news blog(s) have gone viral with the conspirator-esque unveiling of Mitt Romney's phrase "keep America American" in relation to a KKK slogan documented in several books of the same phrasing: "Keep America American".
My question is: why/how do people receive political energy through long-reaching, historically referenced though temporally distanced connections?
The use of the phrase comes from an entirely different context than the KKK, as far as their intentions/actions, etc. whether racist or not it was a different social situation/temporally distinct and so on. Romney's use of the phrase is obviously directed towards present people with no racial intentions though obviously liberally nationalistic, but what president doesn't carry a bit of liberal nationalism through all of their speeches?
My question: is the excitement over Romney's use of the "keep America American" phrase an excitement solely of those who have already made up their minds about which party they stand with so that the revelation of Romney's supposed tie to the KKK is further assurance of their political choices? OR is this statement something all of America should be concerned about? What about it is concerning?
link to accusing blog
link to article quoting Romney's "keep American American"
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