Last night, I heard that the campaign slogan chosen by former Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum is a derivative from an old Langston Hughes poem, "Let America Be America Again." According to a brief bit in Politico, a student asked Santorum if he was familiar with where the phrasing "Fighting to Make America America Again" came from. What was interesting to me was Santorum's reactio
n; it almost read like sputtering. That sputtering from Santorum could possibly be because Santorum was told that Hughes was both Black and gay and union supporting (how could his campaign slogan possibly be related to someone like that?). We can't have that. I wonder if Santorum even knew the name Langston Hughes?
UPDATE 4.16.11: In the comments section, Tara asked if there was any video for this. I looked, and I found. He didn't sputter as much as I thought, but he did look uncomfortable. I am also surprised that he said he's read some Hughes. Seriously, I am surprised (maybe he got exposed by a lit professor in undergrad).
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What happens to a campaign deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Perhaps those were words not meant to be a factual slogan.
I'm just sayin'...
Does anyone have that moment on tape??? I'd love to see his facial expression and the response!
Ha! You rock, dude! His expression was delicious, to say the least. Oh, I enjoyed that!
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