In an interview with Ketchikan’s KRBD, Alaska’s one and only Congressman, a Republican, Don Young in comments regarding the economy and employment, was able to include a racial slur. Congressman Young said, “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes,” he said. “It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It’s all done by machine.”

Congressman Young is again under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The fresh charges are that he failed to report gifts, misused campaign contributions and lied to investigators.

The National Republican Party has recently acknowledged their lack of outreach to the Hispanic population, and have vowed to repair and reach out. Something tells me this wasn’t party of their new program.

The colorful Congressman, in 1994, wavee an Oosik (Penis bone of a walrus) around at a US Fish and Wildlife Service hearing. When speaking to students in Fairbanks, Young was answering questions about cutting federal funding for the arts. “He said had underwritten, “photographs of people doing offensive things,” and “things that are absolutely ridiculous.” Asked for specifics, Young answered, “Buttf**king.”

Congressman Young has represented Alaska since 1973.