Arkansas GOPer: We'll take the country back from Obama and the minorities!

[Landslide Lyndon]

He must be from the moderate wing of the party.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/02/01/quote_of_the_day.html

"I hear you loud and clear, Barack Obama. You don't represent the country that I grew up with. And your values is not going to save us. We're going to take this country back for the Lord. We're going to try to take this country back for conservatism. And we're not going to allow minorities to run roughshod over what you people believe in!"

-- Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert (R), at a Tea Party rally in Arkansas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVKS27fLN3k

[justfollowingtheelections]

The party of Lincoln.

[Sopranos Republican]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

[Likely Voter]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

while that is likely true, most people who think like this jerk are likely to be republicans.

[Angel of Death]

Arkansas state Sen. Jason Rapert (R)

Does that count for this?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Love how the crowd cheers the loudest after the 'minorities' part.

Talk about showing your true colors.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Who cares? What's important is that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican and there was lots of racist Democrats 50 years ago.

[justfollowingtheelections]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

You have been reported.

[Sopranos Republican]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

You have been reported.

For what?!

[Lief 🗽]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

False.

[DemPGH]

I'm no grammar cop, but wow. Okay.

Anyway, this is a fringe group that once was a majority, it's not now, and as the country becomes more diverse and probably, hopefully, more rational, we're going to have to sit by while this particular brand of thinking thrashes about in its death throes.

[memphis]

Even worse than the minority bit (has it not occured to him that rural Southern whites are a minority), is the "taking this country back for the Lord." There are more people of this mindset than you could ever imagine. Just say no to theocracy! 

[freefair]

Arkansas = Political fail state. Horrible old Dixie Democratic party, horrible theocratic Post-Gingrich GOP.. Throw him out the Slavery Abolitionist movement descendant.
EDIT- He apparently was taking about minority political interests earlier on in his speech. I guess he meant pressure groups. He's been misunderstood.

[DC Al Fine]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

You have been reported.

For what?!

For ruining his fantasy world.

[traininthedistance]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

while that is likely true, most people who think like this jerk are likely to be republicans.

[Sopranos Republican]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

You have been reported.

For what?!

For ruining his fantasy world.

Oh whoops forgot about that rule.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

It does us no favors to pretend that hard-line conservatives aren't often racist.

[wan]

Arkansas = Political fail state. Horrible old Dixie Democratic party, horrible theocratic Post-Gingrich GOP. What a c-bomb this man his. Throw him out the Slavery Abolitionist movement descendant. If he's not primaried the state committee should do all they can to remove him from the ballot.

Agree

[wan]

He is probably living in the stone age.

[Indy Texas]

He may want to take the country back from minorities, but he features many of them prominently in the campaign commercials on his website homepage:
http://www.jasonrapertforsenate.com/

According to his website, he runs a financial firm called Rapert & Pillow, which sounds like a delightful place to work.

But he does say he wants to eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Clearly he's not a total monster.

[badgate]

The party of Lincoln.

Most Republicans don't think like this jerk.

You have been reported.

For what?!

For ruining his fantasy world.

Oh whoops forgot about that rule.

I don't think blagohair realized you were calling the Arkansas GOPer the jerk.

"Most Republicans don't think like this jerk." - Arkansas GOPer
"Most Republicans don't think like this, jerk." - blagohair


The power of the comma.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It does us no favors to pretend that hard-line conservatives aren't often racist.

True, but it also does us no favors to pretend that racists are often hard-line conservatives.

[Peter the Lefty]

It does us no favors to pretend that hard-line conservatives aren't often racist.

True, but it also does us no favors to pretend that racists are often hard-line conservatives.

Ummm....

[BigSkyBob]

Again we witness the specter of intellectually dishonest misquoting.

He said,

"And we're not going to allow minorities to run roughshod over what you people believe in."

You inserted a "the" before "minorities" and deliberately juxaposed it next to "Obama" to twist his remarks into a racial comment.

[BigSkyBob]

Love how the crowd cheers the loudest after the 'minorities' part.

Talk about showing your true colors.

Why shouldn't the crowd be free to cheer to their hearts content? If in your own mind you believe that you represent the viewpoint of the majority, why would you allow any minority viewpoint to dominate you?