Santorum denies calling Obama the n-word

[dzika]

From: The Raw Story

The Internet was buzzing on Friday morning that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum may have almost dropped the n-bomb on President Barack Obama.

Speaking to a group of voters in Janesville, Wisconsin on Wednesday, the candidate seemed to catch himself before using a word that sounds like "n*gger" to describe the president.

“We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig... America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong," Santorum said.

"Oh, come on!" Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley told Raw Story when asked for comment. "Give me a break. That's unbelievable. What does it say about those that are running with this story that that's where their mind goes. You know, I'm not going to dignify that with [a response]."

"That is absolutely ridiculous."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/30/santorum-denies-calling-obama-the-n-word/

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. The usual race-baiting from desperate Republicans

Here's what they want to do at this moment: ride white conservative resentment about the Trayvon Martin killing into votes.

Here's how you do it: attempt to provoke people into accusations of racism that have some minor plausible deniability. "See, those people think everything is racist!"

This is clearly part of a strategy. If it wasn't so cretinous and distasteful, it might even be amusing.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

67. I think I disagree. I think it was a slip and not planned. Only because of what he did after he

said NIG. Unless he is the best actor in the world, academy award level, the abrupt, stumbling, change
of subject seemed 100% real to me. His post "NIG" reaction also PROVES 1) He really almost said it
and 2) His denial shows he is a liar

[yardwork]

202. I agree. He started to say the "n" word, realized where he was, and panicked.

That means that Santorum is very comfortable using the "n" word with groups of people who agree. This wasn't a dog whistle. This was a slip revealing that Santorum talks this way a lot.

[Richard D]

2. Words that start with "nig"

Can't say that I see another possibility . . . ("nigh.." words with soft "g", such as "night" removed)


nigella
nigellas
niger
nigers
niggard
niggarded
niggarding
niggardise
niggardised
niggardises
niggardising
niggardize
niggardized
niggardizes
niggardizing
niggardliness
niggardlinesses
niggardly
niggards
nigger
niggerdom
niggerdoms
niggered
niggerhead
niggerheads
niggering
niggerish
niggerism
niggerisms
niggerling
niggerlings
niggers
niggery
niggle
niggled
niggler
nigglers
niggles
nigglier
niggliest
niggling
nigglingly
nigglings
niggly
nigh
nighed
nigher
nighest
nighing
nighly
nigrescence
nigrescences
nigrescent
nigricant
nigrified
nigrifies
nigrify
nigrifying
nigritude
nigritudes
nigromancies
nigromancy
nigrosin
nigrosine
nigrosines
nigrosins

[Ecumenist]

6. LOL!! A.B.S.O.L.U.T.E.L.Y Right, Richard D. He can deny it all he wants but he said what he did

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without thinking and the panicked horror on his face confirms his intent.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

142. exactly..the aftermath confirms it. Say he intended to let that word half slip as a cue

to bigots out there. He would have NEVER,EVER been able to "act" like he did after he said "NIG"

wish I had one of those super advanced systems like the FBI, so I could hear the NIG better. I can't
discern it like everyone else is.

[izquierdista]

8. Ah yes, nigella

Poor Rick was probably craving some tasty nigella flavored curry and it overwhelmed his brain circuits. I do it all the time. Yum.

[newspeak]

41. no, really

he was going to say niggerdly. Yeah, just like those "blah" people.

[NewJeffCT]

64. Because people so commonly use that word

just a part of everyday conversation for most people.

[VWolf]

13. My thought exactly

Perhaps Hogan Gidley can clarify exactly what Ricky intended to say there, cause it sure sounded like the 1st half of the n-bomb.

black => blah
nig => niggly ????

And thanks to the Zimmermans, we also have
coon => goon

[polichick]

18. Except he didn't use it alone. The term would have been...

"government n-word" - so what is that exactly?

[wial]

96. I've read it's a common usage on the right

when they think no one is listening. Someone on reddit says he's heard it used in conversation. Take that for what it's worth. It means something like "welfare queen".

[wial]

97. here's a blog claiming the same thing

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/government-nigger

I don’t know if any of you grew up with a racist mom, but I’ve DEFINITELY heard the term “government nigger” before. It means someone who relies on welfare, does drugs or engages in some kind of questionable activity, and is bad at managing money (also a popular quote at my place, “spending like a nigger”) and bad at parenting. they’re those people FOX News went around interviewing and trying to outsmart to prove that Obama’s voters only wanted a black President.

So like, don’t tell me “government nigger” doesn’t make sense. It makes sense. I instantly knew what Santorum was talking about. And it’s fucking disgusting. And I can not wait until the day this man is hawking a reality show because he’s been kicked out of the sphere of national fucking relevance.

[polichick]

104. Well, if that's actually a term people use maybe it is what he was going for...

In that case, Santorum is uglier than ever - and he was plenty ugly before.

[CakeGrrl]

172. Yes, like people use "Sand Nigger" as a derogatory term for Middle Eastern people,

or "Boat Nigger" to describe a lackey who works on a boat.

The key? "Nigger" takes everything down to a lower level. That's the point of the word.

[Tx4obama]

165. Replace the 'n' word with the 'a' word

“We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government nig... America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong," Santorum said.


“We know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like – the anti-war government ASSHOLE... America was a source for division around the world, that what we were doing was wrong," Santorum said.

See, Santorum using the 'N' word would make sense in HIS mind.

[slampoet]

22. Not only can you hear him say "NIGG" you also hear him try to recover with "AF"

and try to say African American.

The context triple dooms him and i have heard a THOUSAND bigoted white people try to recover in the EXACT same way.

[karynnj]

24. Impressive case made! Thanks

and no other letter could sound like an "n" or a "g" - and the vowel is clearly "i"

[FarLeftFist]

25. Maybe he meant NIGERIAN? Maybe he has Tourettes. BLAH PEOPLE! AAARGH I CANT CONTROL MYSELF!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

51. Omg ! hysterical. Is it absolutely clear that he actually said 'nig"? I can't hear it that

well. But, what's telling in itself is what he did AFTER that. Obviously, his mind going a million miles
a minute, trying to immediately change the subject. He didn't finish the thought.

Yep...Guilty

What's weird is, that the guy was actually a bit honest. His reaction shows he can lie with the best of them

[yardwork]

203. It sounds very clear to me in the clip at the OP. I have no doubt about what he started to say.

[WeekendWarrior]

59. How about NEGOTIATOR?

I can't stand Santorum—I frankly think the Google search term is accurate—but he could easily have been about to say "government negotiator." I'm not willing to assume the worst just because he's a complete asshole.

[EOTE]

77. So why didn't he just finish his thought?

If he wanted to say negotiator, why didn't he? Why did he get all flustered after saying it and then move on to something else?

[Spazito]

80. Excellent question! n/t

[lunasun]

147. negotiator???? Yeah he wanted to point out Obama was

a negotiator
and then decided against it ?

[CrispyQ]

206. Perhaps he remembered, mid-sentence, that the Negotiator was killed off &

thought his comment was in bad taste?

Priceline Says Goodbye To Shatner’s “Negotiator” – Watch Final Ad

http://trekmovie.com/2012/01/19/priceline-says-goodbye-to-shatners-negotiator-watch-final-ad/

[WeekendWarrior]

235. Yes, exactly

He could have realized that this might paint Obama in a good light and quickly backed away—thus the stumble.

My point, of course, is that none of us really knows what he was about to say. Laugh all you want. Doesn't mean you know anymore than I do, or anyone else here.

[WeekendWarrior]

114. People don't speak perfectly and

it's ridiculous to think they do. Maybe he lost his train of thought. Who knows? But I'm certainly not going to parse syllables in the guy's speech and assume I know what he was going to say.

There are legitimate reasons to call this guy a scumbag, and this kind of thing only makes the people pointing the finger look petty and stupid. NOBODY really knows what he was about to say and making assumptions is ridiculous.

[EOTE]

118. Ahhh, OK. So he just happened to have said half of the n word and THEN happens

to get flustered. Because we all know how flustered one gets when mentioning a negotiator.

It doesn't look petty and stupid because just about any person capable of adding 2 and 2 knows what Santorum was about to say. NO ONE gets that flustered after making an honest little flub.

[cstanleytech]

123. He could have gotten flustered because if he said he was a negotiator that

potentially casts Obama in a positive light which no republican wants to do.
I mean heck he got us out of the mess that Bush got us into in Iraq and they still wont really acknowledge that accomplishment.

[EOTE]

129. That's about the most likely explanation I've heard which doesn't suggest

he was about to say the n-word.

In spite of it being the second most likely explanation, it's still insanely unlikely that that's what he was going to say. Watching the video is pretty damning and pretty damned clear.

[WeekendWarrior]

125. It's petty and stupid because

you DON'T know what he was about to say. How can you possibly know, if he didn't say it? As I pointed out, he COULD have been about to say "negotiator," which would have worked within the context of his sentence. And he didn't look flustered at all. He simply stumbled over words—as everyone does now and then.

YOU are making an assumption based on your bias against the man. You assume you can read his mind and know what he was about to say. But if you're honest about it, if you look at it without that bias—as we democrats try to do—then you can't possibly know he was about to make a racial slur.

There are a least a dozen other reasons to despise this guy, but this kind of nonsense just smacks of grasping for straws.

And I say this as someone who thinks Santorum is a blight on the face of the earth.

[EOTE]

128. Because there are only so many words that begin with "nig"

And none of them make any sense, including negotiator which is completely nonsensical. And he looked INCREDIBLY flustered. Doesn't get in anything semi-coherent for the next several seconds.

You're right, I don't KNOW for sure that he wasn't about to say the n-word, I'm just 99.9% sure, just like I'm 99.9% sure that he didn't say "blah people". But hell, maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt for that one too?

[WeekendWarrior]

175. The Bottom Line is

you don't know, so why speculate? What do you gain from it? It just looks petty.

Attack the man for his stance on the issues and the things he actually DOES say.

[HangOnKids]

183. Wrong WW. He starts to say something he OBVIOUSLY stopped saying

Why is that? He does not continue with the word he began to say, why is that? The old "it looks petty" canard is really weak. Try harder next time.

[WeekendWarrior]

236. It doesn't LOOK petty

It IS petty.

[EOTE]

238. You think calling out a very clear instance of racism is petty.

Got it. Once again, I'm not 100% certain he was going to drop the N-bomb, just 99% certain. I'm so sure that you never call anything out unless you have 100% certainty. Yeah, right. Your ridiculous arguments are the only petty thing here.

[WeekendWarrior]

243. How is is a very clear instance?

The man didn't finish what he was saying. I've pointed out the alternative word. There are probably others I haven't thought of.

Assuming he's about to say the n word says more about you and your prejudices against him, than it does about the man himself.

And again, I say this as someone who completely despises Santorum. My only argument is that YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS ABOUT TO SAY. You cannot possibly know, because he didn't actually SAY it.

So how, may I ask, is that a ridiculous argument?

Did you actually hear him say the n word? No?

I rest my case.

[EOTE]

246. Your alternative words are bone headed.

First of all, "negotiator" doesn't begin with "nig", and that's clearly what he said. Even if it wasn't, negotiator makes absolutely zero sense. Once again, I can't be 100% certain of what he was about to say, just 99% or so. If that doesn't meet your standard of excellence, I really couldn't give a rat's ass. You apparently think that Santorum is worthy of far more consideration than he applies to others. I'm capable of making a reasonable assumption on my own. That you aren't, speaks extremely poorly on your behalf.

[WeekendWarrior]

248. How are you pronouncing Negotiator?

Are you suggesting you can tell the difference between "Neg" and "Nig"?

You're being ridiculous.

[EOTE]

249. You're damned right I can.

And most educated people can as well. There is a clear, definite difference between the words. You're being ridiculous, going out of your way to defend a racist piece of shit.

[WeekendWarrior]

252. Then you're quite an amazing individual,

because most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference, since most people pronounce negotiate as "ni-gotiate" or "neh-gotiate" and non "nee-gotiate." And as much as I'd like to give you an award for having the sharpest, most unbiased ears in the universe, I highly doubt you or anyone else can tell me definitively that he's about to say the n word.

The truth is, you're coming at this from the point of view of someone who already despises the man and you're letting that emotion color your judgment.

And your only real response to me is to accuse me of defending him. I'm not defending him. I'm merely saying that none of us know what he really intended to say. Could it have been the n word? Sure. But I'm not willing the jump to that conclusion based on this video. And doing so is just as petty as the GOP parsing every word a democrat says and spinning it to their advantage.

I like to think we progressives are above that kind of thing. But apparently we aren't.

[EOTE]

253. Only one of those pronounciations is correct.

It's a soft e, not an i or a hard e.

And you are, without a doubt, defending this piece of shit. I don't know how you can say otherwise. You already know of this asshole trying to claim that he said "blah people" to cover up his racist bullshit, yet you're defending him to the end when he stops himself from saying something even more racist. You are 100% defending the man.

I'd very much like to think that progressives would be above that kind of thing. Shame you insist otherwise.

[WeekendWarrior]

255. Yes, only one of these pronunciations is correct, but

not everyone pronounces it correctly.

And if you can't see that what I'm defending is a PRINCIPLE, not the man himself, then I genuinely feel sorry for you.

[EOTE]

256. You're going out of your way to defend Santorum.

And if you don't think that a man who has been speaking publicly for decades wouldn't pronounce that word correctly, you've got another thing coming to you.

You've made your position quite clear. You're willing to defend a man who just recently said that he said "blah people" rather than an insensitive, racial remark. You think it's even somewhat probable that he either said "negotiator" which doesn't have the same beginning sound and makes absolutely zero sense, or "governmentnik" which also doesn't make sense and isn't even a word as opposed to the word that he was clearly going to say, yet stopped himself from saying.

I truly wonder if you're ever likely to give progressives this ridiculous benefit of the doubt you're giving lil Ricky.

[WeekendWarrior]

259. Um, ooookay...

I'm sorry, but that's just too ridiculous to respond to any farther. As I said before, I'm defending a PRINCIPLE, not a man. It's too bad that you can't comprehend such an idea, but there's not much I can do about it.

[EOTE]

261. You're defending a man who said "nig" days after he claims to have said "blah people".

This man clearly has issues with race and you are utterly blind to that. I can guarantee you that if Santorum had stopped himself and actually said "blah people", you'd be defending him for that too. You simply can't see that he's a racist ass. Blinders are very comforting for some people.

[NoGOPZone]

204. By all means, let's be more concerned

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with our own pettiness than a Presidential candidate's potential racism.

[yardwork]

212. +1. I had to laugh out loud at the absurdity.

[WeekendWarrior]

237. Potential being the key word

"potential" racism. You're making an assumption that could "potentially" be true. But we don't know that it is. And assuming it is makes us no better than any of the asswipes in the GOP who parse every word a Democrat utters.

[EOTE]

239. So when republicans attack Social Security and Medicaid.

We can't call them out on attacking the poor, right? We can't according to your ridiculous logic, that would be petty, after all. Right? We can't accuse them of attacking the poor because we don't know that's what they're doing, they might just really, really like the rich.

You really need a big dose of reality.

[WeekendWarrior]

244. With all due respect

This has to be the dumbest analogy I've seen in a long, long time.

[EOTE]

245. With somewhat less respect...

that response was the dumbest I've seen in a long, long time. And your inability to defend your position in the slightest just adds to that.

[WeekendWarrior]

247. With continued respect

I've defended my position a number of times in this thread. I didn't think I had to repeat it slowly, but I will, if you insist.

[EOTE]

250. Yeah, saying another's position is dumb and leaving it at that is a great defense.

The analogy is 100% apt. You haven't said a single thing to negate that. You're defending an asshole who insists he said "blah people" instead of "black people", now you're totally willing to give him an insane benefit of the doubt.

[WeekendWarrior]

254. You go ahead

and believe what you want to believe.

The difference is that he clearly said "black people." We heard it.

In this instance, we didn't. Because he didn't say a complete word. You can make all the assumptions you want, but that doesn't make you right, and it certainly doesn't make jumping to conclusions with little or no evidence any less petty.

Again, I'm not defending the man, and if you could divorce yourself of your obvious emotion on this, you'd see that. I'm merely saying that emulating the GOP by jumping to conclusions is neither wise nor productive.

[EOTE]

257. You can deny it all you want, you're clearly defending him.

And once again, you've said absolutely nothing regarding why my analogy was not apt, you've simply ignored it.

[WeekendWarrior]

258. And you're clearly wrong

But go ahead and wear blinders, if you like.

As for your analogy, why should I discuss something that clearly doesn't apply? Why is it my job to educate you? Judging by your reaction to everything I've said, it's obvious you have no real interest in looking at any of this objectively, so it doesn't really matter much what I say, does it?

You've proven that time and again in this thread.

I've stated over and over that my concern is fairness and objectivity and not jumping to conclusions based on emotion. You obviously don't get that. And that's on you, not me.

[EOTE]

260. Ahhh, I see, that's how it works.

Simply dismiss something by saying it's stupid and get indignant when asked to defend yourself.

If that's how it works, everything you just said was stupid. I really don't need to address it further than that. And I should further preempt you by saying that anything you could possibly say in response is also rather stupid.

[cstanleytech]

121. Brain fart maybe? It happens to alot of people and it could be what happened to him.

Not that I will be voting for him as I believe he truly is the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.

[EOTE]

132. And it typically happens right after someone says something they shouldn't in public.

There's no word that makes sense after what he said aside from the one suggested. Negotiator makes no sense, neither does governmentnik. This is stretching of the worst order.

[robbob]

133. Let's see "nig...nig...nig"

"nig"-otiator. Sorry, he has an accent, but I still don't see him pronouncing "negotiator" like that...

[KamaAina]

233. Your concern is duly noted

[Union Scribe]

76. Yes, thank you. Which of those

were ya about to say Ricky?? What a scuzz.

[Fawke Em]

93. He's Nigella?

My, but he has changed!

[gateley]

3. My natural instinct is that he wouldn't use the N word -- my sense of him is that he wouldn't

use it in public OR private. But I've misjudged before (always too eager to give people the benefit of the doubt, I think). But I can't imagine what ELSE he might have said right there, can you?

[monmouth]

4. There is a certain "meanness" to Rick, much like $omney...They try to hide it

but it eventually comes out when they're under stress. His "anti" stance against everything, it seems, that gives joy, happiness, or security of any kind to others brings out the meanness and selfishness in them...

[gateley]

16. Well he has been showing signs of stress lately, and interesting observation

about the meanness. Guess I should pay closer attention but I try to see/read as little as possible about these guys.

[Dont call me Shirley]

148. There's always a meanness to psychopaths. They take great pleasure from harming others.

[Ecumenist]

5. He got carried away and forgot where he was. my mother used to tel me to be careful how

you behave because what you do and say at home and in comfort, you'll do in public

[HillWilliam]

26. Our mamas were right

It makes you wonder what goes on inside those homes because you know it's worse than the "face" they put on in public. Also makes you wonder about their (lack of proper) raising.

[Ecumenist]

31. No home training, HillWilliam, No home Training.

[RKP5637]

11. Nope, it sure sounded like it, a Freudian slip. He's clearly IMO a very

immature and emotional person. I think it just slipped out.

[grantcart]

20. I think he is becoming a little unglued.

[HangOnKids]

45. I always thought he was like a fifth grade project

The glue always gives way, making the entire thing a sloppy mess.

[Voice for Peace]

65. he's been a little unglued, I think, for a long time

don't know where I've seen the clips - but even speaking on the senate floor, he sounds rather megalomaney when he gets his passion on.

[loyalsister]

154. I think he may have gotten a shot of testosterone he can't handle

Until recently, he has always struck me as the runt. The kid who was too small to play sports with the big guys. He has somewhat of a slight build and a sort of gentle, school boy, protected by mom for too long, appearance. He dropped aggressive bills but has never really been very aggressive publicly.

Now that he has become a contender in this primary, the good 'ol boys are welcoming him. He can finally smoke cigars, drink beer, and cuss with them.

I think he learned a new 'behind closed doors' word he would not have used except for in that company and it almost slipped out.

He's like a nerdy college kid who finally got to join the guys who call each other bastards and SOBs and let it slip in polite company.

[grantcart]

166. I think you may be right I had a friend who loved to get them

And was always obnoxious afterwards for a while.

Of course he said that it didn't effect his behavior just gave him more energy.

[loyalsister]

170. I was thinking something more natural

A male ego boost from his recent success. Suddenly he's a player and he has manly men are cheering him on rather than just laughing at him and his sweater vests. He strikes me as a person who other men would not have thought of as an equal.

[Spazito]

30. After his "black welfare" (we all know what he actually said) comments...

and his race-baiting, I am only surprised he didn't come out with the N word sooner.

He is a racist, extremist POS, imo.

[nadine_mn]

176. I agree - his previous slips and comments are along similar lines

This didn't come out of nowhere. Just like the "Blah" people - he was surprised people reacted badly to it - in his world that was ok, and when he caught called on it, he made up that lameass excuse.

[Voice for Peace]

62. maybe

"anti-government negro" is more believable than the other -- but still, don't think he would really go there

[pnwmom]

119. I think he's been hanging out in private with too many tea partiers

who don't hesitate to use that word.

And it rubbed off on him.

[Lawlbringer]

7. To be fair, I think he said

Government-nik. Like beatnik, nogoodnik, peacenik, etc.

[Raven]

9. I agree. That's what I heard. n/t

[slampoet]

34. write out what you think you heard.

[godai]

10. yes n/t

[Scuba]

15. Minus One... not even close.

[grantcart]

21. Not even close. He obviously caught himself in mid word of something and then stuttered and

stammered trying to recover.

Now what word starting with nig . . . that in context could be applied to President Obama that would cause you to stutter and stammer?

[CJCRANE]

28. There is no such word. nt

[slampoet]

32. Oh frikkin baloney.....

Not only can you hear him say "NIGG" you also hear him try to recover with "AF"

and try to say African American.

The context triple dooms him and i have heard a THOUSAND bigoted white people try to recover in the EXACT same way.

[lunasun]

150. Me too Then the eyes looking around like oops forgot so and so is around or

realize where they are or could get in trouble work wise

though being in public isn't necessarily a deterrent with these types who at home have no problem using it among the very young

and let us not forget his belief that it's all blah people........

[Ecumenist]

33. Nope, sorry, He said EXACTLY what everyone except you and a few others are hearing. If

you want to minimise what he is saying to an entire segment of America who work as hard to build this country as everyone else, knock yourself out. However, he said EXACTLY what everyone else heard and is hearing. As long as we refuse to face the growing nastiness in this country but being unwilling to hear what is right before us, NOTHING will ever change.

[Lawlbringer]

61. Refuse to face it?

Do you really think he'd get up on stage and just say that word? He's crazy, not stupid. And what's the context that using that ugly word in his sentence? Not that the word has any place, or will fit anywhere, but it wasn't the place to put a noun in his sentence, was it?

[Ecumenist]

68. Yes, I do, He said something he probably says in private and forgot where he was

the fact that he tried to correct it by inserting "Afr" leaves no mistake about what he meant. He said EXACTLY what you, well "maybe" not you but most everyone else heard.

[Lawlbringer]

84. Afr?

I heard Uh.

And don't drag that crap about not wanting to hear, please. I am dying to hear him slip up, but something unmistakable like his "no, I said blah people" ridiculous gaffe.

Maybe I should pop my headphones into my speakers and play at max volume. I'm just trying to be objective, rather than letting my distaste for the guy cloud my perception.

[Ecumenist]

95. Okay, lol...Just about everyone..(AND I MEAN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE INTERNETS

pretty much blew up twitter), everyone but you heard it. It's okay. I'm not the type to place race cards. Family is so mixed:Afrobosnian nephew, Brazilian nephews and nieces, another nephew who is black, pinoy, mexican and italian, husband is Bohemian Czech from Deepindaharta. Irish ggranfather, Chinese GGGRandfathers, French Grandmother, Moorish ggrandmothers, etcetc-- but when I hear that word and it's IMMEDIATELY followed with the attempt to insert the ubiquitous "african-american) but he stutters and stammers as he simultaneously has a panicked look on his face, well as first my mother and then Randi Rhodes said, " If someone tells you who they are...BELIEVE THEM!"

[LiberalLovinLug]

116. Frequently listening to loud music on headphones may not be that good for hearing

Just saying.

Hey, if that's what you heard ok, but to me not only was there a clear "Afr.." But its not just that, its the combination of all these elements that convicts him.

1. the "government nig.."
2. the quick recovery to start to say "Afr.."
3. the quick realization that he couldn't use that word either, because then everyone would know the word he was trying to use before that, and besides it did not fit into the sentence and that would also give him away.
4. His stumbling and the fear in his eyes. If he was just stumbling over an innocent word the normal reaction would be to simply repeat until he got it right, maybe a small chuckle at himself at his faux pas.
5. The total switch of topic in order to quickly move on after realizing there was no way to make it right.

[HangOnKids]

184. Distaste for Rick has NOTHING to do with what he said

Fifth graders play dodge ball, most adults do not. The trying to be "objective" angle is a an old canard used by liars when they get caught BTW.

[Lawlbringer]

185. So what am I trying to lie about?

That I"m secretly a Santorum supporter?

[HangOnKids]

188. That would be I'm not I"m

Did I say you were a Santorum supporter?

[Lawlbringer]

189. OH yeah

Just saw what I typed. THanks.

Anyway, you implied that I was lying. What do I have to lie about?

[HangOnKids]

190. Sorry my debating with people who aren't worth debating with time is up

Good luck to you.

[Lawlbringer]

192. Same to you, thanks for your precious time.

But as a parting tidbit: evasion is a tool used by those who throw around baseless claims to pad their own egos.

Sorry to see that my original opinion upset you so much that you'd have to lower yourself so much as to make a comment and then flee.

Have a nice weekend!

[HangOnKids]

194. As a new tidbit: I evaded nothing my ego has nothing to do with this

Your little jabs of RW BS are so funny. I am not fleeing anything YOU are just not worth talking to. See you in the brickyard dude.

[pipi_k]

94. Who said he just

got up on stage and said that word like it was a planned event?

He didn't appear to be reading from a script, so it seems to have popped up from his subconscious mind and through his lips.

Just like when people accidentally say a swear word in mixed company or in front of children. Totally unscripted.

Why? Because they're used to saying such words.

Santorum didn't PLAN on saying that word. But it did almost slip out, much to his apparent consternation.

[NoGOPZone]

44. That's the biggest reach since

Smithers tried to placate Mr. Burns

[FarLeftFist]

52. WTF is a Govt-nik?!

[NoGOPZone]

71. I think it was a character on Schoolhouse Rock

Government Nick

[The Midway Rebel]

54. No offense intended...

but I think your analysis is laughable.

[pipi_k]

56. I don't think so

Like someone else said...WTF is a "Government-nik", and why would he stop in the middle of it and change direction?

Also...I had Mr Pipi listen to it. He is hard of hearing, but even HE could hear what Santorum started to say...

[Lawlbringer]

57. Wow, some of the responses I've gotten

are pretty funny. Like I'm using that ugly word myself.

I'm not defending the guy himself, but the fact that some people think that he would go up and say that shit is no different from when the right launches their ridiculous attacks on us. As Liberals, don't we pride ourselves on common sense? Take a swipe with Occam's Razor. What context would it have been used for? An Anti-War Nig-Imeanuh....

Come on. Really?

[pipi_k]

73. Knowing what Santorum stands for...

it's more likely than not that he would use the N word against a black person no matter what the subject was.

and see, here's the thing...

I've often pissed off people here because I don't tend to see racism around every corner. I think the words, "racist" and "bigot" are too freely used, so I don't see myself as having knee-jerk reactions.

And I tried...I really did...to give him the benefit of the doubt.

There is no other word in the English language that I know of that starts with "nig" except "niggardly" but his use of that word would have made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Plus the word he was probably looking for would have been a noun.

But I have a feeling that even if he had come right out and said the word in all its disgustingness, there would still be some who would insist that we didn't really hear what we clearly heard.

[Lawlbringer]

88. lol I guess

I definitely wouldn't be surprised to find out he uses it casually in private conversation.


And like I said in another post, there are people who defend against his ridiculous "recovery" where he claims he said blah people instead of black people. I'm just trying to be objective in judging someone who I have such intense hatred for. If he out and said it, I'd say, okay, this guy is even worse than I had originally thought. And he'd drop to where I hold Ron Paul. But this could be tongue twisting, gaffing. But I've been flamed for other opinions that don't leap to the most horrendous conclusions imaginable.

[pipi_k]

98. Um, so here's the thing...

if it's not surprising that he would say it in casually in private conversation, what makes it beyond belief that he might SLIP and nearly say it in public?

And really, it's not the point that he only nearly said it...

The point is, if that's what he says in private, it's a pretty good indication of what his prejudices might be.

Just the same as if he had started out almost, but not quite finishing the word "bitches" in regards to women. Yeah, cool if he didn't finish the word, but if his casual conversation involves him referring to women as "bitches", then it doesn't look real good for him as a man.

[EOTE]

82. I suppose you also think that he said "blah people" too?

Come on, the guy has proven that he's both an idiot and an asshole. This doesn't surprise me at all.

Do you also defend his "blah people" comment? Do you think he got all flustered and stopped himself because he said "government-nik"? Really? I have to believe you've got a bit more common sense than that.

[Lawlbringer]

92. Nope.

He didn't stop himself, he trailed off. You could hear him say black people. This is different. It's arguable.

I dunno. I want him to stumble so bad he falls on his face and loses the election (not before he takes the crazies from Paul, and the douchebags from Romney) with something so glaringly obvious that it wipes him out and staggers the whole Republican party. Not something that can be debated. Just trying to be objective.

[EOTE]

107. So you believe this guy would say, in public, that he doesn't want to help black people.

But you believe that that Santorum actually said "Government-nik" which is not even a word, and then got all flustered about it and stopped himself. Rather than stopping himself from saying "ni**er". Yeah, that makes all kinds of sense.

You're twisting into all sorts of weird contortions to justify what this ass has said.

[Iggo]

63. Except I can't find that word anywhere.

[LanternWaste]

110. How often is, or how popular is the phrase "Government-nik used?"

How often is, or how popular is the phrase "Government-nik used?" You can of course provide relevant examples of its use in contemporary politics? Compare and contrast this against the popularity, and usage of the word "nigger".

Additionally, if he did indeed intend to use this benign phrase (as you so "objectively" believe), what precisely compelled him to stop and replace it with "Afr...", and how does that fit in to the context?

[EOTE]

113. The ONLY links that google provides that actually uses that word

are a couple of links suggesting that's what Santorum said. In other words, it's not a word at all.

[pnwmom]

122. That's a contradiction in terms. "The anti-war, government-nik"???

Get real.

[LaydeeBug]

12. Ahh...from the grave of LBJ..."make them deny it" nt

[polichick]

14. To all those who think he said that, what is a "government n-word"???

[CJCRANE]

29. He said "the anti-war government ***..."

Seems like the conservative version of an "Uncle Tom" (but the opposite meaning).

[polichick]

38. I wonder if he meant to say "anti-war big government..."

That makes more sense.

[CJCRANE]

48. Yes, that seems likely.

It's the Repubs' fault for coming up with these convoluted phrases. It's like Harrison Ford said to George Lucas "you can write this s*** but you sure can't say it".

It also points up the fact that the Repubs are pro-war but anti-government, which is a strange combination!

[polichick]

50. As far as I can tell, Republicans are simply corporate whores...

In that context, pro-war and anti-government works just fine.

[uponit7771]

91. ummmm...noooooooo, government n*****r fits right in that context and something the GOPer would say

[polichick]

106. #96 & #97 have an explanation that was new to me.

[Thrill]

17. Oops

[slampoet]

19. This is NOT at all denyable. You can hear it all in the context.

"We know. We know the candidate Barack Obama what he was like. The anti-war, government nigg- the Af-, the America was a source for division around the world."



You can not only hear him almost say the N-word ("nigg&quot

but you also hear him Fail to insert African American afterwards with the "Af" syllable.

BUSTED you BIGOT.

[grantcart]

23. Also the stammering and stuttering in mid syllable is telling.

[Ecumenist]

35. It's the painc that immediately shows in his face in words that confirms it.

[Loki]

27. Maybe he was channeling Python

The government Ni...ghts Who Say Ni. Wink wink nudge nudge.

[IDemo]

36. "The new sherriff is ni-"

[DefenseLawyer]

46. That's it!

On behalf of Rock Ridge, it's my privilege to present this laurel, and hearty handshake to our new...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

60. Or Governor LePetomane: "Can't you see that man is... ?"

[Raine1967]

37. Santorum should use a telelpromt-*blah*....

It's just a matter of time before he really gets caught on a hot mic -- I thought he would drop the *F* bomb before this.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. Yup. It's coming.

If he stays in the race long enough, he's going to get so carried away in the heat of his massive ego, he's going to drop some bomb that he can't "blah" or "ni-gurgle" over.

[etherealtruth]

155. The "F" bomb would be preferable

If stressed, anxious ..angry ... I will drop the 'F' bomb and any other number of obscenities.

I will guarantee I will not use racial or ethnic epithets ...

My use of obscenities may make me boorish and crude ... but I greatly prefer that to being a bigot /racist.

I can forgive curse words a politician throws out ... I can't accept ot fotgive this kind of thing

[LoisB]

39. NIG

He absolutely, positively started to say "ni**er". As a Black woman and a FLAMING LIBERAL, I wish they would just come right out and say it. Goodness knows that's what they're all thinking. The entire "take back my country" meme is code for "get that ni**er out of OUR White House".

[newspeak]

43. well, one thing we know about santorum

is he sure is one hell of a fabricator; right up there with little boots.

[Jamaal510]

49. If Republicans straight up called people slurs like "nigger" and "faggot",

they know that would be political suicide in the GE. By doing that, I'm sure they would even be kissing goodbye to conservatives like Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, J.C. Watts, Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani, GOPride, and the Log Cabin Republicans. They want to be able to use dog whistles so they can please the hardcore right-wing, while simultaneously being able to deny any intentions of being bigoted.

[ajk2821]

131. I disagree

I think there Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, et al, would have to think about it for all of 5 seconds before they could rationalize why they are staying in the GOP if the GOP used slurs. Cain, Thomas, etc know that the left and middle of the population don't want them and it would bolster their standing in the GOP if they accepted the slurs.

[Ecumenist]

81. Lois, as another black woman, I applaud you! Take back my Country is coded speech

that anyone with with 3 brain cells can understand. It ain't rocket science. What is disappointing are people who twist and fold themselves to the nth degree in an effort to purposefully ignore and deny the 12 ton gorilla standing on their favorite shoes. Amen, Lois, Amen!

[slampoet]

42. Don't you love how the spokesperson Can't do anything but attack the accuser?

Also telling.

[pipi_k]

47. He's full of shit

OK, maybe he didn't actually go through with it, but he certainly was about to!

I saw this video on Facebook about 45 minutes ago. Tried real hard to give him the benefit of the doubt, but a friend and I both agree that the only noun in the English language we know of that starts off "nig" is the N word.

I wish he hadn't caught himself.

He would have been finished. Kaput.

Political dead meat for a long time, if not forever.

Sleazy weasel. He makes me nauseous.

[shawn703]

53. Denying it with a wink, wink, nudge, nudge probably.

Wouldn't surprise me if that's just the thing the Republican base needs to hear to get excited enough to get out and vote for him over Romney in the coming weeks.

[Richardo]

55. Meh - I don't attach any significance to verbal stumbles...

God knows I have enough trouble completing a sentence, let alone after months of travel and with uninterrupted non-stop media coverage.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

58. "the anti-war, government nih"

Sounds like something out of Blazing Saddles. If that's the word he almost used, it means he probably says that all the time with ease when he's in private with his handlers and no one calls him on it.

[marble falls]

66. More 'nig' than 'nih'.

Its not like this is the straw that broke the camel's back.

Santorum certainly has the ability to polarize folks and there's no one half in or half out of the Santorum boat that will make any decisions to support him over this kerfafle.

[pipi_k]

74. That's what

I heard too.

More "niG" than "niH"

[slampoet]

69. Bingo.

[Ecumenist]

70. Ain't, that's EXACTLY what I said. He uses it in private, got "happy", carried away AND...

forgot where he was.

[marble falls]

231. Thats what I think is the mindset of these so called conservatives, they talk ....

a nastier sort of BS in private all the time and they feel like they are some sort of majority and they get comfortable in a room full of the like minded and they say what they really say in private.

[Evasporque]

72. OMG!!

He is so toast....

[Jackpine Radical]

75. Bullshit.

This just solidifies him with his base. Now they know he's really, truly one of them.

Face it--nobody likely to be upset by the "N-word" was planning to vote for Frothy anyway.

[Evasporque]

78. He was in Wisconsin....probably saturated with racist tea-baggers

Talking incessantly in his ear....

[bongbong]

79. From the article

> "You know, I'm not going to dignify that with"

AKA, "you caught us & I gotta spin Frothy's hatred into something else",

AKA, "teh state of denial"

[brooklynite]

83. He did NOT deny it...

...his aide did. Perhaps someone could ask the Candidate directly what he was trying to say?

[slampoet]

87. In the quote, the spokesperson doesn't even deny it at all.

Instead they attack the accuser and THEN say there is no dignified response.

Which we all know is almost true. There is no dignified reply except contrition.

[pipi_k]

102. That's pretty much the same tactic

I would see from an ex husband.

When caught red handed in something or other, he would turn around and attack his accuser.


Another person I knew would do the "It doesn't deserve a response" thing while acting all hurt and insulted.

I dunno...maybe it's me, but if someone misinterprets what I say, the first thing I try to do is clear up the misunderstanding.

Not get all snotty and blame the person for misunderstanding in the first place.

[cali]

85. Oh do I hate to defend Sicko Santo

but context wise the n word makes little sense. I don't buy it.

[uponit7771]

89. unnn, government ni****r would fit just fine in context of someone calling a person of color Souther

...Southern Strategy type words.

Remember it was Nixons manager that said we'll replace the word socialist with n*****r

[pipi_k]

99. Yel. To me...

that epithet would probably be the modern day version of "House Ni**er".

And yes, it would make a lot of sense

[TahitiNut]

86. Well, I was skeptical of this from the headlines and one-liners ... UNTIL

... I listened to the video several times.

No doubt in my feeble little mind ... Frothy (p)Rick DEFINITELY caught himself a fraction of a second too late. Busted.

[lumpy]

138. I also watched the video more than once and it became very clear to me

what he came so close to fully saying. He is not above using crude language in spite of trying to convey that he is a upstanding little goody goody Christian guy. Using his word he is full of "bullshit".

[FSogol]

90. Prediction: On Monday all the pundits will play, "Is the n-word really bad since rap stars use it?"

[Ohio Joe]

100. The racist repug base will be fine with it

They will stammer and make excuses but really... This is what they want. Racist assholes, every last one of them.

[eShirl]

101. not anything I wouldn't expect from him

knowing how he feels about Blah people.

[IDemo]

105. Freudian slip: when you say what you meant, instead of what you meant to say

[eyewall]

108. I've watched it many times in succession

and I'm pretty sure he said exactly what he intended to say. I mean, I think he said it correctly, as he intended. I don't see his recovery being less scripted than his statement. He doesn't almost panic, he finishes his statement. If it were on a teleprompter it would have been written just as he said it.

The ensuing controversy would help the GOP. They pander to racism and I would guess that anytime Santorum or Romney makes a public racist remark that they go on to deny, it reaches a lot more closeted haters and draws them into the fold.

When he shifts his head slightly like he's throwing out that word and searching for another, it looks like it's been rehearsed. He said it this way on purpose. He doesn't hide his racism, he sneaks it into plain view to reaffirm to his supporters that they have the right party. He sends a message that politics can return to the division of apartheid like inequality. That white people can view themselves as the "masters".

Molly Ivens warned us to not take Dubya's idiocy for granted. He played the fool but it was with precision and with purpose. This season we see a re-targeted Rovian style of endearment attracting millions more bottom feeders up into the political process.

[Major Hogwash]

109. Wow.

This is incredibly bad. Santorum is history.

[eyewall]

111. Santorum is still a candidate

and Rush Limbaugh is still on the air, after both of them have repeatedly said things publicly that would have gotten any other person booted from access to the public airwaves.

Over 140 advertisers have left the Limbaugh show and yet his extreme dominance of stations and time slots has not been curtailed. He should be off the air entirely. It's inconceivable that he isn't. The same is true of Santorum after so many racist remarks.

It's time for people to realize that reality has been rendered quaint by the contrived world that supports republican policies.

[Hugabear]

112. Maybe he was going to say "NAGGERS"

[BumRushDaShow]

115. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG



Thank goodness I wasn't drinking something because my keyboard would be toast!

[ecstatic]

117. Santorum is definitely racist

Regardless of this latest slip. He has shown his true colors time and time again.

[chrisa]

120. I would love if he really did accidentally drop the word

His reputation would be destroyed over night, like a nuclear bomb to a corn field. He would be gone forever.

Mitt Romney would pee in his pants from the joy.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

130. Limbaugh's anal cysts would be on overdrive trying to come up with a spin

that makes it okay. The blaring whine of his voice would reach new heights of desperation.

[frogmarch]

124. "anti-war government

nig..."

There's no doubt in my mind that he started to say the N word.

[GiveMeFreedom]

126. Holy Shit!!

What a slimy piece of shit, fucker. Taliban should recruit this asshole. Oh wait, the christian taliban claims this asshole already.

[bluestate10]

164. What you saw is what the republican party has become.

I don't personally know a single person that vote or call themselves republican that is not either racist, anti-poor, or insanely anti-immigrant. I have met one person that is republican and decent, and she appears to be near abandoning the party, given her heritage, I surmise that she was born into a long line of republicans.

There is no place for decent republicans, and there are many of that variety, in the modern republican party. If I weren't so at odds with their views, I would feel sorry for them, they have no where to go.

[Arugula Latte]

127. He seemed very flustered when that came out of his mouth --

You can see him thinking "Oh, shit!" and then stumbling to recover.

[steve2470]

134. He definitely almost dropped the N-bomb

He may not personally use that word in private, but I have no doubt he has heard the word and/or the phrase "government n****r" many many times.

If he wasn't toast before, he's definitely toast now.

[Botany]

135. He called the President a Government Nigger .... end of story

I didn't know until I just looked it up that Government Nigger means somebody
who lives off the government and after he / she spends their welfare check
on booze and drugs after which they are broke again.

He got half way through nigger and then froze up and started stuttering
when he realized he had let his true thoughts come out of his mouth. The
term Government Nigger is w/out a doubt one which Rick Santorum has
used and is comfortable about using. Good old Christian Ricky. I wonder
if Rick knows that the Jesus of the bible was a n*****?

Jesus had "hair like lamb's wool" and skin "of bronze."

If I offended anybody by typing out the word nigger I am sorry but
it needs to be put out their plan as day. BTW good on the other
DUers picking up that Rick tried to say African American right afterwards
to try to cover up his slip up of letting the world know what he thinks.

[lumpy]

136. It isn't as though Santorum isn't capable of using obnoxiously crude words in view of

his gaffe(?) using the word bullshit in reply to the reporter.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

137. Is this being covered at all on TV?

I've been switching channels all morning on my tv machine but so far nada.

[missheidi]

139. Me either. N/T

[jtuck004]

140. Hey Rick, educational video for you

Makes me see how Santorum resembles an inept Russian gangster, but it doesn't replace my mental
picture of him as the American Taliban.

[cindyperry2010]

141. a rethuglican teabagger a bigot

the hell you say.

[phylny]

143. Just when he thought his Google search results couldn't get any worse! n/t

[jimlup]

144. I'll bet he was going to say negro but it was almost worse for him that he left it as ni...

What an ass but we already knew that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

145. He's stupid, but not that stupid to say it intentionally.

That being said, I'm not ruling out a Freudian slip.

[Dont call me Shirley]

146. OMG! You are a disgraceful bigot, Sanitorium!

[slampoet]

149. Kicked for the Evening crowd.

[AlinPA]

151. Like hell. He is appealing to the GOP base. The n words works for them.

He would jump up in the GOP polls if he finished the word.

[brettdale]

156. OH MY

Whyn isnt the media blasting this everywhere??? Oh thats right, they are the media.

[brettdale]

157. Just out of interest

Has any mainstream media on TV played this at all? Any? Even one?

[Bolo Boffin]

158. I just don't think Santorum did this.

I really don't. Now if it had been any of the other three, especially Ron Paul, I'd be right there.

[brettdale]

159. have you seen the video

He says the word nig, then stops, what else could he be saying? and where the Fu*k is the mainstream media with this?

[Bolo Boffin]

160. Yes.

He says "government nig", and then repeats that, not just the "nig" part, before going on.

So I've no idea what he was saying, but I strongly doubt it was the N-word. I got a lot more reasons to despise Santorum than this, anyway.

[brettdale]

162. government nig????

If this video is so inoccent, then how come the mainstream print/tv media arent reporting it, its like it doesnt exist.

[Bolo Boffin]

169. What does that mean, if it's the N-word? Who says anything like that?

Nope, don't buy it. MSM doesn't cover things for many reasons, one of which is that there is no there there.

[slampoet]

208. The phraze is a common slur shorthand that seems to have originated in the early 70's

It is so popular there is a WEBSITE with that name.

http://americangovernmentniggers.com/index.html

[Bolo Boffin]

220. It's not common at all. As someone born in West Alabama in 1967, I've never heard it.

And believe me, with my extended family, I would have.

And a website that originated in 1-1-2012 does not prove your point at all.

Nor does a google search for "government (N-word)" whose first five pages are all a reference to this Santorum statement.

It's not common at all. In fact, virtually not used would be a better description.

[slampoet]

177. Oh baloney.....

Not only can you hear him say "NIGG" you also hear him try to recover with "AF"

and try to say African American, then suddenly realize that the term African American doesn't fit as a substitute for the N-word in this context, so he stumbles a second time.

The context triple dooms him and i have heard a THOUSAND bigoted white people try to recover in the EXACT same way.

[Bolo Boffin]

182. Well, good for you.

As for me and my ears, Santorum saying (or trying to say and stopping) the N-word here makes absolutely no sense in the context of what he's saying. So I'm going to continue to think not.

And then I'll continue to rely on the 1,000 legitimate reasons to despise the man and his policies. If that's all right with you...

[HangOnKids]

186. Do you have your ear muffs on?

Just checking. Good for you. Warm socks? Those make sense you know.

[Bolo Boffin]

196. Nope. Too hot down here in Dallas for warm socks or earmuffs.

Neither make a bit of sense down here. But thanks for asking.

[slampoet]

207. I just explained the context and you said it makes no sense. Explain HOW, like I did.

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[Bolo Boffin]

221. No, you didn't explain the context.

You did a better job trying to show a context with the citation of the website in another post, but you didn't show how "anti-war government" naturally leads to the N-word at all.

I put nothing past little Ricky anymore. For all I know, he may get behind closed doors and start niCLANGing away. But how is this particular context and phraseology what trips him up in public? I just don't see it. And, again, there are far more overt statements of his that I'm concerned about.

[Ter]

167. Paul would be the least to say it

[Bolo Boffin]

168. You want me to match you pictures of George Wallace posing with black people?

Or how about quotes from Paul's racist newsletter?

Please get real immediately. Cracker is as cracker does.

[Ter]

178. "Cracker" is worse than any Paul, Romney, or even Newt quote I've seen

Seriously, stop the hate.

[Bolo Boffin]

181. Oh, my. n/t

[yardwork]

201. You have got to be kidding. /nt

[slampoet]

209. Get new eyes.

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Seriously.

Even this comment is more racist than cracker.






"Barack Obama is an elitist, my goodness the man went to Harvard!"

- Williard Mitt Romney, JD & MBA Harvard University 1975

[Ter]

242. Elitist is nothing compared to cracker

Cracker is a racial stereotype, right on par with nigger, kike, and spic. They are all vile and I hate even typing them.

[yardwork]

200. Remember that Santorum has said racist things before in this campaign.

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

[Bolo Boffin]

215. That's the "blah people" thing. Yes, I agree Rih was about

...to say "black people" there before he caught himself. But that's because it fits into the context of the hateful thing he was saying.

If the word before "nig" or "neg" had been something like "house" or "field" or something heinous like that, I would absolutely agree with you. But "government"? What would that even mean?

There are plenty of overt, clear reasons to oppose Rick Santorum. He says enough ignorant, hateful things right out loud to be bothered with the shadows.

[yardwork]

216. It would mean the same thing as "welfare queen." It's a phrase used by racists.

[Bolo Boffin]

217. Citation, please.

And since it's so abundant in usage, you won't have a problem finding one, right?

[yardwork]

230. I guess you know better than everybody else. /nt

[workinclasszero]

161. What a f***kin racist pig!

And this sorry SOB sets himself up as a follower of Christ?

What a joke! All republicans are racist, women hating, rich loving anti american scumballs!

[steve2470]

163. just amazing how little this is being covered by MSM....

I don't have a television, so I can't tell you about TV news.

However, look at this search of Google News:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&btnmeta_news_search=1&q=santorum+n+word&oq=santorum+n&aq=1z&aqi=d1g-z1g7g-m2d1&aql=&gs_l=news-cc.1.1.43j0i3j0l7j0i5l2j43i400.2407l3629l0l6177l10l10l0l3l3l0l197l757l2j4l6l0.

I think I counted 93 sources, none of them mainstream except the Guardian in the UK.

eta: You just know if President Obama almost slipped with an equivalent racist word, it would be the big TV news and Google News would be blowing up.

[ProSense]

171. Evidently, he

wants to make it clear that he has issues with blah people.

[CakeGrrl]

173. He's lying. He TOTALLY switched his thought the instant he realized what he was saying. -nt

[nadine_mn]

174. There is no question what he was going to say... he probably is so comfortable

using that language and expressing racist thoughts he forgets himself.

We have all mis-spoken or tripped on a word... BUT HE DIDN'T EVEN FINISH THAT SENTENCE OR COMPLETE THE THOUGHT - he just completely switched thoughts in mid-stream

That is what is so telling ... this wasn't a vebal slip - his facial reaction and moving on to a different sentence completely shows that he knew what he almost said.

[brettdale]

179. Kick

And fuck the msm, for not reporting on this video. Has anyone sent this to jon stewart or michael moore yet, hell I cant even find it on the huffingtonpost.

[RZM]

180. Could be he meant to say the slur, but I'm skeptical

Using that word is the kiss of death for any white person in public life. Santorum's a quite experienced public figure, who, like all candidates, basically spends all day talking. I find it unlikely that he would ever dream of using that word in public and probably even in private too (that can be used against you as well).

Of course, anything's possible. If it is odd when put up against his 'blah people' remark too. But if I had to guess I would think he was trying to say something else and it got garbled.

[brettdale]

187. still the msm sleeps

Not one msm outlet in the USA has reported or mention this video yet, please keep this thread kicked until they do, and please blast it out to every media outlet you know.

[steve2470]

193. very quick allusion to it here in the Chicago Tribune:

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2012/03/this-is-not-a-hard-question-victor-davis-hanson.html

I came very close to blogging about this yesterday, when I first read Victor Davis Hanson's bewildered column on Trayvon Martin. Here's what stuck out for me: The guy is just so terribly confused about who is allowed to say the n-word and when.

The country is obsessed with decoding a scratchy tape to ascertain whether Mr. Zimmerman said “cold, coons, goons, or punks,” with the idea that if the garbled word proves a racial slur, then we have the magical key that will supposedly unlock the case — even as the late Travyon Martin self-identified himself with the N-word on his Twitter account and used it of his friends. No one can explain why Mr. Martin felt a need to so self-identify; no one seems to care; and no one can provide rules of the conditions under which (who says it, and when, why, how) society must deplore the use of such an epithet.

(National Review's The Corner)

I'm sure glad I waited until today to comment on it, though. Because at least - I hope - we can all agree that it's not a word Rick Santorum should use.

[GarH]

191. re the N word

Santorum just became God to the teabaggers.

[brettdale]

195. kick

kick and please send to the msm.

[steve2470]

197. Tampa Bay WTSP: Did Rick Santorum start to call President Barack Obama the n-word? The NAACP reacts

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/248160/36/Did-Rick-Santorum-start-to-call-President-Barack-Obama-the-n-word-The-NAACP-reacts

TAMPA, Fla. - Officials with the Hillsborough County chapter of the NAACP reacted to a YouTube clip Friday that some say shows GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum starting to call President Obama the n-word.

"I think he said it. He may not have went all the way. He let the first syllable out, enough that it was on its way. It is not unusual for Rick Santorum," said chapter president Carolyn Collins.

The flub came Tuesday while Santorum was speaking to a crowd in Wisconsin. Santorum appeared to briefly stumble over his words. "We know... we know the candidate Barack Obama, what he was like. The anti-war, government nig-- uh, the, uh, America was a source for division around the world."

10 News wanted to know what other Bay Area residents heard in the clip. Some say, they're not sure.

[brettdale]

198. Kick

Come on msm report on this video.

[theophilus]

199. Still true?

“No man who spells Negro with two g’s will ever be elected President of the United States.”

– William H. Seward, U.S. Senator (Whig & Republican, NY)

[slampoet]

213. Sorry but Woodroe Wilson and LBJ were two exceptions....

.....have you ever heard Lenny Bruce's routine about how LBJ can't say Negro?

"It always comes out NIG-ERO. He just can't say it!!"

[fightthegoodfightnow]

205. The HATER Continues to HATE

Maybe he's the Anti-Christ the book of Revelations refers to.

[fascisthunter]

210. Put a Swastika Armband on and get it over with!

[taught_me_patience]

211. I think he was going to say "terrorist negotiator"

and accidently said "government" and got half way to the "negotiator" before realizing "government negotatior" doesn't make much sense.

Dropping the n-word in a speech is complete and total political suicide.

[MNBrewer]

214. He was going to say "the anti-war, government nigger"?

That makes no sense.

[brettdale]

218. still????????

NO msm reporting this???

[brettdale]

219. Not even the Huffingtonpost???????????

Not even the huffingtonpost has this video on their webpage?????????

Why is even left wing msm avoiding this???????

[slampoet]

222. The phrase is a common slur shorthand that seems to have originated in the early 70's

It is so popular there is a WEBSITE with that name.

http://americangovernmentniggers.com/index.html

[brettdale]

223. im kicking this thread

Until just one, it only has to be one, major msm reports on this video.

[MNBrewer]

225. I did not know that....

So sad....

[eggplant aubergine]

224. If he did do it, it was intentional.

There are no accident in politics.

When I think of Janesville, I think of the KKK. Geraldo got his nose punched out there. If this was done by design, it was to appeal to racist cheezeheads.

And?

I detest all types of slurs. The N-word is something I hate to utter, even when quoting another person. But maybe it's gonna take a White person using it to get it thru the thick skulls of those people of color who persist in using it that it is low-rent and self-hating. I also despise the word "queer" but since I am not a lesbian, I guess I don't have the right to do so.

[auburngrad82]

226. I think Frothy is cracking under the pressure

He's frustrated that he's not getting what he wants and he knows he'll not beat RMoney. And I think he's cracking.

I think he truly believes he was chosen by God to save the country from us heathens. It's got to be frustrating for him to think that he's not going to be able to pull it off. The insanity is beginning to show.

[brettdale]

227. kicking

till just one major msm reports on this video.

[brettdale]

228. kicking

till just one major msm reports on this video.

[brettdale]

229. still kicking

Until just one msm reports on it.

[brettdale]

232. kicking

Not even one, not even the huffington fuckin post will show this.

[brettdale]

234. kick

kick

[KamaAina]

240. Man up, Rick. You went there.

Just like you did with "blaaaaah people".

Might as well own it, dude. It's not like it's gonna hurt you with your base or anything.

[brettdale]

241. kick

kick

[agentS]

251. It certainly seems like he did

He's in a world of hurt now!