Over the weekend, disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told National Review that the best way to fully appreciate President Obama's decisions is to "understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior."
David Frum explains that what Gingrich wants Americans to believe is, "[A]t his deepest personal level, what Barack Obama really wants to do is strip white property owners of everything they possess." Frum added:
When last was there such a brazen outburst of race-baiting in the service of partisan politics at the national level? George Wallace took more care to sound race-neutral.
When will ugly, racially-charged rhetoric from high-profile Republicans become problematic? Why is Newt, a man who was driven from power by his own party, and who hasn't held office at any level in more than a decade, still treated as credible by major media outlets?
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