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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP sheriff unleashes a stunning take down of Republicans—a party of ‘cult leaders’ and ‘idiots’
GOP sheriff unleashes a stunning take down of Republicansa party of cult leaders and idiotsby Sarah K. Burris at the Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/gop-sheriff-unleashes-a-stunning-take-down-of-republicans-a-party-of-cult-leaders-and-idiots/
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Republican Sheriff Newell Normand might be a good ol boy from Jefferson Parish in Louisiana, but that didnt stop him from lobbing a dose of reality at the Metropolitan Crime Commissions annual awards luncheon on Tuesday. According to a video of the speech posted by WUVE, Normand bad-mouthed the GOPs Beltway establishment and elected officials, notorious tax cutter Grover Norquist and called former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal an idiot, equating him to cult leader Jim Jones.
Normand fully admits that he endorsed and supported Jindal when he ran for governor, but that Jindals leadership destroyed the state that Normand holds dear. What a mess. Bobby Jindal was a better cult leader than Jim Jones, he said to laughter and applause from the audience. We drank the elixir for eight years. We remained in a conscious state. We walked to the edge of the cliff and we jumped off and he watched us and guess what? Unlike Jim Jones he did not swallow the poison. What a shame.
Normand accused Jindal of working after his reign to rewrite history when the rest of the state doesnt even know what history is. Much like other states with Republican governors like Kansas and Oklahoma, Louisiana faces a substantial budget shortfall, to the tune of $2.5 billion. Jindal is telling the world that he did a phenomenal job as governor and Normand is furious about it.
We have to just say no! Normand said. Im a Republican but Im not a hypocrite. We have to look at ourselves critically as a party and figure out where we are and what were going to be about. He admitted to the audience that he was partly at fault because he endorsed that idiot, but said that it was time to move toward solutions. Due to the budget problems, Normand says that the state will be cutting funding to mental health which causes more problems for law enforcement officers. The state also plans to close five state prisons that houses 8,000 inmates.
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GOP sheriff unleashes a stunning take down of Republicans—a party of ‘cult leaders’ and ‘idiots’ (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2016
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applegrove
(118,677 posts)1. They are escaping!!! Finally. And he hates Grover Norqhuist.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. His comments about Booby Jindal were
particularly pungent.
malaise
(269,022 posts)3. The Reagan Revolution is over
The rich will be taxed - the Supreme Court will be less RW. Fugg all ReTHUGs - what utter failure celebrated as success - for the 1% and those they buy.
applegrove
(118,677 posts)4. Yup. The great fiction has been pulled down.
Let's hope this gets around.
UTUSN
(70,700 posts)6. INCREDIBLE: An *honest* Repuke!1 Which raises the question, WHY is he a Repuke?!1 n/t
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)7. Sometimes the smell gets so bad you just have to get it up to flush.