NIT – The Iowa GOP dug itself an embarrassing hole Friday night, prompting an apology from the party chairman.
The humiliation began Friday evening when the Iowa Republican Party allowed a post on its Facebook page that contained a graphic that showed flowchart that they said could be used to determine if a person is a racist or not a racist. Here is the flowchart, via a screen grab taken and published by the Daily Beast:
Later Friday evening, the following post was made to the Iowa GOP’s Facebook page, right after they removed the flowchart:
“Earlier tonight, a contractor of the Iowa GOP made a post referencing a discussion on race that the GOP believes was in bad taste and inappropriate. We apologize to those whom were offended, have removed the post and are ensuring it does not happen again. -Chairman AJ Spiker.”
The Iowa Democratic Party didn’t miss its chance to chime in, saying via social media “Tonight the Iowa GOP continued on with their party’s intolerance. This has no place in politics, period.”
The Des Moines Register reported Friday night a statement from Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan:
“Iowans have had enough of the intolerance, hate and divisiveness shared tonight on the Republican Party of Iowa’s Facebook. This sort of rhetoric – joke or not – has no place in politics, period. What we see here is another failed attempt at the GOP trying to rebrand themselves, and Iowans need to remember that this is the party of Terry Branstad, Chuck Grassley, and those who are trying to win the US Senate seat this fall.”
My perspective:
I am a registered Cynic and belong to the Cynic Party, so don’t get the idea I am a Republican, but:
The Republican Party is so not a ‘racist party’. This racism nonsense is nothing more than a distraction.
The Republican Party is by and large for an America that wants to provide opportunity so people can get ahead if one wants to work to get it.
This so called racist flow chart and the nonsense in the article focus’s one to think “Republicans” are racist because some loon posted something stupid like this flow chart. This bull is misleading and takes people off focusing on important issues like a bankrupt government and a job killing government.
Long ago I figured out that almost all the big shot local Republicans were as liberal and left wing as any Democrat I know. Any research at all on what they promote shows any logical individual that the local Republican’s are Democrats in disguise. It is a political sham and nothing but a hoax when these numskulls present themselves as Republicans. The Chamber of Commerce is a great example of what I speak.
Democrats are the biggest bunch of liars and the local Republi-crats are right in bed with the Dems.
Then heap on top a media that makes it’s living lying to the public, we got nothing.
This country is in huge trouble because of the nonsense printed in this article and all of the people who gobble this crap up as useful when it amounts to useless information.
I’ll stay in my Cynic Party until the media starts getting it right.
Sorry.
Wow, NIT. You’ve officially jumped the shark. I’m done with your ridiculous one sided attack site.
I’ll never be back. RIP
Hey philosophagus, how could Africans have shipped any whites in the boats made out of a tree stump. If the Africans hadn’t sold other Africans to anybody who would buy them( all colors, religions,countries and not just white southern farmers) all Africans would be sitting in sand covered with flies, starving with un controlled child birth and disease, raping, murder, corruptness like many parts of Africa today. Your naivete is overwhelming. Try stepping into the real world and out of the corn patch and contribute something true and useful!
It is funny because it is TRUE
Only white people are and can be racist:
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/08/racist-against-white-people/
http://martinricard.com/2013/07/29/black-people-especially-president-obama-cant-be-racists/
Great Story NIT. Took some serious research on your behalf to discover this bit of inappropriate insider party humor. Thanks
I know it’s difficult for spend o crats to read anything other than the dollar amount on their welfare checks and food stamps but you can go on utube and listen to the whole speech. I agree LVS there is enough stupidity in both parties to go around. Neither seem to really represent the middle class anymore. Vote independent.
Nice try galactus. You like the liberal news media have selected only a few lines out of his entire speech and attempted to twist them. If you listen to it he is stating the the views of the Spend o cratic party and no where does he down play women in our society. There is no low the Spend o crats will stoop to to stay in power including our dictator president publicly saying smoking pot is not that bad to attempt to get the vote of the doper generation. You talk about stupid.
The GOP is such chronic liars.
I was watching Huckabee, and he started talking about women not being able to control their lust. And how, Uncle Sugar Daddy, would be there for them to get free birth control.
Then when nobody like what he said. Huckabee insisted he didn’t say it.
Just bold face lies, again and again. As their base either doesn’t care what the truth is. Or their just to stupid to understand it.
I wonder if Cerro Gordo GOP Chairman GABE HAUGLAND thinks the flow chart is funny.