Juan Williams booed at Fox News debate for challenging Newt Gingrich on minorities, the poor

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17. "a black journalist being booed by an overwhelmingly white audience in a deep South state..."

"It was a moment that will likely be dissected, debated and discussed for some time: a black journalist being booed by an overwhelmingly white audience in a deep South state on Martin Luther King Day, as a white candidate for president talked about the work ethic in low-income, majority black neighborhoods. It's hard to imagine a more charged few minutes in public life in recent memory."

Williams came back at Gingrich, asking the former speaker if his comments had been "intended to belittle the poor and racial minorities." The crowd, most of it white, booed Williams loudly.

Gingrich channeled resentment felt by some whites about political correctness with a salvo aimed at President Obama, followed by a high-minded summary of his own ideals.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/newt-gingrich-juan-williams_n_1209657.html

With Mitt (among others) alienating Hispanics and Newt (among others) alienating African Americans, the GOP might as well hang a "Whites Only" sign out in front of their party.