Fox News' Santorum: In "mainstream media," conservative African-American is an "Uncle Tom"

[ronpaulraps]

It's true! I consider any black republican that support neo con policies an Uncle Tom

[jefmered]

I remember this guy. I shot a load in his mouth and he liked it. Total closet case ...

[QueensNewYork7]

Black conservatives are uncle toms, and that's not an opinion.

[BobAnonSmith]

senator man-on-dog Santorum ... this is the right-wing of America folks.

[blink1821985]

what is rick santorum doing on tv. he should be in an asylum

[L8nitedave]

so is the media hitting too hard painting Sarah as unintelligent and inarticulate and Thomas as an uncle tome if their actions indicate that to be the case? Humm, or are you advocating hall passes , or a sort of affimitive action if you will only for conservatives?

[DarkPrince081]

lol @ Santorum smirking when he said Palin is articulate. Even that was too much bullshit for Rick to take seriously.

[MaverickToro]

Did he just say "very articulate"?

[7jerryv7]

How does a news network run on pure speculation? Amazing.

[ColonelCharisma]

Sarah Palin was hit harder than male candidates because she brought it all on herself.

[CharlesHorman]

why are conservatives trying so hard to defend the woman that single-handedly sabotaged the Republican party in 08?

[throwback2now]

That grin after he calls Palin "very articulate" speaks volumes, doesn't it?

[hyperrreal]

Palin is "very articulate"? Really??? Ok, if you say so, Santorum.

Hey Santorum, sure Palin and Clarence Thomas have been his pretty hard, but have you heard what conservatives have been calling Obama and Pelosi? They've been calling for their assassination openly and repeatedly! You don't hear them crying about it. Why? It's part of the job description.

If you're hoping for a nice, easy job, politics ain't it. Palin couldn't take the heat. End of story.

[surgewakefield]

Come one Media Matters, you can do better than this. I'm not a republican but what he said is true. Just google "Clarence Thomas U" and google even fills in the rest. He along with many other black conservatives are frequently referred to as Uncle Toms. It's wrong and that was Rick's point. What's the story here???

[belaires]

He was called an Uncle Tom by the mainstream media?...

[gil050489]

wtf very articulate he even had a smile

[derralgerken]

Come on guys, she was pretty good in that movie about the Russians or whatever.

[DillonX]

What are they doing interviewing this LOSER?!!

[wntoply6]

wow, 72% if the 21% of americans who are stupid enough to still call themselves "christian"republicans would vote for palin.

let's see, that's a whopping 15.1% of all americans who would vote for her.

if i were the stupid "christian"repubicans, i wouldn't be braggin on this one!

[aquamadman]

Rick scrotum and failin palin, these are the voices of the republican party??? Lol!!! Good god!! It's Like they can't see the cliff coming at them!!! I hope they continue this crazy ride right over the edge, goodbye scary right wing nut jobs!!!

[ELowkey7]

Ah conservatives and their imaginary foes and conflicts. When are you going to learn that you aren't criticized for being black or a woman conservative? Its your constant lying and twisted beliefs. Palin isn't criticized for being a woman, she is criticized for being dumb and delusional, she is criticized because we don't need someone so delusional in power in our country and she is so delusional it makes people more objective to her - for good reason.

[wtfoof]

Palin got picked on because she was stupid!!!! Just like Bush and just like "Mr Potatoe" himself Dan Quale!!!

Call Michele Obama a gorilla, Hillary Clinton a Pushy Bitch, Chelsay Clinton a dog, what haven't they called Nancy Pelosi? and all that is fair? FUCKING REPUBLICANS MAKE ME SICK!!!!

[rawman18]

Santorum=FAIL!!!!!!

[wntoply6]

santorum needs to go quickly, "and not stop at go", to a sanatorium. does he still think he is talking to stupid people? oh, wait stupid people are fox's audience.

the only time palin was articulate was when she was reading prepared speeches from a teleprompter. and even then when she spoke she was so damned polarizing and the statements she made were down right hateful.

[WadeBlazingame34]

Who's "articulate"?

[narddogg420]

i think your comment on comments was turdtarded

[narddogg420]

a critic critiquing comments, three c's of the apocalyse

[lewghost]

how is faux news not part of the mainstream media?

I keep hearing how faux news is the most watched station... wouldn't that make it mainstream?

Unless they're extreme...

[Kevron76]

dumb comments. all of you. What exactly did he say that was so "mediamatters worthy" that merits any comment

[owl975]

what happened to the conservative comment storm that was on this channel? Come back astroturf !

[psychovamp]

Articulate? Palin?!?!

[truthissoap]

*facepalm*

[nicholas9999]

c'mon, to Santorum's credit, he _did_ smile after saying that Palin is articulate.

[winstonsmith00]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. He's an expert liar.

[Muslim4Lyfe64]

The republican party is a shoot off of the KKK. I am sure of this. I got to listen to a lot of right wing nutjobs through the iPhone radio applications and it is truly scary what they are saying. I mean, these people properly condone lynching black people and putting muslims in concentration camps and making the whole government an Israeli proxy . We all know the govt is controlled from Tel Aviv, not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[derralgerken]

You might want to reconsider your crazy theory. Do you know what the KKK believe? Because, if you did you would understand how your comment is void of any logic. The KKK (an offshoot of the Republican party) want to make the government an Israeli proxy? Your primitive opinions of Jews only makes you look stupid. Put down your copy of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and pick up a real factual book.

[SwampAshHSS]

sarah palin was defenitly not hit harder AT ALL

[stucker0]

did he say very articulate? no that had to be a mistake

[AlmightBlackDragon]

Articulate? I don't even think Palin can say that word.

[innerself9]

Articulate! Hahahahahahahha!

[wervasdeferens]

mediamatters4america or anyone,

Brian Kilmeade made some stupid comment about "inter-species breeding",on Fox and Friends yesterday.

It was so stupid and racist,it made Doocy look dumbfounded, more so than usual.

Plz post that clip!

[Bruce1949919]

Another misconception by Media Matters (Not For America).

Obama's ratings are going down. He is not a Super Star any longer.

[wervasdeferens]

Come on Bruce, it's mainly going down with conservatives. Check out the Gallup poll post , "Obama poll #'s going down".

He's really dropping fast with Older,Christian,White,Southern­ers.

That's what the poll reveals.

Anyway,what would you expect, with the constant beating he gets from Fox and right wing radio?

[wervasdeferens]

As BillO said, Liberals threaten "The White Male Christian power structure".

It's that Conservatism is for the status quo. To my knowledge,the status quo is White Male privilege and power.

That is why the right wing is often seen as racist and misogynistic.

Whether or not, Clarence is a "Tom", I don't know, ask his wife. LOL

Just kidding, there's nothing wrong with miscegenation, it strenghthens the gene pool.

[AtheistOnTheEdge]

"...she believes what conservatives believe." And that is exactly the problem because conservatives believe in a pile of absolute nonsense. They believe a book of Jewish fairytales is unquestionable truth. They believe that clear and present reality is questionable but an invisible and intangible god concept is real without a doubt. Conservatives are freakin morons! That is why the majority of Americans don't want Palin in any leadership role; because she is a conservative moron!

[RobertSeattle]

Those poor poor conservatives - just victims.... of their own lousy poltics.

[Myschly]

Why can't they just get over it? It's because she says she reads all kinds of stuff, and that's as specific it gets. STUFF!

Everyone doesn't have to be an Obama who shows amazing knowledge of many cultures, having delved into their poetry etc...

But I'd like a President who at least knows who Salman Rushdie is?

[stucker0]

no no, she said I read "all of them"

[LedusZeppelinus]

wtf media matters - i just finished watching a video by you on how fox news takes things out of context and you write a title like that?! did you actually hear the dude speak?

[wntoply6]

come on leduszepplinus, to use the "taken out of context" bullshit is one thing if it's true. but to use it every time you've fucked up is an insult not only to america, but it gives you no credibility what so ever!

but hey i understand why you're doing it...you appealing to the 21% of americans who still have the stupidity to call themselves "christian"republicans.

keep it up & eventually most of that 21% will dwindle down to 2%.

why can't you "christian"republicans stop lying & bullshitting?

[JerezJulio]

This he said that Sarah Palin is very articulate?

What Santurum forget to say about Thomas is the he is the only Negro Judge in eth country who happens to think that there are too many Law to protect Minorities, He and Jessie Lee Paterson.

If that does make him the Number one House Negro in American, nothing else will.

[qanazir]

Palin's main problem is far from being her gender.

97% of all Americans are willing to vote for properly qualified female candidate.

How many are willing to vote for someone with a mild mental handicap?

[jsalvo1]

i don't think there was anything very wrong in what he said and i hate the idea of PC anyway, i think it has no place in liberalism

[Boomer1949]

Palin IS a true representative of the right wing base. There is no doubt about that. You can see that in the Fox poll where she had a 70% approval rating. She is under educated, unethical, inarticulate, gun loving, oil loving, narcissistic hillbilly.

[Lungyao1]

@ tbone2001 You are right!

Right after he said Palin was articulate, he then smiles as if he found his line of bullshit amusing. 0:58. See it for yourselves. Fox news does not even care anymore.

[tbone2001]

Ha!

[kingsdun]

I thought articulate meant- "black man who speaks clearly".

Didn't know it could also be used for an uneducated white, popularity contest winner who has difficulty forming a proper answer, or coherent thought.

[Boomer1949]

No, that's a "clean, articulate black man" according to Hannity.

[kingsdun]

Oh. Thanks.

I wouldn't want to be politically incorrect.

[Boomer1949]

:) Your welcome.

[lawtek711]

LET THE SPIN BEGIN! Ok, I understand that these people are damage control", but to describe Palin as "articulate"? Really? Did you actually have to "throw that out there" Something to easy to Disregard? Come-on now...

[Lungyao1]

Yea, I cringed when I heard him say that.

[hansecheverria]

Palin getting hammered has nothing to do with being a woman or a conservative. it has to do with her being an idiot when she opens her mouth. imagine if Obama would have chosen Palin for VP if she was a democrat. its just she is not qualified to be in politics. Who Quits and saids " I am a Fighter NOT a Quitter"

[larsontic]

Does articulate have a different meaning in America ?

[Jacksonholenativ]

Rick Santorum is an insane religious nut. Thank heaven he got the boot back in 06.

[aquamadman]

She was treated worse than Obama???? Remind me, how many time did she call him a terrorist??? How many times did republican hate spewing machines call him a liberal whack job intent on destroying America? What about the continual idiotic lies that he is not an American and has refused to show his birth cirtificate! Is this the favoritism they claim Obama gets????

[tomiontomion]

"She is a very articulate. And then he openly laughs. He is saying the opposite of what he believes. Check out the 9th commandment dude. He will probably say he believes that too. This man is a fraud!

[tbone2001]

@ 0:58 he does crack a smile after that statement. He couldn't keep a straight face. That's hilarious!

[tomiontomion]

He literally almost had to bite his tongue.

[Dan2000]

I still laugh laugh when I read the name 'Santorum'.

Obama got called every name in the book during the campaign (including some shots from Saint Palin.) But since Palin is just a gurrl, she needs special treatment? Is there such a thing as playing the sex card?

[revjimbob]

She gets hammered, not because she is a woman, but because she is an inarticulate, ill-educated-and-proud-of-it, lying bozette.

[Innize]

And she's inarticulate because she gets hammered. HEY-O!

[whitewolf323]

I'm so glad this dick head is no longer senator of PA. I loved voting him out of office in 2006.

[graceofgroove]

Through the years, I don't recall ever hearing Colin Powell referred to as an Uncle Tom. And wait a second, Santorum is implying that African-Americans are the ones doing the name-calling to these ostracized Republicans of color. How in the heck would he know?

[MntlWard]

Harry Belafonte called Powell an Uncle Tom. The Republicans did their whole fake indignation thing about it, saying "Uncle Tom" means "house n****r."

[nidodson]

1. All other politicians realize not to react to stuff like Letterman, while Palin media whores every chance she has. (It has nothing to do with being a conservative woman.)

2. She stepped down from this position, thank God she didn't get elected VP, because holy hell if she would have stepped down from that position no one would let it down. She would have to move out of the country.

3. Supports YEC

4. Supports Abstinence Only

5. Had a child over the age of 40 when she knew the risks.

[sidplicity]

nobody bets beat up worse than a woman conservative? isnt this the same bunch that said chelsea needed to wear a bone around her neck when she was preteen. hillary was an angry feminist with an agenda? oh by the, thats FORMER senator Rick Insanatorium.

[1968triathlonchamp]

ARTICULATE???????????

Oh please God ...Please save America...please God please

[Richardgwm]

"Articulate"????

The woman doesn't use verbs.

[Richardgwm]

Could it be she wasn't taken seriously because she is a college dropout with the intelligence of a gnat?

[gallomex13]

Articulate? hahahahaahaha

This country needs Progressive leaders not conservative morons.

[btownhotties]

But she's not articulate. There are plenty of conservative women out there who really, to me, aren't as dumb as Sarah Palin. They picked her because of her looks and her family. She quit and they just turned it around to make her like a saint. It's very weird.

[heydave56]

Go away you idiot!

[PierreElliottTrudeau]

Articulate as in only intelligent enough to make babies and cook diner. That's what conservatives want in a woman.

I find Social Conservatives to be total idiots.

[filorps]

Very articulate?

[trauts01]

I know, right. Articulate for Barbie maybe. But no where near enough to be the leader of jack-whack.

[suroj]

gosh darn it

[burntonion05]

He said she is articulate. wtf

[suroj]

you betcha ;)

[TheRamenAvenger]

He's baaaack!

[drumrnva]

What a load of santorum.

[Reqrezentin]

Lmao

[troublediconoclast]

You just know that you can't take anybody seriously when they, whom ever they are, refer to Sarah Palin as being 'articulate'.

[Tylonous]

Or when 72% of your party wants to vote for her to be president.

[johncrwarner]

Does he listen to what Sarah Palin actually says? I just downloaded the text of her speak and will be using it in an advanced English class to look at all the mistakes.

[NaziJesus]

Even he started laughing.

[carrierexchange]

She is also Mavericky and winks allot

[voyeurdug]

Palin is articulate in the same sense that 1950's rock 'n' roll lyrics are deeply philosophical.

[tricklessmagic]

Sarah Palin is "very articulate". Hahahahahahahahahahaahahah!

I just choked on my pretzel. OMG

[YellowJarrett]

i second that. lol

[tricklessmagic]

You've got to hand it to FOX. They translate what is not audible to man and give you insight to the spectrum not visible to man.

Even my dog doesn't believe it. LOL

[nicholas9999]

lol !!