Glenn Beck fill in calls tanning salon tax "racist"

[proud2BlibKansan]

from the Dayton Daily News

Apparently one radio personality thinks that all you have to do to get back at white people is tax tanning salons.

While filling in on Glenn Beck’s radio show today, Doc Thompson said (joked?) that the health care bill’s 10 percent tax on tanning beds is racist because “dark skinned people” don’t use tanning beds.

“I now know the pain of racism,” Thompson said, adding that racism has been dropped at the foots of all ‘lighter skinned Americans.’ “Why would the president of the United States of America - a man who says he understands racism, a man who has been confronted by racism - why would he sign such a racist law? Why would he agree to do that. Now I feel the pain of racism.”

Movie critic Roger Ebert took the opportunity to tag House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester.

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[KingFlorez]

1. Please, spare us the race card

As if the tanning tax is a ploy to stick it to white folks. I'd say get real, but this is the right-wing we are talking about, they aren't ever real.

[NanceGreggs]

2. Jesus Hussein Christ ...

Seems that anyone looking to scrape the bottom of the argument barrel these days will be sorely disappointed - it's already been licked clean.

[DesertFlower]

8. well said.

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. LOL

Very true Nance.

[Walk away]

13. But they keep trying to the amusement of all! nt

[KingFlorez]

17. LOL at licked clean

These fools sure are beyond scraping.

[lame54]

3. is there a mayonnaise tax too?

[marmar]

4. Liar, fool, nutjob, idiot - Glenn BecKKK has got it all.

nt

[Nikki Stone1]

5. No one should use tanning beds. They're dangerous.

You could look like this

[DesertFlower]

10. i think he uses a spray on.

sometimes he looks orange.

[jgraz]

12. You are clearly bigoted against Oompa-Loompan-Americans

:P

[Nikki Stone1]

14. Why would he choose an orange spray?

I thought the orange was just the unevenness of the tanning bed on his skin.

[Posteritatis]

16. The sprays tend to turn out orange when overused

And they're usually overused.

[DesertFlower]

20. i've used tanning beds and spray on.

with the tanning bed i had a nice even tan. with the spray on, it was more orange. i tried a few of them, but never got good results.

[Odin2005]

21. I know someone who has psoriasis when she doesn't tan enough.

[jgraz]

6. We really need to start taxing chubby, shit-for-brains, Faux news screechers

[Quantess]

7. I suppose melanoma is racist as well.

I would love to see John Boehner speak out about this. That would be good for a laugh.

[Blue-Jay]

11. Am I crazy or do we still have a thing called THE SUN?

You want a tan? Go outside and get a free one!*



*(In no way do I encourage subjecting your skin to UV rays for the purpose of personal vanity, so shut up before you get started. Thanks)

[Lucy Goosey]

15. "I now know the pain of racism" ...wow.

Seriously? The pain of racism? Because of a tax on tanning? :banghead:

I don't even know what to say, except I really hope this is some sort of parody, or deep-cover performance art or something. Andy Kaufman, is that you?

[Robbie88]

18. LOL!

This guy was joking....right? :crazy:

[mzmolly]

19. Crap, meant to recommend and hit unrec. Please rec for me me gang.

:hi:

Why does Beck assume that people of color don't tan?

[Turborama]

24. Done!

The article and the subsequent comments deserve plenty recs.

:hi:

[Minnesota_Lib]

22. One look at his pasty face assures me he will never have to worry about this tax

I doubt he rarely sees the sun much less the inside of a tanning salon.

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