Friday, July 16, 2010

 

Making Homer Look Smart


We need a new category. In this era of the Teabaggers, Ed Brayton's "Dumbass Quote of the Day," even when expanded to "of the year" or "all time" just no longer cuts it:

After the NAACP criticized the Tea Party for tolerating racism, Tea Party spokesman Mark Williams said, "I am disinclined to take lectures on racial sensitivity from a group that insists on calling black people 'Colored.'"
Maybe, "Has to Hunt Three Days to Find His Dumbass Quote of the Day."
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Comments:
Mark Williams has obviously been to the Bill Buckingham school of public relations - locate foot, take careful aim and...

The sad thing is he probably still doesn't realize he said something so breathtakingly and jawdroppingly stupid.
 
... he probably still doesn't realize he said something so breathtakingly and jawdroppingly stupid.

One is tempted to say that such invincible ignorance is a prerequisite of being a member of the Teabaggers.
 
Don't assume that he didn't know his audience. It is possible that he did realize what he was saying.
 
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