This is a great example of how the Left reacts to any innocuous statement about something from a conservative:
NewsBusters puts to rest this crazy race-bating soooo common from the Democrats that really end up destroying language. All “racist” means any longer is that one disagrees with a Democrat. Santorum was speaking to the following issues:
He was talking about Medicare, Medicaid, and unemployment insurance, and it was in response to the Ryan budget. And he said this, talking about these three programs: He said, “America is a better country because of these programs. I will go a one step further: America is a great country because of these programs.” Ladies and gentlemen, America was a great country before 1965.
Did this have anything to do with the Voting Rights Act? Or Brown v. Board of Education? Or race?
Not at all, but that’s the impression created by Sharpton and Press.