DU this poll: Did Santorum say 'Black' People or ‘Blah’ People?

[pokerfan]

From mediaite:

NAACP president Ben Jealous called Santorum’s alleged remark (with the understanding he said “black people” not “blah people”) “outrageous.” “He conflates welfare recipients with African-Americans, though federal benefits are in fact determined by income level,” Jealous said.

Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher noted it took Santorum three days to clarify that he really said “blah” not “black”. He emailed Santorum’s campaign on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before he volunteered this unusual explanation.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rick-santorum-to-john-king-i-didnt-say-black-people-i-said-blah-people/

[Ian David]

1. What's next?

No, I said TIGGER!



Does Santorum expect anyone to buy his crap?

[pokerfan]

3. Santorum hates 'Blah' people! (nt)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

41. and did that college crowd boo him today, or were they just saying "Boo-urns?"

"I was saying Boo-urns."

[Motown_Johnny]

2. kicking, just for the hell of it

[abelenkpe]

4. he he he I can't believe he thinks anyone would buy that! nt

[LiberalAndProud]

5. 80.92% believe their own ears

rather than lies and the lying liars who tell them.

[City Lights]

6. Done.

Almost 80% of the respondents said "black." Sorry, Ricky, no putting that comment back in the bottle. You own your racism and it's out there for all to see.

He disgusts me on so many levels.

[rurallib]

7. so this is a guy who claims to represent the religious

then god-damnit Santorum, tell the fucking truth.
And another thing - if that is what you believe then own it, be proud of it. Only a coward would try to snake out of what he said unless there was true contrition and an apology.

[Whisp]

8. Ob Blah Di, Ob Blah Da

Ob Blah Di, Ob Blah Da, Froth goes on, brah!...
Lala how the Froth goes on...

[jberryhill]

9. It kinda sounds like a stand-in for an indefinite number

But I think it is more likely that his audience was capable of filling in the blank with the obvious.

[tabasco]

30. No, it doesn't. n/t

[jberryhill]

31. lol, as if "what does it sound like" was an objective question

He leads in by saying, "They're just pushing to make more and more of you dependent upon them, so that they can get your vote."

[tabasco]

42. People's ears all work pretty much the same.

It is an objective analysis of sounds that came pout of Santorum's mouth, not a subjective analysis of what those sounds mean.

So, you're wrong.

[Swede]

10. Some of his best friends are blah.

[uponit7771]

11. Is this from the Onion? Is this for real?

[pokerfan]

17. It's for real

Follow the link in the OP and listen for yourself.

Talking about Medicaid: "I don't want to make Black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves..."

Yeah, Rick. You really meant 'blah' people.

[uponit7771]

22. OMG!!! WTF!? The guys an idiot!!! damn, I'm going to get 2 more people to vote for Obama

[treestar]

12. What an obvious lie!

[bawieland]

13. A great offense to the blah people.

What are "blah" people? "I don't want to make blah people's lives easier"?

How are we supposed to believe an excuse when the words don't even make sense.

[Marrah_G]

14. Blah people? ...really?

These people are so fucked up.

The GOP is hardly even trying to cover their racism anymore. Buchanan's book showed that.

[Angry Dragon]

15. 81.02% say black

I guess santorum has no problem lying

[JohnnyRingo]

21. 19% says it make sense to them?

Santorum must have had his kids voting in this poll.

[arbusto_baboso]

29. 19% are racists but too ball-less to admit it.

[d_b]

16. wtf is blah people?

dipshits

[rocktivity]

18. He definitely said "black," though he definitely tried to slur it a little

because he definitely realized he'd made a mistake when he said it:

"What I think — I started to say a word and then sort of changed and it sort of — blah — mumbled it and sort of changed my thought.”

In short, he meant what he said, and he said what he meant.


rocktivity

[chrisa]

19. 'Blah people' Ahahahaha!

That doesn't even make sense.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. I thought it was a joke yesterday.

Did he really say he was talking about "blah people"? What does that even mean?
This is ridiculoius. Fortunately for Santorum, no one will believe him and he'll get more support from his Republlican base.

Still, "blah people"? Even I could have done better. I might have told him to say he's talking about laid off democratic voting coal miners, or the people his church call sinners with a blackness to their soul. People with the last name Black?

[Enrique]

23. nice save!

[Erose999]

24. Is that really his cop out? That he said "Blah" instead of "Black"? I heard a distinct "K" when he

said it.

Fuck Frothy Mix Man on Dog Ricky.

I'm just going to add the following as search engine bait:

Rick Santorum
Anal sex
http://www.spreadingsantorum.com
Google
Iowa Caucus
Republican nomination
RNC
2012

[pokerfan]

26. Boo-urns!

Audience: Boo! Boo!
Burns: Smithers...are they booing me?
Smithers: Uh, no, they're saying "Boo-urns! Boo-urns!"

[Erose999]

25. Ricky Man-onDog and Ron Paul have put the GOP one step closer to using the N-word...

they've pretty much shown that you can make racist comments and still stay out front in the horse race. It won't be long until somebody like Buchanan or Ass Pimple Limbaugh lets one go.

[KamaAina]

27. Well, he must be a self-hating blah person, then

[SomethingFishy]

28. So a politician says something racist. It's caught on tape.

Said politician says "you can't believe your lying ears, that's not what I said". Now even though it is on tape and what he said, not to mention what he meant, is as plain as fucking day, the media decide to report that he might not actually be a racist scumbag and we all may need to have our hearing check.

This is fucking crazy. A poll? Really? They had to take a poll to decide what is as clear as day on the tape? Welcome to Crazyasfuckistan.

[deutsey]

32. Maybe he really meant to say "Blahmericans"

At least that explanation has some semblence of patriotism.

What a maroon, as Bugs Bunny would say.

[wandy]

33. Definatly BLACK! With an anomoley.

You can 'see' for you're self.
You will need a sound card supporting 'what you here'
A half way decent audio editor. Audicity will do just fine.
I recorded the audio then examined it. First off, without problems of network speed, buffering and such the word is clearly black.
Slowing the audio down from, easly done; 45 to 33 1/3 ; the word is clearly BLACK.
Looking at the wave pattern at the end of the word black it appears to antunate. My conclusion for this....
1) He was turning away from the mike. 2) It was edited and 'fade' was applied to the end of the word. Yes you can do that.
Wish I could clip a picture here. I found no need to mess around further. Good old 'easy target' sad BLACK.
BLACK I tell you. BLACK.
Lyeing bastards!

[jberryhill]

34. "He was turning away from the mike"

Turning away from what mike?

There are two other cameras on him with their own attached shotgun mikes. I don't see one on the podium and I don't see an obvious lavalier mike.

Where is the microphone that he is turning away from during the relevant section.

[wandy]

35. It's still Black.

I wish I could find another video shot from a diffrent camera. It would explain the 'fade' but not the transformation to blah.
I also see no podium or lavalier mike. Todays camera mikes are good enough for casual speaches.
This would have all blown away if 'Easey Target' just said whoops, sorry I ment to say the N word.
Little matter with no modification the word is clearly BLACK.

[annabanana]

36. "blah" people? OMFG that is the funniest thing he's ever said...

Does he actually think that people are going to BUY that load of shit?

[SunsetDreams]

37. OMG all this time he was talking about Republicans!?!?!

All they do is blah blah blah...they are the Blah People. I get it now!

[guitar man]

38. Well let's see

G5 Mac running apple logic with an audiophile sound card. Audio ripped from the video is displayed



EV Sentry studio monitor speakers powered by a Crown D75a power amp. Yeah they're a little dated but the still sound awesome and I still love them



Second source, Sennheiser HD280 Pro Headphones.



So let's be clear here, just like it is on the audio from the video. He said "black people". Period.

[wandy]

39. Yup Yup. See That.

AMD Athlon X2, ASUS MB, SoundBlaster Live, CA Speakers, Audacity 1.3 Unicode. Totaly different environments.
We get the same results.
'Easy Target' said BLACK! I tell you three times BLACK.
How can such a good christan be such a lyeing bastard?

[guitar man]

40. It's ok

As long as he's lying for jaysus