CNN Suggests 'Racial Coding' In Gingrich's Words
On Thursday morning, CNN's Soledad O'Brien suggested that candidate Newt Gingrich speaks with a "racial coding" on the campaign trail. She gave credibility to former President Carter's bizarre remark about Gingrich having a "subtlety of racism" about him, asking her panel if the quote was a "bombshell."
O'Brien could also have questioned Carter's remark as a smear coming from a Democrat. Instead she seemed to argue in favor of his side. “Is there racial coding in what Newt Gingrich has said in not only in these debates, but also even in some of the campaign stops?” she asked her panel. [Video below the break.]
When conservative Will Cain of TheBlaze.com tried to argue that Gingrich had not directly brought race into his comments about food stamps and low-income students, O’Brien interrupted him and told him he was “naïve.”
“I just think when you make statements that don't have any relation to race, there are a certain group of people that somehow hear,” Cain stated before he was interrupted. “Maybe I’m naïve,” he shrugged, before O’Brien laughingly affirmed that sentiment.
She also defended Obama from Gingrich’s charge of him being the “food stamp president,” noting “if you actually look at those numbers, it was George Bush.” USDA data would disagree with that assumption.
The highest average number of people on food stamps for any year during the Bush administration was 28.2 million, in the fiscal year 2008. The number increased by almost 60 percent over the next three years to 44.7 million for the fiscal year 2011.
[Video below.]
A brief transcript of the segment, which aired on January 19 at 7:09 a.m. EST, is as follows:
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Let's talk a little bit about Jimmy Carter's comments on Piers Morgan. I thought this was a really interesting interview, because we've been discussing this, Roland, over the last couple days. So this is what Jimmy Carter told Piers Morgan last night.
(Video Clip)
JIMMY CARTER, former President of the United States: I think he has got that subtlety of racism that I know quite well and that –
PIERS MORGAN, CNN host, Piers Morgan Tonight: Really?
CARTER: -- Gingrich knows quite well that appeals to some people in Georgia, particularly the right wing.
MORGAN: And you think he's doing it deliberately?
CARTER: I think so. He knows as well the words that you use, like "welfare mommas" and so forth, that have been appealing in the past in those days when they cherished segregation of the races. So he's appealing for that in South Carolina. I don't think it will pay off in the long run.
(End Video Clip)
O'BRIEN: So, is this a bombshell at all? I mean, I think a lot – this is the debate we were having yesterday, which was that sort of racial coding. Is there racial coding in what Newt Gingrich has said in not only in these debates, but also even in some of the campaign stops.
CAIN: You know how I feel about this, Soledad. I think when you draw a series of logical conclusions where race is not involved – if you say that unemployment is higher in urban areas and you say children emulate the behavior of their parents, draw that string. And then you say children in urban areas aren't acquiring a work ethic –
O'BRIEN: But I'm talking about things when you say that this president is the president who is the food stamp president, and if you actually look at those numbers, it was George Bush.
(Crosstalk)
CAIN: There are more people on food stamps who are white than black. I just think when you make statements that don't have any relation to race, there are a certain group of people that somehow hear –
(Crosstalk)
CAIN: Maybe I'm naive.
CAIN: Yes. Yes, you are. You are naive. Yes, you are.
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S'OB at it again.
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:01am.
I can't help but think her initials are a gift to conservatives. Even though she (?) is female, S'OB is an apt description.
CNN is having a temper tantrum now that the pompous ass King was put in his place.
This is going to get much
Submitted by d1carter on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:41am.
This is going to get much worse before election day...the entire LSM will lose its collective mind when BHO is defeated. It will be a sad day for Soledad, among many others. I just hope they don't encourage any foolish acts by their audience.
President Food Stamp
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 5:35am.
So 44.7 million is less than 28.2 million now??
Is this the new math they teach in journalism school?
I still don't know what words you are taking about?
Submitted by Injest on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 7:34am.
"CNN Hints At 'Racial Coding' In Gingrich's Words
Hint at"? WTF does that mean?
'Racial Coding' WTF does that mean?
If I say the sky is blue is that 'Racial Coding'?
"She gave credibility to former President Carter's bizarre remark about Gingrich having a "subtlety of racism" about him, asking her panel if the quote was a "bombshell."
"subtlety of racism" WTF is that? It is either racism or not racism,
And who decides what these 'Racial Coding' words are? Is there a book?
O'Brien could also have questioned Carter's remark as a smear coming from a Democrat. Instead she seemed to argue in favor of his side. “Is there racial coding in what Newt Gingrich has said “like what, Again no examples to judge by” in not only in these debates, but also even in some of the campaign stops?” she asked her panel. [Video below the break.]
“I just think when you make statements that don't have any relation to race, there are a certain group of people that somehow hear,” Cain stated before he was interrupted. “Maybe I’m naïve,” he shrugged, before O’Brien laughingly affirmed that sentiment".
"She also defended Obama from Gingrich’s charge of him being the “food stamp president,” noting “if you actually look at those numbers, it was George Bush.” USDA data would disagree with that assumption".
And then she presented the factual numbers that support Gingrich’s charge of him being the “food stamp president,”!
How stupid are these people?
The highest average number of people on food stamps for any year during the Bush administration was 28.2 million, in the fiscal year 2008. The number increased by almost 60 percent over the next three years to 44.7 million for the fiscal year 2011.
So in 2009 thru 2011 food stamps increased by almost 60%, meaning more people have gone on food stamps every year Obama has been in office!
O'BRIEN: "So, is this a bombshell at all? I mean, I think a lot – this is the debate we were having yesterday, which was that sort of racial coding. Is there racial coding in what Newt Gingrich has said in not only in these debates, but also even in some of the campaign stops".
Depends, I still don't know what words you are taking about?
Carter was explaining
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 7:47am.
how he, as a member of the wealthy landowner class in Georgia, would talk down black (and other non-rich-white) people with his white buddies. He knows very well the deep-seated racism that flows through his veins, and he can't imagine anyone from Georgia being any different.
Carter is slime.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Giving credibility to
Submitted by Bodini on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 9:06am.
Giving credibility to Carter, who has no credibility, is like multiplying any number times ZERO!
#DIV/0!
Submitted by Model850 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 4:51pm.
I think it's more like trying to divide by zero. Any calculator or spreadsheet software will allow you to multiply by zero, but will throw an error if you try to divide by zero.
So giving credibility to Carter is like dividing any number by zero: It's an ERROR!
Soledad thinks
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 7:42am.
that saying someone "sees the issue as black and white" is a racist statement.
She's so dumb, she probably protests her local grocery store for selling redskin potatoes.
She's so dumb, she thinks waving a white flag is showing support for the Klan.
She's so dumb, she thinks a zebra is a racially ambiguous horse.
Heck, she's so dumb, she thinks Obysmal is a good president.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I wanna play too
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:47pm.
She's so dumb when they were handing out brains, she thought they said "rain" and she ran to the barn so she wouldnt get wet.
If brains were gasoline, she wouldnt have enough for an ant to ride his motorcycle around the outside of a Cheerio.
⇒ Yes, it's racist codespeak!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 8:25am.
In retrospect, it can now be revealed, when Oprah Winfrey proclaimed she had "all these white people" working for her, she was really opining blacks are lazy.
You see? Deciphering codespeak is really quite simple.
Stand by for your coded message for today.
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 9:06am.
The eagle flies at midnight.
Do you have the time? My watch stopped.
I've got the yo-yo.
That is all.
--Mike
where do i
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:48pm.
get my de-coder ring?
⇒ Send self-addressed stamped envelope
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:59pm.
To: Little Oprah Annie Radio Show
Codespeak...
Submitted by adamsmith on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:04am.
What would be Codespeak for "Soledad O'Brien is not a real journalist, just a Statist partisan hack too stupid to be anything other than a lemming with no credibilty"? I don't know how the media ever recovers from these Marxist idiots divulging how biased they are on a daily basis. Pretty sure the 20 million unemployed Americans will never believe anything they say ever again. In my opinion Soledad should be facing a firing squad for treason against the Constitution. Or wearing a short hemp necklace with thirteen twists in it tied to a tall tree. Traitor....
what the ???
Submitted by rowdygirl on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:08am.
Just so I have this straight.. since I'm white, IF I was on food stamps I should be offended, right? How dare they leave whites on the government gravy train out of the mix..
I'm so confused.
Tam
I wish ...
Submitted by VA Voter on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:16am.
I wish conservatives would call these attackers 'Racers'. A Racer being someone who gratuitously calls someone 'racist'.
I don't like what you say, so
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:30am.
It must be RACIST. Is it true? Who cares, it is RACIST. If you are a republican we don't even care if what you say is true. It is RACIST. As a republican, you are a RACIST.
Smarty Solo Dad
Submitted by peteydee on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:45am.
Solo Dad at one time was a local reporter in the Bay Area.
Here is how she reported on a fire."Basically the the fire started in the alley way.Basically here is what happened.
Basically the fire was reported at 5:15 this morning and the fire dept showed up to put the flames out.Basically no one was hurt in the fire and basically there was minimal damage to the building."
Basically from that point on I knew she was someone who basically has little to say.
Amazing...
Submitted by ljacone on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:52am.
Speaker Gingrich says that he wants poor people to have better jobs and own their own businesses, and somehow that's racist? Huh? Maybe I'm just unusually dense but aren't better jobs and small business ownership good things?
Of all the indignities heaped upon Conservatives by the Left, the constant chorus of racism is the one which infuriates me the most. The Left are the racists, and there's a mountain of historical data to support that.
Oh wait, that's right. Facts don't matter when they are inconvenient.
motherbelt's axiom
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:22am.
That's what we call it around here.
The facts are immaterial. Liberals know the Truth.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Racial coding is just another word for...
Submitted by Order270 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:06am.
...a hanging chad. When Racers lack direct evidence, they default back to discerning intent.
"Coded" words are heard by those who see conspiracies,
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:24am.
in the same way as those who take absolutely unrelated incidents (or co-incidental events) and weave a conspiracy around what they want to see. No one else sees these conspiracies, and no one else believes any reasonable association exists between the events and "facts" that the conspiracy-theorist, consequently being dismissed as co-conspirators. This is the world of "coded" discrimination/racism believers, which is to say the world of the paranoid and delusional.
Yeah, Jimmy Carter
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 12:44pm.
would know about being racist, the Jew-hating ol' fool.
Hmmm. Is this 'racial coding'
Submitted by ant on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 1:59pm.
Hmmm. Is this 'racial coding' or simply treason? So hard to tell....if you're a lying, liberal idiot.
http://moonbattery.com/?p=7102
Feds spend 1.6 million taxpayer dollars to restore racist La Raza's graffiti murals extolling Aztlan and Che Guevara.
CNN racial decoder ring
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:09pm.
Hay, Soledad, where do I get my CNN racial decoder ring?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
How dumb can Carter be?
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 2:18pm.
"He knows as well the words that you use, like "welfare mommas" and so forth, that have been appealing in the past in those days when they cherished segregation of the races."
Hay, Carter, you senile old fool, the term "welfare monmas" didn't appear until the 1980's, more than twenty years after segregation disappeared. I think you need to start some Alzheimer's treatments, pronto!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Racist?
Submitted by mmilesll on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:17pm.
I guess when you run out of facts try anything. Just look at the panel that CNN has discussing this subject -and they wonder why no one watches them. I will say that each of the four are stupid in their own right, you know what kind of responses you will get out of the group.
What a moron.
Submitted by feisty on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:49pm.
No offense to CNN, but Ms. O'Brien is one of the stupidest people on television. She is one of many people dragging CNN down to MSNBC's level. Pretty soon Alvin Greene is going to be a commentator.
What the heck is racial coding? Are these people -- including Carter -- completely obsessed by their own paranoia? Was Newt speaking in code to the rest of us? This junk dressed up as journalism or political commentary is really approaching the absurd.
And I agree it will only get worse. Newt should win because the media will go so nuclear that anyone watching a TV will finally realize how bias it is.