“Gingrich’s problem isn’t racism,” claims Pete earnestly, the sweat all but popping from his brow. “it’s ignorance. Only someone profoundly ignorant of African-American politics would suggest that black Americans have spent the past few decades seeking food stamps, not jobs.”
Sorry, dude. Newt’s not concerned with “African-American politics.” He’s concerned with cracker politics. And he knows there’s no better way to stir up the crackers than to tell them that he’s going to go to those dudes in the ghetto—you know the ones I’m talking about—and tell them to get up off their big, black asses and get a job! Right on!
No, Newt’s problem isn’t ignorance, Pete. It’s moral corruption. If only you had the balls to say so.
Afterwords
The cream of the jest.? Actually, they’re several. The first is the gross self-satisfaction with which Newt pats himself on the back for having the courage to tell the politically incorrect truths that the media don’t want you to hear. Because it’s so brave to tell a pack of southern white folks that blacks are lazy.
The second is to see Juan Williams, Fox’s Favorite Negro (for a day), learning first hand how much his new-found friends respect him. Juan was roundly booed at the Republican debate for having the temerity—which is a polite word for uppityness—to ask a white man a question he didn’t want to answer. Starting to feel a little homesick for NPR, Juan? I don’t blame you!
The third is, well, I’m going to circle back to Pete, who just doesn’t have the nerve to admit that a Republican politician of national stature would play the race card, but that’s exactly what Newt is doing. Republicans accuse President Obama of “class war” because he advocates raising taxes on the rich back to where they were under President Clinton. Newt isn’t waging class war; he’s waging race war. And the Republican Party is buying.
