Rick Santorum Announces - Craziest GOP Candidate Yet?

A radical anti-abortion, anti-evolution, anti-science theocrat - perfect for the GOP

WingnutsJune 2011 • Views: 34,255

Jonathan Bernstein makes the pertinent point about Rick Santorum’s announcement that he’s running for President: Santorum’s 2012 launch is only the beginning of the craziness.

So Rick Santorum has now kicked off his presidential run by claiming that Paul Ryan’s plan to end Medicare as we know it didn’t go far enough because it didn’t also include Social Security in his crosshairs.

This tells us something important about the GOP primary: It is a requirement for these candidates to push the envelop as much as possible. So get ready to hear them say some pretty whacky things.

Absolutely right. The Republican Party and its base of voters are divorced from reality on almost all the important issues of the day, and these candidates are merely reflecting this sad, pathetic fact.

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AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:33:28am

Everybody! Go go Google and click on "Santorum -sexual neologism" let's keep that at the top of the list!

prairiefire Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:33:55am

He brags he is "tougher than Ryan." What does that mean? Probably a redux of "Oliver Twist". Work houses, here we come.

jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:34:01am

What a frothy mess his campaign is sure to turn out to be...

brennant Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:34:44am

re: #3 jamesfirecat

What a frothy mess his campaign is sure to turn out to be...

ding ding ding ding! Winner!

RanchTooth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:36:25am

re: #3 jamesfirecat

What a frothy mess his campaign is sure to turn out to be...

I feel so dirty everytime I look at his name.

RanchTooth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:37:22am

re: #3 jamesfirecat

What a frothy mess his campaign is sure to turn out to be...

A forthy HOT MESS. LOL

Varek Raith Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:37:25am

Wisconsin GOP Leaders Trying To Run Fake Democrats On Recall Ballots

darthstar Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:39:03am

re: #1 ralphieboy

Everybody! Go go Google and click on "Santorum -sexual neologism" let's keep that at the top of the list!

Just google "Santorum"...it's still at the top..after eight years. (yes, he's got paid results above that, and "news", but the #1 result is still the frothy mixture.

Charles Johnson Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:39:39am

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:39:44am

re: #7 Varek Raith

Wisconsin GOP Leaders Trying To Run Fake Democrats On Recall Ballots

I wish I could be surprised, but weren't they already trying to have every Republican woman in Alaska named Lisa running for senator back in 2010?

allegro Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:41:29am

The stupidity is one thing - I can often find that funny. But the viciousness and flat out evil of their proposals and the apparent fact that a significant number of Americans actually think these people have the answers shocks me to my soul.

elizajane Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:42:51am

Santorum isn't going any farther than Andrew McCarthy did this weekend in this idiotic piece at National Review:
[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

Perhaps Santorum is hoping to become the NRO's candidate of choice. Hey, it worked for Sarah Palin last time.

Shiplord Kirel Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:47:33am

Anti-science medievalist dirtbag, liar, and hypocrite. What more could the lying theocrat charlatans want?

Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:49:22am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

Post the Greatest Hits. I love the sound of anguish in the morning.

Almost Killed by Space Hookers Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:50:01am

Hello friends...

So Palin doesn't know about Paul revere, and her drones are trying to edit history to match the weird history of caribou barbie.

... shakes head ...

And now Mr. Santorum, long, one of the more vile of the backwards, theocratic, hateful and hate filled, GOP dimbulbs is running for President.

I look forward to the primaries where Santorum and Bachman vie for most insane.

I predict, both will be seeing visions of a gun toting angel Gabriel by the second debate. Gabriel will tell Santorum that God wants him to shoot gay people. Bachman will be told not only that but that she is to get rid of all "non-biblical rights" in the Bill of Rights. There will be an argument over the use of flame throwers to halt Mexican border crossers vs. nerve gas...Both will agree that climate scientists should be brought before a holy inquisition ( though Santorum will consider hanging ( as suggested by Bachman" not "conservative enough" and argue that scientists should be stoned instead.

Of course, Bachman will claim to be pregnant then... Gabriel did vist her after all... Or maybe it will be Caribou Barbie who is carrying a new GOP messiah. In either case, if the baby inherits any "intellectual gifts" from the mother, the Christian Right will finally have a god on its own intellectual level made in their image.

In happier news, in terms of positive things that can be done by you to be on the side of righteousness, I am going to put up a page on the Chevy Volt.

Almost Killed by Space Hookers Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:51:39am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

They particularly hate the way truth continues to have a "liberal bias."

They rather hate the way you nailed them on the Weiner thing and the whole Palin doesn't know history thing...

Anyway, writing up what I've discovered about the volt.

Shiplord Kirel Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:52:44am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

Obama! Kenyan Bolshevik impostor and peacenik warlord. He'll plug the drains in our trains if not the veins in our brains! ACORN militia door to door to confiscate Bibles and Merle Haggard records! Limbaugh listeners deported to the FEMA gulag!...

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:53:04am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

Sharesies? We thrive on seething outrage.

celticdragon Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:54:08am

I predict Santorum will be on the tongue of every Republican...

elizajane Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:55:21am

Indeed, as if on cue, Katherine Jean Lopez is up with a glowing article about how Santorum might be just the man to rescue our great nation from the morass into which it has descended:

"The question many of those who follow the news are asking is: “Why would he bother?”

Well, he would bother because he believes, as do so many who have shown up at Tea Party rallies in the last two years, that America is in existential jeopardy if we don’t make some swift and hard choices, rooted in who we are and who we want to be. ”

[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

So there we have it, folks: Santorum is the official Palin of 2012.

wrenchwench Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:55:56am

re: #17 Shiplord Kirel

Obama! Kenyan Bolshevik impostor and peacenik warlord. He'll plug the drains in our trains if not the veins in our brains! ACORN militia door to door to confiscate Bibles and Merle Haggard records! Limbaugh listeners deported to the FEMA gulag!...

Have you been reading over his shoulder?

Charles Johnson Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:58:16am

re: #18 thedopefishlives

Sharesies? We thrive on seething outrage.

Nothing particularly interesting yet. Just insults like:

I bet you feel really stupid today.

No more stupid than any other day, actually.

Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:59:44am

re: #22 Charles

All of their creative energy must've been tapped out by the attempts to rewrite history in Palin's image, I suppose. Oh well. Can't always get what you want and all that.

Bulworth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:01:30am

Craziest GOP Candidate Yet?

Well, Bachman hasn't announced yet.

Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:02:09am

re: #22 Charles

Nothing particularly interesting yet. Just insults like:

No more stupid than any other day, actually.

Disappointing. Where is the passion, where is the angst, where are the eleventies? Hit the tipjar anyway, but I expect more juice in my Gelflings.

Bulworth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:05:15am

I'm just waiting to see how the GOP will somehow accomodate itself to a Romney nomination, after being fed red meat by the likes of Bachman, Santorum, and Cain, while having their longings for Palin and Ryan denied them.

Surabaya Stew Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:08:11am

re: #26 Bulworth

I'm just waiting to see how the GOP will somehow accomodate itself to a Romney nomination, after being fed red meat by the likes of Bachman, Santorum, and Cain, while having their longings for Palin and Ryan denied them.

The same way they accomendated a McCain nomination:

1. Selective forgetfulness
2. A Veep candiate that played to the base

Santorum will never win the nomination, but he just might be selected to go against Joe Biden.

Interesting Times Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:08:13am

re: #26 Bulworth

I'm just waiting to see how the GOP will somehow accomodate itself to a Romney nomination, after being fed red meat by the likes of Bachman, Santorum, and Cain, while having their longings for Palin and Ryan denied them.

Romney will have to choose one of them as a running mate.

ElCapitanAmerica Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:11:00am

re: #22 Charles

Nothing particularly interesting yet. Just insults like:

No more stupid than any other day, actually.

They're too busy still editing Conservapedia!

[Link: www.conservapedia.com...]

He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington, [[Massachusetts]] with [[William Dawes]] on the night of April 18, 1775 ringing bells to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms. This also served to warn the [[minutemen]] the British were coming.

Notice that warning the colonists now takes second place to warning the British regulars (via ringing bells)

AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:11:17am

re: #28 publicityStunted

Romney will have to choose one of them as a running mate.

Gawd, I never thought of that, but if Romney manages to win the nomination, he will, much like McCain before him, have to choose a seriously conservative running mate to guarantee the support of the right wing of the party...

ProGunLiberal Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:11:23am

re: #28 publicityStunted

I still don't think he'll get the nomination.

ElCapitanAmerica Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:12:31am

re: #15 LudwigVanQuixote

Hello friends...

I predict, both will be seeing visions of a gun toting angel Gabriel by the second debate. Gabriel will tell Santorum that God wants him to shoot gay people. Bachman will be told not only that but that she is to get rid of all "non-biblical rights" in the Bill of Rights. There will be an argument over the use of flame throwers to halt Mexican border crossers vs. nerve gas...

This is too funny, bravo sir, bravo!

Bulworth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:12:41am

Compared to what McCain faced, Romney's primary opponents are much, much crazier. But yes, he'll have to pick Santorum or Ryan. No way T-Paw gets the VP nod. Where'd he go anyway? Can't say I miss him much. Perry is thinking of throwing his secession hat in the ring, according to Politico.

makeitstop Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:19:41am

re: #24 Bulworth

Well, Bachman hasn't announced yet.

I thought she had - AP is reporting that she'll participate in one of the debates.

Can she do that if she's not a declared candidate?

celticdragon Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:40:08am

re: #20 elizajane

Indeed, as if on cue, Katherine Jean Lopez is up with a glowing article about how Santorum might be just the man to rescue our great nation from the morass into which it has descended:

"The question many of those who follow the news are asking is: “Why would he bother?”

Well, he would bother because he believes, as do so many who have shown up at Tea Party rallies in the last two years, that America is in existential jeopardy if we don’t make some swift and hard choices, rooted in who we are and who we want to be. ”

[Link: www.nationalreview.com...]

So there we have it, folks: Santorum is the official Palin of 2012.

I suspect K-Lo has shower masturbation fantasies over conservative Catholic authoritarians like Santorum. She just loves the thought of having every miserable Protestant sinner and lapsed post 2nd Vatican Catholic being taught their place and made to submit.

Afterwards, she feels guilty and says 10 Hail Mary's, and then writes a fluff piece about the guy in question for NRO.

Lidane Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:52:29am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

Only a half-dozen? They're clearly sleeping on the job. You've been pointing out that Caribou Barbie was wrong. Surely that merits a few hate mails. Hehe.

Lidane Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:54:01am

re: #19 celticdragon

I predict Santorum will be on the tongue of every Republican...

Some of us are trying to eat lunch, you know. =P

BongCrodny Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:54:19am

Huntsman, Palin, Bachmann and Santorum are, by all reckoning, quite religious.

My question is this: Did God tell them ALL to run?

Speaking only as a heathen here, you wouldn't think God would need to hedge his bets that way.

funky chicken Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:55:53am

re: #1 ralphieboy

Everybody! Go go Google and click on "Santorum -sexual neologism" let's keep that at the top of the list!

Actually, I find that as disgusting as the man himself, and it could serve to earn him sympathy.

funky chicken Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:57:09am

Santorum = Bachmann in terms of craziness, and probably in terms of stupidity as well, IMO.

AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:57:50am

re: #39 funky chicken

He has admitted to having a "Google problem", but it is one that he has brought upon himself for being such a dork.

He can be morally opposed to homosexuality all he wants, but when he compares it to bestiality, incest or wife beating, he is letting himself in for some harsh payback.

Lidane Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:57:54am

re: #38 BongCrodny

My question is this: Did God tell them ALL to run?

Speaking only as a heathen here, you wouldn't think God would need to hedge his bets that way.

My opinion as an atheist -- if there was a God, I don't think he'd give a shit who ran for what office. I'd imagine God would (a) have bigger things to worry about than what happens on a single planet in the universe, and (b) would know the outcome of the elections anyway, so why would he bother?

AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 10:59:44am

re: #42 Lidane

My opinion as an atheist -- if there was a God, I don't think he'd give a shit who ran for what office. I'd imagine God would (a) have bigger things to worry about than what happens on a single planet in the universe, and (b) would know the outcome of the elections anyway, so why would he bother?

He wants them all to run, but obviously, being omniscient, he knows that only one of them can win (and which one, of course). We must not try to divine his divine ways.

funky chicken Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:00:04am

re: #9 Charles

The wingnuts are really stirred up this morning. Already received half a dozen hate mails.

Why? The Palin stuff? She's an embarrassment, but not as bad as Santorum and Bachmann. Wow--talk about faint praise LOL.

Bulworth Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:01:38am

re: #36 Lidane

Only a half-dozen? They're clearly sleeping on the job. You've been pointing out that Caribou Barbie was wrong. Surely that merits a few hate mails. Hehe.

Hey, look. If Sarah says history went down the way she said it did, then that's how it happened. Why do you think she's doing her bus tour? She has to educate us.

makeitstop Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:10:19am

re: #38 BongCrodny

Huntsman, Palin, Bachmann and Santorum are, by all reckoning, quite religious.

My question is this: Did God tell them ALL to run?

Speaking only as a heathen here, you wouldn't think God would need to hedge his bets that way.

God is obviously looking for some cheap laughs.
/

AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:10:55am

I can even praise Sarah - she did a decent job as governor of Alaska: a state with a population equal to that of Louisville, KY.

Although Alaska is our largest state, nearly 2/3rds of it is owned and managed by the federal government.

I simply do not think she is fit to hold national office, that's all. I will not criticize or ridicule her any more beyond that point, regardless of what she says or does at this point.

And as it turns out, any criticism beyond that plays right into her hands.

makeitstop Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:12:03am

re: #45 Bulworth

Hey, look. If Sarah says history went down the way she said it did, then that's how it happened. Why do you think she's doing her bus tour? She has to educate us.

~~God~~ Palin said it.
I believe it.
That settles it!

ElCapitanAmerica Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:17:11am

David Frum reveals Palin's gotcha question;

davidfrum davidfrum
by DavidCornDC
Here's the q that Palin called a "gotcha": "What have you seen so far today, and what are you going to take away from your visit?"
6 minutes ago

okonkolo Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:42:44am

The Santorum thing I can't get out of my head is his poor premie child, born too early and died at birth, something so sad I wouldn't wish that on an enemy. But then it gets weird Santorum style as he and his wife took home from the hospital for... family photos. From, WaPo:

Upon their son's death, Rick and Karen Santorum opted not to bring his body to a funeral home. Instead, they bundled him in a blanket and drove him to Karen's parents' home in Pittsburgh. There, they spent several hours kissing and cuddling Gabriel with his three siblings, ages 6, 4 and 1 1/2 . They took photos, sang lullabies in his ear and held a private Mass.

"That's my little guy," Santorum says, pointing to the photo of Gabriel, in which his tiny physique is framed by his father's hand. The senator often speaks of his late son in the present tense. It is a rare instance in which he talks softly.

He and Karen brought Gabriel's body home so their children could "absorb and understand that they had a brother," Santorum says. "We wanted them to see that he was real," not an abstraction, he says. Not a "fetus," either, as Rick and Karen were appalled to see him described -- "a 20-week-old fetus" -- on a hospital form. They changed the form to read "20-week-old baby."

ElCapitanAmerica Mon, Jun 6, 2011 11:51:00am

re: #50 okonkolo

I'm not cool with making fun of this story. People cope with these things in different, personal ways. If you talk to women who have had miscarriages, they don't treat it as a fun event, and are often saddened by it and I see nothing wrong with that at all.

AK-47% Mon, Jun 6, 2011 12:28:13pm

re: #50 okonkolo

I woulda had no trouble with it if it had been private, personal thing, but he was bent on using it as an example of his political views - maintaining that a 20-week-old fetus is a "baby", and those who kill 20-week-old fetuses are "babykillers". And that is sick and twisted

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