Rick Santorum Causes His Own Trouble

Republican Rick Santorum

Here's another one to file under GTFOH* courtesy of Raw Story.com.

To further prove that the Iowa Caucuses mean nothing, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is the latest Republican to be king of the hill. I'm still not impressed. Santorum was interviewed by Fox News' Sean Hannity and was asked about the racist statements he made about black people the other day. If you missed it, click here. As expected, Santorum denied making those comments and blamed it on someone trying to start trouble. In the same interview, he also claimed that he was responsible for bringing black people into the Republican party.

Instead of using the tried and true technique of naming one black friend, Santorum went the extra mile and mentioned two: J.C. Watts and former RNC chair Michael Steele. *rolls eyes* Both have been conspicuously absent from any discussion about black people and the Republican party. I wouldn't call on either of those two to co-sign anything for me but I'm sure they have Santorum's back.

Black Republicans are a strange breed. They are noticeably silent when their Republican brethren play the race card or make racist comments. They only exist in the Republican party so that they can make white people feel good about themselves and remain delusional about race and racism in this country. They are irrelevant.

Furthermore, black candidates in the Republican party are like affirmative action hires. It's one of those "you know you don't really want to hire any black people but since you have to and don't want to look racist you go out and find the most mediocre, docile negroes you can find so you can parade them around like show ponies to prove that you aren't racist when you really are." situations. See, we've got two black people on our team, they said racism doesn't exist and we believe them. 


Right wing blabbermouth Ann Coulter recently praised conservative blacks while fawning over former Republican presidential front runner Herman Cain.  Her assessment of blacks in the Republican party:  "Our blacks are so much better than their blacks."  If Herman Cain, J.C. Watts and Michael Steele is the best they can do, she can keep all of them.

*Get the F*ck Out of Here