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Here is the video of a Gingrich supporter shouting "string him up" (Obama) (Original Post) wndycty Jan 2012 OP
This video says it all Tomay Jan 2012 #1
Anyone who has escaped from the South knows who and why they support Reptilians olegramps Jan 2012 #31
Ish Broderick Jan 2012 #2
Kick wndycty Jan 2012 #3
K&R tallahasseedem Jan 2012 #4
He will just say that he didn't hear it, like all the others usually do. n/t Tx4obama Jan 2012 #5
He clearly heard it. He hesitated, thought about it for a second then PRETENDED not to have heard it Beaverhausen Jan 2012 #8
crystal ball? bobnjack Jan 2012 #19
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #6
pig riverwalker Jan 2012 #7
Newt needs to condemn this... BrentWil Jan 2012 #9
Rather a broad brush. cordelia Jan 2012 #11
Provided an edit. NT BrentWil Jan 2012 #12
Thanks very much. cordelia Jan 2012 #13
Sorry about that... BrentWil Jan 2012 #17
White racists are his base. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #40
Everybody on the stage heard it. You can tell DevonRex Jan 2012 #10
I thought that guy said that! But I wasn't sure. joshcryer Jan 2012 #14
Sure sounds like it bobnjack Jan 2012 #22
Yet strangely enough.... zanana1 Jan 2012 #27
K/R CakeGrrl Jan 2012 #15
And here we go again. Proles Jan 2012 #16
This shit needs to stop. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2012 #18
Four years ago, it was "Kill him!" pokerfan Jan 2012 #20
Great, SC where Lynching is apparently still in fashion in some circles CatholicEdHead Jan 2012 #21
It is a Family Value Thingy. olegramps Jan 2012 #32
K and R NOLALady Jan 2012 #23
Survey says!... rep the dems Jan 2012 #24
A question that must be repeated: The Wizard Jan 2012 #25
Newt has selective amnesia. zanana1 Jan 2012 #26
"no more years" wial Jan 2012 #28
I think so too Tomay Jan 2012 #29
just the racist response newt is urging spanone Jan 2012 #30
can you imagine if any of this was said about the Chimperor? Whisp Jan 2012 #33
They sounded like a bunch of barbarians. boxman15 Jan 2012 #34
The reason Newt didn't repudiate it DFW Jan 2012 #35
If challanged, Newt would just double down. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #36
Yikes politicasista Jan 2012 #37
Kick wndycty Jan 2012 #38
They are not even hiding it anymore. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #39

Tomay

(58 posts)
1. This video says it all
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 09:06 PM
Jan 2012

A pretty disgusting display of the racism that saved Gingrich in South Carolina.

bobnjack

(2 posts)
19. crystal ball?
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:12 AM
Jan 2012

I think the best thing to do is to ignore a fool who would shout such a thing. Seems to me no one on stage reacted to it?

BrentWil

(2,384 posts)
9. Newt needs to condemn this...
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:06 PM
Jan 2012

And stop making many southern white males happy with what he says. Shit isn't healthy.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
10. Everybody on the stage heard it. You can tell
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:12 PM
Jan 2012

by the way they all stopped dead still. And then newt decides to ignore it and keep giving his racist dog whistle speech.

I noticed it when I saw it but couldn't tell what the guy said. Now I can.

I should also mention the homophobic dog whistles he did, too. Disgusting.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
14. I thought that guy said that! But I wasn't sure.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:21 PM
Jan 2012

After three watches, I can say that's definitely what it is.

bobnjack

(2 posts)
22. Sure sounds like it
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:24 AM
Jan 2012

It will be interesting to see if the media will ask Newt if he heard it, and if he will condem it. If we heard it, reporters have heard it.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
15. K/R
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:21 PM
Jan 2012

How far will they allow the crazy, angry racism to continue?

The soundbites will not be good for them if the Dems choose to play this up.

Proles

(466 posts)
16. And here we go again.
Sun Jan 22, 2012, 11:27 PM
Jan 2012

Going to be yet another heated election. Surely haven't forgotten the cries from the idiots in the GOP audience, shouting to McCain to kill Obama, or that Obama was a terrorist back in '08.

On the bright side though, things like this continue to show sane American's just how insane the republicans are becoming.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
20. Four years ago, it was "Kill him!"
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 12:13 AM
Jan 2012

Their threats seem to be turning more specific. Hope the secret service is on top of it.

The Wizard

(12,545 posts)
25. A question that must be repeated:
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 07:10 AM
Jan 2012

Of the two major political parties, which is more closely aligned with the Ku Klux Klan?
the repubes usually try to make allusions to what Robert Byrd did over 60 years ago to avoid answering the question. When they do just repeat the question.

zanana1

(6,122 posts)
26. Newt has selective amnesia.
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 10:56 AM
Jan 2012

He doesn't remember things, like how the GOP kicked him out, or how he wanted an open marriage or a myriad of other things that make him look bad.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
33. can you imagine if any of this was said about the Chimperor?
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 03:42 PM
Jan 2012

they'd be cuffed and taken away.

this is such crazy extreme shit I can't believe it (oh, yes I can), this stuff is allowed to happen and much worse. Obama has to deal with this every fucking day, day in and day out, he has to suffer this shit from so many people - but yet he plugs along and does his work the best he can. And he still remains a decent person regardless of all the hate splatters that are slung at him.

This is one reason I stand by him as solidly as I do - more so with each and every passing day I realize what a herculean task he has, even if things were 'normal' and low hanging scum like Newt and countless other repugs (and so called democrats that pretty well say the same shit - to you I say just fuck off already and hitch onto the other side where you really belong, but get out of the way) weren't making up huge lies about him and stirring up the innate bigotry in so many, the job is still too enormous to even properly comprehend.

Thank you, President Obama, for being a strong and good hearted person. We have your back, the large mouthed screamers are after your firey feet tho, so watch out.

boxman15

(1,033 posts)
34. They sounded like a bunch of barbarians.
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 03:44 PM
Jan 2012

I really hope that's just because of what drinks Newt was serving that night, but I doubt it. That was honestly one of the most disturbing political videos I've seen.

DFW

(54,401 posts)
35. The reason Newt didn't repudiate it
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 04:54 PM
Jan 2012

It's not because he agrees with the asshole who shouted it.

It's because he quickly calculated that it would be more expedient for him not to repudiate it.
That's the way Newt thinks about everything, whether it's his next wife, or his next move.

If Obama came out and supported millions for cancer research, Newt would check to see if
the radical right was interested in curing cancer, and if not, he would say that Obama was
onyl interested in wasting taxpayer money for frivolous medical adventures. If the radical
right WERE interested in spending millions for finding a cure cor cancer, Gingrich would then
bash Obama for not spending enough on it.

Tom Lehrer once wrote about Wernher von Braun: "a man whose allegiance is ruled by expedience."
Von Braun disengaged himself from Nazism. Maybe some day Gingrich will do the same--when it's
expedient to do so, of course.

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