Rick Santorum (please, don't Google his last name) is the funniest not-Romney yet

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[YOhio]

American voters want someone who isn't going to go down rabbit holes on social issues and is going to focus on getting the American economy right? Rick Santorum's on the record saying that he hopes to use the presidency to talk to Americans about how birth control is "not OK" and how it leads to deviant behaviors. Yeah, he actually said that. Also, he's made divisive comments on pretty much every single social issue.

Fantastic.

This is what annoys me the most. This is simply not the election place social issues at the forefront.

[snowcat]

Rick Santorum is essentially the inverse of what American voters want right now.

American voters want someone who is fiscally disciplined and scrupulous with taxpayer dollars? Rick Santorum is an admitted cheerleader for earmarks who loved to dip his snout in the earmark trough while he was in office.

American voters want someone with executive chops who understands the tough decision-making process of balancing a budget? Santorum has never balanced a budget and never had to make an executive decision.

American voters want someone who is enough of an outsider that he/she can come into Washington and tackle the corrupt nexus of money, influence and policy that plagues the public body? Rick Santorum not only fed on earmarks while he was in office, he has stayed at the trough as a lobbyist since leaving office and has had no meaningful career outside of Washington DC.

Americans want a guy who put jobs and the economy ahead of allegiance to special interest? Santorum voted against the Right to Work law in Pennsylvania and has no defense other than that he was bought out by local interests.

American voters want someone who isn't going to go down rabbit holes on social issues and is going to focus on getting the American economy right? Rick Santorum's on the record saying that he hopes to use the presidency to talk to Americans about how birth control is "not OK" and how it leads to deviant behaviors. Yeah, he actually said that. Also, he's made divisive comments on pretty much every single social issue.

Fantastic.

Mormon and the above<<<<<<<not mormon. The voters have spoken.

[il Padrino Ute]

Romney could crush Santorum if he wanted to do it, but Romney is too nice to do it and needs to direct his attacks at Newt. Once Newt is gone, people Newt supporters will side with Romney.

At least that's what I think.

[Uncle Ted]

So I found out on the news that Rick Santorum was pretty much in my backyard today. Sneaky b*tard.

[FMCoug]

From Facebook:

"A Santorum tidal wave washed across Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota last night."

[Omaha 680]

From Facebook:

"A Santorum tidal wave washed across Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota last night."

Yikes. I've never been happier to have skipped the election coverage for an evening.

[RobinFinderson]

Romney could crush Santorum if he wanted to do it, but Romney is too nice to do it and needs to direct his attacks at Newt. Once Newt is gone, people Newt supporters will side with Romney.

At least that's what I think.

No offense, but I think you are wrong. Newt's bloc breaks to Santorum and vice versa. Newt and Santorum are both clowns. They are presently splitting the clown vote.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

No offense, but I think you are wrong. Newt's bloc breaks to Santorum and vice versa. Newt and Santorum are both clowns. They are presently splitting the clown vote.

I agree il Pad is wrong. Anyone supporting Newt in the primary is a moron and these morons aren't going to Romney. Romney has torched that bridge because of the kind of guy and candidate Newt Gingrich is, I don't think there was any other way to do it. He had to be tough with Gingrich and it pissed off the morans.

The thing about these primaries this year and in the last year, it lays bare all the morans that vote for conservatives/ the GOP. It makes me uncomfortable being associated with them. It makes it easy to understand why Democrats/Libs loath people in the "flyover states." I think engaging the religious right has been a deal with the devil. The reason being is that it has driven people that would otherwise be fiscally conservative/moderate into the Democratic Party. As tends to happen, once people adopt a political team they also adopt all of the positions, and the Republican party has been losing these people. The religious right wants big government conservatism. And I worry that they're increasingly crowding out someone like Romney who, I think, would be a fiscal conservative and make inroads for the Republican party into, say, the suburbs of places like Philadelphia, Detroit, etc.

The George W. Bush part of the political spectrum means razor thin majorities and increasing marginalization of the single most politically popular part of the GOP's platform (even though, in reality, it doesn't live the ideal) -- fiscal conservatism. People in the Northeast and West Coast don't have any need for a party that is only socially conservative, I do think a lot of them would support fiscal conservatism, however.

[beefytee]

No offense, but I think you are wrong. Newt's bloc breaks to Santorum and vice versa. Newt and Santorum are both clowns. They are presently splitting the clown vote.

I agree il Pad is wrong. Anyone supporting Newt in the primary is a moron and these morons aren't going to Romney. Romney has torched that bridge because of the kind of guy and candidate Newt Gingrich is, I don't think there was any other way to do it. He had to be tough with Gingrich and it pissed off the morans.

I would agree with this and go one step further.

I think there is a good chunk of Santorum supporters that couldn't bring themselves to vote for Newt and would support Romney. Newt supporters on the other hand would most likely go to Santorum.

[Flystripper]

I agree il Pad is wrong. Anyone supporting Newt in the primary is a moron and these morons aren't going to Romney. Romney has torched that bridge because of the kind of guy and candidate Newt Gingrich is, I don't think there was any other way to do it. He had to be tough with Gingrich and it pissed off the morans.

The thing about these primaries this year and in the last year, it lays bare all the morans that vote for conservatives/ the GOP. It makes me uncomfortable being associated with them. It makes it easy to understand two things why Democrats/Libs loath people in the "flyover states." I think engaging the religious right has been a deal with the devil. The reason being is that it has driven people that would otherwise be fiscally conservative/moderate into the Democratic Party. As tends to happen, once people adopt a political team they also adopt all of the positions, and the Republican party has been losing these people. The religious right wants big government conservatism. And I worry that they're increasingly crowding out someone like Romney who, I think, would be a fiscal conservative and make inroads for the Republican party into, say, the suburbs of places like Philadelphia, Detroit, etc.

The George W. Bush part of the political spectrum means razor thin majorities and increasing marginalization of the single most politically popular part of the GOP's platform (even though, in reality, it doesn't live the ideal) -- fiscal conservatism. People in the Northeast and West Coast don't have any need for a party that is only socially conservative, I do think a lot of them would support fiscal conservatism, however.

Yes. You have described me.

[YOhio]

[oxcoug]

[YOhio]

Likely a reference to his father's Mexican birth.

[Viking]

The hardcore right is the home of American bigotry. Surprise, surprise.