U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis to Obama: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button
By John Amato Sunday Apr 13, 2008 8:00pm
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis, a Hebron Republican, compared Obama and his message for change similar to a "snake oil salesman" [at a Northern Kentucky Lincoln Day dinner].He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a "highly classified, national security simulation" with Obama.
"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country."
UPDATE: Davis apologizes
That makes it all A-OK, I guess. I expect Obama to receive a ton of these apology letters as the days go by from the good old Republican Party.
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There you go again.
As opposed to Mr. BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, IRAN!
Forty years after the Civil Rights movement and rich white people are still saying "that boy." That phrase is incredibly insulting, and regardless of the other sentiments involved, Geoff Davis should apologize for that alone.
What a load of garbage - for years and years and years it's been the nuclear threat to America. Sure, yeah.
Cat @ 3:
Absolutely!! Couldn't agree more.
I don't think we should have such a stupid looking cracker with his finger on the button either. Ooops, poor choice of words, sorry.
I won't even bother with the obvious racial element to that pathetic hillbilly's idiotic comment. Dennis@1 will accuse me of "using the race card " because of course, only us black folks use the race card.
Oh no he DIDN'T!!
Obama is accumulating a large stockpile of public gaffes that the RNC will use against him in the general election. Political attack ads will feature Rev Wright's videos combined with Obama's dismissive remarks labeling small town whites a bunch of gun toting religious nuts. McCain will destroy Obama in November.
Oh, I'm sure he didn't really mean it. What do you think, Chris (Mathews)?
Poor persecuted redneck just having a laugh at someone else's expense.
And yet when Obama speaks the truth, THAT gets all the attention.
Good grief.
Congressmans Davis Campaign Poster:
"Congress Geoff Davis Serving Kentucky", ha. He's not qualified serving Kentucky Fried Chicken.
But, but, but Obama said poor and working class people vote Republican because their party appeals to them through religious chauvinism, racial prejudice, xenophobia and fear while the Democratic party has abandoned their economic interests. Oh, it just couldn't be true, could it?
Far be it for the Corporate Media to get exited about a run-of-the-mill racist remark from a Republican, when they can make a black man appear an elitist whose religion and patriotism are somehow in question.
Gawd, repugs are the ugliest.
I expect to hear a lot racism, a lot of lies and a lot of insane remarks directed towards Sen. Obama. This is the old tired
Annie Oakley -- he he
UPDATE: Davis apologizes
Yeah. Like macaca was 'a poor choice of words.' Just apologise after you get your hate on. Then it's A-OK. I often slip and call black men 'boy' It's a common mistake.
:roll: (eyes)
QuakerDave @ 12:
He speaks the truth and they critisize him. What would they do if he was as deceiving as they are.
An Average Joe @ 10:
Chris couldn't make it to comment himself, but he told me he thinks Davis is mantastique, and that his Old Spice smells like the sea, very briney and-erm-manly!
Couldn't have been THAT highly classified, if he was talking about it at this dinner.
The use of the term "boy" has left me embittered!
When speaking in public you would think that these guys would be very careful in what they say, but it always seems that a persons inner self just can't stay trapped in. It comes out. When you're a good person the truth tends to come out (i.e. when you notice how bitter people have become because their lives have become miserable). When you hang around a bunch of guys that still tell Earl Butts black jokes this kind of thing comes out (i.e. Maccaca). Did I just date myself?
I'm pretty tired of the cult of victimization fostered by whiny white folks.
Boo fricken' hoo!
-GSD
miss_kitty @ 18:
mantastique. Ha! That killed me.
When did we go back to putting our fingers on "the button"? I mean, I know some of the 80's fashions are coming back, just didn't realize this was one of them.
WhenIsItEnough @ 19:
And if it was highly classified, perhaps Kentucky dipstick owes more than an apology?
Fuck the South !
dennis @ 1:
Yup. Another racist remark. A reich-wingers calling a black man, "boy". How typical for you fringe 28%-er extremists.
Left&Left @ 7:
I never said that, Left and Left. Not even remotely close. Shameful on your part to make that accusation.
abob @ 9:
Believe it or not, most people aren't as stupid and ridiculous as you.
I bet you love the smell of spent rounds.
miss_kitty @ 16:
Well, ya gotta give him credit for apologizing- sincerely or not- quickly. IIRC, Allen tried for weeks to pass off "macaca" as some kind of nonsense word, rather than the racist, French slur it is.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 26:
A 12 inch Cheney and a bucket of (golf) balls and you call me boy?
It boils down to this:
The establishment just can't put up with an uppity black man who tells the truth.
abob @ 9:
Um, ya, ok whatever. I'd rather see Obama's finger on the nuke button than GeeDoubleYa's. That idiot can't even eat pretzels without choking, and he's been close to that button for how many years? Yikes.
So a little redneck white trash congresscritter hates Obama. Isn't he special?
Given that we have had 2 terms of an administration that sedulously avoided military responsibility -- So?
If Davis calls Obama "boy" in public I wonder what he calls him in private?
Snowball @ 14:
Damn, what an excellent point.
While trying to Swift Boat the Democratic front-runner on National Defense, you manage to inadvertently expose yourself as a racist. Hmm... something tells me Rep. Davis rode the short-bus to Cracker Mountain Bible College. I'm also thinking that that "highly classified, national security simulation" was - oh, I don't know -A GAME OF STRATEGO! Oh, and Rep. Davis, I'd recommend going by Geoffrey - at least till this thing blows over.
Andy K Jong Il @ 29:
I'm sure the apology was planned along with the comment in the first place. The point was to deliver the smear. I'm sure ther ewill be plenty of nobody Repubs doing the same thing for some time to come.
One good and bad thing about republicans is that they are predictable. It's good because you can plan ahead. It's bad because it's so much more irritating.
Snowball @ 31:
Ya know I hear one of Keith's regs say Sen. Obama will get into trouble because he is uppity or has his chin up. WTF does that mean? I want a proud President.
chimpy has been uppity and stupid for almost eight years and I never heard one word of this about him.
It would be swell if somebody could go to Kentucky and put up a billboard exactly like the one up top here that says, "Congressman Geoff Davis...Serving Kentucky".
Only change it to read....EMBARRASSING KENTUCKY.
He went on to say that Sen. Clinton was at the same "simulation" and that, in contrast, she was very aggressive. "Man oh man, you should have seen that little gal. It must have been that time of the mo-" he was heard to say as his chief of staff dragged him from the podium.
I suppose it does sound racist to call him boy. I called him pouty boy, but after I realized it would be taken the wrong way I started saying pouty little man. I think a lot of people AT FIRST don't realized this, but I do believe the republicans play on it.
What's disturbing is that Representative Davis, apparently quite comfortably, made such a statement to a group of Republicans and wasn't run out on a rail by them. Racists, all.
He looks like an encyclopedia salesman.
when is enough going to be enough?
He's right.
NOBODY's finger needs to be on that button. The concept of launching a nuclear attack is just too bizarre to be real. Are we not doing enough damage with overpopulation, climate change, pollution, ecosystem destruction and loss of genetic diversity?
anneyhussein @ 44:
Oh yes. Criticize a black man and you are a racist. What a racist comment.
abob @ 9:
Assuming McInsane is drool free and able to stand up on his own come november.
thats one big assumption and wishful thinking for the GOP considering their fantasy candidate is 72 and barely able to tell what decade he is in.
I hope you are no refering to Nixons actions in regards to RFK.
Geoff Davis needs to go out in front Annie Oakley's duck blind so Hillary, err, I mean Annie can shoot him.
Why would there be a discussion about this. The guy is a bigot clear and simple.
I hope this is not being used to infer that anyone who disagreed with Obamas' insulting remarks is racist/bigoted.
anneyhussein @ 44:
Take it as far as you can. The trick, and everyone's assignment for the next two days, is to see if you can tie this to John McCain. There has to be a connection there somewhere. C'mon everyone, this could be huge.
Just don't be detracted by the more obvious case of racism toward Barack Obama today; the AP Chairman who referred to Barack as 'Obama bin Laden' when asking him a question today at a luncheon in Washington, D.C. Not mentioning that gaffe in the same accusation of race might be misconstrued as cherry-picking.
As opposed to sitting silent and motionless in a Florida classroom for seven minutes!
Davis is a racist from whom racist remarks flow easy as water pouring from a pitcher. But his constituents love him for it, I guarantee. Here's hoping they represent a part of a new and permanent minority in this country -- by which I mean white, racist dirtbags.
all these 'slip ups' a la AP chief(not the first time for the AP), Ashcroft, Clinton and assorted McCain supporters are causing blow-back in that, for the first time that I can remember, are causing more ill feelings towards the attacker not attackee (I know its not a word...or is it?). These will be seen as manufactured
No one should have their finger on "the button". Push the button and we're all doomed. It's amazing that there are some that think if they're the button-pusher then they're exempt from the consequences. Dream on.
Senator Obama is a senator, this guy is just a representative. If anyone should be calling anyone boy it's Obama to Davis.
hope @ 54:
Errrr unless we're talking about a M.A.D. situation we could live.
This means his popularity will never be less than 28%.
Did Davis reveal classified information? He is the tip of iceberg. I am so sick of all this crap. Time for somebody to stand up and say the current administration and the Repubs in congress are violating the constitution, numerous laws, and all decency. If this is what is in store for us and Obama if he wins the nomination, I wouldn't blame him for walking away. This country is sinking deeper in the mire and nobody is doing anything about it. Is that what Clinton wants? I am really asking, for I fear she and many of her supporters would say yes, at all costs.
CD @ 56:
O.k., enlighten me. I have ultra-lame days, I admit, but I don't know whay you're referring to.
hope @ 59:
That would be "what". I also have days I can't type too.
If anyone should know about a snake oil salesman it's a Republican preacher or politician.
abob @ 9:
the light has yet to be shone on mccain until it is all bets are off
...because having a drunken, coked up frat boy who has failed miserably at everything he's ever done and mismanaged two wars is much better to have with his finger on the button.
I can just imagine what Davis' 'decision in that simulation' was!
"Civil unrest in Ghana? Antartic ice sheet melting? American economy collapsing? No problem, I pushed the button. Now where's the booze and hookers?"
Thumper, sorry dude, you're talking like a racist. The issue isn't "criticizing" a black man. The issue is calling him a "boy". If that's OK in your book, you're a racist, flat out, plain as the trunk on an elephant's face.
And ferrofluid, I agree that Obama is getting hit with flak over non-issues and I also agree that the melonheads on the Right will continue hitting him with flak for issues long dead and buried. (Obama's speech following the Reverend Wright flame-up was brilliant and impressive, as well as effective. Only Fox nuts and other narrow right wingers claim not to be impressed by it.) But Obama is eloquent, gracious, and dynamic. He will galvanize the Left and the Center and so anesthetize the nitwit Right wing that most of them will stay home, disgruntled that they don't have another fool like Bush/Cheney to vote for, and not persuaded that the "boy" Obama will create any major "problems' for the Right. On that last count, they will be proven wrong.
All that having been said, the only way McCain is going to beat anybody in November is if you Republicans resort to the same ugly manipulative tactics you used in 2000 and 2004 to cage votes, disenfranchise people who don't look like you, and rig the voting machines. McCain is a man who served his country well and would have left a much more significant mark on American history if he'd kept out of the fray and maintained his honesty and integrity instead of selling his soul to the Christian Taliban and the Neo-Conservative corporate fascist claque that has effectively destroyed this country's economy and reputation in the world.
enough @ 58:
What on earth has the subject of this thread have anything to do with the Hillary Clinton? Do you imagine that the Republicans will stop this putrid behavior when and if Senator Obama wins the nomination?
Southern white Republican. Racist pig. I'm not surprised.
hope @ 60:
M.A.D. = mutually assured destruction
What a racist this idiot is. Pig is a better word, you're right Ruthless. Millions would say that it would feel so good to get this guy forced out of his job.
hope @ 61:
Mutually Assured Destruction, I ween! It was the theory of preventing nuclear war that made growing up in the 50's and 60's so much fun -- realizing that if WWIII were declared we would, as Tom Lehrer put it, "all go together when we go/ every hottentot and every eskimo."
Without a M.A.D. situation, most Americans would survive, but only after serving up unparalleled carnage and misery on the population of whatever region of the world our "button pusher" decided to destroy.
Three things happened in the last week:
--Bush admitted to authorizing torture
--a sitting Rep. made a racist slur towards Obama
--Obama had a comment taken out of context and was slammed by elitists for being elite
Can you guess which one the liberal media has been showing us 24/7?
princess @ 51:
Princess is hearing voices again. I guess you stopped hearing voices from your make believe husband and child.
"BOY?!?!"
I just read this on the Sydney Morning Herald's website:
Senator Barack Obama's name has been mangled plenty of times during his campaign for the presidency, although never in the presence of 1,200 news executives and TV cameras.
It happened today at The Associated Press' Annual Luncheon, where the Democratic presidential candidate spoke and took questions. Dean Singleton, chairman of the AP's board of directors and head of Denver-based MediaNews Group, slipped when asking the senator if he could envision sending many more US troops to Afghanistan, where "Obama bin Laden is still at large".
Obama gave a quizzical look and said, "I think that was Osama bin Laden".
Singleton quickly replied, "If I did that, I'm so sorry".
"No, no, no," the senator said. He called it "part of the exercise that I've been going through over the last 15 months, which is why it's pretty impressive I'm still standing here".
The crowd laughed and gave him a sympathetic round of applause.
*******
It IS amazing and impressive that he's in the race and doing so amazingly well. What an accomplishment! Truly something.
abob @ 9:
No, idiots like you who play into the Goebbles playbook of "a lie told many times becomes truth" will destroy any candidate other than the one using said playbook: McCain.
Exactly what are Obama's gaffes?
I guess telling the truth now is considered a gaffe?
Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, not even Orwell could have imagine that someone would out-do 1984 in real life.
dennis @ 51:
Let's see. Geoff Davis is a Republican. McCain is a Republican.
so we have what, 2 degrees?
That took a whole lot of 2 seconds, do I win something?
He looks like every gin-soaked seersucker wearing racist cracker I've ever met.
votingvet @ 71:
Thanks (and to Slaw too). Don't know how I missed that having grown up in the 70s. I understand self-preservation is paramount to human beings however, never quite understand people who can negate human suffering as long as it doesn't hit "home".
Yeah , that makes a lot of sense coming from a douchebag who has complete faith in a military deserting , AWOL moron chickenshit and a 5 deferrment asshole .........
He sounds jealous and insecure. Keep your chin up Senator it kills these tiny minds.
dennis@51 I assume by "detracted" you meant distracted. An inevitable correction of your post is required and not merely spelling or grammar. Calling Senator Obama "Obama bin Laden" is mean spirited and stupid but not racist. Calling him "boy" is.
Alice Hussein @ 49:
Cat @ 3:
You are right.
"that boy" and they say Sen. Obama is out of touch with the people, when this Ahole is living with a pre-60's mentality. We should Imus this guy.
votingvet @ 71:
I don't think I could have said it better.
Hell even Patton found the idea of nukes horrible.
I guess he's just a 'typical white person'.
BOY!!!!??????????
where is the outrage at the use of that word????
BOY?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
FUCK THAT RACIST...AND FUCK THE RACIST PRESS...AND FUCK THIS RACIST COUNTRY
Tyler Durden @ 77:
Good start. Gonna have to find a closer connection than that though for it to get any traction- remember, the MSM loves McCain's BBQ so they aren't going to go for something that nebulous
Surely since it's so obvious Geoff Davis is an out and out racist that he has a long history of racist remarks. And surely one of those many racist remarks had to have been made when McCain was in the vicinity. Vicinity for a dog whistle is defined as within 40 miles; that being the distance between Meridien, Missisippi- McCain's boyhood home- and Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Can't be that hard. Google can work wonders. Dr. Matt and his Think Progress buddies even have Nexis now I takle it. Let's get to work.
Davis is only three years older than Obama. "Boy" is so clearly a dog-whistle statement, it makes me cringe. In South Africa, the dog-whistles are so well known that you cannot get away with uttering them--calling someone Boy will get your ass handed to you five ways from Sunday. But here? Oh, that's just harmless fun.
Anyway, I would be much more worried about another GOP whackjob putting his finger on the button. NOBODY'S finger should ever be on that button. Ever. Hell, the button shouldn't even exist.
Is there a pool going on which reslug will be first to go all the way and use the "N" word? Or have I already missed that milestone?
jxn @ 89:
I find the idea of a Man McCain's age being allowed near the button frightening.
I love my grandpa but the only buttons I let him near are those on the remote, the phone, and his clothes.
MargeAggedon @ 90:
Well Limbaugh the moron called Obama a magic negro already.
expect Obama to receive a ton of these apology letters
Really. Of course the apologies will only be from a % of elected officials as they each take a turn getting out the message, followed by the claim of bad choice of words. They will start just saying "Sorry, I was in a hurry." Then the next repube constitution busting jerk will take his turn. I bet they have a sign up sheet over at Karl's house for which day you get to be the "Smearer of the Day."
All the hate radio hosts and FOX employees won't feel the need to apologize, they've done worse.
FOX this coming Friday: "Good evening folks, this is Michelle subbing for Bill. Tonight we are going to ask, 'Has our political discourse run into the gutter? How have political adversaries taken the low road? How often do people say some really nasty things and why?' Tonight we are going to discuss this with our panel - Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Bill Krystol, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Savage and Tammy Bruce.
Let's start with Ann. You wrote a fair and balanced book called, Slander, so you have had some first hand experience in this area. Why do you think liberals debase the political discourse? Where did they go wrong? Then Michael, I would like you to tell us how you came to the realization that liberalism is a mental illness."
Reading the comments under the link to the update here, I felt compelled to comment. My comment didn't seem to post. The comments on the site seemed shilled, and "drudged." Here is my comment that didn't post there:
"I didn't hear Obama complaining about this, and wonder what prompted Davis to apologize so grandly? Neither did I hear any details about this alleged simulation failure, and doubt I will. Sounds like a load of smear BS, to me.
Obama isn't the racist here, the racism is being thrown up around him in situations like this, and he's having to deal with it. And, I commend him highly for his handling of it.
Again, this hoopla over "boy" is just a vehicle to push the vague allegation that Obama failed a simulation, with no details about the alleged failure, just the usual fear-mongering meme that we're all doomed. Doomed, (you) tell (me)! Transparent Rovian whispering BS. Nice try."
Thank you for allowing me to complete my vent, C&L!
[Deleted. Off topic. Wow, you're the first person to bring that up. Wonder why that is? If you're that concerned about our editorial decisions, please drop us a line: sitemonitor1@gmail.com Site Monitor]
abarts @ 86:
Actually, I suspect he isn't typical. Southerners are the only people I've ever heard use it to denigrate adult men, Black or white. Elsewhere, "boy" refers to a pre-adult child.
That Southern use of the word, "boy", if addressed to a white man, means "You're inferior to me." It's intended to be an insult, either serious or in jest to a friend or someone you're friendly with, like jackass or bastard or wimp when guys play king of the hill with each other.
But if it's addressed by a white man to a Black man, it ALWAYS means, "You're nothing but a n*gger." It's an upfront unmistakable verbal expression of racism.
MargeAggedon @ 90:
Yeah, Marge. Mike Lacey, Village Voice media CEO, at an awards dinner last week, where he called a white journalist friend "my n**ger.
Not sure why this one wasn't bigger news.
Maybe because he wasn't a reslug. Or wasn't tied in any way to McCain. Hard to say.
CD @ 91:
I still remember Raygun, during the 80s the whole world lived one bad nap away from destruction.
Perhaps the Rescumlicans would cut Obama a little slack if Barack was a fellow toe tapper ? Its really past the point of ridiculous. Doesn't any American ever consider how this all looks to the rest of the world ? I remember the good ole days when Canucks just thought of Americans as brash and a little arrogant.
The best thing about having a Democratic president will be
that he will not have to keep a finger on "teh button".
He'll be too busy engaging the rest of the world in dialogue!
Tyler Durden @ 97:
Either in the 80's or 90's there was a radar problem in Russia and if not for a mid level officer refusing to believe that America was attacking they would have launched their nukes.
'Boy'??
Oh, my. That one actually made me gasp aloud. How far we have NOT come since the Civil Rights movement...
nonny mouse @ 101:
Get real, he said that because of age, not EVERYTHING is about race..........
chris, I generally tend to ignore you, because you're mostly an ignorant gadfly not worth bothering with - not the sort who listens to reason or logic, and never will.
But for the record, 'boy'-dom stops at about the end of high school. I'm pretty sure Obama is older than the usual 17 year old senior.
Get real, he said that because he opened his mouth and his inate racism fell out. In this case, it so very obviously IS about race.
chris @ 102:
Chris, you couldn't be more clueless if you tried.
It wouldn't matter if Davis were more than 3 years older than Obama or if he were the Senator and Obama the Rep. It wouldn't matter.
However, a white man calling an adult African American "boy" is one step removed from the N word. Anyone who claims anything different than that doesn't have any grasp of history or is in denial about the use of code words.
chris @ 102:
A CONGRESSMAN is expected to know better than to say such things.
chris @ 102:
Yeah why would anyone think it's about race, coming from Rep. Geoffrey "Geoff" Davis(R-The South). Why does that name sound so familiar? Geoffrey, Geoff, Geoff, Jeff, Jeff, Jefferson Davis, Old Jeff Davis....No, not ringing a bell.
And don't be so disingenuous in your concern, chris. Davis was born on 10/26/1958, Obama on 8/4/1961. That's less than 3 years difference in age between a 49 year-old jerkoff and a 46 year-old man.
I like you better when you jump out from behind shrubbery and shout, "BOO!"
nonny mouse @ 103:
No its not, that one word can not prove its about race, you guys talk about McCain getting favorable treatment from the media but anytime someone criticizes BO its racism. Then you pretend like nothings changed since the 60's, which is absurd. So stop playing the race card and get some substance, if he failed at a war game like this I'd like know. We are eletcing a commander in chief not a diversity in chief........
dennis @ 96:
Yeah, dennis, funny thing there. Black people get to use the N-word, and white people get to treat black people like shit. That N-word double standard bites ass, doesn't it.
chris @ 107:
So you were there for that classified wargame, chris? Or are you just going on the word of
GeoffreyJeffersonJeffGeoff Davis(President, CSA)(Rep., The South Shall Rise Again)?chris @ 107:
Who else has anyone called "boy"?
I'm gonna once again play the contrarian here and say that this is more ado about nothing.
Southerners have a habit of calling EVERYBODY 'boy.'
Sometimes it's racist, yes. "Hey, BOY, c'mon over he-uh and pick this he-uh cotton!"
And it is often condescending. "That BOY ain't raght."
It's also a term of endearment at times. "Why he's just as good ol' BOY as you ever want to meet."
This seems to fall somewhere between condescending and endearment -- closer to condescending, but not racist. I know we Yankees like to tsk tsk the Southern man and his strange ways, but if we really want this campaign to be all about SUBSTANCE, we would do well not to harp too much on little language vagaries coming out of Dixie all the time.
Just sayin'.
And what was that wargame? Undercover DoD intelligence units, disguised as Iranians, smuggling parts for plasma cyclotrons into Iraq? 'Cause
JeffersonGeoff Davis didn't really give us the particulars, did he?Hey nonny. Found this article on some background of Geoff Davis:
Davis sorry for 'boy' remark
Some excerpts: Ron Washington, a retired Northern Kentucky police officer who was the first African American to serve on the Kenton County Republican Executive Committee, has come to Davis' defense.
"When Geoff first ran for office (in 2002) I got to know him and I campaigned with him in black communities and neighborhoods," Washington said. "I know there is nothing racist about Geoff Davis. He is a good guy and he is not the guy he is being portrayed to be."
.....
"I've known Geoff Davis for a number of years and he is, above all, someone who believes that all citizens are equal," he said. "Every politician has 'oops' moments, but poor word choice is usually just that - a poor choice of words, and nothing more. Geoff Davis, a decorated military officer who served alongside people of all races and backgrounds, is certainly not a racist, and anyone who alleges otherwise is trying to score cheap political points."
Davis and his oldest daughter, Becky, have served the African American-community as a mentor in inner-city Cincinnati schools.
.........
"I have never heard Congressman Davis speak in any way which would suggest a racial prejudice, bias or hatred," Carey wrote. "And yet, in this highly charged environment where discussions about race are commonplace, there seems to have developed a hypersensitivity to the words being spoken by candidates and others.
...........................
If anyone has any background proving this guy has a racist history, I'd like to see it. Otherwise calling him a racist for a poor choice of words is hardly fair. And I know liberals are all about being fair.
BobbyFlay @ 111:
What other statesmen are you aware of that Davis has referred to as "boy"? If this is commonplace for him, there should be many quotes backing up your theory.
Didn't read the whole thread, but I don't think that cousin-screwing, ignorant, white trash hillbilly KKK racist's finger should be on the button either.
I'm sorry; that was an unfortunate choice of words.
I mean, he could've been clearer and avoided the "boy" faux pas by calling Obama "nigra" or "darkie."
hope @ 111:
Unless it was Flava Flav, nobody in recent memory - and Rep. Davis don't look like Flava Flav...
Carps @ 21:
Maybe he thought no one would hear the comment thru the white hood guess his voice carries
Hey Kentucky? How's your economy doing these days? I was hanging around in your state with one of my best friends and it wasn't looking so good there. See that republican congressman you have there.....he is more concerned about Obama than your economic future.
Different Anonymous @ 118:
Ahhh, yes. Flava Flav. Why do some people's 15 minutes seem sooooooooo long?
BobbyFlay @ 112:
You are aware that "good ol' boy" ain't a term of endearment, right...
Just sayin'
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis
Proud member of the KKK.
Just what America needs, more idiot republicans like Geof Davis to loot the treasury and send jobs overseas while we sink into recession. Who cares that we have no healthcare or that our bridges are falling down.
General rule in the South is that old white guys do not call black guys "boys". They can call their buddies "boys" but not black people (not in their face anyways). And you don't necessarily have to have racism on record. There's a reason why the KKK wear hoods and play with fire at night.
don't give these .....republic ans license to say anything without challenging them with facts. middle america won't understand a factual based retort, but perhaps the red face on the republican might give middle america a clue as to how rotten these guys are. Let's see now, he compares this "boy" obama to a snake oil salesman when his party the republican party has been dealing smoke and mirrors for the past 8 years. let's take off the gloves and hit them full force. thought it might be better to wait a bit and make it closer to the actual election. THE TIME TO STRIKE IS NOW. it's time to hit them with everything you've got. these lying bastards need to be stomped into the ground so that when the election actually surfaces it will only be a matter of which democratic candidate will occupy the office. if we don't act now and speak in factually hard terms, we're looking at a mcsame entering the office for a minimum of 4 years.
we're being too sensitive. he's just using a phrase, he didn't know it was racist. like those high school kids that hung the nooses, they didnt' even realize that there was a racist background to lynching. cut the poor beleaguered white boy a break.
groucho @ 126:
You've got to be kidding me.
what a redneck retarded dipshit cocksucker that douche is
dennis @ 114:
Your argument would be a lot more compelling if he went by Geoffrey.
BobbyFlay @ 112:
I suspect your expertise on Southern dialect may be a result of repeated viewing of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. No doubt at some future time you will be lecturing us on your certainty that sailors are greatly enamored of skinny women and spinach. BOY, I SAY BOY...
votingvet @ 66:
I agree with ya. mccain served country, was a pow, a senator, sort of a gold digger, those times have past. It's time to more on, he's locked a fog before Civil Rights.
One more point when Obama personally addresses the world, it will be another eloquent speech.
The United States deserves Obama.
Go Obama.
Go USA.
Ugh. As a Southerner, he should know. At least he apologized.
joe@130
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Man, that is phunny.
UPDATE: Davis apologizes
That's That.
What a swell guy.... He's A-O-KKK in my book
no longer a proud american @ 125:
I agree with you. I hope they can understand plain English. I hope silly hillary will stop with the repug tactics. Doesn't she understand that we are sick of this sort of things? She acts like a puppet to me, a mean puppet. She has more faces than EVE.
Yeah baby, I'm on it like sink on a repug.
CD @ 127:
yes dear, i'm kidding you. some of us libs have no sense of humor
Hey Geoff,
No apology necessary. We accept you for the bigot you are. The problem is you should not even hold a public office as high as dog catcher and here you are in Congress. Go figure!
groucho @ 136:
Other have lost their ability to detect sarcasm.
Imagine the language he uses at home.
That "BOY". I wonder if he'll still call him that when he's president? Oops.
I really think the USA should have another civil war.
Lynda Hussein from DownUnder @ 5:
Absolutely!! Couldn't agree more.
It's a shame that this diseased and twisted frame of thought still exists, this is the very poison which has tainted the very fabric of the U.S. ...........Congress should address this Man's deliberate infraction, b/c, let's face it, this was a deliberate attack & strategical move by the GOP to create a form of division amongst the people (the old divide and conquer strategy)........They are deliberately attempting to turn this campaign into a black and white issue............When in all reality they know, that it really isn't the case @ all, the campaign is about all Americans no matter what race or creed...........Let's remember that all though they are attempting to make Obama into a "dark horse candidate," in reality he appears be a candidate who mostly represents what America really stands for it is the "great melting pot.".....Obama is neither black nor white, he is mixed, but the GOP is counting on painting him to be a darker picture so that they can count on the ignorant frame of thought that some backwards (racist) thinking people still share in this country........Anyone who might share this form of thinking can not honestly claim that they love their fellow brother or sister, this sort of thinking is unGodly, and should not be tolerated at any level of government office............I fought for this country and its shameful that this statement came from anyone, especially a veteran who once led some of our troops.....People need to get passed this ignorance and learn that we are all Americans who are fortunate to have the opportunity to live in this great country of ours...........God Bless You All & Be Well
abob @ 9:
Yep! Talk about ANYTHING but the issues! Like the total destruction of America in 6 years by the incompetent, american hating sociopathic republican's. Not to mention McInsane doesn't even know what month of the year it is. But hey, Obama's preacher said some "crazy things." Apparently, that's enough for fools like you.
Douchebag.
We can devote a week to the topic of "bitter" and "elitest" but should dismiss "boy" and "racist".
God damn liberal media again.
RLF Says:
I hope this is not being used to infer that anyone who disagreed with Obamas’ insulting remarks is racist/bigoted.
What insulting remarks?
Cat @ 3:
You're right. Unfortunately, it will probably garner for votes for the moron if he runs for re-election.
Thumper Says:
Oh yes. Criticize a black man and you are a racist. What a racist comment.
What do you mean? I think you're completely wrong Honky. Now I'm just criticizing so don't get sensitive.
dennis Says: anneyhussein @ 44:
the AP Chairman who referred to Barack as ‘Obama bin Laden’ when asking him a question today at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.
Raise your hands if you think that one wasn't planned.
votingvet Says:
But his constituents love him for it, I guarantee. Here’s hoping they represent a part of a new and permanent minority in this country — by which I mean white, racist dirtbags.
I think they are a minority these days, even in private. I know there's people that don't mind a bit of covert racism, but the days when the vast majority of people will put up with a racist is long gone. Just look at "Macaca".
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