Rick Santorum - Blah Blah Blah

Now living in the United States, the Big Dollop has an opportunity to witness first - hand the wall to wall coverage of the process for the Republican Party nomination for this year’s Presidential Election which is due to be held in early November.

In the interests of regularity I have to state that of all the candidates seeking the Republican nomination only Ron Paul would be likely to attain my endorsement, however as a permanent resident I am not eligible to cast a vote in the ballot in the state where I reside.

That notwithstanding I would like to bring to the attention of my merry band of denizens a small but very significant faux pas made by one of the front runners for the nomination – Ex Senator Rick Santorum - a faux pas which you can hear for yourselves in the following video. 

  A Freudiant Slip of The Tongue?- You Bet !

Granted at 53 years of age, the Big Dollop’s capacity for hearing is not as good as it was in years past, but I could have sworn Senator Santorum said in the video he didn't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money.

Way to go there Rick!

If ever a presidential hopeful shot himself in the foot in a political sense it was Senator Santorum, indeed if he was ever fortunate enough to secure the Republican Nomination he wouldn’t have *a snowballs chance in hell of attracting the vote of the average African American in November’s Presidential election.

In what can only be described as a damage limitation exercise Senator Santorum vehemently maintained that people simply misheard the word "black" when he stumbled on a word:

"I looked at that, and I didn't say that. If you look at it, what I started to say is a word and then sort of changed and it sort of — blah — came out - people said I said 'black.' I didn't,"  said Senator Santorum.

Sorry Senator, but that is one piss poor excuse in my humble opinion, whether or not you said the word "Black" is totally irrelevant, the perception of those in American society of African heritage is that you did!

Your inappropriate comment on “blah” people is one which will ultimately have a negative impact on your desire to serve as POTUS - like Howard (the scream) Dean you blew it sir with a Freudiant slip of the tongue at a time you were looking good in the polls.

*  I think it is only fair to point out that regardless of who wins the Republican Nomination  for the Presidential Election - the vast majority of African Americans will vote for the incumbent  in the white house - such are the demographics of American politics nowadays.