On his weekly talk radio program, former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce recently made some pretty wild remarks which forced him to resign as Arizona Republican Party's first vice chair this past Sunday.
The main remark which landed him in hot water was this:
"You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
You heard it here first - a male Republican believes in birth-control! ...well, among some other things...
Pearce then tried to defend his comments by telling the Washington Post the following:
"[The comments were] written by someone else. [I] failed to attribute them to the author. This was a mistake. This mistake has been taken by the media and the left and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Let's attempt to travel inside the make-believe world of Russell Pearce for a moment here. Pearce is appearing to claim that if he had attributed the author of the quotes he read on the air, all would be well. Let's compare the two scenarios.
What Russell Pearce actually said: "You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
What Russell Pearce claims he should have said: "This next bit I'm going to say, and which I fully agree with, can be attributed to author such and such of that one book. On that one page in the book, he writes, 'You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job.'"
That makes a whale of a difference right there, doesn't it? The criticisms he received in the first scenario wouldn't exist in the second, because the evil, liberal media, whom reported the former, apparently wouldn't report the latter for some strange reason.
With this kind of thinking, expect Mr. Pearce to make the following statements at some point on his radio show, as well as the noted defenses he uses after receiving criticism for them:
Pearce comment: "Women ain't nothin' but b**ches and hos, fo' sho'!"
Pearce defense: "That comment was written by someone else. I failed to attribute it to the crapper or rapper or whatever he is. This was a mistake. This mistaken has been taken by the liberal media and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Pearce comment: "Them blacks are lazier than corpses!"
Pearce defense: "Look - that comment was written by someone else and I failed to attribute it to the person, whoever he or she or it is. I personally don't know, but know I heard it from somewhere and it wasn't my own mouth, besides a few moments ago. Anyway, this was a mistake, and this mistaken has been taken by the left-wing media and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Pearce comment: "It's 100% fact - gays are going to hell!"
Pearce defense: "I didn't write that last comment, people. Someone else did, and I failed to attribute it to him. Know who wrote it? God - so yeah, take it up with him, you sinners! That includes the liberal media, who's trying to use this 'mistake' of mine to hurt our Republican candidates."
Perhaps the musician Shaggy wrote his song, "It Wasn't Me," about Russell Pearce.
Pearce: "You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
Media: "Say what?"
Pearce: "It wasn't me."
Psst... Yes it was...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/russell-pearce-resigns_n_5822136.html
The main remark which landed him in hot water was this:
"You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
You heard it here first - a male Republican believes in birth-control! ...well, among some other things...
Pearce then tried to defend his comments by telling the Washington Post the following:
"[The comments were] written by someone else. [I] failed to attribute them to the author. This was a mistake. This mistake has been taken by the media and the left and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Let's attempt to travel inside the make-believe world of Russell Pearce for a moment here. Pearce is appearing to claim that if he had attributed the author of the quotes he read on the air, all would be well. Let's compare the two scenarios.
What Russell Pearce actually said: "You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
What Russell Pearce claims he should have said: "This next bit I'm going to say, and which I fully agree with, can be attributed to author such and such of that one book. On that one page in the book, he writes, 'You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job.'"
That makes a whale of a difference right there, doesn't it? The criticisms he received in the first scenario wouldn't exist in the second, because the evil, liberal media, whom reported the former, apparently wouldn't report the latter for some strange reason.
With this kind of thinking, expect Mr. Pearce to make the following statements at some point on his radio show, as well as the noted defenses he uses after receiving criticism for them:
Pearce comment: "Women ain't nothin' but b**ches and hos, fo' sho'!"
Pearce defense: "That comment was written by someone else. I failed to attribute it to the crapper or rapper or whatever he is. This was a mistake. This mistaken has been taken by the liberal media and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Pearce comment: "Them blacks are lazier than corpses!"
Pearce defense: "Look - that comment was written by someone else and I failed to attribute it to the person, whoever he or she or it is. I personally don't know, but know I heard it from somewhere and it wasn't my own mouth, besides a few moments ago. Anyway, this was a mistake, and this mistaken has been taken by the left-wing media and used to hurt our Republican candidates."
Pearce comment: "It's 100% fact - gays are going to hell!"
Pearce defense: "I didn't write that last comment, people. Someone else did, and I failed to attribute it to him. Know who wrote it? God - so yeah, take it up with him, you sinners! That includes the liberal media, who's trying to use this 'mistake' of mine to hurt our Republican candidates."
Perhaps the musician Shaggy wrote his song, "It Wasn't Me," about Russell Pearce.
Pearce: "You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I'd do is get [female recipients] Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job."
Media: "Say what?"
Pearce: "It wasn't me."
Psst... Yes it was...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/russell-pearce-resigns_n_5822136.html
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