This Saturday, my Blue Virginia colleague Marc Broklawski attended a Tea Party rally in front of the Stafford County, Virginia courthouse. As Marc writes, "One of their featured speakers was Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart. This is the same person that recently sent a letter to Ken Cuccinelli thanking him for his frivolous health care reform lawsuit." Stewart is also well known as a rabid xenophobe, the author of the notorious "rule of law" resolution in Prince William County that was the basis for the film, 9500 Liberty.
Now, Stewart has gone even further off the demagogic deep end.
With all the crazy things that Stewart has said or done in the past, nothing prepared me for what I witnessed this past Saturday from him. There were many things he said that were non-factual and completely offensive, but his comparison of the Obama administration to that of the Nazi regime was outrageous (fast forward to the 5:25 mark).
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For Stewart to even suggest that this administration is anything like that of the Nazi’s is way over-the-line, irresponsible and deeply offensive. How the chairman of the second largest county in the Commonwealth of Virginia could make this despicable statement is beyond me?!
Wow, even for Corey Stewart - notorious xenophoboe and thug - this is really bad. It's also worth noting that Virginia's notorious, far-right-wing, homophobic, tinfoil hat, state's rights Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, attended the same event (video from Marc Broklawski coming soon). With regard to Cuccinelli and his opposition to the "unconstitutional" health care reform law, Corey Stewart had this to say:
I intend on May 4, 2010 at 2 pm in Prince William County to pass a resolution, which will direct our county staff to refuse to administer the new Medicaid benefits. This, some will argue, will be unlawful. The only ones who can determine whether or not it is illegal is the court; and, the only one who can sue Prince William County or any other jurisdiction that refuses to administer these benefits is the Commonwealth of Virginia. And in that responsibility lies with the Attorney General of Virginia, Mr. Ken Cuccinelli.
As Virginia State Senator Donald McEachin said earlier today, these people are "true believers" in their far-right-wing ideology. The scary thing is that they're also in powerful positions within a state that, just 1 1/2 years ago, gave its 13 electoral votes to Barack Obama. Ugh.
h/t: Leaving My Marc. Great work by Mark Broklawski!