Santorum Revisited

On the eve of the second GOP debate it might be instructive to review the actions of Rick Santorum on the occasion of the shootings in South Carolina. Time may have passed but we do not forget. His actions at the time were reprehensible at best and he has a lot to answer for. He has put all that behind him and blended into the woodwork but those of us who were shocked at the time remain aghast that he is still a viable – barely so – candidate  for the Presidency of the the United States.

The reaction from Presidential candidate Rick Santorum to the tragic events in Charleston, South Carolina was to call the murders part of a broader attack on "religious liberty." He went further on to say "It’s obviously a crime of hate. Again, we don’t know the rationale, but what other rationale could there be?"

Really?

Rick Santorum

Dylann Roof said he was hoping to start a "race war." He told the survivor of his massacre:“I have to do it. You’re raping our women and taking over the country. You have to go.” Last time I checked, Christians don't typically advocate rape.

How obtuse is Rick Santorum? I suspect this graduate of Dickinson Law School at Penn State University is not as naive as he pretends to be. It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes mind to divine that this is a man who is either a racist or is deliberately catering to bigots.

Dylann Roof

How does a bigot like Santorum even being seriously considered as a Presidential candidate? Have we as a nation have no scruples? Have we no backbone? Santorum when asked the straightforward question on whether they should take down the Confederate flag at the South Carolina statehouse he waffled and said since he was not a South Carolinian how could he take a position on this issue? Jeb Bush when he was governor of Florida rid his state of the Confederate flag and I'm sure it was not a popular move among certain elements in that state.

Rick Santorum has disqualified himself from the Presidential race and the sooner he leaves the better. Americans of all races and of all political persuasion need to call out the racists without equivocation. We need to fulfill the promise Thomas Jefferson made in the Declaration of Independence. that "All men are created equal."