Hey, look! Rick Perry is back on Brokeback Mountain—he changed jackets, though—and now he’s talking about Washington D.C.’s “political correctness.” Weirdly, the examples he uses (inappropriate relationships between senators and lobbyists, bankrupting Social Security) have nothing to do with political correctness. So what’s going on, here?
“You and I know it’s true,” Perry says near the end of the ad, “but not politically correct.” This is about as dog-whistle-y as politics get: Perry is making a direct case to poor white folks who think that a multicultural America is a sick America, that the fight for gay marriage is more about annoying straight people than giving a basic human right to a minority, that Christianity is the only religion that matters, that women shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy the same rights as men. Political correctness has become a code word for people who want America to return to a time that never was, where the racism flows unchecked, women happily stay in the kitchen, and Christianity reigns over all.
It’s this simple: Perry is trying to become the new David Duke. Happily, I don’t think there are enough outright bigots in the Republican Party to hand him a victory, although I do expect his poll numbers to see a fair-sized bounce now that he’s made a pretty overt plea to bigots everywhere for their support.
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE DOESN’T WEAR A NECKTIE WITH A BUTTON-UP AND A SUIT JACKET?!? MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD!!!!
Romney will probably also get a slight bigot bounce since his campaign slogan appears to be the slogan of the KKK.
http://www.americablog.com/2011/12/romney-…
My renovation plan for Detroit:
1. CNN and MSNBC both move their headquarters to Detroit and hire local blacks to run their cameras and IT departments.
2. SPLC also move its headquarters to Detroit and change its name to NPLC.
3. Michael Moore move to Detroit and mingle in the ‘hood.
4. All US Congressional reps and Senators who support Affirmative Action be required to retire in Detroit. Most are millionaires. Their spending habits would boost the economy.
5. Alec Baldwin and every other leftist in Hollywood buy a home in Detroit and make it their primary residence.
6. McDonalds move its headquarters to Detroit as proof that it’s serious about 365black.
7. All left-wing university professors and their brainwashed white liberal students (like Paul Constant) who live in the whitest cities of the USA (Portland and Seattle) have to spend each summer in Detroit’s ‘hood helping out the disenfranchised Negroes.
8. George Soros redistribute his wealth to residents of Detroit.
I can’t help but look at him there, with his lips almost pursed, and think about what he’d look like in drag.
Why is it that @My renovation plan for Detroit seems to be square in the middle of Rick Perry’s target Demographic?