Hate in the Mainstream
A collection of quotes regarding race and hate
鈥淥bama tags? We鈥檇 buy some of those.鈥
鈥 Independent Idaho conservative REX RAMMELL at an Aug. 25 GOP fundraiser, as quoted by the Twin Falls Times-News, during a discussion about wolf hunting licenses, or 鈥渢ags鈥
鈥America is an outgrowth of Christianity and English civilization. 鈥 [U]ncontrolled immigration with multiculturalism is a recipe for 鈥 the fracturing of America along racial and ethnic lines.鈥
鈥 JEFFREY T. KUHNER, writing in a Sept. 20 book review in The Washington Times in which he also claims Latino 鈥渞adicals鈥 are seeking to annex the American Southwest to Mexico
鈥淸W]e need to realize he is an enemy of humanity.鈥
鈥 U.S. Rep. TRENT FRANKS (R-Ariz.) at the Sept. 26 conservative 鈥淗ow to Take America Back鈥 conference, making comments about Barack Obama that he said later referred only to the president鈥檚 position on abortion
鈥淢ilitary intervention is what Obama鈥檚 exponentially accelerating agenda for 鈥榝undamental change鈥 toward a Marxist state is inviting.鈥
鈥 Conservative commentator JOHN L. PERRY, in a Sept. 29 column on the right-wing Newsmax website that was removed after protests
鈥淥possum, the other dark meat. A little greasy, but hey.鈥
鈥 Kansas State Rep. BILL OTTO (R), in comments that immediately followed his criticism of President Obama, on a video removed from YouTube on Oct. 15. Otto鈥檚 remarks were widely denounced as racist, but he said they referred only to 鈥渞edneck鈥 stereotypes
鈥淎merica was once their country. They sense they are losing it. And they are right.鈥
鈥 MSNBC commentator PAT BUCHANAN, referring to the white people he termed 鈥渢raditional Americans鈥 in an Oct. 20 column published on the WorldNetDaily online news site
鈥淚slam is 鈥 a violent political system bent on 鈥 world domination. 鈥 [W]e should treat it 鈥 as we would members of the Communist Party.鈥澨
鈥 Christian Coalition founder PAT ROBERTSON, in Nov. 9 remarks on the Christian Broadcasting Network鈥檚 鈥淭he 700 Club,鈥 which he co-hosts
鈥淪peaking of gays, happy birthday, Ray Buckley. Yeah, you f-----. 鈥 You are a disgrace to yourself, to humanity, to mankind and to your party.鈥
鈥 DOUG LAMBERT, co-host of Gilford, N.H.-based WEMJ-AM鈥檚 鈥淢eet the New Press,鈥 attacking the state鈥檚 Democratic Party chairman in Nov. 14 remarks that resulted in Lambert鈥檚 firing and widespread condemnation from officials of both parties
鈥淵our son was a homo, really?鈥澨
鈥 Mecklenburg, N.C., County Commissioner BILL JAMES (R), questioning a fellow commissioner on Dec. 15 who invoked the memory of her son, who died of AIDS, in voting with a majority to extend benefits to same-sex partners of gay county employees
Quotes on this page were compiled from media accounts, web pages, e-mail groups听and Media Matters for America, a website that monitors the far right.
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