In a statement on Binkley's Web site, owner Rob Bishop apologized, saying that before the public's outcry of racism, he and his staff did not see any racist connection.
One assumes that these are the same retards that continue to insist that 'Lynching' doesn't have any racial undertones, unless it's Clarence Thomas.
Chris Buttars surrenders.
It's amazing that people like this can get elected to office.
In an interview with radio hosts Tom Grover & Ryan Yonk, Buttars said that he "[doesn't] know of an example where the minority is being jeopardized by legislative action." When Grover mentioned Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated American schools, Buttars responded that he thought "Brown v. Board of Education is wrong to begin with." Buttars declined to elaborate on his statement at that time. [6] In response to public reaction to his statements and accusations of racism, Buttars responded, "I don't think there's a racial [sic] bone in my body... "I don't see black and white. I see people. I always have." [7]
During a debate of a school-funding bill on the floor of the State Senate in February 2008, the bill's sponsor compared the bill to the baby involved in the Biblical story of King Solomon.[8] Buttars responded saying, "This baby is black, I'll tell you. This is a dark, ugly thing."[8] Buttars apologized for a remark on the State Senate floor,[9] saying, "I got a little carried away, and I made a comment that I think a lot of people could take as racist. I certainly did not mean that in any way, but it was wrong and could easily be taken in just that way. I apologize to anyone who took offense."[10] The president of the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP felt that Buttars should resign from the Senate,[11] saying, "It's not the first time he's made derogatory remarks. ... If he feels comfortable enough to sit up in the Senate and say those things that are harmful, he doesn't belong in the Senate."[12] Buttars says he will will not resign and will seek re-election.[13] In an interview, Buttars said, "We live in a very, very sensitive world. Although what I said had literally nothing in my mind to do with a human being at all — we were talking about an ugly bill — I made a statement that could be easily misinterpreted, and it was."[13] Buttars also said that he has been the victim of a "hate lynch mob" since making the comment.[12] A member of the NCAAP branch responded saying, "The man knows nothing about what a lynch mob is. It is an insult for a man to say he is getting lynched when we know what real lynchings are."[14] Buttars said he did not understand why people would feel affronted by comparing himself to a victim of a lynching.[14] Buttars had intended to meet with the NCAAP branch to apologize and ask them to recind their demands for his resignation, but he decided not to meet with them because the NCAAP branch wanted to make the meeting public.[14]
