Hayes and Palin on "real Americans"
Congressman Robin Hayes, who represents the 8th Congressional District down near Charlotte and the South Carolina border, has managed to get national attention for wedging his wingtips down his throat. From The New York Observer:
Representative Robin Hayes, who prefaced his comments by saying it was important to “make sure we don’t say something stupid, make sure we don’t say something we don’t mean.” Republicans, he reminded the crowd, were kind people. Plus, he added, the liberal media had shown itself eager to distort such remarks. With the crowd duly chastened and put on best behavior, he accused Obama of “inciting class warfare” and said that “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”
Dome reports that Hayes later retracted the comments.
The Fightin' 8th, where Hayes faces Democrat Larry Kissell in the election, is a bit out of my coverage area but I note the comments here because they sounded familiar. When Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin was in town, the Washington Post reported she said:
"What about this reward for strong work ethic, isn't that what capitalism is all about? Isn't that what the American economy should be based upon? And so when I mention Joe the Plumber, know that that's why I do mention it. Because we understand what his concerns were as he spoke to Barack Obama there in that rope line," she added.[snip]
Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the "pro-America" areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. No word on which states she views as unpatriotic.
In a follow up to that post, the Post reporter gave us the full quote:
"We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard working very patriotic, um, very, um, pro-America areas of this great nation."
Like Hayes, Palin later clarified.
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Would anyone seriously suggest that San Franciso is loaded with real, patriotic Americans? Would you suggest that the last bastions of Communism/Marxism, most of our colleges and Universities (faculty wise) are loaded with real patriotic Americans? They are much closer to Wm Ayers, Ward Churchill, Saul Alinsky, the 98 professors at Duke who convicted the lacrosse players before the first piece of testimony, and scores of similar scum that litter the campsues, and warp the minds of their students.
Palin was exactly right which is why the twisted left is so angered by a "real" American!
Posted on October 22, 2008 9:54 AM
In Palin's case, sheer desperation leads to ugly strategies. In Hayes' case, his idiotic remarks *created* a desperate (for him) situation, resulting in many donations to Larry Kissell's campaign and the RNCC now lists NC-08 as a "4" for risk, with "3" being moderate risk and "5" being "we've lost it."
Comments like these from Palin and Hayes have driven so many moderate Republicans and independents away from McCain-Palin that this election may put the Republican party away for a generation.
Posted on October 24, 2008 5:39 PM