"White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw," - Newt Gingrich, twittering.
Gingrich is now allied with Tancredo and Glenn Beck in calling the first Hispanic nominee for the Supreme Court a racist, even though the full context of the quote refutes - or at the very least deeply undermines - what could be a reasonable point in less inflammatory language.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/05/rope-a-conservative-dope-watch/201324/
