Gingrich Says ‘Work’ Is A ‘Strange, Distant Concept’ To Juan Williams

[Tx4obama]

Newt Gingrich launched a now-infamous tirade against moderator Juan Williams during Monday night’s GOP debate after Williams dared to ask him if he could understand why some African-Americans were offended by Gingrich’s obsession with food stamps and child labor. “No, I don’t see that,” Gingrich sneered back.

Williams later insisted he wasn’t offended by Gingrich’s pointed defense, but did say his food stamps rhetoric is “very racial and…unless I missed it, black people haven’t been out there demanding food stamps, or marching for food stamps.”

Today, during a campaign stop in South Carolina, Gingrich recalled his exchange with Williams and used the same kind of suggestive language that Williams had objected to — this time directed at Williams himself:

GINGRICH: I had a very interesting dialogue Monday night in Myrtle Beach with Juan Williams about the idea of work, which seemed to Juan Williams to be a strange, distant concept.

SNIP

VIDEO here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/20/408473/gingrich-says-work-is-a-strange-concept-to-juan-williams/


p.s. I think that it is Gingrich's strategy to continually attack the media in order to 'try' to take the focus off of his own problems that the media should be reporting on.

[montanacowboy]

1. And until the "media" comes back at him

they will continually be belittled and spat upon the the superior Gingrich

they make themselves look the fool

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Newt can't see straight through the eye holes in his hood.

Newt has gone way beyond the dog whistle with a comment like that. Whatever else you want to say about Williams (and I'm no fan; IMO he's a sellout) I don't know how you can interpret Newt's comment accusing Williams of not understanding the concept of work as anything but blatant, overt racism.

[KT2000]

3. Newt will implode soon

He just cannot contain all of that hatred and with a national audience, he won't be able to stop himself.

I doubt Newt even knows what work is - he considers his own "brilliance" a substitute for work and he sure didn't learn any discipline along the way.

[Hollywood Hills]

4. Make no mistake.....

This is not a jab at the media. It is a "black" thing. Even if you have a high profile job on tee vee it still doesn't count as work. I'm sure for Hannity and O'Reilly it's considered a job that requires hard work and expertise, but, for Juan-Boy....it's shuckin' and jivin'. Dancing with the enemy. I'm glad Newt "keeps" him in his place.

[sulphurdunn]

5. Newty

is what a stupid man thinks a smart man sounds like. Newt is the candidate for the greedy brain dead who fancy themselves pragmatic intellectuals.

[Matariki]

6. What was that quote?

Oh yeah -

Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.