GOP's Santorum say's he's running for president

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rich Santorum says he's running for president.

Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday morning, Santorum said, "We're in it to win it."

The former No. 3 Republican in the Senate, Santorum has been a favorite among the GOP's anti-abortion rights bloc and has been identified with a number of causes embraced by social conservatives.



Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2011-06-06-santorum_n.htm

[trotsky]

1. LOL

Best Google-bomb in history. Good luck Ricky.

[barbtries]

2. i laughed when i saw this

come on now.

[yurbud]

45. He looks like a male stepford wife

[Botany]

3. Well there is some frothy good news

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Are they Amish?

I bet they have more in their closets than John Edwards!

[n2doc]

6. He's in the mix! n/t

[SkyDaddy7]

8. YES! "He's in the mix!" the Frothy Mix of...

Stupidity, Religion & Ignorance that is the Republican field of presidential candidates!

[wordpix]

54. why are the children around him always crying?

[SpiralHawk]

4. Republicons are sure to get frothy over this, um, development

While Americans carry on the higher traditions of civilization.

[al bupp]

7. Why is that everytime I see this GOP contender's name...

... I read it as Sanitorium? I'm guessing that his candidacy would be a wet dream for Obama's political team, almost as good as having Trump or Palin on the ticket, not that any of those seem likely to me.

[lbrtbell]

42. My mother calls him "Sanitarium"

On purpose. ;)

[al bupp]

46. A fitting moniker, for sure

I will now join her in only using variations on that theme when refering to that former senator.

[onehandle]

9. AP spelled his first name wrong. That tells you plenty right there.

Of course it's his last name that makes a 'splash.'

[soleiri]

10. K&R, just for the morning laugh.

[Suji to Seoul]

11. Get the fecal matter and lube ready. It's time to spread santorum.

[8 track mind]

12. To borrow a line from Monty python

" if this we're repeated all over the country, this could probably be very messy!"

[Arctic Dave]

13. Palin / Santorum

There is a Goddess.

[n2doc]

14. And the appropriate bumper sticker

[LetTimmySmoke]

34. My colleague and I laughed so hard at that!

+1 Sir. +1.

[lbrtbell]

43. You beat me to posting that image!

:rofl:

[TygrBright]

15. Sanctorectum is going to add SO MUCH to the GOP's gravitas! n/t

[FarLeftFist]

16. GOP Santorum is kinda redundant. n/t

[blackspade]

17. He should change his name.

Doesn't he know he is named after a sexual position? :evilgrin:

[usrname]

28. Not a sexual position

The possible outcome of a sexual position, maybe.

[blackspade]

35. Good point!

LOL!

[yellowcanine]

18. Why does this come from Somerset PA when Santorum lives in Leesburg VA?

[LynneSin]

19. Will Santorum be running as a candidate from his home state of Virginia

Or Pennsylvania, the state that paid for his kids to be home schooled.

[mlevans]

26. We don't want him in Pennsylvania.

Not then. And not now.

[Hubert Flottz]

20. We'd be better off to send a flaming bag of shit to the White House

Same difference.

[TygrBright]

38. We've already had one of those quite recently. n/t

[lbrtbell]

44. We've had TWO:

Bush and Cheney!

[demigoddess]

21. LOL LOL LOL LOL

funny

[winstars]

22. Who is this person??? Maybe I should Google his name???? nt

[MinneapolisMatt]

23. ROFL!

Good luck with that, Rick.

[EC]

24. And nobody laughed

when he announced?

[bongbong]

25. Question

Which Greedy Old Pedophile's santorum is this news item referring to? I didn't know santorum was a sentient being, but maybe Mengele figured out how to do that for repigs down in his South American lair.

[nolabear]

27. Boy, Dan Savage is the happiest man in Seattle today.

Keep an eye on The Stranger. This could get good. :rofl:

[valerief]

29. Ruff! Ruff! Ruff sex! nt

[delunapark]

30. Don't drink the cool aid !

:beer:

[DuaneBidoux]

31. I know everybody's laughing but this joke is not in our interest.

If Bachman, plus Palin, plus Santorum all get in there there are so many loons in the mix that there is less chance of us getting a loon to run against and the loon influence will also be marginalized over what it could be if we managed to have one loon candidate emerge with lots of influence in the Republican outcome.

I think I'll invent a phrase: "The diminishing loon return."

[sofa king]

50. Oh, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

All that loon money is going to be evenly--and therefore ineffectively--distributed among the loons, many of whom are consumed by personal greed. Few of them have any real loyalty to their political party or its success.

For example, I would not be surprised at all if the Palin campaign blows its first twenty million on a Gulfstream jet, you know, for campaigning, also (wink).

In the meantime, the Gingrich campaign will spend most of its money defaming the other Republican candidates, inevitably reducing the viability of all the candidates, including Gingrich himself.

And if the primaries end early and some of those candidates still have money to burn through, they may have an incentive to continue running as third-party candidates, further splitting the asshole vote.

Right now the Republican primary looks like a DSM-IV Cluster B personality disorder study. They're all different, but they all lack empathy and remorse, while they are all possessed by the desire for money and fame.

Like Enrico Fermi measuring the power of an atomic bomb by observing how far pieces of paper are blown off the table and balancing variables so that they cancel each other out, we'll be able to watch the Republicans consume themselves by watching the money flutter from the safety of our very sane bunker.

[Jim Lane]

52. Didn't the Republicans change their rules?

In 2008, because they had so many winner-take-all primaries, McCain (arguably the candidate farthest to the left) picked up many complete delegations with plurality wins, while the more conservative candidates were splitting the right-wing vote. I take your point to be that the same thing could happen in 2012, if the loony vote is split.

My understanding, though, is that the Republicans have finally done away with winner-take-all. So I'd say, from our standpoint, the more loons the better. If they can each pick up some delegates, then there's more chance that one of them will be in a position to cut a deal, e.g. demanding the VP slot.

[IcyPeas]

32. Santorum Runny for President:

Hilarious Boing Boing.net Headline re Santorum

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/06/santorum-runny-for-p.html

the comments are funny too.

[barbtries]

51. like this one?

bookninja

Hey, don't discount the possibility of a sudden spurt in public support. He has a lot of support in the military, especially among seamen and colonels.

:rofl:

it's so nice to laugh for a while.

[LetTimmySmoke]

33. Santorum:

NOUN - The sometimes frothy, usually slimy, amalgam of lubricant, stray fecal matter, and ejaculate that leaks out of the receiving partner's anus after a session of anal intercourse. Named, by popular demand and usage, after legislator Rick Santorum because of his homophobic political statements.

"That move was about as slick as santorum!"

Source - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=santorum

[HughBeaumont]

36. Wonder if his campaign stops will include steamers or glass bottom boats?

Perhaps some glazed donuts for his staffers?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. praize the lard!

I once overheard a couple of GOPers describe him as being as dumb as a pimple on the rear end of a jackass.

Between that and the urban definition of Sanitorum, both seem to fit perfectly.

[BlueIris]

39. Joy.

Good luck with that, Rick.

[struggle4progress]

40. +

[appleannie1]

41. Rick "make masturbation against the law" Santorum. Just what this country needs.

[Evasporque]

47. Like that is going to "fix" his google problem....hahaha....

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/

Still number one in Google!



They're creepy and they're kooky...

[JAnthony]

48. Never heard of the guy, I guess I'll have to Google and find out! n/t

[Frank Cannon]

55. He's the Republican nut who fought to privatize the National Weather Service.

I shit you not.

http://www.slate.com/id/2123557/

ON EDIT: Oh. I see what you did there. :blush:

[sofa king]

49. I predict a slippery, foamy, stinky ride for Santorum.

It remains to be seen whether or not he can grit his teeth, bend to the task, handle the enormous pressures for the full length, back his running mate to the hilt, and take the full load of responsibility that awaits him.

Thank you FSM for this comedic gift from your heavenly pasta bowl!

[and-justice-for-all]

53. Whatever....loser...nt