Santorum Criticizes Obama For Not Uniting Us On Race While Praising Jesse Helms
[su_right_ad]Presidential aspirant Rick Santorum was guest hosting a radio show in Iowa, where he had plenty of time to muse about his fondness for people like Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms.
“There was no one nicer than Jesse Helms,” Santorum said. “I mean, I don’t think a single Democrat would tell you that on a personal level, there was anybody that was more gentlemanly, more kind than Jesse.” (He might want to check with Carol Mosely-Braun on that.)
He added that the “breakup of any kind of cooperation” in government is happening because people like President Obama are failing to be gentlemen like Jesse Helms…
Later in the program Santorum took a call from a listener who complained that the media was giving less coverage to looting and vandalism in Ferguson, Missouri, than to “this police officer who has generally a pristine record in law enforcement” who “simply chose to defend himself.”
“I completely understand your position,” Santorum responded, before accusing the media and President Obama of fomenting “racial division” and “pitting one group against another.”
President Obama’s “greatest failing,” he added, was that he had the opportunity “to be a transformational figure from a racial point of view and he has abandoned the field.”[su_csky_ad]
tracey marie November 17th, 2014 at 3:10 pm
didn’t you say black man then lied and insisted you said blah man?
alpacadaddy November 17th, 2014 at 3:11 pm
Clearly a sign of the Holiday Season; Rick Sanitorium has emerged from his deep well of ignorance to promote his annual “Racists & Bigots For Jesus” crusade!
Larry Schmitt November 17th, 2014 at 3:16 pm
I understand a lot of slave owners were real polite gentlemen too.
M D Reese November 17th, 2014 at 3:34 pm
He does know that the President is half white and half black doesn’t he? I don’t know how Obama can show more racial unity than that…
Maxx44 November 17th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
From 1960 until 1972 Jesse Helms was general manager of WRAL-TV in Raleigh. Obviously Santorum never witnessed the bile that evil man spewed when “editorializing”. My dad always called Helms “mush-mouth” and made me – the resident remote control – change the channel when Helms came on.
Suzanne McFly November 17th, 2014 at 4:43 pm
The Democratic party is the party of progression, the Republican party is the anchor around our necks trying to prevent us from advancement.