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| Jimmuah: Newt uses 'subtlety of racism' | |
| 2012-01-19 | |
Former president Jimmy Carter has accused Newt Gingrich of using subtly racist language to appeal to the extreme right in South Carolina.
"I think he has that subtlety of racism that I know quite well, and that Gingrich knows quite well, that appeals to some people in Georgia -- particularly the right wing," he told Piers Morgan in an interview on CNN. The 87-year-old said he did not think Mr Gingrich himself was racist but that through his constant references to Barack Obama as a "food stamp president" and by continually linking of the black community to welfare payments he was making a coded appeal to bigots in the conservative state of South Carolina. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #17 I eagerly await his death as I've been holding a serious bundle of appreciation to anoint his grave with. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-19 21:26 |
| #16 What are you fighting for, Jimmuh? Destruction of a country that rejected him? I'd say reinforcement of his unassailable sense of moral superiority. |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-01-19 18:22 |
| #15 Whenever Carter talks I am reminded of my dear old Dad's rejoiner: Consider the source. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2012-01-19 15:34 |
| #14 I think he has that subtlety of racism that I know quite well Mr. Carter was far from subtle back when he was in Georgia politics. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-01-19 15:01 |
| #13 It's jimmuh who want to keep them slaves on the food stamp plantation. In the Roman Empire is was bread and circuses. Now it's food stamps and TV. Keep those people poor and ignorant so they'll vote Democrat, jimmuh. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-19 12:01 |
| #12 More B.S. from a failed presidents. He's trying to regain his position as the worst president in our history? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-01-19 11:55 |
| #11 "Shut up and get in the box, Gramps." |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-01-19 11:13 |
| #10 Homer Simpson was right: Jimmy Carter is history's greatest monster |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-19 11:05 |
| #9 "Ma, we was down by mean ol' Mistuh Cahtuh's shack an' he yelled at us, then he grabbed Andy an' touched him in a wrong way fer a boy. Andy's dad wants that the menfolk run him outta town sayin' they don't cotton to his kind. Kin I borry an ol' sheet used bah th' cleanin' girl an' cut sum eye holes innit?" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-01-19 10:21 |
| #8 Subtlety and code words are the Democrats way of placing racism where it doesn't exist. The party that had a Grand Wizard as a member cannot dare to let people compare policies and what those polices have done to lift all people or subjugate them for generations so they project and throw slurs like this. Sickening. On the other hand perhaps Jimmy is looking to recapture the "worst president ever" title. He'll have to step up his game though. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-01-19 09:43 |
| #7 So subtle that it could be, you know, not his intent at all? Hello, Mr. Carter? |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-01-19 08:49 |
| #6 So says the user of subtly antisemitic language to appeal to the extreme left. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2012-01-19 08:45 |
| #5 As I've seen it, it wasn't Newt who suggested that the poor and minorities are food stamp dependant, it was the moderator; as in all minorities whether they have money or not. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-01-19 08:44 |
| #4 "...In a rare interview, Mr Carter said..." yeah, that's only the 5,975th interview he has given since 1980 so it's pretty rare |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2012-01-19 07:22 |
| #3 What are you fighting for, Jimmuh? Destruction of a country that rejected him? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-01-19 04:22 |
| #2 "I think he has that subtlety of racism that I know quite well, and that Gingrich knows quite well, that appeals to some people in Georgia -- particularly the right wing," It's so subtle that he has to hold up a cue card so the sheeple can recognize it. They'll probably know what to do next. Bleat indignantly, not knowing what they're bleating about, safe in the knowledge that nobody will ever question them individually because of the safety in numbers. Keep on bleating. I don't worry about losing your vote because you are so lazy about educating yourselves beyond a few shallow concepts and buzz words, or about today's politcal landscape and trickery, or yesterday's lessons, that you look to an impotent socialist malcontent for leadership. Sounds so deep and intlligent, doesn't he? Better than having to work at voting intelligently! Prithee tell: Who's going to be the driving force behind inventing and manufacturing the next surgical procedure or iPhone once everyone's paid the same no matter what they do? (Except for the elite, of course!) Don't know? Maybe ask North Korea where they get all their cool stuff from. Or food, for that matter. Worker's paradise, indeed. Move there if you like it so much. What are you fighting for, Jimmuh? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-19 00:37 |
| #1 Jimmy's been a denigration of moral ethical-thinking Caucasians all his life. Is that racist? I denounce myself |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-19 00:33 |