Say what? Iowa first lady slammed blacks, Easterners and Southerners as bad speakers

Boston Herald ^ | July 26, 2004 | David R. Guarino

[HalfFull]

Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack, a key factor in John Kerry's primary sweep and the primetime convention speaker tomorrow, has derided blacks, southerners and easterners as bad speakers because she couldn't understand them.

In inflammatory columns for her local newspaper obtained by the Herald, the normally soft-spoken Vilsack tore into several minority and ethnic groups while lampooning non-midwesterners for regional dialects.

``I am fascinated at the way some African-Americans speak to each other in an English I struggle to understand, then switch to standard English when the situation requires,'' Vilsack wrote in a 1994 column in the Mount Pleasant News, while her husband, Tom, was a state senator.

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[mabelkitty]

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But, but, but, but..... I thought Democrats were the real champions of the civil rights movement (sarcasm).

What a lovely hat too (more sarcasm).

[kcvl]

In inflammatory columns for her local newspaper obtained by the Herald, the normally soft-spoken Vilsack tore into several minority and ethnic groups while lampooning non-midwesterners for regional dialects.

``I am fascinated at the way some African-Americans speak to each other in an English I struggle to understand, then switch to standard English when the situation requires,'' Vilsack wrote in a 1994 column in the Mount Pleasant News, while her husband, Tom, was a state senator.

Vilsack wrote that southerners seem to have ``slurred speech,'' wrote that she'd rather learn Polish than try to speak like people from New Jersey, and wrote that a West Virginian waitress once offered her friend a ``side saddle'' instead of a ``side salad.''

At the Jan. 12 endorsement event, Kerry said of Vilsack, ``Christie is the first teacher, not just the first lady.''

``Later, on the boardwalk, I heard mothers calling to their children, `I'll meet yoose here after the movie,' '' she wrote. ``The only way I can speak like residents of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania is to let my jaw drop an inch and talk with my lips in an `O' like a fish. I'd rather learn to speak Polish.''

Two years later, in a column about her trip to the Olympics in Atlanta, Vilsack said she had ``language problems.''

``When I ask for directions, I can't understand the slurred speech of southern Americans, who are so polite and eager to please,'' Vilsack said.

Vilsack didn't return calls last night but said earlier this month she'd be speaking about real American values to convention delegates tomorrow night.

``I'm going to talk about Main Street values because I live on Main Street,'' Vilsack said.

Kerry with Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack in January. (Photo: Nancy Lane)

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LOL! I thought he was back for a sec....

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Haven't seen you pinged on this one yet, IG. Any comments?

Prairie

[Darksheare]

That is true.
But even I have trouble deciphering "Manizzle whip yo yizzle pawnee yo!"*
*Heard in Newburgh NY while at the Armory there.

Heck, my friend Redrick had trouble understanding that -and he was black.

[Darlin']

"When I ask for directions, I can't understand the slurred speech of southern Americans, who are so polite and eager to please," Vilsack said."

Oh, the poor thing. She has mistakenly perceived the "polite and eager to please" directions she received in Atlanta as slurred speech. In reality that is how southerners speak to folks they find a little slow or unsophisticated. Still, I do find it odd that she offers no critique of Teraaaaazuh's muddled speech patterns.

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[Darksheare]

cnn.com was sudden;y more entertaining and readily understandable after that..
Weird.

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Stuck up elitist yank w!tch alert

[Laura Earl]

Dang-can't figure that one out either!

[Darksheare]

We had young guys in the armory, and THEY couldn't figure it out.
*chuckle*

Could've been a regional thing, kinda like one area used the a term "scarvy" and elsewhere used "gnarly".

[mabelkitty]

According to Snoop Dog and Tha Shizzolator....

Say what? Iowa first ho slammed blacks, Easterners 'n Southerners as bad speakers
Boston Herald ^ | July 26, 2004 | David R. Guarino


Posted on 07/26/2004 7:40:49 AM PDT by HalfFull


Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack, a key factor in John Kerry's primary sweep 'n da primetime convention speaker tomorrow, has derided blacks, southerners 'n easterners as bad speakers because brizzle couldn't understand 'em, know what I'm sayin'?

In inflammatory columns fo' her local newspaper obtained by da Herald, da normally soft-spoken Vilsack tore into several minority 'n ethnic groups while lampooning non-midwesterners fo' regional dialects n' shit.

``I am fascinated at da way some African-Americans speak each other in an English I struggle understand, then switch standard English when da situation requires,'' Vilsack wrote in a 1994 column in da Mount Pleasant Informative Shiznit, while her husband, Tom, wuz a state senator n' shit.


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Source: http://news.bostonherald.com/dncConvention/view.bg?articleid=37171

[PistolPaknMama]

``The only way I can speak like residents of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania is to let my jaw drop an inch and talk with my lips in an `O' like a fish.

Dear Mz. Fust Lady, try relaxing your anus. I hear that corrects a host of physical, and social, problems.

[PistolPaknMama]

Bofe of y'all left out the part about the swag in the road just past the hog pen. No wonder this poor great visionary socialist couldn't find her way around down here.

I am anxiously waiting to see if she will release some "Talk Like You're From Iowa!" language tapes.

[PistolPaknMama]

in the recent movie Cold Mountain, only one of the lead actors (Renee Zellweger) was from the South. Nicole Kidman (Australian),

When we were in Ireland we were asked many times if we were from Australia. I live in South Carolina and have a thick SC accent that I don't try to mask at all.

I always thought Australians sounded British but to the Irish there is a definite distinction, and they mistook our Southern accents as Australian. Since the Irish/Scots heavily settled the southern US and Australia, I'm sure there is some similarities in the two dialects.