Pennsylvania's former senator lifted his new campaign slogan from a famous American poem that he obviously never read. Given his political stances, Santorum could have found a better match in a Pat Boone song. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell explains in the Rewrite.
The Langston Hughes America
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Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:15 PM EDT
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This reminds me of when Reagan quoted Springsteen's Born in the USA as an example of a patriotic song.
I reconized the poem instanly and was happy to see you put it in the proper perspective. for Mr Santorum
What an inspiring and yet haunting words.
The far right and the Tea party are doing everything they can to derail the economy and sabotage Obama's successes in order to win back the white house.
Why do you think all of a sudden, they want urgent budget cuts to the deficit which they did nothing to solve during 8 years of the Bush presidency?
When they gave Busch carte blanche to spend as much as he wanted, lifting the debt ceiling 6 times, waging a needless expensive war costing over 1.4 trillion dollars, and handing the rich tax cuts they didn't ask for or need.
They know that if the nation is on track for recovery in 2012 they will not regain the White House. Hence the efforts to sabotage the economy before the election. It’s a form of treason, but it’s legal.
Their ultimate goal - to transform the United States into a plutocracy.
Thanks uh, O'Donnell, I think that's the right name....
Seriously, you're doing a seriously great job.
I don't know if anyone caught this from the 2008 Republican National Convention, but when I heard it, I fell on the floor laughing. The musical interlude before Sarah Palin and John McCain came on stage was "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap" by Aerosmith. :D
Thanks Lawerence, for keeping the record straight. When the Tea party was at their verbal peak stating they wanted to "take back America" My only conclusion was they wanted to go back to the days when all non-whites were oppressed. Your reading of part of the poem reminded me of that.