Highbrow birtherism: Conservatives attack Obama as an "African colonial"
Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich recently made news by suggesting that President Obama is engaged in "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior," but he isn't alone in using the African heritage of Obama's father and grandfather as fuel for ridiculous smears.
Gingrich attacked Obama for "Kenyan, anti-colonial" worldview
Gingrich: "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" From a September 11 interview with National Review Online:
Gingrich says that [Dinesh] D'Souza has made a "stunning insight" into Obama's behavior -- the "most profound insight I have read in the last six years about Barack Obama."
"What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich asks. "That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior."
"This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president," Gingrich tells us.
"I think he worked very hard at being a person who is normal, reasonable, moderate, bipartisan, transparent, accommodating -- none of which was true," Gingrich continues. "In the Alinksy tradition, he was being the person he needed to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve . . . He was authentically dishonest.
President Obama has been amazingly pro business for someone who is supposedly anti-American. One wonders if these conservative hacks even knows what colonialism means. Many European nations invaded and simply took over other countries such as India and large parts of Africa. How is it bad than to be anti-colonialism anyway. Are all these conservatives in favor of reviving the invasion of other countries to exploit their people and resources. One would also think conservatives would have some knowledge of America's own history. How could having any kind of foreign ancestry be suspicious all on it's own. Unless you're a Native American your ancestors immigrated here from somewhere else. Even in Thomas Jefferson's day he regretted white colonists cheated on or broken just about every treaty the colonial states had with Indian tribes. Newt Gingrich's history of bigoted remarks
Gingrich: Poor blacks fail to acquire wealth partly because of their "habits." A June 16, 1995, Washington Post article reported that Gingrich, in a discussion with black journalists, stated that the failure of poor black people to acquire wealth was in part due to their "habits."Conservatism will never change. It's adherents have a very primitive world view. They have to constantly rewrite history to justify their beliefs and always resort to deranged conspiracy theories because they know they cannot win a debate on the merits. And they thrive on paranoia - Paranoid Palin Hunts For Media ‘Moles’ At Montana Speech
(Newt has never served in the military) - Gingrich on women in combat: Women would have trouble staying in ditches "because they get infections;" "males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes." A January 19, 1995, New York Times article reported on concerns about women in military combat roles that Gingrich had raised while teaching a history course at Georgia's Reinhardt College. The Times reported that Gingrich told his students that "females have biological problems staying in a ditch for 30 days because they get infections, and they don't have upper body strength," and added that men "are basically little piglets; you drop them in a ditch, they roll around in it."
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is never shy about bashing the “lamestream media,” concocting conspiracy theories about its bias, and pioneering a media strategy that keeps her as far away as possible from tough questions. Palin’s speakers contract stipulates that journalists are only allowed to record the first three minutes of her remarks, and that all other recording devices, including cell phones, be banned. Palin’s paranoia about the press was on full display Sunday at an event in Missoula, MT, during which she worried there were journalist “moles” in the audience:How is it bias to record and report exactly what Palin says. She hates Katie Couric to this day simply because Couric asked Palin what her reading habits were. People this paranoid should in no way be governing an open and democratic nation.
During her talk, Palin at times deviated from her awe-filled words of faith to take swipes at the media – at one point proclaiming that “moles” were in the audience texting about her belief in prayer and taking it all out of context, as per usual.
Palin also said, “Be careful. There may be some media that sneaked into the room.” In response, the editor of The Missoulian, which reported Palin’s comments, said her reporter had credentials to cover the speech and “didn’t sneak in or out.” Palin’s comments are “intended to create distrust of the professional journalists…who take their jobs very seriously and work hard to accurately and fairly report the news,”
