Author Topic: Ricky Santorum Appreciation Thread (Read 9824 times)

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #26 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:02:09 AM »

I love this clip... fucking brilliant... Santorum: See, I got the classified documents right here, then waves them in front of the camera.

"If the document he had with him was classified, it was a violation of security protocol and classification rules to take such a document to an interview, let alone wave it around before a camera. Presumably he didn't have a transport card or a security officer transporting the document . Presumably the interview location is not considered an authorized location for such material."

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #27 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:30:49 AM »

240 is Back · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:32:09 AM »

Quote from: outby43 on February 19, 2012, 03:37:27 AM

The rich Republican from Pennsylvania sponsored alleged child molester and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky for the “Congressional Angels in Adoption Award” after Sandusky had already been accused of at least five cases of child molestation.

yikes - AFTER? why?

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:38:11 AM »

The folks over at the Congress Watch of Public Citizen have put out a report on the lobbyists who bankroll Congress. It features a list of the 20 biggest givers among lobbyists - an interesting read, to be sure - but they've also compiled a tally of the biggest "getters," the members of Congress who've pulled in the most money from K Street during the 1998-2004 election cycles.

Among current members of the U.S. Senate, guess who's No. 1.

That's right, the man who helped found the very K Street Project and then tried to deny its existence, our own junior senator from right here in Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum. Looking at those four election cycles from 1998 through 2004, Public Citizen found that the Pa. Republican had raked in $1,163,560 from registered lobbyists - $838,133 from individuals, and $325,427 from their political action committees.

That puts Santorum in an elite club. Only four members have raised more than $1 million from lobbyists during that period - the one who raked in the most, former Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle, with $1,687,721, was booted out of office by South Dakota voters in 2004.

The one current member of Congress who's taken in more lobbyist cash won't be around for much longer. That would be former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who raised $1,322,906, but is resigning early next month to deal with his criminal indictment in his home state of Texas and is also under investigation for his ties to a disgraced lobbyist (what a coincidence), admitted felon Jack Abramoff.

(In the Wouldn't-You-Just-Know-It Department, the other member of this dubious $1 million club is Pennsylvania's other senator, Arlen Specter, at $1,019,317. Is this state "corrupt and contented" or what?)

Anyway, lest there's any doubt who's the king of K Street dollars, the study also took a snapshot of all members of Congress in the current 2006 cycle and found that Santorum is now the undisputed leader, with another $560,738. His closest challenger, Hillary Clinton, with her sights on the Democratic presidential nod in 2008, is a not-close second at $417,565.

http://archive.truthout.org/article/will-bunch-lobbyist-money-hes-no-1-hes-no-1

240 is Back · « **Reply #30 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:41:19 AM »

hugo, in your mind, assuming ron paul doesn't get some sort of brokered nomination...

will either santorum or mitt beat obama?

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #31 on:** February 19, 2012, 09:50:33 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on February 19, 2012, 09:41:19 AM

hugo, in your mind, assuming ron paul doesn't get some sort of brokered nomination...

will either santorum or mitt beat obama?

I don't think Santorum will beat Obama. Maybe Mitt. There's a lot of shit that the media hasn't hammered Santorum on. when they rehash all this K-street shit and some of the other stuff I'm posting Santorum will lose.

They're setting this up for an Obama victory. Look at what the media has done. The media is pushing Santorum. The media has been behind him getting all that time in the debates. The media has lifted this guy in the polls. The media was showing up in mass to Santorum events that only had a few dozen supporters... Nobody is asking why? I thought we didn't trust the liberal media lol... As soon as he has the nomination, they'll break loose with all the other stuff and we'll have Obama again.

People need to support Paul and drop the Santorum delusion.

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #32 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:35:23 PM »

Leaked Drug Company Memo: Santorum Loss "Creates A Big Hole We Will Need To Fill"

Drug companies are particularly hungry for Democratic help, including the industry's trade association. "We woke up the day after the election to a new world," said Ken Johnson, spokesman for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. "We're going to have tough days ahead of us."

A post-election e-mail to executives at the drug company GlaxoSmithKline details just how tough. "We now have fewer allies in the Senate," says the internal memo, obtained by The Washington Post. "Thus, there is greater risk over the next two years that bad amendments will be offered to pending legislation." The company's primary concerns are bills that would allow more imported drugs and would force price competition for drugs bought under Medicare.

The defeat of Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) "creates a big hole we will need to fill," the e-mail says. Sen.-elect Jon Tester (D-Mont.) "is expected to be a problem," it says, and the elevation to the Senate of Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) "will strengthen his ability to challenge us."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/23/leaked-drug-company-memo-_n_34802.html?

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #33 on:** February 19, 2012, 10:42:18 PM »

Who is Behind the Santorum Surge?

Sometimes I feel like an article I'm writing is based on an idea so obvious that I'll just be wasting my time telling people something they already know. This is one of those times, but based on the palpitating hearts and trembling knees of a lot of Republicans, I've hit on a simple fact that they ought to see, but are somehow blind to.

There is no "Santorum surge" and he's not a frontrunner in the Republican primary. His success as a candidate is an utter fiction manufactured by the media for the most obvious reason, because they do not believe that he can possibly win the general election.

Santorum is not on the front page of all the major Sunday papers by accident and it's not because he's doing well in Michigan or won some straw poll votes a week ago. If you're inclined to like him you should be listening to your paranoia, not your optimism. The media really is in the tank for Obama and they really are lying to you. They are doing everything they can to convince Republican voters to climb on the Santorum bandwagon because they are 100% convinced that in a general election he will do just what he did when he ran for reelection to the Senate from Pennsylvania - set a new record for the margin by which he is defeated.

They are also perfectly willing to lie to you to convince you that Santorum is a serious contender and the best alternative to Romney. As evidence I offer you the front page of today's Washington post (see photo) which has a highlighted text caption which reads "1,144 Delegates Needed for GOP Nomination...Rick Santorum has 72 Delegates So Far." This statement from the front page of one of the nation's leading papers is completely untrue. Only one of the states Santorum has won has assigned any delegates. The three states he won recently were just beauty contests with no delegates attached. In fact, his total real delegate count is 4. If you cont soft delegates who might be assigned to him it's still only 43. That puts him in a distant last place in the primary behind Ron Paul, certainly not in a position to challenge Romney's real delegate count of 90. Santorum also has limited money and very little in the way of a grassroots organization so unlike Paul who has a well organized ground campaign, he is likely to do

Read more: http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/who-is-behind-the-santorum-surge1/#ixzz1mtyVCmeH

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #34 on:** February 20, 2012, 01:37:12 AM »

Rick Santorum Supported Employer Mandate

Rick Santorum makes a point during his campaign that he has not supported an individual mandate in the past. But Santorum isn't against health care mandates entirely. In 1994 when running against Harris Wofford for Senate Santorum supported the idea of mandating that employers be required to offer their workers a chance to purchase health insurance. According to an article that ran in the Reading Eagle.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/rick-santorum-supported-employer-mandate

Freeborn126 · « **Reply #35 on:** February 20, 2012, 05:49:21 AM »

Awesome thread. I don't think the polls are accurate like the article above says. Santorum's surge is another contrived hoax by the MSM. The common american is pretty dumb, but I don't think they are dumb enough to put that much support behind this Santorum retard.

It is a marathon race to the end and Ron Paul's campaign is too organized and has too much money for the media to dismiss him anymore. I still believe in the end it will be Romney vs Paul at the convention.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #36 on:** February 20, 2012, 12:26:49 PM »

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #37 on:** February 20, 2012, 01:40:27 PM »

Santorum: Democrats are "anti-science," not me
CBS News ^ | February 20, 2012 | Rebecca Kaplan

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Portraying himself as a native son of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum Monday emphasized his heritage as the grandson of a coal miner and railed against environmental regulations that have diminished the coal industry in the region.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we need someone who understands, who comes from the coal fields, who comes from the steel mills, who understands what average working people in America need to be able to provide for themselves and their families," Santorum said to a crowd of about 500 people in the Democratic-leaning eastern edge of the state.

(snip)

In his remarks Monday, Santorum went beyond his usual discussion of the importance of increasing domestic energy production to deliver a blistering attack on environmental activists. He said global warming claims are based on "phony studies," and that climate change science is little more than "political science."

His views are not "anti-science" as Democrats claim, Santorum said. "When it comes to the management of the Earth, they are the anti-science ones. We are the ones who stand for science, and technology, and using the resources we have to be able to make sure that we have a quality of life in this country and (that we) maintain a good and stable environment," he said to applause, and cited local ordinances to reduce coal dust pollution in Pittsburgh during the heyday of coal mining.

(snip)

Santorum also discussed religious faith and the importance of family at length, a popular topic for him in many of the Midwestern states he has visited recently. He accused President Obama of degrading the institution of marriage with provisions in his health care law.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #38 on:** February 20, 2012, 01:47:44 PM »

Rick Santorum aide gaffe: Obama’s ‘radical Islamic policies’
Politico ^ | 2/20/12 | MACKENZIE WEINGER

Rick Santorum’s spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama’s “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president’s agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called up MSNBC after the segment aired to say she misspoke.

“There is a type of theological secularism when in comes to the global warmists in this country. That’s what he was referring to. He was referring to the president’s policies in terms of the radical Islamic policies the president has,” Stewart said on “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

Mitchell later said on the air that Stewart phoned the show after the interview to say she had slipped up and said “radical Islamic policies” instead of Obama’s “radical environmental policies.”

Mitchell noted she had missed Stewart’s phrasing of “radical Islamic policies” during the live interview.

“She had repeatedly said during that same interview ‘radical environmental policies’ and she said she slipped when she apparently said [it],” Mitchell said. “I did not hear it, or I would have caught her on it and tried to get a correction at the moment. I really, frankly, did not hear her use the word Islamic, but the tape tells the tale.”

Santorum said in Ohio on Saturday that Obama’s agenda is “not about you. It’s not about your quality of life. It’s not about your jobs. It’s about some phony ideal, some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible, a different theology, but no less a theology.”

Santorum stood by his remarks later, telling reporters he wasn’t suggesting Obama is less of a Christian.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...

240 is Back · « **Reply #39 on:** February 20, 2012, 02:21:54 PM »

see?

santorum is going to be an entertaining dude.

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #40 on:** February 20, 2012, 08:40:12 PM »

Bindare_Dundat · « **Reply #41 on:** February 20, 2012, 09:55:44 PM »

What a cheeseball.

Could you imagine this reject calling his group of nerds into the Oval office for a family hug and prayer for a meesage from god about what to do with the lyrics in music these days or some shit? People are so fuckin stupid.

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #42 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:58:14 PM »

"This is not a political war at all, this is not a culture war at all, this is a spiritual war,"--Ricky Santorum

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #43 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:22:25 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on February 21, 2012, 05:58:14 PM

"This is not a political war at all, this is not a culture war at all, this is a spiritual war,"--Ricky Santorum

praise heil Satan!

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #44 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:29:11 PM »

Free Republic
Browse · Search Pings · Mail News/Activism
Topics · Post Article
Skip to comments.

Arpaio: I briefed Santorum on birth certificate investigation
CNN ^ | 02/21/12 | Jim Acosta
Posted on February 21, 2012 9:38:28 PM EST by writer33

Phoenix (CNN) – Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, briefed GOP contender Rick Santorum on his investigation into President Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversial law enforcement official told reporters Tuesday.

After a speech to a Republican gathering in Phoenix where Santorum appeared earlier in the day, Arpaio explained he wanted to inform the candidate of his investigation "as a matter of fairness in case he wouldn't want me to support him."

Arpaio said he plans to endorse one of the four remaining GOP candidates in the coming weeks. But the sheriff added he would not make his choice known before he announces the findings of his birth certificate probe at a news conference set for March 1st. This endorsement would be his second in the race; in November 2011, he endorsed then-candidate Rick Perry.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cn n.com ...

Cool!!!

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #45 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:46:22 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on February 21, 2012, 06:29:11 PM

Phoenix (CNN) – Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, briefed GOP contender Rick Santorum on his investigation into President Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversial law enforcement official told reporters Tuesday

After a speech to a Republican gathering in Phoenix where Santorum appeared earlier in the day, Arpaio explained he wanted to inform the candidate of his investigation "as a matter of fairness in case he wouldn't want me to support him."
Arpaio said he plans to endorse one of the four remaining GOP candidates in the coming weeks. But the sheriff added he would not make his choice known before he announces the findings of his birth certificate probe at a news conference set for March 1st. This endorsement would be his second in the race; in November 2011, he endorsed then-candidate Rick Perry.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cn n.com ...
Cool!!!

Man, it's really hard not to read that shit and not have it sound like it's coming from Larry the Cable Guy.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #46 on:** February 21, 2012, 06:50:11 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on February 21, 2012, 06:46:22 PM

Man, it's really hard not to read that shit and not have it sound like it's coming from Larry the Cable Guy.

if Saint Rick comes out as a birther, I will have a lot more respect for him.

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #47 on:** February 21, 2012, 07:11:58 PM »

Quote from: 333386 on February 21, 2012, 06:50:11 PM

if Saint Rick comes out as a birther, I will have a lot more respect for him.

You're worried about Santorum being a birther.... lol.... You guys got me to be a birther and I'm telling you, that ain't shit when it comes to what matters with Santorum.

Here's a good little story for ya...

You know how you hate communists with every bone in your body..

Well how would you feel about an organization that for a majority of our history as a nation opposed the idea of freedom, liberty and especially religious liberty? How would you feel if this organization had stated over and over that one day it would be a majority in America and would bring an end to such liberty and even openly stated an end to the constitution? That members would swear a higher oath to a foriegn body than to America even if it meant the end of American freedom.

That's Santorum... That's Catholism.... and that especially Opus Dei... all in one... Look at everything Santorum spews, it's all Opus Dei... It's as bad if not worse than the shit you worry about with Obama.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #48 on:** February 21, 2012, 07:12:06 PM »

Coming from Pennsylvania, a state with a rich heritage of hunting and fishing, I understand firsthand the importance of preserving our constitutionally protected rights found in the second Amendment.

I fight to preserve this tradition, and will work to ensure these rights are not infringed upon.

As a Senator, I opposed frivolous lawsuits against the gun industry by supporting legislation, such as the Protection of Lawful Commerce Act that would protect law abiding firearms manufacturers and dealers from frivolous lawsuits attempting to hold them liable for criminal acts of third parties.

I also vehemently opposed the Assault Weapons Ban because I believe that there are more effective ways to stop gun violence, such as stricter enforcement of existing laws, than taking away the rights of law abiding gun owners.

(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #49 on:** February 21, 2012, 07:14:13 PM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on February 21, 2012, 07:11:58 PM

You're worried about Santorum being a birther.... lol.... You guys got me to be a birther and I'm telling you, that ain't shit when it comes to what matters with Santorum.
Here's a good little story for ya...
You know how you hate communists with every bone in your body..

That's Santorum... That's Catholism.... and that especially Opus Dei... all in one... Look at everything Santorum spews, it's all Opus Dei... It's as bad if not worse than the shit you worry about with Obama.

I stopped going to church when they pushed the whole liberation theology bullshit in the catholic church.