A Democratic Virginia state senator accused Republican Willard MittRomney
...former governor of Massachussetts, currently the presumptive Publican nominee for president. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field. On the plus side, he isn't President B.O...
on Friday of catering to people who don't like the president because of his race.
"What I'm saying to you is Mitt Romney, he's speaking to a population of this -- a segment of the population who does not like to see people other than a white man in the White House or in any other elected position," Louise Lucas said on the John Fredericks Show, while discussing the presidential race.
"Let's be real clear about it, let's be real clear about it, Mitt Romney is speaking to a group of people out there who don't like folks like President Barack Obama
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in any elected or leadership position. We know what's going on here, and ... some people may be afraid to say it, but I'm not. I'm not afraid to say it. He's speaking to that fringe out there who do not want to see anybody another than a white person in a leadership position," she continued.
"Do you really believe now that this is still about race?" Fredericks asked her.
"I absolutely believe it is all about race," Lucas replied. "And for the first time in my life I've been able to convince my children finally that racism is alive and well."
"Even in Virginia?" he asked.
"In Virginia -- how about all across this nation?" she replied. "And especially in Virginia."