Gingrich Baited GOP Audience’s “Bloodlust” — “He Ought to Be Ashamed”

“In that audience, with that kind of bloodlust in the air, an audience that was way over the line, way over the top, Gingrich was playing a dangerous game by playing to the audience and baiting people, appealing to their worst instincts, instead of their better instincts.”
— Politico’s Roger Simon on Hardball, January 17.

“Williams could see that saying that black Americans should want jobs not food stamps was insulting. Gingrich then laid into him saying that President Obama had put more Americans on food stamps than any other President. He got a lot of applause for that. Why would saying that get you a big, hearty applause? Because this whole conversation isn’t about poverty, but about race….Gingrich is a smart guy. He ought to be ashamed of himself.”
— MSNBC host Chris Matthews wrapping up Hardball, January 17.