This asshole needs more exposure..

[Cha]

"NOT EXACTLY A BRIGHT 'DAY'.... Long-time observers may remember the name Bud Day. Six years ago, Day, a decorated Air Force combat veteran, hooked up with the Swiftboat liars to smear John Kerry. Four years later, Day explained his support for John McCain and the war in Iraq by saying, "The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us."

This week, Day has begun trying to rally support for Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) Senate campaign in Florida, instead of Marco Rubio (R), who's leading in the polls. Apparently, Day sees the Republican primary through a racial lens. (via Memeorandum)

"You know, we just got through (electing) a politician who can run his mouth at Mach 1, a black one, and now we have a Hispanic who can run his mouth at Mach 1," Day said. "You look at their track records and they're both pretty gritty. Charlie has not got a gritty track record."

Day confirmed he was speaking of Obama and Rubio.

"You've got the black one with the reading thing. He can go as fast as the speed of light and has no idea what he's saying," Day said. "I put Rubio in that same category, except I don't know if he's using one of those readers."


By "readers," Day appears to be referring to teleprompters.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that the Crist campaign doesn't promote Day's endorsement too heavily. Any praise that includes references to the president as "the black one" probably isn't the kind of support a politician will want to advertise.

Or is it? In a press release, Crist said he "could not be more grateful" for Day's support, though the statement did not refer specifically to Day's apparent racial perspective on the primary contest.

I can only hope Crist will distance himself from Day's comments, and not try to win Republican support by characterizing Rubio as "a Hispanic" that belongs "in that same category" as "the black one."

—Steve Benen 1:05 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (2)
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com

Well, we know Crist is freakin' desperate.."the black one"..how pathetically vile to be so fucking stupid.

[quiet.american]

1. What an interesting subject line!

(And yeah, Day is about as repellant and vile as they come).

[Cha]

4. I'd never heard of him before

and was quite taken back when I read it. I realized the subject line is rather stark but I left it to garner attention to this ugly racist.

There's a OP in GDP on him, too..good.

[quiet.american]

9. I hear you, Cha! Just couldn't help a little ribbing over... shall we say... your turn of phrase. :)

But Day is definitely a manifestation of what Republicans have been pining for -- a return to the halcyon days (for them, anyway), of having the freedom to openly spew unabashed racism, and to even be lauded for doing so. They push the envelope on this every day in every way now it seems. George "Macaca" Allen was ahead of his time -- if that incident would have occurred now, the teabaggers and the MSM that legitimizes them would ensure he remained Mr. Popular.

[Cha]

11. I knew ..

you were just ribbing..that was my very dry sense of humor acknowledging it.:)

But, as the day wears on..it's getting funnier and funnier.:D

Yeah, mcacca allen should be kicking himself that he didn't wait a bit before showing his racist bigot side..Seems having an intelligent man as president who just happens to be 1/2 Kenyan is too much for racists to bear.

[graywarrior]

7. LOL!

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

2. Racism from a former Col is a disturbing concept

imagine how many minorities suffered under his authority.

[Cha]

5. That's right..I didn't even

think of that. bud day needs to be held accountable for his ignorance.

[DevonRex]

3. OMG. That is as blatant as it can get! Can't wait to see if Crist

responds to exactly what that asshole said. Or will he simply ignore it? Seems to me that the racial makeup of Florida would dictate that Crist would have to denounce and distance. What do you think?

[Cha]

6. I think bud day is going tor the good ol boy

whitey vote and crist is so desperate that he'll take any endorsement he can get. It will be interesting to see if this does comes back to bite him..as it should.

[Political Heretic]

8. I'm only posting because I stumbled across the subject line

...not here to disrupt the group, but as a total non-political side note, just had to post that the subject line made me almost spit out my coffee :D

Very clever hehe.

[Cha]

10. Well, thanks, PH..

the more I think about it..the more I'm :rofl: