• May 26, 2012

NJ Lawmaker’s Wife: Why Does A Black Guy Think He Understands Politics?

by Kirsten Boyd Johnson  

and here we thought the tea party had finally trademarked racism all for itself.What are the Bored Political Wives of New Jersey or whatever that show was up to these days? In the latest scintillating episode, the wife of New Jersey GOP (now ex-) Assemblyman Patrick Delaney is keeping her vacuous afternoons busy firing off bilious illiterate racist tirades to New Jersey state Senate candidate and zillion-time Olympic champion runner Carl Lewis, who is black. Yeah, so who does this black guy think he is? “Imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equalled (sic) knowing something about politics,” Jennifer Delaney furiously wrote to his campaign. But no one besides famous white person with no political experience Donald Trump found this funny, however, and Patrick Delaney had to resign. Let’s see the rest of her email!

The New Jersey Star-Ledger shares with us:

“Imagine, not having to pay NJ state income taxes … It must be nice. Imagine getting a court ruling overturned so your name could get put on the ballot. Imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equalled (sic) knowing something about politics. Sure, knowing someone with fat purse strings is nice, but you have no knowledge,” the website quotes Jennifer Delany writing.

In a statement issued shortly after the story appeared on the website, Delany, a Republican from Burlington County who resigned Aug. 12, acknowledged the e-mail’s authenticity and said it was the reason he resigned.

“I am deeply disappointed in my wife’s decision to send that email to Mr. Lewis’ campaign; it does not reflect my personal beliefs whatsoever,” he said. “In an attempt to repair the serious damage this has caused to our marriage, and to protect our kids from public humiliation, I decided to leave public life. On behalf of my family, we sincerely apologize to Mr. Lewis for any pain this caused him.”

Yeah, save it for the Yahoo! News comments section, Jennifer.

Oh, and do not read the comments on the Star-Ledger story if you do not want to be reminded how many people cannot understand why Jennifer Delaney’s email is racist. [New Jersey Star-Ledger]

{ 231 comments }

nounverb911 August 23, 2011 at 11:37 am

"Imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equalled (sic) knowing something about politics. "
Why does this woman hate Snookie?

nedbeaumontjr August 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm

Perhaps it's her only moment of sanity.

Mahousu August 23, 2011 at 12:27 pm

The amazing thing about this email is that it proves Snooki is not, in fact, the stupidest woman in New Jersey. Not by a long shot.

Life is full of surprises. Mostly not pleasant ones.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:43 pm

What was it Mark Twain said? "Life is full of sobs, sniffles, and tears, with sobs and sniffles predominating"? Something like that. Still, and all, I am amazed at this email.

Negropolis August 23, 2011 at 11:47 pm

I hate that I know this, but Snooki's from Upstate New York. Poughkeepsie (sp?) or some shit.

Biel_ze_Bubba August 23, 2011 at 12:30 pm

So, immagonna guess she's not a big fan of Obama.

Fukui_sanYesOta August 23, 2011 at 2:56 pm

This is bad news for John Boehner.

Serolf_Divad August 23, 2011 at 11:39 am

The only thing you need to know about politics is that you don't need to know a damned thing to get into politics. In fact, "knowing stuff" can be a disqualifier in certain ares of the country.

Duly_Noted August 23, 2011 at 11:45 am

Like New Jersey?

horsedreamer_1 August 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm

Chris Christie no like this comment. Chris Christie… smash!

Fare la Volpe August 23, 2011 at 2:18 pm

…right after a nap

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Right after second breakfast, elevenses, and lunch.

Negropolis August 23, 2011 at 11:48 pm

Chris Christie… smash an entire box of Krispy Kreme donuts.

CapeClod August 23, 2011 at 11:49 am

Which is why Rand Paul is a Senator.

Boredw/Gravitas August 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm

The basis of Sarah Palin's campaign(s).

Pat_Pending August 23, 2011 at 1:03 pm

"Stuff" is elitist.

horsedreamer_1 August 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm

The irony being, Stuff was the dumbed-down version of MAXIM.

Not_So_Much August 23, 2011 at 4:14 pm

Why does Jennifer Delaney hate the Teabaggers so?

Well, the non-whites, anyway…wait, what?

donner_froh August 23, 2011 at 11:40 am

Imagine being a Yalie from Texas and having name recognition and the nerve to think that equalled (sic) knowing something about politics.

Serolf_Divad August 23, 2011 at 11:44 am

Don't forget: white skin.

Biel_ze_Bubba August 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm

Makes all the difference for Mrs. Delany.

horsedreamer_1 August 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm

That Irish dog, she.

Sue4466 August 23, 2011 at 12:48 pm

Or that it equalled (sic) knowing anything about anything.

pdiddycornchips August 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm

And somewhere in Hollywood, a former movie star/governor hangs his head in shame.

x111e7thst August 23, 2011 at 11:40 am

Imagine having dark skin and name recognition and an ability to write using concepts like spelling and grammar.

anniegetyerfun August 23, 2011 at 12:01 pm

wuts uhbiltee?

x111e7thst August 23, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Something Fucktards have in place of a jump shot and rhythm?

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:45 pm

U haz teh defaymed us. Now we haz a sad. Also too a policktickle rallie.

the_onceler August 23, 2011 at 11:40 am

"Oh, and do not read the comments on the Star-Ledger story if you do not want to be reminded how many people cannot understand why Jennifer Delaney’s email is racist."

I only read Wonkette's comments.

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

This is really the only place where it's safe to read comments. Even on finance and car blogs, people go nuts about politics.

Lascauxcaveman August 23, 2011 at 12:22 pm

"You know, and I know, and everyone knows a Prius is TEN TIMES MORE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT than a Hummer. (Something about batteries, blah, blah, blah…)"

And it's always the same stupid and ignorant talking points that get parroted about, just like the on political blogs. There is something about the conservative/libertarian psyche that wants not merely to be wrong, but absurdly, publicly and hilariously wrong, and at very high volume.

Biel_ze_Bubba August 23, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Someone ought to collect all these circulating teabagger factoids into a single document … couldn't be more than a dozen pages long.

Publish it as the Baggers' Bible, with annotations and refudiations throughout.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:46 pm

You wanna collaborate on this project, Biely?

Oh, wait … have I asked you this question before?

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

“Mike_AR” got banned over at The Truth About Cars for arguing with the moderators. He’s a Breitbarter and, to judge by the white-hot rage in his comment string, was a leading candidate for Chief Downfisting Troll at Wonkette, before the downfisting was banned.

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Short-
HATE, SPEW, HATE, I KNOW EVERYTHING, HATE…

Callyson August 23, 2011 at 1:03 pm

I made the mistake of glancing at those Star – Ledger comments. Vile. I'm sticking to Wonkette from now on…

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:06 pm

That's what they call a mature discussion on race. They use it to justify calling it racist to accuse them of being racist.

Terry August 23, 2011 at 11:42 am

A Republican resigned?

Serolf_Divad August 23, 2011 at 11:48 am

And his last name wasn't "Palin" or anything!

mannacler August 23, 2011 at 11:51 am

Kudos to Delaney. He might be the GOP's sole class act.

freakishlywrong August 23, 2011 at 11:53 am

Then he should probably launch the Missus.

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

He's a "soul" class act, haw haw haw!

Biel_ze_Bubba August 23, 2011 at 12:37 pm

Well, that's what happens to class acts in today's GOP.

Sue4466 August 23, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Because the bar is set so incredibly low.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:49 pm

He actually appears to be furious with his wife as well as apologetic. Amazing.

Chillwaver August 23, 2011 at 11:56 am

Yes, but just because no diapers or airport foot tapping were involved.

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Yeah, these are not resignable offenses, but being married to stupid is.

Negropolis August 23, 2011 at 11:49 pm

And, had nothing to do with the actual issue, and seems genuinely pissed at his racist wife?

I know, it's nothing short of amazing. I really wouldn't have wanted him to resign. It's so shocking that I'm wondering if there isn't more to this story to be honest.

north_of_moscow August 23, 2011 at 11:43 am

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.

anniegetyerfun August 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm

You might be, at the moment.

metamarcisf August 23, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Lemme guess: Steve Carrell, "Dinner For Schmucks"?

north_of_moscow August 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Oh, OK, Tim.

comrad_darkness August 23, 2011 at 11:44 am

Rich wives in New Jersey know everything about politics, comes from growing up in organized crime families.

Fare la Volpe August 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Mafia libel!

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 1:49 pm

But… there is no mafia.

WhatTheHolyHeck August 23, 2011 at 11:44 am

There must be some subtext I'm not getting, because it looks like this GOP assemblyman actually behaved ethically. What am I missing here?

a) He actually penned the email and sent it using his cunt wife's account
b) His cunt wife threatened to expose his teen-Laotian boy addiction if he didn't take the fall for her
c) ??

AJWjr. August 23, 2011 at 12:27 pm

d) Uh, profit?

LettucePrey August 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

d) PROFIT.

gurukalehuru August 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm

c) all of them, Katie

HistoriCat August 23, 2011 at 1:29 pm

I think the behaving ethically part is the news here. That and the fact that a Republican was actually embarrassed by someone's racist email.

Rush Limbaugh has probably already called him a RINO.

WhatTheHolyHeck August 23, 2011 at 1:59 pm

The imbalance cannot stand. I suppose this means the only possible outcome is that the wife will get her own reality show.

horsedreamer_1 August 23, 2011 at 2:27 pm

In the wake of Obama's hip-hop barbecue birthday bash, to pillory this dutiful representative of our democracy, in New Jersey, for supposed racist e:mail emanating from his wife's account — bias, plain & simple.

& I thought Obama had put the kibosh on re-installing the Fairness Doctrine.

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Waiting for the inevitable Sarah Palin tweet, "Don't retreat, Reload!"

An_Outhouse August 23, 2011 at 2:11 pm

The make up sex was worth it?

comrad_darkness August 23, 2011 at 6:03 pm

My capacity to feel sorry for the husband (the victim here) has been drained by decades of idiots with the same R after their name fucking over the country.

Dashboard_Jesus August 24, 2011 at 12:46 am

Amen, anyone who even VOTES for a Repig gets shunned in my book, and that includes my family…no wonder mom never calls anymore (but she DOES post on Red State!)

Doktor Zoom August 23, 2011 at 11:45 am

Imagine being a racist moron. Now imagine being a teabagger. Ah, but I repeat myself…

baconzgood August 23, 2011 at 11:45 am

But Jen….He's black. You should have wrote it in ebonics so he could have understood.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:52 pm

You know, I recently had someone reply to my comment on the HuffNPuff in exactly the manner you describe. Charming, really. And they get all butthurt when you call them on that shit, too.

hagajim August 23, 2011 at 11:45 am

"Imagine having dark skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that being a racist cunt thinking that equalled (sic) knowing something about politics. There fixed.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:52 pm

Calling her a racist cunt is probably a truly hurtful insult to both racists and cunts.

deanbooth August 23, 2011 at 11:46 am

John Lennon's version is catchier.

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 11:46 am

It is quite apparent that knowing nothing is preferred in Repugnant politics.

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 11:46 am

In other words, Lewis was uppity.

Lascauxcaveman August 23, 2011 at 12:41 pm

And a homo, according to Wikipedia. [citation needed]

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm

Well, there ya go. Gotta keep them in their place, or they'll all start wanting to bang the missuz. Or something.

Bonzos_Bed_Time August 23, 2011 at 11:55 pm

And urban.

comrad_darkness August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

This sounds like the kind of family likely to experience that really awkward moment when the husband and wife realize simultaneously that they are both screwing the pool boy.

CapeClod August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

Did she include a photoshopped picture of Lewis's house with the front yard filled with watermelons?

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

Jen you ignorant slut.

Chillwaver August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

"Oh, and do not read the comments on the Star-Ledger story if you do not want to be reminded how many people cannot understand why Jennifer Delaney’s email is racist. "

Once again, this is not racist by Wingnut standards – it's just another one of those situations in which Black people refuse to have a conversation about race.

Serolf_Divad August 23, 2011 at 11:53 am

Also "A fellah cannot say what he really thinks because everything is so politically correct these days."

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

"Politically correct" = "can't call 'em niggers anymore." It's an outrage!

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:14 pm

Some of my best friends are Colored…..

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:55 pm

Why, I even let them use the bathroom in my house, as that JP (was it in LA?) said.

ibwilliamsi August 23, 2011 at 7:29 pm

I KNOW a black person!

hollywooddood August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

Imagine not having a wife who does stupid shit like this.

Sincerely, Clarence Thomas

Buckminster August 23, 2011 at 11:55 am

We have a winner. I bow to you, hollywooddood.

An_Outhouse August 23, 2011 at 2:12 pm

three words. make up sex.

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:15 pm

Think Ginny Thomas will be drunk dialing Jen some Saturday morning?

GregComlish August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

Donald Trump can smooth this over. He has a great relationship with the blacks.

ManchuCandidate August 23, 2011 at 11:47 am

Imagine there's no taxes
It's easy if you try
No Dems below us
Above us only god
Imagine only white people
Living in New Jersey…

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 12:54 pm

ooooooo-WHOooooooo oo oo oo

DahBoner August 23, 2011 at 1:03 pm

"Imagine only white people
Living in New Jersey…
"

Inside the concrete under Wetlands stadium?

Shame if something were to happen to your "Garden" state…

SayItWithWookies August 23, 2011 at 11:48 am

Racism is superstitious religious nonsense.

hollywooddood August 23, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Uh, oh. I smell a lawsuit.

MozakiBlocks August 23, 2011 at 11:48 am

Bitch.

Billmatic August 23, 2011 at 11:49 am

"It was only a matter of time until the RACE card was brought into the picture. If I had a nickle for every time I predicted that RACISM would brought into an argument/case/life issue/Excuse for keeping someone down/excuse for the poverty rate being higher amongst unwed mothers with 4 children etc….I'd be a millionaire in 1 week."

Sounds like someone making excuses for keeping the white man down and his own poverty. Also, you'd still be broke because nickles aren't currency!

He Can still run. Tell him to find a track.

Cuz we all know that's the only thing the blacks are good for.

I'll bet if the candidate that he ran against brought up the skeletons in his closet– they would be called racist as well.

Only if those skeletons involved his "dark skin."

This is what happens when we don't invest in education, y'all.

donner_froh August 23, 2011 at 11:55 am

What is a "nickle" and why does this ignorant Teabagger want them?

Billmatic August 23, 2011 at 12:37 pm

To prove his point about how blacks make excuses all the time.

Fare la Volpe August 23, 2011 at 2:21 pm

Is that his excuse?

Polythene_Pam August 23, 2011 at 12:48 pm

It was only a matter of time until RAIN came into the picture. If I had a nickle for every time I predicted that RAIN would be in the weather pattern…

Well, I'd have a lot of nickles, which, I'm assuming is a brand of pickles? Anyway, I'd have a lot of them, because it rains pretty often and, therefore, my 'prediction' would be true a lot of the time.

chicken_thief August 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm

And NJ has, or had until Christie ate his way into office and started slashing their budget, about the 5th best scores in the nation…

Billmatic August 23, 2011 at 2:35 pm

Boy, you wouldn't know that from watching Jersey Shore.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:57 pm

Damn, they're fucking scary little shitheads, ain't they?

ibwilliamsi August 23, 2011 at 7:32 pm

I have a bunch of nickles in the console between my front car seats. I don't use them, because they aren't good for anything keeping me busy sorting out coins and hoping my husband doesn't steal them the next time he uses my car.

freakishlywrong August 23, 2011 at 11:49 am

Is it all the lard and hydrogenated corn syrup they consume? Where DOES this hateful, poisonous thinking come from? Does her twat itch? Really, where do they get this shit? And WHY do they write it down? And fucking SEND it?

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Cause Obummer is forcin' 'em to stay unployeed, and they got nothin' else to do 'cept xpress their 1st "Memment writes.

Lascauxcaveman August 23, 2011 at 1:21 pm

She probably was rubbing herself up against the famous track star when they met at some drunken charity dinner and was summarily rebuffed, and she's still mad at him.

SoBeach August 23, 2011 at 11:50 am

I remember Carl Lewis held his own on Jeopardy. Yeah, it was Celebrity Jeopardy, but still I bet he'd beat that numbskull Jersey wife in a test on politics and history by an even greater margin than he'd beat her in a 100 meter dash.

Doktor Zoom August 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Hey, Trebek! I have a joke for you! This fella goes into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder…I forget the rest, but your mother's a whore.

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm

Go Connery!

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 1:01 pm

There you go agin – conflating intelligence with knowledge of politics.

donner_froh August 23, 2011 at 11:50 am

Imagine getting a court ruling overturned so your name could get put on the ballot;

Imagine getting a court ruling that you are President after you lost the election.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:59 pm

Oh, you mean like your New Soshulist Jeebus Zero_Bummer?

SexySmurf August 23, 2011 at 11:52 am

Sure, knowing someone with fat purse strings is nice, but you have no knowledge

He has enough knowledge not to send out racist emails.

anniegetyerfun August 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

There's knowledge, and then there's common sense. Jen has neither, of course.

Dr_Zoidberg August 23, 2011 at 11:52 am

Oh, those foolish Negroes…thinking they all equal and stuff.

BTWBFDIMHO August 23, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Some of them are more equalled and stuffed than others.

DahBoner August 23, 2011 at 12:59 pm

And some are dyed, fried and laid to the side…

Cicada August 23, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Got to keep your kitchen neat!

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 1:39 pm

"Look, it thinks it's people!"

Seriously, it's just gross.

Dr_Zoidberg August 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm

I am continually amazed that, in this enlightened era, we still have idiots who think and say stuff like this dumb woman did.

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm

"Enlightened era"? We wish.

But yeah. If you have an actual heart (i.e., are not a Republican), this kind of shit really hurts your heart.

finallyhappy August 23, 2011 at 7:10 pm

I am no longer amazed by anything stupid, racist, bigoted or cruel that is said or published. People are getting worse, not better.

facehead August 23, 2011 at 11:53 am

"Imagine having smelly old moon-stained skin and name recognition and the nerve to think that equalled knowing something about politics."

From the email she sent to John Glenn.

NorthStarSpanx August 23, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Makes one curious, what were her husband's qualifications?

SorosBot August 23, 2011 at 11:55 am

Oh man, I ignored Kirsten's warning and read some of the comments and it's a seething mess of racism denialism and overt racism. There's one hideously racist comment at the very beginning that's a reply to nothing, which I guess was deleted:

Hi Liz, I strongly agree. And thank you for having some integrity and posting your face along with your blatantly ignorant and "racially charged" comments. More power to you! You're words prove that you "actually don't have problem with racist."

And I also live in an inner city and agree that the only whites you see are the cops who risk their lives in these urban neighborhoods to protect us, and a VERY small portion of the fiends (drug abusers) living on the streets. You forgot a few though, like doctors (when you get your free ride to the hospital and free treatment using the medicaid card we pay for), lawyers (when your homies get locked down), school teachers (who do the job most parents don't do in the hood), etc……

Callyson August 23, 2011 at 1:14 pm

I saw that one and gagged. Whoever wrote that one certainly has a "problem with racist," along with several other undiagnosed issues…

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 1:40 pm

I enjoy the unironic? and completely inappropriate use of the word "homies".

Fare la Volpe August 23, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Every time I have heard a white conservative use that word, they always inflect it as if they are talking down to children.

donner_froh August 23, 2011 at 11:58 am

I would prefer to imagine a world without ignorant Teabag motherfuckers.

DahBoner August 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm

Mars needz wimmen.

anniegetyerfun August 23, 2011 at 11:58 am

Why couldn't he just divorce her?

Guppy06 August 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm

What next, birth control?

anniegetyerfun August 23, 2011 at 12:57 pm

No, no, that would be against the will of God. Divorcing your wife for a younger or more well-behaved model is standard GOP protocol.

OneDollarJuana August 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm

Divorcing your wife for a younger or more well-behaved young rentboy is standard GOP protocol.

/fixed

Lascauxcaveman August 23, 2011 at 1:17 pm

Well, when life gives you lemons, bang a young staffer and leave your wife.

Sounds like an excellent opportunity was just passed up by this assemblyman.

Guppy06 August 23, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Unless thy wife hath not the teats of silicone, or consent not to thy rod in her backside.

ph7 August 23, 2011 at 12:59 pm

He loves his wife. In fact, he's taking her to Aruba to get away from all the bad press.

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:20 pm

FUCKING WIN!

finallyhappy August 23, 2011 at 7:12 pm

Hey, he isn't from Maryland. Can't a Jersey guy just take care of this at home?/

HistoriCat August 23, 2011 at 1:34 pm

But then you have to have that awkward conversation with your kids:

"kids, mommy and daddy can't live together any more because not only does mom hate people with dark skin, she doesn't even have enough sense to keep that hatred to herself."

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Is it just nieeve and igrongnat of me to think maybe he actually believes in some of the family values shit, or maybe even loves his wife, or just thinks his kids would be better off with their mother and dad at home?

finallyhappy August 23, 2011 at 7:13 pm

yes
to being naive and ignorant- let's look at this family in the next year. Someone that poisonous and hateful should not be raising kids

CapeClod August 23, 2011 at 11:59 am

I don't care if Lewis wins, just never let him sing the national anthem again.

SorosBot August 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

What if he sings this again?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jamJ4-C_TME

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Where can I vote for him?

CapeClod August 24, 2011 at 7:17 am

Your right Soros, just never let him sing, period.

DaRooster August 23, 2011 at 1:57 pm

Lewis/Rosanne 2012!

FakaktaSouth August 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Imagine! Imagine a woman, with no job, getting her husband fired by being her racist, idiot self, out loud. Now, imagine that woman – in a line somewhere, trying to get government aid…because she has been divorced and left to fend for herself by an unforgiving court that also likes atheists. (I hope I hope I hope)

fuflans August 23, 2011 at 8:51 pm

you may say i'm a dreamer, but i'm not the only one.

elviouslyqueer August 23, 2011 at 12:03 pm

“In an attempt to repair the serious damage this has caused to our marriage, and to protect our kids from public humiliation, I decided to leave public life."

Shorter Patrick Delaney: "Save the torches and pitchforks, people. Imma take care of my batshit insane wife."

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:23 pm

I would imagine that Patrick Delaney is also batshit insane, since they tend to gravitate to each other. His wife probably just beat him to saying the inevitable stupid shit.

Oblios_Cap August 23, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Carl Lewis should have chased her down and then run her through with a javelin.

I'd like to see her make spear-chunker jokes then!

mavenmaven August 23, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Its New Jersey. This is probably a cover for a nastier scandal, they're making Delaney "disappear".

metamarcisf August 23, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Yeah, here's one of them aforementioned comments:

"What did he expect, everyone to change the laws just because he has dark skin, I am Sicilian I have dark skin who cares."

PubOption August 23, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Who said that, Scalia?

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 1:41 pm

Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

Angry_Marmot August 23, 2011 at 1:48 pm

Bologna libel!

Negropolis August 23, 2011 at 11:56 pm

Wow. Just…wow.

Ayn Rand Paul Tard August 23, 2011 at 12:07 pm

In her favor though, I sometimes spell 'equalled' with one 'l' too. For that I am sorry. She's still a New Jersey Cuntess. No, that is not misspelled.

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm

Today we are all millionaire erstwhile Olympic track stars beset by gratuitous racism. Especially Hopey, at whom this is really aimed, even though he has no shoe endorsements…so far.

SorosBot August 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Though didn't Lewis lose a bunch of endorsements back in the day, because people thought he was gay?

V572 T-Blow August 23, 2011 at 12:34 pm

Is there no crime of which he is not guilty?

proudgrampa August 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm

Jesus. I feel sorry for Patrick. His wife is a real cunt.

NorthStarSpanx August 23, 2011 at 2:25 pm

The man did the right thing. Without knowing his voting and legislative history, he acted in the most mature and principled way possible.

When he gets a divorce and runs as a Dem, that will get interesting.

BlueStateLibel August 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Imagine being an actor and thinking you can go into politics! Oh wait, what…

metamarcisf August 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Carl Lewis responds: "When you clock the human race with the stopwatch of history, it's a new record every time."

DashboardBuddha August 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

TFST for the win.

seppdecker August 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Do not read the comments on the [any newspaper] story if you do not want to be reminded how many people cannot understand why [current Republican snafu] is racist.

That's just basic internet operating instructions.

proudgrampa August 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm

You know, that can be one of those phrases we cut and paste over and over again. Save a lot of typing.

Geminisunmars August 23, 2011 at 1:15 pm

the new DNR

Guppy06 August 23, 2011 at 12:15 pm

How dare a mere subject think he has the wherewithal to govern himself! God save the Queen!

prommie August 23, 2011 at 1:37 pm

There's so much backstory. The gall and nerve and all that she accuses Lewis of having is because he didn't live in New Jersey when he decided to run, and he never really established residency. When she speaks of his lack of knowledge, she is referring to the lack of knowledge of the District he would represent, which he never lived in. He was declared ineligible to "run" because of his lack of residency, but he went to court and got an injunction requiring he be put on the ballot anyway. He had no real local support, except this one Big Boss character from south Jersey, Norcross, thats the reference to the one rich backer. And his campaign was dumb enough to send a fundraising email to a republican officeholder. All these things she is really indignant about have nothing to do with race, its all related to tetchy issues surrounding the election and local politics. If she had left out just the one reference to dark skin, she would have been just a cunt, and not a racist cunt.

prommie August 23, 2011 at 12:16 pm

What rubbed her the wrong way was that he was a carpetbagger.

Pragmatist2 August 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

So she got carpet burns?

gurukalehuru August 23, 2011 at 1:31 pm

I was going to make a carpetmuncher joke, but that's not really funny unless there are two ladies involved, so I will make a snark free observation: Americans move around a lot. The whole carpetbagger issue never really turns out to be a factor. See Hillary Clinton.

BTWBFDIMHO August 23, 2011 at 12:17 pm

I resign today so I can spend more time reading my wife's emails.

Mort_Sinclair August 23, 2011 at 12:17 pm

Republicans are as stupid as they are racist. But, hey! Another one bites the dust. Imagine the song title homage one could make to this despicable woman.

Guppy06 August 23, 2011 at 12:17 pm

"In an attempt to repair the serious damage this has caused to our marriage"

The fact that he implicitly considers divorce a legitimate possibility means he would have been burnt at the stake in the next Republican primary.

proudgrampa August 23, 2011 at 12:21 pm

OT, but relevant, Strauss-Kahn gets away with it: http://news.yahoo.com/prosecutors-ask-ny-judge-dr...

baconzgood August 23, 2011 at 12:26 pm

What does this cum catcher know about politics? She's just a chick!

DashboardBuddha August 23, 2011 at 12:31 pm

"In an attempt to repair the serious damage this has caused to our marriage, and to protect our kids from public humiliation, I decided to leave public life."

Holy shit…I'd love to be a fly on the wall at their house.

AJWjr. August 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

♪♬♬Awkward…♬♬♪

ph7 August 23, 2011 at 1:02 pm

A fine example of how to throw your wife under the bus while not appearing to throw your wife under the bus.

spinozasgod August 23, 2011 at 12:33 pm

what is realy frightening is that she probably held back in her email and thinks she was being polite(reative to what she was thinking).

şahinnparadise August 23, 2011 at 12:34 pm
proudgrampa August 23, 2011 at 12:47 pm

Well, Havuzdan görünüm looks nice…

DaSandman August 23, 2011 at 12:35 pm

LOL Jenny, please bitch!

James Michael Curley August 23, 2011 at 12:36 pm

If I build a moat around my house, which already has the ocean in front of it, can I say I don't live in New Jersey?

prommie August 23, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Maybe Irene will dig it for you.

James Michael Curley August 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm

We just got hit by an earthquake. That moat may be there when, and if, I get home.

Ruhe August 23, 2011 at 12:39 pm

It would be interesting to know the etymology of the phrase "to have the nerve" or "you've got a lot of nerve" and all the variants. Maybe someone could phone LanguageLog Plaza about this. Anyway, I was just thinking that it's interesting that that phrase has kind of devolved into a cliched whine of impotence. It's hard to imagine anyone being hurt when accused of "having the nerve", especially an Olympic athlete. I have to imagine that most people would respond by saying "well of course I have the nerve. that's why I filed the damned paper work. was I supposed to run for office while thinking 'I'm not sure I'm really up to this?'"

Pragmatist2 August 23, 2011 at 12:39 pm

The damnable thing here is that the husband sounds like an intelligent and ethical Republican. He was the last one left.

Pat_Pending August 23, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Nah, they got publicists for that shit.

ttommyunger August 23, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Imagine being married to a New Jersey politician. Imagine being married to a hateful racist New Jersey Cunt. Imagine being in Hell with a broken back. Yep, that's close.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 5:28 pm

Can I just imagine I'm getting drunk on some of that wine I stopped buying because I was so tired of getting drunk?

ttommyunger August 23, 2011 at 5:32 pm

That would qualify as a really cheap drunk.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 5:35 pm

After reading this story, I'm not proud. Just wishing I was drunk.

Ruhe August 23, 2011 at 12:42 pm

Being the cool cat that he is I'm sure candidate Lewis read that shit and simply said "Uh, Oh!"

smitallica August 23, 2011 at 12:42 pm

That cunt.

DahBoner August 23, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Sure, Ronald Reagan, Sonny Bono, Fred Grandy and Arnold Schwatzenegger all had name recognition and thought that being famous gave them knowledge about politics.

But at least they didn't have the nerve to be BLACK!!!!!!

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Jesse Ventura, that WWF crazy bitch in CT, Clint Eastwood…

The list goes on.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 5:29 pm

Unlike that goddamn n***** in the WHITE House! You know that's what she's thinking.

GregComlish August 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Man, if my woman ever screwed up like that and cost me my political career … that's like a whole month's worth of anal right there. At least a month. He probably quit his job so he could start cashing in.

Weenus299 August 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm

“In an attempt to repair the serious damage this has caused to our marriage, and to protect our kids from public humiliation, I decided to leave my wife publicly."

Fixed.

Dumbedup August 23, 2011 at 1:19 pm

What happens is, these wingnuts live in this echo chamber of Limbaugh and Drudge and countless teabagger sites, and everyone eggs everyone else on, pushes the racism more and more, until people like her just lose touch with reality and just cold say it. Then they are shaken awake by the resulting outcry. Drudge especially has gotten real bad lately, he's right on the edge. If a black person commits a crime anywhere he gives it a worldwide audience. Self loathing little nazi creep.

ph7 August 23, 2011 at 1:23 pm

The Right is re-discovering that racists are an even more dependable voting block than Evangelicals.

Dumbedup August 23, 2011 at 1:34 pm

yeah, especially because bashing faggots is now frowned upon. Hating on blacks is a traditional American value.

emmelemm August 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm

Hundreds of years of tradition behind it.

Fare la Volpe August 23, 2011 at 2:28 pm

You could almost say it's an American institution.

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:32 pm

Now this is bumper sticker material. Over an America flag, with a weeping eagle off to one side.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm

He's black?

the_onceler August 23, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Indeed. The bile in those local papers is just plain awful.

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:48 pm

Where the hell does it come from?

finallyhappy August 23, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Read the bile at the Washington Post- I stopped reading comments there on most things- except food.

owhatever August 23, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Now they can spend more time together, snug in their Amurican flag flannels, drinking tea, listening to Glen Beck and being paranoid. And rot. Good.

Limeylizzie August 23, 2011 at 2:10 pm

OMG Earthquake in NYC and we are on the 6th floor, very scary, I told my friend, Jenny, to get in the bathtub and then realised that's what you do for tornadoes.

NorthStarSpanx August 23, 2011 at 2:38 pm

The fundies will be frothing at the mouth today, the NE will BURN!

El Pinche August 23, 2011 at 2:10 pm

E A R T H Q U A K E !!!! 5.9 somewhere in DC, Maryland, NY, Virginia area . Hope all is well for you easterners.

NorthStarSpanx August 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm

"but you have no knowledge,”

Wow, I'd love to see what she's written to Christine O'Donnell and Sarah Palin. . .

El Pinche August 23, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Patrick Delaney's failure is letting his little lady use a computer and technology. That trollop cunt needs to stay in the kitchen and make them god damn bisquits and gravy….in barefeet, of course. Pat calls himself a Conservative??

SorosBot August 23, 2011 at 3:02 pm

One of the newspaper commenters made pretty much that argument in earnest, to get a little condescending sexism mixed in with the rancid racism (with just as poor spelling):

The bible says a wise woman builds her houe…but a foollish woman plucks it down with her hands. What his wife did was very distatesfule. People need to stop beign selfish and think of someone other than tehmselves and their own personal opinion. She couldn't handle the fact that her husband was a politician. As a wife of a politician, you have to know your place. Unfortunately, she didn't. Maybe she should have sought a mentor (preferably another wife of a politician).

El Pinche August 23, 2011 at 4:53 pm

Good grief ..

GOPCrusher August 23, 2011 at 3:23 pm

baloney1?

lochnessmonster August 23, 2011 at 5:31 pm

Was it drunken emailing, oxycontin, or "Mother's Little Helper" she was on when she sent the email?

Nostrildamus August 23, 2011 at 5:33 pm

At this point, only an extended session of ass banging can make things right again.

Lube up, Jennifer.

Negropolis August 23, 2011 at 11:46 pm

I'm trying to be angry, but I honestly have no idea about exactly what she was trying to get at with that remark. Was it some kind of veiled dig at the president, too? Better yet, was it supposed to make sense, at all?

It really seems to me that it is the goal of the base of the Republican Party to make the first black president the last black president. You know, 'cause how dare more black people think that they might have a chance at national level politics, now, right? Her email is even more insidious and nasty and disgusting at second, third, and fourth glance.

Troglodeity August 24, 2011 at 12:59 pm

There's a perfectly logical excuse. She had probably just finished reading J.H. Griffin's 1961 masterpiece, "Black Like Me."

MichelesPantalones August 23, 2011 at 4:48 pm

Pretty much. Hard to read, really.

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