I've heard stupid and then I've heard really stupid. But the grand prize for being "bischero, idiota, stupido," and intentionally dishonest goes to Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
Standing in Chicago's Saint Sabina Church, he told the congregation that federal gun laws are akin to "government-sponsored racism." Forget for a moment that he said this in the church Michael Pfleger showboats in, but we'll come back to that.
McCarthy said: "So here's what I want to tell you. See, let's see if we can make a connection here – slavery, segregation, black codes, Jim Crow. What did they all have in common? Anybody getting sacred? Government-sponsored racism. Now I want you to connect one more dot on that chain of the African-American history in this country, and tell me if I'm crazy. Federal gun laws that facilitate the flow of illegal firearms into our urban centers across this country, that are killing our black and brown children. We've got to get the gun debate back to center, and its got to come with the recognition of who's paying the price for the gun manufacturers being rich and living in gated communities."
He is right in saying that slavery, segregation, black codes and Jim Crow were government-sponsored – they were created, sponsored, protected and enforced by Democrats, and Democrats in Chicago were rivaled in character only by Bull Connor himself. It was also dishonest for him to overlook that Chicago Democrats stoned Dr. King in broad daylight, a full two years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
McCarthy Lambasted
This one slipped by our radar, but someone brought it to our attention recently. Wow:
This is what happens when you have an educated response to political pandering - a bitch slapping of tremendous proportions utterly destroying the target and any future attempt to rebuild it.