Asshole Of The Day

Asshole of the Day for June 27, 2014: William Gheen

by TheDailyEdge (Follow @TheDailyEdge)

America faces an immigration crisis. One year since the Senate acted to solve the crisis, John Boehner (yesterday's Asshole of the Day) still hasn't allowed the Senate bill to be voted on in the House.

What can Americans do? Three responses we've observed:

Try to help: Speak out, as Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown did today. Or join the growing movement that's applying constant pressure on Congress to act.

Be a wimp: Like Marco Rubio, who's spent all year giving policy speeches to burnish his 2016 credentials--while avoiding his once-signature topic of immigration entirely.

Be an asshole: Like William Gheen, the guy who runs the anti-immigrant group Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC). He was Asshole of the Day once before, for claiming he was championing white rule for historical, not racist, reasons. Now he's responding to the current border crisis and the news that Homeland Security is seeking underwear for thousands of detained immigrants in the least tasteful manner possible: by suggesting that "tens of thousands of Americans" mail used underwear, not just to "illegals," but to Speaker Boehner and President Obama too.

As Talking Points Memo notes: "In April, the Southern Poverty Law Center designated ALIPAC as a hate group."

It's a hate group run by a now two-time Asshole of the Day.

Full story: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/alipac-dirty-underwear-undocumented-immigrants

Asshole of the Day for January 4, 2014: William Gheen

by TeaPartyCat (Follow @TeaPartyCat)

A guy who runs the anti-immigrant group Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC) realizes he won't get far if people are able to make people think he's a racist. But of course at least some of his supporters are against immigration for racist reasons, and he has to come up with ways to make sure they know what he's talking about. So in come the racist dog whistles.

ALIPAC president William Gheen chooses to say he's not preserving white rule, which would offend people, but instead, he's preserving America's history of being “predominately governed by people of European descendancy.” Serioulsy:

Sorry, you're going to have to do better than that, asshole. The Constitution and Declaration of Independence don't say "all men are created equal except those who aren't of European descendancy."

It is William Gheen's first time as Asshole of the Day.

Full story: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/william-gheen-explains-hes-not-racist-just-wants-preserve-white-rule

Is William Gheen Asshole of the Day?

Is William Gheen asshole of the day for saying he’s not racist, he just wants to preserve America’s history of white rule?

He doesn’t say white rule of course; he calls it “being governed by people of European descendancy”:

Photo source: http://www.williamgheen.com/biography_william_gheen/index.shtml