Stuff on Santorum

[warrior1]

http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2012/01/erstwhile-dumbest-member-of-congress.html

Jeffrey St. Clair, Counterpunch, 2003 - Rick Santorum had only been in the senate for a few weeks when Bob Kerrey, then Senator from Nebraska, pegged him. “Santorum, that’s Latin for asshole.” It was probably the funniest line the grim Kerrey ever uttered and it was on the mark, too.

Such a stew of sleazy self-righteousness and audacious stupidity has not been seen in the senate since the days of Steve Symms, the celebrated moron from Idaho. In 1998, investigative reporter Ken Silverstein fingered Santorum as the dumbest member of congress in a story for The Progressive. Considering the competition, that’s an achievement of considerable distinction.

Even Santorum’s staff knows the senator is a vacuous boob prone to outrageous gaffs and crude outbursts of unvarnished bigotry. For years, they kept him firmly leashed, rarely permitting him to attend a press interview without a senior staffer by his side. They learned the hard way. While in serving in the House, Santorum was asked by a reporter to explain why his record on environmental policy was so dreadful. Santorum replied by observing that the environment was of little consequence in God’s grand plan. “Nowhere in the Bible does it say that America will be here 100 years from now.” The reference was to the Rapture, which apparently is impending.

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. And to think that he prevailed against Harris Wofford

a stalwart JFK advisor (who filled out the term of John Heintz and ran for the full term against this idiot).

Thank goodness PAers finally booted him out.

[karynnj]

5. Spector the state's other Republican Senator wanted Teresa Heinz to run against Wolford

both immediately after Heinz's death and in the 1994 election. http://articles.mcall.com/1993-10-15/news/2953344_1_specter-teresa-heinz-republican-john-heinz

She opted not to run and she was publicly against Santorum.

Santorum complained that his words were being used out of context, saying he favors no change that would adversely affect current retirees.

Wofford countered with a five-minute tape in which Santorum appears to be calling for changes "beginning in the next few years ... I'd probably start at age 62 or 63 and move it back a month (a year)."

Heinz, meanwhile, slammed Santorum in a late October speech as being "short on public service and even shorter on accomplishments" and as "the antithesis of John Heinz."

A powerful, popular woman whose names carries considerable clout, Heinz said she was reacting to Santorum's continued criticism of the new AmeriCorps program, a domestic Peace Corps created to pay young adults money toward higher education in return for community service.

http://articles.mcall.com/1994-11-09/news/3006880_1_santorum-democrat-harris-wofford-gop-hands/2

[blm]

2. He's also carried water for RevMoon. He pushed "True Parent's Day" and, after senate rejection, they

altered the title to "Parent's Day" so it wouldn't be so directly associated with Moon.

[Cosmocat]

3. He absolutely believes he can win

He is a lot more capable than than some understand.

He in fact is a pretty smart person, he has a JD, and is pretty well versed in the wide range of issues that a national candidate has to understand.

He is very tough, a hard worker, and a VERY capable politician.

People want to lump him in with the Palin's, Bachmanns or Perry's.

That is not what he is.

The thing is, he TRULY believes what he believes. He is not just parroting this stuff to appeal the base. He is, but that is not WHY he is doing it like a lot of the stooges do, who don't really believe it, at least at first.

I live in PA, and I can tell you with absolute certainty, had he not lost his senate spot in 2006, he would have been the republican nominee in 2008, and been a lot more viable than McCain was. WE ALL dodged a bullet when he lost that election.

He is very likely unelectable because he is SO FAR to the right. That is true.

But in HIS world, what he truly believes, and in the right wing bubble where they are so self aggrandizing, and someone like him can earn a nice living propagating their nonsense, he absolutely believes he/they are right, and will prevail.

[Javaman]

4. While I am an athiest, I have no problem with "god" rapturing him. nt

[starroute]

6. There's something more damning in that 2003 interview than the "man on dog" remark

From the link in the OP:

At this point, even the unnerved reporter tried to rein in Santorum. “I’m sorry,” Jordan interjected. “I didn’t think I was going to talk about ‘man on dog’ with a United States senator, it’s sort of freaking me out.”

But the man was on a roll and there was no stopping him. “And that’s sort of where we are in today’s world, unfortunately,” Santorum said. “The idea is that the state doesn’t have rights to limit individuals’ wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire. And we’re seeing it in our society.”

[TrogL]

7. Any links to Steve Symms being a moron?

My Google-fu is weak today. Need some idiocy for my blog.