Saxby Chambliss apologizes for staffer’s threatening slur
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss on Thursday apologized to the author of a gay-oriented blog for a threatening slur posted from his office, declaring, “All [gays] must die.”
In a prepared statement, Chambliss also spoke of the immediate “removal” of a staff member – who was not identified.
The wording is important. We’re picking up that the staffer was a military liaison assigned by the Pentagon — a fact that Chambliss’ office would not confirm.
A staffer under Chambliss’ direct employ would have been fired. A staffer under another entity’s supervision would be reassigned. Or removed. (My AJC colleague Bob Keefe pinned down the fact that the computer used was located in Chambliss’s Washington office.)
The blog comment at issue was left Sept. 21 on a discussion of whether gays and lesbians should be able to serve openly in the military on “Joe.My.Blog,” a site operated by Joe Jervis of New York City – perhaps an hour after the U.S. Senate turned away an attempt to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Blog participants quickly tracked the Internet Protocol address to Chambliss’ office.
Chambliss last week condemned the comment, and requested an investigation by the U.S. Senate sergeant-at-arms, who acts as the chamber’s top law enforcement officer.
The statement from Chambliss’ office:
“The office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms has concluded its investigation, and I responded to that report immediately with the removal of a member of my staff. I commend the Sergeant at Arms, Terrance Gainer, and his staff for their very thorough and professional work.
“I have called Mr. Jervis, the blog’s author, and apologized to him personally, and I am sorry for the hurt this incident has caused. Regardless of one’s position on issues and policies, such comments are simply unacceptable, are not befitting those who work in the U.S. Senate, and I will not tolerate them from my staff.”
Jervis, who monitors JoeMyGod, confirmed his conversation with Chambliss and paraphrased the senator’s remarks:
”He said, ‘Joe, I don’t know if you’re Republican or Democrat, or liberal or conservative. But none of that should matter because what was said on your blog shouldn’t be said to anybody by anybody. And I want to offer my sincerest apologies.’
“He said, ‘There’s been a lot of criticism about why it’s taken so long to bring this to a resolution. But this is something that’s going to dramatically affect someone’s life, and we had to make sure we got it exactly right.’”
Jervis accepted Chambliss’ apology.
“I consider the matter closed. The gentleman is no longer in Chambliss’ office,” he said. “I’m pretty sure if he were a direct Chambliss hire, we would know his name. I don’t think he was Chambliss’ to fire.
“I was never calling for this guy’s head. I just wanted the senator himself to address the issue and say that this can’t happen in my office. He has done that.”
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116 comments Add your comment
Jon Lester
September 30th, 2010
4:59 pm
Might not change his votes but this was the right thing to do.
Miss Peach
September 30th, 2010
4:59 pm
A government employee using government equipment to make terrorist threats against US citizens. Nice.
Jill Thompson
September 30th, 2010
5:02 pm
Have to give him credit for surprisingly saying and doing the right thing in this situation.
Mario
September 30th, 2010
5:04 pm
He doesn’t get any credit. It took him this long to do something that could have been done in a very short period of time. And had the media not got on his case, he would have probably done nothing. What has chambliss done for the state of Georgia? Name 5 great accomplishments. He’s terrible.
Road Scholar
September 30th, 2010
5:07 pm
Maybe Chambliss should apologize to all gays also?
BJohnM
September 30th, 2010
5:15 pm
Reassigned means the person is still making a living of my tax dollars, and that’s not a good enough punishment.
I want to know this person was F.I.R.E.D, and no longer drawing a salary from the Treasury of the United States of America.
Miss Peach
September 30th, 2010
5:15 pm
The largest industry in GA is agriculture. The AJC recently reported that about half of farm labor is illegal. Although Chambliss talks tough on illegal immigration, he will never do anything. Who would pick the harvest on his South GA peach plantation?? I am so sick of these conflicted pols.
Halsey
September 30th, 2010
5:17 pm
Good job to Chambliss for doing…..what he basically had not choice about. What else was he gonna do? Keep the person on staff and slap him/her on the wrist?
Mya
September 30th, 2010
5:17 pm
Does the reassigned person get named? How do we know it was a liason from another department if he is not named? Could be a way to get the military guy to do as trained and take the fall based on his commander’s say so. Then again I doubt a highly placed staffer would have been dumb enough to post that comment from a senate computer.
coaltrader08
September 30th, 2010
5:21 pm
Shame on you Saxby! Shoudlnt’ apologize for a man speaking his mind about the filthy perverted practice of homosexuality. It’s so disgusting that it should be outlawed worldwide! No apologies Saxby!
Fred
September 30th, 2010
5:22 pm
Wow, nothing is ever good enough for some of you malcontents.
Good job Chambliss. It’s about damn time a republican did something, ANYTHING that is either right or moral.
I still ain’ta gonna vote for you though lol……………..
Gerald West
September 30th, 2010
5:24 pm
Now I wonder, why does a do-nothing, no accomplishments senator like Chambliss need a staff of 42 people to “advise” him? Do all politicians elected to Congress maintain similar private bureaucracies at the public expense?
Now, there’s a topic worth pursuing by the Political Insider!
SuperB
September 30th, 2010
5:25 pm
The people of Georgia need to fire Saxby Chambliss.
Dennis G. Berdanis
September 30th, 2010
5:27 pm
First thing I’ve seen come out of Chambliss’ mouth that I can support. Good for him.
SOB
September 30th, 2010
5:28 pm
This is the mind set of the Republican party. What else is new, they hate everyone.
RGB
September 30th, 2010
5:30 pm
Congratulations to both Chambliss and Jervis who acted properly and displayed maturity and class.
Others should take a page from these gentlemen’s notebooks.
Jeff Garner
September 30th, 2010
5:33 pm
Chambliss has done nothing for the people of Georgia. But, he will be elected again and again as long as the republicans are in the majority. They will elect anything…It’s disgraceful…
beaker
September 30th, 2010
5:34 pm
I don’t approve of Chambliss as a Senator and would never vote for him; but he did the right thing in this case.
Usmc Dawg
September 30th, 2010
5:37 pm
Who “Effing” Cares!
Gay people, please get over your narcissistic selves.
Nobody cares about what you do in your bedroom, but most people are tired of you parading around and shoving your like style in our faces.
Who really cares what some D’ bag staffer says?
Does that chump have that much control over you?
Vanity…
BobN
September 30th, 2010
5:39 pm
Under what other scenarios would a “all ____s must die” not result in an apology to all America’s ____s?
They’ve had a week to draft the inevitable announcement. No points to Chambliss from me.
NoDealGeorgia
September 30th, 2010
5:40 pm
How do we know he actually fired the staffer if he refuses to give a name?
Retired Soldier
September 30th, 2010
5:41 pm
John Kerry has done nothing for the state of Mass. But he will be re-elected again and again as long as the democrats are the majority.
See how dumb that comment is.
Marcos
September 30th, 2010
5:49 pm
Not a fan of Chambliss… but this was the right thing to do. I have a new found respect for the man.
Dwight
September 30th, 2010
5:50 pm
Retired Soldier
September 30th, 2010
5:41 pm
The election of Scott Brown disproves your assertion.
nonrenewedteacher
September 30th, 2010
5:52 pm
I don’t give a rats ass where your check comes from cowboy, Saxby or Sux-bi (read here the military), if you post this kinda cro-magnon crap, you are fired…. don’t ask me my sexuality and don’t tell me what u think of the fact that i like same sex partners… you, bitch are fired…. join me in the ranks (10%) of the unemployed… the difference being that, I told the truth, you spouted hatred…nuff sed.
ATLguy
September 30th, 2010
5:52 pm
Usmc Dawg. Real men are not threatened by gay people and do not find the need to abuse them verbally or physically. Sounds to me like you have some inherent issues you may want to deal with.
andy
September 30th, 2010
6:05 pm
Notice it says that this fool was “removed” from Chambliss’ office. Hmm. That means he was likely reassigned and is still drawing a paycheck funded by the taxpayer. Since he is on the public payroll, this guy should be identified AND further disciplined. If he is military, he should be court-martialed and punished.
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
6:06 pm
Chambliss did what he had to do, but he did it. There was a time when this would not have been the case.
Last Man Standing
September 30th, 2010
6:06 pm
NoDealGeorgia:
“How do we know he actually fired the staffer if he refuses to give a name?”
I suggest that you read Galloway’s piece again with the aim of comprehending it, if that is possible for you.
Mike
September 30th, 2010
6:11 pm
No surprised coming from a so-called conservative’s office. And I can guarantee you that whoever made that slur is gay himself. It always turns out that those who complain the most about gays are closeted homosexuals. A study at UGA even confirmed this.
midtownguy
September 30th, 2010
6:12 pm
I appreciate what has all indications of being a sincere apology. But I pose this question; If the staffer had used the “N” word instead of the “F” word and said they all should die, would it have taken this long and the offender remain unnamed?
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
6:14 pm
Mike
He don’t sound gay, to me, he doesn’t even sound mildly amused…closeted and getting bent out of shape about it…been my experience that this is true…
Hey! Thanks for the comment…breeders is messy, though!
Howard
September 30th, 2010
6:14 pm
Why is the name of the “staffer” being withheld….why is he being protected by a United States Senator? Is this appropriate and responsible behavior by an elected official…to protect the person who has at the very least tried to defame others and at worst threatened the life of others….Chambliss by concealing the name of this “staffer” is no longer an innocent party regarding this behavior.
Mike
September 30th, 2010
6:15 pm
Hey USMC Dawg: Get over your narcisistic self. Most people are in the military because they ran out of options.
Mike
September 30th, 2010
6:17 pm
I bet that ruffled your feathers, eh USMC Dawg? By the way, I’m kidding. The military is great, but I wanted to see if you could take what you dish out.
Will
September 30th, 2010
6:18 pm
Although I have absolutely no use for Chambliss, I will give him credit for immediately reporting the slur and following through.
I guess this is one time that the Senator did not support “Don’t ask, don’t tell”!!
RGB
September 30th, 2010
6:26 pm
Last Man Standing is Right on,
Those of you who want the offender to be drawn and quartered, hanged, then burned and electrocuted should consider the idea that the individual is likely subject to the rules provided under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (such as § 917 Article 117 “Provoking speeches or gestures” or § 933 Article 133 “Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman”).
The incident was investigated by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and any punishment levied would likely be meted out by the individual’s commanding officer who presumably works at the Pentagon.
But for libs who disdain the military and prefer uniformed military offers to serve Democrat party officials wine and cheese during White House parties, you won’t get it.
So keep insisting that Chambliss apologize in-person to every gay American and pout your lips with indignation and utter “why WASN’T he fired” ad infinitum.
Then call Harry Reid’s office and ask him when he plans to apologize to 170 million American females for objectifying women for referring to a female United States Senator as “hot”. While he’s on the phone, ask him when he plans to apologize to 40 million African-Americans for speaking about President Obama’s “Negro dialect.”
I suppose if one is African-American AND female, then Mr. Reid owes you 2 phone calls or 2 personal apologies.
Bob
September 30th, 2010
6:30 pm
“All [gays] must die”; how is anyone who would think these thoughts fit for any government duty? A long hospital stay, with loads of counseling, might be able to provide insight to psychiatric doctors as to how ill, this person actually is. A medical discharge may be in order. And, if this individual has under aged children, DFACS should be called in, as well.
Well wishes for his, or her, recovery.
khc
September 30th, 2010
6:30 pm
as they might say in the service the offender has “sh!t for brains” and needs to be demoted
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
Bob
And I would posit that lots of people think it, they just are more discreet in saying so…
fed up
September 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
All you liberal sissies need to stop getting your panties in a bunch. What the staffer said was taken out of context, he simply meant that all people must die eventually gay straight black white and so on. At what point will you weak wristed people think you have outplayed your hand and your pathetic gripes will fall on deaf ears,you already have no sympathy for anyone elses feelings when we are subjected to village people reenactments are paraded down peachtree. This is supposed to be a free country you have your opinions let this staffer have his and d@mn having to appologise for them.
amazed
September 30th, 2010
6:42 pm
I must say Chambliss handled this well, and I had not expected that. Suxby, I’m proud of you for the first time ever, and will have to reconsider call you Senator Shameless when I vote against you. You did right by humanity and Georgia. thank you.
Doctor Jay
September 30th, 2010
6:42 pm
Let’s try a “shoe on the other foot” test. Would you, USMC dawg, take offense if someone went onto a blog about the Marine Corps and wrote “Kill All The Marines!” and just to be a bit more provocative, signed it “Osama bin Laden”. And let’s say, just to take it further, that you found out that whoever did that was in the employ of Al Franken.
It wouldn’t bother you in the slightest? You wouldn’t give it a second thought?
Marcos
September 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
Uh… RGB… Reid did not issue a death threat to American women or the President. Apply some perspective to your hatred please.
midtownguy
September 30th, 2010
6:56 pm
Excellent analogy, Doctor Jay.
RGB
September 30th, 2010
7:01 pm
Thanks for explaining Imelda. I explained the UCMJ and the military chain-of-command. Where have I engaged in hatred? I haven’t.
So one is only required to apologize after making death threats?
To clarify–and based on your comments–objectification of women and denigration of minorities is OK to you provided one doesn’t “issue a death threat”.
Thanks for clarifying your moral compass for all of us.
Please stop hating women and African-Americans by trivializing insults to these significant groups of Americans.
: )
Last Man Standing
September 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
Bob:
“DFACS should be called in, as well.”
Bringing out the heavy artillery, Bob? Some of these comments are really funny!
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
7:05 pm
fed up
Say what? Oy, Mate, you’re a piece of work! You know what? You wouldn’t know a gay person if s/he was sitting right next to you 99 times out of a hundred…we know “y’all” a lot better than you think we do. Because you don’t recognize us, you aren’t very discreet in what you say. The other side of that, my straight friends, is that we also get the chance to hear what y’all have to say not knowing who you’re talking to, and it’s good to hear. And there’s a lot more of y’all than there are of the fed ups.
Jonathan
September 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
@Fed up – “All f*** must die” is not “out of context”, You, however, are out of your m,id. No one is going to miss that mentality when you are gone. Good riddance.
hl
September 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
I’m glad that he’s gone from Chambliss office but he should be named. What happened to personnel responsibility and transparency. Is this okay if you are Republican?
Rig Dawg
September 30th, 2010
7:11 pm
I look forward to the day when sexual deviants are allowed to adopt children and serve openly in the military. I can’t believe that anyone would condemn or oppose this! I am in the Navy and I want our homosexuals to be free to tell us about their sexual deviation and I want them to be loud and proud! I want to be able to look around me and 24/7 on a 6 month deployment and take comfort in knowing that the people who I’m working closely with and sharing living quarters with are sexual deviants. I want them to be able to walk around on the boat all day long proclaiming their deviation for me and all of my fellow honorable service members to hear, including the Captain, the Commodore and all of the marines on the boat! I will not rest until sexual deviants are practicing their deviation openly, loud and proud, in full military uniform. Dear God please get them into the service. And to those of you that are in the service having to conceal your sexual deviation; thank you for your service! We’re gonna make sure you can be open, it might take some more work, but we’ll make it happen!!! God bless you sexual deviants!
"hl" Stands for "Hardly Listening"
September 30th, 2010
7:14 pm
No, hl, speaking for all Republicans, we are opposed to it.
But it is my understanding the offender was a Democrat.
Is this okay if you are a Democrat?
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
Rig Dawg
Got an awful high opinion of your charms there, don’t you? My career military boy, Army, says to tell you “well, what are you doing in the Navy, Butch?”
mark
September 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
He made a threat!!! He should be arrested!! And why is there millitary personnel on our senators staff? No wonder he never votes against bullets, bombs and other wasteful spending on killing people, here and abroad.
fed up
September 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
Jonathan I believe you are wrong im fairly certain that my wife and my children might enjoy anything that I have to say once I am gone. As for you I can assure you that “that mentality” will survive me for many generations.
GreatATLGuy
September 30th, 2010
7:22 pm
Hey Coaltrader 08 – learn how to spell and punctuate, perhaps you should consider going back for your GED. There are transitional schools all over Cobb County.
GreatATLGuy
September 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
Rig Dawg sounds like a sarcastic Fred Phelps… Rig, if you don’t know who that is, Google http://www.godhatesfags.com Maybe you should consider picketing soldiers’ funeral like the Phelps clan does, sounds like you would fit right in.
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September 30th, 2010
7:38 pm
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BRW
September 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
fed up, yes they probably will enjoy it once your “gone”, just not before.
BRW
September 30th, 2010
7:52 pm
Rig Dawg, I think your parents were practicing some sort of deviation. Look what the sperm drug up.
Jonathan
September 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
@Fed Up. we’re already fed up wwith you, I can only imagine how your wife and kid feel.
You’re a dull old sad mean bigot. The world could use so many less of you.
coaltrader08
September 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
No civilized society ever condoned homosexuality and survived. Since the dawn of time it’s been a perversion which must not be tolerated. It’s really hard to believe that we have arrived at this pt in America. Sickening that this filthy perversion is gaining such mainstream acceptance… Of course that’s what gov’t run schools are good for I suppose.
coaltrader08
September 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
Is this Galloway guy leading a homosexual blog? I never knew there were even this many damn perverts in the state of GA. No decent people condones the perversion of homosexuality.
fed up
September 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
Its just too bad that jon and brw will never experience the joy of a child from conception on.Hopefully they will find the same amount of joy in here they do in their bedroom throwing poop at people.
777driver
September 30th, 2010
8:30 pm
I think Chambliss handled this very well. Seems to me like the person must be someone in the military assigned to him by the Pentagon whom Chambliss doesn’t have the authority to fire or remove, and they had to work through that process. As Jervis himself said: “I consider the matter closed. The gentleman is no longer in Chambliss’ office,” he said. “I’m pretty sure if he were a direct Chambliss hire, we would know his name. I don’t think he was Chambliss’ to fire.
BRW
September 30th, 2010
8:33 pm
Actually coaltar00, no civilized society has EVER survived, period. You must be really old to remember all the way back to the dawn of time….
Oh my, f’d up doesn’t like it when people return his thrown poop.
ADD
September 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
I’m glad to see that my fellow gay brothers are finally realizing that “fighting the good fight” isn’t working…We have sat back and allowed these ignorant, self rightous bigots far too much latitude. Give it back to them. If someone thinks they are going to bash me…I’m gonna bash ‘em back. More of us should do the same.
khc
September 30th, 2010
8:42 pm
fed up you are a dunder head, you think folks choose to be gay?
Nick Saban
September 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
Must be a few fruitcakes on here. yall take it to california.
josef nix
September 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
ADD
I rejected the Blanche du Bois syndrome way back in the late 1960s as a young lad coming to terms with my sexuality. Like I said earlier, it has been my experience that the majority of straight people are fine, decent folks who detest the bigotry and now that they are more comfortable doing so, are speaking out to their own. I appreciate it. Over here on our side, of course, I have a lot to say that is probably best kept intra nostru. I am myself very much of the Stonewall mentality and, truth be told, once “they” saw we’d stand up and fight back, it gave them courage to do the same.
Anon
September 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
I wonder if Saxby is going to apologize to Max Cleland?
Jeff in ATL
September 30th, 2010
9:39 pm
“This is supposed to be a free country you have your opinions let this staffer have his and d@mn having to appologise for them.”
It is a free country … to my knowledge he has not been denied due process or habeas corpus rights, nor has he been put in jail for his comments.
Freedom of Speech means the government can’t lock you up … not that you can be protected from public scrutiny or public ridicule.
fed up
September 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
Im sorry jeff maybe how smart you are got in the way of what I was trying to say. I as a Georgia citizen do not feel that an elected official should have to tuck tail because a group of individuals start whining because someone used their rights.
Jeff in ATL
September 30th, 2010
10:11 pm
fed up … Chambliss didn’t have to do anything, he could have said nothing and people would have kept complaining. He did say something and people keep complaining. That’s just the way it is.
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GreatATLGuy
September 30th, 2010
10:27 pm
Fed up should Fed-ex himself into outerspace…. along with you other bigots… how about the mistreatment homosexuals have experienced for years, they’re the ones who should be fed up! Wake up, homophobe!
Paul EQuality Schappaugh
September 30th, 2010
10:29 pm
I commend the Senator for doing the right and just thing in this case. It is inexcusable that a Federal employee fired off a Death Threat from a Senate office computer immediately following a vote on DADT – And by the Senator’s own words .. it was “simply unacceptable” and intolerable by his own standards. The Atlanta Queer Justice League reached out to the Senator’s staff on Wednesday afternoon – so I feel justified in saying that I hope by sharing our stories the Senator can begin to connect his discriminatory policies and the affect they have on the lives of many LGBT Georgian’s. Georgian’s especially should understand that hate and bigotry can be overcome! .. and I look forward to the day when Georgia will finally join the cause for EQuality and recognize that all citizens have the right to EQuality under the law.
wesleywhatwhat
September 30th, 2010
10:50 pm
i’m never going to vote for chambliss, since his policies are anathema to working people, but i respect his actions in thsi situation.
kudos, saxby. u did the right thing, as far as i can tell.
now stop voting for your corporate buddies and think about working georgians, PLEASE.
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Laugher
October 1st, 2010
12:35 am
All heterosexuals must die…there I said..lets see if I lose my job!
Alabama Communist
October 1st, 2010
12:38 am
More Breaking News On Senator Apology………….Not only did the unknown Senator Staffer apologize for bashing democrat Gays, but he apologize for slavely, starting the American Civil War, plus having the Knights Templar’s plunder Muslin historial religious sites without the Pope permission and finally for creating the Republican Tea Party…..Senator Chambliss said his staffer decided to apologize after he waterboard him,
Mike
October 1st, 2010
3:24 am
Interesting how everybody else except minors are named in articles by the tv news and journalists. However here is a person who posts a slur on the net. Is investigated by a public agency and the saviors do not make public this person. I don’t think anyone was ever fired. And why the secret? People don’t you get tired of the lies and the fact this party seems to hide everything. What else are these people doing under the covers so to speak?
The Centrist
October 1st, 2010
3:55 am
Saxby and Johnny voted against tax credits for businesses that keep jobs here in America. Because?
Travis McGee
October 1st, 2010
5:27 am
Chambliss did what he had to do. The real issue is the environment of racial and sexual intolerance and hatred that has been created by the resurgence of the Tea Party/ultra-conservative movement.
One step forward and two step backward. And, so it goes. . . .
MR
October 1st, 2010
6:40 am
Can’t you people read. The person who made the comment did not work for Chambliss, he was assigned by an outside intity. That happens a lot in our great government. Military liaisons are assigned to congress and they do not work for that office. Mr. Chambliss could not fire nor could he name the person since he did not have that control. It would be the responsibility of the assigning party to discipline the individual. I really hope that most of the commentors on this blog do not vote because you are to stupid to make an intelligent decision as to who should be running this country. It is time for all gays, black, and any minority to get off their a$$e$ and do something positive instead of bit_hing and moaning about some stupid comment.
BRW
October 1st, 2010
6:49 am
“entity” by the way. Can’t you people spell?
I don’t recall Sax ever said exactly who this person worked for.
Maybe I missed it.
Sloan
October 1st, 2010
6:55 am
Saxby Chambliss did the only thing and the right thing that had to be done in this situation. Most of the liberal bloggers on here are, ironically, showing their ignorance and hatred for him because he is a conservative Republican by continuing to bash him, his policies, and/or his handling of this situation. Perhaps you should hold a mirror up in front of your own faces and ask who the hypocrites and stereotypers really are?
GreatATLGuy
October 1st, 2010
6:56 am
MR, you’re a fool. Do you think that any minority got where they are today but sitting on their a$$$es?? No, change has SLOWLY come about by lobbying, protesting, “bit-hing and moaning” (your words) about stupid actions and comments made by bigots. You fit into the aforementioned category. And PS, we can all read and interpret bigotry and unjust actions. Chambiss may not be able to fire third party entities but he does have the power to remove them from his office, and he probably only did so beacause of the bith-hing and moaning. And PS — “all f-gs must die” is not only stupid, it is a direct threat. The person who posted the threat should not only be removed, but should be prosecuted for making terrorist threats.
Willis
October 1st, 2010
7:16 am
MR: The person who made the comment did not work for Chambliss, he was assigned by an outside intity
If he didn’t work for Chambliss, then why was he in the Senator’s office? I guess he was assigned to troll through blogs, find gays, and then write the slurs? Was that his job? So what he was a Pentagon assignee, Chambliss is still responsible for the conduct of the people in his office. Saxby and his buddies probably laughed about it behind the closed door.
MR
October 1st, 2010
7:18 am
BRW -We’re picking up that the staffer was a military liaison assigned by the Pentagon — a fact that Chambliss’ office would not confirm.
This was a direct quote from the article that you did not read.
GreatATLGuy – I think that is just what Mr. Chambliss did when he found out who made the comment. He had him removed from his staff. I am not saying that the statement was not offensive and improper. I don’t take it as a terrorist threat just the weird opinion of one individual. Not much different whe Stokley Charmical said all honkies (whites) should die. Keep to the subject my friend. The comments were about Chambliss actions not the person who made the so called threat. One thing:
Threat: I will kill all the F’s
Opinion: All F’s must die
Think about it.
MR
October 1st, 2010
7:30 am
Willis…Just wonderful how there is always someone here to prove my point. Thanks
MR
October 1st, 2010
7:32 am
Hey Willis…Do not ever let the facts get in the way when you are making a decision. If there was an IQ test for voters you would not pass.
TJ Walker
October 1st, 2010
7:44 am
Talk about a day late and a dollar short. If Senator Chambliss had waited any longer, we’d all be in retirement. His apology was fine, but the delayed announcement destroyed its effectiveness.
CarpetBagger
October 1st, 2010
7:44 am
Draft Dodging Saxby has a weigh in on the military? His office is the WORST in the U.S. Senate regarding veteran’s issues. ALL of his military liaisons NEVER served in the military. What a joke!
Sen. Chambliss finally apologizes for anti-Gay slur coming from his office – media training :: TJWALKER INTERACTIVE
October 1st, 2010
7:47 am
[...] Talk about a day late and a dollar short. If Senator Chambliss had waited any longer, we’d all be in retirement. His apology was fine, but the delayed announcement destroyed its effectiveness. Here’s the full story [...]
Renegade
October 1st, 2010
7:50 am
Sodomites and liberals got their panties in a wad when, in fact, what was said was no worse that what these same liberals were saying about George W. Bush. Ever read Michelle Malkin’s “Unhinged”………page after page of documented outrageous threats against conservatives and Bush (not that Bush is a conservative but for some reason liberals think he is).
Knight
October 1st, 2010
7:50 am
Well said GreatATLGuy! I suspect most of the negative comments here about homosexuality are from older people. Most younger people know gay people, have gay relatives and have gay friends. Slowly but surely, gay people are getting their civil rights. With California’s Prop 8 being declared unconstitutional, it’s only a matter of time until the Supreme Court upholds that decision. Then all the states with bans on same sex marriage will be overturned. The tide has turned. Bigots who have marginalized and vilified gays are finally getting a taste of their own medicine.
Yep
October 1st, 2010
8:02 am
He should apologize only when Barney Frank apologizes to all heterosexuals.
aw shucks
October 1st, 2010
8:33 am
VOTE FOR MY BIG(OT) DADDY!!!
Liberal/Conservative
October 1st, 2010
8:33 am
Chambliss’s statement went on to say “… but please understand further that this apology does not mean I’m gay.”
Last Man Standing
October 1st, 2010
8:43 am
CarpetBagger:
“His office is the WORST in the U.S. Senate regarding veteran’s issues.”
Care to cite your source or offer any proof of this statement?
Saxby Chambliss Apologizes for Staffer’s Threatening Anti-Gay Slur | The Moderate Voice
October 1st, 2010
8:46 am
[...] D.C. office (JMG readers had initially tracked it down to Atlanta). The AJC’s Jim Galloway is picking up that the staffer was not fired, but “removed,” because he (the commenter called himself [...]
Elvis Prez
October 1st, 2010
9:07 am
The King says “it’s time to move on, uh ha ha”
gm
October 1st, 2010
9:11 am
This does not surprise many minorities in this state, had that been someone saying all white males must die, Chambliss would had act a lot sooner.
Whe will Blacks, and other minorities learn that white male especially here in Hickville dont care about you as long as you can entertain them playing football, singing or danceing.
Let these had of been Obama administration white males especially these southern rednecks would have lost their mind.
You Asked
October 1st, 2010
9:28 am
Laugher
October 1st, 2010
12:35 am
All heterosexuals must die…there I said..lets see if I lose my job!
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They all will eventually.
According to gm the Chambliss staff will be investigating you within a few days.
This is much ado about very little. A stupid staffer makes a haveful bigoted remark on a smalltime blog and the national press picks it up. Must have been a slow news day (or a politcially motivated report) because I can dredge up pantloads of bigoted hatred on any number of blogs by any number of people on any day.
Do Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgendered, etc. deserve their full rights under the law. Yes.
Do they have the right to dispense vigilante justice on the stupid staffer or use his stupid actions to take down a sitting Legislator? No.
M Abby
October 1st, 2010
9:37 am
Here’s a guess: The assigned military person who is responsible for the posting of the stupid comment is an affected gay/lesbian military person. They were not happy with DADT and they were not happy with Senator Chambliss position on DADT. Soooo…they played gay guerrilla and pulled a moby, that is the sat down at their computer at Chambliss’s office on that day and went to the web site JOE.MY.GOD and posted that stupid comment knowing if someone looked hard enough (after some guidance) they could figure out where it came from and embarrass another “bigoted, homophobe Southern Senator”.
Once they did, I think they then made sure JOE knew the post had been made and provided some guidance on where to look for the originating office (again, hard to believe JOE just picked this one out of many ugly comments to track down).
Last Man Standing
October 1st, 2010
9:39 am
gm:
Have you ever voted for a conservative? If so, whom?
Has Obama done ANYTHING that you disagreed with? If so, what?
Last Man Standing
October 1st, 2010
9:43 am
gm:
Be careful! Your obvious racist attitude is showing!
Jamie Roberts
October 1st, 2010
11:26 am
Thank you, Saxby Chambliss, for your addressing the substance of the comments and your apology.
Pangur
October 1st, 2010
11:27 am
Listening to all the queers get bent out of shape on this is as predictable as it is boring. In the gay reaction to all this is the nicely blended narcissism and refusal to face reality that is so pervasive in the gay lifestyle and community. Behind all the bluster is a massive denial of the self-destructive and sociopathic tendencies of gay life (increasing AIDS infection rate, anyone?). Watching you guys get pozzed then shrieking in your Ungaro spring frocks about equality has all the persuasiveness of a used needle.
Whatever
October 1st, 2010
11:49 am
honestly gay men are just disgusting and such huge crybabies about everything…and most seem to have a bunch of mental problems that are not the result of bullying…consider what a huge percentage of them seem fixated on dominance/submissive issues and wildly promiscuous sex…but hey no biggie, they only gave the world AIDS
Whatever
October 1st, 2010
11:54 am
also…oh wow someone got flamed in a blog comment WELP BETTER HAVE A HISSY FIT ABOUT THIS…gay men seem to spend a lot of their energy on tattling, maybe because deep down they are pretty ashamed of what they are
Poz them All
October 1st, 2010
12:16 pm
Getting homosexuals to admit that they are broken, useless, whining, narcissists is a chumps game. That said homosexuals are a bunch of broken, useless, whining, narcissists.
Prissy And Offended
October 1st, 2010
1:18 pm
You don’t understand, a comment on a blog post is WORSE THAN THE HOLOCAUST. The fewer people that read it, the worse it is. There must be no free speech which ever causes anyone anywhere to feel the slightest bit bad about themselves. Exceptions may be made for certain groups in order to enlighten them as to their own evil, but that’s it.
Homer
October 1st, 2010
3:20 pm
Usmc Dawg, apparently whomever it was in the Seantor’s office who started this uproar cares what gay people do in their bedroom. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have made the post, right? If no one cared what gay people do then there would be no need for the gay rights movement. I would think that would be pretty simple for you to understand, “Dawg.”
Phil Lunney
October 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
I e-mailed Saxby prior to the vote on DADT asking him to vote for the repeal of this policy. I received his standard boiler plate response which was well documented and detailed, but to me, was just the cover he uses to “stay pure” to his GOP (now Tea Party) Loyalty Oath. This incident shows that he and his staffers use this kind of dialogue in private. There is no excuse for a US Senator from Georgia to not represent all Georgians. Saxby, I will forgive you when you sponsor a motion to REPEAL DADT when congress returns after the election. Show some guts and take responsibility, otherwise, resign. There are thousands, if not 10’s of thousands Georgia based military that would be able to serve with honor upon this repeal.