He was also a radio talk show host, because every last Republican was once also a radio talk show host.
A new great vortex of Republican insanity looks to be opening up in, and voters have only themselves to blame for this one, Nevada. The new speaker of the Nevada Assembly looks like it will be Ira Hansen, who has a history of being
batshit insane, in print.
Hansen has said he keeps a Confederate battle flag on the wall where he writes his columns. “I fly it proudly in honor and in memory of a great cause and my brave ancestors who fought for that cause,” he wrote.
Hansen tends to use the term “Negro” and often does not capitalize it. [...]
He wrote that African-Americans are insufficiently grateful for being given their freedom: “The lack of gratitude and the deliberate ignoring of white history in relation to eliminating slavery is a disgrace that Negro leaders should own up to.”
And so on.
"[...] The shrewd and calculating [black] ’leaders’ are willing to sacrifice the children of their own race to gratify their lust for power and position. The relationship of Negroes and Democrats is truly a master-slave relationship, with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies. [...]"
And so on.
“Locally, gangs and their associated criminal activity are obviously dominated by immigrants, especially Hispanic immigrants. You cannot read a story about criminals or watch a news report locally without noticing a grossly disproportionate amount of Hispanic involvement.”
And so on.
“Yet, one fact of homosexuality deliberately downplayed is the grossly disproportionate numbers of child molesters, called ’pederasts,’ which fill their ranks. [...]"
He also theorized that the Oklahoma City bombing was plotted by the Clinton White House, perhaps because he knew that in his future role as Nevada speaker he would need to seize the single most stupid conspiracy theory anyone ever threw at him and give it a lavish tongue bath.
Smooth move, Nevada Republicans. No really—I do think you've vaulted to the front ranks of horrible state delegations. Do you suppose he'll be bringing his rebel flag with him to put behind the Speaker's chair, or would it be more dramatic if he wore it as a cape?