Rick Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign, Leaves Behind A Bunch of Racist Gaffes

by Jorge Rivas on April 10 2012, 2:59PM

The former Pennsylvania Senator leaves behind a few (some of them racist?) gems for us to go down memory lane with.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW Blog, Politics

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Did Rick Santorum Just Almost Call the President the N-Word? [Video]

by Jorge Rivas on March 30 2012, 3:22PM

At a campaign stop in Janesville, Wisconsin on Tuesday, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum came pretty close uttering the N-word when describing President Obama.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW Blog, Politics

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White Born-Again and Evangelical Christians Dominated Alabama and Mississippi GOP Primaries

by Jorge Rivas on March 14 2012, 4:20PM

Mississippi has the highest African-American population of any state in the union but on Tuesday’s GOP primary around 8 in 10 Mississippians voters were white evangelical or born-again Christians.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW Blog, Politics

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The New-Old Southern Strategy Mixes Racism and Sexism for Nasty Results

by Akiba Solomon on February 28 2012, 10:19AM

GOP presidential candidates have thrown gender dog-whistle politics into the race pot. It’s looking an awful lot like the odious 1960s Southern strategy.

Topics: 2012 Election, Akiba Solomon, GOP Primary, Gender & Sexuality, Health

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Santorum Vows He Won’t Give Black People “Somebody Else’s Money”

by Jorge Rivas on January 3 2012, 11:37AM

Santorum spread inaccurate racist assumptions at a campaign stop in Iowa, where he’s polling strongly.

Topics: GOP Primary, /NOW Blog

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