Voters Slowly Realizing Santorum Believes Every Deranged Word That Comes Out Of His Mouth

[joeybee12]

WASHINGTON—As Rick Santorum has emerged to become Mitt Romney's leading opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, the American electorate said Monday it had slowly begun to realize that the former Pennsylvania senator sincerely believes every deranged word that exits his mouth.

Uneasy voters told reporters it was becoming more and more evident that comments from Santorum defending sodomy laws as acceptable restrictions on "wants and passions" and characterizing pregnancy occurring through rape as a "gift" from God were not politically calculated but were, in fact, spoken out of sincere, startling conviction.

"I honestly thought he was just playing up to the far-right voters, because that's what Republicans are supposed to do in the primaries," said Grand Rapids, MI resident Dan Banks, who explained he had dismissed as manipulative campaign rhetoric Santorum's assertion that President Obama would send Christians to the guillotine. "But now it's dawning on me that this guy means it, all of it. Every single thing he says is an accurate depiction of how he sees the world."

"So, when he said that Satan was currently attacking the United States, he meant exactly that," added Banks. "Satan, the devil himself, is attacking the United States. Rick Santorum believes this is a real thing that is actually happening. I…wow. Just wow."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/voters-slowly-realizing-santorum-believes-every-de,27518/

Once more, ONLY The Onion gets it right!

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

[ladywnch]

2. I've been saying this for months! it is what makes him so very very very scary.

he is truly a very sick man.

if he every sits in Office again, we are all screwed.

[HockeyMom]

3. He is just reiterating the Catholic view

Why do so many Catholics ignore their church on social issues, or leave the church entirely? It is no surprise to me.

[LynneSin]

5. His Catholic view is actually much more hard-line then what most believe

Remember our Vice President is also a Catholic but Biden also uses common sense, something Dick Santorum fails to do.

[Peregrine Took]

10. There is a large group within the church that calls themself the "orthodox Catholics"

and Ricky espouses those view to a tee.

Just tune into EWTN tv or radio - same stuff all day long plus several of the hosts openly disparage Obama and Democrats. I heard it even this morning as I was going down the dial. Something to the effect of how can Obama run on his record is it so bad.

[LynneSin]

15. That's the norm in general when it comes to Christianity

Being a practicing Christian all of my life I've always been associated with Churches that were either Neutral to progressive in regards to political issues. I couldn't date a hard-core right Church. I would suspect you'd find most Christians like that. Think of the Church just like OWS - there is the 1% that is very powerful, has a ton of money and will do whatever it takes to push their hardcore ideas and then there is the rest of us. But even in that 99%, there are always people who will espouse the beliefs of the hard-core right-wing evangelical christian faith but they really can't say why they do it or understand that it might not be in their best interest to do so. But that hardcore right - they use fear to keep their flocks listening to them.

[Walk away]

7. Why don't more of them leave? nt

[HockeyMom]

12. Many have but they still count them

in their numbers. If you were baptized or married in the CC, they still count you. How would they know that you left?

[Walk away]

14. Huh, I never thought of that.

Good point!

[LynneSin]

4. Onion said that? Honestly after having Dick Santorum as my senator for 8 years...

I've always believed that of him.

He fricking scares the bejesus out of me!

[appleannie1]

6. He used to be my Senator. He was crazy then. Without treatment, things just got worse.

[Richardo]

8. I thought the Onion only did satire...

[alterfurz]

9. Sick Rantorum

They don't call The Onion "America's Finest News Source" for nothing!

[Vincardog]

11. He was just on CSPAN preaching to about 20 believers about how we need LESS Gubmint help for

the PEOPLE. How he pushed thru Welfare requirements that people get to work and off welfare.

He sited a study that if you did only 3 things you would be successful.
1) Work
2) Get married before you have children
3) Graduate from High School.


He said

"If you do all 3 things you have a 70% chance of being in the 1% income bracket.
If you don't do just 1 of them you chance of being poor is 40%"

I know college educated single people who can't get a job.
How in any world can his logic work?

[renate]

13. honestly, when I read the first sentence I thought it said:

"As Mitt Romney has emerged to become Mitt Romney's leading opponent for the Republican presidential nomination..."

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Well this is a switch

I often find with Repulblicans, I hear something they really said or did and think I can't believe this isn't from the Onion".

In this case, it's from the Onion, and I'm surprised it wasn't a routine political analysis.

[randome]

17. Yay, Rick! Go, Ricky boy, go...wait, what?

A kind of 'WTF have we been drinking?' moment for the faithful.