Shorter Santorum: Obama is uppity

by David Safier

The Republican racist dog whistles continue.

It wasn't too long ago when black employees had to think twice about making a suggestion to their white employers and managers. Say the wrong thing, and they were likely to hear, "Do you think you're smarter than me, boy? Do you think you know better than me?" If the employee wanted to keep his job, he bowed his head, muttered, "No sir" and walked meekly away.

Here's Santorum crowing after his wins last night.

[Obama] thinks he’s smarter than you,” Santorum said. “He think he’s someone who is a privileged person, who should be able to rule over you.”

"The gall!" Santorum is dog-whistling. "This black guy thinks he's smarter than you and can tell you what to do. Why, in my day, we knew how to put those types in their place."

Awhile back, Santorum said Romney is too much like Obama — a paler shade of Obama:

“We need contrasts,” Mr. Santorum said, “not just a paler shade of what we have.”

Not to be outdone, Gingrich called Romney "Obama Lite." And while Obama is the Food Stamp President (hint, hint), Romney is "Little food stamp."

"We now know from Gov. Romney, he joins President Obama. Obama is big food stamp, he's little food stamp."

No racist appeals to see here folks. Move along — except, of couse, for those of you who'll vote for me because of this kind of stuff