Tim James’ campaign ad. Yee-Haw!
Just when I think I’ve heard it all from the tea party/Palin/conservative psycho movement, they remind me just how determined they are to move us all back into the pre-civil rights era.
Republican candidate for Governor Tim James is rootin’, tootin’, fightin’ mad in the above campaign advertisement. In his home state of Alabama, the current driver’s license exam is available in an appalling 12 languages. How dare Alabama acknowledge America’s diversity! What a waste of money.
In his southern fried accent, James is not shy about letting us know exactly how he feels about immigrants or other people who haven’t mastered English: “This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here, learn it.”
Wow. Oh, how I wish this line came from a Mad TV skit. I truly wish this were a joke. But James is dead serious.
Rhetoric such as this truly makes me feel like we’ve regressed as a nation since Obama’s election. Racism and ignorance is blatant, and in some circles, applauded.
We live in an international world today. Cultures and languages mix unlike any other time in history. Maybe someone should get James an iPod and internet access, and inform him that this is 2010, not 1952. You can’t turn the hoses on everyone that doesn’t look like you.
But we should turn a hose on James for subjecting us to that terrible accent of his. Sheesh! I felt like I was an extra in “Gone with the Wind” for a second there.
I don’t mean to mock James (actually I do), but everything about this man embodies the republican “anti-everything” movement. I’m angry.
Watch the clip above.
