I don't know how many of you are NASCAR fans, I'm sure a lot of you are, but what Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississipps is saying and calling fans is just wrong. Granted I myself am not a Huge fan of NASCAR but give me Drag Racing anyday. I do have friends who are lovers of NASCAR racing both in Person and friends online and what he is saying about the fans is like slapping me in the face and those who are my Friends and a few Family members who do enjoy this.
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Does Black Congressman Believe Nascar Fans Are Disease Ridden?CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR fans have been criticized for a number of things
over the years, ranging from perpetuating a redneck stereotype to still
showing pride in the Rebel Flag. Now, as one Mississippi congressman
would have you believe, NASCAR fans are also a threat to national
security and the nation’s health. Yes, you, Bubba. You, too, Bobbie
Sue. Y’all got the cooties. That’s what Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.),
Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, would have you
believe. The seven-term Congressman recently instructed committee aides
who visited Talladega Superspeedway last weekend and are also at this
weekend’s Nextel Cup race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to be immunized
against a variety of diseases such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B,
diphtheria, tetanus and influenza. Officially,
the action was supposedly part of a broader review of federal response
to massive emergencies at a large, crowded venue like Lowe’s Motor
Speedway. Unofficially, Thompson unquestionably must think of NASCAR
fans as a bunch of sickos – and not in a good way. The hue and outcry
resulting from Thompson’s actions have become nothing short of a
political embarrassment.
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