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marmar

(77,056 posts)
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:14 PM Aug 2013

Wow, just wow. ...... Grand Wizard Joe Walsh at it again.


Joe Walsh Commemorates March On Washington With Racially-Charged 'I Have A Dream' Rant


Nearly a year removed from a one-term stint in office, former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) commemorated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an eyebrow-raising list of issues he believes are plaguing the black community.

In an address on his radio show billed as "My Own Dream For America," Walsh unleashed a line of racially-charged comments, headed by his view that African-Americans suffer from "dependency on the government plantation."

From Walsh's show's website:

.....(snip).....
I have a dream that young unmarried black women will say "no" to young black men who want to have sex.
I have a dream that today's black leadership will quit blaming racism and "the system" for what ails black America.
I have a dream that black America will take responsibility for improving their own lives.
I have a dream that one day black America will cease their dependency on the government plantation, which has enslaved them to lives of poverty, and instead depend on themselves, their families, their churches, and their communities.


Walsh was soundly defeated in Nov. 2012 by Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D). The Tea Party favorite has turned heads with race-related remarks in the past, headed by his belief that President Barack Obama is "a historic figure" who was only elected because he is black. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/joe-walsh-i-have-a-dream_n_3830217.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037




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Wow, just wow. ...... Grand Wizard Joe Walsh at it again. (Original Post) marmar Aug 2013 OP
I have a dream that the Tea Party ends up like it's namesake: Fawke Em Aug 2013 #1
Really. Sandy one Aug 2013 #19
Aha there it is JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #2
Fucking Joe Walsh gopiscrap Aug 2013 #3
my thoughts exactly CurtEastPoint Aug 2013 #5
Walsh will end up flushing himself down the louis-t Aug 2013 #4
Picture of a 1920's tea party rally: Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #6
1920's I know they were doing that as late as the late 70's gopiscrap Aug 2013 #9
Joe Walsh (the musician) should write a song about that moron Bluzmann57 Aug 2013 #7
Hey, that's a great idea! johnp3907 Aug 2013 #25
He did a fundraiser for Tammy Duckworth. That's all I need to know. JeffHead Aug 2013 #30
I have a dream that all black boys and girls will grow up with a father. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #8
What a child BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #10
I had a dream... Wait Wut Aug 2013 #11
That piece of dung has a radio show?? LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #12
The station's a piece of dung, too. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #29
I have a dream that Walsh is struck dumb and never learns to sign. cali Aug 2013 #13
And of course there's no racism in America anymore... joeybee12 Aug 2013 #14
I have a dream that Joe Walsh will step on a rake and get hit in the face by the handle. mysuzuki2 Aug 2013 #15
I have dream that he'd just STFU. a kennedy Aug 2013 #16
We need to do something about race... bobclark86 Aug 2013 #17
Funny I don't EC Aug 2013 #18
Of course not CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #22
If there's a chance they'll vote repub then it's not a problem Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #28
this perfectly illustrates the illogical and ugliness of racist america noiretextatique Aug 2013 #20
+1000. The condescension to this POTUS is a giveaway. CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #23
I have a dream...that Joke Walsh goes back in time Rex Aug 2013 #21
ummm, isn't gov't actually a part of our communities, or at least supposed to be? and, joe, you niyad Aug 2013 #24
Why do people say "racially-charged" when they mean racist? johnp3907 Aug 2013 #26
Loser. n/t Jefferson23 Aug 2013 #27
Oh. THAT Joe Walsh. LWolf Aug 2013 #31
does this tool even know any African Americans? wordpix Aug 2013 #32

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
1. I have a dream that the Tea Party ends up like it's namesake:
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:16 PM
Aug 2013

wet, underwater and swirling out to sea from the harbor.

Sandy one

(24 posts)
19. Really.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 03:01 PM
Aug 2013

Just substitute "White" for "Black" in his rant and it reads just as well. Especially appropriate for the good old boy red states.

JustAnotherGen

(31,783 posts)
2. Aha there it is
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:17 PM
Aug 2013
I have a dream that young unmarried black women will say "no" to young black men who want to have sex.


Quick test
1. What stereotype is it of black women?
2. What does it historically ignore?
3. Can black women even be raped?


I think he'd fail this test - how about you marmar? You think he would pass or fail?

gopiscrap

(23,726 posts)
3. Fucking Joe Walsh
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:18 PM
Aug 2013

he might want to pay his child support first before he starts throwing stones from his glass house.

louis-t

(23,273 posts)
4. Walsh will end up flushing himself down the
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:18 PM
Aug 2013

toilet of history. Future generations will not view these assholes in a positive way.

gopiscrap

(23,726 posts)
9. 1920's I know they were doing that as late as the late 70's
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:21 PM
Aug 2013

on July 19, 1977 I was in Hernando, Mississippi with two other guys and we saw a glow on a hill not too far away. When we got to the place where the glow was we saw a cross burning and were invited in not very polite terms to leave immediately!

Bluzmann57

(12,336 posts)
7. Joe Walsh (the musician) should write a song about that moron
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:20 PM
Aug 2013

Something along the lines of, "it ain't me, don't equate me with that fool
I'm entirely too cool
He's a fucking tool
and should not be allowed to pollute the gene pool"
Ok, it kinda sucks. But Joe Walsh, not joe walsh, is a professional musician and a good one. joe walsh is apparently a professional dumbass. He's pretty good at it too.

johnp3907

(3,730 posts)
25. Hey, that's a great idea!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 07:39 PM
Aug 2013

It'd be cool if he did that. I don't know anything about the real Joe Walsh's politics though.

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,868 posts)
8. I have a dream that all black boys and girls will grow up with a father.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:20 PM
Aug 2013

Says the deadbeat dad who had to be sued for child support.



Fucking asshole.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
11. I had a dream...
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:24 PM
Aug 2013

...that came true.

That you would get your sorry ass kicked by one of the most inspirational women of our generation. That you would, in turn, become irrelevant and packed away in an obscure radio show.

http://www.tammyduckworth.com/

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,824 posts)
29. The station's a piece of dung, too.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 07:51 PM
Aug 2013

It's the secondary Chicago conservative station that everyone forgets about til someone steps in it

mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)
15. I have a dream that Joe Walsh will step on a rake and get hit in the face by the handle.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:29 PM
Aug 2013

Maybe it would knock some sense into him!

bobclark86

(1,415 posts)
17. We need to do something about race...
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:35 PM
Aug 2013

When 80 percent of all white murder victims are shot by blacks... oh, wait. 80 percent of white murder victims are murdered by whites, usually people they know.

Carry on...

EC

(12,287 posts)
18. Funny I don't
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 02:03 PM
Aug 2013

see anything about single white girls having sex with boys nor do I see anything about poor white people depending on the government plantation...

Never liked this guy.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
22. Of course not
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 05:14 PM
Aug 2013

How they manage to juggle the hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance in their 'brains' without a single thought to how it appears to thinking people is beyond me.

But this is how the Rush Limbaughs preach to their marks: It's not the hardworking white man who's the problem when he's down on his luck, it's the lazy handout n****r. And the white taxpayers (more cognitive dissonance) are footing the welfare bill.

noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
20. this perfectly illustrates the illogical and ugliness of racist america
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 05:04 PM
Aug 2013

President Barack Obama is just another n&* %($ to these assholes, as are all the african-americans who don't fit his stereotypes. No matter how much we achieve, some ignorant, backwater hick thinks he can lecture us about what we need to do. FUCK YOU and all the morans who think like you.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
23. +1000. The condescension to this POTUS is a giveaway.
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 05:16 PM
Aug 2013

He hasn't learned, he needs to be made to understand, he hasn't grasped the idea that, someone needs to show him, and on and on and on.

It's all about portraying a black POTUS as a lesser being who can't understand the complexities of the big important office to which he somehow managed to get elected.

niyad

(113,086 posts)
24. ummm, isn't gov't actually a part of our communities, or at least supposed to be? and, joe, you
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 06:51 PM
Aug 2013

waste of oxygen, have you paid your child support yet?

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