Racism is alive and sick in America. A former state lawmaker, Larry Faircloth, who is now running for office in West Virginia called President Obama “a Sambo”. In 2011. This vile bottom feeder wants to be governor.

A tea party group is making the claim that Faircloth not only made that remark about the president, but he also called Nancy Pelosi “a bimbo”. Classy, Larry. How’s that pond scum you reside in?

He made what he– of course– called a “joke” at a candidate forum that he attended with three other GOP candidates. Let’s put it this way: The Daily Show won’t be hiring him any time soon.

Terry and Larrice Craver, the co-founders of We the People of Hampshire County, via Racism Daily:

“While Mr. Faircloth was giving his opening comments, he chose to tell a racist, sexist ‘Joke,’” the couple said in a Monday email obtained by the Daily Mail.”This offended several people, some laughed, most gasped, and one man stood up and walked out and made the statement ‘You’re all nothing but a bunch of  bigots’ on his way out the door.”

Good for “one man”.  As for that little Pelosi slur:

“Is she not one?” Faircloth said in a Tuesday evening telephone interview. “I mean, a lot of people think she is a bimbo; that’s why they replaced Congress with Republicans, and they removed her as speaker. I don’t find that as anything different than a political poke at her.”

Well, as long as you honestly think Pelosi is a bimbo, then by all means, call her one right out loud. Hang on to that mind set as long as you can, Elmer, since misogyny is so in vogue now. Not.

He said he “apologized” to those who took his little joke “different” than he meant it. He sounds as intelligent as he is inclusive… and about as remorseful:

“We’ve been tiptoeing around the president.”

And by “tiptoeing around the president” he means not coming at him full on with the N word.

He flatly refused to publicly apologize, because he was concerned that political opponents would find out about his brilliant quips and use them against him. Poor darling, he was worried about his pristine reputation and that of the tea party.  See? He does have a sense of humor after all.

But the Cravers eventually sent out an email to other tea party groups so they’d know what happened and could judge Larry’s character for themselves. What character?

There’s even more. You can read the rest here.

And here is where you can read about what a fine, upstanding family values man he thinks he is.

H/t: Icecld2