Frankly, I assumed the same thing until about two days ago, when I started paying attention and learned that Zimmerman was in fact, not White and that it was not a White community that he was protecting. That’s what the media wanted us to believe.
I pictured Zimmerman as an older White Guy, protecting some kind of White gated community. The truth couldn’t be further from this description. I was even receiving emails from conservatives, calling for support for poor little Trayvon, real tear jerker explanations of the facts. This is probably what Santorum has received, as well.If he’s too busy with his campaign to research his own facts, he should have remained silent, but with the election in LA looming and the press reporting that he might be in trouble in LA (aka - Chocolate Town), he was probably pressured to make a statement.
He was suckered.
Santorum wasn’t suckered he’s just stupid. He’s a McCain twin who can’t keep his big mouth shut.
Actually, Santorum’s reply on Friday’s Hannity radio show was not anything like the one given here. So I don’t think he was suckered. He has had a few days to think about his reply and it sounds like he decided to pander today.
No, he wasn't. He said something similar a couple of days or so ago. You cannot claim he was suckered when he doubled down on stupid this morning, he had plenty of time for his staff to tell him he was off-base and to come out with a corrected view in alignment with the known facts this morning.
I have said for a couple of months that I could support either Newt or Santorum. Santorum is making that position harder and harder to adhere to.