Did Rick Santorum almost call Barack Obama a nigger?

[Ziploc Surprise]

To me it honestly sounds as if he's starting to say the word "nigger". I can't imagine Santorum being that foolish. I know that people who use these words frequently often let them slip when in public and this looked like a slipl

My question is what other word might he have been trying to say? Any guesses?

[mediamogul]

To me it honestly sounds as if he's starting to say the word "nigger". I can't imagine Santorum being that foolish. I know that people who use these words frequently often let them slip when in public and this looked like a slipl

My question is what other word might he have been trying to say? Any guesses?

He doesn't even finish the sentence after the slip. He gets a look on his face like he almost messed up and then moves on quickly. Frothy has racist painted on his forehead. I would not it past him to use that word in his private life.

[Minimalist]

He clearly started forming a word that began with "Nig.."

He probably just won the Texas primary with that.

[mediamogul]

He clearly started forming a word that began with "Nig.."

He probably just won the Texas primary with that.

Haha. I'll bet he has one of those "Don't Re-Nig" bumper stickers.

Thank goodness I live in my little blue bubble of rationality in the Northeast.

[Ziploc Surprise]

To me it honestly sounds as if he's starting to say the word "nigger". I can't imagine Santorum being that foolish. I know that people who use these words frequently often let them slip when in public and this looked like a slipl

My question is what other word might he have been trying to say? Any guesses?

He doesn't even finish the sentence after the slip. He gets a look on his face like he almost messed up and then moves on quickly. Frothy has racist painted on his forehead. I would not it past him to use that word in his private life.

If he uses this word enough in his private life then there must be other's who have over heard him use the word. It's hard to keep these things away from the wrong ears. I wonder, if someone were to probe the situation, ask people who have been in somewhat close contact with him, if they would find anything. I'm really curious about this. This sort of dirty laundry should be easy to find if it exists.

[Atheist Anarchist]

He did try to say nigger. I bet Tiberius loves that. You gonna vote for him Tib? Or are you annoyed he stopped halfway?

[KichigaiNeko]

Ermmm :S Tiberiius is in England Anarch. Can't vote see??

[BoyWonder]

The poll isn't even visible outside the US!

[Rev. Rye]

There may have been some ambiguity in the video in the OP, but here's another video where he explicitly states "I don't want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRDea8PNj...r_embedded#!

I think he's trying to replicate the success of the "Southern Strategy," trying to appeal to southern states by using subtly coded rase. cism to appeal to the still-racist voting base in the South. Where Santorum fails is that, not only is Wisconsin not a southern state, but the people who used it to their advantage at least had some subtlety about it. Santorum has about the same amount of subtlety that Randy March here has in this clip.

[mediamogul]

There may have been some ambiguity in the video in the OP, but here's another video where he explicitly states "I don't want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRDea8PNj...r_embedded#!

I think he's trying to replicate the success of the "Southern Strategy," trying to appeal to southern states by using subtly coded rase. cism to appeal to the still-racist voting base in the South. Where Santorum fails is that, not only is Wisconsin not a southern state, but the people who used it to their advantage at least had some subtlety about it. Santorum has about the same amount of subtlety that Randy March here has in this clip.

Yeah Frothy is under the assumption that if you are on government assistance you are black. It's really gotten bad in the Republican party.

This of course is also coupled with the GOP unprecedented disrespectful treatment of President Obama. It's nearly an outright agenda of racism. Even Clinton, whom the Republicans hated, was not treated, at least amongst fellow politicians, with such a level of outright disrespect.

This is how Maher puts it: