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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt CPAC, Chuck "Love Connection" Woolery: "African-Americans don't need civil rights"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/michele-bachmann-cpac-prop-8_n_1268627.html
Former presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann accused the 9th Circuit court of Appeals of trying to undermine the will of the people after its decision this week ruling the ban on marriage for gays and lesbians in California to be unconstitutional. And she predicts the case will go before the Supreme Court.
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Bachmann, while doing radio interviews on "radio row" at CPAC, met up with Chuck Woolery, the former TV game show host, most notably of the "Love Connection," and they shared a warm embrace as Bachmann giddily called out, "Chuck! Chuck!"
Woolery is promoting "Reset Congress," a project that he outlines on his web site, Save Us Chuck Woolery. He, too, slammed the Prop 8 ruling, and said gays dont need civil rights. In fact, he believes African-Americans need no civil rights.
"Majority rules," he said, dismissing the idea that minorities need protections. "We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. (African-Americans) don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. (I'm discriminated against) because I'm old. I'm too old to get a job as a game show host. They say, well, the guy's 71 and in five years he'll be 76. And Im a one per center, and I'm absolutely discriminated against as a one per center."
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At CPAC, Chuck "Love Connection" Woolery: "African-Americans don't need civil rights" (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
Feb 2012
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Lint Head
(15,064 posts)1. America doesn't need Chuck Woolery.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Does he know that they aren't 3/5ths of a person anymore?
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)3. I had no idea
oh the trials and tribulations of being a 1%er.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)4. What year is this?
I can't believe this is 2012
Iggo
(47,597 posts)5. Hey, Chuck. In 2001, 50.6% of the babies born in California were Hispanic/Latino.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)6. He does make one good point
Age discrimination is a real and under-addressed issue in this country.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)7. He is one narcissistic fuck!
Because he is unable to get a job at 71 as a game show host in an industry where looks are not only a premium, but the reason most jobs are awarded, he believes that blacks and gays, as groups, should suck it up?
Lawlbringer
(550 posts)8. Guy Smiley
You just lost yourself a fan.
ncteechur
(3,071 posts)9. I think he's had his "2 and 2" minutes of fame.
B'Bye Chuck
lindysalsagal
(20,795 posts)10. Making a mockery of gameshow hosts across the internets....
provis99
(13,062 posts)11. gee, and I thought they wouldn't hire Chuck because he's dangerously insane.
he sounds loonier than Bachmann, who is batshit crazy.