The Underlying Republican Rot Spreads....

Trump defenders are more than willing to let society slip into a fear induced state of chaos, as long as the rest of us never forget, "they won."

We're now told that those over the top accusations of racism by the "left," were simply wrong and overplayed.

What were liberal Americans thinking when they said bad things about the spreading white supremacist movement? After all, it's not like many of these tolerant white guys don't have black friends too...:

An official at an agency that manages foreclosed homes in Flint, Michigan, has resigned after a recording surfaced Sunday in which he blames the city’s water crisis on “n****rs who don’t pay their bills.” Phil Stair, sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank resigned (after) Stair traced the crisis to residents not paying their water bills:

"Detroit was charging all its customers for the cost; they weren’t collecting from their residents. They weren’t shutting the water off, they were letting bills go forever, but they were charging everybody else, they covered them. Well, Flint has the same problems as Detroit, fucking niggers don’t pay their bills, believe me, I deal with them. I don’t want to call them niggers, shit, I have, shit, I just went to Myrtle Beach, 24 guys, and I was the only white guy. I got friends, I mean, there’s trash and there’s people that do this. … They just don’t pay their bills. Well, Detroit didn’t collect on their bills, so they charged everybody else, but Flint, Flint had to pay their bill to Detroit."

Having black friends goes without saying...

And what about the "Islamic radicals" here and trying to get into this country?

Rep. Clay Higgins wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday: “Hunt them, identity [sic] them, and kill them. Kill them all. For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all. The free world... all of Christendom... is at war with Islamic horror ... Their intended entry to the American homeland should be summarily denied. Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down.”

Louisiana Republican voters must be proud, having voted for Rep. Higgins...right? Nice to know the U.S. has an established religion:

Higgins said last year while announcing his resignation from the police force: 

“I begin each day on bended knee, but I kneel to our savior. I will not kneel to violent street gangs, I will not kneel to murderers or the parents who raised them. I will not kneel to a discredited wannabe black activist that doesn’t really have the best interest of his people in mind. I will not kneel to bureaucrats from Washington, Baton Rouge or anywhere else.”

Sen. Steve Nass is no "Pajama Boy," bashes UW "Men's Project," as "War on Men."

Ouch, what’s so wrong about “toxic masculinity?” Alcohol induced abuses, condescending female references and anti-feminist bullies are the targets of UW Madison's liberal social engineers again. They're trying to stop the violence…and people like Sen. Steve Nass?

No one needs this course more than Nass, which is why he's so afraid of it.

Nass has for years bullied the UW with threats of government censorship through defunding over voluntary UW courses he doesn’t like. Drop them or be punished…censored.

    

This is the guy who successfully passed legislation repealing a ban on racist school mascots throughout Wisconsin. That’s not crazy, is it?  Or when he “blasted an African Studies course set to begin later this month called The Problem of Whiteness.” The 11th District must be so proud. It's a miracle they haven't leveled the UW Whitewater campus yet.

Making his empty case for more UW funding cuts, Nass picked a doozy: 

(Nass’) target is the Men’s Project, a six-week voluntary discussion program that “aims to explore masculinity and the problems accompanied by simplified definitions of it,” according to a UW Health Service news release. Cultural influences distorting ideas of masculinity include “media, hook up culture, alcohol, violence, and pop culture,” said another promotional piece. “Understanding the connections between our experiences and experiences of masculinity and issues in our society can help build stronger communities."

Never one to build strong communities free of domestic violence and public brawling, Nass sees a self-awareness course as the UW's “war on men.” Despite all the shootings, violent crimes and robberies, Nass thinks “mothers and fathers” have done a perfect job raising their sons:

“Our friends at UW-Madison not happy enough with labeling 'whiteness' as a societal problem, now are attacking another societal ill…, Men and their masculinity. UW-Madison has become part of a national liberal effort to rid male students of their 'toxic masculinity … believe that Wisconsin mothers and fathers have done a poor job of raising their boys by trying to instill in them the values and characteristics necessary in becoming a Man.”

The conservative media’s bubble world paranoia is apparently the source of Nass’ pent up rage. You’ll notice the Cap Times story did not include the word “conservative” to describe The College Fix, referenced by Nass, even though the site itself states “…Your Daily Dose of Right-Minded News and Commentary…”

The term “toxic masculinity” was sounded in a post a day earlier by The College Fix, which noted that UW-Madison is among many colleges with offerings that “seek to purge male students of their so-called toxic masculinity.”

No “pajama boy” Nass oddly projects his own predatory scheming to meet women, onto feminists, by including a link to an article that claims “guys who embrace the feminist project (truthfully in part to hook up with feminist women)…” Ah, don’t think so. You’ll also notice below the term “absent fathers,” a racist reference if there ever was one.

An essay at the National Review bemoaning the spread of feminist ideas that Nass linked to in his email to colleagues; “Feminism has infected child-rearing and modern education so thoroughly that legions of parents and teachers are adrift and clueless. They have no idea what to do with their sons, and absent fathers compound the confusion and create yawning cultural voids. Yes, there are some pajama boys out there, the guys who embrace the feminist project (truthfully in part to hook up with feminist women), but there are countless others who reject feminism’s version of a 'man box' and are instead adrift in purposeless masculinity,” wrote staff writer David French.

Another site referred to the program as a continued “jihad against what it means to be a man.”

Republican solution for everything: Guns and Name Calling.

Oh sure, not every Republicans is like this, blah, blah, blah....

AP: Republican Gov. Paul LePage has unleashed an obscene tirade on a Democratic legislator, leaving him a voicemail message that said "I am after you" and telling reporters he wished it were 1825 so he could challenge the lawmaker to a duel and point a gun between his eyes.

Supposedly, a Democratic legislator called him a racist. But seriously folks, LePage is a racist:

LePage (made) racially insensitive comments Wednesday at a town hall where he said photos he's collected in a binder of drug dealers arrested in the state showed that 90 percent of them "are black and Hispanic people from Waterbury, Connecticut; the Bronx; and Brooklyn." In January, Paul LePage said drug dealers with names like "D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty" are getting Maine's white girls pregnant. He later apologized, saying he meant to say "Maine women" and not "white women."

Whether Democratic Rep. Drew Gattine of Westbrook called LePage a racist or not, the governors knuckle dragging, school yard bully response is now standard operating procedure for the Republican Party. Maine voters intentionally picked this guy as their "leader," believe it or not, twice, because they think like him:

"I want you to prove that I'm a racist. I want you to record this and make it public because I am after you. When a snot-nosed little guy from Westbrook calls me a racist, now I'd like him to come up here because, tell you right now, I wish it were 1825. And we would have a duel, that's how angry I am, and I would not put my gun in the air, I guarantee you, I would not be (Alexander) Hamilton. I would point it right between his eyes because he is a snot-nosed little runt and he has not done a damn thing since he's been in this Legislature to help move the state forward." -LePage

Like Trump, LePage is another fine example of how to blame everyone else, not to deal with problems, not take responsibility, not act like an adult and how use a gun to solve problems. 

What next, a Wall around Milwaukee?

Isn’t it obvious by now that the state's lazy anti-government Republicans aren’t interested solving problems?

Since Republicans took over, they’ve trashed and passed laws that hurt Milwaukee, a predominantly Democratic city with a huge minority population (They're doing the same thing now in Dane County).

We should probably thank Rep. Bob Gannon (R-Slinger) for revealing how Scott Walker and the Republicans really feel about Milwaukee. It’s apparently too much work to help solve the unemployment and educational gap in the state’s largest city, so treat it like a rogue territory? 

Surprise, their “spending and tax cut” solutions for every problem aren’t magically working. Even more clueless, they forgot how Walker failed to solve every one of these problems as county executive. 

Slinger voters must be so proud. It’s not a place I would feel safe visiting anytime soon. JS:

Republican Rep. Bob Gannon (R-Slinger) recently accused Democrats of blaming Republicans for "every malady known by man," and called on them to "be honest about job creation." In his statement, which was released last week, Gannon then focused his comments on problems with unemployment and crime in Milwaukee's African American population, and said the city is "the anchor holding back the ship of state as far as jobs is concerned."

Now Gannon is drawing fire for his comments - as well as for flipping off a Democratic lawmaker who was criticizing his statement on the floor of the Assembly Tuesday.

Here’s a look at Gannon in action. Note: While Gannon blamed Milwaukee’s problems on the mayor, police and DA, he conveniently forgot about their right wing wacko county sheriff David Clarke; also, Rep. Robin Vos let Gannon off the hook for flipping Peter Barca "the bird." Real class:

In his statement titled "Murder, Mayhem and Jobs," Gannon noted the state's job creation numbers would significantly improve "if only our largest city would clean up the murder and mayhem on their streets. Milwaukee leads in murders and mayhem per capita, with a large number of these crimes occurring in mainly black neighborhoods, the same neighborhoods with the worst unemployment rates in the state. Could one make a connection between employment opportunities and the level of crime on those same streets? What employer will build or expand when they fear muggings, car jackings, attempted murder, or other serious criminal threats to their employees?" 

On Tuesday, Gannon apologized for raising his middle finger at Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha), but added that he didn't like the way he was "attacked.

Democrats did show some spine:

County Executive Chris Abele called his comments "sweeping and offensive generalizations."

"Jobs, crime, and education aren't Democratic issues or Republican issues, nor are they simply Milwaukee's issues -- they are Wisconsin issues and American issues. Instead of making sweeping and offensive generalizations that diminish Milwaukee's essential role in making Wisconsin great, it is incumbent upon elected officials like Rep. Gannon to offer real solutions that will help us overcome the serious challenges we face as a city, county, and state."

Patrick Curley, chief of staff for Mayor Tom Barrett, bristled at Gannon's comments that Milwaukee is responsible for the state's sagging job numbers. "Who is this fella? Is he an adult? Is he really in the State Assembly?" Curley said.

Republican Rep. Bob Gannon blames blacks for murder and unemployment in the big city in racist rant.

Big surprise, skin head Republican Rep. Bob Gannon came out today. After Republicans targeted Milwaukee for one political attack after another, never helping the city recover from Walker's multiple jobless terms as county executive, Gannon's only response is to blame the unemployed and poor?

The face of GOP racism!!!

Milwaukee is ranked the sixth highest city nationally in per capita murders by Forbes, which makes it obvious that our largest urban center, is the anchor holding back the ship of state as far as jobs is concerned. Milwaukee leads in murders and mayhem per capita, with a large number of these crimes occurring in mainly black neighborhoods, the same neighborhoods with the worst unemployment rates in the state. Could one make a connection between employment opportunities and the level of crime on those same streets? What employer will build or expand when they fear muggings, carjackings, attempted murder, or other serious criminal threats to their employees? 

The state’s economic numbers ... would certainly be significantly improved if only our largest city would clean up the murder and mayhem on their streets.” 

Well, isn't that just like a big city. And since more people live in cities, you would think solving the unemployment numbers with business development and a refocus on jobs would "move the ship of
state" ahead?

One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements related to Republican Rep. Bob Gannon’s latest inane screed:

“Bob Gannon says black people in Milwaukee are responsible for over 10,000 mass layoffs in municipalities across the state. His statements are despicable, racist tripe that should embarrass all of his Republican colleagues. Speaker Robin Vos, who made Gannon a vice chair of one of the Assembly’s most important committees, should strip him of this leadership position immediately.”

Scalia a Racist!!! Said about blacks in Texas affirmative action case: "...having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower track school where they do well."

An important affirmative action case, now before the the Supreme Court, is about to be decided by a shockingly racist justice; Antonin Scalia!!! There's no question on this one.

The fact that the major media didn't lead with this story may be the next biggest headline. From Mother Jones:

Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at "Slower" Colleges: Yes, he really said that.

Scalia's comments came during arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case over whether the university's use of race in a sliver of its admissions decisions is constitutional:

“There are those who contend that it does not benefit African Americans to get them into the University of Texas, where they do not do well, as opposed to having them go to a less-advanced school, a slower-track school where they do well. One of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them.”

"I'm just not impressed by the fact the University of Texas may have fewer [blacks]. Maybe it ought to have fewer. I don't think it stands to reason that it's a good thing for the University of Texas to admit as many blacks as possible."

Right wing bloggers are desperately trying to defend Scalia by pointing out he was only reflecting what other people have been saying, a familiar Republican smear tactic that shifts responsibility for their comments to some anecdotal source. I'm not buying it this time or ever. It's not actually a serious academic critique. In the real world we call it racism. Scalia's own statement above gives it his stamp of approval:

...once the transcript emerged, it turned out that critics had jumped the gun. Scalia wasn’t sharing his own views, he was asking about a very serious academic critique of affirmative action that others had made.

And while the above defense of Scalia will give every racist cover, it's is what it is, BS. In a shoot-the-messenger moment that completely and conveniently ignores the issue....

By the way, the brief cited by Scalia reminded me of anti-climate change researchers that typically trash the prevailing science for not being 100% perfect. Check it out here. For anyone to take this brief seriously, after reviewing the incendiary framing of affirmative action policy, you really have to wonder about the competence of any Justice pushing this crap. Here's an example:

The breadth of mismatch effects, and the failure of higher education institutions to grapple with the problems they raise, reinforce the importance of not deferring to the rhetoric of universities that pervades preference programs, and of pushing universities to be transparent and to demonstrate empirically the specific benefits they contend will flow from racial preferences in admissions.

Check out this analysis, which better explains away the theory above.

Scott "Divide and Conquer" Walker blames Obama for Racial Tensions and Police Killings?

Logic and common sense tells us that when racial tensions increase under a black president, it’s because racists are not happy about who they see in the White House.

But turning that logic on its head, Scott Walker is peddling the idea that Obama is one drumming up racial tensions against whites. This isn’t even dog-whistle stuff anymore, folks. Since Obama became president, Republicans like Walker have successfully rationalized away racism as a device used against them by racist minorities trying to divide the country.

Exploitation to Divide Americans? Ya think?

It’s ironic really, since it was Scott Walker who was caughton video saying his goal was to divide and conquer his opponents.

Scott Walker is now leading the victimized white man’s attack against black racists who are demanding that their lives matter too, at the same time denouncing protesters redressing their government. He's vilified similar protesters in Wisconsin who turned out by the hundreds of thousands when he attacked labor, even comparing them to ISIS. Nice campaign strategy:

Scott Walker alleges ‘a rise in anti-police rhetoric’ under President Obama: Walker said Wednesday he was alarmed by the "disturbing trend of police officers being murdered on the job" and by the "rise in anti-police rhetoric" that has accompanied President Obama's time in office.

"Instead of hope and change, we’ve seen racial tensions worsen and a tendency to use law enforcement as a scapegoat. This kind of attitude has created a culture in which we all too often see demonstrations and chants where people describe police as 'pigs' and call for them to be 'fried like bacon.' This inflammatory and disgusting rhetoric has real consequences for the safety of officers who put their lives on the line for us and hampers their ability to serve the communities that need their help. We need to change the tone in America from chants and rallies that fixate on racial division."

Walker is fixated on banning dissent, which he sees as a divisive “tone,” and wants to replace it with positive messaging and happy talk. In other words, ignore the problem.

“Instead of focusing on what divides us, we need to concentrate on what brings us together."

Remember this Walker comment, that should have been a campaign killer, but wasn't:

On Aug. 21, Walker was asked if he would meet with representatives of the Black Lives Matter movement, and he answered: "Who knows who that is? I meet with voters. Who knows who that is. That is a ridiculous question. I'm going to talk to voters. It's a ridiculous question."

Giving America a clean slate, free of the racial struggle’s that brought us the Civil War and 60’s civil rights movement, Walker wrote this jaw dropping statement:

"This isn’t the America I grew up in or that I want my children to grow up in."

Walker’s strategy is similar to his party’s strategy; build on GOP misinformation that makes people “believe” what isn’t true:

AshLee Strong, spokeswoman for Walker’s presidential campaign, said “We’re drawing attention to a problem that needs to be addressed. When police are being targeted because of the uniform they wear, that’s a problem that needs to be dealt with. This is an issue that Americans believe is getting worse, not better.” According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, 107 police officers were killed in the line of duty in 2013 — the lowest number since 1949.   

Really? Republicans praised for finally removing Confederate Flag?

It seems to me Democrats had been asking for the removal of the Confederate flag for decades. Now that 9 people were killed by a white racist with a gun and a Confederate flag, many Republicans are suddenly running for the exits trying not to look like the neo-confederates we know they really are inside.

These people aren't heroes. They aren't insightful. They aren't fooling anyone. They're not erasing their past rabid support of the Confederate battle flag, ever. They were forced into taking this position, and they should be embarrassed:

No, Republicans aren't at all racist...

This stunning image got a whole lot of retweets from right wingers. See if you can spot the bigotry, racism, and religious fundamentalism:

Republican Party's inclusive agenda includes White Supremacists.

After seeing Speaker John Boehner and others standing up for Rep. Steve Scalise, a guy who spoke to a group of white supremacists, I knew this was code for "welcome racists one and all." Republicans are going for all the apples this time around, thanks to our newly gerrymandered nation, and they're not shy about it.

Love the title of the following article, and loved 2 ways to know you’re speaking to white supremacists. I mean really, the name of the group wasn't a dead giveaway?  

Steve Scalise, the third highest-ranking Republican in the House, said he couldn’t recall the speech and had no idea who these people were. And really, how are you supposed to know these days.

But let’s consider a few useful guidelines for knowing when you've got a problem: 

1. The group was founded by David Duke. 

3. The name of the group is the European-American Unity and Rights Organization: This is so nonsensical, really, that I had trouble even typing it without looking it up three times. Actually, Duke originally called the group the National Organization for European-American Rights, or NOFEAR, but then the sportswear company “No Fear” filed a trademark infringement suit against him, and it turned out that Duke had maybe just a little fear, because he quickly changed the name to EURO. Currencies don’t sue.

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Paul Ryan never really Apologized for his Racial Stereotype of inner city men.

So what did Paul Ryan say to the Congressional Black Caucus the other day, that could possibly take back how he really feels about minorities:

"...tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work."

He didn't have to say much because it really had more to do with his attitude:

Rep. Hulsey to Pass out KKK Party “Hats” to GOP Secessionist Convention Goers.

The master of the overstatement and party wacko Rep. Brett Hulsey must think that if the hat fits, wear it:

Hulsey, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate … called the hoods, which are generally regarded as a racist symbol akin to a Nazi swastika, "Republican Party hats."

“Generally regarded?” Well that’s a ridiculous media neutral description. Hulsey listed a few odd coincidences that hinted at his only logical conclusion:

wsj: Asked whether handing out the hoods would be viewed as offensive, Hulsey said, "What I find offensive is Gov. Walker and the Republicans' racist record. They’re the ones considering the resolution to leave the United States" … he takes issue with Republicans discontinuing record-keeping on racial profiling by police agencies, scaling back the income eligibility limits for Medicaid and making changes to voting policies that critics say could suppress minority turnout … A vote on a resolution affirming the state's right to secede from the union, an issue that sparked the American Civil War … he plans to hold a rally outside a Walker speech Friday with participants dressed as Confederate soldiers.

The GOP record is pretty clear isn't it? Repugnant to be sure. The party in denial's official statement?

State GOP executive director Joe Fadness said: "If true, Brett Hulsey's actions amount to nothing more than a reprehensible, vile stunt and everyone should be outraged."

In fact, if you were to look real hard, you might find racism in the GOP leader class, but not in the rank-and-file:

N. Carolina Republican Chairman spills beans: GOP suppressing Democratic votes and are racists. Oh, and had to quit.

So, Republicans are really concerned about voter fraud, and not trying to suppress Democratic votes?

And the Republican Party really isn't filled with incidental racists?

Guess again, here's Rachel Maddow with a sweet look at the real Republican Tea Party:

TPM: A Republican precinct chairman in North Carolina was asked to resign Thursday after making racially inflammatory comments during a 'Daily Show' interview on Wednesday, WRAL reported.

Buncombe GOP Chair Henry Mitchell said Don Yelton resigned for making remarks that were "offensive, uniformed and unacceptable of any member within the Republican Party."
 In an interview centered on North Carolina's voter ID law conducted by the Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi, Yelton criticized "lazy black people that wants the government to give them everything.""The bottom line is the law is not racist," Yelton said.

"Of course the law isn't racist, and you're not racist," Mandvi responded.

Over the Top? Tea Party should apologize.

I'm thinking it needed to be said:

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is ruffling feathers again — this time with a fundraising appeal that compares the tea-party movement to the Ku Klux Klan.

Let's create the "The Fighting White Racists" mascot to see if new Republican bill would disallow it!!

Wisconsin has become deep red with the introduction of the "protect racist mascots" law proposed by the states Walker Authority. The Republican bill mostly tells American Indians they can leave if they don't like race based mascots. We're (whites) here now, get used to it, says Rep. Steve Nass.

Cap Times: Happy with the Wisconsin GOP are school districts under fire for Native American-themed school mascots — a bill in the Senate would make it much harder for offended residents to get those mascots changed.

Because school officials would risk their livelihoods actually changing a team mascot to "The Fighting White Racists," why not have a "White Racist" mascot night. Hey, it's just for fun.

Wisconsin Proud to pass a law supporting Race Based Mascots!!!

Rep. David "haggis-hunter" Craig (R-Vernon) wants to make sure race based mascot names, now and in the future, proliferate and become just another proud fixture of our state image.

"Haggistani" Craig would make it almost impossible to ban an offensive mascot. "(It) violates the basic foundations of due process that our nation holds so dear."

Forget about the name, let's focus on due process…! "Bloody jock" Craig has a few supporters too, like "bog trotter" Shawn McNulty, Mukwonago's school superintendent, who defended the schools American Indian name by saying it “amounts to a guilty-until-proven-innocent policy that ‘hasn't been used since the Salem witch trials.’"

State Representative Steve "the Kraut" Nass, is another big supporter of racial mascots.

From this WISC coverage, watch Craig do his best "Fat Bastard" impression responding to the argument reversing the law would "set(s) an acceptable level of discrimination in state statute," putting the state into a tailspin:

"Talk about a tailspin this state has been in. The state was put in a tailspin when you all had the majority economically and otherwise."  

In a sad piece of press from NorthJersey.com:

DPI Superintendent Tony Evers said it wouldn't be proper to transfer name-change orders to the Department of Administration, which is controlled by the governor. He said no one would be able to meet the minimum signature requirement, allowing race-based mascots to remain in place forever.

Barbara Munson, an Oneida Indian who chairs the Wisconsin Indian Education Association's Indian Mascot and Logo Task Force, called the measure racist.

"That's terrible. That's anti-educational. It's racist," she said. "For 21 years I've avoided that term. But it's almost impossible to ... describe this particular action in any other way."

Barbara Munson, an Oneida Indian who chairs the Wisconsin Indian Education Association's Indian Mascot and Logo Task Force, called the measure racist.
"That's terrible. That's anti-educational. It's racist," she said. "For 21 years I've avoided that term. But it's almost impossible to ... describe this particular action in any other way."
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Nothing says Racist like Rep. Steve Nass' Race Based Mascot Protection Law.

It's no secret Steve Nass is proud of his racism, his past commentary is legendary, but for him to enshrine his dislike for minorities into state law should make every Wisconsinite question "why."

Ask yourself, who would think to pass a law defending race based mascots,  seriously? American Indians don't want them, so why choose to ram these mascots down their throats anyway?

Is it any surprise this guy is against public education? We should all be as stupid.

Doing the peoples business, or Republicans marking their racist territory?

Nass' response: “It can’t be just that people are offended it has to be that there’s an actual harm being caused.”

Republican Rep. Steve Nass backs racist Political Incorrectness on School Mascots: "...the Indians are coming after all of them!"

Confirmed: Rep. Steve Nass is a racist. How does he feel about offensive mascot names? A lot of things in life are offensive, so deal with it, because Republicans aren't about to give up on Aryan superiority.  This from the sensitive party of whiners who blame Democrats for name calling?

Throughout the interview with Upfront's Mike Gousha, Nass warns local school districts about the "Indians." Could he have said "American Indians," or "Native Americans," sure.

But Nass doesn't care, and has probably never been in a conservative conversation where anyone objected to the use of racist terminology. But that's another big topic.

It's funny to hear Nass push local control over racist mascot names, but not over local control over vouchers, school funding, district negotiations with teachers over working conditions...etc, where it's one size fits all.

Nass is even outraged over the very idea Democrats passed a law when they had control of the legislature that Republicans objected too. Political incorrectness gone amuck. Add to that Nass' dislike that one person can get the ball rolling on an issue. Heck, he even defends forcing taxpayers  to support a district dumb enough to spend $30,000 to $80,000 to fight the law.

That's the problem with conservatism, it's filled with stark contradictions that would embarrass a normal person. I blame it on stupidity and a sociopathic disconnect with other people. But then I'm not a doctor.

Walker can still pick 'em! What is it about his gallery of rogues? You'd think this would be a big issue.

Is anyone really surprised that the Walker administration, behind the scenes, hates the Hispanic community? This is what they really say behind closed doors, which when revealed isn't a big vote getter. From jsonline's Dan Bice:

In a stunning online rant, a top Gov. Scott Walker official likened illegal immigrants to Satan during a Facebook debate over a bumper sticker declaring open season on foreigners … "You may see Jesus when you look at them," Steven Krieser, assistant deputy secretary at the state Department of Transportation, wrote Tuesday regarding illegal immigrants. "I see Satan." Krieser wrote that a "stream of wretched criminals" is crossing the border without obstruction. These individuals, he said, "completely ruined" entire states and industries, breeding "the animus that many American citizens feel toward them." Walker fired Krieser.

But Krieser didn't get fired for doing this at the state DOT?

He had been paid $96,628 a year as the No. 3 official at DOT. In 2011, he sent a memo to Division of Motor Vehicles employees saying they should not voluntarily tell state residents that they can obtain a voter identification card for free. Krieser distributed the memo after lawmakers passed a law requiring state residents to present identification before they can vote.

Walker didn't have the time or the desire to comment himself, staying as far away as possible so close to his reelection. It's not good when one of his hand picked racists goes off script:

"These comments are repugnant, completely unacceptable, and have no place in Governor Walker's administration," said Tom Evenson, spokesman for Walker. "Governor Walker condemns his views, and they do not represent the governor or his administration in any way."

Isn't it something few question Walker's bad judgement picking people in each of his administrations. There's certainly something he likes about these eventual crooks, bigots and racists. A character trait he  can identify with?

Krieser was only repeating he and others always say in backrooms, because that’s the real Republican attitude toward immigration. Ryan packages his bias under a multi-step plan he knows full well will never result in a path to citizenship or reform.

Even though no apology was necessary, since we already know Krieser’s position, he just couldn't resist making it worse:

Krieser reluctantly apologized, explaining that he had used "a poor choice of words." He eventually said he was sorry for what he said. "If I had it to do over, I would not have put it up," Krieser said. "I certainly didn't mean any offense."

That helped? Get a load of this explanation from Republican Party BS’er Brian Schimming on WKOW TV. To Schimming, no one will remember or care how Republicans really feel about immigrants. And Schimming's got Hispanic friends too, so...move along, nothing to see here: