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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNAACP blasts Santorum for targeting blacks in entitlement reform
NAACP blasts Santorum for targeting blacks in entitlement reform
By Stephanie Condon
The NAACP on Wednesday blasted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for recently singling out blacks for receiving federal benefits, calling his remarks "inaccurate and outrageous."
At a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa on Sunday, Santorum was talking about entitlement reform when he said, "I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money."
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement Wednesday that "Santorum's targeting of African Americans is inaccurate and outrageous, and lifts up old race-based stereotypes about public assistance."
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On CNN Wednesday, Santorum said he reviewed the context in which he made his remarks and said, "I'm pretty confident that I didn't say 'black.'" The GOP contender said he "was starting to say one word, and I sort of came up with another word and moved on and it sounded like black."
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57352570-503544/naacp-blasts-santorum-for-targeting-blacks-in-entitlement-reform/
So Santorum (a.k.a. frothy) is claiming that he didn't say "black."
Here's what he said: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002104953
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NAACP blasts Santorum for targeting blacks in entitlement reform (Original Post)
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2012
OP
That's likely to be far more valuable to a Tea Nut candidate's base than a
NorthCarolina
Jan 2012
#1
Who are you going to believe ... the frothy mix or that damned lying videotape?
11 Bravo
Jan 2012
#3
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)1. That's likely to be far more valuable to a Tea Nut candidate's base than a
"McCain" endorsement.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. at least we know what he really thinks.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)3. Who are you going to believe ... the frothy mix or that damned lying videotape?
Quantess
(27,630 posts)4. Somebody needs to!
I haven't seen much media outrage over this. I think it's outrageous.
BumRushDaShow
(129,887 posts)5. You LIE! n/t
Quantess
(27,630 posts)6. kick