John M. “Jake” Knotts, Jr. is a Republican member of the
South Carolina Senate and previously member of the South Carolina House of
Representatives. He is most famous for calling the gubernatorial candidate and
currently Republican governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley a “fucking raghead” (Haley is an Indian-American).
He later apologized for having used the word “fucking”. The thing is, Haley is
a methodist, but Knotts does not believe that. Knotts believes Haley is really
a non-Christian: “Have you ever asked her if she believes in Jesus Christ as
her lord and savior and that he died on the cross for her sins? Have you ever
asked her that?” His evidence of subversiveness is of course her skin color.
To further bolster his candidacy for inclusion in the Encyclopedia, Knotts also
invoked Obama: “We got a raghead in Washington; we don’t need one in South
Carolina,” which suggests that Knotts has a, shall we say, traditional view of
race. Being dimly aware that this could become an issue Knotts also emphasized
that “many of his supporters are black.”
And of course, it is never complete without some real
conspiracies. Knotts asserted that he believed Haley had been set up by a
network of Sikhs and was programmed to run for governor of South Carolina by
outside influences in foreign countries, and that she is – for this purpose –
hiding her “true” religion.
Having Haley as a Sikh running for high office in America is a problem, Knotts
says, in part because “we’re at war over there.” He didn’t attempt to clarify.
Diagnosis: Good ol’ Southern boy, apparently.
There are many specimens of the Common North American Loon that are amusing. This particular exemplar however is particularly odious.
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