that's rich. :D

love the "siege" mentality, typical of all cults. yes, christians are being persecuted in america, as we speak, prohibited from "praying in public". happens all the time.

anyhow, santorum is unlikely to be the nominee, and even more unlikely to beat obama. who is quite the statist, corporatist shill.

on the other hand, santorum as president would certainly be interesting; the inevitable downfall of this country would be accelerated. one is reminded of sinclair lewis' it can't happen here. or, perhaps, mussolini?

:D

Gallup polls taken during the campaign show an evolving awareness among voters that Santorum is not lying about any of the horrifying things he says. For example, in August of last year, 96 percent of voters said they thought Santorum could not possibly be serious when he said gay marriage was "an issue just like 9/11," compared with only 9 percent today.

The Rep. race has degraded to the point where Santorum and Romney are only out to prove that they're not as bad as the other guy. If it wasn't so funny it'd be sad.

I just read a good part of his Wiki page. He appears to be very controversial for sure. He appears to want his cake and eat it too on residency and some other things.

He is certainly not anybody I would want in office.

Does he think that the country wide stage is politically a lot different than Pennsylvania? I supppose it is.

Or he could be cynically doing it for the money I suppose. The fanatics on the far right will probably buy anything he markets for a good while to come.

What they did with their stillborn baby may be the thing I sympathize with the most out of all his actions. I am not sure I be able to do it but I can see the possible benefit of it within the family.

Good piece on Santorum and Catholicism:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/opinion/bruni-many-kinds-of-catholic.html

Hey! You guys take it easy on Sanitorium!

Whip

Why? Is it because he can't handle criticism and review? If so, then he's applying for the wrong job. I'm guessing he doesn't mind the attention.

*MIND* it !!!???? Shome mishtake shurely!!


He's a Whore- an "attention whore" ~~~ for it.


It's his crack pipe.

Clearly, his polls showed Puerto Rico as a writeoff, so why not throw a bone to the Real Americans whom he is courting?

Presuming that his candidacy survives that long, he better hope that there aren't very many Republicans of Hispanic descent in California.

...Catholicism is as much ethnicity as dogma: something in the blood, and something in the bones.

and something that Santorum clearly doesn't get. He's winning conservative protestant voters and losing those from his own faith because his version of Catholicism is the position of only a tiny minority of American Catholics.

So which kinda catholic are you? We ain't got no catholics up here in the hollers, so I don't know nothin' about 'em.

Whip

If you want a quick education on the Catholic religion, you may want to contact Pastor Joe, one of our members. Brilliant religious scholar...

Recovering.

You just can't make up stuff this rich!;)

Tom,
I appreciate that you did not split your infinitive. Yes, people do pay attention.

Split what?

Your Infinity. They're known for splitting you know.

You must have gotten a good one.

The split between the hierarchy and the mass of Catholics on the issue of sexuality is very interesting from the viewpoint of the sociology of knowledge. The masses of US Catholics don't have any problem believing that sex for pleasure is morally acceptable (hence contraception is permissible). Why does the hierarchy have such a hard time accepting this? Seems to me it's a result of them giving up their sex lives on the basis of a theology of sexuality which only permits sex for reproduction. If the celibate hierarchy were to think that sex for pleasure was morally permissible it would mean that they had denied themselves a heck of a lot of legitimate pleasure over the years for moral reasons that weren't compelling. It would be an admission that all that repression went down the drain.
The Reformation was correct. The only way the situation was going to change was for a young priest and nun to leave the church, start having enjoyable sex, and begin an alternative form of Christianity.

I could have told them that:rolleyes:

well said. though why the priest and nun couldn't just leave the church, enjoy sex (as part of love) and forget about the whole "christianity thing"?

Oh noes, he didnt . . .

4 More Years of President Obama Would Be Better Than an Etch A Sketch Mitt Romney

You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there," said Santorum. "If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future.”

The Romney camp responds with this statement from the former Massachusetts governor: “I am in this race to defeat Barack Obama and restore America’s promise. I was disappointed to hear that Rick Santorum would rather have Barack Obama as president than a Republican. This election is more important than any one person. It is about the future of America. Any of the Republicans running would be better than President Obama and his record of failure.”
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I'm sure that an endorsement from Santorum is about as welcome in the Obama camp as an endorsement from the Westboro Baptist Church...

It's just another sound bite from the GOP candidates for the 2012 Greatest Slips and Gaffe reel.

Where is SNL ever going to dredge up material for their election special??:D

OMG! What happened to Whip? Bad language? He didn't call anyone a cook, did he?

I think he just put 'banned' under his name. I don't believe that Larry.. I mean Whip has actually been banned yet.

Wellsir. Aye a reckon he a be moseyin in here dye-rectly to give us all another heapin helpin of his special hospitality.

Wee-doggie!