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nolabear

(42,006 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:14 PM Jul 2016

I just saw Don Lemon interview the sheriff who'll speak at the GOP convention, and Oh. My. God.

Lemon had to cut to a commercial at one point to try to get control of the salivating rant. He is one of the most horrifying, virulently anti-black black people I have ever seen. To his credit Lemon tried hard to make him answer any question or have any conversation but he was a madman. If he's anything like that at the convention he's going to shock the hell out of anyone who's not an absolute extremist. Here's his info:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/trump-invites-anti-government-extremist-sheriff-speak-gop-convention

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I just saw Don Lemon interview the sheriff who'll speak at the GOP convention, and Oh. My. God. (Original Post) nolabear Jul 2016 OP
what a horrible waste... chillfactor Jul 2016 #1
I knew it was Clarke even before I clicked on the link. Not surprised at all that he will speak riversedge Jul 2016 #2
Scum Attracts Scum Yallow Jul 2016 #15
Wow. Just wow. I don't know what's wrong with Hortensis Jul 2016 #19
He runs as a -democrat- and wins with good numbers in the city and the county HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #21
I've seen this sort of thing happen in California where Hortensis Jul 2016 #22
That's what attracts right wing votes. He'll fit right in with GOPer message. Hoyt Jul 2016 #3
Only some, Hoyt -- a certain type and degree of Hortensis Jul 2016 #20
The way voting works is that if you vote 'with the nasty' you are the nasty. A voter can't Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #23
Name for my new garage band: Nasty Cake! Raster Jul 2016 #29
His Wiki page citood Jul 2016 #4
He looked so different tonight. Thin, tight, nearly deranged. nolabear Jul 2016 #7
And the guy runs as a Dem? gabeana Jul 2016 #12
I suppose...I really don't know anything about him. citood Jul 2016 #13
Saw that. Kool Aid drinker. Scapegoating young people who want applegrove Jul 2016 #5
Holy shit, I'm surprised this guy isn't Donald Trump's vice president. Initech Jul 2016 #6
Take off his uniform put on a hoodie and allow him to drive through any neighborhood at 3 am and see glennward Jul 2016 #8
It's all over Twitter too: generalwoody Jul 2016 #9
oh good god.... chillfactor Jul 2016 #10
Note how different he looks from the wikipedia photo. nolabear Jul 2016 #11
Interesting. Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #28
He really thinks these racist white folks will actually accept him if he talks their talk KingFlorez Jul 2016 #14
Did you see all those... ReRe Jul 2016 #16
That guy is a scary, angry hate-filled madman StrictlyRockers Jul 2016 #17
What angers me are all the people on twitter praising the Sheriff musicblind Jul 2016 #18
The sheriff is a member of the human race. He's not a color. Did MLK live and die in vein? Boudica the Lyoness Jul 2016 #24
I'm not certain if your objection is to the OP or him. nolabear Jul 2016 #25
But this same Sheriff Clarke supported Cliven Bundy pointing rifles at federal law enforcement. muntrv Jul 2016 #26
Scary..think he is Justice Thomas' only black friend. angstlessk Jul 2016 #27

chillfactor

(7,592 posts)
1. what a horrible waste...
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:19 PM
Jul 2016

of human flesh on this asshat of a sheriff....no wonder he is a speaker at the hate-filled rethug convention.

riversedge

(70,465 posts)
2. I knew it was Clarke even before I clicked on the link. Not surprised at all that he will speak
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:21 PM
Jul 2016

at a Trump convention.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
19. Wow. Just wow. I don't know what's wrong with
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 04:54 AM
Jul 2016

the people of Milwaukee, but this is not good for the GOP. Conservative indies left the party to dissociate from this stuff.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
21. He runs as a -democrat- and wins with good numbers in the city and the county
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 05:57 AM
Jul 2016

He won a national recognition this past spring as America's outstanding law enforcement officer, as judged by other law enforcement officers. As the GOP is the law and order party Clarke is perfect for their convention.

The public persona he promotes for himself is that of a self-aggrandizing tough talking gun-slinger.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. I've seen this sort of thing happen in California where
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 06:13 AM
Jul 2016

worried minorities rally around some forceful character who promises draconian measures to lower crime in their neighborhoods. Is that part of what's happening here? Large numbers of minority Democrats, of course, are conservatives who have no conservative party to join.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
20. Only some, Hoyt -- a certain type and degree of
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 04:58 AM
Jul 2016

right-winger, mostly social conservatives, religious and not. He will fit right in with today's Republican Party because the exodus from the party has left this type fairly concentrated in it, but he will disgust the larger part of the right wing who are repelled by genuine racial and other extreme nastiness.

More benign conservatives have been voting with the nasty conservatives, of course, but they keep getting battered with message after message telling them their natural political cohesiveness is problematic. Slow learners, slow to accept unflattering views of themselves, slow to change their ways. Conservative.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
23. The way voting works is that if you vote 'with the nasty' you are the nasty. A voter can't
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 08:39 AM
Jul 2016

be 'benign' while their votes are nasty. Voter is defined by the vote. They can't both have and eat the nasty cake.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
29. Name for my new garage band: Nasty Cake!
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 10:04 PM
Jul 2016

Pour some sugar on me
Ooh in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Ooh I can't get enough
I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet, yeah

nolabear

(42,006 posts)
7. He looked so different tonight. Thin, tight, nearly deranged.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:45 PM
Jul 2016

Don Lemon even said toward the end that he understood how much stress he must be under, maybe trying to soften the appearance of actual hysteria.

applegrove

(118,931 posts)
5. Saw that. Kool Aid drinker. Scapegoating young people who want
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:23 PM
Jul 2016

better policing. What type of Sheriff doesn't? I mean a study will show that police are underpaid and untrained and communities too poor. And a whole host of ideas will be tried. How could anyone on either side be against looking into it..... unless of course you are the GOP trying to maintain your wedge issues.

 

glennward

(989 posts)
8. Take off his uniform put on a hoodie and allow him to drive through any neighborhood at 3 am and see
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:57 PM
Jul 2016

what happens to him when he is stopped by police. He doesn't understand that he would be brutalized and treated like most black men are ...maybe even shot in the head. These black-hating blacks make me sick to my stomach.

I, for one, will not be watching any of the RNC hate-fest. My heart and my head can't take it.

chillfactor

(7,592 posts)
10. oh good god....
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:24 AM
Jul 2016

the comments on twitter make me sick to my stomach....people ACTUALLY support that madman,,,,,,

nolabear

(42,006 posts)
11. Note how different he looks from the wikipedia photo.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:29 AM
Jul 2016

Yeah, those tweets about how great he was are not surprising but you kind of hope those people don't exist.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
14. He really thinks these racist white folks will actually accept him if he talks their talk
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 01:05 AM
Jul 2016

And he might hate being black. If he really believes that a bunch of ignorant racists view him as anything other than another black person, he's incredibly stupid. Trump probably laughs at him.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
16. Did you see all those...
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 02:25 AM
Jul 2016

... dime store trinkets on his chest? Seriously. Who could take him serious? Look it... he's as crazy as Trump himself. No telling how much they're paying him too. He's a damn good actor. Bet he has bodyguards. I thought he was going to take Don Lemon out right there on the set! Shame on CNN for putting him on. Send him back to Fox, for dog's sake.

StrictlyRockers

(3,861 posts)
17. That guy is a scary, angry hate-filled madman
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 02:54 AM
Jul 2016

He's scary af. I'm sorry the chickens are coming home to roost, sir. Maybe stop ranting and spouting your hate-filled ideology while you try to paint a peaceful movement as "a hate-filled ideology".

Don was right, we don't know if this had anything to do with BLM, and by the way he shot a BLACK MAN who was a cop!!

musicblind

(4,486 posts)
18. What angers me are all the people on twitter praising the Sheriff
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 04:46 AM
Jul 2016

for making a complete and utter fool of himself.

 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
24. The sheriff is a member of the human race. He's not a color. Did MLK live and die in vein?
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 12:46 PM
Jul 2016

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King, Jr.

nolabear

(42,006 posts)
25. I'm not certain if your objection is to the OP or him.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 02:09 PM
Jul 2016

As for me, I mention his race because it's calculated to have him there and it seems the desire for that kind of wedge-driving supersedes any caution about how shockingly virulent his rage was. I'm really curious about how tonight's speech will go.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
27. Scary..think he is Justice Thomas' only black friend.
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 05:06 PM
Jul 2016

These are two people who like being big fish in a small pond...

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