“Real America” Derangement Syndrome
The latest public figure to exhibit symptoms of RADS is Rep. Robin Hayes, Republican (of course) from North Carolina, who on Saturday told a crowd of McCain supporters that “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.”
After his remarks were reported and sparked the outrage that any normal person would expect, Hayes denied he had said what he said. Unluckily for him, at least two reporters had taped him. Whaddya know, all of a sudden, it turned out he had just forgotten making the statement, and in fact, he definitely didn’t mean them the way they had been taken:
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) has conceded that he did tell a North Carolina crowd that “liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God,” even though he initially denied making such a statement.
Now he says he didn’t mean it that way and he was just trying to rev up a campaign rally.
“I genuinely did not recall making the statement and, after reading it, there is no doubt that it came out completely the wrong way. I actually was trying to work to keep the crowd as respectful as possible, so this is definitely not what I intended,” Hayes said in a statement for Politico.
It’s amazing how unwilling so many Republicans are to take responsibility for what they say and do. Michele Bachmann pulled the same stunt after she got creamed for telling Chris Matthews that Obama “has anti-American views.”
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