Posted on 11/04/2015 3:48:58 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Can you imagine the liberal outrage if a Republican called a prominent Dem candidate "Chauncey Gardiner," the simple soul from the Peter Sellers film Being There? The cries of racism might well cost such a hapless Republican his job.
But don't expect James Carville to pay any price. On today's With All Due Respect, Carville said that a frustrated Bush "can't believe that Chauncey Gardiner [laughs] and Trump and all these people are running ahead of him." Given that Carson and Trump are the two front-runners, and that Carson, while brilliant, is soft-spoken, there would seem little doubt that Carville meant his Chauncey crack for Carson.
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Jeez, can’t anyone say anything anymore. Calling Ben Carson Chauncey Gardener is not racist. Not even in poor taste. It’s even a bit funny...One can agree or disagree with the assessment, and Carville is a snakehead, but heck...it ain’t racist.
Has the writer ever seen the movie? Does he even know who Peter Sellers was? Nothing racist in the label.
“I like to watch, Eve”.
I knew I had seen that face before ... it’s the international sign for “white trash”!
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