Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, now a Fox News contributor, had some interesting dating advice for President Obama and his wife, Michelle.
SANTORUM: And you have an African-American community, particularly in the poor inner city areas, we’re looking at out of wedlock birthrates in three quarters to 75 percent (sic) of children being born out of wedlock. Marriage is an institution that’s a bridge too far for too many African-American woman and is not desirable among African-American males.
Here we have a president of the United States who says that marriage is cool. You have respect for your wife, and you treat her with the respect and dignity that she deserves. And she is part of this team. And it’s not just part of professional team, but it’s also part of a personal, romantic team. I think that’s all great. So I think it’s important that he keeps having his date night. [...]
I think he has to realize that flying to New York is…self-indulgent. Go down to the corner bar and have a drink, a shot and a beer. It does not matter where you go with your wife, is that it’s with your wife.
Not all people in the black community go hang out at the corner bar for a drink, a shot and a beer. It’s difficult for some people (and apparently Rick Santorum) to comprehend, but not all black people hang out at the bar getting drunk. Apparently, Barack and Michelle Obama should not have been so “self-indulgent.” Perhaps Santorum feels they should have taken their black asses down to the corner bar. It seems Rick Santorum thinks lowly of black people.
News Hounds:
http://www.newshounds.us/2009/06/03/fox_news_contributor_rick_santorum_offers_condescending_dating_advice_to_obama.php#more
Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/02/santorum-obama-dating/
about things in the wake of the controversial arrest that stirred racial tensions nationwide.
