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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'The Daily Show' Gets GOP Spokesman To Admit Voter ID Laws Are Racist - video link
WARNING: 'offensive language'
VIDEO here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/daily-show-gop-spokesman-voter-id-laws-racist_n_4158125.html
Aasif Mandvi sat down with Don Yelton, a North Carolinian precinct captain and GOP Executive Committee member who apparently missed the "don't be racist" memo. In the interview, he copped to loving portrayals of President Obama as a witch doctor, claimed that one of his best friends is black, and even used both the phrase "lazy blacks" and the N-word while defending the state's voter ID laws.
To get some perspective, Mandvi also interviewed Congressman John Lewis, one of the most outspoken opponents of voter ID laws. Guess which one seemed more reasonable.
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OregonBlue
(7,743 posts)right". Anyone who didn't see this should watch it. It's absolutely jaw dropping.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)It was revealing to say the least.
G_j
(40,366 posts)he lives in my county. I've actually met him, a narcissistic, arrogant blow hard.
zappaman
(20,605 posts)Sad that a comedy news show digs deeper than the "legitimate" news shows...
Brigid
(17,621 posts)"The Daily Show" has some of the best journalism around.
backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)When reading earlier about the Daily Show segment about the ACA website problems that Stewart is a no talent hack
Gothmog
(143,654 posts)This idiot really admitted that he was a bigot and wanted to punish Democratic voters.
liberalla
(9,131 posts)Just when you think it can't get any worse --- ding ding ding --- we have a new winner.
I hope we get to see follow-up pieces as he tries to explain himself, clarify his statements... etc.
Just amazing stupidity on parade. Thank you Jon Stewart and Aasif Mandvi for your public service.
liberalla
(9,131 posts)Raleigh, NC Following outrageous and racially intolerant comments by Buncombe County precinct chair Don Yelton on the Daily Show last night, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Claude Pope called for his immediate resignation.
The North Carolina Republican Party finds the comments made by Mr. Yelton to be completely inappropriate and highly offensive.
I have asked for Mr. Yeltons resignation as the precinct chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party. If Mr. Yelton declines to resign, the NCGOP will immediately initiate the process to remove him from his position.
I would like to make it very clear that Mr. Yelton does not speak for either the Buncombe County Republican Party or the North Carolina Republican Party. And contrary to reports, Mr. Yelton is not a member of the NCGOP Executive Committee.
liberalla
(9,131 posts)UPDATE: On Oct. 24, The Buncombe County Republican Party sent out the following statement:
"Let me make it very clear, Mr. Yelton's comments do not reflect the belief or feelings of Buncombe republicans, nor do they mirror any core principle that our party is founded upon" said Chairman Mitchell. "This mentality will not be supported or propagated within our party".
Mr. Yelton was recently reprimanded and removed from his position as a precinct chair in Buncombe County for a period of time in 2012 through 2013 and was then reelected to precinct chair by 2 votes (his wife and himself) at the 2013 convention placing him back on the Buncombe County Executive Committee.
"We have requested that Don resign his position of precinct chair and if he is unwilling to do this, we will again be pursuing avenues to remove him from any and all positions at any level within the state" said Chairman Mitchell.
http://wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_daily-show-sparks-local-controversy-13724.shtml (toward the bottom of artical)
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Don Yelton told News Radio 570 Thursday that he would resign.
http://wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_daily-show-sparks-local-controversy-13724.shtml
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)It's pretty bad when it's too much even for the Buncombe County Republican Party!
Just unbelievable.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)the law hasn't been rescinded . No matter this guy yelton IS representative of the RW in N.C. This statement is not worth the paper it.s printed on.
starroute
(12,977 posts)"On Oct. 24, Don Yelton told Pete Kaliner, host of the Pete Kaliner Show on WWNC 570 AM, that the Buncombe County Republican Party asked him to resign his position as precinct chair in response to the Daily Show interview. Yelton said he would resign as requested."
Buns_of_Fire
(17,091 posts)liberalla
(9,131 posts)[font size=5]Despite the controversy, Yelton tells Xpress:
"The comments that were made, that I said, I stand behind them. I believe them."[/font]
That's just more OMG for me...
1monster
(11,012 posts)and that is intolerable because the truth makes us look bad and racist."
No DUplicitous DUpe
(2,994 posts)I want to see a follow-up piece where Aasif Mandvi interviews his one...black...friend.
liberalla
(9,131 posts)if he's *still* his friend...
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)GOP leader Don Yelton stands by racist comments in Daily Show interview
Article here: http://www.salon.com/2013/10/24/gop_leader_don_yelton_stands_by_racist_comments_in_daily_show_interview/
A must read article - they are trying to get him to resign and if he won't they are going to try to remove him
maxsolomon
(32,918 posts)Was that really neccessary, TDS?
Erose999
(5,624 posts)television. I knew it'd happen but I always thought it'd be Limbaugh or Michael Savage or some other hate radio blowhard and it would take another lost election cycle worth of sour grapes for them to do it. This Yelton motherfucker is an actual official inside the Republican Party. Just wait for them to try to distance themselves from their "Executive Committee Member".
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)liberalla
(9,131 posts)(This www.mountainx.com link is slow to load for me. Maybe the site is overly busy right now )
The short interview clips were edited together from a much longer two-hour sit-down, says Yelton. But he says he was pleased overall with the parts that were included. In fact, he notes that some of the comments he made that weren't included might've even been more controversial. "To tell you the truth, there were a lot of things I said that they could've made sound worse than what they put up." He adds, "I would've loved to been able to do it live. but that wasn't offered."
Yelton says he was well aware of what he was getting into when he agreed to be on the show. "Everybody and their brother told me 'they're going to make fun of you,'" he notes. "I don't think we can run from the people that disagree with us. If you're not willing to talk to people you disagree with, than you're never going to accomplish anything. So that's why I agreed to take the interview."
Yelton says he's not sure why he was first contacted by a producer of the Daily Show and asked to appear, although he suspects it might've been comments related to President Barack Obama's race he made on Facebook.
more at link
Quixote1818
(28,896 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)Not the lies they spew to get elected. The truth will set you free....
liberalla
(9,131 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Maddow Uses Daily Show Segments to Bash GOP for Abandoning All Pretense of Outreach
VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-uses-daily-show-segments-to-bash-gop-for-abandoning-all-pretense-of-outreach/
Everyone should send it to everyone they know
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Gothmog
(143,654 posts)The idiot admitted that he was a racist
Zambero
(8,953 posts)Deader than ever. Bury the corpse immediately.
rucky
(35,211 posts)tofuandbeer
(1,314 posts)Flatpicker
(894 posts)That TDS has become a better news source than the actual news professionals.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)spanone
(135,586 posts)i have yet to see this reported beyond here
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)VIDEO here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-uses-daily-show-segments-to-bash-gop-for-abandoning-all-pretense-of-outreach/
Rachel Maddow is a big fan of The Daily Show (even if she disagrees with Jon Stewart from time to time), and on Thursday night she was absolutely floored at how one of the comedy shows correspondent bits got a local Republican official fired, using it as an opportunity to take on the GOPs outreach problem.
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spanone
(135,586 posts)thanks...