Santorum tells Iowans: ‘I don’t want to make black people’s lives better’

[deminks]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/02/santorum-tells-iowans-i-dont-want-to-make-black-peoples-lives-better/

Speaking to Republicans in Iowa on Monday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) said his administration would reform welfare to the point that it would offer no welfare at all.

After suggesting that an expansion of Medicare is really just a plot to make voters more “dependent” on Washington, Santorum added: ”I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money.”

“I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn their money and provide for themselves and their families,” he added. “The best way to do that is to get the manufacturing sector of the economy rolling.”

(end snip)

and the crowd cheers.

video at the link.

[MichiganVote]

1. Sounds like he thinks black people should be working in manufacturing?

Maybe he thinks black people should pick cotton too.

[hack89]

3. Manufacturing was the bedrock of the middle class

and the center of union power in America. They were jobs that a high school graduate could raise a family on.

Not everyone can or should go to college - there will never be enough jobs. We need those manufacturing jobs back.

[WinkyDink]

12. AS IF that was his real message.

[MichiganVote]

19. Starting/Managing a manufac. biz is hard work

1% er's don't want to work that hard nor do they want to pay what it takes for others to run that biz for them. Frankly they make better returns on their money thru financial markets. The Congress they have bought and paid for will make sure they can continue to lie, cheat and steal in that domain too.

Manufacturing jobs in the US are done, kaput. We can offer tax breaks forever and the 1% still won't do it. What they will do is talk about lazy Americans who don't want to work in manufacturing even as they now talk about Americans not wanting to work in farm fields.

Anything they say is all a con.

[FarLeftFist]

2. Nothing about them becoming President?

[oldhippydude]

4. how does this happen

in 2012....wait till they use the "n word"

[BeaufortPenguin]

5. Soooooo, All Black People Are On Welfare?

No black people have jobs?
No black people have money?
No black people can provide for themselves?
No black people have opportunities?
No black people work in manufacturing?

In what world does this fukkktard live?

[jaysunb]

7. Screw Santorium, it's his audience that worries me.

These people seem to be very comfortable listening to or encouraging this kind of racist speak, otherwise he wouldn't feel so at ease to pandering to them.

Btw, Rick, I've been working since I was 12, and Im 68 now with not one welfare application in my resume. And that goes for my entire family. So fuck you and your buddies out in Iowa.

[surrealAmerican]

18. It's a valid point.

He's a racist and an idiot. I guess his audience agrees with him, or they wouldn't let statements like that go unchallenged.

[quinnox]

6. Whoa, Santorum going all out for the racist vote!

With this, along with his recent comments asking in wonder "how can a black man make these kinds of decisions", referring to personhood/pro-life issues, he is hard charging for the KKK and old, white and racist vote!

[ellisonz]

8. His body language is creepy. n/t

[mazzarro]

9. So the racist prick thinks that black people are the only ones on welfare?

This is how they use coded language all the time to seek for vote and insult people of color especially blacks. I have no tolerance for this a**hole and the rethuglican KKK loving buffoons of which he is one - IMHO!

[WinkyDink]

10. WTH did he specify "black people"????????????????????

[spanone]

11. so according to rick only african americans are on welfare?....

fuck santorum

[banned from Kos]

13. His odds of winning Iowa just went up. He was closing in on Romney anyway.

Santorum Santorum.

[Thegonagle]

14. Once a day, I google Santorum's name,

and click on the top link...

Just to help keep it on top.

[HillWilliam]

15. Thanks for reminding me

I did again. And every other link with the, eherm, correct definition

[Initech]

16. Wow. Are they trying to lose??

It sure seems that way - just one debate after another ends in pure, utter stupidity.

[MisterP]

17. trying to grab the Paul voters, eh?

[City Lights]

20. Unreal.

Just when I think I've heard it all, one of the Republican clowns doubles down.