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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu May 23, 2013, 06:52 PM May 2013

SC Gov. Nikki Haley Appoints White Supremacist To Campaign Committee

Source: Fox News

The Southern Poverty Law Center on Wednesday accused South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley of appointing a white supremacist to her steering committee.

In February, the Republican governor announced she had formed the committee to explore her re-election options. Roan Garcia-Quintana of Greenville was listed as one of the 164 co-chairs.

The Anti-Defamation League has described Garcia-Quintana as a “white supremacist” and “a well-known leader” in the Coun­cil of Con­ser­v­a­tive Cit­i­zens.

The group openly opposes the immi­gra­tion of “non-European and non-Western peo­ples into the United States” and condemns “all efforts to mix the races of mankind.” The Council of Conservative Citizens also believes the United States should not tolerate “sexual licentiousness, homosexuality and other perversions, mixture of the races, pornography in all forms, and subversion of the authority of parents.”

Read more: http://radio.foxnews.com/2013/05/23/sc-gov-nikki-haley-appoints-white-supremacist-to-campaign-committee

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SC Gov. Nikki Haley Appoints White Supremacist To Campaign Committee (Original Post) onehandle May 2013 OP
How did someone named Roan Garcia-Quintana MNBrewer May 2013 #1
He was evidently born in Cuba. Skip Intro May 2013 #2
Ah, an anti-Castro nutcase, probably. MNBrewer May 2013 #3
He could be of solely Spanish descent muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #5
As far as HE'S concerned for himself, yes. MNBrewer May 2013 #7
Spaniards are undoubtedly European muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #9
That's true MNBrewer May 2013 #12
Governor Haley showing her true colors in an auspiciously ugly indepat May 2013 #4
That's OUR Nimrata 1ProudAtheist May 2013 #6
sexual licentiousness lunasun May 2013 #8
They don't even try to hide it any more. baldguy May 2013 #10
Haley...another stupid fuck SoapBox May 2013 #11

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
1. How did someone named Roan Garcia-Quintana
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:07 PM
May 2013

get to be the leader of a white supremacist group, and why would a white supremacist support Nikki Haley?

White Supremacy sure has changed since I was a kid. The white supremacists I remember from growing up in Georgia would never have considered either of them white.

Skip Intro

(19,768 posts)
2. He was evidently born in Cuba.
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:29 PM
May 2013

And some director of education in GA, according to this link from a google search (I'm assuming this is the right guy):

http://archives.republicans.edlabor.house.gov/archive/hearings/106th/fc/esea61099/garcia-quintana.htm

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Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, and thank you for providing me this opportunity to testify concerning the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I, "Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards."

Allow me to say a few words about my background. I was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Savannah, Georgia. I received my B.S. in mathematics from Armstrong State College, where I was also certified to teach mathematics in grades 7-12. Subsequently, I received my M.S. in probability and statistics from the University of South Carolina, going on to doctoral studies in applied statistics and educational testing and measurement. Most of my career has been in Research and Testing at the South Carolina Department of Education. I have also taught numerous mathematics courses at post secondary institutions. During 1981-86, I was deputy director of one of the major programs at the National Institute of Education. I am now the Title I Director for the Georgia Department of Education’s Superintendent Linda Schrenko.
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on edit: A white supremacist from Cuba supporting a governor of Indian descent doesn't sound right to me, but that term does get tossed about with abandon at times.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
5. He could be of solely Spanish descent
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:42 PM
May 2013

which would make him European, as far as he's concerned.

Supporting a politician of Indian descent can't fit in with those hate group views, though.

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
7. As far as HE'S concerned for himself, yes.
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:56 PM
May 2013

Not the racists I remember.

And Haley would have been beyond the pale.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)
9. Spaniards are undoubtedly European
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:24 PM
May 2013

It's true that some racists restrict themselves to "Northern European" or even just "Anglo-Saxon", but some think "white", which normally means "European". It allows them to claim a link with the Roman Empire, for instance, which appeals to fascists.

 

1ProudAtheist

(346 posts)
6. That's OUR Nimrata
Thu May 23, 2013, 07:53 PM
May 2013

She can be counted on to do the worst possible thing when it affects the citizens of South Carolina.

As for the goomer in question, considering that SC consistently ranks among the lowest of the low in educational test scores, using his time in that position on a resume seems kind of like The Wild Alaskan Dingbat citing her proximity to Canada as counting as credibility on foreign affairs.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
8. sexual licentiousness
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:10 PM
May 2013

so people really talk like that???
ooooh NO RACE MIXING
ccc literature and website on occasion still display its original motto: “States Rights. Racial Integrity.”
how retro something

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