By David Catanese June 24, 2014 | 2:40 p.m. EDT (for USNews & World Report)
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"Asked how Clinton would fare in Arkansas if she pursued the presidency in 2016, 2nd Congressional District chairman Johnny Rhoda told U.S. News, "She'd probably get shot at the state line."
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Rhoda, who holds a PhD in Business Administration from Belford University, has a history of business management lasting nearly 30 years. He is currently a director and the managing agent of Island Financial Group, P.L.L.C., in Clinton. He also serves on the board of Dawn International, Inc., and is chairman of the board for Word and Faith Christian Church, where he is also pastor. Rhoda also serves as superintendent of the Cornerstone Christian Academy in Clinton.
A few hours later, he clarified the remark to Business Insider
He said he was laughing when the comment was made and was surprised it made its way into the news.
"I didn’t think the guy was going to print the thing," he said of U.S. News reporter David Catanese.
Reached for comment, Catanese disputed the notion that the quote was taken out of context.
"Oh, yes, 'taken out of context,'" Catanese wrote to Business Insider, dryly. "As in — taken out of our on-the-record conversation and into print."
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Another day another GOP representative opening mouth and inserting gun foot.
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Sorry it's well past my bed time on the east coast to you will have to play nice in the comments without me.
Chao~
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Update
Old Redneck, in the comment section, delved deeper into the cesspool of Johnny Rhoda to give a little insight into what resides behind the facade of his public information:
Documents on filewith the Van Buren County clerk indicate Rhoda was in default on a mortgage on property on Horton Street in Clinton. It was sold to a bank in a courthouse auction for $160,000 July 14.
Rhoda is a graduate of Belford Univeristy:
Belford University was an organization that offered online unaccredited degrees for "life experience". The organization maintained a post office box in Humble, Texas, but its certificates were mailed from the United Arab Emirates.[1]
On August 31, 2012, Belford University was shut down and its founder, Salem Kureshi, had been “ordered to pay $22.7 million in damages”.[2]
GO TO THE LINK AND READ ABOUT "DR." JOHNNY K. RHODA.
Here are a few exceprts:
Griffin referred to him as "Dr." and explained that he had a Ph.D. in business administration from Belford University and years of successful business dealings along with pastorship of a church. The church happens to be in Rhoda's home on a county road north of Clinton. Such were his business successes that the local bank foreclosed on his home/church because he had not made mortgage payments. The home/church was auctioned by the county clerk in July but Rhoda still holds services there. (He will also ordain you as a minister, for a small fee presumably, if you answer 25 questions about the Bible on his spiritual website.)
In Rhoda's home county, there are two people with PhD's from "Belford University:" Rhoda and a bulldog.
Belford U. got extra notoriety this week when Dr. Ben Mays, a Clinton veterinarian, posted his bulldog Maxwell Sniffingwell's 2009 Ph.D. from Belford U., which cost him $549. Max's owner, a member of the state Board of Education, is on a small crusade to stop people from duping clients by advertising phony academic achievements. Arkansas is one of the places where it is still legal to gull clients that way.
Thank you Old Redneck!
4:02 PM PT: Thanks to Old Redneck for showing the depth, all 2 dimensions, of Johnny Rhoda