Dear Rick: Your grandfather Pietro was a self-described, ardent Communist – the Red kind we used to deport – who had to get the hell out of Italy because the Reds were losing their battle with the Fascists. And he remained a committed Communist and Union man when he got to the U.S. He would have taken one look at you and disowned you.
Also, Rick, regarding U.S. exceptionalism, what categories are we exceptional in? Healthcare? Nope. The World Health Organization ranks us 37th in terms of all the leading indicators of overall health. The world’s dominant economy? Barely? Military? Yes, but what good is that doing us? But we are definitely first by a mile in Republican candidates who are but leaky vessels of the truth.
Well, every transcription I’ve seen, plus what I heard, was “nig”. He may well have been about to say “government negro”; I just get the sense that its the sort of phrase he’d use in his private life.
Dear Rick: Your grandfather Pietro was a self-described, ardent Communist – the Red kind we used to deport – who had to get the hell out of Italy because the Reds were losing their battle with the Fascists. And he remained a committed Communist and Union man when he got to the U.S. He would have taken one look at you and disowned you.
Also, Rick, regarding U.S. exceptionalism, what categories are we exceptional in? Healthcare? Nope. The World Health Organization ranks us 37th in terms of all the leading indicators of overall health. The world’s dominant economy? Barely? Military? Yes, but what good is that doing us? But we are definitely first by a mile in Republican candidates who are but leaky vessels of the truth.
I hate Rick. But I think he was saying governmentnik. Though that’s not really a word…
Well, every transcription I’ve seen, plus what I heard, was “nig”. He may well have been about to say “government negro”; I just get the sense that its the sort of phrase he’d use in his private life.