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Pirate Smile

(27,617 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:06 PM Oct 2012

Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We "Have The Opportunity" To Send Obama Back To Kenya

Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We "Have The Opportunity" To Send Obama Back To Kenya

Jason Thompson, the son of former Governor and Wisconson Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, speaking this morning at a brunch attended by Tommy Thompson and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “we have the opportunity to send President Obama back to Chicago — or Kenya.” A woman in attendance then chimed in “we are taking donations for that Kenya trip.” A spokesman for Thompson did not immediately return a request for comment.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/wisconsin-gubernatorial-candidates-son-says-we-h

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Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We "Have The Opportunity" To Send Obama Back To Kenya (Original Post) Pirate Smile Oct 2012 OP

I'm surprised he would say something so stupid TroyD Oct 2012 #1

Not with that crowd, obviously. He needs to lose, big time. freshwest Oct 2012 #4

Surprised? Are you serious? He's a goddam right wing republican for crissakes. It's what we expect. AlinPA Oct 2012 #6

Not me, they say things like that when they 'think' nobody is listening--such as 47%--it's there WI_DEM Oct 2012 #17

dumb, dumb, dumb danbenbow Oct 2012 #2

I hope you're right! renate Oct 2012 #11

And, remember, Ann Coulter says there are no real racists on the right Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 #3

The more I think about it, the more shocking it is TroyD Oct 2012 #5

Oh. There's video of it Beaverhausen Oct 2012 #8

Yup TroyD Oct 2012 #15

The republican base loves it. It is expected of them. AlinPA Oct 2012 #9

K&R to Expose racist bigoted Assholes. Cha Oct 2012 #7

I'm sure the media will give Reince Priebus (Mr. RNC P.R. B.S.) a pass Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 #10

We have to make sure the RNC Chair condemns this TroyD Oct 2012 #12

But we are sending Robocorp back to Mexico...nt and-justice-for-all Oct 2012 #13

Fucking racist piece of garbage ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #14

Is this what this election is going to boil down to? Iceberg Louie Oct 2012 #16

I'm sure Priebus didn't say a word when it was said. WI_DEM Oct 2012 #18

Is this making news in Wisconsin today? TroyD Oct 2012 #19

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

1. I'm surprised he would say something so stupid

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:08 PM

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All he's doing is harming his father's campaign!!!!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

4. Not with that crowd, obviously. He needs to lose, big time.

Reply to TroyD (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:14 PM

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AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

6. Surprised? Are you serious? He's a goddam right wing republican for crissakes. It's what we expect.

Reply to TroyD (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:18 PM

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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

17. Not me, they say things like that when they 'think' nobody is listening--such as 47%--it's there

Reply to TroyD (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:35 PM

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'off-guard' moments that get them.

danbenbow

(41 posts)

2. dumb, dumb, dumb

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:10 PM

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Kind of shocking. Thompson's running behind Tammy Baldwin already. I can't see that this will help him look any better.

renate

(13,776 posts)

11. I hope you're right!

Reply to danbenbow (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:24 PM

Oct 2012

Welcome to DU!

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

3. And, remember, Ann Coulter says there are no real racists on the right

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:10 PM

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Yup - no bigotry to see here.

TroyD

(4,551 posts)

5. The more I think about it, the more shocking it is

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:15 PM

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Does this guy have any clue? He is not in Alabama. This is Wisconsin. Baldwin is already ahead in the race. Won't this finish Thompson off?

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)

8. Oh. There's video of it

Reply to TroyD (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:20 PM

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TroyD

(4,551 posts)

15. Yup

Reply to Beaverhausen (Reply #8)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:55 PM

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Click the link on YouTube to share the video on e-mail and Twitter to everyone you know.

Thompson will have to address this tomorrow. No way can he let this statement stand if he wants to win.

Baldwin has the edge right now.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)

9. The republican base loves it. It is expected of them.

Reply to TroyD (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:21 PM

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Cha

(297,251 posts)

7. K&R to Expose racist bigoted Assholes.

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:19 PM

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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

10. I'm sure the media will give Reince Priebus (Mr. RNC P.R. B.S.) a pass

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:23 PM

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for not condemning these remarks.
Instead, Reince sat there, enjoyed the racist cheers and said nothing afterward.

Reince may or may not be a racist himself, but he sure as hell loves exploiting it and having people like this guy show up at GOP events:

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TroyD

(4,551 posts)

12. We have to make sure the RNC Chair condemns this

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #10)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:31 PM

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If not, make it an issue on the Campaign Trail about the RNC's lack of leadership on the issue of birthers & racists.

and-justice-for-all

(14,765 posts)

13. But we are sending Robocorp back to Mexico...nt

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:54 PM

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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)

14. Fucking racist piece of garbage

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 07:55 PM

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This is their base

Iceberg Louie

(190 posts)

16. Is this what this election is going to boil down to?

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:30 PM

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Is this honestly going to be decided by how much of a majority our nation's willfully ignorant racists comprises of?

In ND, the main senatorial race boils down to Rick Berg constantly running ads bashing his opponent Heidi Heitkamp for not being fervently opposed to Obama and the PPACA. Not one word of what he is offering, or why she isn't qualified, just dozens and dozens of variations on the theme of a quote from Heitkamp at the DNC saying "Obama will be amazing". As yet, polls show it to be a horse race, at least in the local media.

I'm really tired of quoting de Tocqueville. This is what's coming down the pipeline if we aren't out taking action! I will be the first to defend the rights of birthers, teabillies, racists, fundies, etc. to their beliefs and statements, just as I do flat-earthers, tinfoil-hatters, and other factions with fundamental detachments from reality. However, a win for populist movements of this mentality will only reinforce their deluded notion that they are in the right, and set the U.S. back decades in the progress we've made towards actually becoming the civilized society we've always seen ourselves as.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

18. I'm sure Priebus didn't say a word when it was said.

Reply to Pirate Smile (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 08:36 PM

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TroyD

(4,551 posts)

19. Is this making news in Wisconsin today?

Reply to WI_DEM (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 06:25 AM

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I assume this will be the final blow to Thompson's campaign?

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