Choose your friends wisely.

In case you didn’t know, politicians are fair weather friends. A case in point is the situation in #Nevada. Cliven #Bundy, a rancher who became somewhat of a folk hero by standing up to the government in a fight over grazing rights, lost some of his conservative supporters when it turned out he was a racist. Duh! Bundy said that he wondered whether African-Americans might have had it better under slavery. Duh! (again) I guess Bundy fell asleep during American history. Now all the #Republicans who initially came to his support are denouncing his comments and distancing themselves. Where are your friends when you need them? When the going gets tough, the politicians get going. I guess the free publicity the politicians wanted, backfired on them. Bundy was fighting the very government that the politicians represent. Bundy had much more to say and none of it was good. He claimed that he is not a racist. He just makes racist remarks. Here’s what he said:

"I said I’m wondering if they’re better off under government subsidies," Bundy said. "And their young women are having the abortions and their young men are in jail, and their older women and their children are standing, sitting out on the cement porch without nothing to do, you know. ... And so, in my mind, I’m wondering, are they better off being slaves in that sense, or are they better off being slaves to the United States government, in the sense of the subsidies. I’m wondering. And the statement was right."

Now the Republicans have to find a new folk hero. Damn, it’s hard to find good friends.

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