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Santorum Singles Out Black People As Dependent on GovernmentFormer senator attacks Obama policies, says he'd make blacks' lives better
SIOUX CITY, Iowa Rick Santorum added a twist to the Republican argument that President Obama wants to make people more dependent on the federal government. He singled out blacks as people whose lives he would improve without using "somebody else's money."
The comment came Sunday in response to a mans question about foreign influence on the U.S. economy. "How do we get off this crazy train? We've got so much foreign influence in this country now," the man said. "Where do we go from here?" In a lengthy answer, Santorum talked about reviving U.S. manufacturing and then pivoted to the government-dependency theme.
"What President Obama wants to do, his economic plan is to make more people dependent upon government. To grow the government, To make sure we have more food stamps, and more SSI and more Medicaid. Four in 10 children are now on government-provided health care. It just keeps expanding," Santorum said.
He talked about how Iowa is going to get fined if more people dont sign up for Medicaid and then said, "They're pushing harder and harder to get more and more of you dependent upon them so they can get your vote. That's what the bottom line is. So I don't want to make black peoples lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/santorum-singles-out-black-people-as-dependent-on-government-20120102?mrefid=election2012
msongs
(67,199 posts)Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)the bigoted right wingnuts. Who gives a crap about the truth of the matter. It feeds their fears.
This sort of thing might work for him with the truly insane, but in a general election, this is the kind of thing that would destroy him. For that reason, I cheer him on.
think
(11,641 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)The attack on our social safety net is entirely based on ugly racism. Until we realize that we're all in this together, nothing will get better.
think
(11,641 posts)LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Nixon's southern strategy is alive and well in the GOP. It is the spiritual home of racists. It is hard to imagine that at one time the Republican party was the party seen as championing minority rights. The party is an amalgamation of every self-interested bigoted viewpoint that exists in our country.
think
(11,641 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I just can't believe he was so blatant.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Everybody heard it. Just sayin'.
Most repukes wouldn't have come right out and said it like that, even though they all mean it.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)It's about who responds. I can hear when my neighbor whistles for his dog, but it doesn't mean I'm going to come running. Just sayin'.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)ebertchicago Roger Ebert
Santorum doesn't want to "single out" black people on welfare in Iowa. That's good, because almost everybody on welfare in Iowa is white.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)That's his goal.
MH1
(17,537 posts)Hate to be so calculating about it, but there it is.
That's a comment that will be very motivational.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)in not so clear a manner.
Rick just said it outright. I truly believe they think they don't have to hide their racism/bigotry anymore. They think the majority of the country thinks like they do.
If that were the case, we'd be in deeper shit than we already are.
Blue Owl
(49,934 posts)n/t
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I really try not to make fun of people's looks, but in cases like these, it's really hard. What a bunch of brain-dead dolts.
dickthegrouch
(3,151 posts)He'd find out just who is dependent on whom.
Citibank and BofA don't depend on government money? Boeing and Lockheed Martin don't depend on government money?
How do we wrest control of public discourse back into the realm of reality?
My solution would be change campaign law to make any candidate ineligible for the current cycle if any of the statements they make or allow to be made on their behalf can be shown to be anything other than unvarnished truth. If "Truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth" is good enough for court, it's good enough for public office.
maximusveritas
(2,915 posts)and that includes many people who are closet racists.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)is to grab their white sheets and pointy hoods. These guys aren't in the closet; they're outside burning crosses on the front lawn.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)tawadi
(2,110 posts)Class, gender, race, you name it. Anything to appeal to the angry, hate-filled, bigoted supporters they have.
dawg
(10,610 posts)Racism is this country's original sin. It's the reason our social welfare spending as a percent of gdp is on par with Mexico and S. Korea, instead of being comparabe to the more conservative European nations.
This is how most of them think. Rick just said it out loud.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)off of Social Security and Medicare and farm subsidies ...
they'd lose most of their base forever ...
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)lindac007
(55 posts)When ever will they stop this race baiting?? Its as though they're stuck in the fifties and think that their racism is perfectly acceptable. Does he even understand that the people who are collecting welfare are predominantly white? I get so tired of these idiots.
spanone
(135,636 posts)84,054
The estimated African American population in Iowa as of July 1, 2009. African Americans constitute 2.8 percent of the states total population. In 1980 African Americans made up 1.4 percent of the states total population.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/datacenter/Publications/aaprofile2011.pdf
deacon
(5,967 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)I'm convinced he will be embraced by Iowa as the 'not Romney' candidate. It was just a matter of time really in this GOP primary game of musical chairs. The music stops tomorrow and Santorum's surge is well-timed. Hopefully there is enough anti-Romney sentiment to propel this creepy little fuck into the lead. Obama will make short work of that mass.