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Jim Pence June 18th, 2008
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STAN LEE KENTUCKY’S OWN NED FLANDERS YOUTUBE VIDEO.
Jim Pence July 8th, 2007
Let the Judge see what you got.
[From Matt]:
I’d like to thank Jim for another brilliant video. Even though The Simpson’s Ned Flanders is a generally lovable, if misguided, figure, I think the power of comparison here between the two is that the politics of State Representative Stan Lee (R) are cartoonish, and while being cartoonish is quite alright if you’re a cartoon, it’s bad when you’re the Republican nominee for attorney general.
I’m always amazed at how people like Stan Lee and his analogue in bigotry in the State Senate, Richard “Dick” Roeding, can be so oblivious to this nation’s history to the extent that they are. It’s all well and good to study the ins-and-outs of the book of Genesis as much as they do, but I think a man should seek for some balance and might want to pick up a book that details something slightly more recent on the cosmic time line. Say, the 18th through 20th centuries in the West would be a start.
Of the two, Senator Roeding is the worst offender in ignorance. Why? Let me show you how little historical perspective the man has. If you check Roeding’s biography on his website (and I’m not giving it the dignity of linking to it; you’ll just have to google it), you will notice that he is an active Catholic. And, with a name like Roeding, I can only imagine he, like me, is of Teutonic extraction.
Now, if you will recall, German Catholics and Catholics more generally were terribly unwelcome in this nation not even a century ago. I’m sure there were plenty of Kentuckians back in the day warning about letting the Catholic hordes into the commonwealth. I’m sure there were plenty of people who expressed sentiments about Catholics similar to what Roeding had to say about gays and lesbians.
You see, when the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville announced that they were going to extend benefits to domestic partners, a category that would include same-sex partners, and that they were doing this to attract the best-of-the-best in academia and be competitive as institutions of higher learning, Roeding responded, “I don’t want to entice any of those people [gays and lesbians] into our state. Those are the wrong kind of people.”
Can you imagine a man so detached from historical perspective? Roeding truly is an example of a man who’s educated but lacks the power of mind to be intelligent.
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