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Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 02:25 PM Aug 2013

Rick Santorum just won’t go away

Santorum, (who’s aptly described by the third item down when you Google his last name), is once again talking about running for president.

This is a man who truly doesn’t understand when he’s not wanted. Jesus Christ. George Zimmerman has a better chance than Santorum does of becoming president.

I don’t know at what point self-delusion becomes a full blown mental illness, but it seems to me that Santorum is there. This is a man truly in need of help. But contrary to my sense of empathy, I’d just as soon leave him to his own mental hell. He’s earned his Google entry.

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brewens

(13,574 posts)
1. Good. He made the last primary campaign a bigger circus. I'd love to see Palin
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 02:34 PM
Aug 2013

in there too next time. I suppose that would have to involve some sort of excruciating Palin rebound. I'm not sure what it would take to get the baggers all fired up over her again.

Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
2. Teabaggers are still fired up over Palin
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 02:43 PM
Aug 2013

As far as Santorum is concerned, I thought he might have had a stroke when the Supreme Court okayed same sex marriage. Evidently not. He's back for more ridicule.

brooklynite

(94,503 posts)
4. You'll be surprised to hear this, but...Santorum would have been a better choice for the GOP
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 03:03 PM
Aug 2013

Let's acknowledge that he's nuts, and he has crackpot ideas. But I saw him and the rest of the Republican field on the campaign trail, and he was the only candidate prepared to defend his positions AND engage with people who disagreed with him. Romney's problem in large part was that he was so wishy-washy on positions that he couldn't convince either Republicans or Democrats that he agreed with them.

Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
5. I don't know which is worse, the
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 03:13 PM
Aug 2013

nuts who peddle insanity they don't believe, or the ones who actually believe the insanity they're peddling.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
6. You did see where he and his wife are divorcing, didn't you?
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 03:18 PM
Aug 2013

And read the reason the weirdo gave for that was unbelievable. Some crap about it turning his wife off when they were getting it on and he would be talking about gay sex and how much it disgusted him. He disgusts me to no end

Ricky go away and stay away. No one wants to know what you think about anything

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
9. You do recognize that that was satire, right?
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 04:26 PM
Aug 2013

It was shitty satire, but satire nonetheless. The Santorums are not divorcing.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)
8. He is alrady invoking Benghazi
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 03:38 PM
Aug 2013

I was watching Meet The Press, saw him come on...

And then I took a shower.

Did anyone catch the rest of Meet The Press?
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