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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Sanford: Obama will ‘throw a lot of spears’ at next debate
The disgraced former Republican governor of South Carolina on Sunday used a racially-coded term in his prediction that the nations first African-American president would go on attack and throw a lot of spears at Tuesdays town hall debate.
Former Gov. Mark Sanford now a Fox News contributor told Fox News host Shannon Bream that President Barack Obama would have to be much more aggressive during the next debate because Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was seen as dominating the first encounter.
Obamas going to come out in this case much more forcefully, and hes going to throw a lot of spears, Sanford opined. And I think its very, very important that in this case that, you know, Romney stay focused on his vision for the country and stay focused on the things that, I think, matter most to people in this country, which is, where is the economy going, where are we with jobs, and whats happening next on the debt and the deficit issue?
While Bream decided not to call Sanford out on his reference to Obama throwing spears, Mediaites Tommy Christopher saw significance in the former governors remark.
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MjolnirTime
(1,800 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,084 posts)He can say what he wants, but the vast majority of South Carolinians revile him, and consider him an embarrassment to the state. And, THAT is saying something about this turd.
And, why would anyone expect a Fox "News" toady to call him out on that?
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)Island Blue
(5,816 posts)I wonder who will be the first to use the "n" word on FOX.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)Actually expected it long before now.
tibbiit
(1,601 posts)Why dont they just get it over with and call him a lazy shiftless, no good Nig...
I wish I could go up to these pigs and call them racists to their faces and where is their shame?
Gov. Appalachian Trail should be ashamed of himself.
tib
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Oh yeah Ann Coulter, there is no racism in America
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)Obama is going to feel like he was on the receiving end of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. (humor alert)
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)I was having a conversation with a friend of mine a few days ago and I said basically the same thing about spears. I didn't even think of the double meaning and my friend said "you probably would want to re-phrase that." (which he was right once he pointed it out.)
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)JI7
(89,250 posts)Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)Go figure.
The human penis has absolutely astonishing powers of persuasion. Never ceases to amaze me.
PragmaticLiberal
(904 posts)struggle4progress
(118,286 posts)BootinUp
(47,154 posts)Obama will be doing the jungle boogie on his ass...That Obama will do anything to rally his tribesmen and tribeswomen...that he will get uncivilized on poor Mitt. Something like that.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)Racist say what racists believe. Fox News set this up so Sanford would say this.
It was probably part of the deal to book him in Sanford's attempt to re-habilitate himself.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)How classy.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)One can only wish.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)...you turn to the only thing left to you: falsehoods, hyperbole and innuendo. Oh yeah, and racially bigoted stereotypes designed to appeal to your low information voters who are so stupid they don't realize they are being played like a cheap guitar.
"... throw a lot of spears..." Really?
It's called low-rent, passive-aggressive racial bigotry, and it's used by stupid people who ain't got anything else.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)I don't know where they continue to drag up their spokespersons but they need to raise their standards. Another good reason to never be a republican.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Out in the open..
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)because he thinks he's got it.
I think Romney expects Obama to come at him, but part of Mitt also thinks he's really rattled the President. Which emotion do you think Romney will respond to? Fear, or egotism?
Hmmm... Big ass CEO, Governor, Olympic Coordinator, Religious leader, Mega millionaire. I'm guessing Romney is drawn toward the ego stroke, not the fear factor.
Whatever Romney expects, rest assured it's not what's coming.
The dynamic of the debate reminds me of this scene--and Senator Geary is Romney to a T:
Scuba
(53,475 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)You're a disgrace, Sanford.
Iggo
(47,555 posts)Jeez.
Cha
(297,257 posts)Some asshole former gov of South Carolina that's who.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)Tommy Thompsons' son saying send the President back to Kenya, now Sanford. It goes on.
D23MIURG23
(2,850 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)to election day. What's sad is that South Carolina obviously has a large African American population, and this man used to govern them. It's really just a shameful and sad tactic, hard to believe.