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Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech
As we approach the 4th of July holiday, it’s nice to remember that we all have the First Amendment right to say damn near anything we want. Fortunately, however, if we are, say, the mayor of a small town and we say something hateful, bigoted, or just downright stupid, “we, the people,” reserve the right to kick the mayor’s ass right out of office.
Indeed, that’s what the prosecutor’s office is doing out in Cooperstown, Tennessee – population 3,176. According to a lawsuit filed to remove Mayor David Crosby (pictured to the left in all his hate-filled glory) from office, this backwards thinking asshole was fond of racial slurs, tried to arrest political enemies, and targeted military men and Hispanics for traffic tickets because soldiers would be more likely to “mail their fines rather than to come to Court to contest the Citations,” and Hispanics were “mostly illegal anyway,” and would want to avoid court.
Moreover, Crosby is accused of asking an officer to arrest a woman for DUI, even if it meant planting a bottle of liquor on her. Perhaps most despicable, however, was an allegation that, after swearing in an officer on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, he congratulated him by saying, “Happy James Earl Ray,” day.
Well, here’s hoping, Mayor Crosby, that you succumb to the same liver disease that befell James Earl Ray. To borrow a line from Keith Olbermann: Mr. Crosby - today, you are the worst person in the world!
