Stupidist Quote of the Week

A new feature... and yes, I'm aware of the spelling... we're trying to be ironical...

And trust me there's competition, but this is spectacular...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.

“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”

...Davis, who is running for governor, is the only black member of Congress from Alabama.

He is also the only member of the CBC to have voted against the healthcare bill earlier this month.

Davis referred to Jackson’s 1988 run for president in a statement, issued through his office, that said he would not engage Jackson on his criticism.

“One of the reasons that I like and admire Rev. Jesse Jackson is that 21 years ago he inspired the idea that a black politician would not be judged simply as a black leader,” Davis’s statement said. “The best way to honor Rev. Jackson’s legacy is to decline to engage in an argument with him that begins and ends with race.”

Jackson said later that he "didn't call anybody by name and I won't."

He added that he wasn't saying that black lawmakers must vote a certain way. Instead, they should vote the interests of the people in their districts, and he said the healthcare bill would help Alabama because it's one of the poorest states in the country.

First of all, I don't believe the bullshit qualification offered by Reverand Jackson. His reputation speaks for itself. Major marks to Rep. Davis for a classy response that also kicks Jackson subtly for his idiocy.

More importantly, perhaps we should extend the basis of Jackson's healthcare voting analogy for opponents of healthcare to use in a non-racial manner. Based on the amount of debt we're going to incur to finance this lunacy, I might feel compelled to ask why no one's thinking of the children. I might say that if you support the House health care bill, you're a terrible parent (or grandparent/great grandparent, as the case may be). How could you saddle your children with such debt? You can't vote for this health care reform bill and call yourself a good parent!

I'm sure that statement would look stupid to Reverand Jackson. Yet it's monumentally less stupid than his asinine statement.