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Newt Gingrich Calls Spanish a "Ghetto" Language

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.

There's something hideously funny about Newt Gingrich's latest idiotic pronouncement. I think it's his delivery. He obviously knows that what he is saying is inflammatory and absurd, and that its chief "value" is to incite the passions of people who hate Spanish-speaking people as much as they hate the people who live in the "ghetto," which includes many people who are not white and many people who do not speak Spanish.

I think I admire Newt's comic ability. Not everyone can say things he knows are ridiculous with a straight face. It's the irony between the straight face and the ridiculous assertion that causes people to laugh. And laugh we do whenever New Gingrich speaks in public, until we remember that many of our countrymen and women may be taking him seriously.

Lately, I've perceived some anti-immigrant sentiment in unexpected places. I hope this Newt Gingrich video will show everyone that, as far as Newt Gingrich is concerned, all those who have lived in the ghetto and all those who speak Spanish can be insulted as one, no matter where they were born.


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