Rick Santorum Megathread: A Frothy Mixture of Opinions

[Revolutopia]

Ignore it, he thinks he is being clever. Just read his last post.

Oh I know. When ever I see "Derp you liberals" comments; I don't take the person seriously.

I just like how he was haha Separate but Equal is from Plessy not Jim Crow, where I tricked you into believing it was from. Despite, the fact he was the only one referring to Jim Crow and how he is acting like Plessy had any no affect on Jim Crow laws

[The Black Forrest]

Oh I know. When ever I see "Derp you liberals" comments; I don't take the person seriously.

I just like how he was haha Separate but Equal is from Plessy not Jim Crow, where I tricked you into believing it was from. Despite, the fact he was the only one referring to Jim Crow and how he is acting like Plessy had any no affect on Jim Crow laws

I suspect teabagger/partier. They all seem to think they are historians and Constitutional scholars......

[Alien Space Bats]

I suspect teabagger/partier. They all seem to think they are historians and Constitutional scholars......

As I said in another thread, Teabaggers generally don't know the Constitution from their right testicle.

As for their history, they get that out of a Cracker Jack box.

[Calenhardon]

I suspect teabagger/partier. They all seem to think they are historians and Constitutional scholars......

As I said in another thread, Teabaggers generally don't know the Constitution from their right testicle.

As for their history, they get that out of a Cracker Jack box.

Well, they are rather familiar with the parts of the Constitution they want to do away with. (the Establishment Clause and birthright citizenship)

And their history comes from Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation.

[Poorisolation]

hoi, you know full well that conservatives the world over resent being compared with the radical reactionaries passing themselves off under that title in the US

Real conservatives even in America don't think it is okay to insult people they don't happen to like.

No true scostman is a fallacy as always. "real conservatives" are whatever conservatism has been defined as by the people using it. Self-identifying conservatives are largely whiny morons who are fueled entirely by a hatred of others.

Not true at all sir/madame/basement dwelling interwebz type person (select address of choice)

It is actually quite easy to look at conservatism and identify historical trends (which one might argue is what conservatism is all about were it not for things like whig liberalism very famously perceiving an historical trend).

Generally the concept does trend to minimum change which is off course not always a good thing but the modern day Republican party does not seem to be about espousing minimum change at all. In fact they espouse dramatic changes to long established norms of American behaviour precisely because they are reactionaries and reactionaries are about reacting (hence the name gettit?) to changes that they perceive as harming them (harm though is rather a nebulous term here, often translating as the "ol system gave me a massive advantage I wanna keep eet!" ). The radical reactionaries strive to be populist which is not a traditionally conservative position and if a position is not traditional it is not conservative and that is why organisations like the tea party cannot honestly be described as conservative because they advocate massive changes to not merely American Government but its Constitution.

Conservatism is about keeping things the same (especially constitutions) and the only way you can describe the current GOP (once the party of Lincoln but who recalls that now ) as conservative is if you have all the moral fibre of a Rick Santorum.

One of the most worrying trends of current American politics is the polarisation of attitudes. Forgotten is the possibility that a person can hold political views from right across the political spectrum without being an evil traitor to the cause and that compromise with a reality or simply another viewpoint is not a defeatist attitude of the weak in faith. Yet comfort can be drawn from the fact that the future is not a wheel or a slope but in fact a wavy snake and it can go anyway, America might well (I ought to say most likely will but RS threads always provoke a profound sense of gloom about the human condition) return to the concept of reasoned debate dominating politics ( "we are the 41%" personally I think it's catchy ) and confine the wild eyed loonies to the fringes of interweb forums and fone in wireless watchummahcallit.

[Alien Space Bats]

Well, they are rather familiar with the parts of the Constitution they want to do away with. (the Establishment Clause and birthright citizenship)

And their history comes from Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation.

What was that? Birth of a Wind and Gone With the Nation?

[Tubbsalot]

I have no interest in participating in a 5,000-post-long thread, but I need to express my love for whoever changed the title to what it is.

Who was it??? I need to throw money at them.

[Farnhamia]

I have no interest in participating in a 5,000-post-long thread, but I need to express my love for whoever changed the title to what it is.

Who was it??? I need to throw money at them.

NERVUN, I believe.

[Maineiacs]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

[The Black Forrest]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

It's almost interesting how the "moralists" see everything as sexual.......

[Poorisolation]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

It's almost interesting how the "moralists" see everything as sexual.......

Ooooo Can I have their eyes?

[The Black Forrest]

It's almost interesting how the "moralists" see everything as sexual.......

Ooooo Can I have their eyes?

But you have your mothers eyes.

[Poorisolation]

Ooooo Can I have their eyes?

But you have your mothers eyes.

Tell me more about my eyes

[Hittanryan]

But you have your mothers eyes.

Tell me more about my eyes

They are the size of ping pong balls and filled with jelly. Ain't I romantic?

[Wikkiwallana]

But does that make him a good candidate, or does that just imply the whole Gop-field is pathetic ?

No, that makes him an average candidate in a pathetic field. The one candidate I was truly excited for was Governor Rick Perry given his incredible economic success as governor of Texas, however the spotlight was too bright and couldn't remember his talking points. After that, we've got an average field featuring an isolationist, a guy who cheated on his ex-wives, a social candidate, and the GOP's version of John Kerry. That'll never hold up over the long haul.

Perry had no economic success.

[Poorisolation]

Tell me more about my eyes

They are the size of ping pong balls and filled with jelly. Ain't I romantic?

Okay now I am hungry and eating while reading a Rick Santorum thread is not a good idea as before long someone will post an RS quote that will make me want to vomit.

Now seriously I am sure that Santorum is good to his family, kind to his children and nice to his friends. He is not the spawn of Satan unless of course Satan is a rather tepid and boring. Still he does seem to have opinions on people and conditions he has not personally experienced that are unforgivably appalling combined with a lack of understanding of the mechanisms of Government he wishes the electorate to place under his control and worst of all a complete unwillingness to learn, at all, even from his own past mistakes.

[Wikkiwallana]

Another cute attempt, but you're still on talking points and not talking process quite yet. We're getting there though, so I'll give you a C+ for improved effort. You're still bringing up the Jim Crow SCOTUS precedent, but you're not quite connecting the dots that the Jim Crow, or the "separate but equal," laws were about slavery, not sexuality.

How's this then? Loving V. Virginia: Marriage is a right.

Edit: typo

[Wikkiwallana]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

Or rabid dog "frothing at the mouth".

[New England and The Maritimes]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

Or rabid dog "frothing at the mouth".

Personally, I prefer to call him "That scumbag who once lived in Pennsylvania."

[Poorisolation]

You know, "Frothy" doesn't have to be sexual. You could also use it to signify Santorum's lack of real substance. (Yes, I know the neologism was specifically meant to be sexual).

Or rabid dog "frothing at the mouth".

Or fun like a milkshake

[EvilDarkMagicians]

Can someone give a small in a nutshell description of who this guy is?

Since I have absolutely no idea.

[New England and The Maritimes]

Can someone give a small in a nutshell description of who this guy is?

Since I have absolutely no idea.

14th century catholic who wants to make the US Government a moral theocracy under his divine guidance. He speaks out against birth control and thinks women in the work force is a bad idea. Favorite quote: "Gay marriage opens the door to man on dog sex!"

[The Alma Mater]

Can someone give a small in a nutshell description of who this guy is?

Since I have absolutely no idea.

14th century catholic who wants to make the US Government a moral theocracy under his divine guidance. He speaks out against birth control and thinks women in the work force is a bad idea. Favorite quote: "Gay marriage opens the door to man on dog sex!"

Don't forget he believes that employers should be allowed to fire employees if they do not have the same religion as the president.

[Wikkiwallana]

14th century catholic who wants to make the US Government a moral theocracy under his divine guidance. He speaks out against birth control and thinks women in the work force is a bad idea. Favorite quote: "Gay marriage opens the door to man on dog sex!"

Don't forget he believes that employers should be allowed to fire employees if they do not have the same religion as the president.

And claims encouraging people to go to college is snobbery.

[New England and The Maritimes]

Don't forget he believes that employers should be allowed to fire employees if they do not have the same religion as the president.

And claims encouraging people to go to college is snobbery.

Despite having what... 3 degrees now?