Rep. Roy Blunt's 'Monkey Joke' at Value Voters Summit. Don't tell me it ain't racism.

[msanthrope]

I'm lifting this from Kos. I can't fraking believe this putz. This happened last night at the Value Voter summit.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/19/784155/-Rep.-Roy-Blunts-racist-monkey-joke-(Updated)

Blunt's joke starts as a story about British colonists in India, who build a golf course next to a jungle -- a hilarious jungle that just happens to be filled with pesky monkeys! And here comes the punchline, in Blunt's own words:

"Almost from the day the first ball was hit on this golf course something happened they didn't anticipate: monkeys would come running out of the jungle and then grab the golf balls.
(pause for chuckles)

And if it was in the fairway, they might throw it in the rough. And if it was in the rough, they might throw it -- they might throw it back at you!
(pause for mild laughs)

And I can point to great and long detail about how many things they tried to eliminate the monkey problem, but they never got it done.

So finally for this golf course and this golf course only, they passed a rule and the rule was, you have to play the ball where the monkey throws it.
(pause for laughs)

And that is the rule in Washington all the time.
(pause for huge laughs)

More at link above....

video here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_TpDvxUJM&feature=player_embedded

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Lucky for you, Blunt, we haven't figured out how to keep you monkeys (Republicans) out of Washington

[Xipe Totec]

2. The only problem is, Roy, this monkey has you by the balls n/t

[Piwi2009]

4. Ah, pity the poor white fundie rightwads

All the fine, upstanding moral people are on their side, and they're sick and tired of being outwitted and thwarted at every turn by their inferiors.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Welcome to DU!

A warm welcome!

:hi:

[msanthrope]

6. Welcome, and you captured it perfectly. n/t

[Piwi2009]

3. There's nothing they love better than their thinly veiled racism.

But theyre not fooling anyone with that. Also, you have to figure ---if this is what they feel safe saying outright, what stuff that's even WORSE is just below the surface.