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Bundy: A Deadbeat ... and a Racist?

In the minds of the One Percenters who initially supported him, Cliven Bundy was supposed to be a kind of poster child for the rugged individualist who could stand up to the Federal government and prove once and for all that big government is bad, bad, bad.

What a shame it didn’t turn out that way, once the story began to unfold.  Now it seems that Cliven Bundy is a poster child for the jerk who grabs whatever he wants from our national treasure, and then badmouths less fortunate Americans who may need and deserve our support.  And, as Mr. Bundy reportedly proved yesterday, he’s a racist, as well as a deadbeat who doesn’t pay the bills his fellow cattle ranchers do pay.

So after all the hullaballoo out there in Nevada, what we have is a weird rich guy who owes the Federal government about $1.1 million in grazing fees, and who owes the American public an apology for his appalling comments about (I’m quoting now), “the Negro”.  I for one hope that firm legal steps are taken quickly to collect the grazing fees owed by Mr. Bundy, and that someone running for office as a Republican stands up and says its not OK for nut cases to point high powered rifles at Federal employees, the way that some people were doing in support of Mr. Bundy last week.

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