Gladney the Grifter:

[Kenneth Gladney's lawyer] appears to be confused about just what constitutes a “hate crime”. Namely, it take more than merely the matter of Gladney being a black man to qualify as such a crime; indeed, the main qualification has to be that a bias motivation has to be present. That is, prosecutors would have to establish that the people being charged were motivated by the victim’s race.

Gladney claims that he was called the N-word — but the man using that word was another black man. Proving a motivation of bias against blacks will be pretty difficult under those circumstances.

Moreover, if you go back and look at the tape, a couple of other things are worth noting:

– It’s the black man with whom Gladney apparently first had a verbal altercation who we see lying on his back on the street when the tape opens. If anyone can claim to be assaulted here, it’s this man.

– It’s not clear that any actual assault occurred here at all. Gladney is pushed to the ground by someone trying to clear space for his friend. Certainly, given that Gladney appears to be just fine for most of the rest of the video, there’s no evidence that he suffered any harm whatsoever in the incident.

And in order to file a hate-crime charge, any prosecutor will have to prove first that a crime was committed — well before he can even look into the question of whether it was committed with a bias motivation. Considering that both appear extremely unlikely, Brown and Gladney are clearly both just grandstanding.

Besides … aren’t conservatives opposed to hate-crimes laws as a matter of principle?

Ah, the great Teabag “Kissing of the Cripple” ritual before the Black Friday raid on WalMart.

“…Jim Hoft citing this, as the greatest governmental conspiracy since Iran/Contra. Or maybe Watergate.”

Err wait, wasn’t there GOP presidents in office during those?

Teapot Dome! …damn, that was a GOP op too…
gotta find SOME government conspiracy to blame on Dems.

Got it, got it…the Pearl Harbor coverup! I’m sure Jim Hoft is just waiting for the right moment to put up a huge scare-headline “FDR KNEW!”, and agitate for posthumous impeachment.

Hold on a gosh durn minute! I thought kissing the heads of bald men was George Bush’s job.

You all disgust me. You’re getting all snarky because this happened to a BLACK CONSERVATIVE.

In the name of ALL (three) black conservatives in this country (and the sweet baby Jeebus), I damn you all to hay-ell!

There are two things really don’t make sense…

1. Why is Terry Francona kissing this guy?
2. Why is Terry wearing a Cardinals hat?

Could be Francona, but looks more like Moby to me. Still doesn’t explain the Redbird hat.

But the “why” is much more interesting than the “who”. I have come to a conclusion that this is the first time this teabagger has actually seen a “black” in person, and he is licking him to see if – as his friends back at the Meth house have told him – they really are made of dark chocolate.

Notice how Nolte never talks about the fact that the Koch brothers are actually Chinese agents whose mission is to de-stablize America?

This looks like a bizarre variation of the ‘rub a darky’s head for luck’ ritual of the Old South. Must be a powerball lotto ticket or job appication to the WSJ or WaPo at stake here.

As far as the wingnuts are concerned, there is no such thing as a hate crime. Minorities use the hate crime statutes just to get back at whitey. Gladney’s lawyer is using the hate crime statute as he thinks all minorities use it.

SnarkiChildofLoki – Dammit! You beat me to the required joke.

Nuh-uh! The Kochs have been proven to be agents of Stalin! From the grave, no less! Zombie Commies are funding the Tea Party! OMG!!11!!!1!!one!

Well, it’s already obvious that the Koch Brothers hate democracy and more than 1/2 of America.

The Bush family made its wealth by helping to finance the Nazi war machine, and the Koch family made its wealth from helping the Soviet Union refine fuel more efficiently. Yet to the Teatards, it’s Obama who’s the Commie Nazi. Good thing the Teatards are really, really stupid – otherwise, their hollow heads would explode from the violent waves of cognitive dissonance fluttering inside.

as a matter of principle?

Wait–Republican “conservatives”? “principle”?

BWAH-HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (takes breath, wipes tears away).

(pause)

BWAH-HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA (repeat)

Good call on Moby, but I still say it’s Tito. Let’s call him Toby.

What? Did Toby the TeaTard draw the short straw and have to be the one to kiss the darkie? And what’s with that man-on-man action, anyway? Where’s Bachmann’s hubby to forcefully “re-educate” this TeaTard?

Maybe it’s a self-hate crime, like when a Jew says criticizes Israel about the Palestinians.

Also too, Democrats have conspired plenty — what about Travelgate, or Jimmy Carter’s failed cover-up of the canoe paddle bunny beat down?

this crap is still going on? way to milk it, Gladney!

Do Kenneth Gladney and Joe the Plumber go to the same barber?

No, but they do go to the same proctologist.

One of Teatard Toby’s friends really should tell him there IS an easier way to clean a blow hole.

Besides … aren’t conservatives opposed to hate-crimes laws as a matter of principle?

All conservative principles are secondary to the Hippie Punching Principle, especially the “OMG, It’s _totally_ hypocritical to be intolerant of my intolerance!” corollary.

Well, he’s no Sarah Palin, that’s for sure. He may have some use as the designated Black Teapartier-victim, but he’s not going to leverage that into a Palin-like bank account.

He’s still in a wheelchair? A pity…I’d have thought he’d be tooling around in a government subsidized motor scooter by now.

The wheelchair is apparently like Fred Thompson’s pickup truck. When Ole Fred left a campaign rally he’d get in the truck, give the rubes his best down-home wave, drive around the corner, and then swap the truck for a Jaguar.