Mock the Hungry
Oklahoma. The mean is bubbling up from Texas.
The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party had himself a dandy idea: a solution to the problem of feeding the hungry. Feed them to bears instead. Or something like that.
Tomorrow he promises to make fun of the disabled.
Friday is reserved for hungry children satire.
And when people said, “Holy cow, dude, what the hell are you saying?” his response was …
“Last night, there was a post on our OKGOP Facebook page, and it was misinterpreted by many,” state Republican Party Chairman Randy Brogdon said. “I offer my apologies for those who were offended — that was not my intention.”
Randy, Randy, Randy, would you please tell me what the correct interpretation would be?
It’s a shame because he looks like such a nice guy.
That is the best picture he could find of himself. He issued it to the public. I wonder if he looks less like a bear himself in a bad picture.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Redundant Palin redux.reprise,revival,again too still yet.
1Because, when it comes to GOP world, you just can’t be too mean-spirited. Now could anyone please explain how this nastiness was “misinterpreted” at all?
2Here’s Randi’s Facebook page before it gets pulled!
https://www.facebook.com/RandyBrogdon
3I guess Randy figures the hungry in OK can always go steal some “pick-a-nick baskets” like Yogi Bear did.
4Not a Matthew 25 guy, is he? Note to Randy Brogdon: If I ever see you drowning in a flood, trust me not to throw you a lifeline lest you become dependent on it.
5He looks like a vampire in a straight-to-video horror flick. You know, the non-sparkly kind of vampire.
Though perhaps he is using Biblical precedent. He’s just channeling Elisha, not Jesus: https://bible.org/seriespage/4-elisha-and-two-bears-2-kings-223-25
6Thus isn’t the first time a Repu Lucan has made this analogy. They have no shame about comparing the poor to wild animals.
7Did up notice that “772 people like this”? I bet none of them are desperate enough go through garbage pails trying to find something to eat, and none of them have any compassion for a person in that situation.
Randy Brogdon made his remark yesterday on July 14–Bastille Day. Awhile back, in France, fellows like Brogdon were sitting around in their satin pants making similar remarks about the desperately poor. It didn’t end well for them.
8Since everyone else has said it well, I’ll just add that I bet this glassbowl is opposed to birth control for the poor so they can cut down on the number of mouths they have to feed with no jobs.
These jokers need to be lined up for a mass empathy transplant.
9I think this is insulting to Bears. I’ve known many bears in my time (of several species), and not a one of them was anywhere near this creepy.
10Y’now if this was a “recent” problem, say post-ww2 or post-Depression, I might have a willingness to cut guys like this a break. I’d think they were slow on the uptake, but here’s your break. But since hunger has been a problem continuously since at least the time of the Roman Empire, no break.
Now. Randy. We didn’t misinterpret you. You said what you meant. Your base heard and understood what you meant. The rest of us heard and understood what you meant. And it means you and your base are a$$holes. Prepare yourself because Karma will make you her bitch.
11Bear? Looks like a rabid mink, to me.
12looking more & more like we need to hurry up & build that wall between oklahoma & texas….first, the crazy bubbled up & now the mean
13We should apply the same reasoning to the rich and corporations: stop giving them handouts like tax breaks and corporate subsidies lest they become dependent on them. Maybe we should tranquilize Randy and relocate him to a deserted island.
14Maggie, I saw the same thing. I wondered of he got his teeth sharpened at the local knife shop or if it’s a DIY job.
This guy looks meaner than a rabid raccoon caught in a bear trap.
15“Republican Party Chairman Randy Brogdon said. “I offer my apologies for those who were offended”
And that, is the Republican idea of a big tent party. Apologize to bears as well as hungry children.
16Dear Miss Juanita,
I was once a Libertarian and would have agreed with this guy. I was mean and proud of it. It was my increasing Christian faith that led me away from that belief. Could you please introduce your friend to Jesus.
Best,
17Craig
He’s another follower of Supply Side Jesus.
18What-mama griftzly hasn’t filed suit for theft of ideas she stole from who knows where?
19@Craig Waters
20Can’t speak for Miz JJ, but rest assured I long to facilitate face to face meetings with Republicans such as Randy and the Almighty. Sooner rather than later.
Can Republicans be taught NOT to be so mean spirited?
21He looks like his fangs are growing. And the more I look at his face, dang if he doesn’t look like a bear with big eyebrows….Is there a Bears Transformers group?
22Hateful man, would like to be there when he meets his maker and claims he was a Christian. I do not of course get to decide that, but he does not fit the criteria.
23We would have to feed the bears if the biggest bears stockpiled all the kills in a bank vault and hired lobbyists to make sure that the less fortunate bears didn’t have enough food to survive. That ends today’s lesson in greedy fucks.
24He’s not even creative. That one’s been passed around by the RWNJs for ages.
25I’d have gone with badger. But mink is good too.
26Small-minded, small-hearted, selfish and mean. I’m thinking snake, Kaa from Jungle Book, maybe?
27Evidently, you folks have never seen a possum. There is nothing pretty about them.
28Pancho Sanza, your analogy to the American financial system is excellent. And I’m glad you didn’t mince words in the last statement, for the phrase perfectly describes the 1%.
29We can only hope mama is otherwise occupied.
Well, seeing as how Republican governors and legislatures across the country have disenfranchised poor voters, they know they can get away with this sort of thing with impunity. It’s a dog-whistle to the no-government crowd in order to justify their being – you know – part of government.
Only one problem with this “dog-whistle” though. This one is a bullhorn. EVERYBODY can here you, Randy.
30Hmmm. Bear-baiting among the RWNJs. I think it’s time to revive a very old sport.
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