Quote of the Week — Thurmond Edition

Speaking at the Young Democrats of Georgia Convention in Athens on Saturday, Labor Commissioner (and soon-to-be Senate candidate) Michael Thurmond said:

Sometimes I want us to take a step back and look at us the same way our enemies see us…I want us to look at each other “the same way al Qaeda sees us”.

Now I don’t remember the exact wording of the first sentence but the al Qaeda line is correct.

Thurmond of course wasn’t saying he wants us to walk down the street and see potential pawns to murder for political ends. He was saying he wants us to see each other as Americans and Georgians, not black or white, rich or poor, Southerners or traitorous carpetbaggers.

I also asked him if Galloway was correct with his reporting and Thurmond responded: “he will be”.

An attendee remarked Thurmond’s drawl seemed thicker than it had been before. I have no idea about that.