Rick Santorum Megathread: A Frothy Mixture of Opinions

[The Alma Mater]

Santorum's "source" for his statements about the Netherlands apparently consists of a speculative article written when the Netherlands was about to legalize euthanasia, predicting all the dire things that were going to happen as a result.

That seems like trying to justify after the fact - when Santorum's campaign was confronted about the false accusations, they basically invoked 'truthiness' as a defence.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/dutch-re ... n-holland/

When confronted with his false statements: "Yeah but a lot of these things is a matter of what’s in his heart".

So his heart is filled with nigg - uuuh ?

[Libete]

http://memebase.com/2012/03/30/internet ... seriously/

That's all I have to say about Santorum at the moment.... Except for this: Since he's Catholic, why doesn't he just use birth control and then say a few "hail mary"'s and "our father"s?

[Wikkiwallana]

http://memebase.com/2012/03/30/internet-memes-seriously-seriously/

That's all I have to say about Santorum at the moment.... Except for this: Since he's Catholic, why doesn't he just use birth control and then say a few "hail mary"'s and "our father"s?

He never said that.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/santorum/taliban.asp

There's plenty of legitimate faults the guy has, it pisses me off that someone thought they had to invent a new one.

[Kaeshar]

http://memebase.com/2012/03/30/internet-memes-seriously-seriously/

That's all I have to say about Santorum at the moment.... Except for this: Since he's Catholic, why doesn't he just use birth control and then say a few "hail mary"'s and "our father"s?

He never said that.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/santorum/taliban.asp

There's plenty of legitimate faults the guy has, it pisses me off that someone thought they had to invent a new one.

He has few good points about him anyways, if any.

[Grave_n_idle]

He never said that.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/santorum/taliban.asp

There's plenty of legitimate faults the guy has, it pisses me off that someone thought they had to invent a new one.

He has few good points about him anyways, if any.

He has some pretty snappy sweater vests.

*nods*

[Tmutarakhan]

Santorum's "source" for his statements about the Netherlands apparently consists of a speculative article written when the Netherlands was about to legalize euthanasia, predicting all the dire things that were going to happen as a result.

That seems like trying to justify after the fact...

Sorry, I phrased that unclearly. Santorum didn't cite that as a source after the fact; rather, the details of his imagined Netherlands appear to match closely the article from way back (which I can't find right now, not sure what to Google that won't bring up tons of other stuff). Apparently Santorum took it as prophesy and has taken for granted that it was fulfilled to the letter.

[The Alma Mater]

That seems like trying to justify after the fact...

Sorry, I phrased that unclearly. Santorum didn't cite that as a source after the fact; rather, the details of his imagined Netherlands appear to match closely the article from way back (which I can't find right now, not sure what to Google that won't bring up tons of other stuff). Apparently Santorum took it as prophesy and has taken for granted that it was fulfilled to the letter.

You know.. that would actually make it worse. That would mean he is not merely someone who will lie for political gain, but someone who lives in a (dark and gloomy) fantasy world. Sterotypical politician vs stereotypical fruitcake.

Where do the Republicans find these people ?

[Nationstatelandsville]

ouch! stories on huffington post from rick sanstorum's last campaign for senate

It was fall 2006, and Miner, then a Santorum intern, was helping feed a group of Pittsburgh Steelers fans tailgating outside of Heinz Field. But it was a tough sell -- especially because the Santorum volunteers were peddling snacks and campaign literature to rowdy, buzzed hordes. The crowd eventually turned on the volunteers, and a weapon of choice was Polish.

"Fuck you Rick Santorum!" Miner recalls the sausage-tosser shouting.

In short order, the tailgaters assailed the Santorum volunteers with whatever they could get their hands on: sausage, cookies, half-empty cups of beer, and beer cans.

"For the most part it was pretty unpleasant," recalls Bryan Nagy, who had joined his friend Miner for the event so he could get some free food. "A lot of booing. Some people would spit in the general direction of the bus."

In 2006, however, glad-handing could be hazardous. Ryan Miner, the Santorum intern and campaign volunteer, remembers knocking on doors in a 30-mile radius of Pittsburgh and encountering rage.

"I'll say this emphatically -- there was a seething, vehement hatred of Rick Santorum," says Miner, who was attending Duquesne University at the time. "We would go door to door. They would tell us to go fuck ourselves."

"You're a young guy, what the hell are you working for this idiot for?" he recalls residents asking. Sometimes they'd wonder, "Why are you wasting your time?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/3 ... 89583.html

I love my city.

[Northern Dominus]

http://memebase.com/2012/03/30/internet-memes-seriously-seriously/

That's all I have to say about Santorum at the moment.... Except for this: Since he's Catholic, why doesn't he just use birth control and then say a few "hail mary"'s and "our father"s?

He never said that.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/santorum/taliban.asp

There's plenty of legitimate faults the guy has, it pisses me off that someone thought they had to invent a new one.

Exactly. No need to make stuff up, Santorum comes up with is own gaffes, slips, and general insanity on his own.

[Kaeshar]

Sorry, I phrased that unclearly. Santorum didn't cite that as a source after the fact; rather, the details of his imagined Netherlands appear to match closely the article from way back (which I can't find right now, not sure what to Google that won't bring up tons of other stuff). Apparently Santorum took it as prophesy and has taken for granted that it was fulfilled to the letter.

You know.. that would actually make it worse. That would mean he is not merely someone who will lie for political gain, but someone who lives in a (dark and gloomy) fantasy world. Sterotypical politician vs stereotypical fruitcake.

Where do the Republicans find these people ?

It'd be nice to know what the Democrats would hypothetically choose if they were also running in this race and Obama wasn't running. If only for contrast between the two parties, but we'll have to wait until 2016 to find out.

[Malgrave]

Anyone hear the guys latest slip up? Nearly calling Obama the N-word

[Yellow Zone 20-A]

Anyone hear the guys latest slip up? Nearly calling Obama the N-word

Really?
Source!

[Kaeshar]

Anyone hear the guys latest slip up? Nearly calling Obama the N-word

You're late by about a page.

At least he was smart enough to catch himself in the slip up, but not smart enough to simply not use it at all.

[Kaeshar]

Anyone hear the guys latest slip up? Nearly calling Obama the N-word

Really?
Source!

Look on the previous page of this thread.

[Yellow Zone 20-A]

If this guy gets elected i am buying myself a Nuke!

[Yellow Zone 20-A]

Really?
Source!

Look on the previous page of this thread.

He shows his true colors!

[Temoleo]

Republicans are idiots that always want war and don't want to have healthcare for the American people. The republicans want to use all the money on military assets

[Yellow Zone 20-A]

Republicans are idiots that always want war and don't want to have healthcare for the American people. The republicans want to use all the money on military assets

[Kaeshar]

Look on the previous page of this thread.

He shows his true colors!

Whose true colors, Santorums or mine?

Still, finding the source is as easy as reading the previous page....

[Simon Cowell of the RR]

Republicans are idiots that always want war and don't want to have healthcare for the American people. The republicans want to use all the money on military assets

Now that is what I would call an intelligent opinion.
Edit: My tasteless sarcasm has killed this thread again.
Oops.

[Woodside]

Republicans are idiots that always want war and don't want to have healthcare for the American people. The republicans want to use all the money on military assets

What speech did you listen too?
If I see it, it's bullshit.
What are you doing man?

[Northern Dominus]

Republicans are idiots that always want war and don't want to have healthcare for the American people. The republicans want to use all the money on military assets

Now that is what I would call an intelligent opinion.
Edit: My tasteless sarcasm has killed aborted this thread again.
Oops.

Fixed for maximum Santorum/Neo-con outrage.

[Calenhardon]

Now that is what I would call an intelligent opinion.
Edit: My tasteless sarcasm has killed aborted this thread again.
Oops.

Fixed for maximum Santorum/Neo-con outrage.

Neo-cons are really more into invading other countries whose leaders we don't like. Abortion outrage is more the province of the fundies.

[Gauthier]

Fixed for maximum Santorum/Neo-con outrage.

Neo-cons are really more into invading other countries whose leaders we don't like. Abortion outrage is more the province of the fundies.

Part of the same package. They also believe in invading the vaginas of women who want to get an abortion in order to shame them out of it.

[Kaeshar]

Neo-cons are really more into invading other countries whose leaders we don't like. Abortion outrage is more the province of the fundies.

Part of the same package. They also believe in invading the vaginas of women who want to get an abortion in order to shame them out of it.

The logic of that is astounding.

Nah, it'll just drive abortions 'underground' and get performed in back alleys.