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Re: Did Santorum nearly call Obama the n word??

  • I really want to say no way, but... what else was he going to say there?

    ETA I wouldn't be THAT surprised by anything that came out of his mouth though.

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  • I look forward to his explanation of this one. 
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  • Surely not. I mean, I can't stand the guy's politics, but surely he wouldn't say that. I can't imagine it being a regular enough part of Rick's vocabulary to be something he'd have to hold back, you know?
  • imageeclaires:
    I look forward to his explanation of this one. 

    "I was going to say he was a blah person..."

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  • I would like to think that even he wouldn't say that, but I cannot imagine what else he was going to say.
  • imagenicsigni:

    imageeclaires:
    I look forward to his explanation of this one. 

    "I was going to say he was a blah person..."

    Aw, man, you beat me to it!

    ETA; He was about to call him a Nickelback fan, obvi.

    Go babies Caden!
  • I can't figure out what else he would say, but at the same time, the n word doesn't really fit there, does it?  He says government, then seems to start to say the n word?
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  • It sounded more like a K than a G. But it's Santorum, so I'm choosing to believe the worst.
  • imagelyssbobiss:
    imagenicsigni:

    imageeclaires:
    I look forward to his explanation of this one. 

    "I was going to say he was a blah person..."

    Aw, man, you beat me to it!

    ETA; He was about to call him a Nickelback fan, obvi.

    Eesh. I can see why he would try and backtrack!

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  • sounded like "Nick" not a g sound.  But damn, Santorum sucks at oratory.
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  • Is it jerky in anyone elses feed? It looks like a bad edit job on mine.

    (NOT making a Santorum excuse.)

    A big old middle finger to you, stupid Nest.
  • imagepixy_stix:

    Is it jerky in anyone elses feed? It looks like a bad edit job on mine.

    (NOT making a Santorum excuse.)

    Sounds like a bad edit job to me, too.  I wouldn't put much past Santorum, but he was giving a speech here.  To my mind, if he was going to drop the n bomb it would be more of a "spur of the moment" slip, not a planned speech.  

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  • I don't like the guy but that doesn't sound that he was going to say that word.  It sounds like Nik.  I think he just stumbled over his words.
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  • imagepixy_stix:

    Is it jerky in anyone elses feed? It looks like a bad edit job on mine.

    (NOT making a Santorum excuse.)

    Yeah, it seems choppy. And I agree about the speech thing- seems like a weird place to drop it.

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  • Perhaps he was going to say niggardly and thought better of it
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  • Its REALLY hard to tell. I don't think we can assume thats what he was doing.

    He's still a douche, but I don't think he was trying to call him the n-word. 

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  • He was old school and just going with Negro.

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  • Assuming that the video is legit and not doctored, I just can't think of what else he would have been trying to say there. I agree that it seems absurd, but then, so did 'blah people' so...
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  • Agreed.  His Bullshyte comment the other day seemed a little rehearsed/forced to me.  I just don't see him using the n-word.
  • Here's the full speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyvo8SKa0M

    Comment was around the 34 minute mark. I can't decide what to think. I want to say no way he was going to say that, but then I can't think of anything else that would make sense there, and why did he just stop mid-sentence and then skip to a whole new topic instead of finishing his thought?

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    What, I can't be a Monty Python fan? 

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  • It's a stretch. I really don't think that's what he intended to say. Blahhhh people is one thing, but the n-word?
  • imageswimbikepuke:
    I'm sure he was just saying the "Niiihhh people."  Probably a Monty Python reference.  He is the president who says "Nih."

    This is why I would have an interstate love affair with you.

    Go babies Caden!
  • imagegpointewife:
    imagepixy_stix:

    Is it jerky in anyone elses feed? It looks like a bad edit job on mine.

    (NOT making a Santorum excuse.)

    Sounds like a bad edit job to me, too.  I wouldn't put much past Santorum, but he was giving a speech here.  To my mind, if he was going to drop the n bomb it would be more of a "spur of the moment" slip, not a planned speech.  

    I agree - bad edit job. I can't stand Santorum and he's said some crazy and aweful things before, but I do think he is disciplined enough to not make a gaffe like that during a planned speech. Truth be told, I can't see him dropping the N word even spur of the moment. He's been in politics way too long for that.

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  • imageKim Kardashian:
    imagegpointewife:
    imagepixy_stix:

    Is it jerky in anyone elses feed? It looks like a bad edit job on mine.

    (NOT making a Santorum excuse.)

    Sounds like a bad edit job to me, too.  I wouldn't put much past Santorum, but he was giving a speech here.  To my mind, if he was going to drop the n bomb it would be more of a "spur of the moment" slip, not a planned speech.  

    I agree - bad edit job. I can't stand Santorum and he's said some crazy and aweful things before, but I do think he is disciplined enough to not make a gaffe like that during a planned speech. Truth be told, I can't see him dropping the N word even spur of the moment. He's been in politics way too long for that.

    heh!  Still in your AE?  You never revealed who you were!  

    I have been bogged down in a million things lately so I haven't been around, so I couldn't play, but had fun reading it all.

    So...who are you?

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