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31 Rick Santorum Quotes That Prove He Would Be A Destructive President

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Rick Santorum is a dangerous man, but not many people actually believed he could do so well in Iowa. Santorum nearly captured a victory in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday, finishing second by only eight votes to Mitt Romney.

Now that Rick Santorum is a serious threat to be the possible Republican nominee that faces President Obama, it’s time to parade the many things that he has said over the years. Here are 31 quotes that prove how ignorant, fanatical, heartless, and dangerous Rick Santorum is.

1. “If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual [gay] sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does. It all comes from, I would argue, this right to privacy that doesn’t exist in my opinion in the United States Constitution. In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing.”
~Rick Santorum, comparing homosexuality to bestiality, and saying that we don’t have the right to have consensual sex. He’s also saying we don’t have the right to privacy.

2. “There are people who were gay and lived the gay lifestyle and aren’t anymore. I don’t know if that’s the similar situation or that’s the case for anyone that’s black. It’s a behavioral issue as opposed to a color of the skin issue, and that’s the diff for serving in the military.”
~Rick Santorum, comparing homosexuality to being black.

3. “The left, unfortunately, participates in bullying more than the right does. They say they’re tolerant, and they’re anything but tolerant of people who disagree with them and support traditional values.”
~Rick Santorum, accusing the left of being bullies despite the fact that he agrees with those who want to execute gays and women who have abortions.

4. “There are no Palestinians. All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis. There are no Palestinians. This is Israeli land.”
~Rick Santorum, falsely claiming that there are no Palestinians living on the West Bank.

5. “We executed a policy that I think was detrimental to everyone, including them, in my opinion, because sex and sexual preference should not be an issue in the military, period.”
~Rick Santorum, criticizing the repeal of DADT.

6. “I believe the earth gets warmer and I also believe the earth gets cooler. And I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man, through the production of CO2 — which is a trace gas in the atmosphere, and the man-made part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas — is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all the other factors.”
~Rick Santorum, claiming that man-made CO2 is not responsible for climate change despite the fact that CO2 levels have doubled since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

7. “One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country. It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be. [Sex] is supposed to be within marriage. It’s supposed to be for purposes that are yes, conjugal…but also procreative. That’s the perfect way that a sexual union should happen…This is special and it needs to be seen as special.”
~Rick Santorum, opposing contraception and frighteningly suggesting that he would make pre-marital sex illegal.

8. “Certainly from the ⁠standpoint of a Republican, it’s a winner. Republicans will come out ahead in Pennsylvania in every election. The way Democrats win, they have two big cities with huge concentrations of voters — and then overwhelm the rest of the state. All of a sudden, a Republican can win — and would probably routinely win — all but three or four congressional districts in Pennsylvania. It would turn it from a state Democrats rely on, as part of the base, to a state that they’re gonna lose under almost any scenario.”
~Rick Santorum, supporting the Pennsylvania GOP plan to change the way electoral votes are awarded to rig the election for Republicans.

9. “You can say I’m a hater. But I would argue I’m a lover. I’m a lover of traditional families and of the right of children to have a mother and father. I would argue that the future of America hangs in the balance, because the future of the family hangs in the balance. Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”
~Rick Santorum, comparing his fight against homosexuality to the war against terror.

10. “The state has a right to do that, I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that. It is not a constitutional right, the state has the right to pass whatever statutes they have. That is the thing I have said about the activism of the Supreme Court, they are creating right, and they should be left up to the people to decide.”
~Rick Santorum, declaring that states have the right to outlaw all forms of birth control.

11. ”I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them other people’s money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn their money and provide for themselves and their families. The best way to do that is to get the manufacturing sector of the economy rolling.”
~Rick Santorum, saying that he has no interest in helping the African-American community.

12. “This is an issue just like 9-11. We didn’t decide we wanted to fight the war on terrorism because we wanted to. It was brought to us. And if not now, when? When the supreme courts in all the other states have succumbed to the Massachusetts version of the law?”
~Rick Santorum, comparing legalizing same-sex marriage to the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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66 comments // 31 Rick Santorum Quotes That Prove He Would Be A Destructive President

  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • I do sort of think there should be a right to necrophilia,....but you should have to provide your own consensual corpse. ( . . . . .but leave my (NOT) fucking dog alone. ) Piles of people are good though. Well,.....good looking people.

      p.s. Anyone who REALLY wants to run on subjective/conventional cultural sexuality mores ultimately REALLY DOES bore me to tears.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  

    • I am not a Santorum supporter but I find the hypocrisy in this discussion board appalling. You claim to be open minded, but close your mind off to those whom you deem closed minded. To only expose yourself to people who you agree with will only lead to extremism and increase the bipolarity of this country. Right Wing and Left Wing people are equally guilty of this, and the more left or right you are, the more wrong you are.

      First of all, these quotes are taken out of context. Any quote taken out of it's original context loses its' original intention. After the misrepresented quotes, the author has put some obviously slanted and misguided interpretation of the quotes, leading the reader to his/her conclusion as opposed to leading readers to their own conclusion.

      Second of all, before you judge anyone, why don't you listen to what they say, and at lest attempt to understand WHY they believe what they believe. Rick Santorum believes what he believes for a reason, you believe what you believe for a reason. To understand Rick Santorum's position of social issues, you must study the writings of philosophers dating back throughout human history, like Augustine and Ignatius of Loyola. Rick Santorum is a Catholic, and many of his positions are what the Church's positions are on these very social issues.

      Santorum is right wing. I do not agree with his foreign policy. I do not agree with his economic plans except for plans to promote manufacturers more than retailers. I tend to agree with him on his social issues because I, too, am a Catholic. Santorum is not imposing his beliefs on American society, but rather suggesting what he believes is the right course for our country... as any politician should.

      Agree with him or not, you have to give the man credit for sticking to what he believes in. You have to understand that his intention for running for president is to make America better. He believes he knows what can make that happen. So sit down and listen to what he says in the original context. Give this man a chance to state his case. After all, this is America, where EVERYONE has a constitutional right to free speech. You may learn something from him... he is not a stupid person.

    • 5 months ago
  • crash_text_dummy
  • WakeUpPeople
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      WakeUpPeople  
    • peterochocinco:

      Many of us have a very good idea of what Rick Santorum is about, and regardless of where his beliefs come from, many of us think that he would be an awful president. No one is saying he can't have these opinions, but we are saying that these extreme positions exclude him from viability. You can claim that all of these quotes are taken out of context, but can you prove it and defend his actual positions?

    • 5 months ago
  • moodyblue
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      moodyblue  
    • peterochocinco:

      No, I don't have to give him credit for sticking up for what he believes in. I don't give racist, bigots, and misogynist a big ol' thumbs up because they open their mouth and spew ignorance.
      If he becomes president he will,in fact, be imposing his beliefs on American society. His religion,his beliefs, have no place in government. Everyone also has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.. Santorum wishes to make segments of the population second class citizens. Not everyone in this country is religious. If he wants to preach.. get behind a pulpit.

      One more thing - His words were not taken out of context.

    • 5 months ago
  • EdJoyProductions
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      EdJoyProductions  
    • peterochocinco:

      People that are rational and tolerant of humanity's many various examples DO NOT Have to be tolerant of people that mean to persecute people that do not conform to a rigid and mentally disturbed standard of existence.

      It is not the same thing at all. These quotes are uttered, whether taken out of context or not, and simply reveal a bigotry that is unacceptable in a rational society.

    • 5 months ago
  • fiberbundle
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      fiberbundle  
    • peterochocinco:

      His positions are based on Catholic teaching and practices from the European Middle Ages. Do you really think 21st century Americans are either unfamiliar with this system or would give it much consideration when selecting a political leader?

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • moodyblue:

      I will agree that his religion and beliefs have no place in government. I'm not advocating for a theocracy. I will also say that to say that he has no right to use his religion and beliefs for his own moral guidance is wrong. You believe what you believe for a reason. You believe what you believe because you have good reason.

      The term bigotry is relative. All the dictionary says is when you stubbornly go against someone based on sex, creed, race...etc. but if you constantly seek out the religious right to change their views and say they should have no say in our government is equal bigotry.

      Santorum's argument against gay marriage is that if you allow it, where do you draw the line? What argument can be used to support gay marriage between 2 people that can't be used for polygamist marriages or incestual marriages? If they're happy, right?

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • fiberbundle:

      "Catholic teaching and practices from the Middle Ages" would not be the right way to put it. There has been an unbroken line a leadership in the Catholic Church for 2000 years. It didn't stop in the middle ages. Most of the Catholic Social teaching comes from within the Catholic Church and not directly from the bible.

    • 5 months ago
  • moodyblue
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      moodyblue  
    • peterochocinco:

      Im not saying the religious right cant have their say, they can, in church where it belongs. It does not belong in the legislative process. period. As far as polygamy goes.. As long as they are all consenting adults, I dont give a shit what they do. It's very simple.. marriage is between consenting adults. Not people marrying children, or their pet, or as one whack job conservative suggested.. the Eiffel tower. Conservatives dont own the word marriage. They dont have the right to say who is worthy of a marriage license and who is not. If marriage is sacred to them..let's see them push for a ban on divorce.See how that goes over with republicans.

      Governing is about doing what is right for all people..not just the people who look and think like you do. It's not their personal playground where they set themselves up as the big bully. That is the kind of government the religious right wants.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • WakeUpPeople:

      I applaud that comment.

      No I cannot prove that these quotes are taken out of context, and no I won't defend his actual positions. My point was to learn about the candidate and their positions before you judge his political positions as it relates to the presidency as opposed to his personal disposition.

      I think the line needs to be drawn there. Just because someone labels him a "bigot," "racist," or other overarching inaccurate term, doesn't mean you immediately label yourself as a better person than he is or more beneficial to society than he is or likeminded people.

      I think you will find that the positions he takes aren't "extreme." If you want "extreme" then look at Ron Paul. He is scarier than Santorum for me.

      Judge the views, not the person. Attacking people personally will only put gas on the fire.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • moodyblue:

      I respect your opinion.

      I respect that it doesn't belong in legislation, also. We have seen the disastrous effects of that in Iowa with the ousting of the Supreme Court Justices, which undermines the judicial system and is not how it should work. Supreme Court justices are not created to bend to the popular demand.

      Just because it doesn't belong in legislation, doesn't mean it should be excluded from legislation either. They should be free to suggest what they think the right course of action is for the country.

      Also, on another note, just as religion should not dominate legislation, legislation cannot dominate religion. Forcing religious organization to recognize same-sex marriages infringes on their first amendment right. I think a big part of the issue with the religious right is the imposition of legislation on their religion.

    • 5 months ago
  • WakeUpPeople
  • moodyblue
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      moodyblue  
    • peterochocinco:

      I respect your opinion as well.
      If, based on their beliefs, women should be forced to cover their faces(as in Islam) would it be alright for them to suggest legislation to make it so? How about that blacks and whites shouldn't marry?- neither of those things are "what's right for the country" nor is denying rights to homosexual couples.

      Marriage is not just for the religious. They do not own marriage. Im not religious and im married. I did not get married in a church but the government recognizes my marriage.

      No one is infringing on the rights of the religious. If they don't agree with same sex marriage, then by all means, don't get one. They do not have the right to say that because they feel it is wrong,based on the bible,that others can not do it. If a church doesn't want to marry a gay couple - Fine. There are plenty of churches that will.

    • 5 months ago
  • fiberbundle
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      fiberbundle  
    • peterochocinco:

      Perhaps I'm projecting but let me ask , are you personally taking the attacks on Rick as attacks on Catholicism? because IMO atttacks against Rick's politics are not attacks against Catholics. In fact, many of Rick's most vehement policy critics are commentators who identify with Catholicism. I'm not saying thats your main reason for posting; but I think their may be a kernel of truth in what I'm saying.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • fiberbundle:

      There is more than a kernel of truth to that claim. Piers Morgan comes right off the top of my head and I haven't given much thought to it.

      Catholicism, in my view, and like many other organizations has internal differentiation. There are some Catholics who go to Mass every day, and some the go once or twice a year, if that. There are a lot of people who identify as Catholics who don't subscribe to many Catholic teachings. So I assume a lot of Catholics oppose Santorum, and a lot of Catholics are against Santorum. Let's not forget that the majority of the Catholic vote was for Obama last time around.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • moodyblue:

      The key word is "suggest." Yes, I think they should be able to suggest anything they want. A lot of people in this country suggest a lot of different things. You could probably find someone in the United States who thinks it's a good idea to invade Canada.

      I tend to agree that marriage is not just for the religious. I think it's an institution that benefits society. As for no one infringing on the rights of the religious... I presume that the anti-discriminatory laws will encompass religious practices. So, for example, a same-sex couple who sues the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church refuses to marry them. Same thing for adoption. Same thing for Catholic hospitals being required to provide contraception and abortions.

      It doesn't take much to realize the good that Catholic organizations do for the country, serving all people, regardless of race, creed, ethnicity, economic status, or sexual orientation. I believe if you start imposing these kind of rules for these organizations, they will be forced to make a decision, their faith or the law, and more times than not, they will choose their faith.

      I think this is the root of Santorum's "bigotry." He sees this happening, and his faith is being threatened. I think making exceptions for religious organizations, especially in the areas of birth control, marriage, and adoption, would go a long way.

    • 5 months ago
  • peterochocinco
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      peterochocinco  
    • WakeUpPeople:

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that in the Universal Healthcare plan that Obama laid out requires hospitals to provide contraception, which goes against Catholic teaching. As of right now, there is no conscience clause in the legislation that allows an exemption for religious organizations.

      If, say, a same-sex couple wanted to adopt a baby, and was turned away by a Catholic adoption agency, then don't the laws allow the same-sex couple to sue the Catholic organization? Same with marriage.

      Just because no one is forcing religious organizations to recognize same-sex marriages, I feel that the legislation behind it require them to. Where are the laws protecting religious organizations?

    • 5 months ago
  • moodyblue
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      moodyblue  
    • peterochocinco:

      Catholic organizations,the Catholic church, and Catholic hospitals in my opinion are free to practice whatever form of discrimination they wish - as long as they aren't getting tax payer money to help fund them.That includes the tax exempt status of the church. If they want to follow their faith instead of the law then they should forfeit the money that the law(government) gives them. Fair? I think so.

      As far as Santorum goes.. He doesn't just think that Catholic organizations should be able to follow their faith instead of the law.. he wants to make his faith the law. Make no mistake about it, that is what he wants. He isn't saying that the church should be able to discriminate against gay couples. He has said he would void all gay marriages that have already taken place in states where it is legal. He wants to outlaw contraception for me, my female family and friends, for roughly 95% of all women. He wants to impose his will, his faith, on a very large segment of the population that does not share it.

      He is a very dangerous man that would turn this country into a theocracy.

      For the record- It's been nice having this exchange with you.

    • 5 months ago
  • EdJoyProductions
  • scared_in_the_bible_belt
  • jeffissleeping
  • coolplanet
  • Leen61
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      Leen61  

    • I'll go with the old reliable:

      santorum (san-TOR-um) n.
      1. The frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter
      that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.

    • 5 months ago
  • jeffissleeping
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • I wonder, did he self flagellate himself after his second place finish in Iowa like a good little Opus Dei boy? He has always made my skin crawl. The people of Iowa who voted for him are idiots.

      http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2012/01/santorum-gallagher-and-opus-dei-to-...

      "by Jeremy Hooper
      Over the years, Rick Santorum has made attempts to distance himself from Opus Dei, the controversial, far-right Catholic organization. But that's kind of weird, considering he -- like National Organization For Marriage personality and Santorum speech vetter, Maggie Gallagher -- financially supports and sends his child(ren) to The Heights, a Maryland boys school that is all about Opus Dei teachings."

      http://www.odan.org/
      Opus Dei Awareness Network

    • 5 months ago
  • Wyley_Wombat
  • coolplanet
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      coolplanet  

    • Santorum lived a few blocks down from me when he was a Senator.
      We got really sick of his bigoted bullshit here in Pittsburgh and kicked him out.
      You should have seen all the bumper stickers that read
      STOPRICK!

    • 5 months ago
  • warman1138
  • Incredulous
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      Incredulous  
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    • Santorum's world view is right out of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale:

      The Handmaid's Tale is set in the near future in the Republic of Gilead, a country formed within the borders of what was formerly the United States of America. It was founded by a racist, male chauvinist, nativist, theocratic-organized military coup as an ideologically driven response to the pervasive ecological, physical and social degradation of the country.

      Beginning with a staged terrorist attack (blamed on Islamic extremist terrorists) that kills the President and most of Congress, a movement calling itself the "Sons of Jacob" launched a revolution and suspended the United States Constitution under the pretext of restoring order.

      Taking advantage of electronic banking, they were quickly able to freeze the assets of all women and other "undesirables" in the country, stripping them of their rights. The new theocratic military dictatorship, styled "The Republic of Gilead", moved quickly to consolidate its power and reorganize society along a new militarized, hierarchical, compulsorily Christian regime of Old Testament-inspired social and religious orthodoxy among its newly created social classes.

      The story is presented from the point of view of a woman called Offred (a patronymic name that means "Of Fred,"referring to the man she serves). The character is one of a class of individuals kept as concubines ("handmaids") for reproductive purposes by the ruling class in an era of declining births. The book is told in the first person by Offred, who describes her life during her third assignment as a handmaid, in this case to Fred (referred to as "The Commander"). Interspersed in flashbacks are portions of her life from the beginnings of the revolution, when she finds she has lost all autonomy to her husband, through her failed attempt to escape with her husband and daughter to Canada, to her indoctrination into life as a handmaid. Through her eyes, the structure of Gilead's society is described, including the several different categories of women and their circumscribed lives in the new theocracy.

      The Commander, a high ranking official in Gilead, participates in a sexual ritual (known as "The Ceremony") once a month with his wife and Offred (who lies upon the wife) in an attempt to conceive. During Offred's assignment at the Commander's house, he begins an illegal and ambiguous relationship with her, exposing Offred to many hidden or contraband aspects of the new society, such as fashion magazines and cosmetics. He takes her to a secret brothel run by the government, and he furtively meets with her in his study, where he allows her the contraband activity of reading. The Commander's wife strikes a deal with Offred—she arranges for Offred to secretly have sex with her driver Nick in an effort to get her pregnant. The Commander's wife believes the Commander to be sterile, a subversive belief as official Gilead policy is that only women can be sterile. In exchange for Offred's cooperation, the Commander's wife gives her news of her daughter, whom Offred has not seen since she and her family were captured trying to escape Gilead.

      After Offred's initial meeting with Nick, they begin to rendezvous more frequently. Offred finds herself enjoying sex with Nick despite her indoctrination, and even goes as far as to divulge potentially dangerous information about her past. Through another handmaid, Ofglen, Offred learns of the Mayday resistance, an underground network with the intent of overthrowing Gilead. Shortly after Ofglen's disappearance (later discovered to be a suicide), the Commander's wife finds evidence of the relationship between Offred and the Commander, and Offred contemplates suicide. As the novel concludes, she is being taken away by men from the secret police, known as the Eyes, in a large black van under orders from Nick. Before she is taken away, Nick tells her that the men are part of the Mayday resistance and that Offred must trust him. Offred does not know if Nick is truly a member of the Mayday resistance or if he is a government agent posing as one, and she does not know if going with the men will result in her escape or her capture. She enters the van with a final thought on her uncertain future.

      The novel concludes with a metafictional epilogue that explains that the events of the novel occurred shortly after the beginning of what is called "the Gilead Period." The epilogue itself is a "transcription of a Symposium on Gileadean Studies written some time in the distant future (2195)," and according to the symposium's "keynote speaker" Professor Pieixoto, he and "a colleague," Professor Knotly Wade, discovered Offred's narrative recorded onto thirty cassette tapes. They created a "probable order" for these tapes and transcribed them, calling them collectively "the handmaid's tale." The epilogue implies that, following the collapse of the theocratic Republic of Gilead, a more equal society re-emerged with a return of the legal rights of women and also Native Americans. It's further suggested that freedom of religion was also re-established.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale

    • 5 months ago
  • warman1138
  • Incredulous
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      Incredulous  
    • warman1138:

      real life follows fiction or fiction follows real life...hard to tell sometimes...read the book and watched the film, but you know how it is when you've read the book first, although both were unsettling...

    • 5 months ago
  • ThirdSection
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      ThirdSection  
    • Incredulous:

      That was first published in '85, back in the heady days of PTL and the Moral Majority, when televangelism was still the new scam on the block. Margaret Atwood probably saw all this developing and imagined the brave new world the up-and-coming fundies were trying to build.

    • 5 months ago
  • Anonmaly
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      Anonmaly  

    • Yeah he lost me with the top quote up there...

      But he and Flip-Flop Romney did "win" in Iowa.....

      Thank god too, couldn't handle a president with policies that take into account systemic racism and seeking to end it....

      You know with the disproportionate incarceration, and military enlistment of minorities... Then there is the whole anit-death-penalty policy (one of very few policy idea changes Paul has made), seems he's not to old to see that even there racism runs rampant, and we've continued to lynch minorities....

      Wished Obama would have intervened or at least spoke up for Troy Davis.... Nope, but Paul is the "racist"... And two douche-bags stole, ooops I mean "won" Iowa over him....

      Time to break out the big boots, it's getting a little thick....

    • 5 months ago
  • FLeggplant
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      FLeggplant  

    • Sanitorium is not only as dumb as a rock he's an unapologetic racist, bigot and homophobe. And...he is obsessed with other peoples sex lives.
      Just another typical Republican hypocrite and Big Government advocate.
      Yuck!!

    • 5 months ago
  • jeffissleeping
  • JustZ
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      JustZ  

    • Great job WakeUpPeople! This is what people need to see.

      If the average person knew this about Santorum... he couldn't get elected dog catcher! This guy is off the rails nuts.

    • 5 months ago
  • moodyblue
  • Joeydee44
  • cmc101
  • ibrake4rappers13
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      ibrake4rappers13  

    • Theres plenty of things to be worried about. Aside from being endorsed by glenn beck and called the next george washington by him. I find his willingness to discriminate gainst muslims disturbing. A muslim group called CAIR thanked ron paul for defending against santorums attacks during a debate. His willingness to start war with iran when there is no good reason whatsover.

      the problem with him is he actually has a chance. Most conservatives will agree with most of what he says. The glenn beck endorsement should be the most troubling

    • 5 months ago
  • fiberbundle
  • arbil333
  • JustZ
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      JustZ  

    • This asshole has bats in his belfry. Not only should he not be allowed to be POTUS... he shouldn't be allowed to hold any public office whatsoever!

      This is the kind of troglodyte you end with when you screw your sister. The mans brain is defective and should just surrender to the nearest hospital with a straightjacket.

    • 5 months ago
  • kbshana
  • letsliveinpeace
  • rossmick
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      rossmick  

    • The man is certifiable. We got rid of one extreme insane now we need to get rid of this one. My guess, it won't be too much longer. First zero IQ Perry and then certifiable Santorum.

    • 5 months ago
  • Joeydee44
  • HarukoHaruhara
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      HarukoHaruhara  

    • This is how absurd Rick Santorum is -- if he could, he would make contraception illegal ... and would make abortion illegal ... and he would cut Welfare ... i.e., benefits for Women with Dependent Children..

      The mind reels...

    • 5 months ago
  • Tuppy54
  • DEM46
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      DEM46  

    • All anyone really needs to know is Rick's a homophobe that actively discriminates against a portion of the American electorate.

      This should be unacceptable to any American regardless if you disagree with the issue or not.

    • 5 months ago
  • bike10
  • DEM46
  • letsliveinpeace
  • letsliveinpeace
  • Lairderg
  • letsliveinpeace
  • HarukoHaruhara
  • rossmick
  • HarukoHaruhara
    • +4
      HarukoHaruhara  
    • rossmick:

      Well, in Iowa's defence, roughly 74 percent of Republicans in the Iowa Caucus voted for someone other than him...

      But, then again, him, Perry and Bachmann tallied about 40 percent of the total vote, and the three of them are basically interchangeable.

    • 5 months ago
  • kbshana
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      kbshana  

    • just thinking about this guy running for president gives me nightmares. I just don't understand how anyone could be so right-wing. He must have some scary skeletons in his closet

    • 5 months ago
  • letsliveinpeace
  • MotherForTruth
  • WakeUpPeople
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    • 25. “The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming Christians played no role in starting the Crusades.

      26. “The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming that blacks are more threatened by abortion than they are by GOP economic policies that discriminate against them.

      27. “The Social Security system, in my opinion, is a flawed design, period. But having said that, the design would work a lot better if we had stable demographic trends. We don’t have enough workers to support the retirees . . . A third of the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion.“
      ~Rick Santorum, blaming abortion for future Social Security shortfalls when in fact, it’s Republican anti-job policies that are to blame.

      28. “I don’t want to go to a trade war, I want to beat China. I want to go to war with China and make America the most attractive place in the world to do business.”
      ~Rick Santorum, stating that he wants a war with China.

      29. “I think we should send a very clear message that if you are scientist from Russia or North Korea or from Iran, and you are going to work on a nuclear program to develop a nuclear bomb for Iran, you are not safe.”
      ~Rick Santorum, stating his intentions to kill Russian, North Korean, and Iranian citizens which would be an act of war.

      30. “I would be saying to the Iranians, you either open those facilities, begin to dismantle them and make them available to inspectors or we will degrade those facilities though air strikes. And make it very public that we are doing that. Iran would not get a nuclear weapon under my watch.”
      ~Rick Santorum, threatening war with Iran.

      31. “Almost 60,000 average Americans had the courage to go out and charge those beaches on Normandy, to drop out of airplanes who knows where, and take on the battle for freedom. Average Americans, the very Americans that our government now, and this president, does not trust to make a decision on your health care plan. Those Americans risked everything so they could make that decision on their health care plan.”
      ~Rick Santorum, falsely claiming that WW2 veterans fought for the privatization of health care on D-Day, apparently oblivious to the fact that military health care is government run and a majority of WW2 veterans are currently using and enjoying Medicare.

      From these quotes, we can tell that Rick Santorum is a Christian Right Wing zealot who is obsessed with violating our personal lives and privacy. He would restrict women, outlaw homosexuality, ban birth control, tell unmarried couples what they can and cannot do, would throw senior citizens into poverty, thinks Americans should suffer, and he would enter America into even more wars. He is a Bible obsessed buffoon who has no grasp on American history, believes the Bush policies are worth continuing, and to top it all off, he’s a hypocrite. Rick Santorum is a frothy mixture of hate, bigotry, stupidity, insanity, and danger that America doesn’t ever need.

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    • 13. “Let’s look at what’s going to be taught in our schools because now we have same sex couples being the same and their sexual activity being seen as equal and being affirmed by society as heterosexual couples and their activity. So what is going to be taught to our people in health class in our schools? What is going to be taught to our children about who in our stories, even to little children — what are married couples? What families look like in America? So, you are going to have in our curriculum spread throughout our curriculum worldview that is fundamentally different than what is taught in schools today? Is that not a consequence of gay marriage?”
      ~Rick Santorum, warning that homosexuality will indoctrinate our children in schools.

      14. “I mean, you have people who don’t heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.”
      ~Rick Santorum, suggesting we punish people who don’t evacuate their homes during a natural disaster shortly after Hurricane Katrina despite the fact that the evacuation of the coast was not properly executed.

      15. “The idea is that the state doesn’t have rights to limit individuals’ wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire.”
      ~Rick Santorum, declaring that government has the right to limit people from pursuing their dreams.

      16. “Watching President Obama apologize last week for America’s arrogance – before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans – helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.”
      ~Rick Santorum, criticizing President Obama for repairing US relations with France. And being ignorant of the fact that without the French, America wouldn’t be a free nation today.

      17. “What we should be teaching are the problems and holes and I think there are legitimate problems and holes in the theory of evolution. And what we need to do is to present those fairly from a scientific point of view. And we should lay out areas in which the evidence supports evolution and the areas in the evidence that does not.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming that evolution theory isn’t accurate.

      18. “Suffering, if you’re a Christian, suffering is a part of life. And it’s not a bad thing, it is an essential thing in life … There are all different ways to suffer. One way to suffer is through lack of food and shelter and there’s another way to suffer which is lack of dignity and hope and there’s all sorts of ways that people suffer and it’s not just tangible, it’s also intangible and we have to consider both.”
      ~Rick Santorum, saying that Americans should suffer because suffering is good.

      19. “I believe that any doctor that performs an abortion, I would advocate that any doctor that performs an abortion, should be criminally charged for doing so.”
      ~Rick Santorum, advocating for arresting doctors that provide crucial medical services to women.

      20. “I support the Ryan budget plan. I think it’s the right direction on the major points. I can’t say I’ve read all of it, but on the major thrust of what he’s doing, I support what he wants to do with Medicare, Medicaid. The only thing I would do, frankly, as I’ve said publicly many times, I think we should implement a lot of these things sooner than what he’s suggesting.”
      ~Rick Santorum, supporting the Paul Ryan plan to kill Medicare and Medicaid, and stating that he would end both programs right now.

      21. “Yeah, remember, under the Bush administration, welfare — I mean, excuse me, poverty among African Americans and among single unmarried women, poverty was at the lowest rate ever in the history of this country. So Obama’s policies are not working, Bush polices worked! For long a time as a matter of fact.”
      ~Rick Santorum, falsely claiming that poverty was the lowest in history because of the Bush policies. In fact, poverty only increased.

      22. “9/11 families and everybody else in America should be furious at this president that he’s walking abound taking credit for, you know, getting Osama bin Laden. He didn’t get Osama bin Laden! … The president of the United States simply said — courageous act, give him credit for saying yes — but that’s all he did, is say yes. He didn’t do the hard work. The people he’s going after did the hard work. And that is an outrage.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming that President Obama deserves no credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and that 9/11 families should be angry because he order him killed. I’m assuming that Santorum credits Bush which is laughable.

      (“I don’t know where Bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”
      ~George W. Bush, 3/13/02

      President Obama made killing bin Laden the priority and got the job done.)

      23. “We’ve seen with this president, experience matters. When that phone call comes at three o’clock in the morning, I will be up and ready for the call because I will know what’s going on in the world around us.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming that he has the experience necessary to be President and that Obama doesn’t. Need we remind him that Obama ordered bin Laden killed, helped Libya gain freedom, urged Mubarak to step down in Egypt, and gave the order for Navy snipers to fire on Somali pirates, thus freeing a captive American. Not to mention the emergencies President Obama has brilliantly handled at home, such as Hurricane Irene, the east coast earthquake, and the economy.

      24. “The American Left hates Christendom. They hate Western civilization.”
      ~Rick Santorum, claiming liberals hate Western civilization despite the fact that Republicans have been tearing it apart for decades.

    • 5 months ago
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