Far right Arizona Congressman Trent Franks, who has been described as "the most conservative member of the Republican caucus", detours from his usual birther theories for some good ole fashioned racial revisionism. The wingnut congressman tells blogger Mike Stark that blacks were much better off under slavery than "by the policies of today."
FRANKS: "In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say "How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can't believe, you know, four million slaves. This is incredible." And we're right, we're right. We should look back on that with criticism. It is a crushing mark on America's soul. And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by the policies of slavery. And I think, What does it take to get us to wake up?"
The good ole days. Treated as property. Beaten and shackled. Not allowed to vote, have jobs or read or write. Families pried apart by property owners, sold at auction, inspected like cattle and beaten with horsewhips. You keep telling yourself that "massa".
The excerpt begins at the 6:22. Via Media Matters, watch the crazy AFTER THE JUMP.
Now where is the shoe thrower when you need one! This guy is a joke! 5 minutes and your time is up!
Posted by: Cedric | 26 February 2010 at 17:32
With the kooky new Tea Party to appeal to, all the nuts are on parade these days.
Posted by: Taylor Siluwe | 26 February 2010 at 18:17
What in the Happy Hell is this idiot talking about? "Half of African-American children are aborted?" That statement is ignorant, stupid and unfounded rhetoric! So half of the living, lovely, beautiful children of our community are not here? They were aborted?
A**! Lord, the things that white people say when they forget that WE CAN HEAR YOU!!!!!!
FOOL!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 26 February 2010 at 20:47
Ignorance personified! He is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!
Posted by: Isis | 26 February 2010 at 21:51
So, the next question I have is:
What do you call a black man who admires this “conservative” from Arizona? There are more such men than you might want to think.
What do you call a black man who thinks all black gay men are his enemies—not for any suffering black gay men may have caused, but simply because they are gay? And what do you call that same black man when he tells you that this white “conservative” from Arizona is his friend—not in spite of the white man’s ignorance and viciousness, but precisely because of them?
Posted by: Jim | 27 February 2010 at 01:48
I say we kill the bastard...
Posted by: Acem | 27 February 2010 at 05:30