thinkprogress.org— Last night on Fox News, Newt Gingrich tried to claim that when he commented on bilingual education and the "language of the ghetto," he was referring to Hebrew.
Apr 3, 2007View in Crawl 4
Remember in the movie "cocoon" when they open up the cocoon and the alien inside of it is all malnourished and dying? ... Tell me that's not Newt Gingrich.
He didn't say anything like that in the video. I love the newsie-quality headlines we have here on Digg. "Asteroid to hit earth in 20 years!!!" (real story: asteroid to never hit earth, but we might actually be able to see it this time.)"When I Said 'Language Of The Ghetto,' I Meant Hebrew" (real story: Newt backpedals frantically, mentioning the word 'Jew' on Hannity and Combs after making a racially sweeping generalization about Hispanics")
So it's okay to be anti-Semitic then? He tries to get out of making racist remarks about Spanish speaking people by claiming he was actually talking s**t about Jews; that is just so beautiful I could cry. Why does this man have a job? Why does he get to speak in public; he should be banned from public, it might be contagious.
captainnopantsApr 3, 2007
hahahaha, are you kidding me? What a bold-faced liar. Try not tripping over yourself as you back-peddle, Newt.
mtb167Apr 3, 2007
Remember in the movie "cocoon" when they open up the cocoon and the alien inside of it is all malnourished and dying? ... Tell me that's not Newt Gingrich.
mtb167Apr 3, 2007
He didn't say anything like that in the video. I love the newsie-quality headlines we have here on Digg. "Asteroid to hit earth in 20 years!!!" (real story: asteroid to never hit earth, but we might actually be able to see it this time.)"When I Said 'Language Of The Ghetto,' I Meant Hebrew" (real story: Newt backpedals frantically, mentioning the word 'Jew' on Hannity and Combs after making a racially sweeping generalization about Hispanics")
whorelockApr 3, 2007
I live in the ghetto and I can guarantee there is no Hebrew spoken whatsoever.
larojaApr 4, 2007
So it's okay to be anti-Semitic then? He tries to get out of making racist remarks about Spanish speaking people by claiming he was actually talking s**t about Jews; that is just so beautiful I could cry. Why does this man have a job? Why does he get to speak in public; he should be banned from public, it might be contagious.