SC senator calls gubenatorial candidate a rag-head

Thanks for making Southerners look like racist hicks, asshole.

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Republican state Senator Jake Knotts said on a radio talk show: "We already got one raghead in the White House, we don't need a raghead in the governor's mansion."

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] How much more of a dumbfuck hick stereotype does this man want to embody? Seriously.

From another link:

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Republican state Sen. Jake Knotts later apologized for the slur, saying the remarks about President Barack Obama and state Rep. Nikki Haley were meant as a joke.

They came on Internet political talk show, Pub Politics. Co-host Phil Bailey said Knotts said, "We've already got a raghead in the White House, we don't need another raghead in the governor's mansion."

No audio was available because of a technical problem, Bailey said.

"If it had been recorded, the public would be able to hear firsthand that my 'raghead' comments about Obama and Haley were intended in jest," Knotts said in his statement. "Bear in mind that this is a freewheeling, anything-goes Internet radio show that is broadcast from a pub. It's like local political version of Saturday Night Live, which is actually where the joke came from."

Gimme a fucking break, SNL would never do a joke like that. However, it is completely unfunny, much like current SNL, so there's a point of comparison.

Also, I love the "It's just a joke, guys, lighten up!" deflecting. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I have to ask - is there anyone in South Carolina politics who isn't nuttier than squirrel poo or a pitch-perfect caricature of the "racist cracker" type?

no, sorry spotts

Spotts1701 wrote:

Thanks for making Southerners look like racist hicks, asshole.

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Too much of a cheap shot, even for me.

God damn, South Carolina. You're making California politics look sane.

Southern Republicans being retarded.

Film at 11.

Mal, what's up with your smilies recently?

grmblfjx wrote:

Mal, what's up with your smilies recently?

:shrug:? I did disable showing them a while back since I was worried they were making my browser slower. I might as well go and change them back to normal... that what you meant?