Yesterday in my piece on the racist Cloven Bundy and his views about the “negro” people, I touched on the reason why Republicans and their media machine especially Fox News, are so easily drawn to the Bundy types. My conclusion in the piece was that Bundy exemplifies the dog whistle message these Republicans preach every day – that the lazy blacks are coming to take whatever you have, so be fearful, be very fearful… and buy more guns!
It’s the whole “birds of a feather flock together” mentality, so the flocking with Bundy was just the natural reaction for these folks.
However, Bundy’s true colors came to light yesterday when the New York Times published an interview where Bundy expressed some extremely racist views about black people and naturally, the same Republicans who crowned him King Bundy – leader of the Republican cause against the government and the second coming of Ronald Reagan – are now tripping over themselves in a mad dash to distance themselves from the crazy man brave enough to say the things they all feel inside. In the Times interview, Bundy did not blow the dog whistle with subliminal messages like the other Republicans do, he just spoke the message.
In recent weeks, Sean Hannity of Fox News was practically in bed with Cliven Bundy, stroking Bundy’s ego every chance he got. But now, Hannity is besides himself and has joined the mass exit.
This is what Hannity said in a statement.
Allow me to make myself abundantly clear. I believe those comments are downright racist, they are repugnant, they are bigoted and it’s beyond disturbing. I find those comments to be deplorable and I think it’s extremely unfortunate that Cliven Bundy holds those views.
On The Ed Schultz show yesterday, guest Mike Papantonio and M. Maxwell further explained the birds of a feather mentality in the Republican party.
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