Oakland Mayoral Candidate Hates Bicycles, Gays, Thinks We Should All Carry Guns

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Our favorite of the bunch, purely for his honesty and his prose talents, Peter Liu.

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Liu is a 33-year-old Iraq War veteran and self-made multi-millionaire (according to him) who is definitely not a fan of political — or politically correct — speech.

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Liu also believes that all the "good men" in Oakland should be armed with concealed weapons and should become part of militias under his Community Empowered Safety Plan. He also thinks that San Francisco is a "dirty city" and that homosexuality is a grave and deadly sin — as he said in an email to Zennie Abraham — and he says he "enjoys being offensive" and "war changed me, man."

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Asked about his relationship with the City Council and how he would interact with them as Mayor:

To achieve my goals, if any councilmember obstructs me in any way that is unreasonable, I’ll intellectually bitch slap them until they go home crying.

Asked what his first priorities would be as Mayor, he talks about funding surveillance cameras in high-crime neighborhoods by selling conceal-carry permits to other citizens. And he talks about the militias, which would prepare Oakland for an all-out terrorist invasion.

If a dozen armed terrorists with AK47s start mass killings, residents will be have the preparations in place to deal with it real time. Don’t flee to the mountain like pussies, use your 2nd Amendment rights.

Asked if he'd be able to handle the oversight of Oakland's $1 billion budget:

I can count from 1 to 10 with my fingers so a 10 digit number is no problem for me. I am the world’s smartest leader, give me a trillion dollar budget and I’ll do it like Picasso.

Asked about his solution for Oakland's housing shortage and the growing population:
What is the fastest way to build Oakland housing that is cheap, environmentally safe, fire-proof, affordable, earthquake resistant, withstand any natural storms and bullets fired from an AK47? Earth Adobe, dome shaped houses made of soil straight from the land it is built upon, by far the cheapest and strongest material for housing.

And one of his most passionate responses came just last week, when asked, "What would you do as mayor to improve pedestrian/bicyclist safety and infrastructure and to promote alternative forms of transportation in the City of Oakland?" But here's where we start to wonder if maybe he's just given up on being a serious candidate and is just screwing with us:

These bicyclists need to learn what the frick is a red light. If it is red, you suppose to STOP. I’ve seen their asses numerous times ride through the red like they’re Rambo. Total fricking idiots. At one time I felt like running their arse over with my Toyota, but this is not San Francisco and I am too cool for that.
An alternative form of transportation I support is horses.

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