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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2015, 02:29 AM Sep 2015

FYI, a lawmaker thinks calling president SOB is A-OK (NC)

Allen Johnson
Posted: Sunday, September 20, 2015 12:00 am

... Two weeks ago, a blustery lawmaker from New Bern, Michael Speciale, shared a photo and obscenity-laced quote on Facebook about President Obama. “Look you Islamic son of a bitch” says the quote, shared by Speciale on Sept. 5. “Unless you give all your land back to the native Indians, don’t pretend to lecture Israeli’s (sic) about our borders when you can’t control your own.”

The photo was originally posted on a page called “1 MILLION People to DEFEAT Barack Obama,” reports The News & Observer of Raleigh. The source of the text is unclear ...

Despite negative reaction even from some supporters, Speciale, a Republican, remained defiant. “I find it interesting how many liberals pretend that they are offended by this post,” he wrote on Facebook, “yet they have no problem with Obama destroying the very fabric of this nation” ...

Don’t get me wrong. Healthy debate is a good thing. So are candor, honesty and directness. Yelling, screaming, and name-calling like a 7-year-old aren’t healthy debate ...


http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/thinking_out_loud/allen-johnson-fyi-a-lawmaker-thinks-calling-president-sob-is/article_e5a0ead0-5c4f-56a0-ad73-9457744c4166.html

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