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Says he's sleepy, plays basketball and watches ESPN

Why do you think?

Those dog whistle politics are a disgrace to civilization.

Politicofact says

Says he's sleepy, plays basketball and watches ESPN

Why do you think?

Those dog whistle politics are a disgrace to civilization.

These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For

I normally wouldn't interject in to a race-baiting conversation, but seriously. How do you get "lazy black man" from what Gingrich says? I'm no fan of Gingrich, but clearly the POTUS has made known his love of basketball, sports, music... and he seems so vacation often. Either way, at times, he does look tired (as all presidents do). So I think you're reading WAY too much into it. Doesn't surprise me. Standard seriously polarized politcal viewpoints.

Jeremy says

I normally wouldn't interject in to a race-baiting conversation, but seriously. How do you get "lazy black man" from what Gingrich says?

Are you blind?

A) " requires large amounts of rest,"
B) " I'm assuming there's some rhythm to Barack Obama that the rest of us don't understand"
C) "whether he needs to go play basketball for a while"
D) " I don't quite know what his rhythms are."
E) "I don't, you know, watch ESPN"

are you paying attention

read the entire transcript

Politicofact says

Jeremy says

I normally wouldn't interject in to a race-baiting conversation, but seriously. How do you get "lazy black man" from what Gingrich says?

Are you blind?

A) " requires large amounts of rest,"

B) " I'm assuming there's some rhythm to Barack Obama that the rest of us don't understand"

C) "whether he needs to go play basketball for a while"

D) " I don't quite know what his rhythms are."

E) "I don't, you know, watch ESPN"

are you paying attention

read the entire transcript

These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For

A: My brother is white, and requires large amounts of rest.

B: "marches to the beat of his own drum" - a very common saying.

C: BO has verbalized his love of basketball numerous times.

D: See point B above

E: Gingrich is old, and a little out of touch, but that doesn't make him a racist

You're a lawyer? Jeez.

Jeremy says

You're a lawyer? Jeez.

I know right?

tdr says

States rights vs. Federal Tax....big difference.

It used to be a big difference, until John Roberts decided to obliterate it. Now the federal government can tax identically situated people differently based solely on their religion, and can penalize people of disfavored religions for the pre-crime that they may be more likely to transgress somehow in the future. If you don't have insurance and you're a Jehovah's witness, you're OK, but if you don't have insurance and you're Jewish or atheist, you're penalized for the pre-crime that in future you may be more likely to shift medical costs onto someone else. (Nevermind that insurance is fundamentally about cost-shifting, and this becomes especially true with mandatory insurance. Cost-shifting is bad when insurance companies don't get a cut, but it somehow becomes good when insurance companies do get a cut because they share that $ with lobbyists and politicians.) Next Congress can tax Catholics for giving wine to children, or Rastafarians for the pre-crime of smoking the ganja without the necessity of actually apprehending them with evidence of having done so. Prior to 2010, Romney advocated RomneyCare as a national model; then he saw it was unpopular, so "multiple choice Romney" changed his position. It isn't about race, it's about federal power and especially lobbyists' power and revenue. It's a lot of power for the federal government, and few in the federal capital stand against arrogating more power to themselves. Roberts' decision further empowers his federal colleagues and hugely enriches his former law firm partners.

Jeremy says

brother

Your brother? WTF?

Your brother is not black, your brother is not the President.

Have you lost it or are you plain ignorant of the facts?

Obviously your only making excuses, you say as much about Newt being old, NO EXCUSE. He knew 100% what he was saying, It was planned racist propaganda.

Your not making any sense, but your making excuses for blatant racist remarks.

Your white brother, lol.

Your also putting words in newts mouth, don't.

He said these things and more:

A) " requires large amounts of rest,"

B) " I'm assuming there's some rhythm to Barack Obama that the rest of us don't understand"

C) "whether he needs to go play basketball for a while"

D) " I don't quite know what his rhythms are."

E) "I don't, you know, watch ESPN"

Jeremy , also Newt was discussing the President and not your brother in esoterically terms.

curious2 says

It used to be a big difference, until John Roberts decided to obliterate it.

Spot on with your statement.

Politicofact says

Obviously your only making excuses, you say as much about Newt being old, NO EXCUSE. He knew 100% what he was saying, It was planned racist propaganda.

Your not making any sense, but your making excuses for blatant racist remarks.

*you're

ummm.... oh, and *you're again

You're a Lawyer? Jeez.

Call it Crazy says

He's NOT a lawyer... he just clicked that box on his profile page... anyone can click that box.

Exactly. Another user pretends to be a math teacher, then posts comments apparently intended to embarrass the teachers' union and public education. "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."