"Whitey The Firefighter" To Be GOP's New Joe The Plumber?
"Republicans plan to call a white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to testify against her." Great! Maybe they could also cut an ad showing a Hispanic hand bringing down a gavel while the voiceover intones "You needed that promotion, and you were the best qualified, but they tried to give it to a minority, because a Latina woman thought she was wise enough to interpret the law." You're really gonna put up a firefighter to discuss a difficult issue of constitutional jurisprudence that even some conservatives have agreed Sotomayor was compelled to rule for by precedent? Lowest-tech lynching ever.
Why don't Repubs just get Leatherface to be their spokesman and leave it at that?
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The Republicans are still trying to appeal to white dumbshits with no patience for nuance or complexity, so calling on an aggrieved white firefighter seems like the perfect move.
If he proves to be as articulate as the Joe Plumb No Depths, he might want to think twice before proving to the the entire country that he actually might not have the smarts to merit promotion.
So long as he agrees to testify shirtless, I think it's a fantastic idea.
Not to be picky, but there were lower tech lynchings in the south for a whole lotta years. Just sayin'
Please Google "clarence thomas confirmation hearings."
I was thinking more along the lines of the rope and tree kind and we shouldn't compare political takedowns to lynching. Sorry, it's been that kinda morning already.