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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The Rachel Maddow Show: Racism A Growing Issue For Gingrich, Paul. (with video)

On Martin Luther King Day, during the South Carolina GOP Primary debate, hosts from Fox TV utterly ignored the enormous elephants in the room by refusing to ask Ron Paul about voting against the National MLK Holiday or about his being against the Civil Rights Act.

Then, "No Newt is Good Newt" Gingrich refused to accept that he'd offended/insulted countless Americans (and African-Americans, in particular) with his "... they need jobs not food-stamps" and his suggestion that poor kids (whom he also said "lack a good work ethic") replace janitors at schools.

Hold on, folks... There's more!

Worst of all: the blindingly-white audience defended Newt's nonsense.

(*Sigh.)

For more on the story, please enjoy this brief clip from last night's The Rachel Maddow Show: