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RedSpartan Donating Member (736 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:13 PM
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Finally, an honest Republican...
As in, not lying about what she believes. What she believes, of course, as with most Repubs, is total horsesh!t.

(From Talking Points Memo, with hat tip to Think Progress.)

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Oklahoma GOPer: It's A Fact That 'Blacks' Don't Work As Hard

Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (R) says that she's seen "a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them."

The remarks came during a debate on an amendment to the state's constitution that would eliminate Affirmative Action in the state government. It was proposed by State Rep. Leslie Osborn (R), who said: "This proposed constitutional amendment makes clear that all men are created equal and should be treated as such by their government. If voters approve this constitutional amendment, state government will not be allowed to discriminate against Oklahoma citizens based on race or gender - period."

Kern voted for the amendment, arguing that minorities earn less because they don't work as hard. "We have a high percentage of blacks in prison, and that's tragic," Kern said, "but are they in prison just because they are black or because they don't want to study as hard in school?

"I've taught school," she added, "and I saw a lot of people of color who didn't study hard because they said the government would take care of them."

Kern also noted, as the Tulsa World reports, that women don't earn as much money as men because "they tend to spend more time at home with their families."

The proposed amendment passed by a vote of 59-14 Wednesday, after having passed the state Senate. It will get on the ballot in November of 2012.

Kern has a long history of bringing controversy to the Oklahoma House. She has introduced a bill to ban Sharia law in the state, and another that would allow teachers to question evolution. Kern also claimed that "gays are infiltrating city councils" and gay people are "the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam, which I think is a big threat."

Kern did not immediately return TPM's request for comment.

h/t ThinkProgress.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/ok-goper-its-a-fact-that-blacks-dont-work-as-hard.php?ref=fpblg
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:15 PM
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1. It's amazing that people still think like this in 1955.
Oops, I meant 2011. :blush:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:26 PM
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2. yea lady, there's a shitload of stereotypes about us white folk too
Edited on Thu Apr-28-11 12:27 PM by spanone
fucking racists

her only honesty is that she honestly hates blacks
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:28 PM
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3. So, what do they say about Okies?
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:26 PM
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8. That is are idiots. I hate to say it but she is proving their ignorance
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:31 PM
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4. Yeah. Affirmative action is not needed anymore since white
woman have achieved.

I hate the way they used affirmative action to put two professionals in white households yet somehow us blacks are the affirmative action babies.

This woman is comepletely ignorant and probably wouldn't be where she is but for "affirmative action."
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 12:58 PM
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5. The People of Oklahoma must be so proud. n/t
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southernyankeebelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:28 PM
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9. Yes proud and ignorant just like in Tn where I live.
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hifiguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:48 PM
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10. What I simply cannot understand
is why people like the woman mentioned in the OP are so PROUD of being so completely pig-ignorant. They see it as a positive boon. More proof that this country is circling the bowl.
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:12 PM
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6. I, too, admire the fact that she doesn't conceal her opinions with code words-
she's a bigot and not afraid to say so!!
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justiceischeap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:15 PM
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7. ...gay people are "the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam..."
At least we wear pink (men) turbins or flannel (lesbians) burkas.

It's nice to know my existence is more threatening to "our" nation than terrorism.
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Scuba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 02:12 PM
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12. Makes you sick, doesn't it? n/t
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-28-11 01:51 PM
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11. Yup! Honestly revolting that is
:puke:
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