Welcome to Southern California! An area that was once a part of Mexico; but since the collective view on history here goes back... oh, 90 seconds or so, it's okay to be a "Proud Racist" when you sit on the city council of a place called the SANTA CLARITA Valley! Yeah, Saint Claire! Yeah! I hereby nominate Councilman Bob Kellar as the douche of the month (no offense to the actual feminine hygiene product)...
I'm sure that Kossaks have all ready posted this somewhere, but it turned up the Los Angeles Daily News yesterday. Need more proof that the GOP is a bunch of bigots? Here's the link:
http://www.dailynews.com/...
...in case that didn't work, here's the meat of the story:
Santa Clarita councilman says he is a `proud racist.'
In a heated speech at an anti-illegal-immigration rally, a Santa Clarita city councilman called himself a "proud racist" — a comment that has outraged some residents and political opponents.
Bob Kellar, who has served on the Santa Clarita council for 10 years, made the remarks at a Jan. 16 rally in Santa Clarita, attended by anti-illegal immigration groups and posted on YouTube.
Kellar stood by his remarks in an interview, saying they reflected his frustration with illegal immigration, but weren't intended to express animosity against nonwhites.
"It doesn't mean I'm going to saddle up the horses at midnight," he said.
At the rally,Kellar first referred to a statement from President Theodore Roosevelt that says the United States only has room for one flag and one language. He said he had quoted it at a past City Council meeting.
"The only thing I heard back from a couple of people was `Bob, you sound like a racist.'
"I said, `That's good. If that's what you think I am because I happen to believe in America, then I'm a proud racist. You're darn right I am."'
Oh that's great, Bob. Look, I've been to Santa Clarita. It scares the hell out of me. Way too many white Republicans over there (Like Simi Valley- home to the Reagan Presidential Library). It's what George Clinton would call one of LA's Vanilla Suburbs. Still, its in Los Angeles County (unlike Simi Valley), and therefore, there are many people of Hispanic heritage living there. You have a problem with Hispanics? So Cal is the WORST place you can possibly live in the US.
The man is an ass.