Idaho Public Television is using a 30-second delay for an upcoming gubernatorial debate because of a Republican candidate’s pattern of using profanity and offensive statements.
The decision to have a 30-second delay for the May 14 debate is because gubernatorial candidate Harley Brown will be participating, according to The Idaho Statesman.
“I’ve heard that he’s been cussing” at campaign events, debate moderator Melissa Davlin told the Statesman.
Two-term incumbent Gov. Butch Otter (R) wanted Brown and another candidate, Walt Bayes, to be invited to the debate. Brown does not pose a serious threat to Otter, according to the Statesman.
Brown himself is aware that his comments can sometimes cross the line. His campaign website lists a number of “Harleyisms” which include:
• “Register Communists, not firearms. That means domestic enemies of the United States Constitution such as Bloomberg, Schumer and Pelosi”
• “Work harder!
Millions on welfare depend on you”
• “If you want more inches – stroke it.”
• “God, how I wish we had picked our own cotton”
(H/t: Rachel Baye)
(Photo credit: Harley Brown for Governor)
Oh look, another Republican polymath to enrich our lives.
P.S. Why is it most of the guys I see riding Harleys are fat old boomers? This guy looks like a massive coronary on wheels!
For the non-motorcyclists out there, I’ll explain the “If you want more inches - stroke it” comment.
The size of an engine is determined by it’s bore (how wide each cylinder is) by it’s stoke (how far the piston moves up and down inside the cylinder) times the number of cylinders. So if you “stroke” an engine, you’re just making the piston travel farther, thus increasing the amount of inches.
Picking cotton would be one way this guy could get an excellent aerobic workout which, judging by his appearance, he hasn’t participated in since the 70s.
According to my database, Brown is one of those perpetual candidates who claims that God wanted him to run for elective office and he has been kinda-sorta trying that since 1993. In other words, Brown has been trying to get elected to SOMETHING for 21 years.
Brown himself describes his political career thusly: to the Idaho Statesman: " You ever see videos of one of those early '50s-era test rockets? How they rise just a few feet off the launching pad and then tip over and crash in a spectacular explosion? That’s how I’d describe most of my political career."
The remark seems really self-effacing; even enough to get an Idaho voter to vote for him in sympathy, but be apprised that was probably the sunnier side of Brown’s personality.
Brown is also one of those guys who has never seen a problem that in his mind could not be solved with extreme violence. When he was running for either President of the United States or the Idaho 1st Congressional District (my database does not say which), Brown suggested mining the Mexican border and nuking the entire Middle East before stealing their oil. Seriously.
‘Harley Brown’ isn’t even his real name. His REAL name is Robert John Brown and said he changed it for ‘political reasons.’ I have no idea what those could be.
In a moment of self-awareness, Brown said of himself “A lot of people love me, but a lot of people think I’m a bizarre asshole.” truer words were never spoken.
Brown has been described as the following:
“an incredibly racist pig.”
“a Beluga Whale”
And my favorite
“A mutant combination of Don Rickles, Mickey Rooney and Popeye the Sailor.”
Does picked cotton have anything ti do with bikes?