According to this, Rachel Maddow is just as offensive and punch-worthy as she’s always been.
Well, that’s not exactly what the article says, to be fair. That’s simply my interpretation of it. You can decide. Rachel’s got her boy-shorts in a twist over the Tea Party Convention, and because she’s upset about it, she’s resorted to the standard liberal accusation. “RAAAAAAAACIST!!!!!”
There’s video of this, but I felt it would be cruel to subject you to it on a Superbowl Sunday morning. So I’ll just give you some text-bytes. She said, “The opening speech last night was given by failed presidential candidate, ex-congressman and professional anti-immigrant, Tom Tancredo who started the event off with a bang, a big loud racist bang.”
Here’s what Tom Actually Said, “Mostly because I think we do not have a civics literacy test before people can vote in the country, people who could not even spell the word, “vote,” or say it in English, put a committed, socialist ideologue in the White House. The name is Barack Hussein Obama.”
I’m trying to understand what’s racist about that statement. Perhaps Rachel can explain.
She said, “Just for reference here, when Tom Tancredo talks about literacy tests, that`s what they used in the south to keep black people from voting before civil rights legislation and court rulings put a stop to that. So the convention opened with a clarion call to bring back the literacy tests for voting. And as you could hear, the tea party convention crowd erupted in cheers at the suggestion, although, to be fair, it was sort of hard to tell exactly what the sounds coming from the crowd meant. They were sort of a little bit muffled by, you know, the white hoods.”
Gawd. “White hoods” – and she seriously doesn’t get why her ratings are in the tank? Tancredo’s long-time “hot-button issue” is immigration. And I don’t disagree with him ONE BIT that voters ought to be able to spell the word “vote” AND say it in English. Then again, I’m one of those RAAAACIST WACKJOBS who think English should be the official language of the US.
The article’s author also lists many of the questions required for people to answer correctly before becoming American citizens. You know, the legal way. Is it racist for us to have the civics test too, Rachel?
But you know – whatever, Rachel – you just keep right on doing what you’re doing. It worked out really well for Air America.
