Tag Archives: Southern Strategy

Known Race-Baiter Calls Matthews ‘Racist’

Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:20 am by Bob Cesca

Whenever there’s talk of racist dog-whistles, Newt Gingrich pops up and dismisses the charges. “Why do you assume food stamp refers to black? What kind of racist thinking do you have?” Gingrich said as Matthews tried unsuccessfully to interrupt him. … Continue reading →

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Southern Strategy Race-Baiting By Any Other Name…

Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:30 am by Bob Cesca

My Tuesday column underscores why Romney’s use of the Southern Strategy is important, and why it should disqualify him as a serious presidential candidate. Yesterday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Chris Matthews was utterly relentless against Republican National Committee chairman Reince … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Continues to Play the Southern Strategy

Posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:53 pm by Bob Cesca

Here’s Romney today talking about the race-baiting welfare reform thing. Not only is the topic itself torn directly from Lee Atwater’s Playbook, but this remark absolutely confirms it. “There’s no question in my mind that the president’s action was calculated … Continue reading →

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Go Chris Matthews!

Posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:17 pm by Bob Cesca

Here’s Chris Matthews just hammering Reince Priebus on Mitt Romney’s race-baiting. And, naturally, Tom Brokaw, Joe and Mika totally wuss out. Adding… You know what also drives me nuts? When people who host political debate shows get concerned and upset … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney’s Birth Certificate Remark

Posted on August 24, 2012 at 2:55 pm by Bob Cesca

I don’t mean to step on Ashby’s toes on this, but I was actually shocked by Romney’s birth certificate crack — and the Republicans rarely shock me any more. “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know … Continue reading →

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Known Liars Should be Banned from TV

Posted on August 23, 2012 at 12:38 pm by Bob Cesca

Here’s Sununu on CNN yesterday lying about welfare reform. Again. Evidently, CNN prefaced the interview with a fact-check segment about the Romney campaign’s obviously false assertion (and racial dog-whistle) that the president “weakened” or “gutted” welfare reform when, in fact, … Continue reading →

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Romney Keeps Lying About Welfare

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 2:19 pm by Bob Cesca

Mitt Romney is completely shameless. Last week he released a video accusing the president of gutting welfare reform when, in fact, the president only responded to a request from two Republican governors to be granted leeway in advancing welfare to … Continue reading →

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A Wink and a Nod

Posted on August 9, 2012 at 2:35 pm by JM Ashby

According to Newt Gingrich, there’s no proof that President Obama wants to give people welfare checks for doing nothing, but he knows it’s true in his heart. From his appearance on Anderson Cooper 360 last night COOPER: I want to … Continue reading →

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Gingrich Campaigning for Veep with Race-Baiting, McCarthyism

Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:17 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column answers the question: Why is Gingrich’s bulbous head in the news this week? You can tell it’s August in a general election year because Republican A-listers are jumping through Flaming Hoops of Crazy in order to be … Continue reading →

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The Next Biggest Romney Lie, With a Side of Race-Baiting

Posted on August 8, 2012 at 9:27 am by Bob Cesca

My 70th column for The Daily Banter expands upon something Ashby posted yesterday: Romney’s next huge whopper lie about the president and welfare reform. To recap: over the weekend, Romney wrote on The Facebook that President Obama was trying to … Continue reading →

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