Just how radical and inflamatory was the Anti-Illegal Immigration rally on Saturday outside the County Civic Center that Bob Kellar went to? (UPDATE, see the rest of Kellar’s comments at the rally at the bottom of this post)
You need go no further than the first five minutes of the protest and the invocation given by a Pastor from a Quartz Hill church to find out:
His prayer begins around the three minute mark and he wastes no time telling the crowd what’s really wrong with America by asking God for forgiveness:
“First of all asking forgiveness. Forgiveness for the way we have allowed our country to be overtaken by those who are evil, those who would ruin our country rather than raise it.
Is that the line now? Illegal immigrants don’t just steal ‘Merican jobs, they don’t just suck off California’s welfare teat, but they are evil incarnate. Evil dark people who infest our nation, and we have sinned by allowing them to overtake us.
Or is he referring to liberals and Democrats, like President Obama and Nancy Pelosi? Maybe all of the above? It’s difficult to tell.
He continues:
Help us Lord to stand against the wiles of the Devil, which is what this thing going on in our nation today is, it’s sent straight from hell, and I pray lord that you send it straight back to hell where it came from.”
Holy shit. This wasn’t a simple protest against a controversial government program; it was a regular nativist/fundamentalist rally. The only thing missing was the burning cross.
Cheers from the crowd for the dinosaur pastor.
There are five other videos of the rally up on YouTube . Many of the speakers at the rally Saturday went beyond complaints about illegal immigration and “amnesty.” They decried health care reform, the bailouts, and intrusive government. In other words, it was a regular right wing hoe-down, opened with an invocation to God to damn those of us who disagree.
No gray area for these folks. No room for disagreement with fellow Americans and neighbors in Santa Clarita. No equivocation or thoughtful dialog. No compassion for fellow human beings who happened to be born across the border.
This is the kind of speech Bob Kellar was proud to be associated with in the whitewashed Signal article. Remarkable.
UPDATE: Kellar speaks on video #3 about two minutes in and says the following regarding reaction to his anti illegal alien views:
You know the only thing I heard back from a couple of people is, “Bob, you sound like a racist.” I said, “That’s good. If that’s what you think I am because I happen to believe in America, I’m a proud racist. You’re darn right I am.”
No kidding. 2:34 into the video. I think that about closes the file on Bob Kellar for me. Our City Councilman has cracked.
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