The racism is real. It is very, very real. As long as racism has power it will never stop.
MONDAY, DEC 10, 2012 11:21 AM EST
The disgusting racial codes in his (Karl Rove) super PAC's new ad suggest the GOP will never stop pitting us against each other
BY DAVID SIROTA
...“You start out in 1954 by saying, ‘Nigger, nigger, nigger,’” (click here) he said. “By 1968 you can’t say ‘nigger’ — that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.”
Though Atwater made those comments and those ads a generation ago, they are — sadly — not outdated tactics merely for debate among historians. They are particularly relevant this week thanks to a new television ad campaign launched by Atwater’s friend and protégé Karl Rove.
Constructed by Rove’s Crossroads GPS, the spot is airing on cable throughout the nation and focuses on what Atwater would call “totally economy things.” View the ad and make sure to closely watch the visual presentation:...
