Newt Gingrich ought to be ashamed of himself. For those of us surprised by today's ugly, cynical, racial politics--history tells us this is nothing new. Anyone would be hard pressed to find a decade in which the political establishment did not use race as an insincere tool of manipulation; scaring those easily scared by "others" and frustrating those who can see what is happening, having seen it before. African Americans are very well acquainted with their role as political pawns. Don't trip. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony argued against black men (brutes) legally getting to vote before they (belles) could. (1848) That didn't work out so well, check the 19th Amendment. (1920)
As soon as he enters the race, Gingrich pulls out his old Georgia playbook: trying to scare the bejibies out of old white folks: calling Obama a "food stamp" president and referring to his "3-point jump shot." Whatever happened to subtlety? The irony, dear sir, is that if it didn't work for Palin in the heat of a national Presidential battle, it won't work for you. Are you serious? Denigrating another human for personal gain is shameful and Americans know it. If you didn't scare enough folks enough not to allow Obama to be elected in 2008, forget about it. It won't happen. And guess what. As you throw racial barbs across the room, trying to see what might stick, you do nothing but demean yourself. In certain quarters you may appear heroic, but in the wide world, you sound like an old, racist relic. I like what Chris O'Donnell said, most of us under 45 have and love friends and family of different races, religions, sexual orientations, etc., and we don't scare so easily. We love the world we live in and the people in it. How about we stick to the real scary stuff: that Ryan Bill against Medicare and more tax cuts for millionaires, like Donald Trump.
As soon as he enters the race, Gingrich pulls out his old Georgia playbook: trying to scare the bejibies out of old white folks: calling Obama a "food stamp" president and referring to his "3-point jump shot." Whatever happened to subtlety? The irony, dear sir, is that if it didn't work for Palin in the heat of a national Presidential battle, it won't work for you. Are you serious? Denigrating another human for personal gain is shameful and Americans know it. If you didn't scare enough folks enough not to allow Obama to be elected in 2008, forget about it. It won't happen. And guess what. As you throw racial barbs across the room, trying to see what might stick, you do nothing but demean yourself. In certain quarters you may appear heroic, but in the wide world, you sound like an old, racist relic. I like what Chris O'Donnell said, most of us under 45 have and love friends and family of different races, religions, sexual orientations, etc., and we don't scare so easily. We love the world we live in and the people in it. How about we stick to the real scary stuff: that Ryan Bill against Medicare and more tax cuts for millionaires, like Donald Trump.
