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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ca-gop-guv-candidate-compares-dmv-wait-holocaustWell.............Stupid is..... What Stupid Is...(can't make this up, hit the link, this is a real)
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The Republican candidate for governor of California paid a visit to a DMV on Wednesday and casually compared standing in line at the notoriously sedate agency to surviving the Holocaust, Capital Public Radio reported.
The campaign for the Republican candidate and businessman John Cox later clarified that Cox who has been visiting DMVs to point out the failings of the agency misspoke. In audio of the event recorded by Capital Public Radio, Cox introduces himself to a woman and asks her how long shes been waiting in line. The woman says shes been in line close to an hour, provoking Cox to launch into a diatribe recounting a conversation hed had previously with a Holocaust survivor.
You know, I met a Holocaust survivor in Long Beach. He survived concentration camps, and he said this was worse. Hes 90 years old and he had to wait four hours down in Long Beach. Can you imagine that? Cox says, according to the Capital Public Radio audio. .........................................
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Later the campaign spokesman said this:
His campaign spokesperson told the local radio station that Cox misspoke when he called the lines worse than the Holocaust. They also gave Capital Public Radio an audio recording of Cox sharing the same story, but accurately, earlier this week.
He was saying that it reminded him of pre-war Germany when Jewish people waited in lines to be processed, Cox spokesperson Matt Shupe told the radio station. In no way does he mean this as a slight to the Jewish community. He misspoke. Its very unfortunate. But its nothing more than that.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)this idiot is full of it, why the hell would a 90 yo man be at the DMV? He's not getting his license renewed, unless he needs a state ID for some reason and I think you can make appointments for such occasions.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Are you serious?
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)I think I might be changing my mind since I know a 90 yo who still drives in CA. Scares the crap out of me, I wouldn't ride with them but they still do...
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)All kinds of things go on at the DMV.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)I guess that's why I needed to go outside and play for the day. This crap gets to any reasonable person after a point... not that I'm calling myself reasonable or anything.
SamKnause
(13,106 posts)She still drives.
She still has all her teeth.
She still has excellent vision.
She lives alone and keeps her house immaculate.
She is sharp as a tack.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)unblock
(52,233 posts)wacky and offensive as it is to jump from waiting in line at the dmv to the holocaust, it's another thing entirely to put those words in the mouth of a survivor.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts).... "he clearly made up the story about a survivor telling him that."
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)2naSalit
(86,622 posts)California DMV, the only thing I can compare it to is the unemployment line in California.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)You'd be waiting forever (like Beetlejuice) if you didn't make an appointment.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The DMV in most states offer mail transactions, but many people wait till last minute, or just prefer to deal with a DMV person directly. A transaction takes the time it takes, no one is goofing off there.
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)Unfuckingreal. How fucking stupid are people?