Minneapolis radio host Baker: "I don't think homeless people should vote"; "I'm not that excited about women voting"
SUMMARY: On his radio show, Chris Baker said, "I don't think homeless people should vote. Frankly. In fact, I have to be very honest. I'm not that excited about women voting, to be honest." Baker later said: "But that's just me. I'm a pig, and that's fine. All right? And we'll see that, I'm sure, on a lame-ass website very soon. But I don't think hobos ought to vote at all. They're nuts. And I think that there needs to be a little more care in who votes."
On the October 2 broadcast of his Minneapolis radio show, Chris Baker said, "I don't think homeless people should vote. Frankly. In fact, I have to be very honest. I'm not that excited about women voting, to be honest." Baker subsequently added: "But that's just me. I'm a pig, and that's fine. All right? And we'll see that, I'm sure, on a lame-ass website very soon. But I don't think hobos ought to vote at all. They're nuts. And I think that there needs to be a little more care in who votes."
Later, when KTLK's Danielle Hitchings asked Baker, "Women voting makes you nervous?" he replied, "Yes, it does." When asked why, Baker said, "Because women tend to vote more for security than freedom."
Baker later said: "I mean, there are things that you should check to make sure that they're not registered to vote in another county, state. I mean, there are things to check, OK? You get a vote. I'm not saying that you -- deny people the ability to vote, except certain people like drunk-ass hobos. I don't think drunk-ass hobos have anything to vote for." He added:
You know what they vote for? They vote for booze. OK? They vote to be lazy, no-good, disgusting, putrid bums, all right? I don't -- why do those guys vote? And these guys -- and they're warehoused voters, OK? This is what annoys me about this, that they'll go to some ghetto somewhere and go in there and grab some slug out of an apartment and throw him in a voting booth, OK? Now, if that person is a person who is of age and is a citizen, absolutely let them vote, OK? But if they want to vote, let them drag their ass down there and vote, OK?
From the October 2 broadcast of KTLK's The Chris Baker Show:
LANGDON PERRY (host of KTLK's The Langdon Perry Show): Because you can register same-day doesn't automatically mean you are a fraud. I think you're conflating ---
BAKER: I'm not saying it means you're a fraud. I'm saying it opens a door to a ton of vote fraud.
PERRY: Sure. But I think it doesn't open it so much wider that I think it's a problem. I think most people, a vast --
BAKER: Are you kidding?
PERRY: -- majority of people who show up to vote same-day are doing so honestly, with good intentions, without voter fraud occurring.
BAKER: I don't believe it at all.
PERRY: I think we have -- I think we have one the best systems for it here in Minnesota, and we have had one of the most liberal policies for voting for quite some time.
BAKER: I think --
PERRY: People don't like it because they -- because it gets liberal candidates in sometimes, and they think same-day voter registrations are the reason why.
BAKER: Wow. Gee, I wonder. Hmm.
PERRY: But the fact is, liberal candidates consistently get it in, it's not all because of same-day voter registration.
BAKER: No. What I'm saying is, it opens up way too much fraud, that -- that's my only beef.
PERRY: Yeah.
BAKER: OK? Because I believe that a vote is really important. I'll give you an example: I don't think homeless people should vote.
PERRY: Mm-hmm.
BAKER: Frankly. In fact, I have to be very honest. I'm not that excited about women voting, to be honest. I'm not. OK? You know? But that's just me. I'm a pig, and that's fine. All right? And we'll see that, I'm sure, on a lame-ass website very soon. But I don't think hobos ought to vote at all. They're nuts. And I think that there needs to be a little more care in who votes.
PERRY: So you get to decide --
BAKER: OK, you don't know if a guy's a -- oh, here -- oh, now Danielle's very upset.
HITCHINGS: [inaudible]
BAKER: Get on a microphone if you're going to yell at me. You can't just yell at me from the door.
HITCHINGS: Women voting makes you nervous?
BAKER: Yes, it does.
HITCHINGS: Why?
BAKER: Because women tend to vote more for security than freedom.
HITCHINGS: What?
BAKER: They do.
HITCHINGS: So --
PERRY: I think in Chris's world, if you vote in a way that disagrees with him, you shouldn't vote.
BAKER: No, that's not what I'm saying at all. Anybody -- anyone can choose what they -- whatever you want to vote for, you vote. But I believe that there needs to be a solid check -- there needs to be solid checks and balances.
PERRY: Maybe you should take a test before you vote.
BAKER: I'm not saying that.
PERRY: Well, what is the checks and balances? What are the --
BAKER: To find out if a person is a felon.
PERRY: Mm-hmm.
BAKER: OK? Because felons are not supposed to vote unless they've had that right restored, which they can. To make sure they're a citizen. To make sure that they are of age. I mean, there are things that you should check to make sure that they're not registered to vote in another county, state. I mean, there are things to check, OK? You get a vote. I'm not saying that you -- deny people the ability to vote, except certain people like drunk-ass hobos. I don't think drunk-ass hobos have anything to vote for.
HITCHINGS: Hobos and women.
BAKER: You know what they vote for? They vote for booze. OK? They vote to be lazy, no-good, disgusting, putrid bums, all right? I don't -- why do those guys vote? And these guys -- and they're warehoused voters, OK? This is what annoys me about this, that they'll go to some ghetto somewhere and go in there and grab some slug out of an apartment and throw him in a voting booth, OK? Now, if that person is a person who is of age and is a citizen, absolutely let them vote, OK? But if they want to vote, let them drag their ass down there and vote, OK? This is the thing: You make it too easy, you could get people voting in two and three different states, which, by the way, happens. You could have illegal aliens voting.
PERRY: But it happens so little by comparison.
BAKER: Huh?
PERRY: It happens so little by comparison that --
BAKER: How do you know? But how do you know?
PERRY: Well, whenever we've seen it crop up , whenever they've been able to show people voting in two states and that kind of thing, whenever they been able to show it, it's been incredibly small numbers in comparison to the number of people who vote.
No kidding.
I'm surprised he didn't say minorities, or suggest bringing back a poll tax.
While I'm glad MMfA is mentioning this..... is this really mis-information as opposed to a sick rightwing Rush wanna-be being a typical conservative loser?
I'm not arguing that it does not have merit... it most definitely does....
My point is: If he said this in response to a potential law and claimed that this was the end result when the opposite was true.... that would be mis-information... what he said was a pathetically disgusting opinion and is just another example of the need to repeal the Telecommunication Act of 1996 and a potential return of the Fairness Doctrine!
I'm not that excited about conservatives voting...
This guy makes Quinn and Radical Rosie look like Thom Hartmann. His ratings, along with the intelligence of his listeners/advertisers must be very low. But, God Bless America that this bozo can make a living by being a jerk
Tell me this was taken out of context... It's the only way I could explain that
It was not taken out of context , this guy is insane
BAKER: "In fact, I have to be very honest. I'm not that excited about women..."
That was taken out of context, but probably pretty accurate.
I can not believe a mainstream radio network would have this guy on.
Apparently he's not the only one saying it. Here's something from Faux snewz where they are implying the same thing.
At the rate we're going that might eliminate all of us.
I swear is feels like he said this just to get posted on MMFA. You know what they say, there is no such thing as bad publiity
I had the same thought. You can almost hear a desperate, whispered "please!' after "And we'll see that, I'm sure, on a lame-ass website very soon."
I'm starting to think this guy might be Ann Coulter out of drag.
"Drunk ass hobos's"
It seems that the right may have finally found someone to replace the eloquent William F. Buckley Jr.
Kyle, is 46 "old"? If so, that's my demographic.
You're still a kid colonel.
I don't even consider myself old. Even though I was born during the Truman administration.
When I think of old people, i usually think it means people born during or before the Rutherford B. Hayes presidency.
Like John McCain.
Whew! so I'm a scary shaved-head pedophile-looking kid, and I can still vote.
I'm trying to register some ass-hobos, but only if they're in a 12 step program.No drunk ass-hobos voting on my watch!
Colonel, so we can add drunk ass hobos to the list of those that you hate? :-) At what point does all that hate against your fellow man and your fellow broads begin to eat away your soul? Do you have a soul left?
Tell ya what, ass-hobo. Why don't you "dry out" for a few hours, then we can talk about my soul. Or are you saying I have no soul because I'm white?
I've already called one co-worker an "ass-hobo" today. I like it.
Well, baby, I'm white and I have no damn soul. Can't dance worth a damn either. :-) But I like being called an ass-hobo. Sounds kinda elitist chic when you're sloshed. Or kinda sexy if you're horny. :-0)
Okay, somebody flag me before I go south with my mouth any more.
Hey ass-hobo what's up?
No soul? Good to know.
I am a big time sinner. so no soul works for me. :-0)What's your damn excuse? If you were voting for McCain instead of Obama, I'd say you shouldn't be allowed to vote either. But I know you're now atoning for your past sins of voting (twice) for THE worst president in history, so I'll cut you a break. :-)
Redemption is still within your reach, my friend.
He sounds like a Glenn Beck wannabe..
All of these local Talk Radio Troglodytes are Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh wannabees. They figure that if they repeat the talking points slavishly enough, they, too, will be rewarded with a multi-million-dollar nationally syndicated show. If we're lucky, the Karl Rove Talk Radio Propaganda octopus will eventually collapse from the weight of its own irrelevance.
VA estimates that 200,000 of the homeless on any given night are veterans.
Why does Baker hate the troops?
It's embarrassing that we have radio talkers like this on our airwaves.
MMFA, please quit running stories about this goofball or he'll go national. I remember him from when he was on in Houston. I didn't need to have you reminding me that he is still on the air somewhere.
um, who the heck is chris baker? why should anyone care what he thinks (and i use the term in its loosest sense)? i just read his wikopedia entry. for a guy who's supposedly such a hot commodity, no one seems to know who he is. go figure.
just another pathetic am twit, desperately trying to make something out of the nothing intellect he displays. idiot can't even provide a half-way intelligent sounding response to a reasonable question.