He is a total niche candidate designed to appeal to the furthest of the right wing and this diary is all about how outrageous Rick Santorum is. I remember I so wanted him booted out of the Senate and even supported another ardent and ignorant pro-lifer Robert Casey to boot out an even more ardent and ignorant pro-lifer Santorum out of the Senate. It was truly a case of well who cares how sexist and horrible anti woman Casey is on Abortion he will empower liberals like Boxer and Feinstein and Kennedy and leading pro-choicers in the Senate. So when it comes to that I just have to say I was so glad to see him go in an enormous landslide and even though Pennsylvania is stuck with Casey I don't care as much because of the circumstances of Senate right now.
I just read this article about Santorum - Rick Santorum dips toes in 2012 Iowa waters
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This is the total key thing about Santorum and he's just ignorant.
Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality —
http://www.usatoday.com/...
Santorum is so ridiculous.
But see with the existence of Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee how many extreme social conservatives will there be in the 2012 Republican primary? This is going to be so ridiculous and fun for liberals but what happens if something goes wrong and Obama is weak in 2012? This would be so terrible for the country. I mean look at what happened in the past when a presidnet was weak and the kinds of people that took power. Reagan in 1980 is a prime example. I don't think this is good at all.
You have MItt Romney and he could divide and conquer his way to the nomination with all of these extreme right wingers splitting the vote.
Santorum’s People Toss Young Women out of Barnes & Noble, Trooper Threatens Them with Prison
Santorum’s People Toss Young Women out of Barnes & Noble, Trooper Threatens Them with Prison
Matthew Rothschild
August 19, 2005
On the evening of August 10, Hannah Shaffer of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, decided to go to the nearby Barnes & Noble outside of Wilmington. She wanted to see Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, who was promoting his book, "It Takes a Family."
The event was billed as a "book signing and discussion," Shaffer says.
But discussion was the last thing that the Senator’s people wanted.
Shaffer, her friends, and two other young women were booted out of the store and threatened with imprisonment even before they had a chance to say a word to Santorum, as Al Mascitti first noted in the Delaware News Journal.
Shaffer, 18, thought Santorum’s public appearance might be a good occasion to ask him a few questions.
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Santorum's book It takes a Family was so ridiculous and was a lot of the reason why he lost reelection even though in so many ways Casey just talks differently but holds a lot of Santorums views. That is why it is so important to fight for Sestak and even Spector if Spector wins the Democratic primary. There must be a balance between views.
But the main thing is how horrible the 2012 Republican field is shaping up to be on so many levels. Can a party have so many horrible wingnuts and what if Obama doesn't do well and one of these people can win? That is so awful and why Democrats must always fight fight fight and be vigilant vigilant vigilant even when they are upset at what Obama may be doing or who he employs like Rahmbo Rahm Emmanuel who can be so awful and terrible in real ways and he just tries to centerize and de liberalize so much to be successful in what he does.
Santorum as President is a joke. Remember when he called Dianne Fiestein a bitch when she was speaking on behalf of Mary Landrieu when her 1996 election was contested by Woody Jenkins? He is just a low person.