Bob Inglis likes making shit up….
So Bob Inglis, the Rep from SC that got booted in the primary, did an interview with Mother Jones. Now, just why a Republican of any stripe would do an interview with MJ is beyond me, but moving on, there is this little vignette.
During his primary campaign, Inglis repeatedly encountered enraged conservatives whom he couldn’t—or wouldn’t—satisfy. Shortly before the runoff primary election, Inglis met with about a dozen tea party activists at the modest ranch-style home of one of them. Here’s what took place:
I sat down, and they said on the back of your Social Security card, there’s a number. That number indicates the bank that bought you when you were born based on a projection of your life’s earnings, and you are collateral. We are all collateral for the banks. I have this look like, “What the heck are you talking about?” I’m trying to hide that look and look clueless. I figured clueless was better than argumentative. So they said, “You don’t know this?! You are a member of Congress, and you don’t know this?!” And I said, “Please forgive me. I’m just ignorant of these things.” And then of course, it turned into something about the Federal Reserve and the Bilderbergers and all that stuff. And now you have the feeling of anti-Semitism here coming in, mixing in. Wow.
Just to be perfectly clear, yes, I am calling this guy a liar. Now, do I believe that there are some totaly wack jobs out there that buy into this crap? Yes, absolutely. But there is no way you randomly select a dozen tea partiers, and manage to get 12 that happen to believe in Bilderberger bullshit. We get these random fruit loops that show up here from time to time to argue some jackkassery about Ron Paul and/or what country El Presidente was birthed in. And we call them out on their bullshit.
I refuse to accept that randomly selected tea partiers are insane. So, prove me wrong Congressman. I’ve been to tea partys in DC (briefly) and IN (as a blogger) and only found 2 people with crazy shit on their signs, and remain convinced that they were plants. There is no way that 12 randomly selected tea parties bought into this anymore than 12 randomly selected democrats in Missouri would espouse claims about UFOs. Not buying it.
Category: Politics
I remember the first time Inglis ran for the Senate. He promised he was not going to DC and become a fixture there. He pulled a couple of hitches and then he ran for Congress. I’ve lost count how many times he’s run for Congress. I guess we don’t have to worry about him anymore.
Unfortunately, there are some of these wingnuts running around being very vocal. We have our share locally. I’ve had the chance to talk with them (briefly), and they are very knowlegable (within their delusional framework), very sincere, very personable…and absolutely parvo in the head, every last one of them.
Having said that, however, I would have to agree that a random call would not put that many conspiracy theorists in one room together. I’d really want to see some video of this meeting, before I believed what the Congressman said.
RON PAUL!!!
I guess I’m one of them random fruit loops. No I don’t believe the banks bought me when I was born, no I don’t believe space ships are coming behind the clouds to carry us away to nirvana but I do have doubts about the presidential eligibility of obammy and have doubts about his being a natural born citizen. Oh well … tha’s just me!!!
#4 T.D.:
No, you’re no fruit loop; you’re just being prudent and asking questions. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between your line of thinking and the conspiracy therorists, believe me! And in case you’re not sure what I’m talking about as far as the difference, I’ll tell you: it’s PARANOIA. They are; you ain’t. It’s that simple.
I, for one, do not know what country the president was born in as he still has not released a birth certificate. Why he dosn’t just do it and stop all the bullshit is beyond me.