Newt Gingrich says Ted Nugent's white supremacism is comparable to Democrats

[cthulu2016]

accusing Republicans of favoring a return to slavery.

Which is odd.

The Republican embrace of Ted Nugent, a white supremacist, is part of the reason Democrats accuse Republicans of favoring a return to slavery.

See the irony?


Something else that Gingrich doesn't get is that Barrack Obama is presumptively not a "subhuman mongrel." On the other hand, the idea that contemporary Republicans are presumptively anti-slavery is silly. "Pro-slavery" is actually not the same as "subhuman mongrel."

To claim they are the same demands that Republican opposition to slavery be accepted on the same basis as Obama's humanity.

I don't put them on the same level at all. Republicans irrefutably favor movement backward in the direction of slavery, so the charge is merely hyperbole.

Is saying Obama is a subhuman mongrel hyperbole? A tasteless over-expression of a very real phenomenon?

What phenomenon is that, Newt?

Background: CNN is making a big thing about Nugent today (better late than never) because Texas Republican running for governor just appeared with the Nuge and Wendy Davis criticized it, which in CNN's view makes it news. The fact that Nugent was a regular on Huckabee show and Huckabee is said to be the current Republican front-runner ought, to my mind, have made it news when Nugent first uttered the subhuman line weeks ago. But yeah, better late than never.

[bigdarryl]

1. Here we go again with the slavery billshit

[shenmue]

2. Well, Newt Gingrich is a moron

So it figures.

[JHB]

3. Newt Gingrich says outrageous false thing to get an audience amped up...

...and ready to be pointed in the direction of his agenda du jour.

Occasion # 12,418.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Gingrich supports Nugent 100%...but wants Kerry to resign

That pretty much destroys his credibility right there. He's still an angry little attack muffin.

[tavernier]

5. Yup , old Nooot sees absolutely nothing wrong

with Nugent's breathtakingly ugly remarks toward the president. Wolfe gave him at least four chances to save himself, but Newt just kept digging himself deeper.

It was amazing to watch. He exposed himself as the racist pig he is.

[edbermac]

6. Poor Newt. If he only had a brain.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. To be fair, Noot does have a brain

but that boy just ain't right.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Does anyone care what Newt says anymore ?

Other than his booking agent ?