23 November 2011

Is Gingrich channelling?

He prides himself on being a historian.  His recent criticism of the participants in OWS - "Go get a job, right after you take a bath" - is strikingly similar to this comment from the presidential campaign of 1968:
"You come up when I get through and I'll autograph your sandals for you. That is, if you got any on . . . You need a good haircut. That's all that's wrong with you. . . There are two four-letter words I bet you folks don't know: 'work' and 'soap.'"
Those not old enough to remember the incident will find the 1968 speaker identified at The Dish. 

4 comments:

  1. PokeyNovember 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    He is obviously thinking about the 60s-70s when hippies were smelly, taxes were high, and there were lots and lots of jobs.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    @Pokey
    Are you sure you don't mean "when hippies were high and taxes were smelly"? ;)

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  3. AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 3:50 PM

    when the hippies were high and all the jobs were smelly?

    no really, I find it very infuriating that he is accusing my generation of being stinky lazy hippies, especially considering that the OWS crowd is extremely diverse in age and personal opinion. I have had a job since i was 15 and have always worked very hard. His type of rhetoric just diminishes any sort of credibility he may have once had.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Hey, to be fair.

    it's much easier to just hate rather than learn facts.

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