Rep. Clarke joins Rep. Hank Johnson as peerless leaders in the fight to perpetuate ignorance.
This happened on Stephen Colbert’s show.
Colbert: Some have called Brooklyn’s decision to become part of New York City, “The Great Mistake of 1898.” If you could get in a time machine and go back to 1898, what would you say to those Brooklynites?
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Clarke: I would say to them, “Set me free!”
Colbert: From?
Clarke: Slavery.
Colbert: Slavery. Really? I didn’t realize there was slavery in Brooklyn in 1898.
Clarke: I’m pretty sure there was.
Colbert: It sounds like a horrible part of the United States that kept slavery going until 1898.
Clarke: Uh …
Colbert: Who would be enslaving you in 1898 in New York?
Clarke: The Dutch.
Colbert: Those sneaky Dutch bastards.
Clarke: Exactly.
By 1898, the Dutch had not controlled Brooklyn for more than 200 years, and slavery had been abolished in the entire United States in 1863. We fought a Civil War and everything. The Washington Post calls Clarke’s interview “struggling with history.” Right — and Barack Obama struggles with economics.
You’ll be happy to know that Rep. Clarke “proudly” serves New York’s 11th District, from which she votes on laws that impact everyone in these United States. She apparently still is unaware that her Colbert interview did not go well. She is still touting it on her official web site.
Update: Clarke’s staff says the whole thing was a joke.
“She does know the actual timeline of that period and when slavery was abolished,” the spokeswoman for Clarke told me.
“It’s supposed to be a ha-ha moment. Some people understood, some people didn’t. Everyone has their own interpretation about her performance on the show.”
Performance? She could’ve fooled Andy Kaufman with that “act.”
Here’s the video.
So it’s either she’s a dolt or Stephen Colbert’s show—the one loved by all those informed young lefties who get their news from Facebook—is completely fake and scripted.
Giver her a break! She was only off by about 300 years! I’m sure that’s the same as the affirmative action SAT point spread she was given for college admission.
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I’m calling her inumerate! I meant 200 years, really.
All she has to do now is to find that lil’ thing that didn’t land nowhere near the US flag on Mars.
Yes, the Democratic Party is the party of intellect.
By 1898, the Dutch had not controlled Brooklyn for more than 200 years, and slavery had been abolished in the entire United States in 1863.
This isn’t quite accurate. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclaimation only applied to those states at war with the US. It didn’t apply to the border states or any Union states that still allowed slavery. As for New York, the abolition of slavery is a long story but it pretty well ended by 1827.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_New_York#Abolition
Slavery wasn’t officially abolished in all of the United States until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December, 1865.
Another racist Black Democratic politician. The most vile things come out of their mouths. No one else, not even Biden, can come close to their level of ignorance and stupidity. I cannot even watch to witness the filth, anymore.
Her ignorance is not specific to her but pervades the entire Democrat Party. Just read the first paragraph that the Party put out about its history. It claims it was fighting for civil rights for 200 years (along with Social Security, and women’s rights, etc.). The Democrat Part fighting for civil rights in 1860? Or for Civil Rights after Reconstruction? Maybe in another universe far away, but not in this one.
The Democrat Part fighting for civil rights in 1860? Or for Civil Rights after Reconstruction?
George Wallace, Bull Conner, Lester Maddox, Al Gore Sr., William Fullbright and a host of other Democrats who opposed civil rights were unavailable for comment. The Democrats were the party of slavery. They were the party that created the KKK and wrote the infamous Jim Crow laws. They consistently voted against civil rights legislation when it was needed the most.
I saw Colbert last night because I can’t watch the Dem ‘Celebration of Failure’ on Fox.
Anyway, I remember thinking while he was interviewing Rep Clarke that she had a great smile and sounded terrific — until the ‘Time Machine’ question came up. Yes, she turned out to be a real idiot. Hard to believe anybody can be that stupid. Colbert backtracked and asked again about 1898, I think, to give her a chance to say she was joking — but she wasn’t.
Colbert’s alternate guest, the box of rocks, must have cancelled.
The normal qualifications for Dem office holders is either 1. Corrupt.
Or 2. Stupid.
When she was recruited their Corrupt quota was full.
– than ditch water.
i wouldnt want to go back to 1960s let alone 1898 slavery was ebolished but wasnt fully emplimented untill years after,and remember black people didnt have rights then so yeah they still lived like slaves