Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 11:38:30 am
Probably the clearest, most direct expression of reactionary right wing anti-intellectualism we've seen yet: Rick Santorum Says 'Smart People Will Never Be on Our Side'. "We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country," Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told the audience at the Omni Shoreham ...

Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:56:10 pm
The Onion

Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 3:07:05 pm
A few days ago an interesting document showed up in my mailbox. It was the Official 2012 Republican Presidential Platform survey package. The package opens with a four page letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus who made the following comments while a candidate for the position he now holds: In ...

Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:59:41 am
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; ...

Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:00:28 pm
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 ...

Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:22:20 pm
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. ...

Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:56:19 am
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 ...

Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:05:10 am
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 ...

Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:04:33 pm
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

Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:18:02 pm
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 ...

Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:28:44 pm
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 ...

Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:15:07 pm
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

Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:27:18 pm
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 ...

Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:52:08 am
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 ...

Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:10:29 am
Birth control via Shutterstock The Republican Party has been trying like crazy to disguise their attacks on women's contraception as an issue of "religious freedom," but the newest Bloomberg national poll shows that Americans are not buying their snake oil: Republicans Losing on Birth Control as 77% in Poll Spurn Debate. ...

Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:28:13 pm
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 ...

Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:27:45 pm
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 ...

Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:18:51 am
Public Policy Polling has some very depressing results to report in a survey of Republican voters in Alabama and Mississippi. Not to put too fine a point on it, but a disturbingly large percentage of these voters are simply deranged. Majorities in both states believe that President Obama is a Muslim, ...

Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:22:00 pm
Rick Santorum has won the Oklahoma and Tennessee primaries, and he's now beginning his victory speech in Steubenville, Ohio, so here's another thread to discuss... Delegates won so far: Romney: 81 Gingrich: 34 Santorum: 25 Ron Paul: 0 (sorry, Paulians)

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 4:59:47 pm
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 ...

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:43:32 pm
Race via Shutterstock OK, we have a winner in today's Wingnut Jaw-Dropper Sweepstakes, an article at religious right website cnsnews.com by Craig Bannister that reads like an exaggerated parody of right wing misogyny -- but it's not: Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate. ...

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:11:18 pm
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 ...

Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:37:24 am
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 ...

Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:48:08 am
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 ...

Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:25:46 pm
Pat Buchanan: voice of reason. Wait, what? I think if you get down into where [Santorum's] been discussing it on the merits and demerits of contraception...that’s a moral issue. [...] We talked about that in college endlessly, but I think you move into an area where people don’t understand yet and ...