(Partial transcript from a conversation between Idaho governor and his staff):
Look, I hear that— David and I debate this— but the big difference between the rich and the poor— it’s genetics. Poor people are genetically inferior, but that’s okay— [unintelligible] Don’t jump my roost about it— I didn’t make up that fact. It’s going to have to be okay, because it’s not like we can kill them [laughter from Otter]. But we need to stop spending— you know, spending so much on the inferior— It’s going to raise taxes, hurt economy, if we don’t. [unintelligible] Poor people deserve to live. I’m not heartless— [unintelligible] strict guidelines. Thank God we have religion— [unintelligible] retail— The lesser obviously can’t take care of themselves without it. I represent the genetically inferior— [laughter from Otter]. I’m bringing them jobs— the call centers— The Kuna meat packing plant— [laughter from Otter]. Inferior need to work harder now and realize that big government isn’t here in Idaho. We have to make cuts and John and Stewy back me on this—[unintelligible] the people won’t be able to compete with the superior, but let’s keep the message that they can and everything will work fine.”
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Incredible. You couldn't possibly make yourself look like more of stereotypical evil villain if you tried. Like if someone wrote a book with a villain who said things like this, people would say it's unrealistically evil. Holy fucking shit, this is incredible that an elected politician would say something like this, and we've seen so much bizarre shit come out of politicians lately.
Thank God we have religion
[unintelligible] retail
The lesser obviously can’t take care of themselves without it.
This looks like the Anna Diehl of capitalism, what the hell is this?
"David and I debate this
but the big difference between the rich and the poor
it’s genetics. Poor people are genetically inferior, but that’s okay
"
How do you explain rags-to-riches stories then? Do people change genetically?
You are, I'm sorry to say, a rather silly person.
He's governor of Idaho. In the primaries there was a choice between Otter, a Tea Party candidate, an anti-abortion nut and a gun nut. This, folks, is the best there is on offer and nobody with (D) after their name stands a chance.
This is why I would vote Democrat if I lived there. The Republicans are now almost like a stereotype that practically walked out of an extreme fantasy about evil politicians. Hell, I don't even think communists from Stalinist Russia could have made a better story about how American capitalist politicians work.
And yet he's still in office. Hell, he'll probably be reelected. You'd think this would be grounds for immediate removal but no. No, they'll keep him in office in spite of this Nazi-ish rhetoric about genetic superiors and inferiors directed against him simply because he gave them the go ahead to treat homosexuals as some kind of inferior... ... ...
You know what? I take it back. If this is real then they deserve him. Instant fucking karma for every single one of them that supported that vile little bill. I just feel sorry for the ones who didn't; yesterday must be a rather depressing day for them, straight and bi/homosexual alike. My own state's governor is a fucking dickhead but this is something else.
..."the people won’t be able to compete with the superior, but let’s keep the message that they can and everything will work fine."
Isn't this line grounds for impeachment on it's own?
Yep, I figured. This sort of stuff is more along the lines of the occasional Internet troll than elected officials.
@Glandu
That's really true. It depresses me to see otherwise intelligent people advocating for the Democrats. If they're so good, then why has Obama just been a continuation of Bush and things have gotten worse in both America and in the world? Unless you local Democrat is Bernie Sanders, your local Democrat is part of the problem (and honestly, Sanders is also part of the problem, he's just one of the smaller parts of the problem). The Democrats are spineless cowards who only stay in power because they're just the anti-Republicans. So few of them would ever be elected if the Republicans had anyone half decent.
A certain '47%' gaffe by Mitt 'Born With a Silver Foot in his Mouth' Romney a few years ago.
Digital audio recorders. Extremely small video camcorders. Walls have ears. And eyes .
Even pre-digital era, politicians knew that there is no such thing as 'This is strictly off the record': microcassette recorders, and all that jazz.
@TimeToTurn: I think it's more that for most people, politicians beyond Republicans and Democrats just aren't seen at all. And I'm not sure what you think abjuring the polls would do, at least until other parties get brought to the forefront. It doesn't help that lobbyist money makes it easy for Republicans and Democrats to shout everyone else down. So...what do you propose? Preferably short of an insurrection.
This is hardly definitive, but that sure doesn't look like a satire site, nor does the story have the tone of such a site. If you have to tell people you're being satirical, you're doing it wrong.
@TimeToTurn
Why Democrat? Because they're not the ones trying to push laws saying businesses can discriminate. They're not trying to stop gay marriage. They're not describing themselves as pro-life. They're not the ones making statements like "The Earth is only 6000 years old" or "Evolution is a flawed theory and it's just a theory".
If I truly had a choice I wouldn't vote Democrat. But given the political system, how only D or R is really given a shot, I'd vote D because I'd do my best to make sure R doesn't do whatever they plan to do. My first impression of George Bush was him discussing banning gay marriage. As a gay man, that pretty much hurt because I was still young and in the closet. I'd want my vote to count, and unfortunately that seems to mean only Democrat or Republican.
I'd probably not vote otherwise.
Wonderful. The governor of Idaho is stark-raving mad. And they elected him three fucking times. Three! Fucking! Times!
This is proto-fascism at its finest. Please learn from this outburst of insanity, rational people in Idaho, and vote this choadberry out . I'm sure that you can at least drum up enough opposition in Ada and Blaine counties to give him a run for his money... right?
@Tempus
"At this point, it's become flatly impossible to tell the Republican party in this country from parodies of cartoon villains."
And here in the UK, we have our own cartoon villains, the Conservative Party. Here's Iain Duncan Smith laughing at the effect of the unfair and hated bedroom tax which he himself devised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jul5m4E9PZQ
And I used to think Rik Mayall's Conservative politician character Alan B'Stard was a caricature...
Confused?
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