Now that Reince Priebus's delicate sensibilities have been restored, it is perhaps time to look at the many, many instances of comments from the "rightwing" that failed to send the RNC chair for the smelling salts. (Media Matters has more). I tried to stick with only those that were said on Priebus's watch but I threw in a few oldies just to remind people of what the "rightwing" Priebus defends consists of. It was depressingly difficult to limit myself to just ten. The list follows the orange squiggles.
It hasn't been this dark in the Superdome since all those poors occupied it after Hurricane Katrina - Former South Carolina GOP Chair Todd Kincannon February 4, 2013
And I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship. It was the same, and that's really what this society's all about now here in the U.S.A. There's no difference. There's no difference. There may be a cultural entertainment -- people may gravitate toward different cultural entertainment, but you go down to Little Italy, and you're gonna have that. It has nothing to do with the color of anybody's skin. - Bill O'Reilly
There are kids that were brought into this country by their parents unknowing they were breaking the law. And they will say to me and others who defend the rule of law, ‘We have to do something about the 11 million. Some of them are valedictorians.’ Well, my answer to that is…it’s true in some cases, but they aren’t all valedictorians. They weren’t all brought in by their parents. For every one who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act. - GOP Rep. Steve King
We have to unmask this man (Obama). This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy. Karl Marx very clearly said Marxism requires that we destroy God because government must become God.” - Rafael Cruz, father of Sen. Ted Cruz
It must be hard for young black males to always be viewed as criminals by people who notice crime statistics. - Ann Coulter via TownHall. Go find it yourself, if you must. I feel dirty for giving them even one hit.
For simply sending [a positive tweet about Paula Deen], you should see the filth and vile bile that’s come [Stacy Dash's] way... Liberal racists are the absolute worst. - Michelle Malkin
Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card. Sarah Palin
If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control, because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government, then so be it. -Mike Huckabee (Priebus, on Huckabee's remarks which were made at the RNC meeting, incidentally: "It's not where our party stands, it isn't really even what Mike Huckabee meant to say. I mean he had a pretty good message, and it was overshadowed by a choice of words that was just a little bit off, that's all." He may have "rebuked" Huckabee but he was not offended by his message).
The connotation is, [Wendy Davis was] supporting a family and raising her kids. She was neither supporting a family nor raising her kids. She married a sugar daddy, whom she asked to meet. He supported her. He raised the kids, while she went to Harvard Law School. - Ann Coulter, again
And of course, what list of racist shit the "rightwing" says would be complete without the defacto leader of the GOP?
Bush had ‘Shock and Awe.’ We’re looking at ‘Shuck and Jive’ here. That’s what I’m going to name this. The Obama operation in Syria — ‘Operation: Shuck and Jive’ — because that’s what this is. Rush Limbaugh