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EXLUSIVE DOCUMENT: Private 1980 Gingrich Memo Reveals Former Speaker's Racial Attitudes
Breitbart News ^ | January 18, 2012 | Wynton Hall

Posted on 01/18/2012 12:10:39 PM PST by redstateone

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1 posted on 01/18/2012 12:10:45 PM PST by redstateone
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I loved the 1980 version of Newt Gingrich. He would have made a great president. The post 1998 version, not so much.


2 posted on 01/18/2012 12:14:34 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Headline implies there is something negative in the memo. Couldn’t be more positive. Not sure what the point of this article is.


3 posted on 01/18/2012 12:15:42 PM PST by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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The NAACP Repsonse: Mr. Gingrich, you be a racist! Yo want us to work! Don’ts you knows dat work be a four letter word?


4 posted on 01/18/2012 12:16:34 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Romney ruined Massachusetts. Now he wants to ruin the nation.)
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To: 6ppc

No, I think that’s the point. There’s no “there” there. And the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Look what Jimmy Carter is saying right now: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/18/jimmy_carter_gingrich_has_that_subtlety_of_racism.html


5 posted on 01/18/2012 12:17:01 PM PST by redstateone
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To: Vigilanteman

Is that because you think he’s gone soft? Just curious.


6 posted on 01/18/2012 12:18:05 PM PST by redstateone
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The MSM will never report this...it does not line up with the left party line and would be “off the reservation.”

But you can bet Gingrich himself will bring it up and act upon it...thereby throwing a wrench into their “reservation” politics as regards the black community...to keep them there, with their rascist views that somehow that community cannot make it without their help.

Gingrich can show them that they can help themselves and pull themselves up without a liberal politician for a step father.


7 posted on 01/18/2012 12:18:19 PM PST by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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The left will really flip out when Newt offers the veep slot to Allen West.


8 posted on 01/18/2012 12:18:23 PM PST by proudpapa
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“Thinking everyone should be treated the same regardless of race” = “racist”


9 posted on 01/18/2012 12:19:02 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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You really think even the MSM can ignore this memo?

Sad, but you’re probably right.


10 posted on 01/18/2012 12:19:22 PM PST by redstateone
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With members of the mainstream media now hurling charges of using racially coded language against GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, Big Government has uncovered a private memorandum written over three decades ago that offers a unique glimpse into Mr. Gingrich’s longstanding attitudes about race.

"Racially coded language" from "over three decades ago" - and from the ever impartial "mainstream media" no less!

Sounds more like something from Al Sharpton or the DNC!

11 posted on 01/18/2012 12:19:29 PM PST by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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To: Vigilanteman

The Mormon machine is in full swing. The Mormon political machine is scary. I pray for Newt. He would’ve made a great president in ‘80, and he’ll make a great president now.


12 posted on 01/18/2012 12:20:03 PM PST by ruthles (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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The Mormon machine is in full swing. The Mormon political machine is scary. I pray for Newt. He would’ve made a great president in ‘80, and he’ll make a great president now.


13 posted on 01/18/2012 12:20:20 PM PST by ruthles (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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The Mormon machine is in full swing. The Mormon political machine is scary. I pray for Newt. He would’ve made a great president in ‘80, and he’ll make a great president now.


14 posted on 01/18/2012 12:20:24 PM PST by ruthles (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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Guess what words in that letter will be seized upon by leftists and race-baiters as proof that Republicans don’t like black people?

“Symbolic events”

Although the letter proves that Newt urged Reagan’s team to engage with black voters or face the consequences, and made the same case to other candidates down through the years, they’ll say it was all symbolic and meant nothing.

Newt was talking about political perceptions and the importance of engaging with all parts of society. Attending the NAACP convention would have been symbolic in that it would have shown blacks that Republicans were willing to engage with them on the issues.


15 posted on 01/18/2012 12:23:40 PM PST by TheCornerOffice
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To: 6ppc
Headline implies there is something negative in the memo. Couldn’t be more positive. Not sure what the point of this article is.

The point of the article is to use a headline to smear.

The memo is wonderful, and utterly not racist.

So they put a headline out that makes it seem like he said something racist. 99.9% of americans will read the headline ONLY.

And that, is the point.

16 posted on 01/18/2012 12:23:49 PM PST by Lazamataz (Every single decision Obama makes is to harm America.)
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To: TitansAFC; redstateone

GO NEWT!


17 posted on 01/18/2012 12:24:08 PM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC - DONATE MONTHLY! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know!)
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He urged Reagan to address the NAACP, an organization made up of blacks to support blacks, and that’s called racist?

He advocates a social security savings fund, which would actually be the property of black men, and that’s called racist?

I may not support Newt for President, but I’ll defend him against charges made up to buttress the idea he is a racist. Baloney!

He noted the shorter life span of blacks, and proposed they own their own retirement funds, so they wouldn’t be cheated out of their funds. That does black men a service. It was the right thing to do, and I support it 100%.


18 posted on 01/18/2012 12:24:24 PM PST by DoughtyOne (This administration is Barawkward... yes lets try everything that failed in the 20th Century. NOT!)
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Juan Williams will be troubled by this. Painting Newt as a closet racist just became much more difficult.
19 posted on 01/18/2012 12:24:55 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: proudpapa

Gingrich/West would be an awesome ticket!


20 posted on 01/18/2012 12:25:16 PM PST by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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