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Rick Santorum is holding a news conference in a few minutes (2 pm ET), and the chatter from the chattering classes is that he's about to announce the "suspension" of his presidential campaign. Santorum's daughter is reported to be very sick again, and was taken to the hospital again last weekend; ...
The latest polling in Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum's home state, shows that Republican voters are now entering the "acceptance" stage, and are getting ready to bite the bullet and vote for Mitt Romney: Romney Takes the Lead in Pennsylvania. Mitt Romney's taken the lead in PPP's newest poll of Rick Santorum's ...
Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Pennsylvania, Poll, Election 2012, Republican Party
Rick Santorum is giving another seemingly interminable concession speech, so here's an open thread to discuss the Mitt Romney juggernaut. Santorum's family looks awfully sad on that stage behind him, but they should look on the bright side. Now he has more time to work on getting creationism into science classes. ...
Rick Santorum is not going to be the President of the US. But has there ever been a presidential candidate so totally disconnected from the real world? In this clip Rachel Maddow takes apart Santorum's absurd counter-factual claim that California universities do not teach American history. Why does Santorum tell such ...
Rick Santorum, Rachel Maddow, California, Anti-Academic, Dishonesty, Right Wing, Video
Today Rick Santorum issued the following pro forma statement denouncing last night's Planned Parenthood clinic bombing. "Violence is never the answer, and I will always condemn any and all violent attacks against our fellow Americans. In this country, we resolve our differences through political discussion and free and fair elections – never ...
Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Religious Right, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Republican Party, Rick Santorum
Taking right wing fear mongering to an insane new level, here's Rick Santorum's latest web advertisement. Notice at about 39 seconds in: the image of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes to President Obama for a split second. YouTube Video Also see: Santorum Spokesman Denies Obama-Ahmadinejad Conflation in New Ad
Rick Santorum, President Obama, Fear, Video, Election 2012, Bad Craziness
In a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Rick Santorum proves again that he is probably the dumbest, most determinedly ignorant right winger ever to run for President, with an attack on evolution and global warming that's absolutely breathtaking in its mindless hostility toward science: The Elephant in the Room: Challenging ...
Rick Santorum, Anti-Science, Evolution, Global Warming, Right Wing, Deliberate Ignorance, Religious Right, Bad Craziness
Here's our thread to comment on the latest episode of the GOP's three-ring circus, making its debut tonight in Illinois where Mitt Romney is expected to administer a severe drubbing to the other clowns. (Early reports say this is going to be the lowest primary turnout in Illinois history. These ...
Election 2012, Primary, Illinois, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Clown Car
It used to be considered over the line for a presidential candidate to say something like this, but in today's feverish environment of right wing hatred Rick Santorum knows the GOP base will eat this stuff up: Rick Santorum: President Obama Shouldn't Let Daughter Go to Mexico. Rick Santorum said ...
Rick Santorum, Election 2012, Republican Party, Fever Swamp, Red Meat, President Obama
Just imagine the reaction from the right wing if President Obama were ever introduced by someone who yelled at conservatives and Christians to "get out" of the country. Pastor Dennis Terry Introduces Rick Santorum, Tells Liberals and Non-Christians to 'Get Out' of America. YouTube Video
Rick Santorum, Election 2012, Religious Right, Bigotry, Hate Speech, Anti-Gay, Bad Craziness
Rick Santorum didn't win any friends in Puerto Rico with his xenophobic "English first!" comments: Romney Will Win Puerto Rico's GOP Primary, CNN Projects. (CNN) -- Mitt Romney will win Sunday's Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico, CNN projects, based on vote results obtained from local party and election officials. At ...
Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Puerto Rico, Xenophobia
Video Today on CNN, Rick Santorum repeated his bizarre attacks on the Obama administration, ranting crazily that the Justice Department favors pornographers over children and families. This deranged nonsense apparently plays well with the right wing base -- either that, or Rick Santorum is simply not right in the head. Santorum also ...
Rick Santorum, Pornography, Bad Craziness, Iran, Religious Right, Prudes
Again, religious fanatic, creationist, and climate change denier Rick Santorum provides the best measure of the dangerously irresponsible disconnect between the American right wing and reality. "The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is," said Rick Santorum. Santorum is sneering at a physical ...
Republican Party, Anti-Science, Rick Santorum, Election 2012, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change Denial
An interesting but not surprising admission from Rick Santorum today: his aim is not to win the majority of Republican delegates, but to damage Mitt Romney so much that it will force a brokered convention. It's a Republican battle to the death for the anti-science creationist fanatic. The memo, to ...
Here's an open thread to keep up on news from the Republican primaries taking place in Michigan and Arizona. Arizona's probably going to go for Mitt Romney; he's way ahead of Rick "Torquemada Jr." Santorum there. But Michigan's going down to the wire... Meanwhile, here's a video clip of President Obama's rousing ...
Election 2012, Michigan, Arizona, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, President Obama, Primaries, Republican Party
The polling in Michigan is too close to call; Nate Silver says Romney and Santorum are essentially tied. People sometimes apply the term “tossup” a bit too broadly, using it to refer to anything close enough that they don’t want to render a prediction about it. In Michigan, however, the term ...
Republican Party, Election 2012, Michigan, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum
The most extreme religious fanatic in the Republican presidential race, Rick Santorum, is not going to back down on his crazed statement that John F. Kennedy makes him want to puke. It's hard to believe that this kind of hateful, childish ranting is going to get Santorum elected. But it might ...
Rick Santorum, Republican Party, Religious Right, JFK, Separation of Church and State, Bad Craziness
As Rick Santorum's star continues to rise, his rhetoric just keeps getting more and more extreme. Today on ABC News, Santorum said that John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech on the separation of church and state makes him want to puke. And in Santorum's opinion, every American should feel just as ...
Rick Santorum, Election 2012, Republican Party, JFK, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy, Far Right, Religious Right
Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock Like many religious right wing fanatics, Rick Santorum sees conspiracies everywhere. He can turn absolutely anything into a secret plot to persecute Christians, especially if it's endorsed by President Obama. The latest example: President Obama advocates for getting more young Americans into college -- Rick Santorum says it's ...
Rick Santorum, Republican Party, Election 2012, Atavism, Religious Right, Fanaticism, Bad Craziness, Persecution Complex
Today's fresh word salad from the half-governor finds her defending Rick Santorum against the persecution of the dreaded lamestream media, who are all wee-weed up just because Santorum thinks Satan is systematically destroying America. Liberals! Can't live with 'em, can't exorcise 'em.
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Today in Phoenix, Arizona, far right anti-immigrant icon Sheriff Joe Arpaio was thoughtful enough to brief Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on the status of his investigation into whether Barack Hussein Obama is a sekrit Moslem socialist Manchurian candidate: Arpaio: I Briefed Santorum on My Birth Certificate Investigation. Phoenix (CNN) – ...
Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Birthers, Rick Santorum, Conspiracy Theories, Right Wing, Far Right, Bad Craziness
Rick Santorum's rhetoric just keeps getting wilder, and today he's trying to deny that he compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler, one day after explicitly comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler. Video (CNN) - Rick Santorum on Monday denied he was comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler while using a ...
Rick Santorum, Republican Party, Hate Speech, Election 2012, Dishonesty
Speaking to the Ohio Christian Alliance today, the GOP frontrunner for the presidential nomination, Rick Santorum, said that he's opposed to requiring health insurance to cover prenatal screening. How in the world can anyone be opposed to prenatal testing? Because, according to Santorum, it's just another part of President Obama's nefarious ...
Rick Santorum, Republican Party, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Prenatal Screening, Abortion, Bad Craziness, Religious Right, Theocracy
At his "Campfire Blog" (with a logo reminiscent of the infamous farting scene in Blazing Saddles), Rick Santorum's super-rich Dominionist backer Foster Friess is apologizing that so many Americans didn't get his "joke" about women using aspirin for birth control (between the knees): For those who misunderstood my joke today, ...
Foster Friess, Rick Santorum, Dominionism, Religious Right, Birth Control, Abortion, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Election 2012, Republican Party