Rick Santorum singles out blacks for entitlement reform.

**beatleboy** · 7th January 2012 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Mayor Snorkum

Well, let's see.

Since Obama's crew took out the only black American who might be running in the next election, Santorum will lose 0% of the black vote he was going to get, if he was nominated.

Meanwhile, the bigger issue is that he's right. The federal government is not allowed, constitutionally, to take money from some people and just hand it over to other people. Naturally, you people don't want to discuss the important issues, you people just want to play Spades and other card games, perhaps Pitch.

I think Mr. Cain was his own demise, no one had to run him out, he did a fine job of that all on his own.

**Macduff** · 7th January 2012 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by bonncaruso

Electoral statistics do not concur with what you just wrote. If you want to only use the case of Harry Reid winning his hard fought re-election as a point, that is of course your prerogative, but in the sweeping history of congressional elections, people of both parties who have fucked up in this way have generally been voted out.

The same cannot be said for Republicans who commit adultery.

He's still Senate Majority Leader isn't he? I mean that's just a mystery beyond comprehension to me. Put aside the racist comment, he also let the Senate go years without passing a budget and is an incompetent of the highest order. You'd think they'd be looking for an excuse to get rid of him.

**bonncaruso** · 7th January 2012 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by the watchman

What the fuck are you even talking about? Put the crack pipe down.

Oh, no, let him smoke it. Really, let him have at it. Let the whole world see his behaviour. Really. I am all for it.

**bonncaruso** · 7th January 2012 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Macduff

He's still Senate Majority Leader isn't he? I mean that's just a mystery beyond comprehension to me. Put aside the racist comment, he also let the Senate go years without passing a budget and is an incompetent of the highest order. You'd think they'd be looking for an excuse to get rid of him.

Your opinion, not mine. No one knows the rule of order in the Senate better than Reid and McConnell. Nice try, though. You shift gears faster than my lawnmower.

**bonncaruso** · 7th January 2012 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by beatleboy

Obama's economic policy may be the only thing to hold him back, athough i don't think it will, and national defense, and foreign policy are his, there is no doubt about that. He has taken out more terroists than Bush could count, and is ending two wars. Got the troops home from Iraq, bringing them home in Aftghanastan, still searcing and killing al qaeda members. The opposition will not deter his re-election on foreign policy or national security.

Yepp, no more of this "weak Democrat" horseshit that the Right loves to throw around. It was never the truth to begin with.

7th January 2012 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by bonncaruso

Well, gee, nothing like some racist and birther snark to liven up this thread, eh?

Obama is a black AMERICAN. And his team did not eliminate Cain. Cain's penis eliminated him - without the help of anyone else.

Of course, any fool willing to compare the first black President of the USA to George Wallace, racist extraordinaire, has obviously gone off his meds and needs help.

And writing in ebonics doesn't make your behaviour any less racist.

Chuckle, chuckle. I suspected this would happen with a few very special cases here in PH who just love to show their true colors. Delightful, I say, delightful.

See, @the watchman , what did I tell you? This is the kind of shit that is going to sink the GOP in the Fall of 2012, but that is no surprise to decent Americans, and not "you people". Chuckle, chuckle.

Did you disagree with anything I said or are you still on your period, Bonn? Chuckle, chuckle.

**Macduff** · 7th January 2012 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by the watchman

You're not debating about Dodd, Clinton, Biden, Byrd and Reid statements? They don't come up ever time someone in the GOP makes a racist statement? Practically no discussion? Could have fooled me.

First you claimed that Republicans lose votes every time that make racist statements. Then, after I pointed out that Santorum tied for first place in Iowa, after his statements, you claim something else.

The story broke too soon before the Iowa caucus to have an effect. Let's see how he does as the debate continues. Admittedly, worse results could be because of any number of factors.
Of course they come up. To point out that nothing bad happened to any of those people after they made racist statements. Not one of them suffered any punitive consequence at all. Hell, a couple of them moved up to higher office. So why should the outrage the left directs at a Republican for what it perceives to be racist statements be taken seriously when Democrats get away with it every time?

**Macduff** · 7th January 2012 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by beatleboy

Obama's economic policy may be the only thing to hold him back, athough i don't think it will, and national defense, and foreign policy are his, there is no doubt about that. He has taken out more terroists than Bush could count, and is ending two wars. Got the troops home from Iraq, bringing them home in Aftghanastan, still searcing and killing al qaeda members. The opposition will not deter his re-election on foreign policy or national security.

Ask George HW Bush how much voters cared about foreign policy with a shitty economy back home.

**bonncaruso** · 7th January 2012 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Macduff

Ask George HW Bush how much voters cared about foreign policy with a shitty economy back home.

You have a valid point, but HW Bush was also caught up in a three-way race that brought him to the lowest GOP national percentage of the vote since the election of 1936.

**the watchman** · 7th January 2012 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Macduff

Why not? You made an argument and I found it persuasive.

I answered that. It's in the part of my comments you edited out.

Trent Lott and George Allen apologized too. How much good did that do them?

You missing either of those racist? Seems like it. I'm glad they are gone. It's not that complicated. They're only gone because it was politically expedient for the GOP to throw them under the bus. Racism is hurting the GOP, more so than the Democrats. If Harry Reid, or any of the other Democrats you've mentioned, were hurting the Democrats politically on the race issue, they'd get the same treatment. The GOP has a persistent race relation problem. Whereas the Democrats generally have good standing among black voters on the issue of race.

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