General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMust ALL Republicans be assholes?
A county Republican Party chairman in New Jersey had some harsh words this week for Hispanic labor leader Milly Silva, the newly tapped running mate of the state's Democratic candidate for governor.
Poor thing, Jose Arango, the chairman, said of Silva, who is the executive vice president of labor union SEIU 1199. Its like picking my secretary. Shes a very nice person. The union likes her, but even in the union shes vice president. She hasnt been a committeewoman."
Arango added, "Its like the guy in CVS with no expertise who suddenly gets promoted to pharmacist. Its like the guy saying, I work at CVS, I can be the pharmacist.'"
Silva is relative unknown in New Jersey politics, but she has a long history of organizing immigrant workers, women, minorities and low-income wage earners. She graduated from Columbia University, becoming the first in her family to hold a college degree, and is now a leader of an organization that represents the health care workers at 7,000 nursing homes. Barbara Buono, the Democratic nominee for governor, presumably tapped Silva as her running mate to energize female and minority voters and unionized workers. ......................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/jose-arango-milly-silva_n_3684246.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)A legal requirement for membership.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)They don't let you into the party unless you can prove you're a heartless fuckbag. You probably have to supply a video of yourself kicking orphans or shoving old ladies into traffic.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Must all squares have four equal sides? It's a law of nature.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)They just can't seem to help themselves. They're like the mean kids in high school that never grew out of it.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)Should we attempt to deny the leopard it's spots? The zebra it's stripes? The water it's wetness?
There are things that are elemental, and cannot be altered by the will of man.
ananda
(28,859 posts)..
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)I actually have a few Republican relatives and co-workers who certainly are misguided in how they vote, but are not assholes. Some of them are nice, others are just, meh.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)There is an asshole.
Response to marmar (Original post)
Name removed Message auto-removed
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Clean water- against it
Health care for kids- against it
And so on
ruffburr
(1,190 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)Which is more than you can say for GOPers.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)100% every time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,686 posts)1. You see an elderly woman waiting to cross the street. She is carrying a grocery bag in one hand and a cane in the other. What will you do?
a. Offer to carry her groceries and help her cross the street.
b. Give her a ride to her home and put her groceries away for her.
c. Trip her with her cane, shove her in front of a bus and take her groceries.
2. An old man wearing a tattered army uniform jacket comes up to you and asks you for a few dollars so he can get something to eat. You:
a. Give him $10 and thank him for his service.
b. Tell him to fuck off and get a job.
c. Take him to McDonald's for a burger and fries and offer him a job at your place of employment.
3. You see a little boy who is crying because his puppy ran away. You:
a. Tell him you just ran over his puppy with your car, and to stop bawling about it.
b. Tell him you are very sorry and you hope he finds his puppy.
c. Offer to make some lost puppy posters and put them up for him.
Correct answers: 1, c; 2, b; c, a. Any other answers will disqualify you from membership in the Republican Party.
ellie
(6,929 posts)Fuck them. Fuck everyone one of them.