<<It?s time for the allegedly pristine character of Rep. John Lewis to put up or shut up. Therefore, I am offering $10,000 of my own money to provide hard evidence that the N- word was hurled at him not 15 times, as his colleague reported, but just once. >>
Note how this schmuck, Breitbart, attempts to set the rules of the game before it starts. Notwithstanding the word of Lewis and the others with him that the crowd was yelling "Nigger!" - - evidence which would be perfectly acceptable in any court in Canada or the U.S.A., Breitbart has automatically ruled all of that out as evidence. He doesn't want "evidence," he wants "hard evidence."
What is "hard evidence?" Breitbart tells us:
<<Surely one of those two cameras wielded by members of his entourage will prove his point.>>
I have a few problems with that:
1. I didn't see one, let alone two, cameras "wielded" by anyone in his entourage;
2. If there were such cameras, I challenge Breitbart or anyone else to prove that they were equipped with sound recording equipment in good working order;
3. If equipped with sound recording equipment in good working order, I challenge Breitbart or anyone else to prove that they were turned on and rolling during the time that Lewis was being called "Nigger" by the mob; and,
4. (this is the killer problem) - - What makes Breitbart think that the two cameras "wielded" by the members of his entourage were in any way superior to the professional sound-recording equipment of the media that recorded the event, which totally failed to pick out one single word from any demonstrator over the din of the crowd?
<<And surely if those cameras did not capture such abhorrence, then someone from the mainstream media ? >>
You have your answer already, schmuck. The mainstream media's cameras were incapable of distinguishing one single word from the general din, unless the words, like "Kill the Bill," were chanted in unison by the mob. NOBODY, neither the five witnesses in Lewis' party, nor any of the demonstrators, is claiming that "Nigger!" was chanted in unison.
<<those who printed and broadcast his assertions without any reasonable questioning or investigation ? >>
Is this ass-hole serious? EVERYONE WITH LEWIS WAS QUESTIONED. THREE TOMS WORKING AS TEA PARTY ORGANIZERS WERE QUESTIONED. How the hell does Breitbart know who else was questioned?
<<must themselves surely have it on camera. Of course we already know they don?t. If they did, you?d have seen it by now. THOUSANDS OF TIMES.>>
Typical Breitbart. When every media tape of the event has been shown incapable of picking out one single word from the whole fucking mess, it's not that the cameras are incapable of distinguishing single words in all that din, it's that the word "Nigger" just wasn't uttered. So what about the other words that the people in the crowd were shouting? Why didn't we hear "Traitor?" Why didn't we hear "grandchildren?" Why didn't we hear "November?" Why didn't we hear one fucking word of anything any demonstrator ever shouted into that din?
No, Breitbart "reasons" that cameras which as we have seen ourselves from their tapes were incapable of picking out one single word from anyone in the whole fucking crowd, COULD have picked out "Nigger" if "Nigger" had been shouted out, but the fact that they didn't pick it up proves that it was never uttered. What kind of fucking moron can believe that crap or take it seriously?
<<Rep. Lewis, if you can?t do that, I?ll give him a backup plan: a lie detector test. If you provide verifiable video evidence showing that a single racist epithet was hurled as you walked among the tea partiers, or you pass a simple lie detector test, I will provide a $10K check to the United Negro College Fund.>>
Now who could refuse an offer like that? Breitbart, who won't accept the evidence of five eyewitnesses present at the scene, and good in any court in the land, WILL accept lie-detector evidence which no court of law anywhere in Canada or the U.S. will admit. Funny that nobody, least of all Breitbart, ever asked George W. Bush or any of his minions to take a lie detector test when they assured the nation that Saddam had WMD that threatened us all - - one would think that in such a controversial matter, with war and peace at stake, the matter would have been important enough for a lie detector test to settle - - but in this incident, with nobody's life at stake, Breitbart is willing to wager on a lie detector test. Naturally Lewis will not take the lie detector test - - lie detectors have been shown to be fallible and subject to operator error in so many tests that no court accepts them Breitbart accepts them without reservation. Tells ya something about Breitbart, alright.