HANK JOHNSON, HOW IGNORANT CAN ONE MAN BE???

Well folks, there are morons and then there are, MORONS.  And make no mistake about it Rep. Hank Johnson, Democrat from Georgia, has once again made that point very clear when he recently claimed that passage of a budget favored by Republicans could lead to the kind of violence that erupted last month in Baltimore.

It was during an interview just last week on WABE’s “A Closer Look” that old Hank said, “If we’re not careful the have-nots of this country will rise up like the people in Baltimore.”  Now putting the pure ignorance of the statement aside, I would argue that for Hank, a duly elected public official, to say such a thing is very reckless.

Johnson, who is a member of that very well-known racist clique referred to as the Congressional Black Caucus, disputed the notion that riots are a response to police brutality.  Protests over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died a week after his April 12 arrest, bubbled over into looting and rioting on April 27.

Hank said, “You can say that it’s…a reaction to police excessive use of force, but actually, what happened in Baltimore stems from deeper economic issues.”  Of course he conveniently leaves out the fact that the economic issues which he claims are to blame have only gotten deeper over the last 7 years.

Hank said, “If you would take a ride down the streets of some of the greatly impoverished areas of Baltimore where change has not come, where things are the same as they were 50 years ago and have been allowed to grow worse then you will understand the lack of hope of which those riots were born from.”

WABE host Denis O’Hayer pressed Johnson to clarify his remarks.  He said, “When you say ‘rise up like Baltimore,’ – let’s define that a little bit more.”  Then he asked Al, “In terms of the protests or in terms of the violence?  Hank replied, “No, I’m saying in terms of the violence, and it’s unfortunate,” Johnson replied.

O’Hayer followed up by asking, “You’re saying budgets like this can lead to violence?” And Hank confidently responded, “Yes, I am,” said Johnson.  Every time I hear this boob open his mouth I find myself wondering what the average intelligence must be of those who make up his district.  Or do they, I wonder, simply vote for him just because he’s black?

All for those of you who may not be all that familiar with old Hank, he’s best known for expressing concern over the fact that the island of Guam would come to tip over if there were too many people on it.  So as you can very plainly see, old Hank isn’t known for being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but neither must be his constituents.

And you know, it all becomes just a bit more frightening that we have someone who, since first elected in 2006, and how he has continued to get re-elected ever since.  I think it fair to say that what we may have here is another instance of someone being elected based solely on the color of his skin, and not because of any leadership qualities it’s thought that he might actually possess.