Oh, that precocious Lil' Ricky Sanatorium...First he links men + dogs, now it's slavery + abortion.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R), a potential 2012 presidential contender, is attempting to trudge out of the mess that he waded into Wednesday when he seemed to suggest that it was objectionable for Obama to be pro-choice because he was black.

Here's his response to the Christian Broadcasting Network, on which he gave the original comments.

"For decades certain human beings were wrongly treated as property and denied liberty in America because they were not considered persons under the constitution. Today other human beings, the unborn of all races, are also wrongly treated as property and denied the right to life for the same reason; because they are not considered persons under the constitution. I am disappointed that President Obama, who rightfully fights for civil rights, refuses to recognize the civil rights of the unborn in this country."

While the linking of slavery to abortion may be repulsive to some, it at least provides some additional context to the clumsy comments made on two very sensitive issues.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/rick-santorum-explains-obama-attack_n_811684.html

[AspenRose]

1. I just posted this in another thread, but I'll repeat it again

1) It is the time between MLK day and February, Black History Month. Emotions regarding race run high during this time of year, especially with bigots.

2) There have been screenings of a "documentary" (and I use that term loosely) called MAAFA 21 that is circulating across the country, particularly in cities with large black populations and at HBCUs (historically black colleges & universities). It basically says that abortion is being used as an attempt at black genocide. The group promoting this tripe is a white, GA-based anti-choice group. They even went so far as to recruit a black person on their formerly all-lily-white staff to go to the campuses to promote the film, since they were having difficulties getting blacks to come join their cause (can't imagine why).

http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/2341/anti-cho...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/us/27race.html?_r=1


DU folks are hella smart so I am sure you guys can connect the dots. Santorum's just doing his part for the cause.

[applegrove]

2. He's definitely running.

[jmowreader]

3. Extreme pro-lifers have linked Dred Scott to Roe for a while

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/9/16460/5820