to vote due to an overwhelming majority of them preferring the Democratic Party, he really meant he doesn't think the Republican Party should waste its time trying to win over some African-American voters? Riiight...
With that kind of thinking (or lack there of), I have to imagine Ken Emanuelson will utter the following statements at some point, before attempting to clarify them:
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party hates women."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party loves women, so long as they're cooking, cleaning, or allowing us to penetrate them."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party is really annoyed with young people. The voting age should be raised to 65."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party is fine with the younger generations voting - those under 65 - so long as they are currently serving in the military."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks those Hispanic people kind of smell funny."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party tends to enjoy Mexican food. We love our tacos, so of course we like Mexicans, or Latinos, or Hispanics, or Joses, or whatever those people are called."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks all Muslims are terrorists."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party doesn't like Muslims, but we don't think they're terrorists - not all of them anyway - maybe just half or so."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks gay people are extremely gross, gross to the point where we don't ever want to shake hands with them."
Clarification: "What I meant, and probably should have said, is the Republican Party is trying to become more welcoming of the gays, and most of us would gladly shake hands with them, so long as we both were wearing gloves of some kind."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/ken-emanuelson-tea-party-_n_3386884.html
"I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."
Then just yesterday, the Tea Party loon (yes, a tad redundant, isn't it?) attempted to backtrack his previous remarks by saying this:
"I hold no position of authority within the Republican Party and it wasn't my place to opine on behalf of the desires of the Republican Party. What I meant, and should have said, is that it is not, in my personal opinion, in the interests of the Republican Party to spend its own time and energy working to generally increase the number of Democratic voters at the polls, and at this point in time, nine of every ten African American voters cast their votes for the Democratic Party."
Okay, so I'll buy the first part of the "clarification." He shouldn't have spoken for the entire party when he said, "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats." However, I have trouble buying the latter part of the statement. Let's again look at what he said initially and compare that to his eloquent "clarification."
He initially said, "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party doesn't want black people to vote if they are going to vote 9-to-1 for Democrats."
But he supposedly meant to say, "...What I meant, and should have said, is that it is not, in my personal opinion, in the interests of the Republican Party to spend its own time and energy working to generally increase the number of Democratic voters at the polls, and at this point in time, nine of every ten African American voters cast their votes for the Democratic Party."
So, I'm supposed to believe that when this man said he doesn't want black people to vote due to an overwhelming majority of them preferring the Democratic Party, he really meant he doesn't think the Republican Party should waste its time trying to win over some African-American voters? Riiight...
With that kind of thinking (or lack there of), I have to imagine Ken Emanuelson will utter the following statements at some point, before attempting to clarify them:
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party hates women."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party loves women, so long as they're cooking, cleaning, or allowing us to penetrate them."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party is really annoyed with young people. The voting age should be raised to 65."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party is fine with the younger generations voting - those under 65 - so long as they are currently serving in the military."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks those Hispanic people kind of smell funny."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party tends to enjoy Mexican food. We love our tacos, so of course we like Mexicans, or Latinos, or Hispanics, or Joses, or whatever those people are called."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks all Muslims are terrorists."
Clarification: "What I meant, and should have said, is the Republican Party doesn't like Muslims, but we don't think they're terrorists - not all of them anyway - maybe just half or so."
Initial statement: "I'm going to be real honest with you. The Republican Party thinks gay people are extremely gross, gross to the point where we don't ever want to shake hands with them."
Clarification: "What I meant, and probably should have said, is the Republican Party is trying to become more welcoming of the gays, and most of us would gladly shake hands with them, so long as we both were wearing gloves of some kind."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/ken-emanuelson-tea-party-_n_3386884.html
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